Previously, on the Caretaker...

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“They most likely don't know about the entrancing charm also being removed from you, perhaps, if your interpreting skills are good enough, you could lure him into a false sense of control and…dispose of him.”

“...define: “dispose”...”

“I want you to kill the host of Salazar Slytherin, the body of the girl once known as Lily.”

“Sir, with all due respect, that's technically still the daughter of ”The boy who lived” the person that killed the most dangerous dark wizard of our time, not only will Potter kill me the moment he finds out i laid a finger on her, he most likely taught Lily how to defend herself too, plus, who knows what Salazar can do now, it feels like a massive risk…also, i could get fired.”

“It is a risk, but not taking this golden opportunity could mean giving Salazar more time to plan ahead and act, this is a perfect chance to get ahead of him before he even realizes what hit him. Do this and we could have more time to accomplish our goals in the future.”

Willow seemed to have noticed your inner monologue.

“Brandon, are you alright?”

>”I don't think I am…I might do something incredibly stupid (act like you are still under the effects of the entrancing charm and lure “Lily” into a trap. Roll against an opposing roll. Best of 3)
>”Yeah, im fine, just…had some intrusive thoughts (Do nothing and maybe plan something else: what?)

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and now, we continue...

”I don't think I am…I might do something incredibly stupid”

“uuuh, zounds dangerous! zis is related to that veird thing you still have yet to explain to me, right?”

“Yes it is”

“Then i vant to help!”

You sigh, not wanting to do what you are about to do next but having no option about it.

“Meet me in an hour in my office…and please don't be mad, i know we…might have a…thing…flourishing between us, but i need to do this”

She furiously blushes and fidgets with her hands for a couple of seconds before processing what you just said.

“Vait, vhat are you going to do?”

“Sigh…this”

You stand up and make sure to catch “Lily´s” attention while Potter is busy talking with some other professors at the other side of that table, you are glad its a VERY long table, you need as much space in between if things go south.

The moment your eyes meet “hers” you start your act by standing still for a single second, feigning hesitation. Then you approach.

“Lily…tonight, I need you tonight…meet me in the empty classroom close to Muggle studies at midnight”

You internally cringe at yourself as you stand behind her and very visibly cop a feel of both her ass and breasts, praying to whatever god that decided to put you in this dire situation to help you get out of it.
Even worse, you catched a glimpse of Willow, who looks dumbfounded at the very bold and explicit display you are putting right now, she seems to also understand that you are somewhat forced to do this, so she keeps catching quick glances of the other professors in the room to see if anyone else is witnessing this.
Luckily for you, Potter seems to keep everyone distracted with some irrelevant talk but you don't want to push your luck.
After making sure to pinch her ass and be 100% certain that “Lily” seems to understand what is going on after receiving a very “lustful” stare from “her” that you know is completely fake.
You “take back control of your hands” and escape the room before anybody else realizes the molestation that just happened in front of everyone´s noses but only 3 people are aware of.
>You convinced “Lily” to meet you at night, you now have +10 to whatever roll you might need thanks to the element of surprise.

You are now running back to your room, praying that no student, Hogwarts staff or ghost, saw what you did to the body of Lily Potter, so far you aren't being chased by any ghosts, so that's a good sign so far.

Before you know it, you are cowering in your room and taking a quick shower that somehow wont get rid of that dirty feeling all over your body.

“Ugh, this is not how i wanted to do things with her if i ever had the chance!” You say as you scrub all over your hands.

“I am sorry I forced you into such an uncomfortable situation, Brandon. If it is of any consolation, I too, know well that distasteful sensation…”

“You and i are going to sit down and have a talk about what can and cannot remember whenever we get the chance”

“Fair enough, for now, we need to plan our next move.
We have Salazar walking into an empty room and so far suspects nothing, how do you plan to kill the host body? i don't need to invade your mind to know you won't be able to cast the Killing Curse since you need a clear intention and will to do so”

“Sir, i do not intend to kill Lily and even if i did, the risks that come with it are too great to even consider for our well-being”

“Then what do you intend to do, boy? we cannot waste this opportunity”

“The memory charm, Obliviate. If we erase “his” memory hard enough, perhaps we could keep him trapped in a confused body without being a danger to us AND Lily.
I´ve heard stories and claims about this particular spell, a bit harder to do that regular spells but nothing i haven't done before, if done properly we could leave a wondering and confused voice inside trapped inside a still living Lily, leaving us out of danger and suspicions, we just need to cast it properly”

“Aaah, smart! no wonder you were sorted in the Raven house, although you would have done well in the Snake house too, i was sorted there in my time, you know?”

“I was actually offered to be sorted into Slytherin too, but i'm not conflictive enough to join in”

You exit the shower and quickly get dressed in a set of fresh clothes.

A bit later, you hear a pounding on the door.

“THUMP THUMP THUMP!”

It sounds angry.

“Oh god, please dont be Potter, please dont be Potter, please dont be Potter”

“Brandon! Open up! its Willow!”

“Oh thank God, its Willow…fuck its Willow…”

You open the door and a very disturbed, clearly anxious and on the verge of tears looking Willow quickly enters your room, slamming the door behind her.

“Willow! thank you for coming!”

“Don't zhank me yet!”
She shoves a pointy and accusatory finger at your face
“Vhat the hell vas all zhat! you tell me ve might have a thing going on vetween us and immediately after you go and…and…violate! a shtudent! of all people! right in front of half of the entire teaching staff?! you have NO IDEA how incredibly lucky you are that nobody actually saw you besides me! and i know you had a reason to do it and zhats vhy i can't avoid to TRY and look pass it…but it VETTER VE A DARN GOOD REASON OR IM TELLING! You!…you!...”du schöner, hinterhältiger vastard!””

“Wow! wow! wow! easy! easy!”
“First of all, i didnt “Violate” her, it was just a grope”
You say as you lift both hands in front of you as a shield
“Second of all, I know it looks bad! and…i mean…it was bad…but i promise you! I have more than a justifiable reason to do it!”

“Vell you vetter start explaining!”
She pulls out her wand and then throws a wordless spell to your door. You hear the lock latching on hard
“´Cause you are not leaving until you do so, “und ich gehe nicht, bis ich eine überzeugende Erklärung gehört habe!””

“...You know, you are cute when you start speaking German”

She points her wand at your neck and her face becomes red with both anger and bashfulness.

“Ok! ok! im sorry! I'll explain!”

And so, you start explaining everything you know so far after you both sit down at your table.
With each detail you had, which aren't many, she slowly starts to calm down and her expression softens.

Eventually, you are both chatting about the latest details of Merlin himself being trapped in your head over a shared cup of your “Irish Coffee”

“You are kidding…”

“I wished i were, at this point being Imperio´d by a student sounds more realistic than whatever is happening to me, sadly, that part is also true”

“I…i vant to velieve you, i know you are not lying to me…but-”

“Too hard to believe? yeah, i don't blame you, if i were in your position i probably wouldn't believe it either”

“I-i dont…i dont know vhat to zhink right now…Salazar Slytherin?”

“Yup”

“ZHE Merlin?”

“Mmhm”

You take a sip of your “coffee”

“Perhaps I could be of assistance?” Merlin says in your head

“How?” You say out loud and Willow notices.

“I am somewhat familiar with the German language, I studied it for some time while on some of my travels to communicate with some locals, I am guessing, but I presume you are not too familiar with the language, correct?”

“I've been meaning to learn a bit but haven't really gotten into it”

“Are you talking to him?” Willow asks.

“Then perhaps you, suddenly being somewhat fluent in German would be enough to calm her doubts for a bit, don't you think?”

“What do you need me to do?”

“Relinquish control of your body to me, clear your mind and let me take control, not only could it help with your current predicament, but it would also work as a nice way to strengthen our link, allowing me to control you better when necessary and loan you part of my power in the future”

>”Fine, but only for a bit” (what do you want Merlin to say to her?)
>”I don't know, i already feel dirty enough after the whole thing with Lily, i don't want my mind to feel used too, is there any other way?” (roll the dice for a quick lesson in german, Best of 3)

>>6122833
forgot to add.
there should also be a "Other (Write in)" option there, just in case you have a better idea of what to do to calm Willow down

>>6122833
>”Fine, but only for a bit” (what do you want Merlin to say to her?)
"Good evening, Willow. You are now speaking to I, Merlin, temporarily in control of your friend per his request. I will tell you now that he was extremely reluctant to play a part in this plan of mine, but it was the only way to deal with that troublesome remnant of Slytherin before he became an even bigger threat than he already is. I know of his ambitions and thirst for power all too well, I'm afraid. But enough about that - I'm sure you have plenty of questions for me. I'll answer as many as I can before my time in control is up."

>>6122833
>”I don't know, i already feel dirty enough after the whole thing with Lily, i don't want my mind to feel used too, is there any other way?” (roll the dice for a quick lesson in german, Best of 3)

I want to understand the dirty things she will say to us in bed.

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>>6122889
And when we eventually fuck Willow... I will write up a non canon scene... Should be fun. I feel like she is a tiny bit of a freak. Germans are into a bit of odd stuff, if I recall.

Also, you made a good choice with the name. Willow is a nice name.

>tied
hmm im gonna ask for a tie breaker in the /QTG/
in the meanwhile.
could you >>6122889 please give me a 1D100 to speed up the process in case you win?

Rolled 59 (1d100)

Here you go bro.

>>6122889
I mean, we can get a better lesson for that later on. This shows her the truth directly and has the explicit benefit of also strengthening the Merlin Bond.

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>>6123409
Fair enough. And if/when it comes to it? Well, love is a universal language, right? Also, given we rolled a 12 for dick size... I don't recall if we know how tall Willow is. But? I hope we don't send her to St. Mungo's, heh.

Will change my vote to support:

>>6122845

Not sure if giving up our body to Merlin is a great idea, but he seems like an okay dude... for now. Really don't want him getting enough control to body jack us, though.


I suppose, we let Willow know shit is going on. Let her hold our wand, just in case? That something is fucked with Potter's kid. That he does need some help and helping would be nice. Make him promise to not watch over the shoulder if anything goes down? I mean, there is a lot to say when you have a dude riding back seat, especially when he is a noted perv, and you are talking with the love interest. One of them, at least, unless we want to unscrew Lily and "screw" her differently.


Still think Willow might be evil just because it would be a twist, but I have paranoia

>>6124550
>Will change my vote to support:
oh dude, i was just getting ready to flip a coin and go with whoever won, thank you for this.

welp, looks like we got out winner, update should go live tomorrow!
thanks you all for voting!
>paranoia
understandable, but you´ll have to wait and see if it was justified or not :)

>>6122931
also, thanks for this image, pretty cool!

”Fine, but only for a bit…will this hurt?”

“There should not be any pain, maybe some discomfort and phantom feeling but nothing painful”.

“Alright”
You take a deep breath and relax your body.

Willow looks at you with curiosity
“Vhat are you doing?”.

After a brief moment, you feel like your body is jerking itself from one of those “falling dreams” and your mind “snaps” and “gets pulled away from your head”.

“Woah, what the hell?! thats freaky!”
You say out loud, or rather, you try saying that, but realize that your mouth it's not yours to control anymore. As a matter of fact, your body is not responding and you now feel like an extra passenger in your own body.

It's like watching one of those muggle TV things, you can see what's happening outside your body right in front of you, but there is something outside your peripheral vision, you can't quite make out exactly what it is, but it seems…dark and blurry.
You decide not to get too hung up on that right now since there are more important things happening.

You try focusing on the “TV” but it's like one of those very, very, VERY old ones that still use those big light bulbs and are heavier than a sack of bricks.
You can't make out much, everything looks too blurry to distinguish anything but the vague shape of their forms, the white blur in front of you is most definitely Willow, the background behind her is indistinguishable from anything else though.

The sound seems to be another problem, it's like the “TV” is right in front of you, but the speakers are in another room…with a closed door…underwater.

Nevertheless, you can sorta make out the sounds and hints of a conversation going on.

"Guten Aben- ——— -ow. Du- ———————— -erlin, ———————————————————————————— -derwillig ———————— -Meins, aber ——————————————————— ——————— -Slytherin ———————————————————— ——————— -Ambitionen und Durst ——————————, Ich habe Angst. —————————————————— -viele Fragen ————————— ——————— -Kontrollzeit ist abgelaufen."

…You are not even going to attempt to pretend like you know what they are saying, it's too blurry AND in another language, you can only hope he is being cool right now.

Willo´s blurry shape seems to perk up and do some sort of excited set of little jumps.

It's hard to tell time while you are not in your body, but after a while, you feel that strange pull on your mind once again and your vision becomes another indistinguishable mess.

You feel dizzy and your stomach is all kinds of twisted. Oh hey, you can feel your body again!

You shake your head and open your eyes afterwards, your vision becomes sharp and focused once again and you see Willow sitting in front of you.
She is smiling.

“Hallo! Willkommen zurück!”

“Whu-?”

“Oh, sorry. Hehe, Velcome Vack! Are you ok?”

“Yeah, just…ugh, that mind switch thing does a number on your stomach -urk!”
You manage to hold back the urge to puke and stand up slowly.
“Sorry, just not used to this yet. So? you talked with him?”

“Yah! it vas really veird…but fascinating! I didn't know that Merlin knew German”

“Yeah, apparently he had to learn it while studying when he was alive”

“Zhat explains vhy he spoke using longer, fancier vords…His accent is veird though”

You can't avoid bursting into laughter at her remark, she quickly joins in and chuckles along with you for a few seconds until it quickly dies down.

