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India had snuck up to the staff table to say hello to her new Professors when, she spotted the batlike ears of Pip, the house elf her table had so berated. Evil, evil people. She gave him a quick smile.
"Hello, Pip was it? Thank you for cleaning the table - it was so very kind of you." She smiled. "I've got an idea for you eh - how about, don't hurt yourself...just think about it when you polish and then punish the tarnish on the silverware." She smiled. Maybe that would help? Maybe she was being nice. Pushy maybe? Annoying. A regular martyr for a cause she didn't even understand fully.
The very nice Ravenclaw was
following him now, and Pips didn't like the attention she drew to him. All he could do was drop an occasional nod in her direction and continue to work.
"Elves is doing many jobs at Hogwarts. Elves is not blaming the castle for the jobs that need doing. Thank you, Mistress, but elves is not doing their work on time." And they must be punished. She was so distracting!
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Hera Aahh about time something was being done about this. Seren watched as he worked away, cleaning what should have already been cleaned. Poor dear... he seemed... stressed.
"Thank you Pips," she said, offering the house elf a genuine smile.
"You is welcome, Mistress." Pips gave her a boggle-eyed look and continued to creep down the table. No time to stop. No time to pause. HICCUP.
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Nimma Nimma apparated to the staff table. Unlike Pips she wasn't trying to not be noticed, she needed punishing! She claimed a fork.
"Oh Pips! Oh Pips! Nimma is being slow! Nimma is sorry! Nimma has cleaned only one table! Nimma is a bad elf, badder than all other elves! Nimma must be punished! Nimma is being slow!"
Nimma used her elf magic to clean too.
"Nimma and Pips is to be getting back now! Nimma and Pips is needed in the kitchen! Nimma and Pips and Quirly!" She looked anxious, the little elf.
"Nimma has suggestion for Pips. Studentsies does not like Nimma to punish herself, but Nimma must be punished. Pips could punish Nimma and Nimma could punish Pips if Pips likes! And Nimma and Pips can clean and punish and take care of elf things that is needing takings care of!"
She waved her fork obligingly, in case Pips was amenable to being prodded.
"Nimma is being
loud," Pips hissed at her, but he didn't grab for that fork. Really, if she was offering to help punish him, then Pips should just let her do that. Time-saving.
He finished the last cup and gestured for Nimma to head back to the kitchen with him. Or to prod him. However she felt. "Pips is ironing his ears later, if Nimma is wanting to come."