MOVE-IN DAY

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move-in day

what's up?

By bus, by floo or by foot, the residents of Henhurst Hall begin arriving in Diagon Alley. The streets are bustling with normal foot traffic as well as the buzz of rubberneckers and reporters. Some cameras flash as a journalist calls out for a comment from Sir Forsythe (who happily gives an interview on his exciting new project) or one of the Potter-Weasleys.

People trickle in throughout the day, walking into the grand lobby of Henhurst Hall. A young man in his early 30s introduces himself as Willoughby Sprout, the building manager, and will help new residents find their rooms. He seems a bit stressed, though. Probably because there was a tiny mishap with the luggage. The Brownies are, uh, definitely going to sort it out any moment now! They're just having a row with Morty again.

Upon entering their rooms, the new occupants find out exactly what the mishap is: that's not their luggage.

visuals!

volunteer slots!

Coronation Street Pye gets mistaken for James Potter by a reporter with very thick glasses. Would they like to give an interview? What are their opinions on the meteoric rise of the Shirking Shrew Movement?? What's it like being related to someone so famous?!?

[Volunteer B] is the only person that manages to get a moment of Sir Forsythe's time. He's affable and excited, but seems distracted and busy. Maybe you can ask him a question or two before he flits off.

Already off to a bad start with the Brownies, Rose Weasley accidentally nudges one with their foot while the little guys were skittering between their ankles. The Brownies cower in a corner chittering and gasping at Rose Weasley like they just committed a murder before their very eyes. (The Brownie in question is fine.)

Shortly before the orientation, [Volunteer D] turns a corner to find Willoughby Sprout politely chasing [Volunteer D]'s own familiar and asking it to please return his files. The (non-human) rascal seems to have a sheaf of papers in its mouth.

luggage disaster!

Lorcan
Chase
Peri
Val
Teddy
Gilly
Rose
Noel
Marion
Lucy
Molly

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Albus
Lily
Maya
Louis
Aster
James
Corrie
Dominique
Kitty
Ebenezer
Scorpius

Oh no, the Brownies and Morty must have been fighting again, because everyone's luggage was delivered incorrectly. Each character's boxes, suitcases or bags were sent to a completely different room, and you received someone else's stuff instead. It's going to take some effort to track down your missing belongings. Kind of odd that they're all perfect swaps and not just delivered randomly, but who knows how the fae think.

Speaking of fae, the Brownies are on strike until Morty apologizes to them. Looks like you're on your own.

Tycho Davies can't seem to find his luggage anywhere, though. At least not until he checks the roof. All of his belongings have been scattered haphazardly throughout the garden.

how this works!

⬥ Welcome to Henhurst's first IC/OOC! Please don't take more than one volunteer spot, and enjoy playing in our little sandbox.

⬥ Characters can arrive any time after 8:00 AM. They've all already been given a key to open the building as well as their room. Not much has been shared with them about the nature of individual floors, but they do know it's a building made out of many other buildings across time and space.

⬥ The arrival of famous children has attracted some reporters and paparazzi who are trying to get a choice photo or quote. It's not out of control, but it's a bit annoying.

⬥ There's an orientation video playing on loop in the common area on the first floor. It's the only way to learn the wifi password, which is shown briefly on a card at the end of the video before it starts all over again. (The password is g411usg411us, and the first time you log in it directs you to PoultryHub. Thank Merlin it isn't the other Hub.)

⬥ The free popcorn machine is running! I'm sure it'll always stay this way and never be neglected in the future!

locations!

⬦ ORIENTATION VIDEO: Wait... this is just a video about chickens?? Unfortunately, the only way to learn the wifi password is by waiting until the end of the video.

⬦ DIAGON ALLEY: The busy wizarding shopping district where Henhurst is located.

⬦ ARRIVALS: Entering Henhurst, meeting your neighbors, and finding your rooms.

⬦ LOST LUGGAGE: Who has your luggage? You'd better find them and ask for it back.

⬦ ELSEWHERE: A space for any scenes that don't fit into the category above!

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

Comments

ORIENTATION VIDEO

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Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[ringhollow]

Marion, still dumbstruck by the Onagodori—ostensibly one of the 10 most beautiful chickens in the world—accidentally enters the wifi password into her phone as andhasbeenknowntoreach12metres twice before she gets it right.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[corriespondence]

Corrie was mentally heckling the video at the very least, and vocally heckling if there were any friends there at the same time, and as a result she missed the card the first time and has to watch it again. The second time the password just looks like a random jumble of letters and numbers and she can't remember it, so she throws up her hands and goes to find her room instead. (She'll be back down later.)

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[brommando]

Yeah, James definitely slept through the second half of this video. When he later finds out the wifi password was shown, he'll bug someone who actually watched to just tell him what it is. Lily, maybe?

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[changeyourmind]

Rose does watch this entire thing, not because she's been tricked into thinking that she'll glean some important information from it, but because she got genuinely invested in the results of the list after seeing the first two fancy-ass chickens on it. When the #1 chicken comes up on screen, she loudly announces "BULLSHITE" and walks away.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[sherbetlemon]

Lucy stops to watch the video for a moment. She kind of gets sucked in cause she is confused why it is playing. When she sees the wi-fi password at the end she misses it entirely and gives up because she is just not into sitting through that again as if it was any effort at all and heads to her room.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[terebinthine]

Scorpius doesn't need (nor understand) wifi, and leaves a little bit irritated that he just watched ten minutes of chickens for some nonsense password. (But he does concede that they were very beautiful chickens.)

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[chasingrivers]

Chase is too concerned by the prospect of chickens in the wild. Chickens belong on a farm, bok-bok-boking as they peck the dirt, not the jungle??? What are they doing in the jungle???