“i guess i no longer have any doubts about vhat you vere saying…still freaky though”

“Yeah, i guess we'll have to get used to it for now”

“I guess so, but…i'm glad you are ok, Brandon”
She gets close to you and hesitates for a second, but takes your hand and holds it in her own.
“And…i'm glad you vere telling the truth”.

“Why wouldn't i? you are…special…to me”
You hold her hands with your free hand and give her a little affectionate squeeze.
“I wouldn't lie to you…”

She looks at you with big, shiny eyes and a slowly redding face and a small smile forming in her lips.
She hesitantly but slowly pulls you in, finally closing the little distance there was between the both of you and slowly lifts her head towards yours. Her lips gently puckered.

>How do you respond? (Write in).

>>6125140
>Just lean into it and enjoy the moment. No talk.
Turns out, the common /qst/ anon is scared of Willow. C'mon, I had to stop lurking for this.

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>>6125140
A kiss. Maybe a bit chaste but a good one regardless. Assure her she does matter to us. Say how we appreciate he, being there even though we couldn't protect her from Peeves enough. Offer to keep helping in her class some.

Your heart quickly fills with many emotions you have never felt before, your mind gets cloudy and feels a surge of both excitement and fear, your body gets the shivers but also feels way too hot for some reason.
You want to tell her how much she means to you despite the relative short time you have known each other, you don't even really know a lot about her but despite that, you know you can trust her with anything, like some sort of bond that will only get stronger with time.
Yet despite all that you want to tell her, you feel like no words are enough to describe it adequately…

…So, you do the next best thing you can do and follow what your instincts tell you to do and lean in, connecting your lips with hers.

You…have never kissed a girl before, at least not willingly…you hope that entrancing charm that “Lily” had in you wasn't there for too long, who knows what she could have made you do…no, now is not the time to think of that.

You clear your mind and let yourself be guided by her motions, and almost instinctively you fall into a rhythm.

It's almost like a dance, a dance you very much enjoy, you both take it slow and let yourselves get lost in the moment.

It was warm, it was almost overwhelming…It was magical.

And just how it began, it ended, with slow movements and a warm touch of her skin, you both slowly open your eyes and stare into each other, smiling as you get lost in the dark pools that are her deep black eyes.
She lets her head rest on your chest and refuses to break the hug, letting out a happy sigh.
You gently rest your chin on the top of her head and hold her in a tight hug.

After a moment of blissful silence, you wordlessly but mutually agree that was enough for now and return to your usual selves, still, you can't avoid feeling happier than usual.

“So, I guess ve are a “zhing” now, huh?”

“I definitely won't say no to that”

“Good, i expect you to take me on a date at least once a month, you may be shtuck doing some ancient magic mission zhing, but i vont let you abandon me for too long”

“Fair enough”

“Also you better take me vith you in whatever mission you need to do”

“Fine, I trust you to be able to take care of yourself, but you will stick with me until we are done with that, ok?”

“Fine by me, also…” And she gets very close to you and pokes you in the chest with a very pointy finger nail with each word she says. “...No. More. Violating. Shtudents. Is zhat clear?”

“I didn-fine, no more of that unless absolutely necessary”

“Brandon…”

“Im kidding im kidding, i promise, i´ll try to keep Merlin from getting us into situations like that”

“Good…so…vhat now?”

“Right! I almost forgot!”
You look at a small cuckoo clock hanging on your wall, the current time seems to be around 5PM.
“we have around…6 or 7 hours to come up with an attack plan, i managed to convince “Lily” to meet me at midnight in the empty classroom near Muggle studies, we have ONE shot at taking “her” down before “she” becomes an even bigger problem”

“Are you going to…kill her?”

“No, we just want to completely wipe Salazar´s memory, if we do it correctly, we can get Salazar stuck and permanently confused inside the body of Lily Potter and buy us a lot of precious time”

“We? ah right, Merlin”

“Yeah, speaking of…Merlin? Sir?”
You ask out loud, mostly to let Willow know about what you are saying.
“...Sir?”

But there is no response, not even a faint hint of him being there at the moment.

“Is everything alright?” Willow ask.

“He is not responding, i don't know why…Whatever, we can plan for now without him, i'm sure he´ll come back soon, this is too important for him to just leave me alone with this”

“You are not alone, i'll ve vith you”
She interlocks an arm with one of yours.

“Are you sure you wanna come along for this?”

“Don't start, Brandon, ve have already fought together vith some dark vizard on a bridge before, I'm going to help vith this too!”

“Alright, just making sure you are ok with this”
You give her a warm smile which she responds back with her own.

“So…any ideas?”

“Ve could just…jump on her as soon as she gets into ze room, nobody ever expects to be jumped on as soon as zhey enter a room”

“Theoretically it could work, plus she doesn't really suspects anything yet, but it's still a bit too simple”

“Mmm…sometimes you have got to keep it simple”

“We´ll…keep that as an option…what if I stand in the middle of the room as bait so you can surprise her and force her to stay still long enough for me to wipe Salazar´s mind? surely, with Merlin´s guidance, i can wipe her mind quickly”

“I mean, yeah, zhat could vork too, but it feels like it's missing something…”

“Well…she IS expecting to “have her way” with me…”
You say while scratching the back of your neck.
“If we let her get “distracted” long enough with me, she is sure to let her guard down and it should be even easier to get everything done…”

“Brandon…”

“I know! I know! I'm not a fan of it either! but you have to admit it's a very good way to keep anybody distracted!”

She looks at you with a very annoyed expression but you can see her thinking hard in her mind.

“Ugh…you might be onto somezhing…but i hate it”

“I mean, I'm willing to take any other ideas if you have them, we just need something that gives us enough time to completely wipe Salazar´s mind…”

How will you approach your midnight ambush?
>Suddenly attack Lily as soon as she gets into the room, taking her by surprise.
>Let Lily have her way with you while Willow prepares a powerful stunner.
>Other (write in)

Apologies for the very long time between updates, i had some troubles IRL but everything seems to be back in order, we should be back to out previous schedule now.

>>6128449
>Suddenly attack Lily as soon as she gets into the room, taking her by surprise.
The odds of Lily reapplying Imperio to us while she has us 'alone' are too great. It'd turn it from a 2v1 to a 1v2 if she pulled it off. Or a 1v1 if Lily gets stunned after imperio'ing us.
Still, might I suggest enchanting some of the castle's sets of magically resistant armors to act as backup?

>>6128449
>Suddenly attack Lily as soon as she gets into the room, taking her by surprise.
It's just too dangerous to leave ourselves entirely vulnerable to her for any length of time. Perhaps we should stay in the room to keep her looking forward and in a false sense of security while Willow hides behind the door with a baseball bat. Or maybe a spell instead of you're of that persuasion.

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>>6128449
>Let Lily have way

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>>6128449

>Let Lily have her way with you while Willow prepares a powerful stunner.

This is more fun, also lewds.

We trust Willow, right? Surely she will understand the need for a 17 year old to try and fuck us.

This will be fun.

>we have a tie
shit, im gonna ask /qtg/ for a tie breaker, but if we dont have one by the time i come back then i´ll have to flip a coin on it

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>Nothing
very well then, a flip of the coin it is.
1 for surprise attack.
2 for being the bait.
writing...

The both of you stay in your room discussing possible plans of attack, you consider simple plans like blasting the entire room and just killing her to avoid more problems but realize that would only cause even more problems.
You consider bringing magical creatures that could get the job done but realize neither of you have any idea nor the time to get any beast capable of doing that.
The more you think about it, the more you both come to the conclusion that the bait plan is the best option you got.

“Ugh…i hate it…but i zhink you are right…you have to be zhe bait”

“Oh man, I was expecting us to find another option…”

“Yeah right, just don't try to enjoy it TOO much…”
She says with a hint of…jealousy? you are not sure, but she isn't thrilled about it.

“Hey, dont look at me like i enjoy it either, i know for a fact that isnt Lily doing any of that, that has to be Salazar making her do that for some twisted and fucked up reason, so if anything, to me it feels like im getting groped by some bald old man”
You shudder at the thought.

She sighs and looks defeated for a moment.

“Sigh, I know, it's just…i finally get a boyfriend…and the first zhing ve do together is use your body as a bait for some teenage girl…its not fair”
She crosses her arms and turns around, hiding her pouting face.

“I take it you have never-”

“No, I have never had a boyfriend before…”

You get close to her and hug her from behind, wrapping your arms below her chest.
At first it feels a bit wrong, getting this close to her so suddenly even if you know that you two are officially a thing, it feels maybe a bit too fast, but after she holds to your hands and doesn't try to separate from you, you know it's just first timer nerves and slowly the wrongness of it disappears, letting you rest your chin on her shoulder.

“Then it's a good thing we took care of that.”

She hums at your touch, leaning her back on your chest.

“Tell you what, after this whole thing is dealt with and if everything goes according to plan, what if we go on an official first date? anywhere you want to do anything you want, just you, me and whatever is needed for us to have a good time”

“You mean that? anywhere? anything?”

“i mean it, whatever you want, anywhere, any time”

She leans even more onto you and you can see her face looking up at yours.

“I vould like that very much”

A smile forms in her lips, she turns herself around and gives you a quick peck on your cheek.
You can't avoid blushing and the dumb smile from showing up on your face.

“Then It's a deal”
You return the kiss, this time on her forehead and break the hug
“We´ll just have to deal with this and after that, we should have all the time in the world to enjoy ourselves”

After taking care of some details, like where she would hide, what spells to use and what to do if anything goes wrong, you both part ways for the rest of the school day, given how she still has some classes to teach and you still are yet to have a proper meal. Can't risk getting into a battle with an empty stomach after all.

Shortly after that, your usual patrol around the castle keeps you distracted from the creeping nervousness of the midnight ambush. Unfortunately, altering the nature of the castle when you banished Peeves is having some unexpected consequences, everything is too…easy. Students are still up to some mischief, but it's not even close to what it was before, the worst thing you´ve seen since was a whoopee cushion prank. So doing your job doesn't really help that much.

Eventually, after the night sets in and all the students are in their rooms, you take one last patrol around the castle, particularly focusing in the area near to the Muggle studies classroom.

It's around 11 pm, still an hour away from the accorded meeting time, but you decide to meet Willow in her office/room.

You enter the classroom and walk to the door at the end of it, almost hidden behind a chalkboard and a thing she calls “a refrigerator”...Muggles sure like their bulky stuff.

“Willow…Willow, it's me”
You knock on the door and hear a small shuffle coming from the other side, after a couple of seconds, she opens the door.

“Brandon? vhats going on?”

“We have a problem, Merlin still hasn't talked back to me”

“Vhat?! Vhy not?! Is he gone? Vhere is he?”

“I-i don't know, I keep trying to talk with him, but it's almost like he is ignoring me. I couldn't before but after we planned everything i was able to feel his presence again in my head, i´ve been calling for him but the only response i´ve gotten so far has been a headache”

“Is he doing that? Is he mad at you or something?”

“I don't think so, i think he would have said something about it if i had done anything to make him mad”

“Zhen vhat do ve do?”

“I don't know, but if he doesn't show up in the next half hour, I think we are going to have to deal with Salazar ourselves…”

“Zheres got to be somezhing ve can do! do ve stick to zhe plan? does zhis change anyzhing?”

“It's too late to change plans, we´ll have to stick with it for now, but we should prepare for anything, Merlin´s guidance was the one thing that guaranteed the spell to work perfectly, without him we don't know if it´ll work as it should”

“It too risky! vhitout Merlin zhere is no vay ve can defeat Salazar! Ve have to cancel the ambush!

>”As long as we stick to the plan, everything should be fine” (Go through with the plan, if the plan fails the battle WILL be harder)
>”You are right, Salazar is too much for us, we have to cancel” (Ensure your safety but lose your one chance)
>Other (write in)

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>>6130220
>”As long as we stick to the plan, everything should be fine” (Go through with the plan, if the plan fails the battle WILL be harder)

Fuck it, now is the time to ball.

>>6130220
Stick to da plan

You can see Willow starting to panic, her eyes are bigger than you've ever seen before and she seems to be hyperventilating a bit.

“Willow! calm down! easy, easy there” You say as you hold her shoulders and look straight into her eyes.
“I know, it's a bit scary that already things aren't going 100% as expected, but the plan is good, relax…As long as we stick to it we have nothing to worry about”

You hold her close in a tight hug and her rapid breathing slows down a bit at the feel of your touch.

“Its ok, its ok”
You pat her head a couple of times then brush her hair with your fingers.
“Besides, it's still a 2v1, even if things go south, we have the advantage, we can do this, we WILL do this, ok?”

“ok…ok…”
You can feel her swallowing a mouthful of spit and fixing her parched throat with it. Her breathing slows down even more until it becomes regular, the feeling of her chest slowly rising against yours at an even pace lets you know you can let go of her now.
“Im-im sorry, i-i don't know vhat happened to me zhere”

“Didn't took you for the panicky type”

“Im-im not, a-at least i zhink im not…zhat has never happened to me before”

“To be fair, i'm pretty sure this is a new experience for the both of us, not every day you participate in a high stakes midnight hit, it's understandable if we discover new stuff about ourselves during it”

“How is it zhat you are so calm?”

“I don't know either, to be honest I was expecting to be a nervous mess…it's probably because we still aren't there yet…”

“Vell, i glad you are shtill so calm and collected, it makes me feel a bit better…im counting on you, ok? don't let anyzhing go vrong”

“I won't let anything happen to you, i promise, you keep my back and i´ll keep yours”

“Good…Zhank you…”

She gives you a quick kiss on your lips and steps away before you can get to enjoy it too much

“No, thank you…Cmon, let's get in position before it gets too late”

“Yah”

The trip to the empty classroom is a quick one since it's so close to the Muggle studies one, you look both sides before closing the door behind you, making sure no one is around.

