BrutalBx

Occult Regulation Office: A Mature Wizarding World Anthology

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And easier for others around them to be a lot less tense. Easier for Zara to work her magic.

@Sailorsadie

Teamwork! It's how we survive these cases!

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And also more relatable! Easier to ignore a dumb college kid than members of a secret organization!

@Sailorsadie

Correct. When a bunch of college kids wander off, it's easier to assume there off making out somewhere (which I imagine happens a fair bit in an attraction like the Winchester House) which in turn gives the team better cover to investigate.

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Haha thanks, I actually type about 70 words a minute. Only reason I know that is cause I had to do a typing test for my new job. Haha. That, and I'm a very visual person. So once I read a post, I automatically picture myself in that situation as the character and I'm able to quickly establish what I'm going to write.

@Sailorsadie

Love it.

I was writing that post up and I thought to myself "Right now, everyone thinks Emory is a literal stick in the mud. Let's show that he can have some fun. Why not pretend to be a dumb college kid, that always works!" Bit of that signature levity these types of stories need.

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I actually LOVE that you chose this case. I'm a mystery buff, and an avid watcher of Unsolved Mysteries. This case was actually featured in an episode and I was mesmerized by the house ever since.

@Sailorsadie

DAMN you work fast! Nice post.

Yeah, I'm trying to take established real world mysteries and put a new spin on them. Of course I'll take some artistic liberties but the whole idea of the ORO is to investigate happenings within the real, human world.

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@BrutalBx

That would have been very American Horror Story.

@Lauder

Exactly.

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WELCOME TO HOTEL CALIFORNIA

@Lauder

You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave!

Not gonna lie, a hotel was nearly the setting for this case but I thought that was too American Horror Story

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POST IS UP CALIFORNIA TEAM!

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Emory allowed his face to curl into a rare grin as Velvet began her tangent about the history of the Winchester House. He had no doubt that her brilliant mind had absorbed everything from the blueprints of the place to what colour was used in the walls of every bathroom. Bunny was talented like that. Her mind was a perfect weapon…when it wasn’t off inventing magical toilet cleaners or cauldron splitters. In her rant about the house, the bewitching inventor made mention of a séance room and a particular Rosicrucian theme throughout the house. It seemed that spirits would be very prominent in this case.

Ghosts were always interesting. He remembered when he was a boy, not long after he first began attending Hogwarts, he was told the story behind Slytherin’s house ghost; the Bloody Baron. As a young man he fell in love with Helena Ravenclaw, but she did not love him. He was sent by Rowena Ravenclaw to find Helena in Albania, but Helena refused to return with him and so he killed her in a rage. When he realised what he had done, the Baron stabbed himself with the same knife and died. He continued to haunt Hogwarts, covered in his beloveds blood. Every ghost had a story and whom they were in life wasn’t always a way to see how they would be in death.

This was the reason why the Welshman hoped that he would never have to cross paths with the spirit of his wife. Of course he would want nothing more than to see her again but death changes a person. In his experience, spirits can sometimes take the most negative aspect of a personality and exasperate it ten fold. Seeing his Daisy become a monster was something he had to avoid at all costs.

”Right then. When we get to the house, we’ll join the tour and when we get chance, we’ll split up. Zara, Nickie, we’ll aim for the séance room. Florian, Bunny, you guys take this” Emory handed the eastern European dark arts master a sheet of paper. ”That’s all the info on the last victim. Find the room where he died and see if you can pull anything residual from there. Let’s get going” As he finished his speech, the Charm aficionado watched as the Domum apparated into thin air, obviously on it’s way back to Lundy to recharge.

A short time later, the group had found its way to the Winchester Mystery House:



From the outside, the house was gorgeous if not a little strange in its architecture just as Bunny had explained. Most definitely the building would not look out of place in the wizarding world. Maybe that was by design. The truth of what was going on behind those walls was unknown at this point but not for long, the Regulators would find out what was going on. Emory leaned forward and pressed the doorbell. He placed his arm around Zara’s shoulders as the door opened and they were greeted by an old face. ”Can I help you?”

”Hey bud. I’m Brad, this is my girl Holly. We’re from the University? We called up about a tour a few days ago. We brought some friends too. Is that ok?” Emory’s faux American accent was flawless. He had spent several years perfecting this particular talent. It was almost as difficult as his O.W.L.S….almost. Brad Ludwig was an undergrad at UCLA, The Caretaker had cleverly managed to cause a slight change in his plans to allow Emory to adopt his identity for this case. ”Of course, sir. You and your…crew will not be alone on the tour. You will be joining the Barr family. If that is to your liking?” Emory turned to the others and smiled. ”Yeah we’re good wit that Jeeves”

Following the butler into a separate room, the Regulators came upon the Barr family. A man, a woman and a child, a little girl. ”Talk amongst yourselves. The tour will begin shortly”

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OKAY. So. My power died for two damn days. I am way the fuck behind. Probably won't be able to catch up any time soon- So, at least for the time being, I fear I'm gonna have to step back from this one. ^^; I may jump back in once the next arc arrives, but for now, missing two days left me with a heap of catchup in a few other RPs and RL stuff. Sorry, all. ;~;

@Vilhelm

That's a shame Vilhelm. We could try and catch you up, not too much has happened despite the amount of posts but if you feel like taking a step back is for the best then that's what's best. Hopefully you'll be able to jump back in come the next set of cases.

I'll be trying to work up a post in the next 24 if I can but I've got a busy weekend. Either way, there will definitely be something up on Sunday at the latest.

Edenridge (Slice of Life with a Twist - Always Accepting)

Expect something from me this weekend