Plot:Mischief Mismanaged

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A year after Plot:Mischief Unmanaged, Mortimer Gamp remains at St Mungo's and his wife Lyra Gamp is at large or considered dead. But when Orion Gamp returns for an impromptu visit ahead of the unfortunate anniversary, there's something odd that begins to niggle at Andromeda Gamp.

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The Prophet report's Mortimer Gamp's arrest.
Daily ProphetHead of Mysteries Arrested for Murders

"No person, regardless of their position in the Ministry of Magic, is beyond the reach of justice.”Temperance Cartwright

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After a bad night, breaking up with Arcturus Hollingbury, Cepheus Gamp is awoken by what he thinks is his older brother Orion Gamp calling at his flat in Diagon Alley. The visit is unexpected.
All Illusion Comes and Goes

“What are you doing here? I only just got your postcard yesterday.” He dried his face on yesterday’s tea towel, a cat chasing a ball of wool around the material. “Thought you were trying to find yourself with some meditation camp?”Cepheus Gamp

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'Orion' goes to the family home for Sunday lunch with his 'siblings'. After turning his nose up at Andromeda Gamp's redecorating, he nearly slips into old habits.
Everything's Fine Today

It was going to Ri's head. Typical Slytherin. He even tapped the base of his wine glass like their mother had. Their mother did it to hurry the house elf. The hairs on the back of Andromeda's neck raised. Solly filled Ri's glass. He shooed her away. Raised a toast. Andromeda blinked twice. It was like a ghost had entered the room.Andromeda Gamp

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'Orion' sets up a meet with Sandy Misslethorpe, healer in charge of Mortimer Gamp's treatment. They agree to set up a time for a visit.
But the Soul Remains Unchanged

Orion’s father was imprisoned in this hospital, and he’d not so much as had a visitor from family in a year. A small part of Orion wondered if their father was even alive, given they’d seen nothing about him. But something, somewhere, in Orion’s gut instinct, told him that somewhere nearby an old wizard was waiting.Lyra Gamp

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Andromeda Gamp wakes in the middle of the night, feeling something is wrong. Her brother Orion Gamp (or so she thinks) is staying in the house with her. She finds books open on the bed he is meant to be sleeping in. At first glance they are alchemy books, but appear to change when 'Orion' returns.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality

She crept forward. Why was her brother reading in the dead of night?

Andromeda lit her wand. Held it over the first book. Was Orion reading alchemy? These were books of symbols, instructions for complicated potions. Far beyond her NEWT in potions. She reached for the next book.

A floorboard creaked behind her. Andromeda’s fingers released the book. She extinguished her wand. Swung round and fired her hex. The figure came out of nowhere. They landed with heavy on the bed and wrestled. One of the books jammed between Andromeda’s shoulder blades.

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"Since when did you read alchemy?" "Alchemy?" Ri asked. "This is Portuguese. I’m brushing up. Can’t sleep. I know it’s foreign, but it’s still the same alphabet, sister."

"What?" Andromeda studied the book. She had been sure she had seen alchemist symbols. But the book pages were just translations for maladies and illness. The previous page a diagram of the body with labels. In Portuguese. She dropped the book. Reached for another. The whole thing was written in Portuguese. And the next. And the next.Andromeda Gamp

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'Orion' meets with his ex-wife Nadine Pinn to catch up. They discuss Ariadne Gamp their daughter, who has graduated from Hogwarts. Then Aoide Shacklebolt, Nadine's daughter with Rex Shacklebolt who has just started at school. 'Orion' asks Nadine about Lyra Gamp's disappearance and the investigation, because Nadine is an auror.
The Illusion Which Appeals

That was how they had met, all those years ago. Nadine’s family had brought her to Godric’s Hollow to study under the former unspeakable. To get a basic education ahead of attending Hogwarts. Orion’s mother had instructed magical children on how to form letters, basic runes, to ink their quills and perform basic arithmetic. They were the middle class and upper middle class, who couldn’t afford private tutors and didn’t want to send their children to Muggle primary schools. Those who might have once sent their children to the one-room primary at Godric’s Hollow before the schoolteacher had been gutted by a hippogriff. “Well, as you might recall, your mother was tutoring her until this time last year.” Nadine drew a line through the spiral in the damp and sat straighter on her stool, folding her hands, one over the other on her bent knee.Nadine Pinn

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On auror duties, Nadine Pinn and Andromeda Gamp are observing a property in Knockturn Alley. Nadine recounts her meeting the previous evening with Orion Gamp (her ex-husband and Andromeda's sister). They are both unaware Nadine has not met Orion at all.
Praise the Catastrophe

“I was telling him about Aoide’s first term at Hogwarts…” Nadine continued, wrinkling her nose. The dust was beginning to tickle it, she was sure. “You know what?” She glanced down at Andromeda’s raven hair. No sign of any reaction whatsoever, so Nadine pressed on. She had a captive audience! “He asked if I’d considered a tutor.” Nothing. “I couldn’t quite believe it. Him!” Nadine threw her hands up in exaggerated astonishment. “He never had a good word to say about me choosing to get Ari and then Aoide tutored by your mother.”Nadine Pinn

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Cepheus Gamp is running late. A grumpy post-owl delivers a bundle of envelopes, but in his haste and misfortune, they spill over the floor and a rather significant postcard disappears under the sofa.
Disillusion Comes Sooner or Later

The post bundle left his grip. Envelopes scattered everywhere. A postcard slid right under the sofa.

Ceph braced himself on the rug beside the piano and swore loudly. Claude yeowled and shot underneath his desk, sulking at being accidentally kicked. His owner issued placating apologies as he got back to his feet, blood still dripping from his fingers.

His luck had to improve from here, surely?