You haven't been here since you got thrown out of the window on your first day, You can see the one glass panel that looks newer than the others, the one you flew through and had to replace when you came back.

“I don't zhink i've been here before, zhis room alvays felt…off”

“Heh, if only you knew…”

“Vhat do you mean?”

“Nevermind that for now, we have to get ready”

“Right, i'm ready vhenever you are”
Willow walks to the edge of the room and stands next to the wall.
“Hit me”

You hold your wand in front of you and trace a spiral with it, you then point it at Willow and watch her disappear into nothingness.

“Everything good?”

“Yah”
The shapeless voice of Willow comes from where she was standing but you see nothing, not even a shadow, a perfect Disillusionment charm.
“it feels veird vhen somebody else casts that spell on you, but nothing to vorry about”

“Excellent, now all we have to do is wait…”

The next 20 minutes felt like hours, you wanted to hold a conversation with Willow while you waited, but you knew better than that, you can't risk being heard by anyone so you decided to hold your mouth for a bit, despite wanting to tell Willow that everything will be alright. You can still feel her nervousness through the invisibility.

Far in the distance, you hear the ringing of Hogwarts´s bells, signaling the arrival of midnight.

“It's time” you think.
You go to stand in the middle of the room, summoning a big bed with purple sheets, you also light up a couple of candles and set them on the ground at both sides of the bed, creating an “ambiance”.

You turn to look at where Willow is supposed to be standing and nod your head, letting her know you are ready.
You don't see any response. Good.

You sit at the edge of the bed and wait…
and wait…
and wait a bit more…
10…15…20 minutes passed and there is still no sign of Lily.

You start to get a bit nervous, maybe she got cold feet? no, no way “she” did.
Maybe your nerves are making you impatient, yeah, that's most likely it, it's just your nerves…

…right?

Another 5 minutes go by and you are starting to feel stressed when suddenly…

*clack clack clack*

You hear the somewhat distant echoes of shoes walking in the corridor on the other side of the door, not just any shoes though, heeled shoes.
You hear a shuffle of another pair of shoes inside the room, it sounds like Willow is in position.
You sit straight and keep your eyes on the door, waiting for the moment it will open so you can begin your act.

*clack clack clack…clack…*

You hear something messing with the doorknob for a moment, and then it turns.
The door gently creaks as it slowly opens.

Your smile is genuine, not because you want to see Lily, but because everything seems to be going fine so far, you want to feel bad for having a genuine smile on your face, but if it helps you sell your act better, then you can live with it for now.

The door finally fully opens.

But there is no one there.

You stand up and take a step towards the door but before you can even get away from the bed, it closes.

“Was that Willow?” You think

>”Hello?...Willow?”
>”Hello?...Lily?”
>”...”
>Other (Write in)

>>6131951
>”Hello?"
Just hello. On the off chance that it's neither Lily or Willow.
Man would it be awkward if this was Harry...

>>6131951
>>6131956

Sure. Support a neutral response. We can also use the anti disillusionment charm, but it it is the Potters, that is probably the Cloak at work.

Might also be ready to cast a Shield, incase they toss a spell out. Also if there is dust on the ground, we might be able to notice where they are by where it is disturbed.

You stay silent for a couple of seconds before you decide to say anything.

“...Hello?”

Silence.

“...”
You move your hand towards your sleeve where you keep your wand but before you can reach it, you hear another couple of steps in front of you, followed by the air shimmering a bit and rippling like waves in water, shifting the light in front of you until the form of Lily materializes there.

“AHH! Lily! Don't do that!”
Gotta keep it casual for now, just keep acting until you see her eyes…
“You scared me for a second there” you say while blowing some air out your mouth.

“Hmmhmhm, why? Are we expecting someone else? you didnt tell me this was a treesome, naughty boy”

Even when she is using that seductress voice, you can't avoid feeling disgusted knowing she is being puppeteered by some nasty old pervert, but you gotta keep the act going.

“No! nono, it's just, you know, you never know with your dad and all”

“Ugh, don't even get me started, he's been on my ass for weeks now, I can barely move around at night without him tracking my every step with that stupid map…”

“Map?” you ask, not knowing what she is talking about.

“Nevermind…so…what do you want to do to me?” she asks while slowly opening her robe and giving you a hungry glare.

You lock eyes with her and your mind goes into overdrive, this is it.

“Alright, it's showtime” you think in your head.

You freeze in place for a second, trying your best to act like you have been entranced.

“What am i NOT gonna do to you!”
You get close to her and start by kissing her on the lips, something she quickly reciprocates and adds a lot of tongue.
While you kiss, you help her get out of her robes completely, letting her in a white unbuttoned shirt that gives a great view of her cleavage and an unusually short black school skirt. That thing was custom made, there is no way any store near Hogwarts would sell something so short, it doesn't even hide the fact she isn't wearing any underwear.

As you let the robe fall, she breaks the kiss and begins doing the same to you, removing your heavy coat and tossing it away.
“Shit, my wand is in there” you say in your head.
This is followed by the feeling of her hand groping your crotch.

“Oh my, is it just me or did this get bigger since our last time?”

““Last time?” oh fuck, this has happened before?!” you mentally scream.
You can't avoid a feeling of dread, disgust and shivers going down your body. Actually giving you goosebumps.

Lily tries to stifle a chuckle.
“Hmhmhm, what's the matter? Is my touch really that good?”
She says as she undoes your pants and slides her fingers inside your dark blue boxers.
“You even got goosebumps, I'm flattered!”

You just can't keep looking at her as she starts removing your underwear, so you grab her by the head, get her closer to your crotch so she can focus on that and look away from her, towards the ceiling.
You want to look where Willow is, but you don't have the heart to look in her direction while Lily is about to suck you off.
You get hit by the somewhat cold feeling of the room´s air and her warm breath, creating a regretfully pleasant feeling.
She, on the other hand, gets hit in the face by your 12 incher with a strong “slap” sound.

Her moan of pleasure and anticipation almost sounds feral.
“MMMMM! YES! i´ve been wanting to taste this again for weeks!”
She takes a big whiff from it, like she were smelling a prime cut of meat or a nice tasteful baguette.
“Nobody else in this pitiful castle even comes close to it”

1: fucking hell, is she doing this to more people?!
2: fuck yeah! you are the biggest in the entire castle

You can't avoid the stupid smile that shows up in your face, this isn't good for your ego.

You shake those thoughts out of your brain for now, you have to focus.

Right now, Lily is on her knees, close to the bed you summoned and with her mouth (barely) fitting around your…size.
She definitely doesn't have a view behind her but could still react if Willow isn't fast enough with her spell.

>Keep going until she is in a more vulnerable state.
>Give Willow a signal so she can strike.

>>6134608
>Give Willow a signal so she can strike.
It's pretty hard to grab a wand from a shirt pocket when said shirt is dangling behind you because it's open, and her mouth is full. It's a pretty damn good time to do this. Plus, you know, the surprise factor and all.
I wonder if Willow is any good at nonverbal spellcasting...

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>>6134608
>She, on the other hand, gets hit in the face by your 12 incher with a strong “slap” sound.

Hhahaha mushroom mark bitch!


>Give Willow a signal so she can strike.

I don't want to NTR Willow more than we have to. However, unintended benefit, willow gets to see we are hung like a pony.

You hold her head with both hands and look her in the eyes.
It feels wrong that you are starting to like the feeling of her throat around you, but you need to make this convincing now more than ever.

You give her a lustful grin and wrap locks of her hair around your fingers, like reins on a horse. Her eyes become small like pins and her smile goes from ear to ear when she realizes what you are about to do.

“HYHETH! HYEEETHHH!! HOO EET!!”

You ram her head to the hilt and she gags, making some noises that the human mouth should not be able to do.

Her arms go limp to her sides and with each hit to the back of her lungs her eyes roll further and further back until you can only see the white of her eyes and her tears roll down her face and neck.

This is when you do it, when her vision is lost inside her head and obscured by tears, you take a glance at the wall where Willow is waiting and give her a quick nod.

You see the dust on the ground move around slowly with each step Willow takes, each one agonizingly slow, making sure she makes no sound whatsoever.

“HAKK! GLUCK! GWHAK! HUERK!”

Not like she would be able to hear much at this time anyway…

You see Willow´s wand appear from out of nowhere, moving in the air as if it were levitating by itself, making the familiar motions of the spell and the tip of the wand lighting up just barely with a small blue-ish/purple hue.
She seems to hold the spell for a bit longer than necessary, making sure to put as much energy into it in order to make it as strong as she possibly can.

As the wand points forward to release the maxed out spell, Willow cant avoid screaming, either jealousy, ire, disgust for Salazar or mere effort, you can't tell. But as she does, you hold Lily by the head with both arms, holding her in place down to the hilt, making her gag one last time, with her eyes completely rolled back and her tongue almost touching her own chin, several strands of spit and saliva hanging from her jaw.
Her arms and legs straighten up and snap together, leaving her stiff as a board.

And just like that, silence takes over the room.

>CONGRATULATIONS, YOU SUBDUED LILY POTTER WITHOUT FIGHTING. YOU EARN A PERMANENT +5 BONUS TO YOUR ROLLS FOR OVERCOMING THIS BIG OBSTACLE IN CREATIVE AND UNUSUAL WAY.

You let go of Lily's hair and place your hands on your hips, recovering your breath after a minute.

“Well…that was easy”

You end the disillusionment spell on Willow and she materializes in front of you, it looks like she put so much effort into that spell that she is visibly tired and her face is a bit shiny with sweat.

“Hey, you ok?”

“Yah, just. I hit her with everyzhing i had”

“Good, Nice job, I'm proud of you.”

“Zhanks”

“See? i told you everything would be-”
You are interrupted by the gagging and coughing sounds of Lily, still choking on your erect member shoved all the way down to her lungs. You forgot that her body is paralyzed but she is still breathing.

“Shit! hold that thought! help me with this!”

“Oh you are kidding me!”

Willow pulls Lily´s body from her legs, lifting her from the ground.

“Ow! Ow! Ow! Waitwaitwait! not like that! you are bending it! OW!”

“Stop whining! She is choking! Oh Mein Gott! her face is getting blue!”

“Slow! slow! just twist and pull, twist and pull!”

After a pair of the most ridiculous minutes you have ever experienced, Lily´s petrified body is lying on the bed you summoned that went unused and you and Willow are sitting on the ground with your backs next to the wall, keeping an eye on Lily while you take a moment to catch your breath.

“You know, i don't think i will ever be able to properly thank you for what you did tonight”

“Vhat makes you say zhat?”

“I mean, i don't think any other person would have helped me as much as you have so far, i'm willing to bet most people would have left me alone by the time we had that battle in the bridge”

“Vell, its a good zhing im not most people”

You give her a warm smile as you cross an arm behind her head and lean in to giver her a kiss on the cheek

“Thank you”

“Don't vorry about it, you'll zhink of somezhing later to pay me back or maybe i vill, ve´ll see vhat happens first, though i'm already having some…ideas”

“Oh yeah? what do you have in mind?”

You see her eyes wander down your body until she is looking down at your…inner thigh area.

She looks at you looking at her and immediately blushes hard.

“Hoho, well, if you insist, i would be more than glad to thank you in whatever way you find more…appealing”

“Ah ah ah, don't even ZHINK about it! i mean, yeah! you vill definitely pay me vith that, but it's too soon, and even if i vanted, right now it's out of zhe question…i need to do some…yoga first”

You chuckle as you stand up, having regained your energy.

“Sure, fair enough”
You offer your hand and Willow takes it, helping her stand up from the ground.

“Now comes the tricky part”

“Has Merlin said anyzhing?”

“Not yet, i can feel his presence a bit better, but it's still too weak, we are going to have to do this on our own”

“Vell…ve did the first part of zhe plan, i zhink ve can still make zhis vork”

“That's the spirit, cmon, let's get this done fast, i don't want this to take longer than necessary”
Both of you walk to the petrified body on the bed.
You notice how Lily's eyes are fixated on you, her body may be paralyzed, but her eyes are perpetually stuck to you, you can almost hear the screams of rage behind those eyes. Combined with her open mouth and her tongue still out, she looks like the angriest siren tied up to the front of a ship. A beautiful young body with the rage that only the ancient mind of a wizard whose plans of generations are being shredded in front of him.

>Roll 1D100+40 (+10 for Willow helping you. +10 for the advantage roll you earned before. +10 for your magical expertise. +5 for battle roll. +5 for advantage over Lily´s petrified body) Best of 3 Rolls. beat a DC90

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Rolled 95 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6135365
Obliviate Maxima.

Rolled 26 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6135365

If you haven't voted under a different IP or something, I would very much appreciate one over in my game Kektus. Want to start writing at some point today. Thanks bro.


Also nearly asphyxiating Lilly and Willow, getting to see little Brandon was fun as fuck. Pretty hot desu.

>>6135385
>135
Jesus fucking christ! poor Salazar stood no fucking chance!
if only we had these rolls in DH
i think we are missing one final roll...but with this result, i think i can comfortably start writing the next update without problems

>>6135611
>spoiler
done, sorry it took so long to vote, but you should have enough to start writing now

Rolled 43 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6135660
Thanks bro. Not sure if people just didn't really care or if I have had some serious player drop-off. Eh, W/E. Regardless thanks. Gonna roll again, just in case it is a 1.

>>6135365

Rolled 11 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6135365
Obliviatum, bitch.

>>6136032
Obliviate totatlum. Mind wipe her completely. Sexy.

