tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post1398664006468554492..comments2023-10-17T00:34:13.216-07:00Comments on The Magic Quill: 147. The Hexischoleiad, Part 2RobbieFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-34498082035037961892009-01-30T21:44:00.000-08:002009-01-30T21:44:00.000-08:00How about the bag? He could have all sorts of int...How about the bag? He could have all sorts of interesting things all ready in it.<BR/><BR/>Jokes:<BR/>Hester...Stop'pestering me<BR/><BR/>who cares...exactly<BR/><BR/>Ilete...I'll eat you if you don't let me in.<BR/><BR/>Georgina...George--in a lot of trouble--help!<BR/><BR/>Innou... Let me in now!Quercitronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451260672259440085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-29164396770074627312009-01-24T04:39:00.000-08:002009-01-24T04:39:00.000-08:00You don't say! That's something interesting. The...You don't say! That's something interesting. The last Suess books I read were 'The Cat in the Cat' and 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back'. Wonderful books for small kids.<BR/><BR/>The ferbil is a small rodent type animal that likes to hop around, he has developed a diving mask and snorkel that sticks to his face at all times. He lives around small ponds in the woods and jumps in the water to catch small fish and water insects. Makes a good magi-pet to keep in your back yard pool, also keeps the insect population down.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-77620043679608511872009-01-23T11:12:00.000-08:002009-01-23T11:12:00.000-08:00Linda_Carrig, Fox in Sox is a book of very powerfu...<B>Linda_Carrig</B>, <I>Fox in Sox</I> is a book of very powerful tongue twisters. Funny thing is, it doesn't seem to affect non-native speakers.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-6333860884106042182009-01-23T04:56:00.000-08:002009-01-23T04:56:00.000-08:00lol! No, I've never read that one-'Fox in Sox'.Ho...lol! No, I've never read that one-'Fox in Sox'.<BR/><BR/>How about the swirvel: a marine animal that swallows fishing trawlers whole then morphs into the very same trawler. The fishermen get back on the boat and fish, becoming very confused with the lack of fish in the hold which has been eaten by the swirvel. By the time the fishermen cotton on to the fact that the boat is really an animal, it's too late the fishermen have also been dispatched just like the fish. Wizards are never caught by the swirvel because they can see the fins just under the waterline, when this happens they tow the trawler/swirvel far out to sea and leave it floating. When the swirvel realizes that he isnt going to get any free fish, he morphs back and grudgingly finds his own food.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-61949444263146368092009-01-22T19:21:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:21:00.000-08:00Linda_Carrig, have you been reading Fox in Sox?(Qu...<B>Linda_Carrig</B>, have you been reading <I>Fox in Sox</I>?<BR/><BR/>(Quote: First I'll build a quick trick brick stack. Then you can build a quick trick block stack. ...<BR/>Ben's Band. Bim's Band. Big bands. Pig bands. Ben and Bim lead bands with brooms. Ben's Band bangs and Bim's Band booms. ...<BR/>Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. Freezy breeze blew. ...<BR/><I>Dr. Seuss</I>)greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-10730278089494943882009-01-21T06:36:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:36:00.000-08:00re: the next installmentSadie was framed!Trickbri...re: the next installment<BR/><BR/>Sadie was framed!<BR/><BR/>Trickbrix are strange animals that look like bricks. Muggles can't tell the difference and use them to build their buildings thus putting them in danger of collapse when the trickbix decide to move to a different location. They feed on sand, cement and plaster of Paris. Sometimes wizards only realize they are around when building supplies start going missing. A good way to get rid of them is to bury them in a big hole in the middle of the forest. Although they eventually manage to climb their way back out, it takes them a long time to do this.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-66792738793156824312009-01-20T21:38:00.000-08:002009-01-20T21:38:00.000-08:00The Morphing Narcissus is a creature with a deep c...The Morphing Narcissus is a creature with a deep craving for admiration, which it feeds with the help of its metamorpic ability. It has been known to appear as a beautiful flowering plant or a beautiful bird (often a peacock). From time to time, one manages to sneak into a museum where it will hide or destroy a statue or painting, then take the place of that work while waiting for the admiration of museum-goers. It can keep up the imposture for months. The Ministry has a squad of trackers who regularly check museums for the creature. They also check sculpture gardens.