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MO's at it again.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

The curtains swished and the blinds went up and down. A loud shrieking noise was heard and a blinding light filled the office. Portraits were hanging backwards and books were flying all over the place. The occupants hair was messed up and their wands suspended in the air.

Professor Virohsa had been flung to the other side of the room hitting her head on the side of the wall and a portrait fell leaving her unconsious.The chair Headmistress Rae had been occupied spun around in circles. Soon after it all started, it ended. The curtains calmed and the blinds stilled. The books stopped falling and the light returned to normal.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurances

A cold wind blew hard across the lake forcing waves to crash high upon it. The waves crashed up onto the grounds with hard force and strength. Waves rising up to at least 20 feet rushed across the grounds soaking everything in it's path. Kids, books, pets, all things and scattering them everywhere.

MO just hit the lake

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Originally Posted by Lainey's office

A presence swooped into the office lurking. It was clear. A single red rose fell to the desktop along with a simple letter of thanks. As soon as it had appeared, it had disappeared. Unnoticed and unseen.

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thank you

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it has to be Lord Voldemortist who's behind all these occurances. who else woulld give Lainey a red rose?
i think it's love :loved:

Virosha thinks, well she doesn't really know what's hit her, but she kinda thinks that Rae actually hexed her, for the part of her that does think. i think tho that she has a concussion from the getting knocked out and hit on the head. Voldemortist almost has to be behind the MO things because they just go together.

At Lainey's office, attacking Rave Stone when she confronted lainey about over hearing her meeting with Lord Voldemortist.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

A flower vase resting on one of the shelves suddenly floated into the air, almost as if dancing in the air on its own accord, before suddenly dropping like a rock towards the floor--or more accurately, onto an unfortunate Slytherin student's head.

There was an expensive crash as the vase shattered, the impact quite surely knocking out the student. Amid the wreckage was a single note:

At Ancient Rune's Second Class..

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

Suddenly it started to rain in the classroom, pouring down as mini tornados ran around the room knocking down shelves and scattering its belongings. Desks crashed to the floor as everything began to finally die down a bit. All returned to normal except that the door was now locked. It could not be opened by a simple alohomora for that would be to easy. To unlock this charm required more something more powerful.

MO at Chatting with the portraits ...

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

There is a loud commotion coming from several portraits to the right.

Apparently someone has gone and splattered neon yellow paint all over the portraits in the abstract patterns of a three year-old. The inhabitants of the portraits have moved to the untouched canvases of their neighhours, complaining and protesting against the abuse.

The largest tapestry of a foxhunt has been smeared with the neon yellow letters, still fresh:

MO In Wondering the halls...

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

A cold blast of wind whipped through the hallway, blowing papers out of students' hands. When it died down, nothing seemed to have changed.

Other than the interesting neon-colored paint splattered on the stone wall.

Mo at the Staff Table

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

A large pulsing sack hovered high above the Great Hall like a big black balloon. It appeared to be writhing, as if several somethings were moving around in it.

There was a ripping noise and a mass of black, flapping, shrieking BATS poured out of it and swooped downwards, all frantically trying to find a way out of the Great Hall and instead colliding into the pudding and getting tangled in student's hair.

MO at the great hall (All four houses)..

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

The bats decended on the Hufflepuff table in a screeching frenzy, knocking over goblets and pitchers of pumpkin juice, getting stuck in the Yorkshire pudding, and scratching the fingers of students who tried to ward them off.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

The Gryffindor House Table was suddenly engulfed by a storm of bats from the ceiling, a screeching confused mass of winged mammals flying hither and tither, knocking over things and getting tangled in student's hair in their frenzy to get out.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

Slytherin House Table was not spared from the chaos, as a swarm of bats shot off in its direction in their haste to get out. Bats were everywhere in the air, shrieking and flapping and getting stuck in the food, knocking over goblets and forks out of student's hands.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

Bats zoomed crazily overhead like so many minature airplanes, some zipping downwards and crashing into the Yorkshire pudding, others knocking over goblets, and still others shrieking. One or two got caught in the hair of some students, others clung onto robe sleeves.

