Quadruple Quandary, anyone?
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a_t_rainChapter 15 of Mordant is up at Schnoogle. In which Tonks makes horseradish cake, commits petty theft, and unexpectedly discovers who bit Linus.
A cookie, because I have nothing better to post, and am proud of my ingenuity in inventing wizarding trivia games:
“Anybody for Quadruple Quandary?” Sirius asked, clearing the dishes away with a flick of his wand. Quadruple Quandary was a popular wizarding game in which you had to come up with an element that four items drawn at random from the Bag o’ Esoterica had in common. Points were awarded for wit, accuracy, and surrealism.
Hestia reached into the Bag o’ Esoterica. “The original manuscript of Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré mes Pieds, a Demiguise pelt, parsnip wine, and a Nimbus 2000,” she read.
“Things with the letter I in them,” said Kingsley.
“Accurate but boring. One point,” Hestia arbitrated. “Other team?”
“Things I’ve stolen,” said Mundungus promptly, raising a laugh from most of the other guests.
“You have not,” said Hestia. “The original manuscript?”
“Come to my flat ‘round midnight, love, and I’ll show you,” said Dung with a leer.
Hestia looked distinctly uncomfortable with this proposition, so Remus took over the Bag o’ Esoterica and the position of moderator with one swift motion. “I’d like to have a look at that manuscript, Mundungus.” He made a brave attempt at leering back, although he wasn’t sure it was all that successful, as he hadn’t had much practice.
“Ladies only,” mumbled Dung, turning red, and Remus drew the next round of items.
“A Knight bus, the Starfish Without Stick, The Monster Book of Monsters, and a flobberworm,” he announced.
“Things that can kill you,” said Moody promptly, “if you don’t practice constant vigilance!”
“A flobberworm can’t kill you!” Kingsley objected from the opposite side of the table.
“It can if you choke on it,” suggested Tonks, Moody’s teammate.
Remus shook his head in astonishment. “How can you possibly choke on ... oh, never mind, it’s you. Two points for surrealism. Other team?”
“Things that can move, but don’t have a brain,” offered Sirius, provoking an extended argument about the anatomy of flobberworms that was settled only by a consultation with the Encyclopaedia Sorceriana. (Nobody, however, disputed the essential brainlessness of the Starfish Without Stick.)
BTW, if anybody feels like playing Quadruple Quandary, feel free to toss out some random items in the comments, and I'll join you as soon as I get some of these papers graded. I'm curious to see how it will work.
A cookie, because I have nothing better to post, and am proud of my ingenuity in inventing wizarding trivia games:
“Anybody for Quadruple Quandary?” Sirius asked, clearing the dishes away with a flick of his wand. Quadruple Quandary was a popular wizarding game in which you had to come up with an element that four items drawn at random from the Bag o’ Esoterica had in common. Points were awarded for wit, accuracy, and surrealism.
Hestia reached into the Bag o’ Esoterica. “The original manuscript of Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré mes Pieds, a Demiguise pelt, parsnip wine, and a Nimbus 2000,” she read.
“Things with the letter I in them,” said Kingsley.
“Accurate but boring. One point,” Hestia arbitrated. “Other team?”
“Things I’ve stolen,” said Mundungus promptly, raising a laugh from most of the other guests.
“You have not,” said Hestia. “The original manuscript?”
“Come to my flat ‘round midnight, love, and I’ll show you,” said Dung with a leer.
Hestia looked distinctly uncomfortable with this proposition, so Remus took over the Bag o’ Esoterica and the position of moderator with one swift motion. “I’d like to have a look at that manuscript, Mundungus.” He made a brave attempt at leering back, although he wasn’t sure it was all that successful, as he hadn’t had much practice.
“Ladies only,” mumbled Dung, turning red, and Remus drew the next round of items.
“A Knight bus, the Starfish Without Stick, The Monster Book of Monsters, and a flobberworm,” he announced.
“Things that can kill you,” said Moody promptly, “if you don’t practice constant vigilance!”
“A flobberworm can’t kill you!” Kingsley objected from the opposite side of the table.
“It can if you choke on it,” suggested Tonks, Moody’s teammate.
Remus shook his head in astonishment. “How can you possibly choke on ... oh, never mind, it’s you. Two points for surrealism. Other team?”
“Things that can move, but don’t have a brain,” offered Sirius, provoking an extended argument about the anatomy of flobberworms that was settled only by a consultation with the Encyclopaedia Sorceriana. (Nobody, however, disputed the essential brainlessness of the Starfish Without Stick.)
BTW, if anybody feels like playing Quadruple Quandary, feel free to toss out some random items in the comments, and I'll join you as soon as I get some of these papers graded. I'm curious to see how it will work.
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