Recovery "I didn't know there were any Ph.D. students at Pigpimples," said Ronnie, edging his chair a little further again away from Harry, just in case there was any more inexplicable magic to come. "I thought it was just a school." "Oh really, Rotten?" Hermione sounded slightly distracted and was staring at Harry with the same level of intensity as she'd stared at Genius moments before. "Pigpimples is actually the only magical teaching facility of its kind; it's a school and a university, but the students in the two sections are kept separate. Magically, of course." "I'm called Ronnie," said Ronnie. "Is that because of the dangers of higher magics?" "It's to stop them trying to have sex with each other," said Genius. "Humans are disgusting in a lot of ways. Miss Mangey, I did tell you already that he's protected by me, you can't illegilimance him either any more." Hermione pouted, and Ronnie, who'd been edging closer to her in order to get away from Harry, started edging back towards Harry. "Professor Bumblebutt hasn't produced any research papers in ten years," said Hermione, deciding to change the subject. "His last one was on the recovery of magic from MILF corpses." "The cheesegrater paper," said Genius with a grimace. "What?" asked Ronnie. "I did say humans were disgusting," said Genius, barely glancing at him. "Inventive too, I have to give him that, but since it was utterly unnecessary and clearly a political move, I'll stick with disgusting in this case. Bumblestuff, Miss Mangey, does not publish in public journals any more." "I have access to Wiz-hub," said Hermione quickly. Harry finished the last mouthful of his cheeseburger and started licking his fingers. His tongue seemed oddly long, and they all paused for a moment, watching. Genius sighed. "That's great," he said. "But these aren't published in that sense; these are papers internal to the Ministry of Magic and you'd have to have gained access to the Cop-- to somewhere else, which you clearly haven't." Hermione kicked Ronnie under the table. "The Cop what?" he said meekly, being used to this. "Somewhere else," said Genius Loci. "Even so, it's true that whatever research Bumblestuff did with that student, he's never published any of it. So we have no idea what he's actually done with the notebook." Harry burped, and they all looked at him again. He looked up, and the light in his eyes was brighter than it had been in months. "Right," he said. "So, Genius is going to go and get the notebook we know about, and Hermione is going to go and see if she can find the graduate student rooms at Pigpimples and see if the notebook can be obtained that way. And Ronnie and I are going to stay here in the Ramshackle for a couple of days and see what you guys come back with. Right?" "You're making a strong recovery," said Genius, frowning. "Mr. Abstract seemed to think being here would be good for you, but he never mentioned this." Hermione also frowned. "Did he now?
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I hope you're not recovering from anything :)
Recovery
"I didn't know there were any Ph.D. students at Pigpimples," said Ronnie, edging his chair a little further again away from Harry, just in case there was any more inexplicable magic to come. "I thought it was just a school."
"Oh really, Rotten?" Hermione sounded slightly distracted and was staring at Harry with the same level of intensity as she'd stared at Genius moments before. "Pigpimples is actually the only magical teaching facility of its kind; it's a school and a university, but the students in the two sections are kept separate. Magically, of course."
"I'm called Ronnie," said Ronnie. "Is that because of the dangers of higher magics?"
"It's to stop them trying to have sex with each other," said Genius. "Humans are disgusting in a lot of ways. Miss Mangey, I did tell you already that he's protected by me, you can't illegilimance him either any more." Hermione pouted, and Ronnie, who'd been edging closer to her in order to get away from Harry, started edging back towards Harry.
"Professor Bumblebutt hasn't produced any research papers in ten years," said Hermione, deciding to change the subject. "His last one was on the recovery of magic from MILF corpses."
"The cheesegrater paper," said Genius with a grimace.
"What?" asked Ronnie.
"I did say humans were disgusting," said Genius, barely glancing at him. "Inventive too, I have to give him that, but since it was utterly unnecessary and clearly a political move, I'll stick with disgusting in this case. Bumblestuff, Miss Mangey, does not publish in public journals any more."
"I have access to Wiz-hub," said Hermione quickly. Harry finished the last mouthful of his cheeseburger and started licking his fingers. His tongue seemed oddly long, and they all paused for a moment, watching.
Genius sighed. "That's great," he said. "But these aren't published in that sense; these are papers internal to the Ministry of Magic and you'd have to have gained access to the Cop-- to somewhere else, which you clearly haven't."
Hermione kicked Ronnie under the table. "The Cop what?" he said meekly, being used to this.
"Somewhere else," said Genius Loci. "Even so, it's true that whatever research Bumblestuff did with that student, he's never published any of it. So we have no idea what he's actually done with the notebook."
Harry burped, and they all looked at him again. He looked up, and the light in his eyes was brighter than it had been in months. "Right," he said. "So, Genius is going to go and get the notebook we know about, and Hermione is going to go and see if she can find the graduate student rooms at Pigpimples and see if the notebook can be obtained that way. And Ronnie and I are going to stay here in the Ramshackle for a couple of days and see what you guys come back with. Right?"
"You're making a strong recovery," said Genius, frowning. "Mr. Abstract seemed to think being here would be good for you, but he never mentioned this."
Hermione also frowned. "Did he now?
Greg - nah, was just encouraged by signs of Harry's :)
Which continue in this bit! That cheeseburger seems to have done him wonders.
And I must say I like this plan and hope that it is followed through on and that we get to read about all three parts of it :D
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