Throwing Shade (S1E10)

Throwing Shade is the tenth episode of the first season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on January 14, 2020.

## Synopsis

Creeping up all about them, the shadows, even in daylight, seem to loom larger than they should. They encircle around them. Crying hysterically, Rosie grabs Clem and Masie and runs back into the Great Hall. Terrified, Alex says they should cast Lumos. Alex casts Lumos successfully. Olive tries to cast Lumos as well, but her spell backfires. Alex steps in front of Olive and tells her to run back to the Great Hall where there’s light. Lily says she’ll take Olive. Olive tries to stay and says they can’t leave Alex. Alex says he will follow after everyone is in the Great Hall. Lily says they should go to get a professor. Olive and Lily rush off to get a professor; they head past the Quad toward a classroom. Alex keeps his back to the Great Hall and his wand in front of him, watching carefully for shadows that move suddenly or that look like a handsome Ravenclaw student. Alex hears a voice say, “Where is the boy? Where is he? He belongs to me.” Alex asks for the boy’s name. As the voice speaks, the overcast day breaks partially and some light makes its way through into the hall, causing the shadows to dissipate around him. As the shadows dissipate, Alex notices amidst the shapes of the shadows a particular shadow that looks like an adult person holding something. Alex realizes that this particular shadow was stretching out into the shadows and extending themselves outwards as if they had a volume to their own shadow and expending it to extend the shadows further. Alex immediately turns and runs to the Great Hall. Alex finds Rosie, Clem, and Masie underneath one of the tables in the Great Hall. Alex joins them under the table and casts Nox to deluminate his wand. Alex tells Masie, Rosie, and Clem what he heard. He says that it wasn’t a Ravenclaw boy and that he thinks this one wants to eat the boy. Rosie calls the Ravenclaw boy Olive’s boyfriend. Masie asks where Olive and Lily are. Alex says that they got away. Masie asks if they can find Olive. Rosie asks if they can all hold hands and walk in a line. Clem apologizes for running away. Alex asks if anyone knows a spell to stop him from shaking so much. Masie, Clem, and Rosie give him a hug. Clem peeks out from under the table to see if the coast is clear. They climb out from under the table.

Meanwhile, Olive and Lily run through the Quad, across the Suspension Bridge, and approach the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom. Lily calls out for Professor Bovin, but she doesn’t seem to be there. Olive suggests finding a prefect. Olive and Lily run, looking for any adult or older Gryffindor to help them. Lily sees her brother James. Olive introduces herself and asks James for help. James thinks it’s a joke and teases Lily. Olive threatens to write his mum about him not helping them. James says that he has a date. Olive says that she and Lily will solve this mystery and when they do, they’re going to tell everyone that he didn’t help. Olive grabs Lily’s head and turns around sharply as she scoffs at James. James walks away. Lily suggests going back to Alex.

Masie sees Olive and Lily running back across the Suspension Bridge while they’re looking around the Quad. Alex and Clem are both talking to two different prefects, trying to get them to help. Alex manages to convince a prefect named Rosamund Crooks to help. Clem tries to get a Slytherin prefect, Eva Larchmont, to help, but she doesn’t really believe her and says she’s very busy.

Meanwhile, Masie rushes over to Olive and Lily. She gives Olive a hug. Olive tells Masie that they tried to get James to help, but he was a git. Olive suggests looking for Professor Longbottom. Masie asks if Lily is okay. Lily says she’s okay but is shaking. Masie gives her a hug as well. Masie leads Lily and Olive to a bench in the Quad and they take a moment to breathe. Masie tells them to think of something really funny. Lily says her Uncle Ron is really funny, and that one time he ate a candy that made his nose really big and he chased her while making pig noises. They hear Clem trying to convince a prefect to help. Nearby, Rosie is slumped on the floor, upset and hopeless.

