 Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE!
Oop! Mamie had gotten too focused on comforting/encouraging the little first year and not watching for dummies. She fell down hard, releasing Delilah's hand so she could scramble back to her feet, wand up, ready for any more runny dummies. Luckily, Rosier disappeared them all right then so she was ready for nothing.
What. A. Relief.
Certain whatever activity was next couldn't be worse, she obediently followed with the class to...the technology lounge? Oh no. Mamie knew this couldn't be good. As he explained they were going to blow up the computers, she paled. How was she going to send her parents and brothers emails with no computers? Her family was going to worry. She tried to look unbothered, but only partly succeeded. She was no professional manipulator, not like Rosier.
She adjusted her grip on her wand. Just one computer. She just had to blow up one computer. She shuffled to the back of the room, aimed at a monitor in the corner. Her ma would be so disappointed in her. "Bombarda!" she said forcefully, doing the triangle again. Nothing. Shouldn't it have been easier to destroy a stationary computer screen than a running and screaming dummy? She took a breath, then tried again, "Bombarda," with a more jagged triangle.
Still nothing.
One last isosceles triangle, "Bombarda!" she cried, angry that it wasn't working when she just wanted to get this over with. That time it worked, blasting a fiery hole out of the middle of the monitor. No more emails home, Mamie. |