First Victim (S3E22)

First Victim is the twenty-second episode of the third season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on October 5, 2021.

## Synopsis

In one of the corridors of the school, several members of the Council and several students are lined up in a hallway, the same hallway where SWOFF was. One of the Council speaks with a student, and they approach a wall. Doors begin to appear in the wall, doors leading to the Room of Requirement. Masie is one of the students with them. Masie begins to stir as she sees these strange dark robed figures and several students outside of the Room of Requirement. Masie remembers hearing something before she had apparated away from the hospital wing - the muttering of a sleeping spell, perhaps. Feeling groggy, Masie notices that things are a bit blurry for her. Masie sees an unconscious Harry Potter nearby, bound and guarded by several students. Masie rushes toward Harry. Several students immediately block her way in a line. They raise their wands toward her. Masie hears a voice behind her say, “It’s important that she doesn’t make any noise. Silence her, please.” Spells are cast, and suddenly, Masie can’t get a word out. Masie turns around to look for the voice. She sees a dark robed figure wearing a black mask of a wolf. Light bounces off and reflects off the mask, highlighting edges. Masie points her wand at this wolf masked figure. The figure raises their wand and bats away Masie’s wand, which clatters to the ground. Masie recognizes several of the students. They’re of all ages, from first year to seventh year. She sees about twenty of them. Masie doesn’t see anyone from SWOFF, but she recognizes Idas Vale, her old friend, a Hufflepuff on the Quidditch team. Idas stands with his wand pointed at Masie. Masie tries to speak, but because of the spell, she can’t really open her mouth to talk and can only make a muffled noise. Masie walks toward Idas. Idas stands expressionless. Masie reaches out to touch his face. The wolf masked figure says, “It would be better if you don’t cause any more of a scene. I don’t want you to be hurt, you understand? What we do here is very important, Miss Skyler.” Masie pauses to listen but keeps reaching out to touch Idas’s face. Idas has no reaction. The wand remains pointed at Masie. The wolf masked figure says, “We’ll be done soon. And then you can rejoin your friends.” Masie tries to push past the students to try to get to Harry. The wolf masked figure says, “Ms. Skyler, please. This is out of your control.” Masie continues to try to speak. The students continue to block Masie. The wolf masked figure says, “Mantis, please don’t be harsh.” Masie takes a deep breath, turns around, and walks up to the wolf masked figure. She sees another dark robed figure with a mask of a praying mantis. Masie stares at the wolf masked figure’s eyes. Another dark robed figure wearing a fox mask comes out of the Room of Requirement with something in their arms, covered. Masie notices that the shape of the thing the fox masked figure is carrying looks like a large, thick volume book. Masie catches a glimpse of some illumination underneath the covering, which scares her. She thinks she sees some writings that look like runes. When she sees the runes, a shiver goes down her spine. She senses that there is something wrong with the runes, but she doesn’t know why. Every instinct she has tells her that the book is very dangerous. Masie slowly and calmly walks to her wand and picks it up. She puts her wand to her neck and casts the spell that Barney taught her and “says”, “What do you want?” The masked figures look at Masie. The praying mantis masked figure says, “We will do whatever it takes to keep magic alive and well.” Masie “says”, “And what does that have to do with me?” The praying mantis masked figure says, “Nothing. You were incidental.” Masie looks at Harry Potter. Masie takes a really deep breath, shaking. Masie asks if they’re going to give her voice back, or continue communicating like this. The praying mantis masked figure says, “We’re done talking.” The fox masked figure nods their head. The three figures begin to disapparate. Masie tries to cast Stupefy despite knowing that she’s under a silencing charm, but she fails. The figures finish apparating away. Immediately, Masie hears a collective sigh as students around her begin to collapse. Masie runs over to Idas and touches his face. Masie feels the effects of the silencing charm wear off. Idas complains about hearing whispering inside his head and then wakes up to see Masie. Idas asks what he did. Masie says that she doesn’t know what happened. Masie gives Idas a hug. Idas starts to cry. Masie comforts Idas. As she looks around, Masie notices that Harry Potter is gone as well. Masie squeezes Idas’s hand and tells him a good memory she has of him and Lucinda back home. She asks Idas to remember the memory. Idas seems inconsolable. Masie hears the other students around her asking similar questions. Masie anxiously walks up and down the hallway next to the wall three times with her head in her hands and begs the Room of Requirement to be a hospital room with a warm fire, blankets, music, a way to contact the Headmistress, and water. The door appears and Masie opens it. Masie sees a long hallway. She checks to make sure there’s no danger. After seeing that it’s safe, Masie ushers the students in. Almost drunkenly, the students start to enter. Masie waits for all the students to go in. The last student is a first year, Lela Hatch, who looks panicked and frightened. Masie comforts them and encourages them to rest, eat, and talk with others. Masie closes the door behind her. As everyone walks down the long hallway, torches begin to light up. Masie introduces Lela to another student nearby and then moves to the front of the line, passing the students, who are looking downtrodden. At the end of the corridor, Masie sees a different kind of door that is a bit smaller. All about the door are various