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Tweak says, "I'm Henry VIII, I am"

Gideon A. Prewett (disobliged) wrote in thequest,
@ 2019-07-17 20:23:00

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!: journal, c: fabian prewett, c: gideon prewett, npc: minerva mcgonagall

July 17
Fabian and I have returned from our camping holiday in darkest South Wales. A bit of spelunking, a bit of getting away from it all, a bit of hiking, and a lot of ancient woodlands and picturesque ruins.

Even a few of the Welsh were there, if you can believe it!

What did we miss?

[Warded to McGonagal and the Brothers Prewett]

Headmistress,

Fabian and I have found that our improvised method of map-dowsing was successful. It allowed us to locate Bangor Tewdws, which, when we announce the finding, will be the foremost discovery of magical archaeology of the 21st century. You may need to give us endowed chairs in archaeology and establish Hogwarts' claim to the site through us to keep it from getting ruined. Fabian will probably want to negotiate terms with you.

On a very practical note, the method we've got will be ideal for finding the horcruxes, but we'll need three things.
1: a related artifact to use as the dowsing focus
2: a large scale map
3: a high-ceilinged greatroom in which to spread the map.

Can we ask you for the loan of the Hogwarts commons and the Sword of Godric Griffyndor? We will give them back when we're done.

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	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-18 01:41 am UTC (link)
	I think we can arrange for the map at least. Also the library at Cor Tewdws is amazing. I wish Caradoc were here to see it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-18 02:16 am UTC (link)
	And the rope. How tall is the commons? And we will need to do something to secure the place soon, once the immediate crisis is over. The ancient elf who was protecting the place may have passed on to wherever elves go after life, and the labyrinth and our wards aren't perfect protection against dedicated searchers. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-18 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	I wish Caradoc was here to read the Old Welsh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-19 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc ~~doesn't~~ didn't have the palaeography we have. But his Welsh would have been better, you're right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Well, there's only a passing similarity between thousand year old Welsh and Welsh. Do you remember him correcting me when I tried to pronounce Cor Tewdws for the first time? I thought he'd pop a blood vessel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-19 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Cor To-Dos. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 05:02 am UTC (link)
	My Core 'To Do's include figuring out how not to embarrass myself in Welsh and determining if I have to move to Lantwit Minor now that we've made the discovery of the century. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-19 05:06 am UTC (link)
	Your first To Do should be remembering that Llantwit Major has two Ls. I'll leave the twit pun as an exercise for the student. I thought you were going to go for Wizengamot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 05:14 am UTC (link)
	I was distracted by the minor twits. If you're going onto the Wizengamot, you've got to have a power base from which to ascend to heights. Dumbledore was Headmaster, High Mugwump, Chief Warlock, and had time to run a highly sucessful secret order. Wizengamotting isn't a full time job. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-19 05:17 am UTC (link)
	So I get to be the solicitor and the law librarian or something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Those are good options. I'm sure you can come up with some suitable academic title that suits you. Bursar, Dean, Prince of Whales, you can practically write your own ticket. We might make Rabbit the Rector, just becuase he'd enjoy the title. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts + McG disobedient 2019-07-19 05:24 am UTC (link)
	He'd want to be the Sinister instead and thats my job. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 06:31 am UTC (link)
	He'll pout if he's left out... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Prewetts + McG questling 2019-07-19 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	An official debrief of the recent breach will soon be following. In the meanwhile, with the students on summer holiday The Great Hall is at your disposal. The ceiling is approximately 80 feet. I imagine this along with the Sorting Hat should suffice for your work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts + McG disobliged 2019-07-19 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, ma'am. We'll see if we can find some destroyables. [Prewetts] If I'm going to dangle from a 70 foot rope over the great hall, you get to wear the hat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts disobedient 2019-07-23 03:17 am UTC (link)
	You get to do both. You got yourself sorted Gryffindor and it's your house connections we need for this business. My house connections are good for other things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts disobliged 2019-07-23 03:53 am UTC (link)
	What if the hat wants to re-sort me? Has anyone ever put the thing on twice? I'm not ready to be a first-year Hufflepuff, I'm not willing to bunk with pre-teen lads again... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Prewetts disobedient 2019-07-23 03:57 am UTC (link)
	The hat's not going to re-sort you. It's supposed to be Godric Gryffindor's hat. All you have to do is get it to tell you where the sword is. The sword appears when a Gryffindor needs it, according to legend. You're the Gryffindor and we bloody need it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Prewetts disobliged 2019-07-23 04:00 am UTC (link)
	"Hullo, hat! Long time no telepathically chat!" Do you think it likes it when other people rhyme, or only when it does? "Anyway, we need Godric's sword. Can you tell me where it's at?" We'll see how it goes... (Reply to this) (Parent)