Also Salazar is 100% a faggot for wanting that B so bad.

You stand on one side of the bed while Willow takes the other.

“Do you know vhat you are doing?”

“I managed to do some mind fiddling when i was a student a couple of times, deleting memories is easier than it sounds”

“Somehow…i have my doubts about zhat”

“Ok, fine, i did it once, but i did a pretty good job at it”

“Maybe ve should call an expert…”

“Relax, this is like a puzzle maze, just have to follow the path to the memory you want and you´ll get there before you know it”

“I refuse to believe it's zhat easy”

“Well, i mean…it's not THAT easy, but that's basically the gist of it”

“Please don't turn her into a vegetable…”

“What happened to that trust you had on me?”

“I'm sorry! i'm just nervous i guess…you can't blame me for not being mentally prepared for stuff like this!”

“Its ok, i don't blame you, i'm not exactly comfortable either, but it's either us or something that could trigger the end of the world…or something like that”

“You are not really helping your case here, but fine, vhat do you need me to do?”

“Have you performed the Forgetfulness charm before?”

“I haven't, but i know zhe incantation and the idea of it”

“Ehh…good enough i suppose, we might have to improvise here, but it should be enough to open a path”

“A path?”

“It´ll be easier if i show you, just follow my lead”

You both take your wands and press their tips on Lily´s forehead, “Lily´s” eyes widen in both fear and anger.

“Now…this won't hurt…probably”

“Obliviate!” You both say in unison.

You didn't have the guts to tell Willow you performed this spell on a Flobberworm, a creature so boring that some people even call it “Mindless”. Now, that doesn't mean they don't have a mind, they are simply…easier to work with.

Ehh, she doesn't need to know that.

“Ok, we are penetrating her mind, you should feel like walking through a heavy layer of mist or fog”

“Yah, I can feel it!”

“Good! now visualize the fog and make it go away!”

You feel how Lily´s mind clears up and can “see” her mind in yours.

“Perfect! Now keep it like that! i'm going deep”

There are white balls of mist, floating idly around in a dark void, from your previous experience with the Flobberworm, you know that these are memories.

“Alright, I found Lily…now to find Sala-there you are!”

You actually don't go deep at all, you can see Salazar taking most of her mind, dark green balls of mist are all concentrated in the “center” of the void in a great mass.
It keeps shifting in shape ever so slightly as if it were breathing.
When it “notices” your presence, it becomes a darker shade of green-ish red and you hear a low rumble.

“Yeheheah! I got your ass Salazar! keep getting angrier! it only makes the stray memories easier to find!”

After a few minutes (at least it felt like minutes) You managed to get all of Salazar together in one place and separate his memories from Lily´s.

“Alright! Got any last words before I turn you into a mist potato?”

“WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE, I SWEAR! DEATH WILL BE A MERCY YOU WILL BEG FOR!”

“Nah, you won't, OBLIVIATE!”

You open your eyes and see Willow next to you, both of your wands are still on her forehead.

“Willow, you can stop now, it's done…Willow!”

“Ah! sorry! i vas too concentrated keeping the mist avay!”

“Its ok, it's over now”

“...just like zhat?”

“Yeah! i thought it would be harder too, but just like a Flobberworm, everything with a mind has their memories fall into groups or something like that, so i was able to delete Salazar´s mind while keeping Lily´s intact, she is definitely going to remember everything, but she should be out of his control now the he is basically a mental decorative plant, maybe i should try being an Obliviator…”

“Lets not switch careers so fast, ve still have to deal vith Lily, vhat are ve gonna tell her? you said she is going to remember all zhis!”

“Yeah, thats…thats the only detail left, i COULD try to erase all of her memories that are linked to Salazar, but at this point that would be just deleting her entire life, i dont think thats up to me to decide”

“MMM!!”

You both turn to Lily who is watching both of you talk about her like she isn't there…still petrified.

“Oh fuck, i forgot you can still hear things”

You can see tears quickly fill her eyes, no doubt memories are flooding her mind right now. Her breathing is getting fast and heavy.

“Shit, Li-Lily, listen to me” You hold her head with both hands.
“You are currently petrified, I know you might have some very disturbing images right now running all over your brain, but trust me, you are fine now, its over.”

Her eyes fall on yours and you can see the despair and hopelessness taking over her soul.

“Listen, Lily, could you please promise me that you won't freak out? you are among friends, you are safe, we won't hurt you. Willow help me out here”

“I-i-i don't know vhat to do! you know more about her than i do!”

“Ok, ok, fine, let me think…ok i got it, go to the infirmary and ask Madam Chiara for either a potion of “Calming draught” or “Draught of peace” either should work, maybe some potion of “Dreamless Sleep” too”

“Got it! i´ll be right back!”
Willow exits the classroom and leaves you alone with Lily, her slowly rising sobs the only sound that can be heard.

>remove the petrifying spell now. (you don't know how she'll react)
>keep her still until Willow comes back with the potions to calm her down. (she might panic more if you don't calm her down, Write what you´ll say to calm her down)

>>6137080
Cast the muffliato spell, close and lock the door, then unfreeze her.

>>6137080
Well, I was hoping we'd delete the memories of us as anything other than an ordinary janitor too, so that Salazar would have a much harder time telling who erased his memories once he reawakens...but maybe she'll resist him actively now that she knows how far Salazar goes when he's in control, and what fucked up things he made her do. It might actually help her understand why we did what we did since she'd remember cursing us various times.
>Cast the muffliato spell, close and lock the door, then unfreeze her.
>Before unfreezing her, tell her that she's safe now and that we'll make sure Salazar never has a chance to abuse her ever again.

>>6137080
>>6137088
>>6137092

Supporting.

Im a friend of Kektus, he got banned for a day, the update was scheduled for tonight but it will be moved to tomorrow

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>>6137935

Lol. What did he do? Not like I have room to speak, given I caught a 3-day one for fucking nothing.

>>6137959
Surely you read the tactical deepthroat?

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>>6137963
I mean... it's not that bad?

I suppose if we need to fuck any other minors, for the good of all mind you, he should probably put it in a pdf or something.

Also "tactical deep-throat" heh. Its not dumb if it works.

>>6137972
Just wait, I give it a 50/50 chance that Lily ends up grateful and stuns us to 'finish up' because it's a habit thanks to all the times Sally made her do such things

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>>6137982
Kek.

Threesome with Willow, maybe? I might try and write a lewdfic if inspiration strikes...

im back.
Update is scheduled for later tonight, but im gonna be busy therest of the day, so there might be a chance it gets delayed again, in any case, update soon-ish

You want to keep her still until Willow is back with the potions in order to help her have an easier time transitioning from her undoubtedly life changing memories flooding back into her head…but having lost your parents…you are familiar with the helpless feeling, the desperation, the primal need to scream until your throat feels like bleeding.

You get closer and gently say to her: “You are safe now, we´ll make sure Salazar never gets the chance to even attempt that ever again.”

You stand up and begin walking around the classroom, casting a combination of the Muffliato and Silencio charms. You just need to add a bit more effort to make it work through the entire empty room.

After the spells are done being casted and the door is properly locked, you get back to her and see her petrified body slightly twitching, no doubt restless, panicking and perhaps in the verge of a mental breakdown.

“Finite Incantatem”
___________________________________________________________________

Willow runs all the way to the first floor of the castle where the infirmary is, dodging a couple of students (that should be in bed but that's not important right now).

“Madam Chiara!”
She burst into the infirmary, waking up a couple of students that were spending the night after a particularly rough Quidditch match.

“Merlin´s socks! what is happening!?”
She was sitting near the window, observing the (almost full) moon, a potion with blue smoke coming out of it in her hand.

“I need Calming draught and Dreamless shleep, it's an emergency!”

After a lighting explanation that omitted 90% of the details, Willow runs back to the unused classroom. The closer she gets the more she feels a slight buzzing sensation in her ears, the telltale of a Muffliato spell.

Brandon was kneeling on the floor with Lily sobbing on his lap. Any other day she would have been jealous, but right now, all she felt was pity for the poor sobbing girl, her whole body was twitching and she was hugging herself in a desperate attempt to get any sort of warmth she could.

For the first couple of hours, Lily refused to drink the potions, she even attempted to jump out the window or use the broken glass of a failed attempt to end her life, but by the time the sun was coming out, she had given up.
Her body was exhausted and her voice was hoarse after lifting the sound canceling spells. Nobody heard anything, but you could still see the pain in her eyes.
After lying on the floor in an almost catatonic state for another couple of hours, she finally agreed to drink the potions before the school day could begin.

Carrying her back to her room was easy, nothing your signature disillusionment spell couldn't do.
Making an excuse for Madam Chiara and any student or room mate that asked why she was in such a bad state after you left her to sleep in her room was a bit harder. (you and Willow went with a combination of a botched potion and a improperly casted stunner spell as your excuse)
The impossible task was figuring out a way to eventually deal with Potter.

“You know he vill find out about zhis soon, right?”

“Yeah, I know…”

You say while exiting the Gryffindor common room and leaving a note next to her pillow for her to read after she wakes up.

“...Should I be packing my stuff to be ready for when they fire us?”

“Not yet, we still have time to…fix things?”

“...You got nothing”

“I got nothing…”

“sigh, i´ll go pack my stuff, see you vhen ve get fired, i have to get some sleep first”

“Have a nice rest, i´ll see you later”

She gives you a quick kiss on your cheek and part ways.

The day is just starting but you might still have time for a quick nap or a cup of coffee to help you get through the day after not sleeping at all last night.
You make a quick trip to your room and lie on your bed, sleeping as soon as your head touches your fluffy pillow.

“Well done, Brandon”

“Huh?”
You wake up and see yourself surrounded by darkness, you think you see rows of something big and rectangular in the far distance, but the deep void makes it impossible to figure out what that is.

“i´ll admit i was a bit worried after i was unable to make contact with you again, but you managed to masterfully remove Salazar´s mind from that poor girl, congratulations are in order” Merlin´s voice says from…somewhere, you cant see him but you know that's him.

“Yeah, i won't lie, it was a bit easier than expected but i was also very nervous about it, i'm just glad everything worked out better than expec-Wait hold on a second!”
You say suddenly.

“What the hell happened?! we were counting on you and you just disappeared?! where were you?!”

“Ahh, yes, i figured you would be exasperated about my sudden departure, allow me to explain, please, take a seat.”

A big and blue armchair appears in front of you, you sit on it.

“You remember when we were discussing with Lady Willow the details of our…predicament?”

“When you took control of my body to convince her that you were real? yeah i remember”

“Yes exactly, that moment was responsible for our sudden separation, when i took control over your body i exhausted all my available energy doing so, our bond isn't strong enough yet for me to be able to do such complicated process in such a short period of time since the last one”

“Last one? when did you-...back in the lake after i gave professor Slughorn the potion…when was that?!”

“That was yesterday, boy. Me taking control of your body in such a short time was what severed our connection until i regained the enough strength to reconnect with you”

“Yesterday…it feels like that was forever ago…”

“I can assure you, it was no more than 30 hours ago”

“...So how do we avoid that from happening again?”

“I suspect that maintaining a soft communication like this and time, it should be enough to reinforce our link, but just like regular magic or muscle, training is the fastest way to strengthen our bond”

“Fine, i guess we'll have to work on that soon, but for now, we have more important things to worry about”

“Yes, I understand you may have a big problem with the father of that girl…”

“yeah…any ideas?”

“...”

“Hello?”

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

“Huh?”

You jerk awake once again, this time surrounded by your room and still lying in your bed.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

You look at the cuckoo clock on your wall, it reads 7 PM

“Shit…”

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

“One second!”

You get out of bed and quickly fix your bed hair in front of your small mirror, there we go, if you are gonna get fired, you might as well look presentable for it.
You grab the doorknob and let your hand rest on it for a second before taking a big breath and twisting the knob.

“Ye-”

Lily is standing in your doorway, she looks like she is ready to die, her red hair is a mess, the little makeup she uses is smudged by tears and her eyes are bloodshot and tired.

“I got your note…”

“Your dad knows anything?”

“Not yet.”

“Come on in.”

You stand aside and Lily enters your room, she sits in one of your chairs next to the table, you soon join her after closing and locking the door.
You both sat in silence for a few moments, you took the opportunity to serve yourself a nice, big cup of your special irish coffee…without the coffee.
Before you could grab your cup, she takes it and downs half of it before slamming the cup on the table.
Under any other circumstances you would have taken house points from her…
…So you refill her cup and pour yourself some in another cup.

“What have you got into?”
>”I don't know every detail yet, but…”(tell her everything)
>”You shouldn't know everything yet (try to delay giving her info) (Roll 1D100 vs an opposing roll)
>”I think you are better not knowing” (try to convince her to forget the topic and live her life as normally as she can) (Roll 1D100-25 vs an opposing roll)

Apologies for the delayed update, the ban lined up with some things i had to take care of and everything clustered together, but we should go back to our regular schedule

>>6139987
>"I will tell you everything I know, for your own sake. But I ask that you extract the memories of what I tell you with a Pensieve. So that your mind guest has the least possible chance of awakening early, before we have a chance to remove him for good. This way, at least, you can remember the details when necessary...and trust that we're working to help you as best we can, whenever you don't have memories of what I'm about to reveal. I ask that you Obliviate everything after this exact sentence once you visit the Pensieve."

>>6139987
>”You shouldn't know everything yet (try to delay giving her info) (Roll 1D100 vs an opposing roll)

I think we need to play this a bit close to the chest. Tell her what she NEEDS to know but be vague about some stuff.

