S.W.O.F.F. (S1E8)

S.W.O.F.F. is the eighth episode of the first season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on December 17, 2019.

## Synopsis

Having found Olive outside, Mrs. Nanny Buckland brings Olive, Rosie, Clem, and Alex to the hospital wing so that Madam Pomfrey can take a look at Olive. Madam Pomfrey takes a look at Olive’s wrist. Madam Pomfrey pours some foul-looking, fizzling, smoking, viscous beige liquid into a clay cup for Olive to drink. Olive asks her what it is. Madam Pomfrey says it’s a bone repair potion. Rosie offers Olive a cookie to get rid of the potion taste. Mrs. Nanny Buckland asks them to explain where the werewolf went. Alex explains that he thinks it was just Dudley. Alex tells them that he saw a glowing thing and a creature that looked like a werewolf. Mrs. Nanny Buckland looks down at Alex and asks him what he was doing out at night. Alex says he was looking for a teacher. Mrs. Nanny Buckland asks why he didn’t get his Head of House or the Headmistress. Alex says it was late and he was confused. Mrs. Nanny Buckland looks at him skeptically. Rosie intervenes and convinces Mrs. Nanny Buckland that Alex probably knew she would be in the courtyard since she’s always where she needs to be for the students. Mrs. Nanny Buckland puffs up and agrees that that’s sound reasoning. Alex, Rosie, and Olive continue to flatter Mrs. Nanny Buckland. Mrs. Nanny Buckland allows Alex, Rosie, and Clem to say goodnight to Masie and Olive and then walks them back to their rooms. Rosie gives Olive and Masie cookies before she leaves. Due to the effects of the bone repair potion, Olive looks like she’s gained about 20 pounds, as she’s started swelling. Masie asks if there was egg in the potion. Olive asks Madam Pomfrey about it. Madam Pomfrey searches for something to stop the swelling. Olive’s clothing is starting to stretch. Olive pulls her blanket up. Masie tries to help Olive calm down by asking her to recall a nice memory with her dad. Olive tells Masie about a day when she woke up and her mum wasn’t there, which made her sad, and so her dad took the day off work and stayed home with her instead. Madam Pomfrey putters over and give Olive a liquidy potion that tastes like a cough syrup to reduce the swelling. Olive immediately eats another cookie. Olive lets out an involuntary belch. A little bit of smoke comes out. Masie tells her that her burp looked cool and asks her to do it again. Olive tries again. Realizing that she can burp on command, she starts burping a little tune and dances a bit, giggling. Little bits of smoke appear like little baby fireworks with each burp, and with each burp, Olive deflates a little. Masie asks Olive what happened. Olive tells Masie everything that happened to her. Olive tells Masie she wonders why the Sorting Hat put into Gryffindor because she doesn’t think she’s brave. Masie says she thinks Olive is brave. Masie asks Olive to teach her how to cast the curse she used on the ghost. Olive and Masie chat until 3am in the morning and then fall asleep.

The next day, Sunday, Olive and Masie are released from the hospital wing. Everyone meets up in the Great Hall for Sunday roast (lunch), except for Clem, who was trying to catch up on Astronomy and decided to have lunch later in the day. Blaine, Rosie, and Masie run into each other right outside the Great Hall. Rosie gives Masie a hug and tells her that she started knitting pillowcases for her because she was there for so long. Masie brings up the commotion that she and Clem stirred in the Hufflepuff common room but tries to convince Blaine that it wasn’t them. Rosie claims that it was the ghost. She notices Blaine taking notes and tells him to stop and eat the paper so that nobody finds out their secrets. He starts eating the paper. Rosie says she was kidding and offers him a cookie. Blaine takes the paper out of his mouth and says, “Well then, I’m keeping it.” Rosie tells him that he has to either destroy it or eat it. Rosie then changes her mind and takes the paper from him and puts it in her mashed potato pocket. Rosie redirects them to the Sunday roast. Blaine keeps asking them what happened, but Masie and Rosie don’t give him an answer.