<BR/><BR/>The creature's habits make it hard to breed, especially in a world where humans make beautiful things and admire them; it's on the verge of extinction because human admiration overwhelms the attractions of potential mates in its own species.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-19154616469967859532009-01-19T15:57:00.000-08:002009-01-19T15:57:00.000-08:00Let's remember that in Hot Ice we established that...Let's remember that in <I>Hot Ice</I> we established that Harvey is a distant cousin of Sir Lionel.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-68921746886657688392009-01-19T05:01:00.000-08:002009-01-19T05:01:00.000-08:00The checkachix is related to the chicken, its feat...The checkachix is related to the chicken, its feathers are, you guessed it, black and white checks. You would think that the checkachix would stick out like a sore thumb but it doesn't because it can change its checks to fit in with the surrounding area. It is a master of disguise. Rarely seen, it enjoys creeping up on unsuspecting people and pecking at their ankles. Besides being annoying, the pecked person developes an irritating rash and if it's not treated can develope into unsightly black and white pus that smells really bad. Jolson's black and white ointment is the only way to get rid of the nasty odorous pus.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-14797522900814656782009-01-18T19:57:00.000-08:002009-01-18T19:57:00.000-08:00Oh, I forgot to add: sometimes a Sporting Charm ta...Oh, I forgot to add: sometimes a Sporting Charm takes a liking to a particular muggle, following him or her for weeks or years. The unfortunate muggle is likely to be regarded as a jinx himself (or herself).greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-19674996383959967192009-01-18T19:55:00.000-08:002009-01-18T19:55:00.000-08:00The "Sporting Charm" (also called the "Muggle Love...The "Sporting Charm" (also called the "Muggle Love") was bred by muggle-hating purebred wizardry to make sport of muggles. Its natural disguise abilities include a disillionment charm; it tracks muggles and throws a variety of jinxes at them, from trip jinxes to seven days' bad luck. In its natural form, it can be mistaken for a black cat. In this form, it's fond of zigzagging around muggles to ensure it will cross their paths, before venting its jinxing organs on them. Because it is resistant to most of the violent ways that muggles might try to kill it, and also resistant to most of the accidents that occur when it mishandles its own jinxes, muggles have sometimes believed that cats have nine lives.<BR/><BR/>Its ability to appear and disappear has led some people to believe that certain cats can penetrate walls (see Heinlein's <I>The Cat Who Walked Through Walls</I>, wherein a Sporting Charm is called "a Schroedinger's Cat", after a different, muggle-invented form of cruelty, this time directed toward the animal.<BR/><BR/>The Sporting Charm is not included in most works on magicozoology because it is a distinct embarassment to wizards and witches in general (except for the blood-purity crowd) and to the MoM, which does not want to admit that such things can still happen.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-81383919758900876022009-01-18T07:22:00.000-08:002009-01-18T07:22:00.000-08:00How about fruit-trolls? Imagine this: a muggle go...How about fruit-trolls? Imagine this: a muggle goes to the store, buys a bunch of bananas, comes home, and suddenly one banana morphs into a very hungry troll of higher than average intelligence?Quercitronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451260672259440085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-61817313480134900552009-01-14T08:03:00.000-08:002009-01-14T08:03:00.000-08:00Definitely C--an icky heir with icky hair.Good to ...Definitely C--an icky heir with icky hair.<BR/><BR/>Good to see you TWZRD!<BR/><BR/>How's this for a creature: the dappelbugger is a small animal about the size of a raccoon that inhabits forests. Enjoys changing his appearance; his favorite disguise is a sphinx but he can change into almost anything or anyone. Another great favorite disguise is to take on the appearance of famous witches of the day to get all that attention. After he has had his full of attention he will vanish into the woods until the next time he needs some love and adoration.Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-34815791542633937272009-01-14T02:30:00.000-08:002009-01-14T02:30:00.000-08:00Poor Sir Lionel. I bet that icky heir had somethin...Poor Sir Lionel. I bet that icky heir had something to do with his disappearance. I think there's something of either A or B at work, but C would allow for both or either. <BR/>I vote C.<BR/><BR/>Camouflage...<BR/>Just as a crup is like a dog, there is a sort of magical feline called a shalynx. It differs from the ordinary domestic cat primarily in it's superior size (average weight for adult males @22#'s) and in it's mode of camo. <BR/>The shalynx takes the feline's natural capacity to blend into the scenery one farther by mimicking transparency. It's appearance when hiding is very like a shadow; a blurry dark place with indistinct outlines within which the objects behind the shadow can be faintly seen. Actually, the shalynx is only reproducing the background shapes with remarkable accuracy by rearranging the fur of it's smoke colored coat, but the reproduction is nearly indistinguishable from the original objects.<BR/>Once common in wizard households, the shalynx was hunted almost to extinction because of it's unfortunate habit of preying on small house elves. Because of it's ability to sneak into well-to-do wizard homes, the upper classes banned them even for non-elf owning wizards and organized massive hunt and trap projects. <BR/>Shalynx fur, which also has some limited ability to repel charms -- especially barrier and revealing charms -- is useful for a sort of mock invisibility cloak. Before the ban, poor wizards often benefited from keeping several shalynxes and, after gathering sufficient cat wool from the sofa, selling the fur cloaks or wearing the cloaks themselves in order to excell at clandestine pursuits. Shalynxes also hunt common non-magical vermin, are skilled at tracking down several property damaging magical pests and will occasionally amuse themselves by rolling gnomes, although they don't appear to enjoy the taste of them.<BR/>Shy of both Muggles and Wizards since the extermination attempts, they are only seen rarely in the deepest woods.TWZRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169033110387022829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-76023619701207878282009-01-13T21:10:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:10:00.000-08:00CWowtains are a special race of creature which loo...C<BR/><BR/>Wowtains are a special race of creature which look just like mountains. Most avalances are caused when a wowtain is tickled. Wowtains, although they are absolutely still when muggles pass by, are known for their rocking parties (get it, rocking, he he). The muggle game freeze dance actually has its roots as an imitation of the wowtain's lifestyle.Quercitronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451260672259440085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-35654797188552023052009-01-13T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:29:00.000-08:00Camo can be used to avoid engagement, or to allow ...Camo can be used to avoid engagement, or to allow you to select the terms of engagement. Prey hide to avoid being eaten; predators hide to allow them to ambush prey or even to attract prey.<BR/><BR/>Hmm.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-76932113859566553642009-01-13T05:48:00.000-08:002009-01-13T05:48:00.000-08:00I vote C.I vote C.greynifflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681797294152035949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-98315241444265882009-01-13T04:11:00.000-08:002009-01-13T04:11:00.000-08:00Well, thundering thestrals! I'll have to get back...Well, thundering thestrals! I'll have to get back to you on that!<BR/><BR/>lol! good one, Robbie!Linda Carrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438279522523355525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998075323382223363.post-83898001631735388412009-01-12T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-12T20:36:00.000-08:00SURVEY: When we last heard from Spanky, he was hav...SURVEY: When we last heard from Spanky, he was having doubts about his old friend Lionel Niblet. When he goes back to Mangeford, Spanky finds that Sir Lionel has been: (A) put under an Imperius Curse; (B) replaced by a polyjuice-swilling imposter; (C) quietly missing for some time, and his estate is now controlled by an icky heir; (D) living a life of crime on the sly.<BR/><BR/>CONTEST: Describe an extremely rare (i.e., totally invented) creature that uses camouflage to disguise itself as something else. The more absurd the disguise, the better!RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.com