As Jonas walked into the classroom, he realized, he was early, WAY early. Was he too early? Apparently not. He was glad for the warmer weather. He hated the cold. He looked at the back and saw some laundry being washed and dishes being washed. Huh.
"Morning Professor," he said. "Learning how to chores?"
What did that have to do with muggle studies? Sure, muggles did their chores but...he shrugged and sat in a chair.

Patrick walked into the room. He had enjoyed nearly every muggle studies this year, he was actually really sad that the year was ending. Looking around the room he noticed one other student and professor Stewart. He glanced to the back wall. "Oh no." he mumbled under his breath. He figured Professor Stewart hadn't seen him, he could just sneak back out the door.

He absolutely hated chores, and this was exactly what it was. He did not want to have to deal with this. He figured most of the other kids had never seen a washing machine in their life. Although, by the looks of it these were no modern washing machines, they looked like the ones the first settlers used to wash their clothes. Just as he was about to turn around he heard his mother's voice in his head telling him he better act right. He walked in and sat down, "Morning Professor Stewart." He didn't have as much pep in his voice, but thats cause chores man.

Honestly? Skylar didn't particularly care to be here today but she had made a commitment to this lesson, even if Stewart was being ABSURDLY ridiculous and outlandish and completely unfair this year. She refused to reason with her when she'd approached at the staff dais after the lesson back in January and while they'd had lessons since then, Skylar had barely made eye contact and contributed the bare minimum to just keep her grades high enough.

Maybe she was being surly and unreasonable, but in the fifth year's defense, she didn't start the fire!

Today was no different though, as the slytherin made her way into the classroom, barely sparing the professor a glance, as she found her seat from the past three months near the back. Cleaning supplies, honestly? Was she going to have Peeves whack them with mops and brooms too, while they had to evade the magical entity? Since Stewart apparently thought she could change the poltergeist. Ridiculous.

Ugh. This term had quickly made Muggle Studies go from one of his favorite classes to one of his least favorite. Add that to the detention he was forced to participate in and his parting words to the professor, well, he normally wouldn't be here right now. But, he'd promised his mom that he'd continue as she'd said it would help make him seem more well-rounded and since he was sort of a momma's boy, here he was.

Only, the sight that met him almost had him turning right back around. Dirty laundry, dirty dishes.....and no sign of machines anywhere. But no, he'd promised his mom, so he made his way to a seat (also in the back) and sat. "So, now we have to do your cleaning? Also, if you wanted to make this more like how modern muggles live, they have washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and robotic vacuum cleaners now and there's spells that can make them work in magical places." Just saying.

He looked over to whom he'd accidentally sat by and saw that Skylar didn't seem too damn happy about the situation either. Good, so he wasn't the only one.

Er..............................what?

Jessa blinked a couple times, remaining where she stood by the door while she tried to figure out what exactly she'd just walked into. With Muggle Studies, it was always a toss up of what you could be expecting to walk into but this was...well.......especially with all the pro-muggle messages....er.....

"Hey Professor..." The Ravenclaw greeted with notable hesitation. Naturally, she had questions, a whole ton of questions but she figured it best not to ask them just yet--because those things may all have been props and there was absolutely nothing wrong with using props to carry out a lesson. There were visual learners here and this would no doubt make everything better for them.

For now, Jessa sunk into her seat

Kitty had been feeling very sick these past few weeks. So sick in fact that she'd missed some of her patrols and classes and had to ask her co-prefects to cover for her. Today she was feeling a lot better. Maybe the warm weather had something to do with it.

"Good morning Professor Stewart, how are you?" she said in a cheerful though somewhat strained voice (her throat was tired after all that sickness.) "Are we going to wash dishes? I do that sometimes at home. I love it."

And gosh, Ronan. Just GOSH.

Y'know what the worst feeling in the world is? It's being on the edge of escaping from another lesson before getting caught on your class-skipping escapade. Normally a sour experience, but even WORSE when the class you were forced to not skip happened to be the worst of all classes. The most evil OF ALL EVILS. The most PAINFUL OF ALL TORTURES.

