Most people think that when you're dead, you're dead - gone, obliterated. No more. But it isn't true. It takes a human soul 13 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds to leave the Earth and for the soul of a witch it's longer, much longer. It's 13 years longer to be precise.
On this day 13 years ago, the soul of Bryony Thatcher, practicing witch of the 3rd coven sat up, looked down at her corporeal body, far far down, and exclaimed, "Ah, shit, wha'dyer 'ave to go an fall off that broomstick for, eh?"
This is actually how a lot of modern witches greet their recently departed bodies on account of them not being very good at flying; it seems that the art was lost somewhere around the turn of the 19th century and all those who've gone looking for it have instead found what it's like to see their behinds from behind.
Bryony Thatcher was particularly disgruntled about dying on this day of all days because it was All Hallows' Eve and that meant not only would she miss the party, but there'd be too much partying for anyone to much miss her.
A few days later, they had a nice funeral with a bit of cake and a bit more alcohol and even a bit of singing when all the cake and alcohol were gone. There were twelve people at the funeral and all of them wore black. And rightly so, you were supposed to wear black to a funeral, but the priest wasn't so sure that you were meant to wear long cloaks and pointy hats.
One of the funeral goers was a young girl with red pigtails and her head kept snapping back and forth, like she was hearing voices in the air. This strange behaviour was to follow her for the next 13 years of her life as Bryony Thatcher doggedly guided the girl in the magics of life and death. And so it came to be that thirteen years later, at the biggest supernatural gathering of the year, 26 year old Evelyn Rosewood, who had never quite outgrown her red pigtails, stood on a balcony overlooking the vast ballroom and cast the right spell on the wrong person.
The spell was supposed to switch the bodies of two souls, or in this case, give the body of the one soul to the other since Bryony Thatcher had long since left her body behind. The problem was that Evelyn thought she'd selected one of the few eligible people at the gathering, that is to say a human, but in choosing Saffron Frost, she had unknowingly cast the spell on the only individual in the room who was sheltered by a powerful enchantment. The spell bounced off Saffron and ricocheted around the room, hitting eight people before it touched Evelyn herself and fizzled out.
The spell itself worked but it worked too well and Bryony Thatcher found herself inhabiting not the body of Saffron Frost as she had expected but instead she had dot to dot freckles and red pigtails. She was in Evelyn Rosewood's body and the poor young witch was a voice in the air.
The Now
The Halloween masked ball being hosted by the prestigious Alnwich family, who also happen to be vampires, is well underway but for twelve individuals something freaky is going on. You play one of the characters who has found themselves in another's body or Saffron Frost, the human protected by a powerful enchantment.
The good news is that Bryony Thatcher was once a very powerful witch and she certainly remembers enough to reverse the spell. The bad news is that she needs 13 days of planning. The good news is that there are 13 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds before Evelyn Rosewood will cease to be and the body switching spell will be permanent. The good news is that Bryony doesn't want this to happen and is willing to cast the reversal spell. The bad news is that this will only be possible if they can gather all 10 people and Saffron Frost to the same location at the same time and if they can keep them all alive until then.
The characters are:
1. A witch of the 3rd coven, Evelyn Rosewood, who has body switched with Bryony Thatcher, that is to say, the ghost who has no body
2. Bryony Thatcher who is now in Evelyn Rosewood's body - claimed by @Rydia
3. The son/ daughter of the Alnwich family who has body switched with a human - claimed by @ScarlettFire
4. The human who has body switched with the son/ daughter of the Alnwich family
5. The werewolf who has body switched with the fairy - claimed by @Steggy
6. The fairy who has body switched with the werewolf - claimed by @Wolfical
7. The vampire who has body switched with a witch/ wizard of the 3rd coven
8. The witch/ wizard of the 3rd coven who has body switched with a vampire - claimed by @niteowl
9. The fire demon who has switched bodies with the demon hunter claimed by @Pentavalence
10. The demon hunter who has switched bodies with the fire demon
11. Saffron Frost, a human under a protective enchantment
Most of the characters will be unhappy with their new bodies but a few, after the initial shock, may decide they like them. It's up to you if your character will help gather the 11 people 13 days from now or if they'll be trying to ensure the reversal spell can't happen. Those who were witches will know the spell can be broken by the death of any individual involved. Those who weren't might try anything.
The Rules
1. This storybook is open to anyone and everyone so please be respectful of new and old storybookers alike.
2. The owner of each character may decide what powers their character's new body has and should read the character template of the owner of their character's old body to find out what abilities they used to have. Please try to keep them roughly to the stereotypes.
3. Swearing is allowed but please don't go crazy. I'd like this to be equivalent of a 15 rating so strong language should be infrequent and sexual details kept to a minimum - fade to black style.
4. Subscribe to the storybook and the DT at the top of the page so you can keep up with the discussion/ posts and if you need to drop out, please let us know so we can put your character up for grabs or play it as an NPC.
5. Don't take it too seriously! Try to write people's characters accurately but don't over-think it and if someone gets your character a little wrong, let them know and tell them how you'd like your character to act in the future but try to roll with it. This should be a fun and stress free storybook!
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