Date: 23 May 2005
Characters: Kingsley Shacklebolt
Location: The Noisy House on Albus Ave
Status: Private
Summary: Kingsley is startled and momentarily confused.
Completion: Complete
Kingsley had been busy working on the revised children's safety and defense plan. He had finished teaching the kids at the orphanage and there were a few changes he wanted to make to the classes based on the experience. It had become apparent that the kids needed to be broken into smaller age groups if they were to get the most from the classes. He...
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He jumped out of his seat and swung around, wand in hand.
Fuck. He blinked. He thought that someone had cast a Lumos to try to blind him. Then realized that every light in the room was blazing. The alarm clock was going off in the bedroom and... what the fuck was that? Moving into the kitchen, Kingsley following the grinding noise to the sink, where he must have flipped the switch for the garbage disposal. The coffee maker was smouldering and sparking. He had charmed it to work but forgot to unplug it. The combination of magic and electricity overloaded the machine he had set to brewing while he worked. Kingsley quickly pulled the plug before it caught fire.
Methodically, he spent the next half hour going from room to room checking to make sure everything he'd charmed was unplugged, reset the clocks, and made sure there weren't going to be any other nasty surprises.
It appeared the power was back on.