Muggle studies was a nap waiting to happen.

The Gryffindor marched into the classroom and took a look around. Man, she forgot what this classroom looked like lol. She hadn't been here in a long while. Oops? And that's when she saw them. The tubs of dirty laundry. Um. HECK TO THE NO.

"No offense, but I'm not washing your dirty laundry, Professor," she gave the lady a look up and down. "That's cruel and unusual punishment and I'll have to report you to the Headmistress so hopefully we're learning about the history of tubs or something."

Jonas sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Really?" He muttered.
Couldn't she just he didn't know, be quiet for once? But he didn't say anything else.

This young Slytherin, too, did not want to wash dirty laundry. That was one lesson she was happy reading about Muggle Theory and not putting it into practice. That being said, Natalie would be satisfied with the lesson as long as Peeves wasn't invited to sabotage everyone.

"Hi professor," she greeted somewhat dully as she came inside, walking past the soapy tubs and finding a seat. She sat down in sort of a slump... and waited for class to begin.

Muggle studies had become one of those lessons Stasya was unsure about, mostly because some of the lessons this term had been awfully weird and also all the stuff going on about people without magic. People without magic were Muggles a lot of the time, after all, so she had her suspicions. Plus, Professor Stewart always looked like she was elsewhere at the start of lessons which only made the blonde that much more curious but uncomfortable. Not enough to skip the lessons though.

“Good morning Professor Stewart,” she greeted the woman, giving her a smile even though she half-expected it not to be noticed. She did notice all the cleaning stuff around the room, though, as she chose a seat near Jessa. “Are we helping the house elves do their chores now?” That might not be too bad, as long as Peeves didn’t get involved again.

Dirty laundry, dirty dishes, dirty stove.. looked like they were going to be doing chores. It definitely didn’t seem like it was going to be a very interesting lesson, not that Etta was complaining. It was just one lesson and they’d probably get to learn new spells. The prefect gave the professor a smile as she entered the classroom, deciding to look at the positive side of things today. It was just one of those good days, you know?

“Hello, professor.” Etta took a seat somewhere near the middle of the classroom and waited for class to begin.

Shay was looking forward to Muggle Studies class and she entered the classroom wondering what they would be learning today. "Good Morning Professor", she said cheerfully and then stopped in her tracks. Noticing dirty laundry, dirty dishes and cleaning items, Shay's excitement dimmed quite a bit. She didn't like where this was heading. Were they going to be cleaning, muggle style?

Shay could see the point of witches and wizards learning how to clean up the hard way. They had no idea how good they had it. She however, was very familiar with doing chores the muggle way. To say she was not fond of it was an understatement. With a sigh, she found a seat, hoping that there was some other explanation for the items in the room.

Stepping into the Muggle Studies classroom, Derf had very much the same sentiments as Stasya when it came to what they would be doing today. BUT...that involved magic...so technically that wasn't allowed...right? Then again...Peeves had been a THING with the very NOT mundane sport of kinda-sorta-dodgeball so what did he actually know?

"Good day," he greeted the woman, but of a STING to his tone because he was STILL upset about what had happened. Even more so that his completely anonymous letter had seemingly had no reaction.

There was much Hufflepuff angst about, you know?

Sliding into a seat, not really paying attention as to WHERE, Derf sat in silence.
Waiting for...whatever was about to happen.

After the winter they had had as well as the rainy April that had just passed, Cassie was more than ready for the warmer May weather that came after. Even if it signaled that the year was steadily progressing and the school term was nearly over in a month or so. Geez Cassie…sad thoughts much? Nah, she was going to think on the happier sunshine falling through the windows of the corridor as she made her way towards the Muggle Studies classroom for the latest lesson. “Good morning, Professor,” she greeted as she came near the professor and her desk.

But then there was the rest of the classroom. The desks were alright but noticing what else was in the classroom made her frown slightly. Especially as mention of chores and cleaning were brought up by a few of her classmates. Cassie admitted she was kinda spoiled by the house elves at Hogwarts, thinking she had until returning home before she had to do any major work of the scrubbing and sweeping variety.