Samea having fun with Jello...

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Originally Posted by Samea

Samea shot through the wall and collided with a jello mold. She jiggled about for a while before glancing up at the bats. "Ooooh... that's a good one," she nodded with grudging respect before shaking herself.

"I mean... AMATEURS. Children and idiots of Hogwarts... you are one and the same, are you not? I'm tired of Ravenclaws being so brainy. What are you without your house points? What are... any of you?" She plunged into the large hourglasses holding the gems, shattering each across the floor.

The house points seem to have gone wonky.
Or has everyone just been very naughty in the last 3 hours?

Nevermind.
People, PLEASE, update Merlins at the same time you update the Chat.

Please.

Samea has caused the house points to plunge

By The way: Since there was such a HUGE gap in events, ALL Mods and Admins....even Prefects if they're capable of it, may edit in this post all the occurances I haven't updated. :)

Rhea: Events up to date ... =)

The house points missing is thanks to Samea for causing a commotion within the feast of bats! :lol: She has been at it again tonight!

MO has struck again.

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Originally Posted by Stands

There is a rush of violent cold air that swept through the stands, taking with it anything that wasn't held down properly. When it died down, students found themselves toting the banners of opposing House team.

Mo in the hallways:

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

A sudden torrent of water came gushing down the stairs and advanced at an alarming rate down the corridor.

Apparently, someone had removed all the taps in every bathroom on the second floor, and stoppered all the sinks.

They had also taken the time to introduce a large amount of frogs, who were hopping and swimming merrily in the new river developing in the castle.

MO Strikes at the Library...

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

A bookshelf once full of old, dusty volumes on Transfiguration had been relieved of all the books.

Instead, it now held rows and rows of large bricks, the letters chisled on the spines reading:

MO later in the kitchens ...

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

Several stacks of old dusty Transfiguration books sit innocently at the kitchen entrance, all on silver platters. The wall behind the display sports a message written in ketchup:

MO strikes in the Great Hall! (staff table)

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Three fifty foot poles appear behind the head table. The another set of poles appear at the opposite end of the hall. A Quidditch box materializes on the head table. Then the great doors blow open, and twelve of the school brooms fly into the room. They take up positions opposite of each other. They appear to be preparing to play a game of Quidditch. The box on the head table suddenly opens up. The golden snitch flies out of the box followed by the bludgers, bats, and the quaffle. The bats take up position next to the beaters brooms. The quaffle float to the middle of the room. A whistle appears and blows for the game to begin. The brooms start flying around the room mimicing a Quidditch game in full play. Two of the brooms fly off and start chasing the snitch. The beater brooms start hitting the bludger in all directions as the quaffle broom starts a run for the hoops behind the staff table. The Quaffle broom skirts the staff table trying to avoid a bludger that is heading in its direction. The game continues at a fevered pace. The students and staff beware...

Samea had a breakdown!

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"Nonono!" Samea swept into the Great Hall with a swirl of stolen homework and unmatched socks, her face livid. "My castle, my students, my chaos! MINE!" She sent her swirl of wind and socks to force all teh brooms off course. They crashed into each other and the walls.

Oh noes:

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The beater bats spring up off the floor and head for the bludgers sailing around the room They hit the bludger directly in Samea's direction. The snitch then changes direction and heads towards Samea flying around him like an angry bee. A bludger heads in Rae's direction.

The Hufflepuff Prefect came to the rescue:

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Nik was trying to get out of the hall safely when he saw the Headmistress standing directly in harm's way. Being the silly Hufflepuff he was, he ran and tackled her to the ground, "PROFESSOR! WATCH OUT!"

Rae and Nik are currently sitting under the staff table, trying to coax some secrets out of a very upset Samea.

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Andi Mao-Macdougal Zizhen and Count Andrei Vannacutt met in the Three Broomsticks and Andrei proposed to her. Will she accept or reject him coldly?

EDIT : Looks like it's a "Yes"! AMMZ said yes and they're going to go get married in front of the MoM right now. Poor, poor, Nikolai. He's going to be begging Rae and Doyle to adopt him.

