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Waddles · 01-23-2021, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Wow, someone was eager! Heath almost smiled but fearful of drawing the hoods’ attention, he stopped himself just in time. “Okay, alarm clock it is!” he replied. It really didn’t matter to him which one they started with. He had enough knowledge of muggle machinery to come up with ideas for any object, which was why he was confused when Mamie explained the function of an alarm clock. Blink, blink. Okay… Then he remembered that she wouldn’t know him well enough to know he grew up mostly in the muggle world. “They certainly are loud and obnoxious,” he agreed. Like the one he had in his bedroom back home, for example! But he wasn’t about to mention that in the hoods’ presence.

He considered her idea for a minute. He had been thinking more along the lines of making the clock shout insults at random times. That would make it both useless and harmful - emotional pain could be just as damaging as physical, he’d learned that firsthand - but he wasn’t going to shut down her idea. A silencing charm worked too, but would that on its own be enough to satisfy the hoods? “That’s a good start,” he said, nodding his approval. “What else could we do to it?” An idea occurred to him. “What if we also use a spell to scramble the numbers? Then it would never show the correct time and be even more useless.”

Mamie nodded along. Scrambling the numbers, yep. That would make it hard to even know what day it was. "That's a good idea," she agreed. "If...if the clock can make the Muggles confused enough, they might get frazzled... and step out into traffic or-or..." That was the goal, right? Hurt the Muggles? Mamie jotted down their ideas for the alarm clock.

She made a mental note to get rid of the alarm clock in her childhood bedroom the next time they were allowed to leave Hogwarts.

"Do you want to do the lamp or the hair dryer next?" she asked Heath. Since she had picked the alarm clock, it seemed fair to let him choose next.

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Waddles DMGS & DMLE Re'em Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 19,555 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sophia Svensson #556B2F Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kenneth Mills #666F26 Hufflepuff Third Year Games & Sports Ministry RPG Name: Gabriel Hawthorne-Melo #47316F Law Enforcement	Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE! Quote: Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Wow, someone was eager! Heath almost smiled but fearful of drawing the hoods’ attention, he stopped himself just in time. “Okay, alarm clock it is!” he replied. It really didn’t matter to him which one they started with. He had enough knowledge of muggle machinery to come up with ideas for any object, which was why he was confused when Mamie explained the function of an alarm clock. Blink, blink. Okay… Then he remembered that she wouldn’t know him well enough to know he grew up mostly in the muggle world. *“They certainly are* loud and obnoxious,” he agreed. Like the one he had in his bedroom back home, for example! But he wasn’t about to mention that in the hoods’ presence. He considered her idea for a minute. He had been thinking more along the lines of making the clock shout insults at random times. That would make it both useless and harmful - emotional pain could be just as damaging as physical, he’d learned that firsthand - but he wasn’t going to shut down her idea. A silencing charm worked too, but would that on its own be enough to satisfy the hoods? “That’s a good start,” he said, nodding his approval. “What else could we do to it?” An idea occurred to him. “What if we also use a spell to scramble the numbers? Then it would never show the correct time and be even more useless.” Mamie nodded along. Scrambling the numbers, yep. That would make it hard to even know what day it was. "That's a good idea," she agreed. "If...if the clock can make the Muggles confused enough, they might get frazzled... and step out into traffic or-or..." That was the goal, right? Hurt the Muggles? Mamie jotted down their ideas for the alarm clock. She made a mental note to get rid of the alarm clock in her childhood bedroom the next time they were allowed to leave Hogwarts. "Do you want to do the lamp or the hair dryer next?"** she asked Heath. Since she had picked the alarm clock, it seemed fair to let him choose next. __________________