At least the muggle kind.

SPOILER!!: Jonas! <3

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

As Jonas walked into the classroom, he realized, he was early, WAY early. Was he too early? Apparently not. He was glad for the warmer weather. He hated the cold. He looked at the back and saw some laundry being washed and dishes being washed. Huh.
"Morning Professor," he said. "Learning how to chores?"
What did that have to do with muggle studies? Sure, muggles did their chores but...he shrugged and sat in a chair.

“Good morning, Mr Emery,’’ Kay said to her first student. “There’s a possibility that you might be learning about that.’’

SPOILER!!: Patrick! <3

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Patrick walked into the room. He had enjoyed nearly every muggle studies this year, he was actually really sad that the year was ending. Looking around the room he noticed one other student and professor Stewart. He glanced to the back wall. "Oh no." he mumbled under his breath. He figured Professor Stewart hadn't seen him, he could just sneak back out the door.

He absolutely hated chores, and this was exactly what it was. He did not want to have to deal with this. He figured most of the other kids had never seen a washing machine in their life. Although, by the looks of it these were no modern washing machines, they looked like the ones the first settlers used to wash their clothes. Just as he was about to turn around he heard his mother's voice in his head telling him he better act right. He walked in and sat down, "Morning Professor Stewart." He didn't have as much pep in his voice, but thats cause chores man.

“Good morning to you as well, Mr Dooley.’’ Kay had entirely missed the boy’s early reaction upon seeing the apparatus at the back of the class. She was too busy thinking of how best she could put forth her argument for what she had been thinking since earlier this term.

SPOILER!!: Skylar! <3

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Honestly? Skylar didn't particularly care to be here today but she had made a commitment to this lesson, even if Stewart was being ABSURDLY ridiculous and outlandish and completely unfair this year. She refused to reason with her when she'd approached at the staff dais after the lesson back in January and while they'd had lessons since then, Skylar had barely made eye contact and contributed the bare minimum to just keep her grades high enough.

Maybe she was being surly and unreasonable, but in the fifth year's defense, she didn't start the fire!

Today was no different though, as the slytherin made her way into the classroom, barely sparing the professor a glance, as she found her seat from the past three months near the back. Cleaning supplies, honestly? Was she going to have Peeves whack them with mops and brooms too, while they had to evade the magical entity? Since Stewart apparently thought she could change the poltergeist. Ridiculous.

She was still thinking of her words and how best to put them over to the students in an attempt to convince them and so she barely noticed Skylar. That is, until the movement caught her eyes when the Slytherin took her seat. Kay was inwardly pleased that Skylar had not chosen to miss this lesson either

SPOILER!!: Ronan! <3

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Ugh. This term had quickly made Muggle Studies go from one of his favorite classes to one of his least favorite. Add that to the detention he was forced to participate in and his parting words to the professor, well, he normally wouldn't be here right now. But, he'd promised his mom that he'd continue as she'd said it would help make him seem more well-rounded and since he was sort of a momma's boy, here he was.

Only, the sight that met him almost had him turning right back around. Dirty laundry, dirty dishes.....and no sign of machines anywhere. But no, he'd promised his mom, so he made his way to a seat (also in the back) and sat. "So, now we have to do your cleaning? Also, if you wanted to make this more like how modern muggles live, they have washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and robotic vacuum cleaners now and there's spells that can make them work in magical places." Just saying.

He looked over to whom he'd accidentally sat by and saw that Skylar didn't seem too damn happy about the situation either. Good, so he wasn't the only one.

Did Ronan’s words unfaze her? No the least to say. She would be lying if she said she was not expecting more outbursts from the Gryffindor. “I advise you to control yourself, Mr Carter. I would only be more willing to take a few more points or give another detention.’’ Kay chose to disregard the question. She did her own cleaning and washing of her own clothing. Why would she want students to do that for her when she didn’t even request the resident House elves to do that? As for why there were lack of modern equipment, there was a reason she had purposely not involved those.

SPOILER!!: Jessa! <3

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Er..............................what?