>>6139987
Tell her the stuff that concerns her. Stuff that wouldn't be useful to Salazar. Also, I don't particularly trust Merlin.

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>>6139979

Also found this pic in the folder. Nice, she is cute wolfgirl/10, would.

Chiara at that moment.

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>>6141665

Oh and since she is older than in Hogwarts Mystery, she is now ChiAra-ara.

You finish filling your cup and take a swig from it, pursing your lips after getting the purest and strongest hit of raw whiskey since you became Hogwarts´s Caretaker.
You let the cup next to you as you lean into the table, supporting your whole body on a single elbow to look at her.

“For…let's call them “Security reasons”...i cannot give you all the details of what's going on, but since this involves you on a…”fundamental level” i strongly oppose to the idea of not letting you know anything, so…as for “what have i got myself into?”...Hell, I'm not entirely sure myself, all I can let you know is that it's BIG.”

“How big?”

You scoff almost involuntarily
“So big you can't possibly fathom…I´ve seen it first hand and i still can't do so myself”
You finish with another swig of your pure whiskey.

“How am i involved?”

“Well…” You scratch your chin, a scraggly sound comes when you go over the few patches of beard that are threatening to come out, gotta remember to shave after this.
“Now that we…took care…of what was happening to you, you should no longer be involved and for the sake of everyone we better keep it that way. That's as much as I can say about that without creating unnecessary risks, im sorry.”

She stares into her cup, getting lost in the swaying licor.

“Something…something is missing in my memory, something big…”

“Yeah, that would be what we took care of. Trust me, you are WAY better without it.”

“I want it back.”

You choke on your whiskey and almost fall off your chair. Covering your mouth with your fist to not coat her with saliva and whiskey.

“No you *cough cough* you *cough* dont!”

“You took something from me! You took something that was mine!”
She slams a hand on the table. Almost spilling her cup.
“You took a part of me!”
Her voice was at the verge of screaming and you could see her eyes getting misty

“That wasn't a part of you…”

“Yes it was! You took it and now I cannot remember my past! I cannot remember my first years at Hogwarts! I cannot remember my Birthdays!...I cannot remember my childhood friends!”

“I remember doing all that! but I ca-I can't see it in my mind!”

“Thats because that wasn't you”

“What?”

“I mean, yeah, it WAS you, but it WASN'T you…”

“That doesnt make-”

“I know it doesn't make sense! but trust me! it does…Your body, your physical being, yes, that “You” studied at Hogwarts, that “You” celebrated your Birthdays, that “You” had fun with friends, but it was just YOUR body, it wasn't YOU”

“What are you talking about?”

“The best way I can put it is like this: You had some sort of…Magical Tumor, yeah, that works, a magical tumor. A tumor so dangerous, so strong and so hidden and ingrained in your mind, that had no possible way to be removed, so we had to do the next best thing and…”Deactivate it””

““Deactivate it?” what?! you are making this up!”

“I'm not making up anything, that…tumor…would have killed you (“and everyone”, you say in your head) eventually. Every action, every memory, every connection you have made until now has been that tumor´s doing, you were nothing but its puppet!”

“WHAT?!”

“But now that we “Deactivate it”, you are finally free of its grasp controlling you.”

“You are lying…”

“For the first time since your childhood, you are finally free to act on your own”

“Bullshit!”

“Oh yeah? Tell me, do you perhaps remember some sort of…voice? an imaginary friend perhaps?”

“Wha-”

“Something. Always nagging you in the back of your head, giving you ideas or telling you what to do. Something…different.”

“Something that wasn't…myself”

You raise your cup of whiskey like a toast, like saying “there you go.”

“When I got inside your mind, most of all the memories there weren't yours. Yeah, they inhabited your body, but it wasn't your mind”

She slumps into the chair, creaking loudly as she does.

“Is that why I always liked to try different things? why i chase adventure?”

“Just the tumor trying different things”

“I-i remember doing…things, i don't know what kind of things, but there are so many”

“Do you remember liking doing those things?”

“I don't think I did…”

“Yeah I don't think many people would enjoy if they were forced to do half the things you have done”

“How could you know? you werent there…were you?”

You avoid looking her in the eye by downing your entire cup.

“Oh my god, you were!”

You let your cup down.
“Yeah…i was.”

“What?! tell me! what did i do!?

>Hide nothing and tell her what you know she has done, both good and bad. (She might freak out and you might need to calm her down)
>Hide everything and try to protect her, she might found out later on her own (You don't know when it will happen)

For either option, you will have to roll a raw 1D100 to beat an opposing roll with disadvantage.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>6141690
Regardless of you choice, the roll will use the best of 3 vs the result of this roll.
in case of a possible tie, the winner will be decided by coinflip after enough time has passed.
if there are not enough rolls for a winner vote, the biggest roll for that option will be used.
Good luck.

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>6141690
>"YOU didn't do anything, Lily. Let me stress this: none of what happened was of your doing. You had no say in the matter, much like the victim of an Imperius curse. Now, I'm going to tell you everything that the Tumor did, but I'd like to wait just a few minutes before then so that Willow can come back with a calming draught to help you cope with what you hear. It'll work much better than this coffeeless Irish Coffee, I assure you."
Delay until we get the draught, then tell her. A few minutes of waiting isn't the end of the world, Lily!

>>6141708
She already drank the potions, this is the next morning after that.
She took them here >>6139979

>>6141713
Whoops, I may be a touch retarded.
Just count me for telling her everything then.
Although it would definitely be smart to keep some calming draught on us for her sake for a while...

>>6141714
i´ll definitely keep that as an option, thanks for the suggestion

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>>6141690

>Hide nothing and tell her what you know she has done, both good and bad. (She might freak out and you might need to calm her down)


Fuck. Lets just rip the band-aid off.

>>6141708
seconding

You take the biggest breath you think you have ever taken and turn your whole body to look directly at her. If you are gonna tell her, then you need to be direct and clear.

“When I was in your mind…”
You begin, you weren't sure how to even continue after that but now the ball is rolling, no going back now.
“It wasn't my intention to snoop around, but i had to do it in order to find out each memory that was and wasn't yours-”
And so, you start recounting all of her memories that you could remember.
The good…
“You made it to the Quidditch team and became their captain, you became an exceptional student, top of your class…”
The bad…
“That scar in your leg, that wasn't an accident, that was self-inflicted.”
And the worst.
“I know for a fact you went for me and most likely went for other students, but I dared not look how many or who have you…gone for, all I know is that there are more than a handful…”

With each memory you tell, the shine in her eyes seems to dim more and more, she just sits there, in silence.
You expected her to be having some sort of panic attack or be in some sort of hysteria by now…but she is just there, slumped, her breathing slowed down to an almost imperceptible movement. You can only tell she is alive because of the eventual eye movement and blinking.

Perhaps telling her wasn't the best idea…

“Hey, Lily…Lily, look at me”
You get in front of her and gently hold her face with both hands to make her look at you.
"YOU didn't do anything, Lily. I can't stress this enough: none of what happened was of your doing. You had no say in the matter, much like the victim of an Imperius curse or an Unbreakable Vow, you were the victim here but are now free of that, i know it's hard to hear all of this, but it's all over, you can move on with your life now.”

“But-”
She says with a voice barely above a whisper, tired and strained from holding in her tears and wails.
“How could I ever move on from this…I feel…violated, I feel…used, dirty. This will never go away”

“Yes it will”

“How?”

“By living your life as best as you can and bit by bit undoing its damage, it will take time, but you´ll get there”

“How do you know this? How are you so sure this will work?”

“I don't want to go into details right now, mostly because you need to rest and I don't want to keep you here for long, but i´ve gone for something…not exactly similar, but something that causes a similar pain, trust me, you´ll make it.”

She looks at you with a bit of curiosity and confusion, but you think you see just the smallest hint of a spark coming back to her eyes.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

“Brandon? it's me, are you in zhere?” You hear Willow´s voice through your door.

“One second!” You reply and step away from Lily to go and unlock the door.

“Does she know?” Lily asks before you could open the door.

“Yeah, she helped me with your…tumor, she knows, but don't worry, she won't say anything”
You open the door and Willow steps in, giving you a quick peck on the cheek.

“Oh! Lily! "I didn't knew you vere here, how are you feeling?”

“Well…i´ve been better…i think…”

“Hmmm…Vell, i'm actually glad i found you, i vas looking for you. Here…”
Willow pulls out a small collection of vials filled with some purple and brown liquids from a small bag she was carrying.
“I took the liberty to get you a veek's worth of calming draught and dreamless sleep, just in case you needed them”

Lily takes and stores the potions inside her messy robes.

“Thank you…”

“Don't mention it”

All 3 of you stay in silence for a bit, it's not awkward or uncomfortable, it's just that your conversation it's over for now. You have no doubts that she will come back later and try to get more information, but you´ll deal with that when the time comes.

“I better get going, thanks for…everything”

“Dont worry about it, oh and, Lily?”

“Yeah?”

“I know you will want to ask him stuff eventually but…lets try to keep your father out of this for now, ok? at least until we find out a way to get all this over with”

“But I thought you said it was over…”

“For you it is, but we still have to find a way to fix some…other things”

“Should I be worried about this?”

You take a glance at Willow and she does the same to you. No words are needed for you to agree on the same thing.

“Nothing to worry about, just relax and try to enjoy yourself, we´ll take care of the rest.”

“Alright then…I'm going to bed. I have…many things to think about and do later”
She steps out of your room and goes on her way.

“Have a good night!” Willow says as Lily walks away.

When she turns the corner and disappears into the rest of the castle, you and Willow close the door and lock it.

You let out the biggest sigh you didn't knew you were holding and collapsed on the chair, taking your mug of whiskey and chugging the rest of it that was left.

“Well…that went better than expected.”

“I´ll be honest, i'm glad i vasnt the one dealing vith that. I vouldnt know vhere to begin vith”
She takes the chair Lily was using and drags it to sit right next to you.

“At least that's one big problem finally taken cared of”

“Yah…So, vhat now?”

You feel Willow leaning into you and you do the same to her, finally being able to relax for a bit without having the fear of a maniac bursting through your door at night.

>”We should make the most out of this time we bought, we have to figure out what exactly are we dealing with and how to stop it” (Research how to stop the end of reality with Merlin´s guidance)
>”Now that Salazar is out, we can take our time. I think we deserve a small break” (you got a lot of free time now, what do you want to do? If you opt for a specific topic you think it might help, you could get a bonus for your rolls)
>”Perhaps we could help Lily a bit more? Just to make sure Salazar stays trapped for good”
>Other (Write in)

>89 posts after 36 days
>46 of them are by the QM
Brutal

>>6144072
>”Well, we have more fragments to find and possibly subdue, not to mention the fact that we need foray to forcibly extract them if they prove uncooperative like Salazar. As far as I'm aware, this is all untreaded territory, so we may have to invent the extraction method ourselves. Fortunately, we have one of the best wizards of all time to help out our research. And your expertise on muggle technology should help fill in the gaps that magic and ancient knowledge alone can't account for!

>>6144079
i'd interact more but i was banned for most of the quest lol

>>6144072
>>”We should make the most out of this time we bought, we have to figure out what exactly are we dealing with and how to stop it” (Research how to stop the end of reality with Merlin´s guidance)

>>6144353
>i was banned for most of the quest
the hell did you do?

>>6144989
linked a /v/ post that had an illegal link

>1 vote for the first option
>1 write in that pretty much implies the 1st option
unless there is another vote by the time i wake up, guess we got our winner, update tomorrow

“Well…” you begin. “Merlin? sir? what do you think?”

“You two have done an amazing job so far, i would not blame nor hold it against you for taking a small break if needed”

“He says we could take a break if we need it, do you need it?” You ask Willow.

“Ehh, it hasn't been ZHAT exhausting, right?”

“Meh, i can continue for a bit more”

You can't see him, but you can feel Merlin smiling gratefully inside your head.

“After all of this is done, i shall make it my goal to personally reward you for your invaluable effort”

“Ssssweet! so, what do you need us to do?”

“With Salazar out of the way, the next step in our quest is to find the stranded pieces of my shattered being. You found one before, when you touched that ancient magic that threw you out of the window, it allowed me to start the process to wake up inside your mind”

“So that's what that was…”

“Indeed, i know there are a couple more pieces lost here at Hogwarts, but others…are quite far away”

“Hmm, we´ll get to those later, let's focus on those that are near to us, how do we find them?”

“I have no idea”

“...What do you mean you have no idea? aren't those like, part of you?”

“Yes, what's your point?”

“My point is, if they are you, cant you like…feel them or feel what's around them with some sort of magical…sense?”

“So if I were to cut your hand and throw it in the dungeons, would you be able to feel exactly where it is?”

“...ok i see your point”

“Exactly, i'm afraid for now we are going in blind looking for a needle in a haystack”

“Oh man…”

“You know, i vould like to be involved in this conversation you are having”
Willow says while still leaning into you, playing around with a strand of your hair.

“Oh right, Merlin says-”
You give Willow a quick recap of the next step in your quest.

“Ahh verdammt…vell, at least ve know they are IN zhe castle, right?”

“Some of them are, yes”

“”some” are? vhat does zhat mean?!”

“There is a very possible chance that some pieces are very, VERY, far away”

“Vell…at least ve´ll get to travel…right?”

You lift your shoulders for a second.

“Great…vell? vhere do ve start looking?”

“That's a good question, let me ask him, sir?”

“I heard. Sadly, i have no idea where to start looking for the pieces, but i have a…hunch, my memories have yet to come back properly, but i think…places i used to visit often could be a good place to start”

“Oh great, at least that's something…so…”

“...”

“...”

