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[notthatpotter]

James comes into the bar with a small open box filled with colourful little miscellaneous bits.

He has just received a package from his uncle George with the latest collection of prank-goods to test on his fellow classmates. (Plus some of his requested favourites.)

There is a mischievous and utterly gleeful look on this twelve year old's face as he goes to sit by the bar.



[ooc: inevitable slowtiming, but the post is open forever.]

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[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

And now there is a Kick, peering sideways into the box.

"Whassat?"

[notthatpotter]

"A bunch of things my uncle sent me," he says, grinning. "From his prank shop."

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

"Prank shop?"

[notthatpotter]

"Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes," he says proudly. "Well, it's more a joke shop, but they've got loads of things like these for pranks."

He starts to take a couple of them out.

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

She furrows her brows.

"What do they do?"

[notthatpotter]

"Well, these are trick quills," he starts, pulling out a small stack of pens.

"Each one of them has a different function." He lays them out on the table, before picking one up and holding it up to eye-level. "This one's s'posed to write nonsensical words. So you'll think you're writing a really good essay, but in actuality, you'd be writing a whole lot of rubbish."

He grins. "Perfect for that know-it-all."

He picks up a small box. "This one'll give out really weird fireworks that sort of make you think you're seeing something else."

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

Kick's eyes widen.

"Cool!"

The fireworks one sounds especially fancy.

"They're all magical items?"

[notthatpotter]

"Yup! Have a look," he says, tossing the box upside down so several more items come spilling out.

"My uncle made some really good ones to help you skip class and things like that." He laughs. "Ah, the classic Skiving Snackbox. All sorts of things to make you look like you're sick. He had to change some of it around a bit though, because professors were starting to catch on."

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

"Will they work in places where there isn't really any magic?"

Kick is eyeing the Snackbox. She could do with some days off from school, away from her teasing classmated.

[notthatpotter]

He furrows his brow at that.

"I dunno," he answers honestly. "I've never tried it before. You could take one to try though - if you want."

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

"Might need it," she says, fumbling with her hands the way all young kids do when they don't want to tell the truth about something. "Since I can't really hide out here anymore."

[notthatpotter]

"Eh? What do you mean?" he asks, curiously. Half his attention is on a pair of extendable ears.

[call-me-kick.livejournal.com]

"Won't be comin' here anymore, I think. My uncle said he doesn't think it's a good place for me anymore 'cause of some stuff that happened to him and my dad's gettin' married soon, so we're gonna be moving..."

[a1enzo]

That is a promising look! "Whatcha got there?"

[notthatpotter]

Beeeeam.

"Loads of stuff from my uncle's joke shop. Take a look!"

James starts to pull things out from the box.

[a1enzo]

"Alphanumeric! Major! ...What are they?"

[notthatpotter]

"There are all sorts of things. Each one of them has a different function. These -" He picks up a small colourful box "- are sort of like self-contained fireworks, for example."

Then there are fake wands, trick quills, Skiving Snackboxes, and the like.

[a1enzo]

Enzo examines each item intently as it's explained.

"D'you think there's anything I could use on DOStin?" he asks conspiratorially. "I could order it through you. I can digitize stuff to take to my world, but we don't use wands and stuff at home."

[notthatpotter]

"Oh, right."

Sometimes he forgets that Enzo's from a computer.

"Yeah - um. What did you have in mind, exactly?"

[a1enzo]

"I dunno." Something suitable for a fellow student that isn't dependent on the specifics of James' culture. "I bet I'll know it when I see it."

[notthatpotter]

"Fair enough," says James.

He starts to show him what some of the objects do, from Headless Hats (makes the wearer's head invisible) and Hiccough Sweets (makes the victim hiccough), to Canary Creams (eat it and it turns the victim into a canary), to the Punching Telescope (which does exactly what it says).

[a1enzo]

Enzo waves aside the hats (doesn't matter what kind of hat, he can't see DOStin deviating one pixel from the official uniform) and the telescope (not really Guardian-type equipment). He gives the candies careful consideration, "but I bet he doesn't eat anything but the healthy junk in the cafeteria. He acts like he's all Guardian code."

[notthatpotter]

He ponders this. "You could always put some of it into his food," he suggests.

He opens up a Skiving Snackbox. "These are usually used for students to get out of classes or something, but it doesn't mean they won't work for professors - or prefect."

[a1enzo]

Enzo shakes his head. "Not if he's s'posed to think it's real. Guardians don't get sick. It might not even work on him."

[notthatpotter]

Hmm.

"Maybe wizard pranks just don't work on Guardians. They're just too...I dunno, different. The biology or whatever."