One might posit such an theory, certainly. It was a very useful way of seeing the details close up, as it were. Not everyone was as happy to be able to do this as I was, unfortnately.
*sits cross-legged on Augustus' sofa and looks through the picture, a cup of tea hovering in the air beside him* *when he comes to this polaroid, he snorts in a rather undignified way and then laughs himself silly over the picture* *still interspersed with laughter* I trust that was the last time you enlarged anything by quite so large a factor?
*is sitting on the floor, leaning back against the sofa, and at the sound of Gideon's laughter his own lips twitch, and he chuckles almost silently* *leans his head back to look up at Gideon, affecting a non-plussed sort of expression, though it's upside down for Gideon* You've reached the one with the preying mantis, hm?
*grins* Sadly, rather the opposite was true. I persisted. Anything else would have been admitting defeat.
*gradually calms down, looking at the picture more closely, while his other hand is playing with Augustus' hair without him taking notice of it* Yes, that looks like a praying mantis alright. What did you do to get rid of it, a well aimed reducto?
*laughs out, though quietly* Is this then something where it would've been wiser to admit defeat, if you want to call it that?
*unexpectedly likes having his hair played with, even if he does reach up compulsively every now and again to neaten it* *huffs* That would have been rather messy. That particular specimen was rendered harmless by my tutor and a quick Reducio. *dryly* Though that was after he'd stopped to take the picture, as you can tell.
*primly* Certainly not. I became particularly adept at engorgio and reducio spells as a result, not to mention a few other useful tricks.
... (repressed massive snerk at Gus's early introduction to instakarma)
... (takes a moment to be glad no one thought to use this more practically--bugs are fast!) ...(then again...) (dry) Have you to thank for Nagini, do we?
What happened to it after? Did you get it back to normal size?
*eyes go saucer-like* Did you learn how to do all the... *raises his arms horizontally by his sides, palms upwards, jerking his head in a crazy fashion*
My tutor at the time did so - after pausing to take a photograph which supplied both him and my parents with much amusement, as you might imagine. *lips twitch* I did better with subsequent tries.
*arches an eyebrow and watches him quietly* Sadly not.
Comments 34
Wow. I always thought people were just taking the piss when they said India had big bugs.
Reply
*dryly* Sadly not, at least in the immediate environs of wherever I happened to be at the time.
Reply
Reply
Reply
*when he comes to this polaroid, he snorts in a rather undignified way and then laughs himself silly over the picture*
*still interspersed with laughter* I trust that was the last time you enlarged anything by quite so large a factor?
I hope the setup is alright with you? :)
Reply
*leans his head back to look up at Gideon, affecting a non-plussed sort of expression, though it's upside down for Gideon*
You've reached the one with the preying mantis, hm?
*grins* Sadly, rather the opposite was true. I persisted. Anything else would have been admitting defeat.
Suits us! :)
Reply
Yes, that looks like a praying mantis alright. What did you do to get rid of it, a well aimed reducto?
*laughs out, though quietly*
Is this then something where it would've been wiser to admit defeat, if you want to call it that?
Reply
*huffs* That would have been rather messy. That particular specimen was rendered harmless by my tutor and a quick Reducio. *dryly* Though that was after he'd stopped to take the picture, as you can tell.
*primly* Certainly not. I became particularly adept at engorgio and reducio spells as a result, not to mention a few other useful tricks.
Reply
That's...wow. Something out of Kafka for certain.
Reply
Reply
Reply
(repressed massive snerk at Gus's early introduction to instakarma)
...
(takes a moment to be glad no one thought to use this more practically--bugs are fast!)
...(then again...)
(dry)
Have you to thank for Nagini, do we?
It's doing jumping jacks! XD
Reply
Only if you feel it necessary, Snape.
Haha, I like to think of it making a woooOOOOO sort of noise, like a kid pretending to be scary. >_>
Reply
Oh, never let it be said I don't repay my obligations.
It's soooo B-movie; I love it!
Reply
I'm sure you make every effort to do so. Quite recovered, are you?
I'm only sorry I couldn't manage a picture of him beating off the subject of his next experiment with a dictionary. :DD
Reply
*looks at the picture again*
India?
Reply
*nods* Mm, Rajasthan. I grew up there until going to Hogwarts.
Reply
*eyes go saucer-like*
Did you learn how to do all the... *raises his arms horizontally by his sides, palms upwards, jerking his head in a crazy fashion*
Reply
*arches an eyebrow and watches him quietly*
Sadly not.
Reply
Leave a comment