“...you don't remember the places you used to visit, do you?”

“I was a Slytherin”

“UGH, fine! we´ll figure it out, cmon Willow, let's pay the snakes a visit”

“right now? isn't it a bit late to be going into the students rooms? curfew starts in half an hour”

“Yeah, but i still have to do my patrols, we can use that as an excuse to get in there without any objections”

And so, you make the short trip to the dungeons, paying particular attention to your surroundings in case some magical black fire shows up somewhere you haven't been.

You stop when you reach the bare wall that usually hosts the entrance to the rooms

“Vait, how are ve supposed to get in? doesn't every room have their own secret way to enter?”

“Yeah but you forget something, I'm the caretaker, I have access to almost all rooms in the castle, including the common rooms, mostly for emergencies of course.”

You approach the empty stone wall and hiss into it.

A coiling snake appears from the crevices at the bottom of the wall and slides into an arch, revealing a dark wooden door with intricate silver details behind it.

“But if i'm being honest? i've always wanted to see their common room”

You open the door and are immediately greeted by a couple of statues of sirens sitting in a big fountain, the water that spews out of it comes down as a gentle breeze as it lands in the damp floor and slides down the thick columns the fountain is resting on, creating a series of small waterfalls in between each column.
The stairs go around the fountain and lower into the castle, as you descend with each step, the color of the ambient becomes a soft cool green, the walls are a deep dark emerald in color, the columns on each wall become a pale silver and the waterfalls all meet in the center of a great and wide room, creating a circular pond of only a couple centimeters deep that serves as the common room´s central attraction.

As you and Willow admire the cold room, you can't avoid catching the attention of most students that are still roaming the common room. Some are lounging or reading on the several couches or armchairs that are sorted in circular fashion or next to the big fireplace on the main central wall.
Others are simply walking around or talking with their designated group of friends, some are playing chess on the ground or on the tables next to the huge windows that give view to an underwater section of the black lake.
Funnily enough, the windows seem to be surrounded by a bunch of first-years, most of them appear to be in some sort of trance…is that what you hear far away, the song of a siren?

You are approached by what appears to be a Slytherin prefect.

“Mr. Brandon, Miss Willow. We weren't expecting you.”

“yeah, bit of a surprise inspection” you lie.

“oh! I see, should I help with anything?”

“Just relax for now kid, i´ll let you know if we need your help”

“Of course” He steps away and leaves you alone with Willow.

“Well, lets see what we can find”

>Roll 1D100 to search the Slytherin common room, DC 90, Best of 3 rolls

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>6146027

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>6146027

Rolled 9 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>6146027
Rollan

Why does merlin want this stuff so bad anyway. He's supposed to be dead and resting. Not reassembling his soul or whatever. I still don't trust him.

>>6147147
this version of him is much more trustworthy than than DHQ Merlin

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>>6146170

So close. Dammit.

>>6147347
Maybe that is just wants he wants us to think....


>>6146027
Apologies for not be around or voting for a bit. Life stuff. Still think this quest is pretty fun. Should be back to my normal shit posting now.

Ronna roll for fun and to get the bad rolls from our system.

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dear god, these rolls...
ok, this next update is gonne be a BIG ONE, so im gonna need you all to be on your toes and think about your options thoroughly when we get to it, pic related is but a hint of what MIGHT happen, depending on your options and rolls.

this next update and the following one, are scheduled for tomorrow, and depending on how fast you answer/choose, possibily the day after that.

>>6147688
Hey, it was a HIGH fuckin DC! I'd say we still rolled pretty fuggin well.

>>6147693
worry not, while it is true you guys did not pass the rolls for this one, the results of it are not what will lead to what i teased there, that is only one possible road depending on your incoming choices, you still have a bit of breathing room

>>6147688
looks like our previous success wasn't the end of today's danger

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>>6147693

90 is rough with no bonues. I mean doable with Bo3, but we are kinda fucking around with shit we probably shouldn't all day, every day. We might want to buy a cat; that might be the only way Filch survived till retirement considering he couldn't even use magic, supernatural cat luck rubbing off on him.

Regardless picrel.

>>6147754
Where would the fun in that be?

You begin pacing around the common room, both being a bit jealous at the beauty of the room and being glad that you werent sorted into a house with such low temperature.

Willow looks in between the books sorted in the bookshelves, searching for small details or clues.
You look around behind whatever door you can find and slide your finger across the walls of the room, looking for crevasses or indentations, something that would reveal a hidden passage.
But the bookshelves are just dusty and the walls are silky smooth (and very cold).

“Hmm, found anyzhing yet?”

“Nothing so far, how about you?”

“Nozhing…”

“Perhaps it's time we move to their dorms”

Just as you finish saying that, you hear the distant bells of Hogwarts sounding the beginning of the curfew. Not a minute later, a horde consisting of the remaining Slytherin students pour into the common room.

All of the students freeze at the sight of the caretaker and the muggle studies professor being in the common room. Some look a bit confused, most look calm, a handful of them look extremely nervous.

“Ah shit…” you curse under your breath. “this is only gonna slow down everything”

“Should ve come back another day?”

“Nah, let's make them stay here for a bit, this common room is beautiful but im starting to lose the feeling on my toes, this floor is too cold for my taste and i dont feel like coming back again”

“You are such a baby”

“I like fresh, not cold. Sue me.”

Willow rolls her eyes at you and takes a step back, giving you the floor to talk to the students.

“Listen up everybody!” you begin. “We are in the middle of a surprise inspection, sadly its taking a bit longer than expected, so regretfully i am going to have to ask of you to stay here for a bit longer while we finish inspecting the dorms, after that, you will be free to go on as usual with your night, thanks for your understanding!”

There are a few groans of annoyance but everyone seems to just go along with it.

Knowing you wont have an easy opening again if you decide to come back another day without Willow, you begin searching the girls dorms first.

You expected this to take way longer, but the Slytherin dorms are just a bunch of circular rooms with beds and small chimneys in the center of each room. Besides beds and dressers, there isn't much space to hide stuff.
You make sure to cast “Revelio” and “Aparecium” on everything that seems remotely suspicious, but besides a couple of love letters, some suspicious looking pink potions and some lost underwear…(“Mein Gott! Girls should NOT be vearing stuff zhis…revealing! i've cleaned my teeth vith dental floss zhat covers more skin than zhis!”) you find nothing remotely useful.

After telling the girls that they can now enter their rooms, you try your luck with the boys' dorms.

Luck doesn't seems to be on your side here either, some “Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes” products, even more dirty underwear than in the girls side and what appears to be an adult magazine (you might come back to “confiscate” that one later) is all you could find halfway through your search.
However, just when you are about to run out of rooms to search, you find something.

“What the hell? Here, Willow, help me move this bed”

“Ooh! found somezhing? Vhat is it?”

The two of you pull a bed frame away from the wall, revealing some somewhat dusty stone, some dust bunnies and the thing that caught your attention, some weirdly intricate scratching on the wall

“Scratches? perhaps from years of zhe bed frame sliding across zhe vall?”

“No, these are deliberate, too perfect, and nowhere near to the bed frame´s posts. Also this shouldn't be here to begin with, Hogwarts as a way of fixing itself, small superficial damage like this tends to magically fix itself without anyone interfering, just the castle protecting itself. This…this was magically carved into the wall. I think these are runes.”

“Runes? Is zhis vhat you are looking for? Maybe they vere made by some previous shtudent”

“Sigh. It's a possibility, maybe they are unrelated to all of this, but I think it's worth investigating. Help me push the bed back to its place, please”

After pushing the bed back to its place, you finish searching the rest of the room, finding nothing else of interest.

You walk back out to the common room, where the rest of the students are still waiting.

“Thank you for waiting, you are now free to go to your rooms” You announce and most of the students do so, except for a couple of groups of friends.

You think you recognize one of those groups…yeah, that's Elliot and his friends.

As you head for the stairs to exit the Slytherin common room, you can't avoid and stare down at Elliot. And it looks like he can't avoid it either.

You both stare into each other's eyes and you feel how the world slows down until time freezes.

“This feeling again…” you say to yourself.

“Get me closer”
The magical voice in your head says.

“Sir?”

“Something is off with that kid, i can feel it”

You take a couple of steps closer to him, but as soon as you give the 3rd step, your body freezes in its place and you feel an agonizing stinging inside your chest, yet, your body refuses to move.
You move your eyes around, looking for whatever is causing the pain but find that you can only focus on Elliot.

You can't scream, your mouth refuses to even open.
So instead you scream in your mind, trying to drown the pain with a loud noise inside your head.
But there is something else…another voice, Merlin.
He is also screaming in pain.

“WHAT. IS HAPPENING?!” Merlin shouts.

“I. DONT. KNOW! IT HURTS! MAKE IT STOP!”

While you are taking the full force of whatever is attacking you, you notice the world losing all its color once again. A black tendril leaks from out of your shadow on the ground and links itself to Elliot´s shadow. Just like how it happened before in the Great Hall.
As soon as the shadows linked with each other, a 3rd voice could be heard in your head. A familiar, female voice.

“I TOLD YOU LAST TIME TO STAY AWAY! DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS!”

“BOY! LET ME TAKE CONTROL!”

>Roll 1D100+40 (+5 from battle experience, +10 from magical experience, +25 from Merlin´s help) to mentally counterattack through your paralysis. DC 100. Best of 3

Rolled 14 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6148396

Big dick rolls!

Rolled 14 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6148396

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>>6148480
>>6148483

Are you shitting me.

Second time in the quest we have rolled the same number consecutively, shitty numbers of course.

Rolled 12 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6148396
is it gon be another 14

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Well I guess we just die.

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>>6148480
>>6148483
>>6148552
...

wow, ok, i wasnt expecting this at all...
heavily debating between giving you guys one more roll out of pitty or roll with this

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>>6148582

Good question. I mean failures should have consequences but what ever seems more interesting? I mean in DHQ we ended up with one friend dead and the other having some PTSD for bad rolls. For my own thing, bad enough failures will get people killed or have some interesting consequence if it isn't like or death at the time, a terrible narrative choice can do the same.

At the same time, this quest seems extremely cursed in some regards to dice. IDK.

I mean, we lost a fucking leg in like the first thread. Making this like Willow quest for a while might be interesting since the players would get to find out more about her, which might be cool if Brandon gets put in a coma or something, since she is the waifu we seemed to have kind of settled on.

Smashing your head on a desk and a beer helps me think of something, on occasion.

>>6148582
Make dubs a form of success, trips a crit.
Easy!

>>6148596
Taylor's fate had already been sealed by then, nothing we really could have done to save him

>>6148603
im willing to use this system, i´ll implement it in the next roll if you get the correct results, thanks for the idea.

>>6148606
yeah, it was fucked up when that happened, luckily, this isnt DH.
I forgot to mention it in this last update, but when i mentioned that Elliot and his friends where there, that also included Taylor, this means that Last Light still hasnt happened and now that Salazar is out he will not die from that

>>6148596
>Making this a Willow quest for a bit
you might be onto something there...let me think about it for a bit

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>>6148606

>Taylor's fate had already been sealed by then, nothing we really could have done to save him

Roll better? Those checks were high, especially the one to try a transfiguration trick. I think QM over there had said it was possible to win and basically end up with a veggie Lily which he wouldn't have really known what to do with at the time. Unlikely but possible.

With Merlin's own roles we could have won, and I don't think QM would have just killed off a character for the heck of it, had we won all won 2/3 or all 3/3

>>6148603
>>6148616

Silver Knight has something like that, which helped the MC before. Seemed to work okay. Was thinking of trying it. Maybe as a possible upgrade down the line?

>>6148616

Having an MC change for a tiny while might be fun. I would be interested, even if I do like Brandon. Constant changes are a bit off-putting, but it can be interesting some, as long as she doesn't have some very important twist or something associated which we might deduce. Or maybe very interesting? Who knows? Only you boss man, unless we go through the prior things and pick up on something super important and ruin it, with another characters POV to work with.

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ok, i´ve made up my mind, we´ll go with the rolls you all got, and as im guessing you all know, that is not gonna be a good thing.
But before i start writting the next update, i´d like to know everyones opinions on having a temporal replacement protagonist, i really liked the idea and i think it might be worth exploring.
Now, when i say this i KNOW you all know who i am planning to take Brandon´s place for a bit, the question is, how much time do you want to spend doing this? a few updates? the rest of this thread? or perhaps just a quick timeskip? we could do several regular updates from her point of view or just roll the dice and depending on the results have a timeskip in which she got stuff done according to the rolls.
please let me know, if you have any opinions or suggestions, im listening to everybody

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>>6148916

I am obviously cool with playing as Willow for a while. And I must like those abs. Kind of forgot she was pretty fit. Picrel

I think an actual POV shift to her would be more interesting. And a few updates? Not sure how long it will take Brandon to recover from his latest bit of bad luck, so till then I suppose.

Also, happy turkey day.

>>6148916
brandon and elliot being out for just a few in-quest days would probably fit with the level of injury

Rolled 42 + 40 (1d100 + 40)

>>6148396
I'm a bit late. Maybe I can save Brandon.

>>6150553
sorry to say it, but despite the decent roll, you could not.
Im writing the next update as i post this, so its a bit too late to change anything, update very soon tho

“TAKE IT!” You shout at him.

You give Merlin permission to take control, but feel him struggling to do so. Like he was being pushed away by a current of water or a strong gust of wind. He is simply unable to get even close to taking control like he did before.

“I CAN'T DO IT! SHE IS NOT LETTING ME!”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE IS NOT LETTING YOU?! WHO IS SHE?!”

