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Evster · 09-14-2005, 11:28 PM

It has been eighty-nine years since Voldermort has been banished by none other than Harry Potter. A new family, called Hoxac, were the second most powerful wizards and witches in Voldermort's day. Now that he's gone... they've been busy. The father, his only name is Hoxac, has killed many families in the last fifteen years. The mother went crazy, jumping off the Hoxac's mansion-almost-castle's balcony. The maid and cook both ran away, only to be captured and returned to Hoxac, eventually dying a strange, unknown death. Three of the families children also died in that mansion, all vanishing --- never to be seen again. Hoxac's brother and sister-in-law went to visit him, never to return home.

But now. Now. It's a new age. Hoxac was captured and brought to Azkaban eventually dying from insanity. His house, known as the Hoxac Mansion, was closed off to the public, only few have known about it's location.

A new professor in Hogwarts knows this location, bringing together a "search team" to investigate it. He has heard of the stories about the house, and he and the caretaker agreed to stay for one week.

The stories are gruesome, some just made up to scare little children and people --- since the Hoxac Mansion was well-known. The few people that knew about where the Mansion actually was never did want to go there --- in fear of one of the stories, about never appearing ever again, once you stepped inside the house, that is. No one wanted to go... and no one ever knew the real story about it.. until now.

Orion Rysen, nephew of the Late Hoxac, the parent's who went to visit him, is the only one who knows half the story that's behind the Evil Mansion. He was invited to the Mansion, no one knowing that he is related to the Murderer Hoxac. He wanted to go in hopes of finding out what happened to the parents --- and to his cousins.

From fights, perhaps *love*, and friends and enemies, the "search group" nicknamed "The Hoxac Group" will uncover what really happened at the house.

Please, this is an all made-up RP. No perfect people, or anything like that. All rules from SS apply. No special powers, it ruins the RP. And please, if you want to join, I'd like it if you'd be dedicated to the RP and not drop out when you just get a tiny bit confused. Sure, you can drop out, but don't through a temper-tantrum if you aren't getting the plot. People will tell you, so please don't keep asking about it.

Characters:
Orion Rysen: Eevee [ Darkangel77 ]
Noira Blanc: Tori [ Mrs. Murray_Felton ]
Nicholas Delancy: [ Luna Loveg00d ]
Cami Lee Jacinto: [ mrs. danradcliffe01 ]

Caroline Cohen: Kiki [ Elizabeth_Kiki ]
RESERVED FOR NATALIE [ TINKER_BELLE ]***
Roma Monteiro: [ Roma ]
Elizabeth Collins: [ Aingil an Speir ]
Katrina Laighlah: [ LvrGrl4ever ]
Fabricio De Ascentis: Lar [ Silverstone ]

I'll post his info later.

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Aingil an Spéir · 10-03-2005, 11:18 AM

"Did Annabella love her husband?" Elizabeth spoke up for the first time. She had woken up a few moments before to find herself not in the room of mirrors, but some kind of an attic room. Decididng to stay silent until she got her bearings and was confident she hadn't been trapped by any spectres, she listened intently to what was going on around her, what the others were saying.
Now she sat up, slowly and painfully, for her whole body seemed to ache and when she looked down it was to see a great number of cuts all over her hands and arms. Choosing to ignore them, (for she believed the pain would only exist as long as she chose toi be aware of it) she moved closer to the group to further question them.
"When did they marry? They were very young, were they not?" she ventured, recalling reading something of that nature while doing her research. Annabella had only been 19 or there abouts, and Hoxac was a bit older, his mid twenties. They both came from very rich and esteemed families, the match was a perfect one, on all accounts, Hoxac had land, and a steady rather large income, while Annabella had to her name, money and position. Both families were thrilled with the match. One account of their wedding day in an old newspaper Elizabeth found reviewed the day as "a fantasy wedding, with the most dashing groom, and a bride, while slightly weepy (which is to be expected on such an emotional day) put up a show of every charm and every grace. At times, she seemed so delerious with happiness (in particular when it came to the vows) she hardly seemed to know where she was."
That last comment had stuck in Elizabeth's memory. For some reason it made her uneasy. Yes, a bride should be deleriously happy on her wedding day, but why should she not know where she was? It struck her as very odd.
"There was something I read, about their wedding, I don't know if it's important or not...it probably isn't, but it's...well, I thought it was strange."