Barney and Alex enter the Great Hall and run into Blaine, Masie, and Rosie. Alex starts talking about what happened. Blaine asks what happened. Masie and Rosie try to get Alex to keep what happened a secret, but he starts telling Blaine what happened. Masie interrupts him and Blaine leaves to get food. Alex asks Rosie and Masie if they’re not telling Blaine what happened. Rosie tells Alex that Blaine has been taking notes, and that they’re worried that they’ll get in trouble if his notes get found. Alex says that it should be okay. Alex says they should ask Professor Binns since he’s a ghost who teaches History of Magic. Masie asks for clarification about the werewolf. While eating Yorkshire pudding, Alex explains how he told Mrs. Nanny Buckland that there was a werewolf outside, but it turned out to be Dudley, Hagrid’s dog, who was a gift from Harry Potter. Masie tells them that there’s a Potter in their year (Lily). Blaine returns, and Rosie and Alex ask him if he wants to be part of the Secret Wizard Organization for Friendship (aka S.W.O.F.F.). Blaine says yes. Alex says the rules of being a SWOFFle is no taking notes and no telling anybody about SWOFF business. Blaine agrees and makes a Huffle promise with Rosie. Rosie asks if there’s a magical binding pinky promise they can do. Masie strongly advises against it because there’s the Unbreakable Vow, but it’s really serious. Masie remembers her friend getting told off by their parents for making an Unbreakable Vow over a small promise. Alex says they should wait for Olive. Alex gives everyone a Yorkshire pudding and tells them that the way he likes to eat it is to use the Yorkshire pudding as a cup to hold other food inside.

Meanwhile, Olive is catching up on some schoolwork. She realizes that it’s time for lunch. She makes her way down to the Great Hall. As she walks down the staircase, she starts to hear faint, weird, whispering sounds. She thinks that it might just be the portraits whispering about her. Olive enters the Great Hall and approaches the rest of the group. Masie runs up to hug Olive. Rosie asks Olive to tell Blaine everything that happened and that they started a new organization called SWOFF. Masie says maybe it’s not a good idea, but Rosie says it’s too late, and Blaine pleads for them to tell him. They decide to tell Blaine. Alex tells them the difference between ghosts and Shades because he suspects that the ghost that Olive met is actually a Shade. Rosie asks Olive if the ghost is cute. Olive gets flustered. Rosie stands up on the bench and claims that Olive has a crush on a ghost. Rosie and Masie tease Olive about having a crush on the ghost as Olive tries to tell Blaine what happened. Barney, with two Yorkshire puddings in each side of his face, shakes his head at Alex and says, “Girls, right?” Rosie suddenly realizes that Barney didn’t make a promise, and she tells Alex to make Barney promise. Alex says Barney is trustworthy. Barney says nobody would believe him anyway because it’s a little weird. They let Barney into SWOFF. Rosie suggests having buttons. Olive suggests having a secret code. Olive suggests a code phrase: “Would you like to split a bean sandwich?” Alex says the response should be: “As long as it’s four ways.” Alex summarizes what happened for everyone. Alex repeats his suggestion about asking Professor Binns again. Olive also suggests asking the portraits. Alex says they should check the dates on the portraits and find one that’s close to 1705. Masie says they should look for portraits near where the missing wing is. Olive says that it was near the greenhouses, but they could check for portraits in the corridor that leads to the missing wing. Masie suggests looking at Chocolate Frog cards. Alex tells them that he and Barney have been collecting them. Olive suggests that Barney and Alex get their Chocolate Frog cards and the rest of them go look for portraits on their way to the greenhouses. Rosie suggests disguising themselves as an Art Appreciation club so they don’t get in trouble. Blaine and Masie remember hearing that there’s an art club at Hogwarts taught by Professor Blair Borealis, who teaches Divination and is the Head of Slytherin. Alex says they could say they’re thinking about joining the art club. Rosie starts drafting a list for them to sign as evidence that they’re all thinking about joining the art club. Masie asks Barney to teach her his writing-to-talk spell. Barney teaches everyone how to do the spell: 1) place the tip of your wand at your voicebox, where your vocal chords are, 2) concentrate on the words you want to say, 3) channel the magic into the wand, and 4) try to spell the words with magic. Olive casts the spell exceptionally well, and all she writes is “Butts” in nice cursive. Rosie spells “Potat” and gets so excited that she drops her wand in mashed potatoes. Masie spells “Hello Barney” but the letter of Barney’s name float around Barney. Masie waft the letters out of his face. Blaine spells “As long as it’s split four ways” in giant text and it travels through the Great Hall as his wand flies out of his hand. His wand goes through the Fat Friar’s head as he’s trying to make tacos out of everything. Rosie and Masie start jumping and wafting away the giant text that Blaine wrote. Rosie asks Alex if he could make her a bean sandwich. Masie says she shouldn’t eat it. Rosie asks what the ingredients are. Alex tells her the story of the bean sandwich. Rosie puts two pieces of bread on either side of Alex’s head and makes an Alex sandwich. Alex and Barney leave to get their Chocolate Frog cards.