Jessa blinked a couple times, remaining where she stood by the door while she tried to figure out what exactly she'd just walked into. With Muggle Studies, it was always a toss up of what you could be expecting to walk into but this was...well.......especially with all the pro-muggle messages....er.....

"Hey Professor..." The Ravenclaw greeted with notable hesitation. Naturally, she had questions, a whole ton of questions but she figured it best not to ask them just yet--because those things may all have been props and there was absolutely nothing wrong with using props to carry out a lesson. There were visual learners here and this would no doubt make everything better for them.

For now, Jessa sunk into her seat

"Hello, Ms Cambridge.’’ This time, the woman had not missed the surprised reaction from her student. Surprises were good too, right?

SPOILER!!: Kitty! <3

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Kitty had been feeling very sick these past few weeks. So sick in fact that she'd missed some of her patrols and classes and had to ask her co-prefects to cover for her. Today she was feeling a lot better. Maybe the warm weather had something to do with it.

"Good morning Professor Stewart, how are you?" she said in a cheerful though somewhat strained voice (her throat was tired after all that sickness.) "Are we going to wash dishes? I do that sometimes at home. I love it."

And gosh, Ronan. Just GOSH.

“Good morning, Ms Valentine. I’m well.’’ Which was not a lie. “I trust that you’re feeling somewhat better?’’ Kay had been very sorry to hear that one of her best students had been sick for such a long time. “You’ll find out soon enough.’’ Always such a curious one Kitty was…

SPOILER!!: Zoryn! <3

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Y'know what the worst feeling in the world is? It's being on the edge of escaping from another lesson before getting caught on your class-skipping escapade. Normally a sour experience, but even WORSE when the class you were forced to not skip happened to be the worst of all classes. The most evil OF ALL EVILS. The most PAINFUL OF ALL TORTURES.

Muggle studies was a nap waiting to happen.

The Gryffindor marched into the classroom and took a look around. Man, she forgot what this classroom looked like lol. She hadn't been here in a long while. Oops? And that's when she saw them. The tubs of dirty laundry. Um. HECK TO THE NO.

"No offense, but I'm not washing your dirty laundry, Professor," she gave the lady a look up and down. "That's cruel and unusual punishment and I'll have to report you to the Headmistress so hopefully we're learning about the history of tubs or something."

Why did Zoryn also automatically assumed that those were her clothing? Kay just shook her head. “Not to worry, Ms Spinnet. You won’t be doing my laundry.’’ Gryffindors. Was that all they ran on- assumptions?

SPOILER!!: Natalie! <3

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This young Slytherin, too, did not want to wash dirty laundry. That was one lesson she was happy reading about Muggle Theory and not putting it into practice. That being said, Natalie would be satisfied with the lesson as long as Peeves wasn't invited to sabotage everyone.

"Hi professor," she greeted somewhat dully as she came inside, walking past the soapy tubs and finding a seat. She sat down in sort of a slump... and waited for class to begin.

“Hello, good morning, Ms McKinley.’’ No signature smile to accompany the greeting and Kay looked towards the door for any stragglers. Soon the lesson would be starting.

SPOILER!!: Stasya! <3

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Muggle studies had become one of those lessons Stasya was unsure about, mostly because some of the lessons this term had been awfully weird and also all the stuff going on about people without magic. People without magic were Muggles a lot of the time, after all, so she had her suspicions. Plus, Professor Stewart always looked like she was elsewhere at the start of lessons which only made the blonde that much more curious but uncomfortable. Not enough to skip the lessons though.

“Good morning Professor Stewart,” she greeted the woman, giving her a smile even though she half-expected it not to be noticed. She did notice all the cleaning stuff around the room, though, as she chose a seat near Jessa. “Are we helping the house elves do their chores now?” That might not be too bad, as long as Peeves didn’t get involved again.

The professor got to her feet, moving towards the door. “Good morning, Ms Dalgaard-Volkova. You’ll have your answer to that question soon.’’