And they'd say yes. 'Cause he saved her life.

LOL, it would be hilarious!

Okay, so MO has revealed itself!

Staff Table, Great Hall :

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Originally Posted by Rae

"You are a very good poltergeist," Rae admitted soothingly. "Properly pranster-esque and quite troublesome. I couldn't have asked for a more troublesome poltergeist. But who is the... he that started all of this, as you put it? Voldemortist?"

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Originally Posted by Samea

"That daft old party pooper couldn't charm a broom if it were sticking out of his own nose," she considered that option before continuing. "Iocus," she answered cryptically.

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Originally Posted by MO

There was a loud hissing noise as Samea dared to say his name aloud.

"You never could keep a secret, Samea." There was a sneer in the sound of his voice, though he did not reveal himself as yet. "I always was, and always will be ten times the poltergiest you are! Peeves was a fool for giving you Hogwarts. I set out to prove that."

There was another wind as the Quidditch equipment began flying at both the Headmistress and the annoying Hufflepuff prefect. "You never could handle friendly competition, Samea. You've gone soft and weak. Trying to impress children all these years."

So...the Mysterious Occurances have been caused by another poltergeist by the name of Iocus!

Rest of the Posts from the Staff Table

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Originally Posted by Rae

"Ah," Rae nodded, puzzles pieces clicking together in her head. It was all she had time to say before all the equipment changed directions. "Immobulus," Rae froze the brooms and balls, and with another flick of the wand they clattered lifeless to the floor. "Samea is annoying," she muttered to Nik. "But she's ours."

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Originally Posted by Samea

"They're my children, and I can impress them if I want to," Samea sulked, watching as Rae and Nik saved themselves. "You need to find your own castle with your own children." She shook a finger at him. "Go away, Io."

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Originally Posted by Nik

Nik's eyes widened as the voice spoke out loud. So it wasn't Voldemortist, after all! Iocus? What was this Iocus thing?

A Quaffle rolled over beside his hand and he picked it up, "That's true...but, Professor...what is the other being that caused all this? I'm assuming this...Io-" he stopped as he remembered the thing's reaction to it's name being spoken out loud, "I'm assuming that you-know-what is responsible for the other weird things happening in Hogwarts?"

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Originally Posted by MO

"Oh, come now Sammy-Wammy. Are you afraid that the students like me better? They certainly enjoyed the water in the halls. Some even found an inventive way to care for frogs." Iocus gave a bone-shivering laugh before turning on to the Hufflepuff prefect, which was known by the ice-cold wind blowing at him.

"Other weird things? My dear child, if Sammy-Wammy had been doing her job properly, none of this would seem weird to you."

Turning the wind to the Headmistress, Iocus added a snear to his voice once more, "She's yours? Aww, how precious. Why not take her home and let a real poltergiest do what needs doing around Hogwarts?"

In a loud, booming voice, he finished, "Samea, you are unworthy to remain here at Hogwarts. You were entrusted in pranking these students by Master Peeves, and you have been derelict in your duties. You should be ashamed of yourself. You even sunk as low as to perform mediocre tasks for the human who calls herself Headmistress."

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Originally Posted by Rae

Rae pulled herself up and pointed her wand at the cold air. "I not only call myself Headmistress, I am Headmistress. I am charged with caring for these students, and Samea is allowed to remain in this school on my terms. Do you think you could abide to remain here on my terms?" She offered a hand to Nik to pull him from under the table.

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Originally Posted by Samea

Traitor!" Samea squealed. She turned on Rae and shoved her at full speed. The Headmistress stumbled backwards. "He's a nasty-wasty poltergeist, and we don't want him here. We don't!" She looked to the students for support

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Originally Posted by MO

"Why should I let a mere mortal put limits upon me? What can possibly keep me out. No one even knew that I was here, except for maybe Sammy over there, and she didn't even know for the longest time. No one even got rid of Peeves, he left of his own accord, nothing can rid you of me."