Meanwhile, Alex leads Rosamund to the entrance hall where he saw the shape. He points out the area to her. Alex suggests casting alarm spells in case it comes back. Rosamund takes her wand out and casts Specialis Revelio and then Homenum Revelio. From inside the wall, Alex sees two shapes wriggling about. Rosamund asks them to come out. Two ghostly figures poke their heads from out of the wall. Alex recognizes the ghosts as Nearly Headless Nick and the Fat Friar. Rosamund asks what they were doing in there. They said that they were trapped in the wall. Alex asks them a lot of questions all at once. Rosamund coaxes the ghosts out of the wall and into the Great Hall. They ask the ghost what happened. They said they heard a strange noise that sounded like a music box and whispers. Alex asks them about the Vanished Wing. They say yes. Alex tells them that he thinks the Shade and the Vanished Wing are connected. Alex asks them about a 3rd year Ravenclaw ghost boy because he thinks the Shade is trying to get this boy, who might be from the Vanished Wing and had something bad happen to him. They say that they haven’t seen a ghost boy and that Hogwarts is warded against such things. In fact, the Hogwarts ghosts themselves are exceptions to these wards. Alex wonders aloud if maybe there was a music box that contained something and it somehow got released. Alex asks them if they would hurt any plants. Sir Nicholas says only the ones the Fat Friar eats. Alex asks if he can ask them more questions later, and they say yes. Alex tells them to warn the other ghosts about the music and the Shade. Alex tries to leave to return to his friends, but Rosamund says that they should tell a professor or the Headmistress. Alex agrees to go with her to tell Headmistress McGonagall.

Meanwhile, Clem, Masie, Olive, and Lily comfort Rosie, who is upset about running away from the fight but also about her hair, which she accidentally cut too short with a spell. Rosie thinks about asking Madam Pomfrey to help her grow out her hair. Rosie asks Clem for a piece of her hair. Clem says yes. Rosie plucks a hair from Clem and Masie and puts them in vials from her robe. Masie is uncomfortable with this and asks for her hair back. Masie takes her hair out of the vial and pulls the label off and returns the vial to a disheartened Rosie. Masie puts the label on her hair. Rosie is sad, and Masie tries to cheer her up. Rosie asks for a fingernail instead. Masie says that people can do all sorts of magic when they have a piece of someone, and it can be dangerous. Rosie says that she understands but is still sad. Olive reminds them about the danger in the castle. Masie pulls the label off of her hair and puts it in her pocket. Olive asks where Alex went. Clem suggests that they check the entrance hall. They start walking there, everyone holding hands. Masie quietly asks Clem if she thought it was creepy of Rosie to ask for their hair. Clem says yes, but she trusts Rosie. They arrive at the entrance hall but don’t see Alex. Rosie worries that the shadows came back and took Alex. They try to think of where Alex would go, and they decide that he would probably go to the library. Olive suggests leaving a note for him in the Great Hall. Rosie uses her label maker to write the note. Rosie peels the label off and sticks it onto their table in the Great Hall. It sticks for a second, and then it slowly starts to roll back up. Rosie takes some pocket mash and tries to weight the corners that are peeling off. Approximately five seconds later, there’s a faint sparkling and the table starts to clean itself. They decide to leave the rolled up note on the table and leave.

Meanwhile, Alex and Rosamund approach a wall. They go over to a book that is open and says, “Please announce your presence.” Rosamund admits that she hasn’t been here in a while, not since she got in a spot of trouble due to James Sirius Potter, who lit her skirt on fire. Rosamund writes their names in the book. They hear a knocking sound and a voice that says, “Enter!” The wall starts to separate and open up, revealing an entrance into the Headmistress’s office. They enter and see Headmistress McGonagall with her glasses on the end of her nose and a quill in hand. There are three other books floating in the air with quills that are copying her quill movement as she writes.

Headmistress McGonagall asks them what the problem is. Alex tells her about the Shade attack and his theory about the Shade trying to capture the ghost of a Ravenclaw boy from 300 years ago who is connected to the Vanished Wing. He says there’s a music box and whispering involved as well. Rosamund tells her that they found Sir Nicholas and the Fat Friar in the wall. Headmistress McGonagall asks how he knows it was a Shade. Alex tells her what he had read about Shades. She asks him what the Shade asked. Alex says the Shade is looking for a boy. He claims to have seen this ghost boy. Headmistress McGonagall starts to walk toward Alex, who is very much intimidated. Alex takes a step back and to the side so that Rosamund is in front of him. The headmistress asks Alex to tell her everything she knows. Alex mentions Raye and Sebastian, the Vanished Wing near the greenhouses, the Dark Creatures classroom, the Shade, the music box, whispers, and the ghost boy. Alex tells her that he cast Lumos against the Shade. Headmistress McGonagall says that he was very clever, smart, and brave. She leads them back to the entrance hall to investigate. Along the way, Alex tells her about the wilted plants in the greenhouses, which might indicate that the Shade had been there too, since Professor Longbottom cares very much about his plants. The headmistress asks Alex when he found out all of this information. Alex says, “Today, mostly.” The headmistress believes him and awards 30 points to Ravenclaw. Alex gives credit to his friends for their help.

