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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:25 am“Masquerading with Muggles” September 1st—September 21st
Image features a black background with foggy gray text that says ‘Masquerading with Muggles' next to someone who's holding a white mask slightly in front of their face so only one of their eyes is peering out.
You’ve been sent undercover to the quaint town of Bridgeton-on-Beck to investigate a rash of odd magical surges hidden among everyday Muggle life. Disguised in perfectly ordinary clothing and with perfectly ordinary mannerisms, you’ll blend in with the locals and gather clues to track if these strange disturbances are merely harmless, or if something more sinister as afoot.
Organized By:
Prof. Sindor Aloyarc
Timeline: 9/1—9/21
• September 1: Week One Posted
• September 8: Week Two Posted
• September 15: Week Three Posted
• September 21: Everything Due
Up For Grabs:
• 225 beans/sapphires and up to 2 shinies spread over 12 tasks! (15 per task, plus a bonus 15 each week for submitting all four tasks over any given week by end of activity).
• The Brewed Awakening award:
For completely 6 tasks.
• The Ctrl + Alt + Obliviate award:
For completing all 12 tasks.
Award images feature a neon blue moka coffee pot and a blue LED keyboard button with the letters 'Obl' on it.
Join in:
This is a castle-wide activity. You do not need to sign up or wait to start submitting.
** Participants: **
River Fenwick
Janne Halla
Luna Ravenlong
Tracking:
Keep tabs on your progress with the "Masquerading with Muggles” Spreadsheet!
Accessibility:
If you run into any accessibility concerns, please reach out to discuss!
— QUESTIONS may be posted below or sent via Private Messaging.
Questions might include:
• How late can I start participating?
You may join in at anytime, however everything is due by Sunday September 21st at 11:59pm (HOL time).
• Is AI acceptable to use for completing story writing or graphics?
From the “Use of AI Tools at HOL” post on the main forum.
• How do I post Graphics?
A few popular Image Hosting sites are Postimages, Imgur, and Imgbb where you can upload your work, the locate a direct link toward sharing elsewhere. The “BBCode” to attach on The Roost forum submissions (which can be accomplished automatically for you by the click of a button from options at the top of your editing page) is [*img][*/img] with url in the middle (i.e. [*img]link[*/img]) — NOTE: You would remove the asterisks (*) in order for this code to be successful. They’re added here to display the example effectively. Images imbedded directly into posts must be kept within 600x600 pixels.
Image features a black background with foggy gray text that says ‘Masquerading with Muggles' next to someone who's holding a white mask slightly in front of their face so only one of their eyes is peering out.
You’ve been sent undercover to the quaint town of Bridgeton-on-Beck to investigate a rash of odd magical surges hidden among everyday Muggle life. Disguised in perfectly ordinary clothing and with perfectly ordinary mannerisms, you’ll blend in with the locals and gather clues to track if these strange disturbances are merely harmless, or if something more sinister as afoot.
Organized By:
Prof. Sindor Aloyarc
Timeline: 9/1—9/21
• September 1: Week One Posted
• September 8: Week Two Posted
• September 15: Week Three Posted
• September 21: Everything Due
Up For Grabs:
• 225 beans/sapphires and up to 2 shinies spread over 12 tasks! (15 per task, plus a bonus 15 each week for submitting all four tasks over any given week by end of activity).
• The Brewed Awakening award:
For completely 6 tasks.
• The Ctrl + Alt + Obliviate award:
For completing all 12 tasks.
Award images feature a neon blue moka coffee pot and a blue LED keyboard button with the letters 'Obl' on it.
Join in:
This is a castle-wide activity. You do not need to sign up or wait to start submitting.
** Participants: **
River Fenwick
Janne Halla
Luna Ravenlong
Tracking:
Keep tabs on your progress with the "Masquerading with Muggles” Spreadsheet!
Accessibility:
If you run into any accessibility concerns, please reach out to discuss!
— QUESTIONS may be posted below or sent via Private Messaging.
Questions might include:
• How late can I start participating?
You may join in at anytime, however everything is due by Sunday September 21st at 11:59pm (HOL time).
• Is AI acceptable to use for completing story writing or graphics?
In the case of writing assignments, this means you cannot submit text generated by an AI/ML tool and claim it as your own. Everything you submit must be written in your own words.
In the case of artwork, graphics that are purely AI/ML generated are not permitted. As many graphics on HOL rely on source material that you do not create yourself (such as stock images and elements), we can’t prevent you from using AI generated art as part of a graphics submission but you must have altered, added to or manipulated the source material in some way to create a graphic. This is exactly the same approach we would take with photographs that were not directly taken by you.
From the “Use of AI Tools at HOL” post on the main forum.
• How do I post Graphics?
A few popular Image Hosting sites are Postimages, Imgur, and Imgbb where you can upload your work, the locate a direct link toward sharing elsewhere. The “BBCode” to attach on The Roost forum submissions (which can be accomplished automatically for you by the click of a button from options at the top of your editing page) is [*img][*/img] with url in the middle (i.e. [*img]link[*/img]) — NOTE: You would remove the asterisks (*) in order for this code to be successful. They’re added here to display the example effectively. Images imbedded directly into posts must be kept within 600x600 pixels.