Ron, Su, Hermione - Thurs Nov 20
Who: Ronda, Hermes, and Stu.
When: Thurs Nov 20, right after this
Where: hallways on the way to the Great Hall
What: Su offers help.
*Ron*
She tugged on her collar as she walked along with Hermione, trying to get the now-long hair off her neck. Hermione'd given her a hair-band thingy but she hadn't been able to figure out how to work it, so her hair was going loose.
"This really is bloody rotten," she commented.
"We've got to figure out how we're going to get into that museum to find this whatsit."
*Hermione*
She sighed.
"Hold still," she said as she pulled a hair elastic out of her pocket and brushed Ron's hair with her fingers before pulling it back into a ponytail.
"Well, we could always use the invisibility cloak. Although there might be wards. We should go visit, see if we can find out what security measures are in place so we know what we have to do."
*Ron*
She fidgeted and then winced as a strand of hair got caught.
"OW!" she protested, then rubbed the side of her head.
"Thanks," she said once her hair was tied back. "It was driving me barmy."
"That invisibility cloak barely fits two any more, you know. And if that thing's in the Magical part of the museum I bet they'll have all sorts of wards up, not that you couldn't get through them. But if it's in the Muggle part...well, I don't know what kind of wards or, um, what're they called? Aluminium systems? they might have..."
*Hermione*
He winced slightly when Ron said ow before he sighed and ran a hand through his hair, blushing slightly at Ron's comment about the wards.
"Alarm systems. It'll probably have cameras to watch each room with as well as guards. I'm not sure if they'll have motion detectors or laser trip wires to tell whether there are people in the rooms. I'm not sure how the invisibility cloak will work with the lasers... And then there is no telling what specific alarms they'll have on each display."
*Ron*
"But isn't there somewhere where you can learn about all of that stuff?" she said dismissively, waving her hand generally. "I mean, it's the bloody British Museum. Surely you can find something out."
*Su*
He was hurrying towards the Great Hall, head down, when he heard two words that caught his attention:
British Museum.
Swallowling thickly, he approached Ron and Hermione.
"Ah'm sorry, did one of yui jus' say soomthin' aboot tha British Museum?"
*Hermione*
He laughed.
"Well, you can find that information somewhere, although I doubt they really blab about all of their alarm systems. It would be too easy for a thief to undermine all of them if they just told you in a book."
Starting a bit when a chinese boy came up to them, he frowned slightly.
"Er... yes. We were just talking about it... er..."
*Su*
"Su," he interjected. "It's Su... we're in Runes together? Ah sit near Alex?"
Of course no one knew who he was. Of course.
"Ah... well, Ah mean... Ah wuirk at tha Museum, actually... if ye needed tae ken soomthin' aboot it, Ah guess Ah'd be tha person tae ask..."
*Hermione*
His eyes widened a bit in recognition.
"Su? Sorry. This whole gender swap is making it difficult to recognize people," he said before he grinned widely. "You work there? That's brilliant. Actually, we were looking for something, an artifact that may fix this whole mess, but all the book says is that it's in the British Museum and of course, working there, you know how helpful that is."
*Su*
"Right, o'course," he said. Of course, how many Chinese kids were there at Hogwarts, period. Not enough that it would be hard to figure people out.
"Ah dui, Ah wuirk in tha Department of Magical Antiquities... if it's magical, we've got it, most likely. There are a few magical items in tha Muggle part of tha museum that have either been deemed harmless or have been stripped o' their magical qualities. What is it tha' yui're lookin' fuir? Ye said it'll fix this?"
*Hermione*
He nodded.
"Well, it is definitely magical, though since it is Greek in origin, I wasn't sure if the muggle part would have gotten a hold of it over the years for their collection. It's called the Caduceus of Tiresias. It should be able to reverse this spell and get us back to our original genders."
*Su*
"Tha Caduceus of Tiresias?" he asked. "Wee staff aboot yay high," he said, holding his hand up to his shoulder, "an' with snake ornamentation? Aye, Ah ken where it is; it's in storage in mah department."
*Hermione*
Doing the math in his head, he nodded as the height of other boy's hand matched with the measurements in the book.
"Yes, I'd say that about the height and with two snakes wrapped around."
He grinned widely with excitement.
