DADA for Muggles [Wednesday]

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Sirius (who had spent the weekend as a Man on the Run, Falsely Accused of Murdering His Best Friend (in other words, himself, camped in front of the wizarding chess board)), was leaning against his normal desk as the students arrived.

"In our last class before examinations, we decided to focus on certain dark arts that are pervasive in the Muggle world," he said.

Of course, a wizard's perception of what was off in the Muggle world was probably a little skewed itself.

And Remus (who had spent the weekend as a Man with a Dark Secret, Who Has Severe Intimacy Issues and Also is a Werewolf (see above re: Sirius)) gave the class a serious look as he straightened his posture. "We don't have these things in our world, so really, this class is for you to help educate us, in a way. We've battled a few dark things while here, and would like your perspective on how to deal with them. For instance," Remus began pacing, his hands clasped behind his back, "I can only assume that this 'meter maid' creature is a very dark being indeed, as when we parked Sirius' motorbike on the mainland a few weeks back, we received a ticket for seemingly no reason, and were told that that was the source."

Sirius nodded solemnly. "As well as the vicious snack machine that took five of my dollars," which was still ridiculous. Everyone knew Galleons made more sense as a currency, "and refused to give me my crisps."

"Not to mention this," Remus waved his wand, and levitated a DVD player over to them. He pressed the Eject button, and while the machine whined and spat a bit, nothing came out. "That, I will have you all know, is a very interesting documentary on paper-making. And now I will never truly be able to watch it, since this machine seems to have eaten it, and I also can't watch anything else."

Sirius wasn't all that upset about the paper-making documentary being eaten, truth be told, but he wanted to watch the film with the pretty witches again, and so therefore the machine was clearly cursed in some manner. "Those are just a few examples," Sirius concluded, "but I'm sure you all--having had more exposure to the Muggle world--can come up with others. If you could also tell us the counterjinx for these three, Professor Lupin and I would be quite grateful."

Comments

Sign in [12.09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

Like you've just been told DVD players are creatures of darkness.

Re: Sign in [12.09]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex Karev

Re: Sign in [12.09]

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Re: Sign in [12.09]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy Stonem

Lecture [12/09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

...if you want to call it that.

Re: Lecture [12/09]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex wasn't really into the lecture today and he really couldn't pinpoint why. He found himself drowning out most of the lecture, only hearing snippets here and there and concentrated on his own messy thoughts.

Re: Lecture [12/09]

[lovemykilt]

Priestly was inordinately pleased with today's lecture. He could use a little comedy in his life, this week.

Discussion [12/09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

What other horrible things exist in Muggle-land? And omfg HOW DO YOU FIX THE VENDING MACHINE?

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"The goddamn DMV," Alex said, making a face. If you wanted to drive, you had to deal with them and they were awful. "And I don't think there is a counterjinx. You take the pain if you wanna drive."

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"They're probably a subsidiary of h-e-l-l." Diana helpfully suggested.

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"Prodding things usually works. You'd be surprised how many computers start working after you smack them a few times." Diana said cheerfully. "Oh and Vista. Vista is evil."

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[lovemykilt]

"Nintendo," Priestly said, not because he thought it was evil, but because, well, he liked messing with people, and the teachers were asking for it. "The smaller it is, the more dangerous. It eats kids' souls. Only cure is a really thick, boring book."

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was still in a Seriously Good Mood today, so she said, "Parking garages are actually some kind of weird Twilight Zone. They fold and move and when you come back, you can't find your bike. That's why they invented chirpy keys to defeat them."

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[likethegun]

"Lots of people feel that way about computers, like they're objects with a mind of their own that enjoy breaking down for the fun of watching their owner lose their mind," Sam said. "It's possible those people are right, but I haven't seen any evidence of it."

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Sentient computers?" Dinah suggested, just to be silly. Also, just to have an excuse to talk to Sam. "Maybe computers with an agenda?"

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"The tea-shop claims to be a coffee-shop," she said, nodding firmly. "And they haven't any scones. That's terribly wrong on all counts."

Alice was, perhaps, enjoying today's lesson a great deal.

Re: Discussion [12/09]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Just be glad it was the meter maid and not the bear," Jack said, thinking of state cops. "If you find yourself staring at the red and blue flashy lights in the mirror, you're in a world of trouble unless you have your paperwork down to the dot."

He shrugged. "Best thing to do with the vending machine is to hit it. Same with the movie player." Percussive maintenance didn't fix everything; sometimes, it made it worse.

Talk to the TAs [12/09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

Hello, boys.

Re: Talk to the TAs [12/09]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

There was loads wrong with machines with attitude, but Griff was more concerned with why anyone would ever want to sit still long enough to watch something about creating paper.

Talk to the Teachers [12/09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

And hello grownup boys!

Re: Talk to the Teachers: Remus

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

Remus was there, and occasionally prodding the DVD player with his wand not dirty.

Re: Talk to the Teachers: Remus

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine: not an expert in high tech. But. When Certain DVDs got stuck in the player? It was amazing how fast she could become one, on this very specialized issue.

"Try a paper clip," she suggested. "There's usually a little hole you can stick it in." This was her helpful face.

Re: Talk to the Teachers [12/09]

[siriuslyscarred.livejournal.com]

Sirius was there snacking on Chocolate Frogs.

OOC [12/09]

[lycanthromoony.livejournal.com]

omfg it took SO LONG TO POST THIS CLASS.

And I blame Fry for this.

Re: OOC [12/09]

[siriuslyscarred.livejournal.com]

I believe that hardware stores are also homes of Great Evil. *nods*