Alex and Barney run into Alfalfa, Peter Appletree, Gail Greytwig, and Juniper Rosewood on the way up to their dormitory. As they pass Gail and Juniper, Alex hears Gail say, “I wonder if he’s going to lose us any more points.” Barney looks through his chest for Chocolate Frog cards. Barney has his cards sorted in coolness order. Barney shows Alex his Harry Potter card. Alex and Barney look through the cards but can’t find any that are from around 1705. Barney remembers that Alfalfa has cards too. Alex suggests that Barney goes to ask Alfalfa while he waits in the room. Barney leaves and Alex looks over at Alfalfa’s area but doesn’t touch it. He hides under the bed, thinking that Alfalfa might be more likely to show Barney his cards if Alex isn’t there. Alex hears footsteps returns, but only sees two feet. Alex rolls out from under his bed. Barney says that Alfalfa didn’t want Barney to touch his cards because the Snape card that they gave him had an oily thumbprint on it, so he’s afraid that Barney will get his cards greasy. Barney worries that the rest will be angry or kick him out of SWOFF, but Alex assures him that it will be fine. Alex eats a Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean. It’s dog food flavoured. Alex and Barney head toward the greenhouses.

Meanwhile, Olive, Masie, Rosie, and Blaine head toward the greenhouses. Olive investigates the area near where she saw the old classroom was on the map for any clues of what happened. Rosie tries to feel for any bad vibes. Masie follows her, moving things out of way so Rosie doesn’t trip. As Olive looks around, she notices that in the area between the greenhouses, the bricks are a different color from the rest of the bricks. She also notices what looks like the corner of a sign. Olive casts Aparecium to try to reveal any concealing charms or hidden markings, but nothing changes. Perhaps the sign was removed not by magical means but physical means. Masie notices that there is a path that continues on and would’ve gone through the wall with the differently-colored bricks. Masie points out the path to everyone else. Masie thinks they need to follow the path. Masie suggests that they fly over the wall on a broom. Alex and Barney arrive and report that they had no luck with the cards. Masie shows Alex and Barney the path. Alex is hesitant about the idea of flying over the wall. Barney wonders if it’s like King’s Cross Station / Platform 9 and 3/4. He tries to push on the wall, but nothing happens. Alex tries tapping the bricks, but nothing happens. Blaine notices that the plants that are near the path that Masie pointed out look a bit wilted. Blaine tells the rest of them about the wilted plants. They know that Mrs. Nanny Buckland and Professor Longbottom look after the plants in the greenhouses fairly often, so Olive suspects that the plants have wilted due to an external factor. Olive remembers her parents telling her about how plants can sometimes be conscious of the things that are going on around them and that sometimes dark magic can have an adverse effect on creatures and plant life in the vicinity. Olive suspects that there might be something dangerous going on. Olive tells this to the group. Masie starts climbing the wall. On the way up, she accidentally pulls a chunk out of the wall, but she still manages to get to the top. She drops the brick, and it drops through Barney’s text: “Wait, is that a brick?” Barney takes a few steps back. They ask Masie what she can see. Masie asks if Barney can cast his text as high as the wall because she’s thinking of going down on the other side of the wall and wants to make sure she can communicate with everyone. Alex suggests that Masie come down and they could all walk around to the other side of the wall. Rosie, Blaine, and Alex plead with Masie to come down on their side. Masie tries to cast Wingardium Leviosa to get a piece of the Vegetable Garden to inspect, but her spell backfires up her arm, knocks her off balance, and falls down the wall, scraping the side of her body against the rough stone wall. She manages to hold onto the wall. Rosie casts Spongify on the ground, accidentally causing Barney to fall over. Alex casts Wingardium Leviosa on Masie, and she lands safely. Masie gives Alex a bear hug. Rosie checks on Barney and heals his wounds. Blaine pulls out his Hufflepuff first aid kit and treats Masie’s wounds. Masie starts to panic when she realizes that she could’ve lost house points. Alex casts Reparo on Masie’s robes and successfully repairs them. Alex suggests asking a prefect if they could visit the Vegetable Garden. Rosie says that she’s actually trying to start a Yoga Club, so they could also say that they’re looking for locations for that club. Rosie asks them to join her Yoga Club. Rosie is hoping that they could do yoga by the lake with the Giant Squid.

