Can you believe that thing got Sorted anyway? I could explain what it wanted to do, but I don't know if I could explain how I could explain. But no, you really, really wouldn't have liked it. At all. You don't need to apologize, believe me. Especially if you were worried I'd get into trouble...although I've seen damn few signs that it's even possible to get into trouble around here. In an official sense, I mean. Anyway, you're okay and I'm okay, and seriously, most people who spend any time at all around me start yelling at some point. One of my gifts. I've just been wondering how you made your voice do that
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Re: Warded owl backsensiblesusanApril 15 2006, 04:37:43 UTC
Logan,
I know, it's incredible. Don't tell me; I'll just take your word for it. The voice ... well, that's one of those family things that I get from my grandfather, like the time-stop. If you ever hear him talk, you don't so much hear it as sense it, know it in your bones that he's talking. Hence its effectiveness in getting things done.
Your plan is entirely sound, and you're absolutely right about the Room of Requirement. Would Monday be all right? I can meet you in the library around noon. I'll bring some Charms textbooks and whatnot.
Re: Warded owl backthebadboyfriendApril 15 2006, 05:05:39 UTC
Susan,
At least it's in Hufflepuff. With the reputation the Puffs are getting, people are likely to be wary, even aside from the undead-ish cyborg-with-lots-of-tubing look it's got going on.
That's got to be incredibly useful, not just for keeping students under control but for parents and administrators. I'm sure some of my teachers and nannies growing up would've loved to have been able to make me stop doing whatever just by telling me in a loud, echoey voice.
Noontime Monday sees Logan sitting at a table in a quiet corner of the library, with his feet up on the chair opposite and a pile of books (on affixing magic to mundane objects) in front of him. He's not taking notes, but he does seem to be intensely interested in the book he's reading, and he chews on the cap of a ballpoint pen while staring at its pages.
Susan arrives at noon on the spot, a couple of Charms books under her arm. She spots Logan, waves, and joins him at his table. "Hello, Logan -- all set, then?"
"Hiya." He smiled sidelong at her, then looked down at his book. "Yeah, so, I was trying to figure out this passage on the conversion of magical energy to electricity, and I was wondering...hey, do you think we should maybe screen ourselves so we can talk without disturbing people?" A question which would've had anyone in his old school snickering incredulously and wondering what he was up to...nice to be starting from scratch here, reputation-wise. Convenient.
"Certainly. Just a moment." With a flourish of her wand and a softly-spoken spell, the screening wards went up around their table.
"There we go. You know, if you really were working on electricity conversions, I'm not sure how much I could actually help. The wizards back home are still sorting it out, and the only ones who seem to know anything about using it at all are Igors."
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Can you believe that thing got Sorted anyway? I could explain what it wanted to do, but I don't know if I could explain how I could explain. But no, you really, really wouldn't have liked it. At all. You don't need to apologize, believe me. Especially if you were worried I'd get into trouble...although I've seen damn few signs that it's even possible to get into trouble around here. In an official sense, I mean. Anyway, you're okay and I'm okay, and seriously, most people who spend any time at all around me start yelling at some point. One of my gifts. I've just been wondering how you made your voice do that ( ... )
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I know, it's incredible. Don't tell me; I'll just take your word for it. The voice ... well, that's one of those family things that I get from my grandfather, like the time-stop. If you ever hear him talk, you don't so much hear it as sense it, know it in your bones that he's talking. Hence its effectiveness in getting things done.
Your plan is entirely sound, and you're absolutely right about the Room of Requirement. Would Monday be all right? I can meet you in the library around noon. I'll bring some Charms textbooks and whatnot.
-Susan
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At least it's in Hufflepuff. With the reputation the Puffs are getting, people are likely to be wary, even aside from the undead-ish cyborg-with-lots-of-tubing look it's got going on.
That's got to be incredibly useful, not just for keeping students under control but for parents and administrators. I'm sure some of my teachers and nannies growing up would've loved to have been able to make me stop doing whatever just by telling me in a loud, echoey voice.
Monday's good. See you then.
Logan
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"There we go. You know, if you really were working on electricity conversions, I'm not sure how much I could actually help. The wizards back home are still sorting it out, and the only ones who seem to know anything about using it at all are Igors."
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