potions, like Skele-Gro. Masie checks for traps but finds none. Masie asks if anyone knows anything about medicine. Idas raises his hand. Masie searches for anything that would help with confusion. She sees a Forgetfulness Potion, a Wit-Sharpening Potion, and a Calming Draft. She checks the label for the dosage, and it says, “One gulp should be good enough.” Masie gives Idas the Calming Draft to take a gulp. Idas drinks it. His cheeks redden and he looks a little bit less flush. Masie asks Idas to help her. Idas nods his head. As she talks with Idas, Masie suddenly recognizes some of the little knick knacks amongst the potions as being from the potions cabinet in the hospital wing. She notices that the doors beyond the potions look very similar to the cabinet doors of Madam Pomfrey’s potions cabinet. Masie hugs Idas. As Idas begins handing out the Calming Draft to the other students, Masie looks around and sees a refracted image of the hospital wing in some of the glass on the shelf. Masie sees SWOFF, Madam Pomfrey, the Headmistress, and a lot of people in the hospital wing. Masie puts her hand on the pane of glass, and the cabinet door opens. Between the shelves and the potions, Masie can see the hospital wing. Masie calls out to the Headmistress. SWOFF notices Masie. Alex rushes over, grabbing the Headmistress’s sleeve on the way. Masie pulls the Headmistress’s hand and pulls her toward the students. Masie tells the Headmistress about the figures who apparated away with Harry and the book she saw. The Headmistress and Alex tell Masie to rest. Clem tries to get up, clutching her side. Alex tries to keep her from getting up. Alex asks Masie to tell Clem not to get up because she has broken ribs. Rosie tells Clem to sit down. Clem says that she has to hug Masie. Rosie offers to help Clem over. Masie turns around, tears streaming down her face, but smiling. Clem hugs Masie. Rosie joins the hug. Olive returns from the bathroom and does a double take upon seeing Masie. She then runs over as quickly as she can, accidentally body-slamming Masie (and the rest of SWOFF) as she tries to give her a hug. Clem passes out. Alex and Rosie carry Clem back to her bed. Alex tells Masie that Clem got whomped by the Whomping Willow and then after that, punched someone. Olive casts Aguamenti on Clem, who wakes up. Professor Longbottom makes his way over and asks if they’re alright. They tell him that Clem is hurt. Alex dries up the water with the Drought Charm. Rosie asks Masie if she has dinner in her pocket. Masie finds chocolate chip mashed potato pumpkin cookies that Rosie made, planted in her pocket, and then forgot about. Masie gives one to Rosie. Professor Longbottom says he’ll get Skele-Gro for Clem. Olive asks him how the masked figures got into Hogwarts. He says that the wards were taken down. Clem and Rosie say they saw it and tried to stop it. Professor Longbottom says that it wasn’t just those students, but students all around the school. Masie asks if the wards are still gone. He says that the Headmistress has enacted emergency wards that won’t last indefinitely but will do for now. Olive asks what they should do if something like this happens again. Professor Longbottom says to get someplace safe. Olive asks, “Isn’t Hogwarts supposed to be safe? What’s left?” Alex says that the Minister for Magic could probably figure it out and that she’s probably on her way. Professor Longbottom leaves to get the Skele-Gro. Alex gives Olive a hug and apologizes for interrupting, and says that he could ask his Gran because she always knows what to do. Alex tells Olive a story about a time his Gran saved him when he was a kid. Olive asks Alex if she can send her dad a letter through his owl, Benny. Masie gives Olive a cookie to feed to Benny. Rosie asks if she can have part of the cookie, so Masie pulls out a second cookie from her robes and gives it to Rosie. Olive asks if they would be alright if she went to the Owlery. Alex says he can call Benny to him instead. Alex checks on Masie. Alex tells her about how Olive was upset, so he thought, “What would Masie do?” and tried his best to make Olive feel better. Masie looks at Olive and sees her writing a letter. Barney comes over to Alex and Masie and asks what Lily is doing. They look over and see Lily grab Ashley Indigo by her robes, punch her square in the face, and yell, “Where is my father?” Masie runs to Lily. Several professors rush over to break Lily and Ashley up. Alex and Masie rush over as well. Professor Blair Borealis tells Lily to keep herself under control. Lily insists that Ashley knows something and isn’t saying anything. Ashley holds her nose with one eye closed and insists that she doesn’t know. Lily insists that Ashley knows. Masie catches Lily’s attention. Lily hugs her and sobs. Masie comforts Lily, and they tell Lily that they believe her. Alex compliments Lily on her punch. Masie and Alex usher Lily toward Clem, who has received a glass of Skele-Gro, a grayish liquid, from Madam Pomfrey. Madam Pomfrey takes another sip of the Vitamix Potion that Alex had given her and putters away at almost normal speed to help other students. Alex asks if Clem missed the punch. Clem says she only saw part of it. Rosie describes the punch in great detail. Alex scores the punch a “9 point Clem”. Alex asks Lily if it felt satisfying. Rosie asks if Lily feels better. Lily says no. Lily leans her back against the wall and slumps down to sit. Alex leaves to get some tea. Masie sits down next to Lily, puts her arm around her, and says they’ll find her dad. Rosie asks Lily if they can tell her dad about the punch. Lily kneads her hands. Olive asks Lily what she needs. Lily says she doesn’t know. She says she wants her parents. Alex comes back with tea. Lily asks for Albus and James. Olive gives her letter to Alex to give to Benny to send to her dad and offers to get Lily’s brothers. Alex says someone should go with her. Rosie raises her hand and offers to go with Olive. Masie stays with Lily.

