>>24346062
I believe we left off last time trying to tell Maud to run while grabbing the Trident and trying to escape the golems.

I like Millicent threads but are there any better examples of fanart?

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Alright, time for more Millie.

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>>24346102
tons, not on my computer though so I only have about three. Check the archives.

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>>24346102
i've got a whole folder of it

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>>24346105
My body is ready.

>>24346115
Didn't somebody prepared a zip file and uploaded it to mediafire?

(is everyone okay with this tight formatting?)

“Surely there is something we can do?” you say, beginning to cry, holding your sister tight.
Maud holds you tight then looks up at Dad who still looks idly into the window, an oblivious memory unknowing of what’s really going on.
“I know I dissapointed you” she says “I wanted us to be together, to stay in the leaky cauldron, but I couldn’t see past my hate. I love you”
“I love you” you say, as the world brightens all around you, sound fading, your embrace becoming soft.
“Be careful” she says “I might not be the same”
The world fades. The cavern comes crashing back to reality. The golemn ahead of you, the Trident limp on the floor, water rising. You turn to Maud who looks around with a confused expression as if she had just woken up from a deep sleep.

1)Run Maud!
2)Run!
3)Fend of the Golemn
4)Take Trident or leave it

Goals (incomplete):
Get out of this cavern and back to safety with everyone alive and not losing the Trident
Break Professor Trib's curse
Help our sister however we can
Make sure the world knows what a colossal asshole Salazar Slytherin was

Okay I'm finally up to date from skim reading (gonna do a more in depth read through later). I'm in. Let's do this.

>>24346198
>(is everyone okay with this tight formatting?)
Makes things a tad hard to read, to be honest.

>votes
Same as last thread. Grab trident because it holds Maud's memories, then get out of there as fast as we can.

1)Run Maud!
2)Run!
4)Take Trident or leave it

If we can shoot the golem while running, I'd be okay with that too.

>>24346198
Tell Maud to run, pick up the Trident, and then follow right behind her.

>>24346198
>Run Maud!
>Fend of the Golemn
>Take Trident

We need our Sis' memories and I would like to see what our Wild Magic can do against an acceptable target.

>>24346198
1,2, and 4

>>24346224
I think somebody paste-bin a formated version of what we've done thus far. I think the first post should have a link to the archive, the paste-bin of the entire story thus far, and uploaded archive of fanart.

>>24346198
Take trident and run with Maud.

>>24346223
I still have this from forever ago

Immediate Objectives
__Leave Cave
__Break Trib's curse
__Fix Maud
__Save the World

Secondary Objectives
__Go Patrolling for magical creatures
__Graduate from 1st year
__Save the World


Long-term Goals
__Join the Quidditch team
__Start Dueling Club
__Rename Ravenclaw House to Fauxley House
__Save the World

>>24346198
1)Run Maud!
2)Run!
4)Take Trident

>>24346282
And I like these objectives very much.

>>24346282
Can you add making sure history remembers Salazar Slytherin as the douchebag he was?
Because I really feel as if that's something we should aspire to accomplish.

>>24346198
"BOOK IT!"
Maud might not even know her name, we don't know the exact damage the trident did. If she doesn't respond to that, just grab her and pull her out of the cave, trident in tow.

“Run!” you shout as you wrangle out of your robe and throw it on the ground using it to scoop up the Trident. Maud, in a daze, turns and runs into the tunnel.

Wasting no time you bolt after her and descend into the darkness which envelopes you. Behind you the Giant Golemn roars as the smaller ones shoot inside and claw for you.

Roll 1d100 – 75 or less to get away

Rolled 1

>>24346348

Rolled 50

>>24346355
runnnn

>>24346355
...I'm pretty sure we ran so fast we just traveled back in time.

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>>24346355
Nice.

>>24346355
And we just broke the 100m dash record

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>>24346355
Nice.

>>24346355
Anon saves the day.

>>24346355
hell yeah mother fucker

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>>24346355
This anon is our one true king.

You run as fast as your feet can carry you as the smaller golemns struggle to keep up as they bounce and knock against one another. The light at the end of the tunnel comes into sight and you make a break for it, you care hear the giant golemn battering the smaller ones out of the way as your run out into the light.

It’s midday now as you, Maud and Nathaniel flee from the tunnel and back away to the denser trees of the forest.

The giant golemn clambers out of the tunnel, it’s features turning to stone as it reaches for you. It isn’t happening fast enough however as it continues to claw it’s way out of the earth, his chest and waist already through.

>Keep Running
>Cast Lumos
>Other

>>24346490
>>Keep Running
Don't look back! Just keep on running!

>>24346490
>>Keep Running
Also, isn't Lumos basically just a flashlight spell? Wouldn't the sun have the same effect?

>>24346490
>Cast Lumos over shoulder while running

>>24346490
keep running never stop running then run some more.

>>24346490
...Just keep running out of range and wait until it strikes a cool pose, and then cast Lumos.

Its petrified form will be a testament to our glory.

>>24346522
In addition to that, we can't leave Maud alone with Nathaniel in the murder woods in her current state.

>>24346490
>Cast Lumos
>Other
Continue backing away.