The camera pans over the wall toward the Vegetable Garden. As if there was a time-lapse, shadows extend out toward the wall toward the Vegetable Garden. It looks like shapes are swirling about in the wall and in the shadow. The shapes look like faces.

## Cast

### Main Cast

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

## Characters

* Masie Skyler
* Rosalina Earthcloud
* Olive Everglade
* Alexander Pippin
* Blaine Buttersworth

## Relationships

* Masie: +1 Blaine, -1 Alexander
* Rosalina: +1 Blaine, -1 Blaine
* Olive: +1 Masie, -1 Blaine
* Alexander: +1 Blaine, -1 Olive
* Blaine: +1 Rosalina, -1 Olive

\*Note: System Change - Player Character has to be present to receive a +1 or -1

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +10 points, rolled 10
* Rosalina: -5 points, rolled 5
* Olive: +5 points, rolled 8
* Alexander: -5 points, rolled 5
* Blaine: +10 points, rolled 10

### Total

* Gryffindor: 37
* Hufflepuff: 20
* Ravenclaw: 40
* Slytherin: 0

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Studying (Mind), 13 (success)
* Rosalina: Social Activities (Heart), 7 (partial success)
* Olive: Job (2d6), 3 (Galleons)
* Alexander: Studying (Mind), 11 (success)
* Blaine: Studying (Mind), 5 (fail)

## Quotes

* Olive: I don’t think my parents would’ve been happy if I had gone away to Hogwarts, and in the first week my professors wrote home to tell them I’d exploded.
* Rosie: Hi Blaine! Blaine, I have a question. Blaine: I have an answer. Rosie: Um, do you want to be involved? Alex: Do you want to be part of the - Rosie: Secret Wizard Organization for Friendship? Alex: Also known as S.W.O.F.F.
* Negs: Almost like adult cursive, like way nicer handwriting than I actually have, and it just says, “Butts.”
* Barney: It’s an Alexanderwich.
* Olive: Masie, she said it’s a Yogurt Club. Rosie: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. not yogurt. That does sound incredible. No, no, no. *Yoga*.

## Fun Facts

* Mirggles was absent this episode.
* Kolo and Negs received a handmade wand from RamRaye.
* The cast tease and congratulate Negs for breaking 10K subscribers on Twitch
* There is a bit of retconning in this episode, as they went back in time to when Olive was brought back to the hospital wing after being found by Rosie, Clem, Alex, Mrs. Nanny Buckland, Dudley, and Hagrid.
* Wack made a new rule: players can no longer give their +1 or -1 to a player who is absent
* Wack confirmed that players do not have to give their +1/-1 to different people
* Wack credits Jaytheway for the sounds they made for the show and they sound effects program that they made for Tablestory

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