Olive and Rosie leave the hospital wing. Olive says they should check the Gryffindor common room first. Rosie asks if Olive is okay. Olive shakes her head no. Rosie offers her a cookie. Olive takes it but doesn’t like the taste. She pretends to like it though, so Rosie makes a note in her recipe book “success” and says she’ll make more. Olive suggests practicing new recipes. Olive suggests cooking with orange. Rosie tells Olive about muggle chocolate oranges that you throw on the ground to break. Olive asks if muggle bullies throw the oranges at each other, to which Rosie responds that she wouldn’t put it past them. Olive jokingly asks if Rosie is glad she ended up at Hogwarts instead, to which Rosie responds she thinks she’d rather be hit with a chocolate orange, to which Olive sadly concurs. Rosie asks if Olive would rather be stuck in an endless boring loophole of capitalism or fight evil wizards. Rosie says she’d rather fight evil wizards. Rosie says they should put all the bad people into therapy. Rosie and Olive discuss whether therapy would work on Ashley Indigo. Rosie says maybe Ashley’s parents are mean. Olive wonders if other students think they’re mean. Rosie says that Masie wouldn’t hang out with them if they were mean. Olive says that if Masie ever stops hanging out with them, then they know they’re mean. Olive asks Rosie what she would do in a life or death situation. Rosie says she would cast a defensive spell to save someone in SWOFF. Rosie says she would be fine throwing a potion. Olive says they could team up: Olive could cast spells and Rosie could throw potions. Rosie tells Olive what happened to her and Clem at the Whomping Willow. Rosie says if they keep going to therapy, they should be fine. Olive asks “Keep going?”. Rosie says she and Clem have the same therapist. Rosie recommends therapy to Olive. She mistakenly remembers the name of the therapist as Ignorant Front, Indigo Lunch, Iguanadon Crunch (in reality it’s Ignatius Punt). Olive wonders what it’s like in Rosie’s brain. Rosie describes it as being like the library where there’s people walking around, books left open, an area that is chained off for some reason so you can never remember anybody’s names. Olive stops in her tracks, pats her robes, rips off a bit of parchment, scribbles something, and hands it to Rosie. Rosie opens it and reads “Professor Everglade has granted one Miss Rosalina Earthcloud permission to enter the Restricted Section.” Olive says that Rosie can use that note anytime she can’t remember how to say Harry Potter’s name, because it would mean a lot to Lily if Rosie could remember her dad’s name. Rosie rolls up the parchment and puts it into a knotted area of her hair, thinking that it might work better if it’s closer to her brain. Olive and Rosie continue up the moving staircase.

