Let Them Eat Cake (S1E19)

Let Them Eat Cake is the nineteenth episode of the first season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on March 17, 2020.

## Synopsis

In the aftermath of winning the first Quidditch game of the year, the Gryffindor Quidditch team (including Masie) return to their changing area. There is still music playing outside. People are still chanting and cheering. The team pats Masie on the back. They pick her up and throw her into the air and cheer, “Masie, Masie, you’re a-Masie!” Masie is worried about Alistair, but the captain reassures her that he will be okay. Lily tackles Masie with a hug. Rose also tells Masie that she did a good job. Captain Pandora peeks out from the curtain and asks if the parents can come into the players’ tent. Masie asks if her dad is here. Pandora asks what her dad looks like. Masie describes him as wearing everything Gryffindor even though it’s not his house, tall, a bit round, focused, wearing glasses that don’t really fit so he has to push them up his nose all the time, and a little bit nuts (but not as nuts as her mum). Masie then asks if her mum is here. Pandora opens the curtains. Masie sees her dad. She runs at him and jumps onto him, piggybacking him from the front. He lifts her up. He congratulates her on the win. He tells her that he’s really impressed. Masie asks if her mum is here. Her dad says no. Masie figures it’s for the best and then gets excited at the thought of introducing her dad to her friends. Her dad asks if they’re the ones outside the tent. Masie suspects so. Her dad mentions seeing one with a wonderful hat. Masie tells her dad that he’ll like these friends better than Lucinda and the others, but then she immediately regrets saying this. Her dad spots Rufus, who tells Masie good job. Her dad says it’s too bad Rufus didn’t play, but Rufus says that he did. Her dad apologizes. Masie grabs her dad’s hand and pulls him outside, almost colliding with SWOFF. SWOFF greets her with much excitement. They also greet her dad, and Alex offers him a bean sandwich. Her dad takes Alex on his bean offer. They start making him a bean sandwich. They each take a piece, except for Masie. Alex’s sandwich contains beans that taste like flour, flowers, and cotton candy. Masie’s dad’s tastes paper and wool. Rosie’s tastes like cat hair. Clem’s tastes like roast thanksgiving turkey and cranberry sauce. Masie’s dad says that he had a friend in school who seemed to have good bean luck. He also claims that Professor Trelawney studied the beans at some point, as well as some other questionable things. Masie’s dad remembers being in school with Harry Potter and some of the Weasleys. Masie notices that Olive is missing. They tell Masie that Olive’s hat which had roaring lions got wet. Masie’s dad mentions that he saw some sparks shooting off and suspects the charms on the hat were malfunctioning. Alex asks Masie’s dad about hair grow potions. Clem asks Masie’s dad what other questionable things happened in Divination. His dad’s face goes white, and he goes silent. A man with black hair passes by them with an “Excuse me.” Masie recognizes the man as Harry Potter. Masie also notices a suspicious-looking character who is tall, is wearing a disheveled yet nice outfit in Gryffindor colors, and has a droopy face. Masie’s dad is a bit starstruck. Clem and Rosie make the connection that Harry is Lily’s dad. Rosie asks if Harry likes cookies. Clem says they should go give him a cookie. Alex tells Masie that she should ask Masie for tips on how to catch the snitch. Before moving, Masie notices Ginny Potter, former professional Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies. Masie freaks out. Alex catches Ginny’s attention and introduces Masie as the seeker. Masie tells Ginny that she’s a big inspiration to her and that she’s followed a lot of her matches. Ginny says, “Seems like you don’t even need me for inspiration. You’re doing great. Keep it up. Don’t fall off your broom. It really hurts.” Masie is rendered speechless, and Ginny walks into the tent. Mr. Skyler is freaking out just like Masie. Clem and Rosie hug Masie, who is overwhelmed with emotion. Masie worries about Olive. Rosie gives Masie a cookie. Masie eats it out of her hand. They decide to celebrate Masie’s amazing first game. Mr. Skyler says that he got permission to take them all to Hogsmeade. Masie introduces each one of SWOFF to her dad. Her dad says that he should reprimand Masie for not writing more letters and telling him about the members of SWOFF. Rosie tells Masie that she has to write her dad when she writes her dads. Masie tells SWOFF that her dad is a Hufflepuff and works for the Ministry. Rosie offers Mr. Skyler pocket mash, which he reluctantly accepts, but becomes terrified of Rosalina because he catches a glimpse of a pocket in her robes that has molded. Rosie insists that the pocket mash is good and that the Fat Friar likes it. Mr Skyler turns a bit green after eating the pocket mash. Masie tells her dad about Clem’s cat, Moss. They decide to invite Lily and her family to go with them to Hogsmeade. Clem comments on her longing to try coffee. Since only players and parents are allowed in the tent, Masie goes by herself to invite Lily. Harry Potter is surrounded by a mob of players and their parents who are peppering him with questions. Masie spots Lily, who is with Ginny, Rose, and the droopy faced person she saw earlier. The droopy faced man pats Rose on the back. Masie approaches Lily. Lily introduces Masie to her mum, who says they already met outside. The droopy faced man says hello. His voice sounds weird. Rose and Lily roll their eyes. Rose sighs heavily and tells Masie good job and starts to leave. Masie asks Lily who the droopy faced man is. Lily says it’s her uncle Ron. Masie invites Lily to Hogsmeade. Lily hesitates, but Masie convinces her. Lily asks her mum, who is telling Ron to knock it off. Masie thinks Ron is funny. Ron shows her his clay mask, moving it around and then taking it off. Masie notices that her dad is part of the crowd of people questioning Harry. Masie suddenly gets really embarrassed. She goes over to her dad, who is wearing 3 Gryffindor scarves, and tugs on his jumper. She tells him to stop pestering Harry and then tells him that Harry is Lily’s dad and they might be coming to Hogsmeade with them. Mr. Skyler gets flustered. LIly and Masie commiserate over their family embarrassments. Masie wrangles her dad out of the tent. Lily, Ginny, and Ron also exit the tent with them. Ginny returns to get Harry out of the tent. Masie tells Lily about her dad, and Lily worries about her uncle Ron. SWOFF greets Lily. They also meet Ron and learn that he runs Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. Alex says that he met his friends because of one of Ron’s products (Peace Disturbers). Rosie gives Ron a Gryffindor cookie, which he immediately accepts. Rosie notices that Ron has a potbelly. Mr. Skyler says his plan was to take Masie and her friends on a little shopping trip and to Madam Puddifoot. While they’re talking, Albus and Scorpius appear nearby. SWOFF waves at them, and they wave politely. Scorpius stays back while Albus walks up to Lily and says hi. Albus also congratulates Masie on a good game. Clem tells Masie how Albus helped them when they were trying to find Masie. Albus asks Lily if their parents are there. Lily says yes and asks Albus if he’s going to talk to their dad. He says no and then leaves. Alex follows after to thank Albus and Scorpius for helping them and offers to help them if they ever need it. Harry and Ginny walk out of the tent. Alex notices that Albus looks a little angry. Harry waves, but Albus and Scorpius ignore him and walk away. By this point, Ron has eaten many of Rosie’s cookies. Having finished the Gryffindor cookies, he started eating some of the Hufflepuff cookies. Masie is anxious to leave because she really needs to use the bathroom. At that point, Harry and Ginny arrive. They all head off toward Hogsmeade.

