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Originally Posted by
Hera 
What did one have to do to get rid of their knuts?
Buy gumballs.
Gumballs were the logical choice where getting rid of the space-wasting coins.
It was with this particular sense of purpose that Zeke entered the sweetshop he was so fond of, and casually leaning on one of the free machines he started scrounging around in his pockets for the loose change.
Sickle, sickle, GALLEON, sickle... knut! He really needed to keep the good shrapnel in his coin pouch, but that level of organisation required effort that he wasn't capable of during the holidays.
Sugarplums!
Was this not the best shop?
Casually avoiding to go get all the books he needed for school.... because well... he still had plenty of time for that, the eleven year old decided it was much better to stop by the sweet shop. Because you know... priorities.
Grinning, he approached the gumball machines, already having prepared the coins he needed. Ah, he could already taste the gumball. Placing the coins in the slot, his pupils were already dilating. Sweets! Yum!
As he turned the knob, he watched the machine carefully...
. . .
And
nothing happened.
How was that even possible?
Alex looked around to see if anyone else was having the same problem. Was this the only gumball machine that wasn't working? As he looked around, he saw an older guy at the machine nearby.
'Erm...How does this work?'
In other words... Can you fix it?