Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle, and then a 3rd, 4th, etc through 48th cycle. Now cycle 49!

"Blunt Spell Trauma"
Kurt & Co, Blaine, Klaine
Murder Mystery Dinner
(all series now listed under the communities tab in my profile)

1. I Put A Spell On You

He was always excited for the mysteries he put together, in no small part for how much his players really gave their all. After he'd left McKinley for Dalton, he'd thought those days were over, but then… Rachel, Mercedes, Tina… They had pulled him out of 'retirement' by organizing and surprising him with a mystery dinner. He didn't know a better way to thank them than by pulling out this game next. He'd been holding on to it for a special occasion, partly for the extra elements involved. And then there was the Blaine factor.

He had wanted to bring him in to play with them for this next one, so he had to actually get to it. The way he had it, he would talk to him first, to know if he was on board. He was nervous, he couldn't deny it. Would he laugh, or… One day getting out of class, he'd asked him to meet him at the Lima Bean. As they sat there, he slowly approached the subject, thinking that way he could bow out of the whole thing before he got to the part of asking him.

But Blaine looked enthusiastic, and Kurt couldn't stop smiling. He'd said yes, and with that Kurt was ready to go. He had a game to plan out. He had the broad strokes, but he had to fill the rest, make sure it would go right.

Once that was done though, once he had a stack of envelopes ready to be distributed, he had one more issue: he wasn't actually at McKinley anymore, so he had to find a way to get them there. He knew he could call on some of them to handle it, but he couldn't be completely uninvolved. So he'd called Rachel.

She was immediately thrilled to hear that they were heading to a new game, and she came to retrieve the envelopes along with his instructions. When she would begin her distributions, she was to call him and pass the phone on to the others so he could talk to them. She couldn't keep from asking after her own character, so he obliged her, seeing as she was doing this for him. He also told her what the game would be about.

"There's a sort of… club, or association, in a small town, for witches and warlocks, where they can get together. The people in town, the non-magic folk, they accept them, leave them be, keep their secret, so long as they'll stay in line… But now there's some of them making trouble. You'll play Serena Levy, a witch, one of the good ones."

The next morning, Kurt would be standing by at Dalton, waiting for the call, before classes began. Rachel would head into McKinley, phone and envelopes in hand. As soon as she could see some of them, she dialled up Kurt as she was spotted by Artie, Puck, and Lauren at once. "Yeah, okay, hold on," she told him before looking up to the trio.

"Is that Kurt?" Puck asked, holding his hand out for the phone. Rachel blinked and handed it over, taking this as her cue to dig out the needed envelopes. "He says to put him on speaker," Puck did so. "Hey, it's me, and Lauren, and Artie."

"Good, alright, so listen up." Once he'd given them the plot rundown, he told them about their characters. "Puck, you're the mayor's brother in law, Cole Devereaux. Lauren, you are Clara Martin, a good witch, and Artie you are Victor Connolly, one of the troublemaking warlocks. There's something important you need to remember, it's in your envelopes, but here goes: you need to pay very close attention to everyone when you'll be in the game. I can't say why, but you just have to."

With the three envelopes out, Rachel retrieved her phone and went looking for others. When she saw Finn, she paused, took a breath, and went to him. With Kurt still on speaker, they had gotten right on task, and Finn received his envelope.

"Your character is Bradley Dennings, a good warlock, and Serena's ex." Finn didn't have to ask who played Serena by the look on Rachel's face. She had been quick to move along. Soon after, she had run into Quinn and Sam.

"Hey Kurt," they had greeted the phone, while Rachel was fetching their envelopes. She'd just pulled them out when they were joined by Santana.

"Did you take the reins back?" she asked, before Rachel held out her envelope with a sharp frown. Kurt had given the storyline before taking care of the trio.

"Okay, well let's see. Sam, you are Mayor Wilson Conrad, single father to daughter Sarah, who is in her early twenties."

"Oh, please say it's Quinn," Santana joked, getting a glare.

"No, actually, Quinn will be playing your girlfriend." The girls paused.

"Say that again?" Santana blinked.

"Quinn, you're playing Jillian Berring, and Santana, you're playing Elizabeth Brooks. Both are witches, both on the bad side of it, and they are a couple. Is that a problem for you?" The two looked to one another, silently negotiating.

"We'll be fine," Santana declared. After this, Rachel had moved on to find more of the players. She had four left, so she decided to wrangle them all before getting Kurt to give his next pitch. She found Tina and Mike, then Brittany, and finally Mercedes. With the plot down, they got their envelopes.

"Mercedes and Tina, you are the White sisters." There was a pause, as he imagined the look on their faces. "Mercedes is Marianne White, and Tina is Eveline White. Both are good witches. Mike is Joseph Greenley. He used to date Eveline and is now with Marianne." The girls looked to Mike.

"Come on, dude…" he frowned at the phone, making them smirk.

"You're a good warlock," Kurt went on. "And Brittany, you are Sarah Conrad, the mayor's daughter."

With the McKinley envelopes all gone to their owners, Kurt had thanked Rachel and they'd hung up. Now there was one envelope left, tucked in his history book. When he got to class, he slid it to Blaine.

"What's this?" he smiled, opening it carefully.

"Your character and game information," Kurt nodded. He told him the plot, as he had with the others.

"Great, sounds good," Blaine told him.

"Your character is a good warlock named Elliott Leclerc. He is dating one of the good witches," Kurt went on, almost checking if that was alright, but Blaine smiled.

"And what about you?"

"I play Caleb Martin, one of the troublemaking warlocks but also with some heart," Kurt nodded along.

"You should be great," Blaine decided, and Kurt was growing warm.

"If you're not sure about anything, just let me know. And if you want we can ride to McKinley together on Saturday."

"Count me in."

TO BE CONTINUED (SUNDAY)