Evster · 10-03-2005, 09:14 PM

Orion nodded, receiting what Elizabeth had just thought [ too lazy to write it all ] in a sing-songy voice. "Yeah yeah yeah," he muttered bitterly, then added, "That's just rubbish. The newspaper exagerrate the truth. Sure, it was a happy day, but you could tell that Annabella wanted to be there," he stopped, then sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I thought we were on to something.. but.." He hesitated, then thought of Elizabeth's question. "Did she love him? Well.. yes, I think she did. But.. would you still love someone after you found out that they betrayed you?" He glanced around, talking to everyone, but then going back and keeping his gaze on Elizabeth.

Evster · 10-04-2005, 11:47 AM

Ooc: -blink- What happened to everyone? -sobs- Don't leave this RP now.. it's almost over! Sorry for the OOC posting. >.< Blah.

Blackened · 10-04-2005, 11:53 AM

ooc: almost over?

"We're going round in circles... with this crazed filth we're only gonna end up speculating while he's probably somewhere in this ****ed mansion, cropping up ways to finish us off. Maybe it's better to move..." Jakob suggested, getting more anxious by the minute. A sort of nerve or twinge shivered up his body, and he couldn't find it in himself to stay still.

Luna Loveg00d · 10-04-2005, 03:00 PM

Nicholas thought about what Jakob said...it was definitely getting colder. Please don't let there be spectres now, he thought, i was just getting comfortable! "I dunno...this whole mystery thing is confusing me. I just can't wait until we leave..." He said, leaning back on the couch. He smiled at Elizabeth, mostly just glad she hadn't gone into a coma or something. Somehow he felt like he had kept his promise about protecting her.

Roma · 10-04-2005, 10:09 PM

OoC: Over already?

Roma sat back down into the rocking chair. It seemed that throughout all of these thoughts of how the story went, she had nothing to say. There was nothing she could say. She had absoloutly no idea what to think anymore. But she there was something for certain. The room was definatley getting colder. "I think that we should move also. There probably will be spectres here soon," she said to them all.

Evster · 10-04-2005, 11:12 PM

Ooc: xD Hah. Thought that'd get your attention. But yes, sadly, it is almost over. Not over yet, but it will be. Maybe by the end of this week. -shrug- Blah.. supper. I'll be back in a few minutes.

Orion glanced around at everyone, shaking his head. "No, no spectres," he said, then flicked his gaze around the room again. "It's just getting colder because it's getting darker outside." He pointed to the small window in the attic, where the outside seemed to be getting darker and darker. "I expect we'll have another storm. But don't worry, if this Mansion floods, we'll be safe up on the highest level." He was trying to lighten the mood, smiling half-heartedly. He sighed, then looked over at everyone again. "Guys, don't give up now! I mean.. I can feel that we're so close to solving this mystery. Don't you feel it too?" Perhaps he was going insane, but that, my friend, no one could decide.

Luna Loveg00d · 10-05-2005, 12:20 AM

Nicholas groaned, laying down on the couch. "Whatever you say, man. But can't we take a nap first or something?" Even though they had just woken up, it seemed like he barely had any sleep at all. He didn't even want to think about how little sleep Orion must've gotten. "Unless anyone else has any more revelations they'd like to share today..." Something which seemed to be happening a lot lately.

Evster · 10-05-2005, 12:24 AM

Orion paused to consider what Nicholas just asked, then reluctantly nodded. "Yeah. Sure. All of you sleep. I'll keep watch." He didn't bother mentioning "again" since he didn't mind about watching. Of course he wanted to get to sleep, but he couldn't do what he always wanted. Plus, he was the one in charge here. He had to help everyone out.. to protect them. At least that's what he kept thinking.