Meanwhile, Rosie, Clem, Olive, Masie, and Lily arrive at the library. Olive grabs *Hogwarts: A History* to look up the Vanished Wing, but she doesn’t find any more information than what she had discovered before. Olive approaches Madam Pince and asks her where she could find more information on the Vanished Wing. Madam Pince says that it’s *Hogwarts: A History*. Olive asks if it’s in any other books that might have more in-depth information. Madam Pince says no. Olive comments that this is a bit odd. Madam Pince agrees. Olive asks Madam Pince if she knows anything about the Vanished Wing. Madam Pince says that she only knows what *Hogwarts: A History* says. Olive returns to the group and relays the information she’s gathered. Rosie wonders if someone is trying to hide something related to the Vanished Wing. Masie wonders if the Vanished Wing is made up. Rosie and Olive mention that the portraits knew about it. Masie says maybe everyone was tricked into thinking it was true and then it was written down into history. Olive suggests asking Professor Binns. Masie is shocked that Olive called Professor Binns boring. Rosie asks if Masie has a crush on Professor Binns, and she says no. Clem asks if they all get to have crushes on ghosts. Olive says to pick which ghost they’d have a crush on. Rosie says the Fat Friar because they both love snacks. Masie says Flops (Sir Nicholas) because of his silly nickname. Clem says she really likes the Ravenclaw ghost. Olive teases Clem, but Rosie teases Olive. Olive puts back *Hogwarts: A History* and walks out of the library. The rest of them follow Olive. They arrive at the History of Magic classroom, but it’s empty. They wonder where the professors live. Lily says her dad told her that Professor Longbottom lives in Hogsmeade with his wife. Rosie says that they should get walkie-talkies. Masie suggests going back to the Great Hall to look for Alex. Lily asks what walkie-talkies are. Rosie and Clem explain them as older phones, and they start talking about mobile games. Rosie suggests casting Accio to find Alex, but Olive reminds her that Accio can only pull objects. Clem starts worrying again that Alex got captured by the shadows. Clem suggests going back to the entrance hall. Olive suggests working on a communication system using an enchanted button or something similar.

Meanwhile, Alex, Rosamund, and the headmistress arrive at the entrance hall. The headmistress casts some spells to reveal what happened. She walks around the area and says that Alex may be right. She tells Alex that she doesn’t want him investigating anymore because it’s business for the adults, not 11-year-olds. The headmistress asks Alex to promise. Alex promises that he won’t get involved in adult business. The headmistress looks a bit skeptical, but she nods her head. She says that she’ll mention this to the other professors, and she awards 5 points to Gryffindor since Rosamund helped Alex. Alex asks the headmistress to keep him updated if they figure out what happened. The headmistress asks Alex who his friends are so that she can ask them questions. At this point, the rest of SWOFF arrive, and they all start hugging Alex. Olive tells Alex that they should go work on a paper. The headmistress says that she would like to ask them some questions about the incident with the Shade. She says that she will find them if necessary. Olive asks the headmistress where they could find Professor Binns. The headmistress says that they can check his blackboard in the History of Magic classroom. Rosie tries to ask the headmistress to join her yoga club, but she mistakes it for a yogurt club, and Alex grabs Rosie and pulls her away to “study.” Alex tells them that he had to lie a little bit about how much they’ve been investigating. He tells them that he told the headmistress that they’ve only been investigating today. Alex says that if any professors ask about their future investigations, they should claim that it’s club research. Masie worries about getting in trouble and people getting hurt. Alex says that he got house points, and he tried to get them house points as well but couldn’t. They arrive at the History of Magic classroom. Rosie and Clem play rock, paper, scissors to determine who will take notes when they talk with Professor Binns. Clem loses, so she agrees to take notes. Rosie knocks on the blackboard. After a little bit, Professor Binns comes out and starts to give a lecture, but they interrupt him. Rosie shows him her phone to let him know that it’s Sunday. Olive asks him about the Vanished Wing. Professor Binns says that the Vanished Wing disappeared in 1705. Rosie and Alex ask him questions about the Vanished Wing, but he says that it’s not in the books. Rosie asks if anyone died. He tells them that some people died during the First and Second Wizarding Wars. Alex asks him about the Dark Creatures class. Professor Binns says that it was taught in the Vanished Wing. Masie asks what he was doing during that time besides teaching. Professor Binns says that he doesn’t have many hobbies. Olive asks if there was anyone in the wing when it vanished. Professor Binns says that he was teaching at the time. Masie asks Olive about the ghost boy. Rosie asks if Professor Binns has heard of people erasing knowledge from a book. Professor Binns looks affronted at the idea but hasn’t heard of such. Alex asks if there’s ever been a time at Hogwarts when new ghosts have suddenly appeared. Professor Binns says that new ghosts would have to be approved by the headmistress and unapproved ghosts would be warded against by the wards of Hogwarts. Masie asks if someone died in a building and their ghost wasn’t approved and then the building got demolished, what would happen to the ghost? He says that the ghost would be attached to the place where it died, but if the building was destroyed, then it would probably be attached nearby. Alex remembers a theory he had and asks the group to remind him to tell them about it later. Rosie gives Masie an inspirational speech to motivate her to ask Professor Binns a question.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Wacksteven - Headmaster of Doom
* Helloitskolo - Masie Skyler
* LuxieGames - Rosalina Earthcloud
* Mirggles - Clementine Goosanders
* Negaoryx - Olive Everglade
* Zcotticus - Alexander Pippin