"Really? Oh, that's great! Is there anyway that you could borrow it or something of the like? I would say it would be easier to bring it here than to actually bring all of Hogwarts to it."
*Su*
He looked troubled.
"Ah dinnae," he said. "Ah mean, it's a delicate relic, an' everythin's got tae be checked oot with Mister Childermass," he explained. "An'... Ah mean, Ah'm jus' an intern... Ah dinnae if he'd let me... Especially if he knew how many people'd be toochin' in... bare hands, ye said? Ah mean, tha's... that'd dui a lotta damage tui it..."
He looked really worried.
*Ron*
"So? Steal it," she said impatiently. "Take it and bring it back later. Do you want to be a boy forever?"
*Su*
He flushed.
"No..."
*Hermione*
He sighed.
"If it's just in storage, it can't be missed as much as something that is openly on display, yes? We'll be careful with it too. If it would make him feel better, we could have one of the staff handle it, like McGonagall. I'm sure that she wouldn't let any harm at all come to it."
*Su*
He looked uncertain.
"Maybe," he agreed. "That might work, I guess... I can ask..."
*Hermione*
He nodded and grinned happily.
"Ask. And if he says no... Well, we'll deal with that and go from there when it happens."
*Su*
He didn't know if he liked that tone at all.
"Ah'll just make sure he says yes, then..." he said, putting some false enthusiasm into his voice.
"Ah've got mah internship this weekend... or, um, did ye want mah tae goo sooner...?"
*Hermione*
He laughed as he shook his head.
"I imagine most of the student body would want it to be sooner rather than later, but one more day of this shouldn't be too bad."
*Su*
He looked relieved.
"Aye, believe mah, Ah'd rather be mah old self right aboot noo. Weird thin's hangin' as they oughtn't, an'..." He stopped himself, realising what he was saying.
"Well, Ah'll jus' be glad tae be back tae mah old self, is all."
*Ron*
"We all will be," she said, looking down at her own tits.
*Hermione*
He blushed slightly.
"I hear you on the weird things happening as they shouldn't be..." he mumbled before taking in a deep breath. "Right then. I imagine we should keep this quiet until we have the staff. There's no need to get everyone stirred up until we actually have it."
When: Thurs Nov 20, right after this
Where: hallways on the way to the Great Hall
What: Su offers help.
*Ron*
She tugged on her collar as she walked along with Hermione, trying to get the now-long hair off her neck. Hermione'd given her a hair-band thingy but she hadn't been able to figure out how to work it, so her hair was going loose.
"This really is bloody rotten," she commented.
"We've got to figure out how we're going to get into that museum to find this whatsit."
*Hermione*
She sighed.
"Hold still," she said as she pulled a hair elastic out of her pocket and brushed Ron's hair with her fingers before pulling it back into a ponytail.
"Well, we could always use the invisibility cloak. Although there might be wards. We should go visit, see if we can find out what security measures are in place so we know what we have to do."
*Ron*
She fidgeted and then winced as a strand of hair got caught.
"OW!" she protested, then rubbed the side of her head.
"Thanks," she said once her hair was tied back. "It was driving me barmy."
"That invisibility cloak barely fits two any more, you know. And if that thing's in the Magical part of the museum I bet they'll have all sorts of wards up, not that you couldn't get through them. But if it's in the Muggle part...well, I don't know what kind of wards or, um, what're they called? Aluminium systems? they might have..."
*Hermione*
He winced slightly when Ron said ow before he sighed and ran a hand through his hair, blushing slightly at Ron's comment about the wards.
"Alarm systems. It'll probably have cameras to watch each room with as well as guards. I'm not sure if they'll have motion detectors or laser trip wires to tell whether there are people in the rooms. I'm not sure how the invisibility cloak will work with the lasers... And then there is no telling what specific alarms they'll have on each display."
*Ron*
"But isn't there somewhere where you can learn about all of that stuff?" she said dismissively, waving her hand generally. "I mean, it's the bloody British Museum. Surely you can find something out."
*Su*
He was hurrying towards the Great Hall, head down, when he heard two words that caught his attention:
British Museum.
Swallowling thickly, he approached Ron and Hermione.
"Ah'm sorry, did one of yui jus' say soomthin' aboot tha British Museum?"
*Hermione*
He laughed.
