006. 4 September, 2022. Friday.

[spareboot]

Comments

[jackedoff]

I already ate a bunch of them!

[spareboot]

Delicious or disgusting?

[jackedoff]

Very good!

[spareboot]

Disturbing. You haven't got sick from that?

[matthimatical]

How do privacy charms work for entries like this? Is this private? I still don't know how to do those charms and I even asked Dad for help already, but I suppose I've probably forgotten already. Oh well!

Anyway, are you sure the sweets are really that bad? They're still sweets, aren't they? I was wondering about them and I have some in a glass jar if you want to look. I haven't eaten any yet, but I was thinking about it earlier.

[spareboot]

The charms should extend beyond the entry to subsequent comments, but Charms was never my best subject; fingers crossed, I suppose.

I don't want to look. Why would I want to I didn't eat any, but considering where they came from, I would think it mildly unhygienic -- though if you'd like to experiment, don't let that stop you.

[matthimatical]

Oh, that's good! Where did you learn about that? I guess maybe Professor Hookum explained it earlier and I just can't remember. Do you think that's probably what happened? Why is this private anyway? Would it really be so awful if the other houses knew we were getting free sweets?

Perhaps they're sterile? They're from the bums of magical cats or rats or whatever animals Corrie's got after all. Do you think I'll die if I eat them? I wouldn't want to worry Mum.

[spareboot]

She might have, but after a few slip-ups you learn or you don't do private entries, more or less. And I would prefer to keep this in Hufflepuff, since I don't want to get Corrie anyone in trouble, and Starla Makenna certain of the other Prefects are a bit overzealous in their duties.

Jack seems to have eaten them without any ill effect but I can't tell with him, but it's your funeral -- in a non-literal manner of speaking. I wouldn't want to upset your mum either.

Private to Hufflepuffs

[outspokenlyjon]

What the fuck?

The door is shut. I am contemplating the wisdom of putting a sign on said door telling people to keep it shut. What do you say?

Private to Hufflepuffs

[spareboot]

That sums up my reaction much more succinctly.

Thanks. As for signs -- half the time, no one reads them anyway. But what's life in boarding school without an exercise in futility?

Private to Hufflepuffs

[outspokenlyjon]

What an auspicious start to term. Shitting sweets is probably just one step away from eating shit.

Well, there's a sign up now. In big enough letters that even Denver can't pretend he didn't see it.

Private to Hufflepuffs

[spareboot]

Don't tell Jack Kirke and Ash -- they've already sampled the goods. I hope the sweets don't transform back at some point in the digestive process.

Nice sign. It's a little hostile-looking. I approve.

Private to Nathan

[ignoble_savage]

This is getting ridiculous. I tried to tell Corrie last year she couldn't keep so many animals in the commons, but she ignored me again and now she's brought more, and when I spoke to her about it earlier she got really angry and hurt. You think it's bad in the boys' dorm? They live in the girls'. I really hate to do it, but I'm going to have to speak with Quince about it for everybody's sake.

Private to Polina.

[spareboot]

To be fair, although my first instinct would be to think Corrie is involved (given past experience, &c.) I couldn't actually say who the animal(s) belonged to; most of the first-years have brought pets of their own, and perhaps someone got overzealous with their Charms practice. That said, I sympathise with your living situation, but is it really worth getting punched out over the resulting hassle?

Private to Nathan.

[ignoble_savage]

She's got five ferrets, Nathan. They keep us up late, and on occasion they'll play hide-and-seek with our things. The crup needs constant attention and barks all the time, and the cats shed and tear up things. And her whole bed smells of animals. It's not that they're bad animals, there are just so many of them. That, and Agatha is allergic to cats but too scared to speak to Corrie about it.

I'll have to do something. I'm just afraid she'll hit me afterwards.

Private to Polina.

[spareboot]

Perhaps some of them could be kept down by Hagrid's, or the greenhouses. That way she wouldn't have to get rid of them, exactly, but they wouldn't be cluttering up the dorm, either.

So why get involved? That would be unfortunate, yes.

[unspiced]

I think its Sinbad. he was having trouble with furrballs so I tried casting a charm to help but I think it went a bit wrong.

[spareboot]

I suppose sweets are better than furballs, in a manner of speaking. ....