SPOILER!!: Etta! <3

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Dirty laundry, dirty dishes, dirty stove.. looked like they were going to be doing chores. It definitely didn’t seem like it was going to be a very interesting lesson, not that Etta was complaining. It was just one lesson and they’d probably get to learn new spells. The prefect gave the professor a smile as she entered the classroom, deciding to look at the positive side of things today. It was just one of those good days, you know?

“Hello, professor.” Etta took a seat somewhere near the middle of the classroom and waited for class to begin.

“Hello, Ms Kramer.’’ By now Kay had reached the door. “You’re just in time. We’ll get started shortly.’’

SPOILER!!: Shay! <3

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Shay was looking forward to Muggle Studies class and she entered the classroom wondering what they would be learning today. "Good Morning Professor", she said cheerfully and then stopped in her tracks. Noticing dirty laundry, dirty dishes and cleaning items, Shay's excitement dimmed quite a bit. She didn't like where this was heading. Were they going to be cleaning, muggle style?

Shay could see the point of witches and wizards learning how to clean up the hard way. They had no idea how good they had it. She however, was very familiar with doing chores the muggle way. To say she was not fond of it was an understatement. With a sigh, she found a seat, hoping that there was some other explanation for the items in the room.

“Good morning, Ms Morrison. Go on in and take a seat.’’

SPOILER!!: Derf! <3

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Stepping into the Muggle Studies classroom, Derf had very much the same sentiments as Stasya when it came to what they would be doing today. BUT...that involved magic...so technically that wasn't allowed...right? Then again...Peeves had been a THING with the very NOT mundane sport of kinda-sorta-dodgeball so what did he actually know?

"Good day," he greeted the woman, but of a STING to his tone because he was STILL upset about what had happened. Even more so that his completely anonymous letter had seemingly had no reaction.

There was much Hufflepuff angst about, you know?

Sliding into a seat, not really paying attention as to WHERE, Derf sat in silence.
Waiting for...whatever was about to happen.

“And to you too, Mr Ashburry- Hawthorne.’’ The tone of voice did warrant a slight frown from Kay. Then it occurred to her too that he might be upset from one of the previous lessons. An inward sigh happened and she wondered for the first time if she should just quit being a professor.

SPOILER!!: Cassie! <3

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

After the winter they had had as well as the rainy April that had just passed, Cassie was more than ready for the warmer May weather that came after. Even if it signaled that the year was steadily progressing and the school term was nearly over in a month or so. Geez Cassie…sad thoughts much? Nah, she was going to think on the happier sunshine falling through the windows of the corridor as she made her way towards the Muggle Studies classroom for the latest lesson. “Good morning, Professor,” she greeted as she came near the professor and her desk.

But then there was the rest of the classroom. The desks were alright but noticing what else was in the classroom made her frown slightly. Especially as mention of chores and cleaning were brought up by a few of her classmates. Cassie admitted she was kinda spoiled by the house elves at Hogwarts, thinking she had until returning home before she had to do any major work of the scrubbing and sweeping variety.


At least the muggle kind.

“Good morning, Ms McNally. You’re in the nick of time.’’ It was about time they got started.

* * * * * * *

Right. It was time to begin the lesson. Kay shut the door before returning to face the class. She stood at the front of the class, for now, and began addressing them. “Welcome to another Muggle Studies lesson, everyone. I’m sure you have all observed what I have gathered towards the back of the class. As some of you have correctly stated, we’ll be taking a look at some basic Muggle chores without the use of any fancy, modern equipment. Why is a question you might ask. That is because I’d for you all to have a greater appreciation for what Muggles go through, how they get by daily without the aid of magic.’’

She continued, taking her time to walk along between the two clusters of desks and chairs. “We’ll start with the basics and something simple. Can you give me definition for the word ‘housekeeping’? This is something even witches and wizards have to do. Also, can you give me other housekeeping duties aside from the obvious that I’ve set up here in class. You may answer either question or both.’’

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Yeah…nick of time. Cassie completely got that, having been glad to see that the woman hadn’t started the lesson before she had arrived but indeed just after she had settled down in a spot to be ready for the class to do just that. She took out note paper and pen as she listened to the confirmation of the subject topic they would be working on today. Cleaning…or rather housekeeping, the word coming directly from the professor’s mouth as she asked for a definition of the term. She already technically had experience in the appreciation of what muggles dealt with...she just hoped maybe there was some impeding fun.