He laughed again as Samea called the Headmistress a traitor, "You see, Samea? Even as she claims to like you, she offers your position to me. How do you feel about your castle, your children, your humans now? No love lost between us and them. I've always told you that. Always. When will you believe me?"

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Originally Posted by Nik

Nik bit the inside of his cheek as he stood up with the assistance of Headmistress Rae. It looked like trouble was brewing, loads of it and he was just lucky enough to be right there when it happened, as always.

"That's not true, we like Samea. She's as much a part of Hogwarts as the students are." The moment the words were out of his mouth, he felt like kicking himself. Just shut up, Nikolai!

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Originally Posted by Rae

Be still," Rae warned Samea, holding up her hand. She squeezed Nik's hand before dropping it and levelled her wand at the cold wind again. "I wasn't offering you the job, I was proving that you are not worthy of it. A poltergeist for Hogwarts is much more than just a powerful bully. Samea could do that, but she's figured out what we need. She provides a laugh, a joke, a bit of trouble, and she keeps us all from taking ourselves too seriously. You can't do that. You may go."

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Originally Posted by MO

"What power have you to dismiss me so? I may not wish to go."

His cold air blew once more to the Hufflepuff prefect, "You think she's as much a part of Hogwarts as the students? That's rich. You lot constantly change. Nothing but the building is stable. Sammy's been here longer than you've been alive, and even she hasn't been here as long as Peeves. Now that was a true poltergiest. He only ever helped two humans, and that's because their goal was the same as his. To cause havoc."

"What say you, Sammy? Don't you remember what it was once like? Don't you long for your days of fun? We had a blast, Sammy."

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Originally Posted by Samea

Samea scoffed. "Samea is my name. Not Sam or Sammy. I remember better than you, and Peeves chose me over you. Go back to your big haunted house and leave me alone. I am still having fun here, and Peeves helped people in his own way."

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Originally Posted by MO

"Only to prevent You-Know-Who did Peeves ever help, but you, you demean yourself, Samea! You've become nothing more than a running joke for this school, a mere servant to otherwise helpless humans. You are truly nothing for these children. I, however, shall leave a memory. No one shall ever forget that I was here."

The lights flickered and the wind blew, and then....there was silence

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Originally Posted by Nik

Peeves? Another poltergeist? Nik's mind reeled with questions but he kept them to himself...for now.

Should he say something? It seemed that Rae had made up her mind, and he'd already said that he preferred Samea. At least she didn't go around freezing students.

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Originally Posted by Rae

This isn't over," Rae called out, but it was clear the poltergeist was gone. She blinked mutely for a moment before turning to Nik. "You're okay? Is everyone okay?"

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Originally Posted by Samea

Samea gave a scream of frustration and disappeared through the Hogwarts crest, in search of Iocus

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Originally Posted by Nik

Nik shrugged, his face pale, "Ermm...I'm alright...I don't think Samea is, though." He said, looking at the place where the poltergeist had gone through.

"Do you think Iocus will really stay? What if he gets worse? It's clear that he's not that pleased with the lot of us right now."

:shifty: I have a feeling there Iocus will stick around just a bit longer...

this happened at teh lake...i dunno what happened previously but...im sure we will find out...and we'll be hearing from MO again!!!

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Originally Posted by MO

Enclosed in a purple cloud, the wind blows Iocus down the path towards Hogwart's gates. "This is not over. You can't get rid of me this easy. I will return. You can count on that." Iocus continues to scream at the top of his lungs as he float helplessy out of the gates.

What happened to make MO do what was posted in the last post came from The Head Groundskeeper's Office thread, Miranda Cauldwell.

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Miranda walks up to the door to her office. She takes the sign off the door and puts it in her pocket. Taking out her wand, she performs the alohomora charm, opens the door and goes in. Miranda finds her office in a mess. Her books have been thrown everywhere. The papers from her desk are now lining the ceiling, and her prized wand collection is all over the floor. Miranda points her wand infront of her and looks around. She expects to see Voldemortist hiding in the shadows, but she can't find anyone.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

"Creepy, crafty Randy, I knew you would show up sooner or latter. Doing your masters bidding again, I see. What will clumsy Cassie think when she reads this letter. She tends to frown on her employees also working for the Dark Lord."

