Challenge: Magical Accidents
Word Count: 100
The clerk yawned, took a sniff of her tea (lapsang souchong black, slightly stewed, nearly strong enough to substitute for coffee), and switched the sign from “CLOSED” to “OPEN” on her window. “State the nature of your problem,” she said.
“Warts from a random toad....”
“Broom backfire sent the cat into another dimension....”
“Budgie got into the Wolfsbane, now it howls....”
It was all very normal, and very dull, and she was counting the minutes until lunch when a very angry man appeared hauling a sullen green teenager by the scruff.
“Fix this dunderhead,” he snarled.