The Ravenclaw thought for a moment to gather her thoughts on the matter before raising a hand to answer. “Housekeeping would be the act of keeping your house or home or wherever you are staying neat and tidy and livable,” Cass remarked for the first question. “Besides cleaning there’s painting and home repair and just making your bed.” To name just a few.

Muggle chores. Yay... Most of the household chores were done by magic in her house, mostly by her mum and dad. They didn't have a house elf to do it for them, but it didn't seem to be TOO much work. But as far as she knew, housekeeping was sort of like that. Honestly, she kind of wished she had a house elf. She was too LAZY to clean all the time.

Natalie raised her hand. "Professor, I think it's like what house elves do? Like, cleaning toilets and tubs and mopping and stuff." Right? That's what she thought of, anyway.

It looked like someone hadn’t done their chores in weeks. But Juni had to admit that this was looking to be a pretty interesting lesson. That was her first thoughts as she walked into the lesson.

Weird…

As the lesson started she thought about the first question that the professor had asked. Actually the two questions that she had asked. ”Housekeeping is task to be done to keep a household or place in a clean order. And vacuuming, and shampooing the carpets.”

Noah fence but this was the stupidest idea for a lesson, like, EVER. Zoryn found herself making a face at the question posed to the class. A definition for 'housekeeping'???? Uh. Was this an english class or muggle studies 'cause like, hello? Zor knew what housekeeping meant 'cause she wasn't dumb like SOME people. And by some people, she mostly meant (the more horrible) Professor Stewart.

Instead of answering the question, she looked over to some of the older students in the class to see their reactions. Were they just as annoyed as she was??? Z was pretty sure this whole thing was a TOTAL insult to their intelligence.

Clearly this class was gonna be a waste of time.

As if this Curly Top isnt seated in his chair low enough he still managed to sink down even further. One look at this room planted that feeling of dread about having to do CHORES, the one most persistent thing that he keeps regretting about whenever he's back home and still unable to just wave his wand to get them done. Granted the only real chores he ever does involves that phantom zone that is his room but yknow it was still manual labor.

And now the Professor says it. Housekeeping. What was it? "Something most people doesnt want to do and what house elves were created for?" #truth.

Sam actually quite enjoyed doing chores, regularly doing the washing up at home, sometimes the laundry. And she'd been practicing cooking too, if one counted making dinner in housekeeping. She didn't really need to learn about it in Muggle Studies, since not having magic at home, she always did it that way.

Going by some of the other answers though, some of the other students did need to be taught it. What house elves did? Privileged, much?

"It keeps a house in livable condition," she offered as a definition. "And ironing would be another example. As would raking leaves in the garden."

Well, seemed like it was going to be an easy lesson for her, at least.

Etta started to doodle random things on her parchment as she listened to the professor speak. Definition of housekeeping? Hmm. She was obviously familiar with household chores even if she didn’t like any of it. Having to properly get things done without using magic was just too much trouble, you know? She paused for a minute before raising a hand to answer.

“Housekeeping is basically the task of keeping your home, tidy and clean. Um.. folding clothes? Grocery shopping?” They were also chores, yeah?

Edward was there, he was, but he wasn't happy about it as always. He loathed the class and he thought in 2094 they really couldn't' learn anything valuable about muggles. They really should be looking at anything more interesting than this.


He had chuckled at Ronan's comment because really they weren't her elves to do her work for her. During her first question, he rolled his eyes a bit, " Housekeeping is a job for house elves or if you are too poor for a house elf than it's the job of the woman in the house." They, of course, were too poor for a house elf so his mother and sister did housework, though his father acted more like the wife in the house and was doing the work now that he didn't leave the house and his mom did. His Uncle though, that was the way he wanted to be with a house elf and not doing any work himself.

Jonas frowned. Everyone was already saying answers so he decided to just keep quiet for this one.