It’s cold and rainy in Hogsmeade, a quaint little village with cobblestone streets, stone buildings, and a bunch of shops. Masie grabs Lily’s arm and books it to the Quidditch shop. Ginny hurries after them. Alex says they should go to Honeydukes and get a cake for Masie while she’s distracted. Rosie immediately agrees. Clem suggests going to the bookstore after. Alex also mentions looking for a hair growth potion at the Potion shop. They walk into Honeydukes. Rosie is mesmerized by all the sweets in the store. Clem and Alex consider what kind of cake to get Masie. They decide on a snitch cake. They notice Rosie eating chocolate frogs that are hopping out of a chocolate fountain. Concerned, they decide to split up: Clem to wrangle Rosie and Alex to stand in line with Mr. Skyler to buy the cake. Clem finds Rosie with an armful of candy. As Clem is trying to wrangle Rosie to the checkout line, they bump into Ron, who also has an armful of candy. Rosie leaves to wait in line while Clem sort of gets a comedy lesson from Ron. Clem finds coffee candies called Zippy Doo Chocolate Coffee Beans and immediately gets in line to buy them. Meanwhile, Alex and Mr. Skyler arrive at the cashier and ask for a snitch cake that has wings that flap. Alex tries to pay for the cake, or at least pay half, but Mr. Skyler insists on paying. Alex asks Mr. Skyler what Masie likes, and he says pumpkin pasties. Alex tries to help pay for Rosie’s armful of candy, but she refuses. He goes off to get pumpkin pasties for Masie and Every Flavour Beans for himself and Barney. Rosie pays for her armful of candy: 15 chocolate frogs, cauldron cakes, a box of Every Flavour Beans, licorice, 3 Drooble’s Best Bubble Gum, and 3 pumpkin pasties. Clem and Alex try to help pay, but Rosie insists on paying herself (11.3 Galleons). Mr. Skyler appears, holding the cake, and suggests that they go to Madam Puddifoot’s, but Ron convinces him to bring them all to The Three Broomsticks.