“Fate have mercy…”Cepheus Gamp

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An opportunity to visit Mortimer Gamp is offered.
Show Your Face

Dear Mr Gamp,

Further to our conversation on the 2nd. I have scheduled a follow up meeting to set your visitation.

I look forward to seeing you again on the 14th at a quarter past ten.Sandy Misslethorpe

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Witch Weekly holds a blind date night at Death & Co. in Diagon Alley. Amongst the guests are Ariadne Gamp, Cepheus Gamp, Andromeda Gamp and Orion Gamp from one family and Yavin Morgenthau, Hester Iravani, Josie Flint and Theta Pepper.
Love is Blind
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Cepheus Gamp has received a foreign postcard from Orion Gamp, which is very odd because his brother is in England. He shows it to Andromeda Gamp. Everything begins to fall into place for Auror Gamp.
An Illusion Dissipated

Cepheus handed her a postcard. It was a picturesque view. Somewhere on the coast. Sunny. Hot. Bright blue sea. A proper holiday postcard. Just like Ri would send. Especially if it was rubbish weather at home. Andie turned it over. Recognized her brother's handwriting instantly. Her brother was at the house. In Godric's Hollow. He waved her off in his underpants that morning. Typical Orion.

'I can't believe it is February.' the postcard read. Andie frowned. Orion came home in January. But here was a postcard that said it was written in February. It was dated last Wednesday.

'That retreat was too good. I was only meant to be there four days. But it was like ten when I came out. Trippy. I must have smoked-'

"Do you think he set this up as a joke?" asked Andie. "Because this is elaborate for Ri." Andie's gut twisted. The handwriting looked absolutely right but something was definitely not right.Andromeda Gamp

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Andromeda Gamp goes to the Devia Orbis offices at Portsmouth to try and find more information on Orion Gamp's true whereabouts. She meets Rosetta, Orion's editor, who provides enough information to convince Andromeda that the real Orion is not the one who has been staying in her house.
The Man of Action

"When did you last hear from him?" "This morning." Rosetta blinked. "He sent some drafts with that Bengal eagle-owl." The editor looked up and pointed out the owl. It was fast asleep. On a beam above what looked like two indoor palms.Andromeda Gamp

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Sandy Misslethorpe explains that the visit to Mortimer Gamp is off because the patient transfigured objects and even a member of staff into an umbrella the day before. Lyra Gamp, posing as Orion Gamp using her metamorphmagus skills, knocks Sandy out before assuming his identity.
Like Your Bones, Flesh and Memory

“Oh I don’t think I’ll become an umbrella.” Orion assured Healer Misslethorpe. The hand that appeared to be scratching his ribs closed on his wand instead. The poor healer had no time to react. A flash of red light hit him at the top of his chest, and he pitched backwards, unconscious, the chair hitting the floor. Orion’s attention didn’t linger. He pointed swiftly to the door, locking it.Lyra Gamp

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Disguised as Sandy Misslethorpe, Lyra Gamp makes her way to Mortimer Gamp's secure room. On the way she encounters Yavin Morgenthau, then an angry Andromeda Gamp who has realised the disguise. A scuffle ensues, leaving Lyra Gamp and Mortimer Gamp reunited within the room, the door gone. Cepheus Gamp, Miranda Storm, (the real) Sandy Misslethorpe and aurors Raine Almasy and Nadine Pinn join the incident to extract the Gamp couple before something terrible happens.
Dashed to Pieces

"Move away from the door. Final warning. You are not Healer Misslethorpe. They are a metamorph. They have taken his form. Healer Misslethorpe is in his office. I found him unconscious."Andromeda Gamp

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After a distracting morning trying to work or investigate, the siblings are reunited at St Mungo's in the hope they will find Sandy Misslethorpe and warn him of the true identity of Orion Gamp as Lyra Gamp. Impatient, Andromeda Gamp barges straight into the healer's office. They find the wizard in a state of undress in his cupboard. They are too late. Miranda Storm encounters them.
Praise the Catastrophe (Act II)

“That’s Misslethorpe!” Cepheus exclaimed, recognising the unconscious body. “Is he de -?” He caught sight of quiet, steady movement of the chest under a thin white vest and leaned against the wardrobe door in relief. There were no bloody gashes or missing limbs. It just looked as if he’d been knocked out.Cepheus Gamp

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Josie Flint wakes up three days after the blind date event and doesn't remember anything from the past few days. She owls Theta Pepper in a panic.
Misadventure

Theta

Urgent. Help. Come to my place. Something has happened to me. Woke up and I do not what happened since Saturday night. Freaking out. Help.

JosieJosie Flint

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Theta Pepper rushes to Josie Flint and assists her to St Mungo's where Athena Marrowbone examines Josie. They rule out magical measles and look into vampires while puzzling out the odd cuts on Josie's arms. Omari Warrington is summoned as auror.
Never Quite as Solid or Strong

"I do not know how I got home Theta. I remember the blind dates. I am still wearing my outfit."Josie Flint

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The fight at St Mungo's is reported in the paper.
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Lyra Gamp is currently in custody of Law Enforcement, where she will undergo thorough questioning before going on trial at the Wizengamot. The whereabouts of her husband was initially unknown - he disappeared mid-confrontation - but was later confirmed by the Ministry. Mortimer Gamp has irreversibly transformed himself into an umbrella.Temperance Cartwright

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Ariadne Gamp writes to her friend Gabriella Dagon about recent events, mentioning Cepheus Gamp, Andromeda Gamp and Nadine Pinn, along with her crazy grandparents.
A World of Comforting Illusion
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Meredith Misslethorpe asks after her father, Sandy Misslethorpe after seeing the news.
Father Dearest
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Yavin Morgenthau interviews Lyra Gamp again in the labyrinth
All Night You're Talking to God


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