Helga's Hill Mod (helgashillmod) wrote in helgashillooc, @ 2013-04-24 15:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | plot post |
WED |
During the day, the Badger Festival is a huge success! Food and fun is had by all. There is even a pancake breakfast for the town organized by Susan Bones and Stella Chambers. At around 11pm, during the Weird Sisters (surprise!) closing set in Town Square, a scream rings out as Louisa Macnair bursts through the crowd having just discovered Xavier Orpington's body just inside the alley between Golden Apples Market and Higher Grounds. He appears to have been strangled with his own tie. The music abruptly ends, help is called for while people panic. Eventually, Mayor Smith steps up on stage and advises everyone to remain calm. Hit Wizards and a team from Magical Forensics arrive from London, the area is warded off, and everyone present must provide their name and answer questions about anything suspicious they might have seen. The crowds are released to return to their homes at around 3am. |
THURS |
Happy birthday, Eloise Midgen! For the first time in three years, the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts is overshadowed in the media. All anyone can talk about is the murder of Xavier Orpington in the sleepy little town he was trying to bring out of obscurity. The press descends on Helga's Hill and rumors fly about town as people speculate, both on and off the record, about who the killer could be. |
FRI |
The front page of The Daily Prophet asks, "Can the Calliope Heights Project Soldier on After the Tragic Demise of the Visionary at its Helm?" The subtitle reads, "Orpington's Killer Still At Large! Entire Town is Under Suspicion!" |
SAT |
Hit Wizards descend on Mirror, Mirror and take Lavender Brown into custody. The media goes full tilt to decry the jilted werewolf murderess. Witnesses to the arrest include: Benjamin Macnair, Tristan Montgomery, and Astoria Greengrass. |
SUN |
A memorial service is held for Xavier Orpington in London. |
MON |
After thirty-six hours, Lavender Brown is released due to insufficient evidence. The Daily Prophet assures the public that she remains a prime suspect. Zacharias Smith throws a party at the Smith Manor. |
TUE |
The Full Moon. Henry Radford the newly assigned Head Investigator for the Orpington case moves into The Salty Badger with his small daughter, Daisy. |
WED |
The Daily Prophet headline reads: "Has the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Missed the Obvious in the Orpington Case? Suspected Serial Murderess Lives in Helga's Hill!" The article goes on to speculate wildly about what Audie Zabini's involvement in the murder could be. |
FRI |
As paranoia in town grows, a fight breaks out in the Grotto when [Character Name] accuses Terence Higgs of acting suspiciously. |
SAT |
Helga's Heroes v. Hogsmeade at home. The match draws unprecedented crowds. |
SUN |
Hoping to keep scrutiny away from herself (or maybe because she simply don't like her), Heidi MacDonald starts a rumor that Sylvie Fawcett had great motivation to kill Orpington. |
TUE |
Mayor Smith's offices are broken into and ransacked. |
THURS |
Barney Dunstan's cousins from Wiltshire send baskets of baked goods from their bakery to help the denizens of Helga's Hill keep their chins up. Taliesyn Robards, Veronica Smethley, and Megan Jones volunteer to deliver the baskets to each home in town. The note on each basket from Dunstans Bakery reads, "Just something to brighten your day! Don't eat it all at once!" Ophelia Selwyn eats it all at once anyway. |
SAT |
Worried that suspicion will fall on them next, Alexander Derrick drinks too much and passes out on the street. Upon discovering them, Wayne Hopkins freaks out, thinking they have found a second body. |
TUE |
Eloise Midgen accidentally lets her motive slip when Barney Dunstan and Stella Chambers can overhear her. |
THURS |
Percy Weasley has the wards changed on his home and cannot get in when he returns from work. He takes refuge in the Salty Badger. While there, he is spotted chatting away with Henry Radford by [Character Name]. |
FRI |
The Daily Prophet reports that Orpington's personal effects, correspondance, and business materials are still being combed through by the DMLE. They claim to have several promising leads. |
SAT |
Happy birthday, Terence Higgs! Hogsmeade v. Diagon Alley in Hogsmeade. |
SUN |
Happy birthday, Audrey Singh! |
MON |
Hannah Abbott believes she is being followed on her way home and, in a panic, Apparates out of the village to spend the night elsewhere with family. |
TUE |
When Hannah Abbott does not return home by the following morning, Susan Bones alerts the authorities and a missing persons report is filed. The village is in an uproar until she returns from work that evening, unaware that she was missed. |
WED |
Happy birthday, Wendy Wickersham! |
THURS |
Happy birthday, Astoria Greengrass! |
FRI |
The Daily Prophet reports that forensic evidence has concluded that one of the hairs found on Orpington's body could only have come from his biological child. But Orpington has no known children... |