Practice Thread

[sees_them_too]

Luna likes Charms. She'd be partial to it anyway as it's taught by her head of house. But then too, you learn so many different things in Charms, all of them handy in one way or another.

Luna checks over her class notes. Consults her open text book. Picks up her quill and makes a few additions to her notes. And takes up her wand.

A moment later a ball of bright blue flames crackles cheerfully in mid-air over the table.

Charm achieved.

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[sees_them_too]

"It's a newspaper. Dad's the editor."

And founder. And secretary. And janitor and general man of all work.

"It prints the news that the other papers don't consider worthy of ink."

If it sounds like she's quoting, it's because she probably is.

[noteful]

"Like . . . what sort of news?"

[sees_them_too]

"Well, right now he's working on a story about corruption within the Quidditch League."

"And a story about how some unprincipled wizards are selling spells to Muggle cereal companies for them to print on their boxes."

"And of course, sightings of the Crumple Horned Snorkack. Dad's been tracking sightings of them for years."

Luna is quite proud of her father's journalistic prowess.

[noteful]

Where does Meg even start?

"What kind of spells on cereal boxes?"

[sees_them_too]

"There's supposed to be one coming out on the Weetabix boxes that, if you can solve the puzzle and read it aloud, will make people sprout morning glory vines out of their ears."

"Which wouldn't be much of a concern for any Muggle reading it, but what if a Muggle-born wizard gets a hold of it, not knowing what it is?"

"Well, you can imagine what a mess that could be."