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Miranda looks up and sees Iocus floating above her. She points her wand at him. "Iocus. long time no see. The last time I say you, you were throwing water balloons at students in the great hall my second year. Seems you left without saying good-bye. I guess you had a pressing engagement." Miranda points her wand at Iocus hand and uses a summoning charm. The letter flies into her hands. "Hasn't anyone told you it's not nice to read other people's mail." The door then blows open, and a student is standing in the doorway. "I'd really like to stay and chat with you, but I have other things to do. I think it's time you go." Miranda tries to perform a banishing charm on the poltergeist, but nothing happens.

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Originally Posted by Mysterious Occurrances

"Silly Randy, you never were much of a witch even when you were a student at Hogwarts." Iocus snaps his fingers, and Miranda's wand flies into his hand. "It will take more than your weak magic to banish me from Hogwarts." Iocus snaps Miranda's wand in half. "But you won't be here for much longer, so it shouldn't matter if I stay or leave."

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Miranda watches in horror as Iocus snaps her wand in two. She looks around the room for anything she can use against him. Miranda then sees Remus Lupin's wand laying near the bookcase. She walks over to the case and picks it up while Iocus is looking at the student standing in the doorway. "There was someone at Hogwarts while I was a student who you feared. I believe he was the run the banished you back then. You never liked Professor Lupin did you?You never bothered him." Miranda points Lupin's wand at the pesty poltergeist. "I may not be half the wizard he was, but I'm hoping his wand will make up for my inadequacies, Extraditis!!!" A purple light emits from the wand and engulfs Iocus. The wind blows the student into the room and then carries the pesty poltergeist out. Miranda walks over to the student. "Are you alright?"

The End-Of-Term Feast has begun! So head on over to the Great Hall to say goodbye to your friends and professors.

The Headmistress has given her speech:

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Headmistress Cassandra Rae-Branxton stood at the head table and looked out across the Great Hall. She was neither smiling nor frowning, merely taking in the students. Nothing was resolved. Nothing was finished, and she felt so... at odds. Finally, she looked at the nearly empty staff table. Her staff, those she'd handpicked to teach alongside her. And she couldn't trust them.

With a deeply heart-felt sigh, Rae raised her hands for the attention of the students. "Good evening to you, my Hogwarts friends... no. Good evening, my Hogwarts family. It's been an odd term, I know, but we've made it out alive on the other side. For those of you who haven't heard, we've had much drama this term. Pranks and odd things have occurred all over the school, but we've managed to not only survive the odd events but to come out the other side a little smarter.

"For those who do not know, the events in the school were created by a poltergeist named Iocus. Apparently, Iocus was intent on making Hogwarts his home and had decided to drive our dearly annoying poltergeist Samea from these walls. Due to the hard-work of Samea herself, several students, and several professors, Iocus was driven from our walls, and we hope we will not see him again.

"I know there has been much speculation on all of our parts about the Book of Mysteria. The staff have decided together that the Book can no longer reside within our walls, and we've made motions to destroy it." She stared at the table for a moment before sharing the shameful truth with everyone for the first time. "Sadly, the Book has been bespelled to protect itself against such destruction, and it had hidden itself. The Book is gone, and I couldn't tell you if it is hidden in the castle, in the United Kingdom, or even in this dimension. It is simply gone.

"We must take this as good news... the Book is no longer here, and Voldmortist has no more use for us. We are safe, and next term will be one of prosperity and promise. So let's focus on the positive. The Ravenclaws won the House Cup and the Quidditch Championships with resounding victories," she gestured at the blue and bronze decor. "We all need to work very hard next term to earn points and try to beat the reigning champions. Now, the train will be here soon, but for now... we feast!" She clapped her hands and food appeared on the tables.

Professor Plum, Col. Mustard and Miss Scarlet have been revealed as Linny, Cass and Lee! Goodbye and good luck guys!