Meanwhile, Masie approaches the Quidditch store with Lily and Ginny. She stands agog at the window and sees a Quidditch display of paraphernalia related to Hogwarts, the Scottish and English national Quidditch teams, mannequins, and animatronic brooms. Lily dreams about getting a Thunderbolt. Masie laments that first years aren’t allowed to own their own brooms. They enter the store. Masie heads straight to the brooms, passing a tiny section for Quodpot (“Famous in America!”). She notices that the brooms in this store are higher end. Masie takes a liking to the Siberian Arrow, having seen it in action in a particular Quidditch World Cup game that she watched. She asks Ginny what her broom was. Ginny says she likes the Nimbus. Masie asks Ginny for advice on which broomstick to get. Masie also plans to ask if she can own a broom in her first year. Lily tries to convince her mum to buy things, but her mum says maybe for her birthday. Masie buys some knick knacks of famous Quidditch brooms. Masie, Lily, and Ginny reunite with the rest of the group at The Three Broomsticks. They celebrate Masie’s win. They all get a cup of Butterbeer, a drink that tastes like butterscotch and has a touch of alcohol. The snitch cake is released, and Masie actually has to wrangle it. It opens up and there’s little cupcakes inside. Alex proposes a toast to Masie. Clem gives a speech, praising Masie.

## Cast

### Main Cast

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

## Characters

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

## Relationships

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

\*Note: System Change - eased up on the rule that the Player Character has to be present in order to give a +/-1 to them (although it's preferred to avoid giving one to an absent player)

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +5 points, rolled 7
* Rosalina: -5 points, rolled 5
* Clementine: +10 points, rolled 10
* Alexander: +10 points, rolled 10

### Total

* Gryffindor: 325
* Hufflepuff: 115
* Ravenclaw: 215
* Slytherin: 75

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Social Activities (Heart), 7 (partial success)
* Rosalina: Job (2d6), 9 (Galleons)
* Clementine: Clubs (Soul), 7 (partial success), started a Standup Comedy Club.
* Alexander: Studying (Mind), 6 (fail)

