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[alt_zacharias]

Yesterday was pretty snitch. I wasn't sure I'd like the panto-thing, but it was really funny. There was this witch in it, right, and she had a mudblood servant who looked a lot like her. Well, they said so, though I don't think they looked that much alike. Anyway, they decided to switch places - I dunno why, I guess she wanted to go and be a nobody for a little while, and her mudblood obviously wanted to be a witch instead and have servants and eat fine food and meet warlocks and all. Only it didn't work out very well for either of them. Until the end, that is, when her father figured out what had happened and set things straight. And the mudblood went back to the camps where she had to scrub out toilets forever, and the witch realised how silly she'd been to want the life of a dirty mudblood. And the warlock who'd sort of liked her as a mudblood and felt guilty about it was free to marry her now that everyone knew she was a witch and had just been playing a stupid game. I didn't care so much about that part, but the warlock had a cool sort of wand holster thingy and he looked just like some of the Aurors when they were duelling yesterday. So that was good.

Today they're taking us to more museums. We're going to the Museum of Curiosities, which Moon says used to be the muggle parliament building (parliament's kind of like the Council is now, only it was much bigger and they never agreed on anything because they're muggles), but now it's got all sorts of weird objects muggles used to have to use to get by. I guess there are some important artifacts from the fall of their government, too, which should be boring interesting.

But later we can go in swimming round Hyde Park, I guess, and there's to be a picnic. So that'll be fun. Moon, I know you said last night that you've brought your Gobstones, so bring them. Ernie and I think it'll be okay. There's a smooth court near the fountain with loads of shade and the stones will roll better than on grass.

Comments

[alt_ron]

Well, yeah, they didn't look so much alike because the young witch was played by a bloke in a curly wig and the mudblood was an actress, but that's how panto works, right? Boys play girls and girls boys and fuggly old blokes play the panto dame. I mean old widow Snitchy, the young witch's nasty old aunty was dead hilarious.

[alt_lavender]

Honestly, I think most pantos are a bit naff, but the bit at the end where the witch and the warlock got married was rather sweet.