If you were a Firefox student with a love of mischief and a desire to cause a little, where did you go on your first free Saturday?
Roberts' House of Jokes, of course.
And so it was that Aednat, Gryffindor student and most certainly possessor of a mischievous streak...or more...sauntered into Drakborough one Saturday not long after her arrival at Firefox University. Armed with her wand and small black cat as fond of mischief and as curious as she was, the petite Gryffindor made straight for the joke shop.
Her blue eyes widened and positively shone as she entered. This place was...perfect. Brilliant. Genius.
"Hayzie?" she called, Irish accent resounding around the shop. She had a lovely idea...but her problem was how she was going to tweak it to suit her, for she'd only ever used it in Muggle schools before. Hayzie was an expert, or so she'd heard at Magical Horizons. She'd bet galleons that the blonde would be able to help her. Even if not, Aednat knew she'd leave here with lighter pockets, and she was glad to finally pay a visit to her former school-mate too. Although she'd known her only very briefly, she'd respected and liked her, and wanted to show her support for the girl's business.
Thanks Hayz! ^_^
...gypsy out of nowhere... ...tinkerbell out of the blue...
Post by Hayzie (ghosty) on Jan 27, 2006 19:15:49 GMT -5
"Hello?" an enquiring voice came from the back. Hayz hadn't expected any students so early on a Saturday morning, thinking they would be like the Gryffindor and by rumour the Hufflepuff house had been and sleep in til at least one. Apparently not.
Wheeling out of the stock room where the trouble-making blonde had been taking a delivery, her green eyes shon as she spotted her first customer of the day. "Aednat!" she laughed. "Loads of the old guys are here! How are you?" she asked, wheeling further into the shop.
Widening her eyes for a second, Hayz shook her head and chose a seemingly innocent tie from the shelf nearest to her. "Sorry! I'm meant to be professional now! Hello, customer! Welcome to Roberts' House of Jokes. I'm Hayzie Roberts. How can I help you?" she grinned as the time activated tie shot Aednat with a small jet of water.
"Great, thanks, and yourself?" Aednat responded as Hayzie greeted her, and couldn't help but smile extra-brightly at the warm reaction to her presence. She paid no attention as Hayzie chose a tie, but didn't bother to try to contain the laughter as the blonde went all 'professional'.
Opening her mouth to reply, a sudden and, needless to say, most unexpected shot of water hit her, some of it squirting into her open mouth, drowning the "Well..." that she had begun. She gave a little squeal of surprise and lifted her hands to her face impulsively, dropping the cat accidentally on the floor. Unimpressed, he nipped her leg and then pawed at her, wanting to be lifted back up.
Of course, Aednat, once over the initial shock, had dissolved into gales of laughter, and it was a good minute before she recovered. When she did so, eventually, she scooped him up obligingly and took a tie down herself.
"Oh Hayzie, these are great!" she said, still giggling a little. It was a characteristic of her’s that once set off, she was quite hard to stop. "I'll take one of these straight away, before I even get onto the...ahem...serous business." The last two words were said in a mock-serious tone as the petite girl pocketed the tie and placed her money on the counter.
"Right," she said, turning to Hayzie with a twinkle in her eyes that spelled danger to those who knew her well enough. "You're a bit of a legend when it comes to practical jokes- well, I think this shop pretty much says it all..." she winked and pointed to the 'tie'. “...so I thought you'd be the best to come to for a little help." She grinned.
"I'm half-Muggle- dad's the wizard, mam's a Muggle- so I was at Muggle schools for a few years. I had a nice selection of Muggle tricks...but obviously it's a whole different ball-game in the wizarding world. There's one trick in particular I had in mind to...use...soon. It's a really simple trick and not too, well, mean, and generally it works beautifully even though it's so easy to pull off. I was thinking long and hard about it, and it will work even better with magic, because the one downside of the Muggle version of the trick was that once everyone had gotten their laugh, the pranker was almost always caught. With magic, I'll be able to...wipe out the evidence..."
Another decidedly wicked grin spread across the brunette's face.
"So...what I really need to know if you have a magical substitute for the Muggle product Vaseline...um...do you know what Vaseline is?" Aednat suddenly realised that she didn't know if Hayzie had Muggle connections. "It would be really excellent if it removed itself or disappeared from wherever it was spread after a set time, but if not I can always use a simple cleaning or removal charm."
A strange look that was a mixture of thoughtful and gleeful had come onto the girl's face, and she seemed to forget that she hadn't even explained the joke to Hayzie yet. thread
Thanks Hayz! ^_^
...gypsy out of nowhere... ...tinkerbell out of the blue...
Post by Hayzie (ghosty) on Feb 5, 2006 6:43:15 GMT -5
"Vaseline..." Hayzie mused to herself, wondering what prank could take place using the substance the blonde herself used to stop her lips getting chapped. "Sure, I know what it is, but I can't think of anything we have in here...." Looking aroundeach of the shelves and recalling each item on each shelf, Hayz's face took on a puzzled look.
Turning around and getting Aednat's change for the tie out of the till, green eyes were filled with curiosity. "How about, I go make us a cup of tea, we go over to those chairs over there, and then you tell me exactly what this prank is, and I'll see what I can do?" she smiled, very intregued as to what the Gryffindor girl had come up with.
Aednat's face took on no shadow of disappointment as Hayzie said she couldn't think of anything she had that would be similar to Vaseline. She was pretty sure that they'd think of something. Hayzie was reknowned for this, after all. And then, if they couldn't find a replacement, there were a million and one other tricks that she could use instead. She supposed she could get her brother to send loads of it over anyway, but this way seemed easier.
Laughing suddenly as she realised that she'd failed to tell Hayzie what she was thinking of, she accepted her change and dropped it absent-mindedly into her pocket. "Sure, that sounds great!" she nodded, and made her way over to where Hayzie had mentioned, stopping once or twice to inspect some objects on the shelves as they caught her eye.
"The trick is very simple really, very very simple," she began to explain as she sat down and tucked her legs underneath her. Aedh hopped off her lap and began to sniff at the corner at something. "Most teachers use a chalkboard of some sort, right? Well, you smear Vaseline all over the surface of the board, covering every inch. When the teacher tries to use the board, not a word will come out, obviously. Have you ever tried to write on something covered in Vaseline? It's impossible, and it's also impossible to tell what's wrong if you don't spread it very thickly. All you can tell is that for some reason the board is slippery and chalk won't write on it. It's harmless, but as you can imagine it's impossible to get rid of the evidence in a Muggle school. As soon as the teacher understands what has happened, you're busted. But here, well, I could wipe it away magically just after whichever professor it was was trying to write. It'd be...confusing. And with no evidence, they might be confused as to whether it really had happened, and there would be nothing to incriminate anyone," she finished, wondering had she mentioned everything. "Of course, I'd own up if it looked like trouble," she added good-naturedly, and stroked Aedh as he jumped back onto her lap, looking for attention.
"So what do you think?" she asked finally, wondering if the idea had set any wheels in motion in Hayzie's head.bgbg
Thanks Hayz! ^_^
...gypsy out of nowhere... ...tinkerbell out of the blue...
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