Detention! In a detention center! Block... chamber. Thing.

[waitingfortom]

And now, dear Pansy, we will discuss the location of your hidden Order headquarters

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[deranged_gofer]

I have a distinct feeling whatever your hand is touching right now, it shouldn't be touching unless you want your hand to be cut off and artificially replaced.

[waitingfortom]

Nonsense, trooper, she doesn't even have her wand to fight back. My limbs all remain intact and natural.

[purebloodyay]

Perhaps she would respond to an alternative form of persuasion.

[waitingfortom]

What do you mean?

[purebloodyay]

Bring her to the bridge --

No, the front bit of the --

Okay, look, I am waving. Can you see me now?

Good.

Bring her to me, here. I think it is time we demonstrated the full power of this Sphere.

[waitingfortom]

It's so... well, monochrome around here that it's hard to tell sometimes.

Going to have a demonstration, are we?

Think it'll work this time? That last one really failed to impress.

[waitingfortom]

... Papercuts.

But that doesn't even make sense. Parchment can't even get INTO Hogwarts, so how are people supposed to be afraid of something they're only in the SMALLEST danger of getting from, oh, books and things? Papercuts... is STUPID, not EVIL.

Malfoy, you can't tell me that the Scary Sphere, after coming all the way here and bringing her and making her weep, just gave Hogsmeade a papercut epidemic.

[purebloodyay]

There are still books at Hogwarts. It's a school, Ginny. Danger shall approach from every direction! No one will be safe!

And it wasn't just papercuts. All quill tips broke! Simultaneously! Only with this sort of detail will the unknowing residents of Hogsmeade recognise their doom.

[waitingfortom]

YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT!

Papercuts and quill tips breaking?! That's ridiculous! It's inconvenient, that's all! It's not destructive or evil or, oh, SCARY! It's the SCARY SPHERE and that--

Why don't I just STRANGLE the whole damn town if papercuts and broken quills are the best YOU can do?! All you've doomed is their short-term ability to demonstrate their quillsmanship!

[purebloodyay]

Actually, my dear, I think you will find that it is they who have lost the point.

Oh ho, I find myself so very amusing at times.

Doom works in mysterious ways, Ginny.

[albuspresley]

Strange. I felt a great disturbance. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in irritation and were suddenly silenced. Except the ones that seemed to say 'bloody fucking hell,' that is. I fear something terrible has happened.