>>24346538
WAIT! Cast Lumos! Running away will get us lost!

>>24346490
>Cast Lumos

>>24346538
Wait did Nathaniel run?

I thought he was just chilling with his corpse.

>>24346524
roll 1d100 - 75 or less.

>>24346490
W-what happened to Charles?
>Keep Running
But can we run out of the forest and not toward the denser trees?

Rolled 20

>>24346588

Rolled 62

>>24346588

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>>24346590
he bolted right away and got a good head start.

>>24346594
Anon does it again!

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>>24346594
Anon is our hero

>>24346355
>>24346594
This guy!

>>24346683
I choose to believe that's the same person and there's nothing anyone can do to convince me otherwise.

You continue running through the forest back towards the castle with your sister, Nathaniel and Charles who is way, way ahead of you after a decent head start.

“LUMOS!” you shout as a beam of blinding light shoots from your wand at the Giant Golemn.

It gives a squeal of pain as it frees itself out of the tunnel and bounding for you. Your beam of light causes the right side of it’s body to harden to stone completely until...the outer shell breaks to reveal more of the golemn’s flesh, smaller yet still very much alive. Like a Matryoshka doll a smaller golemn the size of a troll breaks out of it’s outer shell and continues after you.

You keep running as fast as your feet can carry you until you arrive at the edge of the forest to the grounds of the castle.

Ahead you see Olivia, Robert, Nigel and Joel standing there with Charles.

>Run for it!
>Cast Lumos for the love of all that is *breath* holy!
>other

>>24346747
>GROUP LUMOS NOW

>>24346747
group lumos this bitch to death.

>>24346769
>>24346780
yep, this

>>24346747
>>Cast Lumos for the love of all that is *breath* holy!
ALL TOGETHER NOW AND WITH FEELING!

>>24346747
>Cast Lumos for the love of all that is *breath* holy!
LUMOS OF FRIENDSHIP!

>>24346747
>SHINING LUMOS
Take this! My love! My anger! And all of my sorrow!

>>24346747
>Cast Lumos for the love of all that is *breath* holy!
With out powers combined, we can defeat the golem!

>>24346857
>Group attack
>Not being "Shuffle Alliance Lumos!"
Do you even G Gundam?

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>>24346780
Hiya, dumble!

>>24346903
We don't have enough people for that, nor are any of our current compatriots as fabulous as George, as manly as Argo, or as AMERICAN as Chibodee. Nathaniel is almost as annoying as Sai Saici

“Cast Lumos for all that is” you take half a second to catch your breath “HOLY”

The others give a look of confusion before seeing the rampaging statue wildy swiping it’s way toward you all.

You reach your friends, turn on your heels and together you all shout “LUMOS MAXIMA!”

A resounding beam of bright pure light erupts from the wands of your friends, and Charles and even Maud.

The Golemn continues to approach, each step sluggish as with every moment it cracks from it’s outer shell again and again, becoming smaller and smaller until it stops at your feet the size of one of the babys, turning finally into an immovable statute.

You take a deep sigh of relief.

“Well that was exciting wasn’t it?” says Nigel cheerfully.
“Bloody exciting” says Joel, clapping him on the shoulder.
“Why was it attacking us again?” says Maud

In order of importance...

>Go see the headmaster
>Go to the tree and get the parchment
>Inspect Maud

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>>24346999
whats up nig

>>24347010
>We don't have enough people for that
>Ahead you see Olivia, Robert, Nigel and Joel standing there with Charles.


Inspect Maud

>>24347062
Maud, then parchment, then headmaster

Also, interesting that Maud can still do at least basic spells

>>24347062
1) Inspect Maud
2) Get parchment
3) Headmaster

>>24347062
1. Inspect Maud
2. Get parchment
3. Send someone to get the Headmaster

>>24347062
Hug Maud. Get parchment. See headmaster.

>>24347062
>Inspect Maud
>Go see the headmaster
We need to see how she is, first.
Then we can go see the Headmaster.
The parchment at the tree has been there for years, it's not going anywhere.

>>24347062
>Inspect Maud
>"I'm still mad at you guys for not visiting me!"
>Go see the headmaster

>>24347094
I cannot into reading comprehension tonight

>>24347129
Whoops, this is me. Forgot my name.

>>24347062
Hey, didn't it have sapphire teeth and emerald eyes or whatever?

Lets see if it left any jewels shards lying around from the repeated sheddings.

>>24347062
>Inspect Maud

>>24347062
"It was attacking us because Salazar Slytherin is the biggest git in the history of the wizarding world, no offense Robert."

>>24347062
Make sure Charles doesn't try to steal our trident. No petrifying him, but keep an eye on that boy.

>>24347062
maud
tree
head

>>24347159
He's talking about how Nigel and Joel didn't visit us along with Robert and Olivia because of said pain-curse freaking them out.

>>24347062
>Inspect Potato

>>24347129
I would also like to have words with joel and the self insert.

>>24347259
Joel has a lot of work to do to make up for this. Especially after his woe-is-me speech and how people would hate him for his talent, and then promptly drops Millicent for hers.

>>24347259
To be fair, we treated them suspiciously and unfairly before too. I think we can just let it slide this once on account of karma

>>24347074
Nothing much.