"This ain't right," they mumble, pulling the hood of their sweatshirt up over their head and yanking the strings tight. "Those chickens need supervising."

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[asterroid]

Aster doesn't have a computer or any need for the internet, but she watches this through. "And there's a fried chicken special at Meat Sweats tonight." She tells whoever's next to her. "...I thought it'd be cute. For the move-in." But she will see these gorgeous chickens in each drumstick, now.

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[sugarsyrup]

Entranced, like a toddler in front of a colorful cartoon, Catherine watches the entire thing twice in a row.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[scrooged]

Ebenezer misses the password at the end of the video five times in a row, but he's not about to ask for the password and expect someone else to just give it to him without some trouble.

So he winds up sitting there for a full fucking hour, drinking in all this information about beautiful Sri Lankan junglefowl, pen poised over a notebook ready to take down the password. This time he won't get distracted at the last minute.

No wonder Morty had so much time to settle into his room.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[zeropercentfresh]

Molly loiters for three straight viewings surreptitiously using her phone to snap photos of other residents' reactions to the video as they realize what they're viewing and then forgets to actually pen down the wifi password for herself. She likes the green chicken best.

Re: ORIENTATION VIDEO

[hotandfrench]

Victoire is starting to worry that she's less beautiful than most chickens.

ORIENTATION VIDEO: Siân

[highlygrifted]

“You can’t just make chickens,” Siân says, fully not understanding how genetics work. “There’s like, laws about that, surely.” It should be noted that she did not pass Transfiguration. Not even one time.

DIAGON ALLEY

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ARRIVALS

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Re: ARRIVALS

[corriespondence]

Corrie arrived at like, tennish, in pigtails and a ratty jumper. Seeing the crowd (and the reporters), she almost noped it out to go get coffee and come back when it was less stupid. But she had a pair of brooms over her shoulder because she doesn't trust anyone with her brooms, and that was kinda noticeable, and ugh fine.

Making her way through the press, taking no care to avoid knocking the reporters in the head, she didn't realize that someone was talking to her by dint of the fact that they were using totally the wrong name.

Upon realizing it -- and realizing who they thought she was, the newly minted James Potter answered thusly:
I would love to give an interview, always, take it for granted next time, no need to stand on ceremony, especially if I'm on a date.
The Shirking Shrew Movement is the most important cause of our generation, and possibly any generation, and you can quote me on that. In fact, I, James Potter, would like to set up a generous monthly donation and potentially become a spokesperson, this is how strongly I believe in their fight.
As you know, Potters are the only people that matter or whose opinions you should care about. Fame is our birthright. Being related to Ginny Weasley is incredible and everyone should try it. On that note, anyone interested in becoming related to her should send in an application to my agent with their headshot.

ARRIVALS: Dom (Open)

[potionmagique]

Worn leather backpack slung over her shoulder, Dominique pauses before entering the building. Something about the chaos of the paparazzi outside is telling her that this may have been a poor choice, but she almost prefers them to the thought of having to greet anyone inside.

ARRIVALS: Albus

[unauthentic]

No stranger to the press, Albus waves to the cameras on his way into the building, and even gives a smile and personal greeting to a few of the reporters he recognizes. Lots to see and do! Sorry he can't stop for questions! Have a nice day!!!

Once inside, he allows himself a moment to fret about what the pictures will look like (should he have changed to jeans with less holes in them? More holes?) then quickly reminds himself that he doesn't care what people see him wearing. Albus runs his hands through his hair, messing it up more, and goes in search of his room.

LOST LUGGAGE

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LOST LUGGAGE: Scorpius (open+)

[terebinthine]

Of course things were not going to be easy. Why would they? This already felt like going back to school, with everyone scrambling to find their rooms and luggage as they feel out the social order. Between those memories and going from door to door like a sad salesman, Scorpius can feel his optimism withering in his chest. He's starting to lose hope that he'll ever locate his belongings. Maybe there's a thief in their midst with a thing for oil paints and easels.

He knocks on another door in a haze of melodramatic gloom.

Re: LOST LUGGAGE

[corriespondence]

Corrie's stuff would be fairly recognizable to friends. She has like four leather jackets in different bright colors, a lot of graphic tees, patterned jumpers, this top specifically, etc. She "only opened" Rose's luggage to "figure out whose it was".

Her brooms are not in her luggage because she's not a sucker who lets anyone else handle her brooms.

LOST LUGGAGE: Chase (open+)

[chasingrivers]

Huh. Chase's stuff looks cleaner than the last time they saw it. Smells better, too. Is this what that backpack looks like when all the mud's been knocked off? Did those little brownie dudes find that sandwich that they lost in one of the expandable pockets six months ago??

That'd be a real shame if they did, Chase could go for a sammy right about now.

They pop open the first piece of luggage and peer inside. Huh. Looks different than they remembered, too.

"Anyone here own clean clothes??" they holler through the open door. "This smell don't sit right with me."

ELSEWHERE

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ELSEWHERE: Scorpius and Albus find Chicken Jesus

[terebinthine]

Scorpius wasn't sure what to expect from their floor. He'd been hearing odd stories about hot tubs and hospitals, but nothing could have prepared him for what greeted them when they turned onto the third floor. Whatever conversation he was having with Albus died, and the two of them came face to face with an ancient cathedral. At first it was beautiful, and Scorpius' face was awed, moved by something so unexpected.

Then he noticed the chickens, and that wonder turned into baffled confusion. Yes, the light from the stained glass windows still cast dappled colors across the flood, but each and every one featured a hen.

"What."

OOC 🥚 DISCUSSION

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It's time!!!

Re: OOC 🥚 DISCUSSION

[ringhollow]

who else isn't posting yet because you're learning about beautiful chickens