Aingil an Spéir · 10-05-2005, 12:35 PM

"No, I don't feel like sleeping anymore, I've done enough of that for now." Elizabeth replied. The real truth of the matter was she didn't trust herself to sleep, who knew what would happen when she did, and she did not fancy any more disturbing dreams about Ophelia and Annabella and Hoxac...
She stood up gently and began to walk around the room, rubbing her arms against the cold. She looked down at Nicholas, who was already asleep, he was curled into a little ball, tucking his arms legs against the cold. She took an old musty blanket from from a crate nearby and placed it over him gently. It was thanks to him sshe had survived thus far, and she would be forever greatful for that. As she moved looked around. The attic was filled with boxes and old toys and clothes. A doll lay on the floor; it caught her attention. Curious, Elizabeth stooped and picked it up. It had the look of something that had once been precious. A pretty with dress with blue trim, dark mahogony coloured hair tied in two plaits, and blue eyes that looked out from their porcelain sockets. It's face was cracked and the dress dirty almost beyond recognition. It's lifeless eyes bored into Elizabeth's, captivating her, something about the doll tugged at her mind, though she had no idea why, she had never seen this doll before, she had never played with dolls as a child.
"This doll," she asked, keeping her eyes on it's face, "was it Ophelia's?"
The eyes continued pierce her, a shadow passed behind them, and a shock went through Elizabeth's arm. She dropped the doll.
"Orion, I have an idea about what may have happened, I mean, it just came into my head just now, I'm not sure if any of it will make sense, but...it's worth a try." She turned her back on the doll, who's deadened eyes followed her progress back to Orion.
"So Hoxac and Annabella get married, they are deeply in love, or so it seems anyway and they have children and everyone is happy. Until a few years later, Hoxac is no longer happy, he doesn't love Annabella anymore (if he ever truly did), he may even resent her for some reason, and he commences an affair with the Nanny. They used to meet in that room up there, hte Rose Room I think you call it. Now, Annabella was an intelligent woman, and they must have had plenty of servants in a house of this size, there's no way wouldn't have at least had suspicions about the trist; but Annabella loves Hoxac dearly, and she does not want to loose him, if she confronted him, she might loose everything, her house her children, her husband, she is a proud woman, so she turns a blind eye. Then however, the Nanny becomes pregnant, with what must be Hoxac's child. Annabella learns of this and becomes so enraged, she cannot bear the hurt and pain any longer, she is humiliated. So, maybe on a tip from one of the other servants, or maybe from previous knowledge, or maybe just a good guess, she follows them up to the Rose Room to catch them in the act and confront them. This she does, and once her fears are confirmed, she looses her mind with betrayel and jealousy, and throws the Nanny out the window, killing her, thus killing Hoxac's unborn child. This in turn, enrages Hoxac, who looses his mind. All the resentment and bitterness or whatever else he felt for Annabella that had grown over time, comes to a head an he explodes. To get back at her he kills her children, just like she killed his, and then kills her, and goes on a whole big killing spree. In the end, he felt so guilty he kept their spirits here, to punish himslf, never letting them go, or maybe, he kept them here to punish them, or, I don't know, it's very complicated."
Elizabeth sat down and rubbed her eyes.
"I don't know that there is any way of knowing for certain, not unless we found some kind of documentation, a record, or a journal of some kind, a diary..."

ooc:sorry my posts are so long, I just thought since I can't be on that often, I may as well make up for it when I am on by posting as much as I can...sorry!

Luna Loveg00d · 10-06-2005, 12:48 AM

ooc: Sorry to say...i'm going to have to drop out of this rp. i know it's right towards the good part but i have to. I've been falling apart in all my homework, so i'm taking a long break from ss. hope you understand...

Evster · 10-07-2005, 12:14 AM

Ooc: Ellie [ Luna_Loveg00d ] told me that I could post for her. She would write up the post, then I'll post it for her. xD That way, she'll still be on somehow.

Orion glanced at Elizabeth, then nodded at some parts. "..I don't think Hoxac killed his children. I mean, he was so furious about his other child being killed.. I don't think he'd risk killing his own children." He suddenly spotted the bookcase, then pointed to it. "..Remember how.. the secret door was behind a bookcase?" He asked, saying this slowly. "..Well.. remember the room in which we heard Noira and Carolina's screams? But they weren't there? ..And we thought they were injured and ran away?" He suddenly looked at Elizabeth, then said, " If.. I'm thinking right. They're still in that room. Somewhere. We.. just have to figure out where." He suddenly stopped, then went towards the steps. "Come on! We have to go check!"

Luna Loveg00d · 10-07-2005, 12:34 AM

ooc: ok, fine...i'm convinced.

i'm here. but just till the weekend is over. so we better finish this up by then or else!

Nicholas was abruptly woken by Orion pounding him on the shoulder. "Wha?" He mumbled, turning over on his side. "Am i dead yet?" As the world came back to focus, he could see he was still stuck in a creepy mansion. "Ugh. Wake me up when i'm dead." He said, turning back in an attempt to fall back asleep. This whole creepy mansion thing was really, really getting old.

Evster · 10-07-2005, 12:38 AM

"Wake up, Nicholas," Orion grumbled, poking him now. "We have to get out of here. If I'm right.. we may get out of this whole Mansion.. soon." He sighed, then ran a hand through his hair. He looked around at everyone, who wasn't moving, then blinked. "Isn't anyone coming?!"

Luna Loveg00d · 10-07-2005, 12:45 AM

Nicholas groaned, dragging himself up from the couch. "Yeah, yeah. i'm coming." He said, following Orion out the door. "Wait...did you just say we might get out of the mansion?" He said, finally comprehending what Orion had just said. Out of the mansion...he thought, **** i don't care what i have to do to get out at this point.