>>24347259
Right on.

>>24347283
Agreed there.

>>24347283
Fucking truth, considering we'll probably be taking classes with him we'll have plenty of time to give him shit for it.

>>24347289
Well... true...

>>24347259
I thought the self-insert was Pester

>>24347295
Oh, I dunno HPQ stuff, I guess.

>>24347289
We might've treated them with suspicion, but nothing to the level of ditching them when everyone was told that they didn't exist.

>>24347350
Why! Same here!

>>24347369
So? They didn't treat us any different for our suspicion. Just respected that we wanted our space and welcomed us when we came around.

An unforgivable curse is some scary shit. Even Millie was afraid of herself after that.

>>24347349
>yfw its olivia

>>24347416
My point is that it's really, really easy to get over suspicion.

It's not easy to get over being abandoned in your time of need.

>>24347438
They're here right now. I'm sure if we wait and give them a chance they'll explain themselves and even apologize without us needing to confront them or demand it. There are more important things to worry about right now, anyway.

>>24347477

Joel is probably an adrenaline junkie. He might ignore us forever and just come whenever he smells adventure.

And Nigel is his bitch so he goes wherever Joel goes.

bare with me laptop died again

>>24347513
no need to call nigel a bitch he is just undeveloped as a character right now.

>>24347513
Hey now, no need to disparage Nigel, he just isn't as well developed, and Sam is his BFF.

>>24347537

Poor Nigel. In the main group and still so irrelevant.

>inb4 he goes BBEG in the last year because of all people ignoring him.

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>>24347532
we need to get you a better set up.

>>24347569
I think Nigel will grow a bit more defined, now that Sam's back. Those two had some great dynamics in the first few threads, but then the whole cat thing happened.

>>24347569
We did some bonding and got to know him a little after he gave us our crystal ball.

He was surprised as fuck that we even talked to him, but hey we got a start.

>>24347589
now we have a fat nekoboy and his grayman friend who we need to spend more time with to get to know them. i kinda want millie to become the fred and george of this campaign over the next couple years.m We should know everyone and go on our indiana jones style missions through the castle at night.

You look to your sister and grab her by the hand to find her looking down at you with a pleasant smile. There is little comprehension between her eyes, you could be a stranger to her. A memory stirs of your great aunt Gramilda who suffered from alzehiemers disease, remembering the way she would pretend to know who people were to avoid looking like a fool.

“Do you remember me?” you ask with slow drawn out words as the answer already seems so apparent.

“Erm, well” stammers Maud, looking to the others then back to you “Should I?”

Your friends look to each other in confusion.

>Yes, I’m your little sister
>Please tell me you remember something!
>hug
>other

>>24347570
You still think I'm the fat kid don't you? :3

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>>24347601

But I like irrelevant Nigel! I don't want him to have development or anything.

>>24347637
noted

not even sure if I'm joking

>>24347632
>hug
>Yes, I’m your little sister

A few sniffles, and then set off with newfound determination. We have a sister to fix, and an artifact's secrets to unlock.

>>24347632
>hug
>Yes, I’m your little sister

>>24347632
>Yes, I’m your little sister
>hug

>>24347653

Only half joking. The irrelevancy makes me have an soft spot for him but I'm ok with him having development.

>>24347632
>yes I'm your lover sister.
>hug

>>24347632
i never thought you were a fat kid. Im still hoping you are Jk rowling.

>>24347632
"You did, once. Though the fact that you don't isn't surprising.
Listen close, because this is important.
Your name is Maud Fauxely, and you deserve to have people care about you.
My name is Millicent Fauxely, I'm your sister and I will help you any way I can."

>>24347632
>Yes, I’m your little sister
>hug
>other
"I'll tell you all about us."

>>24347694
I know what you mean.

>>24347632
>>24347674
>>24347683
>>24347692
>>24347704
"I'm your sister millie"

we need to include our name

>>24347720

Glad you do, not trying to create a shitstorm or anything.

The post calling Nigel a bitch was totally a joke though.

>>24347718
way to action movie dialog for me.

>>24347632
...Like hell we're dealing with this.
Tell everyone to back away, back away ourselves to a safe-ish distance, and toss the Trident at Maud while saying "THINK FAST!".
Time to see if Salazar Slytherin was as dumb as I think he was.

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>>24347760
>you'd best start appreciating action movies
>because you're in one

>>24347777
So you think that once in the hands of a Pureblood Slytherin, the Trident will automatically open itself to her? I don't think that's the way it works.

>>24347816
Well I'm pretty sure it's not sentient, since Salazar Slytherin doesn't still haunt the Earth with his unrepentant douchebaggery.

In my mind, the worst case scenario is nothing happens, in which case we're didn't lose any ground.

>>24347864
>the worst case scenario is nothing happens
Well no, the worst case scenario is that it automatically absorbs SOMEONE's memories upon being touched, and will drain even more of Maud's memories, effectively making her unable to function at even a child's level.

>>24347632
>Yes, I'm your little sister. My name's Millie.
>hug
>What do you remember, Maud?

>>24347887
That's a fair point I suppose.

