Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, Saturday night

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Fred opened the shop, having decided to pretend--despite the darkness--that it was actually afternoon. That, or he was opening really, really early Sunday morning.

He laid out the mat, as usual.

[ooc: please say whether you step on the mat]

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi walks in, stepping on the mat.

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

The mat shuddered and jerked, moaning. It was almost as if it had been asleep. Fred shook his head and rolled his eyes.

"Good afternoon, Pippi!" he said. From behind his feet, Puck the Slinky peered hesitantly. Upon recognizing Pippi, he wagged excitedly, if slinkies could wag (and I say they do) and slinked over to her.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Good...Afternoon?" Pippi said. "Hi Puck!"

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

"Yes, Pippi, afternoon! I know it might appear to be evening, but it is not! It is still fairly early afternoon! But regardless of what time it may or may not actually be, what can I do for you today?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I wanted to talk to you about making water smell. Like, a lot of water."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred raised his eyebrows.

"What kind of smell? And how much water are we talking about?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"We were thinking about putting something in the water supply to make all the hot water in the dorms come out smelling like hamburgers and all the cold water smell like roses."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred grinned.

"That is going to have quite an interesting effect when the two are combined," he said, chuckling. "It can be done, I just have to work on the charm for it. It also depends on how long you want it to last. The hot water and cold water come from different sources, right? They're not from the same place or anything, are they?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi pulled out a pad with a very crude diagram of the pipes and the boiler for the dorm's water supply.

"Well, yes and no. The water is diverted here for hot water."

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Fred took the diagram from Pippi and examined it. He frowned and scratched his head.

"Hmmm.... I could put a general rose scented charm on the boiler, and then an extra concentrated cheeseburger scented charm on the pipe here," he indicated the diversion for the hot water, "so it would more or less mask the rose scent."

He looked at Pippi. "Now, how long does this need to last?" he asked.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi shrugged.

"A day? Maybe a weekend at the most?"

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred nodded, thinking.

"That shouldn't be a problem. What I'll probably do is create a piece that you can attach to each of the pipes and set off with a word, like we did with Puck's mates. Give me the rest of this... er... afternoon, and I'll have it ready for you tomorrow. Will that work?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Wow. That's really fast!" Pippi said. "Will the charm keep if I don't use it right away? We were thinking of using it on a weekend."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

"It should," said Fred. "Though I wouldn't keep it too long, unless you want the dorms to have a much more lingering scent of roses and cheeseburgers--unlike most nonmagical things, charms and potions tend to become stronger and more potent the longer they're kept before they're used."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"... Reeeeeeally?"

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

"Really," said Fred, grinning.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Good to know."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred nodded.

"Yeah; my brother, George, and I sort of found that out the hard way with some of our earlier concoctions. Our mother was none too pleased. But I must get to work! Stop by tomorrow afternoon, Pippi, and I should have it ready for you, with a test demonstration, of course."

Fred bowed her out of the shop.

[ooc: I've got to run--see you tomorrow!]

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Afternoon afternoon? Or....?" Pippi waved her hand at the window to indicate the darkness outside.