Welcome! And questions?

All of those sound interesting.
I like the quidditch thing. It would probably mean that Rafa and Bex are mostly interacting with each other and Ava and Caroline with each other. That might even prevent Caroline and Rafa from going at each others' throats again right away.
Homework could also lead to some interesting btis but it might also turn out similar to this previous scene.
The public confrontation could force us all to work together against the roommates. It would also mean we'd have to interact with more NPCs, though, and one of us would have to play them. Maybe we should talk to aphelion about that first

Let me know all your opinions on these and then I'll just set up the one that most people seem to be into

Quidditch or homework.

I prefer the Quidditch thing as well, if only because it allows us to establish better one-on-one dynamics between the characters outside the group.

I've realized that Ava's conscience speaks with Rafa's voice. Except I can't write it quite as well as Lux does. :)

Oh, pfft, don't give me that. You're an amazing writer, 78, everyone here is! I'm lucky to be able to play with y'all. 😁

HAHAHA Caroline's super salty, I love it! x)

Ouch, Caroline. That's some emotional blackmail right there. :)

She would be sorry if she thought about it more

I'm gonna hold off posting for now in case you guys wanna take advantage of the bludger that is about to hit Rafa. 😄

Caroline has no idea how to do it anyway. And she wants to intervene in the team tryouts, not now, so you can just post now, I think

Oh ok, aight! Will post shortly then

Yes, go ahead. I'm not going to do anything to the bludger. It might get me expelled OMG!

Well, independently of Ava lending her a hand or not, I'm just going to leave this here... Ignore that whole dark spell mambo jambo thing, Rafa would 100% say that only wimps pay attention to that. The real question is: Is Caroline the wimp Rafa says she is? Or is she ready to take every advantage possible against her arch-nemesis?

I wonder what a real Slytherin would do. Hmm!

By the way, Ava, Rafa would love to hear you validating your BFF status with Scrivener.

(🤣) Also, dudes, it's been more than a week since aphelion checked in. I hope he's aight...

Yeah, Caroline's player and I were talking about that yesterday. I really hope all is well. I very much enjoy working with all of you, and I hope we can continue in some form. Ideally, that's aphelion being able to GM, because... wow. It's been a pretty fantastic ride just to this point.

I feel the same. I hope everything is alright

Me three. He's an amazing GM and you guys are all super amazing as well.

It's strange, though, because more than once I asked him his thoughts and opinions on the current state of the game and he always sounded so enthused, you know? Which leads me to believe something prolly happened. Let's hope it's nothing too serious.

Has anyone kept an eye on the Absences thread? Maybe he posted there at one point? I usually tend to ignore it

I click on it whenever it shows up in Latest Posts and I don't recall him saying anything. Maybe his computer broke down or something? I dunno... I really hope he shows up again though.

Everyone, great news! I was able to talk to aphelion and checked if everything was okay! I'm just gonna copy and paste the whole thing because of laziness tho tbh.
(Start reading from the lowest)

Re: Come baaaaack
FROM
Lux001
WHEN
April 23, 2019 1:01 am
"Oh wow, first of all, I'm super sorry about that spelling. I'm not sure what happened to me there, I guess my brain just kinda stopped working while I was typing.

Anyways, dude, yay! I mean, I'm super glad that at least you're kinda okay. And hey! Don't worry, depression sucks, you do you. It's just great to know that you're still around and planning in continuing everyone's misadventures.

As for what I've said, well, they're not really words of encouragement. I mean, I obviously want you to be super okay but like, I'm being very genuine. I know we haven't been playing for long but Tales of Hogwarts has been my best PbP experience to date. So you do a kickass job in dealing with your stuff. Meanwhile, I'm sure everyone's gonna be waiting. And don't worry, I'll let everyone know that you're still around."

Re: Come baaaaack
from aphelion on April 23, 2019 12:25 am
to Lux001

"Hey! Sorry about the disappearing act. Aside from getting over that stomach bug work's been really rough on me and the ol' depression's been acting up. I fully intend to get back to it once I get myself out of this rut, but I just get home from work and barely have the energy to open my laptop, let alone get creative.

I'm really sorry I left you all in the lurch, I'm having a really fun time running the game and want to continue the story. I should've posted something to let everyone know, so feel free to pass along to the others that I really want to get back to it, I'm just working through whatever's going on at the moment. Thanks for your encouragement, though. It means a lot to know that you're enjoying it."

Come baaaaack
from Lux001 on April 22, 2019 7:36 pm
to aphelion

"Hey dude, you're probably not gonna get this but it would be really great to know if you're coming back. I'm not sure what's going on and I absolutely wish super you're fine buuut I'll be honest and confess that I really really loved your game. Soooo... Idk. I hope you figure everything out. If you do check this, please let me know what's up if you can, and what are your plans. If for some reason you don't plan on continuing the game I'd be just happy to know that as well, so feel free to be honest!"

And yes, I am pushy. If you're reading this, aphelion, sorry about that!