“Yes, I’m your little sister. My name is Millicent. You’re Maud. And I love you”

You give her a hug, still holding the Trident wrapped inside your robe, then step back and pocket your wand. You take Maud’s hand, her sense of unease clear as she looks close to hyperventilating.

“I still don’t understand” she says “has someone used a memory removal spell on me?”

Your friends seem to want to know the answer to this question too.

>Explain about her betraying you, finding the Trident and escaping the golemn
>Just the Trident and the Golemn
>Tell her you’ll explain later and continue on to the tree

>>24347887
>>24347864
you guys suck a worse case senarios

>worst case scenario is nothing happens
worst case scenario is mutually assure destruction by nuclear winter through ghost controlled mecha shagohod.

>>24347970
Triden and golem only. We're not rushed for time, are we?

>>24347970
>>Just the Trident and the Golemn
And continue on to the tree.

>>24347970
>>Just the Trident and the Golemn

>>24347970
>Just the Trident and the Golemn
I really don't like the idea of her NOT knowing her mistakes or lying about this kind of stuff but it's of little use to her without the complete context and would just cause problems in her current state.

>>24347970
>explain that she chose this
>Explain about her betraying you, finding the Trident and escaping the golemn

i think it's easier to just be up front about it because in ever story ever they choose to pussy foot around until the person gets their memory back and goes ape shit

>>24347970
>Just the Trident and the Golemn
We can tell her about the betrayal later, maybe.

>>24347970
"The answer is yes and no. The good news is that your memories still exist, albeit not in your head. The bad news is that they're stuck in this Trident, because Salazar Slytherin sucks."

>>24348058
Well... I'll go with this now.

>>24348058
...second

>>24347970
>Just the Trident and the Golem
We shall tell her about the betrayal in private, when she's got her mental legs back under her.
But it IS important that we say how much of a dickbag Salazar was for creating the Trident, which is essentially a date-rape/memory-eraser artifact in one.

>>24348058
We can be upfront later, telling her that she's basically a cunt isn't going to help her at all right now.

We take the time to explain not only her betrayal but also her choice to keep our own memories safe later.

>>24347970
Save the betrayal part until we know how much of what Maud ever said were lies and how much was the truth.

For all we know, she just made up the whole letter forging thing to fuck with our head, and kind of reopen our wound on the subject, when it had finally seemed to scab over.

Judging by what she said in the Trident, it seems that she legitimately did want to be the loving sister she pretended to be, but just couldn't let go of her hatred.

...Hey, so what are the chances that the Trident didn't force her to choose between her memories and ours, and she just said they did because she wanted a new start.

>>24348058
Fuck that.

Considering there's still a lot we don't know about what Maud did and how she did it, or why she wanted the Trident so badly, there's no telling how accurate what we say will be.

At best, leave it vague.

>>24348168
what if she wanted the trident because of what >>24348125 said?

>>24348058
What if we don't go into her betraying us, but we do say that she chose this in order to protect us?
That way she knows that it was her decision to have her memory erased, but not why, and we can tell her the why later when she's calmer and more emotionally stable?

>>24348125
I agree with this. Also hello guys, I finally have a day off work so I can actually involve myself in the decision-making processes.

>What are the chances that the Trident didn't force her to choose etc.
Hmmm... Seems unlikely to me, based on what we know of Maud's character. She's not that mercurial.

You explain to the group everything that happened within the cavern, including Maud losing her memory, you decide to leave out her betrayal for the time being. Charles, who has stayed silent since the Golemn attack, chooses to remain so and doesn’t interrupt your story.

“I’m sorry we weren’t there with you” says Joel, “We should have come sooner, we’re horrible friends”

“Yeah, sorry” says Nigel “I...oh there’s no excuse for it”

The hold their heads in shame as they look at you.

>It’s alright. You’re here now and there’s still work to do
>Apology accepted, just give me time to sort this out in my head
>other

>>24347970
How about we just say that we used to fight a lot but she came through for us in the end?

>>24348188
>>24348168
>>24348106
>>24348100
>>24348079
im not really saying we need to say ever damn thing right this instant but we need to be straight with her if we want her to come out good

>>24348207
>It’s alright. You’re here now and there’s still work to do

Business mode.

Tell them they can make up for it by getting the Headmaster and Trib while we go get that parchment.

>>24348207
"There will be plenty of time to make up for that later."
It seems like Maud only forgot her personal details, considering she knows what memory charms are.
That seems kind of weird, given what the Trident is ostensibly supposed to do.

>>24348207
>It’s alright. You’re here now and there’s still work to do

>>24348207

>Other

"Apology accepted. There's still work to do so let's save the rest for later"

>>24348207
>Apology accepted, just give me some time
We don't really hold it against them, but after everything, I think we're going to need to process all of this. Also Trust Issues. Trust issues EVERYWHERE.

>>24348207
>knock there heads together
>Apology accepted, You’re here now and there’s still work to do

>>24348207
>Apology accepted, just give me time to sort this out in my head
A lot HAS happened, and it's been very emotionally trying.
But right now, we've got people to see and a curse to break.

>>24348207
>>It’s alright. You’re here now and there’s still work to do

>>24348207
>It’s alright. You’re here now and there’s still work to do

Not the right time to deal with this.