Meanwhile, in the hospital wing, Masie, Alex, and Clem see that the professors are checking on everyone. Headmistress McGonagall is acting like an army sergeant, telling people how to proceed and where to go so that things are as organized as possible. The Headmistress then leaves to send some messages to the Ministry. Clem finishes up the Skele-Gro. Alex finishes sending Benny off. Lily is still on the floor, hugging her knees. Barney says that he heard the professors talking about the other Aurors, who seem to have been hurt too, but the Headmistress has been prioritizing the students. Alex, Clem, and Masie try to reassure that Harry will be okay. Clem offers to take the blame for Lily’s punch. Masie and Alex compliment Lily on her punch. Lily, still hugging her knees, says that James would’ve liked it. Alex tries to take partial credit for Lily’s punch because he helped her practice when he let her slap him at the beginning of the year, but Masie says that Alex can’t take any credit. Alex asks if he could be credited as Lily’s coach or training partner. Clem says Alex can be Lily’s first victim. Clem starts to feel the effects of the Skele-Gro, which includes a tingling sensation. Madam Pomfrey had told Clem that it would take a few hours for her bones to mend. Clem complains that it’s taking too long, but then says that it’s better than what a Muggle hospital would do. Clem and Alex describe Muggle treatments and surgery to a confused and somewhat disturbed Masie, Barney, and Lily.

Meanwhile, Olive and Rosie approach the portrait of Lady Magnolis, who asks what happened. Olive tells her what’s been happening. Lady Magnolis becomes distressed and talks about the battle that happened in Hogwarts 20 years ago. Olive tells Lady Magnolis about yoga (calling it Muggle magic) and says it will help with her flashbacks. Olive then guides Lady Magnolis through a yoga exercise. Olive tells her to repeat the exercise ten times while she and Rosie pop into the common room, promising her that she will let the Headmistress know that she played a vital role in recovering from the attack on Hogwarts. Lady Magnolis asks Olive about Clem’s band, which she claims was going to be called “Lady Magnolis and the Dark Creatures.” Olive says that she’s still in the songwriting phase but would have something to show Lady Magnolis soon. Lady Magnolis opens the entrance, and Olive pulls Rosie in. Olive sees James in the middle of a heated conversation with Rose Granger-Weasley near the back of the common room. Olive asks Rosie to come with her but try not to call attention to herself. Rosie pulls all her hair in front of her face so that nobody recognizes her, but she accidentally stubs her toe on an end table around the fire and trips over it, knocking over herself, the end table, and everything on it (cups of tea, books, a lamp). Olive helps Rosie up and offers to clean up the mess. Rose Granger-Weasley confronts Olive about bringing a Hufflepuff in. Olive apologizes and says it’s an emergency because they’re here to get James. Rose continues to reprimand Olive, but James intervenes. Olive tells James that Lily is in the hospital wing. James asks if Lily is okay. Olive says she’s physically fine but she punched someone. James gets upset that he missed it. Olive says that Lily is upset and crying and asked for him. Olive asks what they’ve heard besides the fact that the school was attacked. James and Rose say that they’ve heard nothing else. Olive tells James that he needs to come with them because it’s a family emergency, Lily needs him, and they need his help to get Albus from the Slytherin common room. James leaves with them and says they don’t need to go to the common room to get Albus because he has something that lets him communicate with Albus. Rosie asks if it’s a cell phone. James says no; it’s a chat box from Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes, a strange-looking box with a mouth on it that looks like wax lips. James pulls out his wand and taps on the box three times and calls Albus and tells him to meet them in the hospital wing. Albus agrees. James asks what’s going on. Rosie starts hugging James. Olive tells him that his dad was taken.