"Well, you can find that information somewhere, although I doubt they really blab about all of their alarm systems. It would be too easy for a thief to undermine all of them if they just told you in a book."
Starting a bit when a chinese boy came up to them, he frowned slightly.
"Er... yes. We were just talking about it... er..."
*Su*
"Su," he interjected. "It's Su... we're in Runes together? Ah sit near Alex?"
Of course no one knew who he was. Of course.
"Ah... well, Ah mean... Ah wuirk at tha Museum, actually... if ye needed tae ken soomthin' aboot it, Ah guess Ah'd be tha person tae ask..."
*Hermione*
His eyes widened a bit in recognition.
"Su? Sorry. This whole gender swap is making it difficult to recognize people," he said before he grinned widely. "You work there? That's brilliant. Actually, we were looking for something, an artifact that may fix this whole mess, but all the book says is that it's in the British Museum and of course, working there, you know how helpful that is."
*Su*
"Right, o'course," he said. Of course, how many Chinese kids were there at Hogwarts, period. Not enough that it would be hard to figure people out.
"Ah dui, Ah wuirk in tha Department of Magical Antiquities... if it's magical, we've got it, most likely. There are a few magical items in tha Muggle part of tha museum that have either been deemed harmless or have been stripped o' their magical qualities. What is it tha' yui're lookin' fuir? Ye said it'll fix this?"
*Hermione*
He nodded.
"Well, it is definitely magical, though since it is Greek in origin, I wasn't sure if the muggle part would have gotten a hold of it over the years for their collection. It's called the Caduceus of Tiresias. It should be able to reverse this spell and get us back to our original genders."
*Su*
"Tha Caduceus of Tiresias?" he asked. "Wee staff aboot yay high," he said, holding his hand up to his shoulder, "an' with snake ornamentation? Aye, Ah ken where it is; it's in storage in mah department."
*Hermione*
Doing the math in his head, he nodded as the height of other boy's hand matched with the measurements in the book.
"Yes, I'd say that about the height and with two snakes wrapped around."
He grinned widely with excitement.
"Really? Oh, that's great! Is there anyway that you could borrow it or something of the like? I would say it would be easier to bring it here than to actually bring all of Hogwarts to it."
*Su*
He looked troubled.
"Ah dinnae," he said. "Ah mean, it's a delicate relic, an' everythin's got tae be checked oot with Mister Childermass," he explained. "An'... Ah mean, Ah'm jus' an intern... Ah dinnae if he'd let me... Especially if he knew how many people'd be toochin' in... bare hands, ye said? Ah mean, tha's... that'd dui a lotta damage tui it..."
He looked really worried.
*Ron*
"So? Steal it," she said impatiently. "Take it and bring it back later. Do you want to be a boy forever?"
*Su*
He flushed.
"No..."
*Hermione*
He sighed.
"If it's just in storage, it can't be missed as much as something that is openly on display, yes? We'll be careful with it too. If it would make him feel better, we could have one of the staff handle it, like McGonagall. I'm sure that she wouldn't let any harm at all come to it."
*Su*
He looked uncertain.
"Maybe," he agreed. "That might work, I guess... I can ask..."
*Hermione*
He nodded and grinned happily.
"Ask. And if he says no... Well, we'll deal with that and go from there when it happens."
*Su*
He didn't know if he liked that tone at all.
"Ah'll just make sure he says yes, then..." he said, putting some false enthusiasm into his voice.
"Ah've got mah internship this weekend... or, um, did ye want mah tae goo sooner...?"
*Hermione*
He laughed as he shook his head.
"I imagine most of the student body would want it to be sooner rather than later, but one more day of this shouldn't be too bad."
*Su*
He looked relieved.
"Aye, believe mah, Ah'd rather be mah old self right aboot noo. Weird thin's hangin' as they oughtn't, an'..." He stopped himself, realising what he was saying.
"Well, Ah'll jus' be glad tae be back tae mah old self, is all."
*Ron*
"We all will be," she said, looking down at her own tits.
*Hermione*
He blushed slightly.
"I hear you on the weird things happening as they shouldn't be..." he mumbled before taking in a deep breath. "Right then. I imagine we should keep this quiet until we have the staff. There's no need to get everyone stirred up until we actually have it."