>>24348193
I don't know, I kind of got the impression that Maud was trapped near the end.
Like she just couldn't let go of her jealous hate, but she also couldn't stop caring about us at the same time.

...I suppose we won't know for quite a while.

Hey so... where the fuck is Nathaniel?

Does Nigel know we helped save Sam or is Sam getting better not something that everyone knows about yet?

>>24348331
so...many...characters...

>>24348331
he is in the back super pissed off that we didnt put a penis on his body

>>24348331
He wandered off in a euphoric haze from getting a body

>>24348355
It's fine if you just didn't mention him.

I just want to make sure that he didn't back into the woods or something.

>>24348245
(finally, back to the action. sup guys)

>i forgive you guys. you're my best friends, after all.
>where's nathaniel?
>examine trident

we got the trident! hell yeah motherfucker
we magical girl now?
i hope it does other stuff besides mindrape people, a trident is a totally awesome signature weapon :D

>>24348396
I don't think we can use it as anything but a stabbing weapon.

...Wanna try giving it to Robert?

>>24348269
She could also cast Lumos, so she didn't even forget how to use magic...that really seems contradictory to an artifact for transferring knowledge, as you said.

>It's alright. You're here now and there's still work to do.

“It’s alright, you’re hear now and there’s still work to do”

They both give thankful smiles and take your lead.

>Charles go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study. (change who goes if you like)
>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back
>other

>>24348396
Hey! Glad to have you!

>>24348439
>Charles go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study. (change who goes if you like)
>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

sounds good to me.
>>24348423
dawg we need it to fix maud. Then it goes in to the museum.

>>24348439
>Joel go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study.

>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

>>24348396
It probably contains the memories of Rowena Ravenclaw and fuck bunch of other important people's memories.

The problem is working around Salazar's "Pureblood Slytherin's only, got to mindrape you little sister to prove yourself" requirements.

>>24348439
>Charles go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study.
>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

>>24348439
>Charles go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study. (change who goes if you like)
>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

>>24348423
Let's remember not to stab any pureblooded Slytherins. Most of them won't do what Maud did.

A bit railroady here but I couldn't think of many other options.

>>24348439
Lets not let Charles and Nathaniel go anywhere unsupervised until we explain to them exactly what happened with our sister.

>>24348498
i was thinking this after i posted aswell

>>24348496
send joel with them as well

>>24348439
>>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

>>24348483

well, we already did that. doesn't that count as "proving ourselves"?

>>24348439

imo just send charles. no need to make a scene with a material ghost walking.

>>24348439
>Joel, go with Nathaniel to the castle and tell the headmaster that we urgently need to speak with him and that we’ll meet him in Professor Trib’s study.
>Everyone else come with me, we’re going to get Trib’s parchment back

No fucking way do I trust Charles with something that important.

>>24348496
Have Nathaniel come with us, he was friends with Trib way back when, wasn't he?

>>24348423

>only use trident as a stabbing weapon

somewhat relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX66pmtycTU

>>24348546
taking a short break to eat and stuff.

>>24348540
Changing my vote to this. We can't trust Charles to be honest. Who knows what he might tell the headmaster.

>>24348471
I didn't mean forever.

Just maybe he can call upon its power to cast some kind of memory transfer spell?

>>24348527
We aren't Slytherin, bro. And Maud chose to lose her memories over ours, completely different.

It's probably why she hasn't lost her knowledge of magic. It was meant to steal other people's knowledge, it probably just wiped her memories because she wasn't worthy.

>>24348590
Huh, that's a good point.
Plus it might be that the Trident wouldn't bother stealing a bunch of basic spells that it already knows?

oh, right, we made a body for a ghost that works.

Time to get #famous and exalt the Fauxly name

>>24348578
It's just going to pull the shit it pulled on Maud. The thing is designed for worthy(i.e., ruthless and douchey) Slytherins to steal other people's knowledge and secrets. We got to do some high-level magic shit to get around Salazar's requirements first.

>>24348439
"Nigel, go to the castle and tell the headmaster we urgently need to speak with him.
Everyone else but Charles and Nathaniel, head to (insert location here) you're going to get Trib's parchment back.
Charles, you, Nathaniel and I are going to go on a walk where we'll clear up any preconceptions about what happened today."

>>24348590

we're slytherin in all the ways that count minus the color of our robe and where we sleep at night.

A piece of Slytherin given as a gift to Ravenclaw, much like the trident. Our ownership of it is so natural its silly. Maybe if we touch it we'll talk to Salazar too? always wondered what he looks like.

>>24348646
I thought the only reason that test triggered was because Maud and us were both touching it at the same time?

>>24348546
ironic that they are out hunt a witch that episode.

>>24348667
>gift to Ravenclaw
...Are you a fucking moron?

>>24348578
is robert a pure blood? we dont even know his last name.

>>24348618
Still not sure what the status re: being disowned is.

That last letter at least seems difficult to forge.

>>24348667
It was a fake gift to steal Rowena's memories.

>>24348669
Doesn't mean there wouldn't be a different kind of test.

