IT'S BLOODY HOT IN HERE (no, really. it's seriously hot.)
it's the summer holidays! a perfect time to travel, relax, spend time with loved ones and bask in the sun. the wizarding world is lively with energy at this time of year. everyone seems to want to make the most of their break before september comes around the corner and life returns to its normal, mundane pace. it has been especially exciting with the sporadic and strange appearances of old and new faces. some claim to be from a different world while others claim to be from a different time. then, there are the ones who have simply found themselves waking up to be remarkably younger or older. just remember to keep to your curfews, half-bloods and muggle-borns! those eerie disappearances are still happening in an increasingly alarming rate...
MINISTRY OF MAGIC
for the ones who don't have the good fortune of going on holiday, you won't have to worry about having nothing to do, especially if you're part of the ministry of magic! with all the anomalies happening, you're going to have your hands full registering, documenting, interviewing and/or helping with a multitude of busywork relating to the newcomers. or maybe your job doesn't have anything to do with that. maybe you're on the opposite end and you've been brought in. or maybe you're just a tourist and you want to see if you can catch a glimpse of the minister for magic. whatever your reason is, welcome and stay out of people's way!
DIAGON ALLEY
everyone loves to go shopping and what better place to do it than diagon alley? you'll find mills of people looking at all the different items on sale or on display in store windows. maybe you're here to purchase materials for the upcoming school year or you're out on a date with your significant other. or maybe you actually own or work at one of the many shops here. whatever your reason is, you better be ready for the crowd and the heat.
KNOCKTURN ALLEY
oh no! what are you doing here? turn back right now! knockturn alley is no place for you to be. well, at least it isn't if you aren't a dark arts practitioner or you're not part of some nefarious secret group. just turn around and go back to diagon alley. it's much nicer there, friendlier and safer. have you not heard about all the disappearances going on? you're only asking for trouble stepping into a place like this, even if it's remarkably cool here.
M.I.A.V.I.
not in the mood to go out? or maybe you're stuck in the waiting room at st. mungo's trying to figure out why you're suddenly 10 years older and you need a distraction. disregarding the reason, it's sure a good thing you've conveniently brought along your m.i.a.v.i. so feel free to browse the public network, create your own post, or private message someone!
OTHER
not interested in any of the options above? feel free to make up your own! the wizarding world is huge, so get creative with it. the setting is the summer of 1980. have fun testing out and shaping your characters, mingle with others, and start getting those crs down!
[ scorpius isn't the only one waking up. abraxas however, is a bit bewildered if only because his wife isn't there and upon checking, his young son is nowhere to be found either. now he's no stranger to being abandoned but he's sure this isn't it - surely they've just woken up early and gone down to have the elves make them breakfast.
sighing, he gets dressed and moves to head down to where he's sure they'll be, noting that as ever the manor is so cold and empty and just... he shakes the thought away like so many cobwebs and goes down stairways and very nearly runs into a teenager on the way down, stopping abruptly and lofting both eyebrows. he hadn't been informed of a visit, but the young man looks like he belongs, and it isn't as though the manor isn't warded against intruders. ]
I beg your pardon. I wasn't aware any distant cousins were visiting, young mister...?
[ while abraxas may not recognize his great-grandson, by the time scorpius is around, there are still portraits of his great-grandfather scattered about - looking cold and stern and acting the same. a far cry from this honest bewilderment, though there's still something closed-off there. this abraxas is in his late twenties. ]
[Despite his young age, Scorpius recognizes him immediately. Abraxas Malfoy being around always made Scorpius want to straighten his spine when he was only a portrait, and unsurprisingly, seeing him in person is no different.
He'd never seen his portrait seem so surprised by anything, though. Or anything even close to this amount of emotion. Of course, that's not the strangest thing about suddenly running into his great-grandfather as a young man with no warning, but it registers somewhere on the rapidly growing list of "things that are weird about today".]
Uh-- Scorpius! And I'm not--
[Wait that's a good out, isn't it? He should just go with that distant cousin thing.]
I mean-- Sorry, you wouldn't happen to have a copy of today's Prophet, would you?
[First rule of surprise time travel: find out when you are]
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malfoy manor.
sighing, he gets dressed and moves to head down to where he's sure they'll be, noting that as ever the manor is so cold and empty and just... he shakes the thought away like so many cobwebs and goes down stairways and very nearly runs into a teenager on the way down, stopping abruptly and lofting both eyebrows. he hadn't been informed of a visit, but the young man looks like he belongs, and it isn't as though the manor isn't warded against intruders. ]
I beg your pardon. I wasn't aware any distant cousins were visiting, young mister...?
[ while abraxas may not recognize his great-grandson, by the time scorpius is around, there are still portraits of his great-grandfather scattered about - looking cold and stern and acting the same. a far cry from this honest bewilderment, though there's still something closed-off there. this abraxas is in his late twenties. ]
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He'd never seen his portrait seem so surprised by anything, though. Or anything even close to this amount of emotion. Of course, that's not the strangest thing about suddenly running into his great-grandfather as a young man with no warning, but it registers somewhere on the rapidly growing list of "things that are weird about today".]
Uh-- Scorpius! And I'm not--
[Wait that's a good out, isn't it? He should just go with that distant cousin thing.]
I mean-- Sorry, you wouldn't happen to have a copy of today's Prophet, would you?
[First rule of surprise time travel: find out when you are]