“I THINK SHE-”

That's the last thing you heard from Merlin before Faith drowned his voice with hers.

“THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, BRANDON. I KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ARE GOOD BUT YOU ARE TOO NAIVE TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE INTERFERING WITH. FOR THE LAST TIME. STAY. AWAY!”

Then, the color of the world returns for an instant, but that was the last thing you saw before your body simply shut down and fell to the floor.
You think you were conscious for a bit longer after you fell down, but it was hard to say. You would remember the pain of feeling your head bouncing on the ground a couple of times after falling like that, so it was probably your brain trying to distract itself from the pain you were experiencing at that moment.

You do remember feeling the vibrations of the floor due to a rush of students, either getting closer to you or away from you, you can't tell.

You then felt someone touching and holding your arms, followed by your body being lifted from the ground and carried somewhere else, after that…Nothing.
___________________________________________________________________

You don't even know how or when it happened, you were just simply on your way out of the Slytherin common room with Brandon, he was literally a couple of steps behind you, then out of nowhere, you heard a bunch of steps and confused screams coming from the students, and when you turned around Brandon was down on the floor having some kind of seizure.

Most of the younger students ran away to their rooms in a panic, the older ones simply took a step back with the oldest ones and prefects actually getting closer to try and help out.

You never knew you could, but you managed to control the situation and command the students to avoid any possible problem, telling the prefects to take everyone to their rooms and clear the area.

That kid named Elliot though, you asked for his help, but he was wearing a face of guilt and horror. Before you knew it, he ran back into his room along with his friends.

You held Brandon by his arms, trying to control his seizures with a tight hug. After what felt like an eternity, it stopped and you were able to carry him out of the common room and to the infirmary.

Thanks to the help of the Slytherin prefects, you made it to the infirmary without any more problems. You don't know what else you could possibly do to reward them for their help, but 50 house points sounds like a good start.

After Madam Chiara made you wait outside the infirmary so she could get to work on Brandon, you realized that once again, you relied too much in your Muggle ways of dealing with that emergency, you keep forgetting that you have a wand and magic that could had made the job faster and safer, stupid mistake from your part…again.

“Ugh, I can't believe I did that again and during an emergency!”
You chastise yourself in your own native language, anyone else would hear some angry sounding rambling, but to you it sounds as natural as it can be.

You wait outside the infirmary for quite a bit, hoping that the matron of Hogwarts would come out any moment with good news.

It took longer than you expected, but you guess that's how everyone feels with these types of situations.
Sadly, she does not come out at all, instead someone else comes in.
Both Potters come to the infirmary, Harry quickly asks you for a fast summary and enters, closing the door behind him.
Lily sits next to you and worriedly asks about what happened.

“I don't know” You say
“He simply collapsed and started having seizures, completely out of nowhere”

“Did he do something or say anything?” Lily asks with curiosity, something that strikes you as a bit odd.

“He was fully unresponsive as soon as we exited the Slytherin common room, he didn't say anything”

“oh…”

You both stay in silence for a bit, just waiting for anything to happen.

“Why are you here?”

“Hmm? oh, i was with father, talking about dropping out of being a Head Girl when he received a Patronus from Madam Chiara, after learning that Brandon was the one being hurt…i just couldn't go back to bed after what he did for me, so i came with father to check on him, but here we are, waiting instead…”

You'd be lying if you said you weren't feeling a hint of jealousy, but right now it feels wrong to think about that, instead you stand up and go towards the door.

You are about to knock on the door, when it suddenly opens up and Madam Chiara steps out. Potter walks out the door soon after.

You take a couple of steps back and look at her, waiting for any news, hopefully good ones.

“Well, luckily his body is intact, no bruises or even scratches, so we have nothing to worry there, but…”

That dreaded “But”...

“He is completely unresponsive, we have tried every potion we have available, every charm and medicinal spell, but he is simply…not there.”

You close your eyes and tighten your fist when you hear that. She hasn't said the words, but you are pretty sure you know what that means.

Potter is the one to speak up next.

“He will be transported to St Mungo's soon, where he will be treated appropriately and better than we can do here”

You hear Lily´s barely audible gasp behind you.

“Will he be alright?” She asks as she gets a bit closer to you.

“Believe it or not, this isn't the first time he has gone there, i trust that he will recover soon”

While what he says is true and does calm you down a bit hearing that Potter believes he will recover soon, you still can't avoid feeling terrible about it, like you should do something to help him recover faster.

“Is there anything we can do?” you ask.

“Unless you know of any spells that can wake people up from a coma, I'm afraid there is nothing any of us can do for him at the moment” Madam Chiara says in a glum tone.
“Please, go to your rooms and rest up for now, we have done all we can do”.

“Could you please let me know when they come to pick him up? I would like to investigate a bit for now” Potter says.

Madam Chiara nods and then steps back into the infirmary.

“Miss LeClair, could you follow me to my office? i would like to ask you some questions about this whole situation”

“Umm, sure”

“Fa-father, perhaps we could-”

“Not now Lily, we can talk about it later, right now this is more important”

You saw Lily deflate and lower her gaze to the ground.

“I…sure, im sorry, father”

“Miss LeClair, to my office”

Potter walks away at a fast pace.

You were about to follow him but stopped for a second to comfort an sobbing Lily.

“I´ll try to make it fast so you can talk to him soon, ok?”

She looks at you and gives you the weakest of smiles.

“Thank you, but please, don't…i think i need some time alone”

“...Take care.” You give her a small squeeze on her shoulder and let go after a second to follow Potter. The last you see of her before reaching Potter is her, walking away towards the Quidditch fields.

After a few tense minutes of walking in complete silence next to Potter, you reach the Headmaster's office and sit in front of his desk.

Potter sits on the other side of the desk and pulls out a folded piece of parchment from a drawer next to him. Not that you noticed since you are a bit distracted admiring the many portraits of all the previous Heads of Hogwarts, walking around in their own private painted worlds.
You haven't been in this room since you got hired to be the Muggle Studies professor, this is the one room that still feels a bit TOO magical, so it's easy to “lose yourself” in here.

He slaps the folded parchment into his desk, getting your attention back by force.

“Miss Le-Miss Willow” he stutters for a second, clearly trying to compose himself.

“Ye-yes sir!?” you almost shout back at him.

“It is from my understanding that both you and Brandon were at the Slytherin common room when this…situation happened, correct?”

“Yes sir”

That is all you dare to respond right now, he feels uncharacteristically threatening at the moment, his voice is serious and strong, but not loud. You have never seen him like this before, so you'd rather keep it quick and simple.

“See, i was never a fan of the Slytherin house, so unless it was absolutely necessary, that's the one house i try to avoid. I went there once when I was in my first year and tried my damn hardest to never go back.”

He begins unfolding the parchment he dropped on his desk, each time its being unfolded doubling in size until it becomes slightly bigger than the desk itself, the edges of it hanging loosely from the edges of the desk.

“...”

“Now, I know I may be known as a somewhat “cool” teacher, you can definitely blame Dumbledor for that, I know I do. But don't let yourself be fooled Miss Willow…”

He pulls out his wand and touches the parchment with the tip of it, you see him mumbling some phrase you could not properly hear and then the parchment begins revealing a bunch of lines and splotches of ink that seem to move around.

A closer inspection of it shows that those aren't actually lines, but a long string of words that form what appears to be a map. The small splotches of ink are actually small shoe steps with names floating above them.

“I know almost everything that happens in this castle”

The words shift around to create a familiar layout. Two pairs of feet, one in front of the other, separated by a rectangle made out of the words “desk”.

That was you sitting in front of Potter. your names floating above the pair of feets.

“SPECIALLY anything coming from the Slytherin house, i try to keep my eye on them as much as i can”

You see the map shifting from the familiar layout of the Headmaster's office to the entirety of the Slytherin common room, filling the entire map with names of both students and pets.

He points to a room with 5 beds, just like every other room, but this particular one is the one with a missing student name over a bed.
You immediately figure out who it is.

“I saw you and Brandon go into this room, it is not a coincidence that this whole thing happened right after you visited “HIS” room.”
He says “HIS” with a particular sense of…disdain.
“I would like it better if i didn't have to go back there anytime soon…so…”
He puts both hands on the map and leans over it, getting closer to you.
“Miss LeClair…what did you find in there?”

>Make something up
>Tell him about the runes
>Other (Write in)

>>6150593
forgot to add it, but the first option should be:
>Make something up "(What?)"
so make sure to be creative!
the better the lie, the more chances of success, and if its good enough, it could also have special bonuses later

>>6150593
>"Vell, I cannot say that I know who you're specifically referring to...but ve vere looking for evidence that could suggest Peeves survived his last encounter with Brandon! And vhile the school has been a lot calmer since then, ve have found a few oddities here and zere that could suggest he is reforming or has taken on a different form entirely! I believe zhis remnant of Peeves may be what attacked his mind when his guard was down..."

If he asks what oddities we've found so far, well, we could describe it as students briefly behaving differently than normal. And some students having items associated with mischief that those individuals would never ordinarily have, only for those items to disappear shortly after confiscation.

>>6150616
we need something more believable than Peeves just suddenly reappearing out of nowhere after destroying him

Going to try and think of something while I do other things.

I was also going to binge the archives, but can't seem to find them on suptg; were they archived?

>>6150747
What's more believable - that a random caretaker randomly pulled out a spell that could permanently destroy a type of entity that is notoriously known to be completely indestructible, which is tied to the notoriously resilient Hogwarts Castle? Or that he merely temporarily banished or changed said entity in some manner, and that it has already begun to reform and retaliate? Especially when Poltergeists are manifestations of Chaos, which is a concept that is almost always everpresent in a busy magical school?

>>6150780

We could also maybe add that we were seeing if there might be any clue to where Peeves hid Brandon's leg, that we don't think it was actually destroyed, that it might still be hidden around, like a trophy Peeves collected?

>>6150796
Good addition!

>>6150780
having it be discovered while looking into something unrelated would be more believable than him just suddenly reappearing

>>6150809
Hard disagree. It's incredibly unbelievable that ANY Poltergeist would be permanently destroyed rather than temporarily dispersed, let alone one bound to Hogwarts of all places. Hogwarts HATES permanent changes.

>>6150816
you're forgetting that it had a noticeable impact on Hogwarts itself, would make more sense for that to slowly reverse than be instantly undone

>>6150816

There is also the fact apparently Peeves basically came free with the Castle. Like has been there since day one. May have even existed before the place was built, and it ended up being made where he was tied to or something.

>>6150820

Maybe we can say along with trying to find a clue to where Brandon's leg might be, if still around, that we have no clue how the spell used to fuck Peeves up worked. If it actually destroyed him or just dispersed him. Seeing if there were any traces left that would suggest the latter, give it was a brand-new spell we used and don't fully understand.

>the update got people to actually start discussing and working together
ooh, why nobody told me this feels amazing?
glad to see my players actually discuss things, hope it means you all having fun!

with that being siad tho, if you are planning on sticking with this idea of Peeve's return, keep in mind that he is actually for real dead and he is in fact NOT comping back (to Hogwarts thats is)

>>6150749
no, as far as i know they werent archived, remind me to post a PDF with the entire story so far later so that anyone can read it, will also make a character sheet.

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>>6150885
They do seem to still be up on the moe archives, at least.

Here is thread 2:

https://archived.moe/qst/thread/6080818/

And thread 1:

https://archived.moe/qst/thread/6038711/

For people who need to catch up. Might post 'em next thread and such in the OP if you want. Or not.

>>6150897
Think they are worth saving in “thisisnotanending”?

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>>6150929

I would suggest it, if you can. This is a good quest and people in the future deserve to be able to check it out.

>>6150897
>>6150951
ok, i tried, but i have no fucking clue of what am i doing there, i give up, if you can manage to archive them, feel free to do so. I have no idea how to use that page

>>6151156
I am honestly not sure if you can archive from moe, but I can try and archive this one for you at least later today if you want.

1 and 2 are on moe so they should stick around.

>>6151156
>>6151195

There you go. This thread is archived. It auto updates till the thread drops off the board so you should be good.

>>6151199
fucking sweet, much appreciated!
i´ll have to add the PDF and character sheet in the next thread to make up for those lost ones

>>6151325
Welcome. It is pretty easy as long as the thread isn't on like page 11. I had problems b/c that last time, but some hero did it for me somehow.

Also, nice. When I binge, pdf versions are nice.

Hope you have fun with the character sheet, I loved writing mine.

so...enough time has passed, im guessing you all are staying with the whole "we looking into peeves returning" thing, right?
very well then, i´ll start writing and update tomorow as soon as possible.

>>6152187
I am, at least. I think it's a good enough excuse, with disappearing evidence making it hard for anyone to really investigate it. And beyond that, it's just a "suspicion".

>>6152187
>>6152248

Yeah. Plus missing leg?

>>6152398
the missing leg is a bit of a stretch, it'd be long gone by now

>>6152424

Meh. The idea I had was Peeves might have had used magic to preserve it, keep it as a trophy. This Peeves can use way more magic than the one in the books, after all.

IDC, if people don't want to add it. Just thought it might be kind of convincing, since Brandon's peg leg is causing him to have a malus.

>>6150593
I'm a bit late, but I'd suggest that you two were investigating an unknown slytherin dealing hallucinogenic candies, and were trying to find his stash. Just enforcing school rules, everyday stuff.

“Scheiße! Scheiße! Scheiße!”

You panic a bit while trying your best to keep a perfect poker face, yet you still feel your skin heating up from the emotional stress.

“Think quickly! I know Brandon is trying to keep this under wraps, especially what just happened to Lily, so i gotta think of something that keeps us on the clear…i think i got it!”