>>24348697
Plus the crystal ball vision seems to be 100% true now.

>>24348695
Well... he's in Slytherin isn't he? I'd say there's at least a 90% chance he is.
Plus I'm pretty sure his parents were in the same gossip circles as our parents?

>>24348683

I don't question the will of the dice gods, without their hand in this we'd have just been put in slytherin.

(why does my name keep dropping)

>>24348667
>A piece of Slytherin given as a gift to Ravenclaw, much like the trident
I'm not sure, but I think you've vastly misinterpreted the intention of the Trident.
It wasn't a gift, whatever it said on the haft; it's a mindraping artifact meant to rip memories from unwilling minds and make those memories available to someone as ruthless as Salazar Slytherin.
It is an artifact of betrayal, not of friendship.

>>24348711
>>24348727


maybe we're ment to be her redemption.

>>24348711
Plus given that we're making friends with half-bloods and muggleborn, and are even learning to value house elves as people, getting kicked out of the house kind of seems like an inevitability regardless.

>>24348721
the dice gods did what they were told on that occasion we wanted to be ravenclaw and we got it.

>>24348741

take the weapon that broke ravenclaw and make it a symbol of our triumph.

>>24348650
How do people feel about this?

>>24348777
I'm pretty okay with it.

>>24348777

sounds good to me

>>24348777
Sounds good.

>>24348765
No.
We're making it a symbol of how much Salazar Slytherin sucks.
We are going to find a way to give our sister her memories back, and are going to shove at least most of them back in her head.
We're then going to drain the rest memories of the Trident into Pensieves or whatever.
And then we're going to throw it into a volcano.

>>24348777
i dont think we should let other get the parchment and potion. I think we should do that so if we need to give charles and nate a talking to then tell them to wait for a minute while we school these fools

>>24348715
voldermort was in slytherin and he was a half-blood, so was Snape.

Robert's surname is Huxley. His parentage hasn't come up yet.

>>24348765
Look, touching that shit all willy-nilly when we know that fucking Wizard Hitler is going to be in there ready to judge and mind-rape us is not a good idea.

We still need the thing to save Maud but we're not just gonna wield it around like an idiot. We're Ravenclaw. We research first.

>>24348777
Meant to type 'misconceptions' instead of 'preconceptions' but yeah I still stand by that.

>>24348777
Works

>>24348809
That's why I said 90% instead of 100%.

>>24348798
Trench, volcano's periodically throw up.

>>24348809
Don't we also know that his parents are in the same social circles our parents were in, therefore making it very likely he is a pure blood?

>>24348798

and what better way to defile his legacy than to make a symbol of his domination a symbol of Ravenclaws triumph?

>>24348810

i concur. We need to prepare.

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>>24348809
oh yeah it was everyone else that doesn't have a last name.

what was bergles brother's name? crispin?

>>24348777
Fine with it.

>>24348866
Sounds right. Someone check the archives.

>>24348837
If we throw it into a trench, we'll wind up accidentally awakening the horrific Deeplord.

...Is it wrong that I suspect that the history of the wizarding world is filled with terrible awful things?

>>24348777
Okay with it except the letting other people search for the parchment and potion. We should go and get that because we're the ones who actually saw where it's buried. Fine for them to wait for us there, though.

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>>24348866
pretty sure it was Crispin

>>24348832
Apologies if I sounded grumpy. Speaking across the internet takes away the meaning of what you're trying to say sometimes.

>>24348959
You ask Nigel to go to the castle and retrieve both Trib and the Headmaster and bring them to the potion master’s study. With a diligent nod Nigel hurries off.

Turning to the others you tell them to run ahead and search the tree whilst you talk with Nathaniel and Charles. They too leave at a brisk jog, Olivia kindly taking Maud by the hand and leading her in the right direction.

“So” you say, looking to a sour faced Charles and the wooden featurelessness of Nathaniel.

>Tell them how things should proceed

>>24348970

i think first we need to sort out with nathaniel what he wants to do with himself now that he has a body. And also what we're going to tell the papers.

Not sure what to say to charles. The little piss pants is most definitely terrified of us, but i don't think that's going to keep him from blabbing to anyone who pressures him about what happened.

>>24348970
"Charles, Maud badgered you into assisting, and all three of us finished the mannequin. We turned it over to Nathaniel, and he led us to the tunnel. Everything in the tunnel happened as it did, and your wand was broken as we fought the big golem off to escape.
"That's the story, and you'll stick by it, understood?"

>>24348970
"Before you start, there's a good reason why I didn't tell Maud about what she did. And that's because, at the end of the day, the only thing I know for certain is that she was a damn good liar.

Which is why you two are going to graciously fill in some of the gaps. Charles, when did my sister ally herself with you, how did you two steal my things, and why would she share the credit of discovering the Trident with you. I'm pretty sure she wasn't planning on killing you and leaving you where Nathaniel was, so that means she must have had a plan.
You're going to tell it to me."

>>24348970
"Keep the thing with Maud to yourselves. It's a family matter and I'll discuss it with her in private later."

Also, apologize to Charles about the the wand and pain-curse.

As for the Trident. I dunno. We definitely want to keep tabs on it since it has our sister's memories but I'm uncertain on what should be said about it.