## 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
* Harry Potter
* Wolf Mask Figure
* Idas Vale
* Praying Mantis Mask Figure
* Colin "Fox" Moot
* Barney Dogwood
* Lucinda Templeton (mentioned)
* Headmistress McGonagall
* Lela Hatch
* Madam Pomfrey
* Alexander Pippin
* Clementine Goosanders
* Rosalina Earthcloud
* Olive Everglade
* Professor Longbottom
* Minister for Magic Hermione Granger (mentioned)
* Alex's Gran (mentioned)
* Graham Everglade (mentioned)
* Benny
* Lily Luna Potter
* Ashley Indigo
* Professor Blair Borealis
* Albus Severus Potter
* James Sirius Potter
* Ignatius Punt (mentioned)
* Lady Magnolis (The Fat Lady)
* Rose Granger-Weasley

## Trait Changes

* Masie: None
* Rosie: None
* Olive: None
* Clem: None
* Alex: None

## Relationships

* Masie: +1 Clem
* Rosie: +1 Alex
* Olive: +1 Alex
* Clem: +1 Masie
* Alex: +1 Masie

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: -5 points, rolled 6
* Rosie: +5 points, rolled 9
* Olive: +10 points, rolled 13
* Clem: +5 points, rolled 8
* Alex: +10 points, rolled 14
* Lilian: -5 points, rolled 5
* Cornelia: +5 points, rolled 7

### Total

* Gryffindor: 325
* Hufflepuff: 205
* Ravenclaw: 290
* Slytherin: 215

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Job (2d6), 5 Galleons
* Rosie: Potions (Mind), 10 (success), Swelling Solution
* Clem: Clubs (Soul), 2 (fail)
* Olive: Potions (Mind), 10 (success), Girding Potion
* Alex: Potions (Mind), 10 (success), Invisibility Potion

## Quotes

* Olive: Do you want to come, Rosie? Rosie: Yeah, sure! I’m safe!
* Olive: Let’s just be quick and safe, okay, Rosie? Rosie: Quick and safe are my middle names!
* Rosie: His name is Mr. Front, I think. Ignorant Front, or something. [...] Indigo Lunch [...] Iguanadon Crunch.
* Olive: Are you ready to be a Gryffindor for a minute? Rosie: I love running and sports and um… Olive: I said a Gryffindor, not Masie.
* Alex: You were punched by the Whomping Willow and you thought, Ah, I shall share this punch with everyone I meet today. Clem: Yeah, exactly. I had to just whomp along.

## Fun Facts

* It’s been almost two years from the start of this show to the day of this episode.

## Notes & References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=2235
2. ↑ Not 320 because last week's was 315. Wack said on stream that he had to double check a correction mentioned in the Discord since chat said last week that 310 was good.
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=5553
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=5573
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=6391
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=6623
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=7088
8. ↑ https://youtu.be/m8LNAVOXC7A?t=9614