Charming is a Victorian Era Harry Potter roleplay set primarily in the village of Hogsmeade, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the non-canon village of Irvingly. Characters of all classes, both magical and muggle — and even non-human! — are welcome.

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    No Place Like Home [Fox Residence]
    #1
    Open Thread 
    It felt strange to be creeping around the Foxes' house, when none of them were there. Worthy had almost thought he might be able to get something more out of Mr. Lane's ghost, floating around the guest room somewhere - if he didn't trust the Ministry, perhaps he did not trust the Prophet quite so much as he might pretend, either, and maybe there was some knowledge Worthy might gain there - but he hadn't yet worked up the nerve, and for the moment he had company downstairs here.

    Though the sitting room, or 'parlour', maybe was nothing even near grand, it didn't look so forlorn to Worthy, and couldn't, in comparison to his own run-down house in Hogsmeade. He paced around it cautiously, but in his search for clues there remained a sensation he could not quite put his finger on.

    "Does it feel strange to you in here, somehow?" He piped up, out of the blue.
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    #2
    This place felt a bit more safe than the last place she'd been too, but anywhere the murder could have taken place had her on edge whenever she was there. What if whoever murdered their victim murdered her because she got to close to something she shouldn't've? When she heard the, probably rhetorical, question, she couldn't help but respond... even if it wasn't aimed at her. "Everywhere that's a possible murder-site in this investigation feels strange." Obviously this place couldn't be any different than the other spots she'd been too.
    #3
    He peered over at the other investigator curiously. Well, she had a point.

    "Something about here feels exceptionally strange," Worthy insisted, scrutinising the room for potential signs of evil lurking around. "Maybe it's just because Mr. Lane's still upstairs," he admitted, if only to seem a little less weird, and not because he was entirely put off by ghosts. Sometimes one had a sensation one could not particularly explain.

    "Do you work at the hospital in Hogsmeade?" He blurted out next, his gaze only just having landed on the girl a second time. Worthy kept his head down at the hospital, but she looked familiar. Hopefully that would be why, and it wasn't that the Ministry - or the murderer themselves! - had put a tail on the investigators out of fear of them finding the truth.
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    #4
    Pauline cringed when he pointed out that Mr. Lane's ghost was 'haunting' this place. She'd forgotten about that, especially since she hadn't met the yet. When he asked if she worked at the hospital in Hogsmeade, she nodded. "Creature induced intern, actually." she was pretty sure she'd seen him somewhere. Had he been someone she'd helped?
    #5
    She seemed almost more put off than he about the ghost situation upstairs. Worthy, at least, relaxed in visible relief when she affirmed that she did indeed work at the hospital. He nodded keenly, and belatedly, lest she think he was prying for no reason, with a jerk of his thumb back at himself, said, "Magical Maintenance there. Worthy Paine."

    Healers - even healers-to-be - generally seemed quite clever, so he peered at her expectantly, wondering how she was getting on with this mystery. "Do you have any theories yet, then?" He inquired, allowing his gaze to drift around the room on the lookout for more clues as he awaited an answer.
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