>>24348970
thug millie activate"
>Tell dem bitches how things should be, dawg


i just realized i missed my chance to make the Usain bolt joke that I've been wanting to make.

>>24348970
"So, I've won. I got the trident, and I'm going to be the one turning it in to the headmaster. It is a wicked tool, unfit for use. I don't want either of you telling my sister or friends what happened, I want to be the one to tell them, if they ever learn.

Charles, you're a cheating bastard and I will give you none of the credit. You can take it or take it after a beating. Those are your only options.

Nathaniel, I'll give you credit for leading me to the Trident, but I expect you not to mention the mess with Charles and Maud."

>>24348970
Tell Nathaniel that Bergle murdered him and obliviated Trib and Crispin to cover it up and the location of the Trident.

Might provide closure or whatever

>>24349053
>>24349073
Both of these.

Are we going to let anyone know that we actually got the Trident, or should we let them think it was lost in the cave in? If the staff finds out, they may take it. If that happens, we lose the chance to research it (which might prevent us from getting the memories out of it).

On the other hand, they might help us fix this. We don't know.

>>24349078
Yeah we should apologize about the wand breaking and the crucio thing.

But I still think that before we tell them to keep the thing with Maud to themselves, we need to clarify what the thing was.

I mean why would she anything with Charles?

Still have no clue where he fits in.

>>24349146
I disagree with apologising for the wand breaking and the Crucio. He got what was coming to him.
He gets into a duel, he needs to be ready to take the consequences.

>>24349135
Even though we're the genius who figured out how to let ghosts interact with the physical plane (which should make us rich, unless it was already discovered and the government somehow managed a complete coverup) I think figuring out the Trident on our own might be too much.

Plus we need to provide proof that Salazar Slytherin was a terrible person.

>>24349184
He does stupid things and gets disproportionate retribution in return.

He's the harmless buttmonkey and I'm honestly beginning to pity his existence.

i wish there was someone who could show us how to use the trident for a good purpose, is it capable of other stuff besides mid-raping people?

does it give bonuses? can it be used as a wand? im really curious as to what all it can do, they never cover this stuff in the books.

>>24349236
Headmaster, bro. Headmaster always knows about the mysterious shit, but they're prone to explain it in mysterious ways.

>>24349268

Sounds like a plan, lloyd does seem exactly the right person to talk to about it.

“Charles, you will not say anything about my sister to anyone, understand?”
“I understand” he says solemnly.
“Nathaniel, can I count on you to do the same?”
“Yes, miss Fauxly, however I do not believe this body will sustain me for much longer”
“How come?” you say, reappraising his body, noticing the way the crystal ball in his chest faulters like a dying light bulb.
“Oh”
Nathaniel gives a tired sigh “It was nice while it lasted, I may have several more hours before it is over, thank you for that Millicent, truly”
>You’re welcome. I’m sorry I couldn’t build you something permenant.
>Maybe another crystal ball is needed
>move on to discuss the fate of the Trident

oh, right, don't forget to pick up the little stone golem. Might be useful for something, later. At the very least it'd be interesting to study its workings.

>>24349380
>Maybe another crystal ball is needed
This is an actually interesting project, that I'm sure should be worth SOME extra credit.

>>24349380
"What's gonna happen when it runs out?"

>>24349380
>You’re welcome. I’m sorry I couldn’t build you something permenant.
>Maybe another crystal ball is needed

>>24349380
"So Charles, before you don't say anything about my sister, can you say things to ME about my sister?

And Nathaniel, unless you're going to pass on to the other side, I'll be able to make you another body in the future. I mean... I threw this together in three days, and I'm only eleven years old.
That means I'm not even as close to as smart as I can be, and I'll be able to do better in the future.
And don't say any nonsense about 'violating the natural order', because if that were the case, I wouldn't have been able to get this far."

>>24349380
>Maybe it just needs to be recharged? We should talk to one of the professors about it.

>>24349380
Can we try re-casting the ghost binding enchantments on the ball?

>>24349380
>>Maybe another crystal ball is needed
Could build you another.

>>24349380

>what can we do for you nathaniel?
>anything you can tell us about the trident? where'd you find it and do you remember what happened to you?

>>24349380
Oh, and we really need to find out how Maud badgered Charles into working for her, how they got the mannequin from the Room of Requirement, AND WHERE THE FUCK IS TARA?!

>>24349592
Oh yeah.
Where the fucking fuck is our fucking cat.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t build you something more permenant, perhaps a new crystal ball is needed”

Nathaniel raises a hand, the wooden hinges creaking.

“You needn’t bother, the reason for it’s failure is with me” he says “Whilst this body isn’t causing any pain, it is not like having a true body of my own, I feel my spirit rejecting this body the way a foot wishes to be free of a shoe”

For the time being you return your attention to Charles, telling him to tell you everything about what he and Maud were up to.