## Characters

* Masie Skyler
* Rosalina Earthcloud
* Clementine Goosanders
* Olive Everglade
* Alexander Pippin

## Relationships

* Masie: -1 Olive
* Rosalina: -1 Masie
* Clementine: +1 Alexander
* Olive: +1 Alexander
* Alexander: +1 Olive

\*Note: System Changes - Hitting a +/-3 resets to 0 and receive an XP; Instead of +1 to a Player Character and -1 to a Player Character, now choose either to add +1 to a Player Character or add a -1 to a Player Character and receive 1 XP

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +5 points, rolled 9
* Rosalina: -5 points, rolled 3
* Clementine: +10 points, rolled 10
* Olive: -5 points, rolled 6
* Alexander: +5 points, rolled 7

### Total

* Gryffindor: 67
* Hufflepuff: 30
* Ravenclaw: 70
* Slytherin: 20

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Studying (Mind), 11 (success)
* Rosalina: Spellcasting (Magic), 8 (partial success)
* Clementine: Studying (Mind), 7 (partial success)
* Olive: Studying (Mind), 10 (success)
* Alexander: Studying (Mind), 6 (fail)

## Quotes

* Luxie: Wack gave Dobby a friend! Dobby is a friended elf!
* Alex: Do you know where it came from? Did you see it? It looked like it was trying to hold things. Do you know what it was holding? Do you know anything about the boy that it’s trying to get? I have other questions too, but if you answer those ones first, then I’ll get to the rest. Do you eat food? Do you sleep? Sorry, those were the other questions you can answer. Those aren’t priority questions. The first ones are. Nearly Headless Nick: You must be a first year.
* Wack: ...but friendship - it works.
* Rosie: Hey Alex, we went to library. Hope you aren’t with Shade.
* Rosie: Is this table magic? Clem: I think this whole place is magic. Rosie: Ohh..it’s a magic school.
* Rosie: Leftover breakfast sandwich from two days ago. It’s still warm. Clem: It somehow tastes old and new. Olive: We need Alex back.
* Rosie: We can get patches and we can enchant them and then everybody will know we’re in SWOFF, but also everybody will be able to hear us, but maybe not all the time because that sounds kind of creepy, and I don’t really want you guys to hear me go tinky-winky.
* Clem: Well, I can’t fight that logic. I guess we’re stuck in this life of crime.
* Rosie: And I know that if you reach deep down into your mashed potato pockets - Sorry, those are just my mashed potato pockets - if you reach deep down into your Quidditch robe pockets, you can find the resources you need to ask Professor Binns a question! Masie: Okay, okay, I can do it! I can do it!
* Luxie: My magic!! Wack: My magic-ku!
* Zcotticus: Yeah, so bear with us. GRRR! Thank you, that was me bearing. Everyone else can feel free to bear with me. Wack: I make the same noise when I’m pooping. Luxie: This is getting pretty unbearable. I gotta go.

## Fun Facts

* Alex often had a word of the day from a list his Gran gave him.
* Peeves and the Bloody Baron are mentioned
* Alex earned 30 points for Ravenclaw during the session.
* New rules for the Relationships move: 1) Your relationship can go up to +/-2. When you hit +/-3, you get the XP. 2) It will be a choice of +1 OR -1 and get XP.
* Lily Luna Potter’s traits: Charming, Brave, Nurturing, Gullible, Naive, Pushover

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1. ↑ https://youtu.be/D\_bVc3xt4FE?list=PLreNnYE4Fc5wzfFJSeHEEzmruEAThLfdK&t=116
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