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Daniel probably left Elsbeth in the care of Ace for the duration of the kidnapping event. She can help, or just hide, or Ace could have stuffed her into a closet somewhere, it makes no difference to me. ^^

... suspects that she is far too slow when it comes to plotting...


I...um... forgot that I wanted Leo to work as a gofer intern for the Minister this summer. He's a charity case to make the minister look better by giving opportunities to talented lower class people.... and by the looks of it he's probably going to be Elsbeth's gofer instead?


... Elsbeth who got stuck with his mother.


So... he'd probably be suspicious or seem like the crazy conspiracy theorist.

Elsbeth: >:D

Also, she probably wouldn't be at all helpful in actually kidnapping him, so just poke me when it's time for her gleefully vengeful masquerade. xD

So, time to actually manage this business. >.>

The kidnapping thread is underway. Let's get more Darcy and Ace posts in there and move things along.

Our timeline:

July 5th - Kidnapping occurs. Ace is paid handsomely and then goes on his merry way.

July 6th - Elsbeth assumes her role as Minister. Darcy is hidden away in a safehouse basement in the Slums (Hannah Loren's basement? If she doesn't have one, Daniel will add one). Ursula Black is given the task of keeping him alive and supplying the key potion ingredients. Another conspirator (volunteer?) is tasked with actually making the potion, and can do so at their own house or at Hannah's. Other co-conspirators can be involved politically (esp. people close to the Minister) or financially, or other ways you can think up.

July 12-20th - Leo becomes suspicious of Elsbeth's behavior and tries to figure out what's up. At the same time, Eulalie is having some doubts.

July 23rd - Eulalie, Leo, or both find out that Elsbeth is really pretending to be Darcy. Ari, Lola, and Kat should discuss whether this is a public announcement or whether Elsbeth just flits away and everyone freaks out about the Minister being missing. Option 1 makes the public aware of the fact that there was a doppleganger; option 2 can be played as if Darcy just disappeared on the 23rd which might be more confidence-inspiring for the people.

July 25th - The Minister is found in the safe-house. He may honestly not know who was responsible, or maybe Ursula had the forethoguht to cast some sort of memory charm on him after the aforementioned DP article. (If this needs to happen and Ursula forgets, Daniel will remind her)

July 30th - Darcy is back in time for his wedding.


SO THIS MEANS that most of the threads at this point will be backdated. Sorry. That's my fault. >.>

It means that as soon as Kat/Ari/Lola decide whether Elsbeth is being publicly caught, we should write that DP article (either "Imposter Minister Discovered!" or "Minister Goes Missing!")



Questions?

:D Fine with me! The house is empty at that moment in time and there isn't a basement. no i did not just decide that so hannah could come home eventually and be all '.....is this new?'

Looks great to me! I'm fine with Elsbeth being caught, if that's what others want to do. Granted, she'll probably be thrown in jail again, but she'll think it's worth it. It'll probably be for a much longer time though... might have to keep her active by writing letters to random people. xD

Yay threads for Leo Woo! Excellent. I'm happy about it.

Can ElabethDarcy pass some piece of legislation that Darcy wasn't keen on but Daniel wanted? If so that should be a thing before people find out darcy is actually farce-y.

Yeah, I said it.

... because I'm on bad wifi that won't let me edit posts (it times out) I'll try to get upsome Leo-suspects threads ranging from those dates. (some because graduation-nerves makes perfect Leomuse)

YES SHE WILL DO THAT TO SPITE HIM. She might also try something ridiculous like allowing squibs to go to Hogwarts, though I doubt she'll actually get anyone to agree to it since it's pointless and makes no sense.

JUST PONDERING: Should Ursula really be involved given...what may or may not happen in Darcula?

I think I've made some reasoning/excuses for the possible outcomes because I did wonder myself, and they are ranging from: revenge, blackmail & threats in defense of reputation, lust in the highly disturbing and somewhat unlikely event that... Well you get the picture and I don't know, I could probably think of something. I'm thinking she won't have told Phineas either >.>;

The only outcome I can't cover for is if Ursula's memory is tampered with either by alcohol or magic in order to prevent a repeat of last time with the whole veritaserum thing. Because she resorts to desperate measures for lack of structured planning on the verge of panic.

Does that help any? o.o *feels she may have missed the mark entirely*

Haha, I'm just curious! As long as it makes sense on your end :)

Seriously want to make a Leo is suspicious thread. So what are some things that Elsbeth would do that would make Leo suspicious code: we also need to thread them Lola, and Lynn is right. We[Kat/Lola/Me] needto discuss probably July 23 because he's found today. Seriously what's happening/what are we doing. I'm fine for most things I just want to know.