## Quidditch Match Results

* **Gryffindor - Hufflepuff:** Gryffindor
* **Slytherin - Ravenclaw:** Ravenclaw

## Quotes

* Rosie: Did you create her?!? She’s amazing! You did a wonderful job! Clem: Hello, Mr. Masie, so nice to meet you, Mr. Masie. You’re great. [...] If she’s anything like you, you’re our new best friend. Alex: Do you want a bean sandwich? [*winks*]
* Masie’s dad: When I was in school, Professor Trelawney might have studied them at some point. I’m not quite sure. Alex & Rosie: Did she study the beans? Clem: Divination by bean? Rosie: Alex, you could study beans for a living. Clem: Di-bean-ation!
* Rosie: Wait, do you think that if I give my toad the hair grow potion, my toad will have hair like Rapunzel? Clem: You should definitely do it then. Masie’s dad: What’s a Rapunzel? Rosie: It’s a fairytale princess with hair as long as like, I don’t know, a mile, maybe.
* Alex: We’re talking about Olive, the hero of Hogwarts. I don’t think a little hat malfunction’s gonna do any long-term harm. Rosie: Exactly. Clem: Next to Masie, the hero of Gryffindor. So we’ve got a pretty good team going on here, is what I think. Rosie: I am Rosalina, hero of the kitchens. I’ll be making your mash today. Masie: I don’t know what to do with myself. Rosie: Um. Cry but while smiling and eating this cookie. Clem: All three.
* Rosie: What is Hogsmeade? Are there pigs there?
* Ginny: Oh, Ron, would you give it a rest, please? It’s so annoying. Ron: Who’s Ron? I don’t know who you’re talking about. Ginny: It wasn’t funny the first 10 times you did it, Ron.
* Lily: Our families are really embarrassing, aren’t they?
* Rosie: So why would they call - if there are no hogs drinking mead. I just don’t understand this place. There are no hogs with warts either. [*sighs*]
* Ron: Ron Weasley. [...] Rosie: I thought your last name was Weaseltown! Nice to meet you! My name’s Rosalina.
* Ron: That’s a proper cookie! I taste the Gryffindor. Rosie: Wow. Tastes like bravery and Quidditch sweat! I didn’t put any sweat in there though.
* Ron: Well, luckily for you, we’re probably gonna bring along our own hero of Hogwarts. Clem: Uh, who’s that?
* Rosie: (about Honeydukes) Please, just walk straight there right now! My pockets are empty! Ron: That sounds like a plan, right Harry? Come on, we can go to Honeydukes. Harry: Ron, you’ve got cookie crumbs all over your shirt. Rosie: They look kind of nice, like an accessory for the outfit.
* Harry: Sounds like one of our plans. Ron: We had better plans than that, didn’t we? Rosie: Hey! Wait! I can hear you!
* Wack: How many boxes did you get? Mirgs: I’m just getting the one. Wack: Really? Okay. Self-restraint. Okay. Luxie: What’s it like? [*laughter*]
* Rosie: You can’t buy any of it, actually. Alex: Why’s no one letting me buy anything?
* Mirgs: Are we gonna have to do our Wizarding taxes on this show at some point? Wack: I hope so. [...] Luxie: Rosie, what have you done? [...] Mirgs: Maybe I’ll finally learn some fiscal responsibility by playing this show.
* Alex: You sure you don’t want me to chip in? Clem: We can help you with that. Rosie: I have a job. I’m an entrepreneur. I don’t need your money. Alex: Well, maybe we should invest in your company then. Clem: I think that’s a good idea. Rosie: You could, Clem: We could become patrons of the mashed potato. Rosie: Yeah, you could invest in my company by being my friends and supporting my business by telling your friends about my mashed potatoes and not paying for my snacks that I maybe got a little over-enthusiastic about. Clem: But if you think about it, you’re definitely gonna share them with us so we already will be taking about like 25% of each item, so…
* Rosie: We’re gonna have beer?!? I’m writing my dads. [...] I’m getting drunk at Hogsmeade. Clem: Rosie, are we gonna get drunk together? Rosie: Yeah, yeah, I’m telling my dads.

## Fun Facts

* Negaoryx was absent for this episode.
* Kolo suggested doing each other’s intros. This happened in the Shillshow: Big Book of Madness!.
* Witchcraft and Wizardry was featured in the Parallel Worlds Magazine
* Wack reveals that the Quidditch game that happened last episode took place in November 2019 (in-game time)
* Kujio and NoodleLeith made the Quidditch bot
* Zcotticus gave a +1 to Clem for not making fun of Alex when he admitted his fear of a feisty Rosie
* Luxie gave a -1 to Alex because Rosie heard him call her feisty and she can’t understand why
* Wack’s homework for Luxie was for her to figure out which Chocolate Frog Cards Rosie got from her Honeydukes haul
* Wack announces that there will be more Quidditch matches, 50 points per win.
* Clem tries to start a stand-up comedy club, but fails. She learns an undisclosed secret from Masie instead.
* Rosie helps out in the kitchen and earns 9 Galleons.
* Wack says that Hermione wasn’t there because she was really busy as the head of the Aurors (although later she appears as the Minister of Magic, so perhaps Wack misspoke her profession).
* Wack gives the players +1 to Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Mr. Skyler. In the following episode, Wack added that the players get a +1 to Lily as well.

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