“ 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐑. 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐀𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ? ” –––
The wix behind the desk in the Ministry waiting room has their head propped up on her hands, elbows resting on papers in need of filing, eyes fixated with curiosity at the subject of their interrogation, and their tone akin to a close friend asking about that HOT DATE you had last weekend, rather then the ghost of a man suspected to be murdered appearing in the family home of a man who, up until the past forty eight hours, had been considered missing. Sure, you were about to be ACTUALLY interrogated ––– sorry, INTERVIEWED is the preferred terminology by the Ministry representatives ––– but that does not mean they can’t try to learn something themselves.
It did not take long after the party ended for the Ministry to descend on the Norris household, and not long after that for them to find the names of those who had been present ( It wasn’t hard hitting detective work or a clever spell, but rather the fact that everyone’s place cards had been left on the dining room table ). So now you’re sitting here, waiting for some government suit to ask you if you knew why you were invited, if you had any evidence collected from the scene ( a copy of a LETTER BETWEEN CECIL NORRIS AND CYGNUS BLACK DISCUSSING BUSINESS DEALINGS had already been turned over by an anonymous party, or so had a “reputable source” informed the daily prophet ), if you had any information regarding the death of Cygnus Black or why he appeared to you, and more of the same. How does that make you feel? Are you nervous? Is the fact that the secretary seems happy to carry on a conversation all by themselves a good distraction, or is hearing the details rehashed making you feel sick to your stomach?
“I heard he said someone in that room KILLED HIM. Who do you think it was? I’m not supposed to say so, but there were a good number of people on that invite list who have ... INTERESTING security statuses.” It doesn’t seem to matter if you give an answer or not. “And Mr. Norris is back! That’s fascinating, isn’t it? You’ll forgive me for being frank, but I assumed he was long gone from this world, what with the way everything’s been going this summer. People are dropping like flies! Horrible thing really, but maybe we’re done with that. Knock on wood and all.” They rap their knuckles against the desk, even though it doesn’t appear to be WOOD. They pause only briefly, contemplating something, before asking another question. “Where do you think he was? He gave us all a right scare, I think he should have to tell us.”
Another pause. “Did you hear about the JEWELRY BOX?” The question was asked in a way that made it clear that they had a secret they wanted to share, but were enjoying being the one in the know for a moment. “It had a compulsion jinx on it. Made whoever touched it crazed about opening it. Inside there was a necklace, and it turned people who wore it into animals. Caused a bit of trouble for those in the DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL ACCIDENTS to untangle...”
For a moment you think they’ve granted you a reprieve from their incessant conversation attempts, but it’s really only long enough for them to think of a new topic. You don’t seem to be interested in talking about the party, so maybe something else... How do you feel about politics? “Did you hear about that NEW WIZENGAMOT LAW? They restricted membership to those who can prove that they have no muggles in their bloodline for a whole century. Seems a bit... well, I’ll keep my thoughts on that to myself. Controversial topic and all.”
AND SO CONTINUES BOOK ONE, CHAPTER TWO.
Thank you to all of the players who participated in BURIAL SOCIETY’S second event! You may continue regular on-dash interactions in the wake of the events that transpired at the Norris household. These interactions can take place at any time between AUGUST 17TH, 1950 and OCTOBER 24TH, 1950.
In real time, the second half of this chapter will continue until OCTOBER 17TH when our next event will be posted! Due to this we encourage that players do not start new threads after OCTOBER 14TH.
A task will be posted shortly on the BURIALNETWORK account that will recreate the interview your character had with the Ministry after the event. Characters who were not present at the event are exempt, but for everyone else we ask that these answers be submitted by OCTOBER 15TH.
PLEASE NOTE! Even outside of the event, if you do not ward your in-character interactions by specifying in the header of the post that it is WARDED or PRIVATE, anything that transpires within the thread may be heard by keenly listening ears…
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please send in an owl or pose them in our server’s #queries channel.