Roma · 10-08-2005, 01:10 AM

Roma got up and started to follow Orion. Could they still be in the room? If they were, why hadn't they seen them when the went earlier? There was something about that room that creeped her out. Acutally, every room in the mansion creeped her out. She just wanted to solve this mystery and get out of this mansion as soon as possible.

Blackened · 10-08-2005, 07:33 PM

"Leave?! I can't leave! I..." swore revenge... he finished his own sentence, leering at Orion with a lost expression. "What would solving this mystery imply? Will Hoxac disappear or get his punishment?" Jakob kept asking, nervously fidgeting with a strand of hair. Things were precipitating steadfastly, and his torn mind found it hard to keep up.

Evster · 10-08-2005, 07:44 PM

Orion thought for a moment, before saying, "..They'll be able to rest in peace. That, or banished to ****." He pointed to the book he was carrying, saying, "It says theres a curse. People keep dying in here because the lost souls that wander in this Mansion can't pass on. Something is holding them back --- in this case, some are wondering how they died, and some are wondering why they killed. If we," he hesitated, before limping down a step, "If.. we.. figure out this mystery, then they'll be able to pass on." He had an uncomfortable look on his face before adding, "Yet. The curse is throughout the whole family..." he trailed off, whispering, "that means me, too."

Blackened · 10-08-2005, 08:00 PM

Jakob nodded, registering what Orion was saying. His head made a slow, funnily banging movement, then came to a sudden twinge. With deepset eyes, he closed in on Orion, the other guy's words repeating inside his head:
"What do you mean YOU, too?"

Roma · 10-08-2005, 10:53 PM

Roma's eyes widened at what Orion had said. "You...you were related to Hoxac?" she finally managed to get out. She would have never guessed. But after some thought, she concluded that her lack of thinking about why Orion was so interested in this whole mansion was the reason she would never thought about it.

Evster · 10-09-2005, 01:11 AM

Orion avoided their gazes, then finally nodded. "I was going to tell you all sooner, but everyone was fighting," he paused, then added, "Plus. I thought you all figured it out when we saw the portraits. Keon and Hoxac look so much like me." He sighed, then glanced around. "..You guys can't be angry. Right?"

Roma · 10-09-2005, 05:51 AM

Roma shook her head, still very shocked to find that Hoxac was related to Orion. "Of course not. Unless you were setting us up to get killed or something. But I really doubt that," she answered. It truly did affect the way she looked at Orion from now forth but not in a bad way. She just felt as if there was more he was hiding from them all besides his relation with Hoxac.

Blackened · 10-09-2005, 09:52 AM

"You... you knew this all along. I asked you more than once why were you here and I always received the same answer. Well, I don't buy that anymore!" Jakob had taken a few steps back and was glowering at Orion in an uncertain manner. His tendency to lose touch with levelheadedness flailed and swirved ever since he had entered that Mansion. But all that information wanted to make him climb up those oozy walls surrounding him from all sides.
"Are you going to tell us now?!" Jakob insisted, still wary of the new discovery.

Evster · 10-09-2005, 04:58 PM

Orion blinked, then slowly nodded. " I will tell you. But.. I never knew almost half the stuff we learned so far in the house before. Honestly." He stopped, then continued. "..I wanted to find out what happened to my parents. Blair and Almira. The ones in Annabella's diary. The.. ones that were going to the party."

Orion's voice cracked again, as he stopped and wiped his eyes. "They just left me! I didn't want to come to this stupid Mansion for the stupid party before because.. this house gave me some weird thoughts. So mother and father went.. and they never came back. I thought they just hated me, so they went to the party for an excuse to run away! But.. then I got thinking. And I knew something had happened to them here. Then I knew that something had happened to my cousins, too."

Orion avoided their gazes, then said softly, "But now.. I also know that I will never be able to get away from this house. I-In order for everyone else to leave, the mystery has to be solved.. and the family has to be completed.." Orion didn't explain what that meant, thinking that everyone knew what it meant already.

Blackened · 10-09-2005, 05:06 PM

"You're not being serious, are you?" Jakob snapped again, refusing to believe what Orion was telling them. "We've been through so much already, and it hasn't been exactly the easiest stay we've ever had, we can all agree on that. You can't just do that! There must be another way!" the lad spat out, more gingerly this time, beginning to feel really stupid for all the crisis atacks he had inflicted on their patience.
"Right?"

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