You swallow a bit of saliva that pooled in your mouth and try your best to go for your casual tone.

“Ah, right. Brandon has been having nightmares about Peeves coming back for a few days now and vanted to look into any hints of his return, ve believe ve found somezthing zhat could be evidence of Peeves reforming”

This immediately seems to stop Potter in his tracks. You even tried adding a bit of extra accent when you speak to make it sound a bit more natural.

“You mean as in, coming BACK back?”

“If vhat happened to Brandon is any indication, it is possible”

He sits back down in his chair, his accusatory expression changing to one of dread.

“I knew it was too good to be true…”

“Professor?”

“Getting rid of Peeves…”

“Ah, yes, Poltergeists are famous for being…tricky to control, or so i've heard, ve do not have Poltergeists in Beauxbatons, so i don't really have any other experience vith them besides being…kidnapped by Peeves”

“Thats whats worrying me more now, he was getting too aggressive and now that Brandon managed to banish him, we don't know if he´ll come back with a vengeance”

“I vouldnt vorry too much about it, Brandon managed to banish him once, i zhink he could do it again”

He then freezes for a second and keeps staring at you.

“Yes, Brandon did banish him…and he did it to rescue you specifically”

“Y-yes?”

“Do you…know anything about how he managed to do the impossible?”

“Vell, he did it, so i dont zhink its “impossible” anymore, right?”

“No, no no. Dumbledor couldnt do it, I couldn't do it, VOLDEMORT couldn't do it. Hell, for all we know MERLIN HIMSELF couldn't do it when he was a student of Hogwarts or after”

At the mention of Merlin, you feel a chill in your spine. He is so close but still has no idea of what's going on.

“It is an accepted and proven fact that Poltergeists can't be destroyed or even interacted with unless they want it. As far as we know, this could have been planned”

“Planned?!”

“Yes! this was a plan! wasnt it?! and YOU are in it too! aren't you?!”

“Professor! what could we have possibly planned this for?!”

“I don't know! but I know this was planned! i just know it!”

He moves to grab his wand but you react faster, grabbing a glass that had some sort of transparent liquid on his desk and splashing him in the face with it.

“Professor! snap out of it! no one is planning anything!”
You shout, completely losing the extra accent you were intentionally adding before.

He just stands there, face dripping wet with what you are now realising was a glass of some sort of licor.

You both stay in silence for a few moments until he moves his hand away from where he keeps his wand on his hip and slowly sits down.
You now realized that you splashed your boss in the face with his own drink.

“Im-im sorry professor but you-”

“No, no. It's ok…”
He leans on his desk, slowly taking his hands to his face in both shame and tiredness.
“...i haven't been myself lately, i'm sorry i scared you, i wasn't thinking straight…”

“Are you…ok?”

“No, no I'm not.”

“Do you need help?”

“I just need some time to think…please, if you will”
He flicks his hand, and using wandless magic you hear the door of his office opening up behind you.

You debate between trying to cheer him up and leaving without saying anything, but opt for the later after deciding that he has become a bit too volatile right now. Best to let him cool down for a bit.

You head for the door and stop just before exiting.

“Talk to her, you both need it”

You exit his office.

By now, the night has fully covered the sky and the stars are visible across the darkness above.
The corridors are empty, there is not a sound, even the few ghosts that are roaming around do so in silence, it should be about to be midnight any minute now.

That little episode with Potter put your nerves on edge and you are now starting to feel exhausted after a long day.

As you walk towards your room behind your classroom, you start planning your day for tomorrow, you have classes to give…and that's it.

You are a professor at one of the, if not THE most recognized school of magic in the entire world, yet you are probably the one with the least things to do, it feels like such a waste to be at Hogwarts and only do the bare minimum. It's time to change that.

You have 3 classes to give tomorrow, that leaves you with enough time to do some recreational or extracurricular activities.

What will you do?

Choose 3 activities to do tomorrow.
Some may increase your performance in the future, some may just be something to pass the time, some could even help Brandon when he comes back.

>Take an extra specific class to fine tune your abilities (you´ll participate and might be treated as a student while at that class) (which class?)
>Visit Brandon at St. Mungos. to see how he is recovering. (He might recover faster)
>Take over Brandon´s caretaker responsibilities. (Might increase your overall skills with magic)
>Try to make your classes a bit more appealing so you can get more students (Might increase your popularity with students)
>Do a workout to maintain your figure (Increase strength and physical skills)
>Study about Merlin and his secrets (Might find out something that could help Brandon later)
>Other (Write in)

>>6152803
>>Visit Brandon at St. Mungos. to see how he is recovering. (He might recover faster)
>Try to make your classes a bit more appealing so you can get more students (Might increase your popularity with students)
>Study about Merlin and his secrets (Might find out something that could help Brandon later)

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>>6152803
>Take over Brandon´s caretaker responsibilities. (Might increase your overall skills with magic)

>Study about Merlin and his secrets (Might find out something that could help Brandon later)

>Visit Brandon at St. Mungos. to see how he is recovering. (He might recover faster)


>You shout, completely losing the extra accent you were intentionally adding before.

So my idea she is evil gains more traction... I mean, the accent is cute but, this is... concerning. Picrel.

>>6152803
>Study about Merlin and his secrets (Might find out something that could help Brandon later)
Merlin not being able to get rid of Peeves yet being the one to supply Brandon with the poltergeist-eradicating spell is kind of suspicious. Is this truly Merlin in his head...?
>Try to make your classes a bit more appealing so you can get more students (Might increase your popularity with students)
This is our number one responsibility as a teacher. And if Potter sees us putting our all into our teacherly duties, it might lower suspicion too.
>Practice your Apparition, specifically. The faster and more reliably you can teleport anywhere in the world, the better! Though, you will have to do this off of school grounds.

>>6152941
Merlin being unable to do it is just Potter's belief, not fact

>>6152943
Technically true, but it does pose the question of why Merlin would be perfectly capable of removing such a nuisance yet willingly chose not to.

>>6152950
none of what he does really makes sense to anyone else

>>6152924
>>6152933
>>6152941
3 votes for
>Study about Merlin and his secrets (Might find out something that could help Brandon later)

and a 2 way tie with 2 votes each for:
>Visit Brandon at St. Mungos. to see how he is recovering. (He might recover faster)
and
>Try to make your classes a bit more appealing so you can get more students (Might increase your popularity with students)

locking it in now, writing.
thanks for voting fellas!

As you lock the door to your room and make sure to close the windows that give you a nice look towards the fields of Hogwarts, you think about your next steps for tomorrow.

“First thing i'll do is to get a BIG breakfast, then on the first class of the day, i'll ask my students what they find the most interesting about the Muggle world and go from there, then…”

You start undressing, wiggling out of your dark jeans and shedding your white jacket, you stand around in your underwear, looking at yourself in the mirror for a bit and doing a couple of poses to see your toned body. Yep, still got it.

“...There is a big gap between that and my next class, perfect time to study some about Merlin. I feel like something is off with this whole thing…the more we can learn about him the better.”

You sigh and head towards your personal bathroom, removing your navy blue panties and your red tank top before stepping into the hot shower.

“After my next class, I'll try to visit Brandon at St Mungos and do what I can to help him. After that, back for my last class and see if anyone else is willing to join them, yeah, thats sounds like a good plan”

You step out of the shower, not bothering to dry yourself with a towel, instead, you hang around naked around your room while letting the chilly air of your room slowly dry you off while grading the last papers your students gave you for their homework.

Around 1am, when all your work is done, your body and hair are dry and you feel like passing out, you finally put on your pajamas, some pink fluffy loose pants that hang slightly below your hip bones and an oversized black t-shirt with a faded logo that says “Metallica” on it.
You slide onto your bed and do your best to get comfortable, tomorrow might be a long but productive day.

You feel like you are about to finally fall asleep.

“Click”

There is a small sound, so small that you think you imagined it, but you feel so tired and your eyelids feel so heavy that you can't gather the strength to open them up.

It's probably just the wood of the castle creaking up, the cold months are coming after all.

You let out a relaxed exhale and you can hear how everything gets eerily quiet, then you think you see some sort of flash through your closed eyes, something that lets you see the veins of your eyelids for the briefest of seconds and suddenly, you are consumed by an overwhelming need to sleep.
You oblige.

You wake up at the sound of your alarm clock ringing.
It takes you a minute to actually get out of bed and turn the alarm off.

“Hmm, Merlin that was a nice night of sleep, i feel like a million galeons”

You do some quick stretches and change into your usual clothing after casting some cleaning spells on them.

Before long, you are already at the Great Hall, having a big breakfast with the Hogwarts staff.
You wanted to do some morning chit-chat with your fellow professors, but soon realized that you had only ever talked with Brandon and Antonio. One is your boyfriend but currently hospitalized and the other one is nowhere to be seen at the moment.

You have your breakfast in silence, noticing the same weird looks that you always get from the other female professors.
You were always able to ignore them easily because you were too busy talking to Brandon or Antonio to give them any attention, but now that you are alone, you can't avoid noticing their gazes on you.
You think they are jealous of you and your youthful energy and good looks…at least you hope that's the reason, you still aren't good enough with magic to make enemies with more experienced and seasoned veterans.

You finish your breakfast and then head to your classroom, a couple of students already waiting for you and sitting in their places.
You wait just a bit more for the rest of the students to catch up before starting.

“Good morning class, today will be a little bit different than usual. i´ve realized that i´ve made my classes a bit too…stale…So, in order to make this a bit more engaging, i want all of you to tell me what is it that find more fascinating about Muggle´s and Muggle traditions”

There is some discussion happening between your students for a few moments before you continue.

“Depending on the subject, i will do my best to not only teach you about it, but maybe get you a hands on experience on it”

This gets the entire class suddenly talking to each other, you hear snippets of excited conversations in the background while you give the rest of the lesson.
“I always wondered how they make buildings so tall”
“Always wanted to know what kind of sports Muggles practice”
“I heard they can make explosions bigger than the most powerful Bombarda spells”

Those are only a few of the subjects you can hear and you are already having regrets about this.

By the time class is over, you can see that the overall energy is way higher than usual. Some students are actually talking about their Muggle studies homework and some are actually awake.

It was a good class.

Now you have to figure out a way to get your hands on some dynamite for their “Demolitions demonstration” class…man, what did you get yourself into…

Whatever, that's a problem for future Willow, now you have time and have to go study about Merlin. Brandon is counting on you.

As you walk towards Hogwarts Library, you make some quick calculations in your head.

“Next class is in 6 hours, that means i have around 4 hours to study plus an hour to eat, yeah, should have enough time to prepare my next class”

You enter the library and find many students roaming around looking for some particular book, some sitting along some long tables doing their homework and a few enjoying some books for simple pleasure on the couches near the windows, being bathed by some gentle rays of sunshine.
It feels cozy all around.

You walk to the fanciest looking desk in the entire library, the one that doubles as a security station and the library´s check out. Madame Irma Pince´s desk.

The decrepit, pale and boney old lady is sitting there, making sure everyone is reading in silence and making sure all the books are in perfect condition, her gaze never wandering for too long checking for any disruptions before getting back to work and updating her catalog for every book in the library.

You approach her.
“Hello! i was-”

“SHHH!”
she immediately shushes you up.

“Right, sorry. Im looking for any books you may have on the history and life of Merlin”

She gives you a disapproving glare while flipping the pages of her catalog, finding the page she is looking for without even looking at what she is doing.

“It says here that you already pulled out 2 books on this subject, you shall not get any more until you return those back”

“What? but this is the first time i´ve come to the library!”

“SHHH!

You lower your voice and continue.

“But i haven't even used my library card”

“Then what is this?”
She pulls out a small card from the catalog, a white card with Hogwarts Logo and a stack of precariously balancing books and your picture next to it. It reads “Hogwarts Staff Library Permit: LeClair. Willow.”

“Wha-there must be a mistake, i've neve-”

“I've worked in this library for over 70 years, I take my job very seriously, so seriously that I implemented a special system that won't allow anyone to get anything out of here without a special permit, not even Headmaster Potter himself is exempt from this”
She says as she slowly rises from her chair behind her desk, her bones creaking in a strangely menacing way.
“It's a perfect system. I never make mistakes”

“But i-”

“Return the books or be banished forever!”

She snaps her fingers and you are magically lifted and carried away, only to be thrown out through the library’s front door and fall and slide across the corridor, ending up just a couple of steps away from some small stairways.

You can only hear the door slowly closing behind you as you stand up, some students standing around in silence or murmuring stuff you can't understand clearly.

You stand up and dust yourself up.

Clearly something is up here, you have never even been close to the library, how is it that your special Staff Permit is already there?

“Looks like i got my own mystery to solve here”

What will you do?
>Go back in and try to clear things up, maybe you can make her understand?.
>Investigate how it is that your card is already in there. (Roll 1D100, Best of 3)
>Screw her, sneak in later at night (move on with the rest of your day)
>Other (Write in)

there might be a chance that this will be the last update of this thread, so keep an eye out in the catalogue and /QTG/ just in case this thread suddenly dies.
If not, links to the next thread will be posted here before that happens, thanks to all for playing!

>>6154613
>>Investigate how it is that your card is already in there. (Roll 1D100, Best of 3)

>>6154628
dont forget to roll the dice

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>6154613
>Investigate how it is that your card is already in there. (Roll 1D100, Best of 3)

ok, took way longer than expected, but i think i got the next update ready to go live tomorrow if nothing goes wrong.
its gonna be on a new thread tho, i'll try to post the link here before this thread dies, but if not, then be on the look out for the announcement on /QST/ and the catalog.