“You may have already guessed” he begins, a tired snootiness in his voice “that I was the slytherin contestant. When I myself had looked into building a body for the ghost it proved too” he searches for the right wording “challenging, I needed a crytal ball, whilst talking my way into getting one in the divination room Maud asked me about it. She knew what I was up to from the start but led me on to believe she was none the wiser, that she could get one for me, ultimately she said she would only give it to me if I told her what it was for. Then she told me you were also a contestant and that she had ordered your house elf to redirect all your parent’s mail to her, and that he was forbidden to tell any wizard about it”

With a sulky roll of his eyes he finishes his little monologue.

“That enough for you?”

>You were the contestant all along? Trust a slytherin to steal another’s hard work
>That’s why my house elf sent Soup
>Thank you for telling me this, now I hope we can move on from this and stay out of each others way from now on
>ALSO WHERE IS MY CAT?!

>>24349211

:3c

>>24349653
Huh?

>>24349651
"Almost. Where's all my stuff, especially my cat?"

>>24349683
Your school stuff is in the RoR, sorry if I wasn't clear about that.

>>24349651
> That’s why my house elf sent Soup...
>ALSO WHERE IS MY CAT?!
>Thank you for telling me this, now I hope we can move on from this and stay out of each others way from now on

>>24349651
Huh, using Pester to redirect all mail?
That makes sense I guess, though that means that our parents apparently never talked to anyone in person the past several months.

>>24349651
>ALSO WHERE IS MY CAT?!
"And you know what will happen if you make me angry. Don't make me angry, Charles. You'll regret ever being born if you make me angry."

>>24349651
"I swear to god I will stab you if you don't stop with that attitude, now."
grab him by the collar
"Where. Is. My. Cat.

>>24349717
"Also the trident belongs in a museum!"

>>24349651
Ah, so ghosts don't want to stay there permanently?

That makes things difficult, but I'm pretty sure there might still be some market for it.

>>24349651

>Anon:"There's no way someone could intercept all that mail without the government or school officials intervening!"
>HPQuest: i think you underestimate my..
>*sunglasses*
>*noodle arms*
>~TACTICAL GENIUS~"

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>wake up after a good night's sleep
>expect to read HPQuest from the archives
>quest has only just begun!

FUCK YES.

>>24349651
>Thank you for telling me this, now I hope we can move on from this and stay out of each others way from now on

Emphasis on 'stay the fuck away from me'. Sorry, Charles. Also,

>WHERE IS MY CAT!?!??

>>24349651
>she had ordered your house elf to redirect all your parent’s mail to her,
Well, that's acceptable to me.

>>24349666

its a witch with spewing fire and holding a trident like staff :D

Anyone wanna draw a depressed Millie with her chin on the table staring at a glass of scotch?
No tears, eye bags, frown, scotch.
Yes I know she's eleven.

...If the issue comes up, lets just say that Bergle pressured her into making Pester redirect our mail and convinced her that he had accomplices so she wouldn't stop doing it.

>>24349651
>she had ordered your house elf to redirect all your parent’s mail to her, and that he was forbidden to tell any wizard about it
Should we try to reconcile with our parents?
Sure, they're racists and apparently they believed that letters are enough arbitration rather than face-to-face meetings to talk important issues out, but they do represent a source of money and resources.

>>24349737
Add this too.

>>24349781
OOOOOOOOOOOOOH~

>>24349782
Butterbeer instead?

>>24349653
I understand now. Sweet.

>>24349818
I think it calls for firewhiskey

>>24349651
>Thank you for telling me this. I hope that in the future I won't have to threaten you into cooperating, ok? *fake smile*
>ALSO WHERE IS MY CAT?!

>>24349754
But was that last mail a forgery, or a result of us not following whatever instructions we didn't receive from our parents.

>>24349793
Crystal ball seems to indicate we're getting disowned anyway and I don't really want to deal with the kind of environment that turns an 11 year old girl into a socially isolated and paranoid wreck and her 14 yr old sister into a spiteful manipulator who can't look past her jealousy to be the big sister she honestly wants to be.

>>24349782
With Soup as the bartender pouring the drink

>>24349851

this

>>24349749
Was there any other fallacies in the story I'm missing to explain?

>>24349782
I've seen that flash.

>>24349844
>Crystal ball seems to indicate we're getting disowned anyway
Most likely from casting Salazar Slytherin in the worst light possible.
But I think the effort should at least be made.

>>24349844
No idea now..

>>24349885
The letter we got this morning

>>24349904
I don't remember that.

>>24349885
That the idle rich that our parents are likely still have at least some circles of gossip, and would thus hear via the grapevine or Charles's furious parents about the kind of things we've been up to, in which case they'd realize that someone was blocking their mail due to not receiving anything from the headmaster?

>>24349898
I honestly think THEY should be making the effort, not us.

If they can't, fuck them.

>>24349904
Also, our parents not showing up when we almost died.

Maud not letting them know that seems unlikely given what we know about her now.

>>24349885

don't worry about addressing that now, just make a note of it and drop it in a later thread.

>>24349952
Also considering the severity of us casting an Unforgivable Curse, and no attempt at a coverup being made, I'm pretty fucking sure the Headmaster would visit our parents in person to make sure they knew.

>>24349952
I have the answer to that but I'm not sure how to answer it in a reasonable way in the story.

I could have Millie have a revelation, but it might sound trite.

>>24349982
I say save it for whenever it's appropriate.