...and the Monster of Amristar IX
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subplotkudzuChapter 9: Christmas Holiday
The Fontaine girls have a lovely break with their parents, who are home briefly before heading to Machu Pichu. To Daisy’s surprise she receives an owl from Owen Mardling: Tommy Kent, 5th year Gryffindor prefect, is missing. She recalls Tommy spending the last weeks of the term frenzied, splitting his time between his extra studies with McGonnagal, his volunteer time with Kettleburn and studying for his OWLs. Oh, and he was dating Peaseblossom Parkerson. But it seems that his parents got a letter saying he was staying at the school and the school thought he was going home. By any chance had Tommy confided anything in Daisy? Alas, Daisy doesn’t know anything
The Ravenclaw prefect does hit libraries in London, Wizard & Muggle. She creates a bio on Professor Kettleburn – his installation at the school in 1948, just a few years after he graduated, over the complaints from some about his foreign nature and ‘blood’. Kettleburn is ¼ British & ¾ Indian, his paternal grandfather having served in the royal army, but the blood complaint might mean he was Muggle born, or something else – the documents aren’t clear. Headmaster Dippit installed him over those objections and the furor died away.
It was later replaced by a new furor, given the prof’s adamant stance on the rights of magical creatures. An active agent of the ministry department for the care of magical beasts on his breaks, Kettleburn made many enemies with his stringent enforcement of the laws regarding the transplantation, introduction or breeding of foreign species. He also ran the movement to ban the breeding of Yale (a magical stag with independently moving horns) which got him at odds with King Pellinor (King is his first name…) in the 1970’s – the men had a public duel! Apparently Kettleburn took his loss well, eventually getting Yale protected and working with Pellinor when the latter was DADA professor last year. At least, Daisy never heard of any problems.
Daisy’s Muggle library time was also fruitful, giving her background on Dr. John Plain. Born in 1945, Plain got his PhD from Oxford in Cultural Anthropology in 1972; his work focused on social changes in West Berlin since the Wall, including a popular book entitled Light at the End of the Rabbit Hole; this gave him brief celebrity in the late 70’s. (The title refers to taking the autobahn from West Germany to West Berlin). The book has a liberal/socialist tone regarding Eastern Block counties. It is very earnest and well meaning, stressing the ability of two cultures separated by circumstances to coexist without strife. In the current Thatcher mainstream Dr. Plain’s work is less well regarded. Hmmmm. Curiouser and curiouser.
The Fontaine girls have a lovely break with their parents, who are home briefly before heading to Machu Pichu. To Daisy’s surprise she receives an owl from Owen Mardling: Tommy Kent, 5th year Gryffindor prefect, is missing. She recalls Tommy spending the last weeks of the term frenzied, splitting his time between his extra studies with McGonnagal, his volunteer time with Kettleburn and studying for his OWLs. Oh, and he was dating Peaseblossom Parkerson. But it seems that his parents got a letter saying he was staying at the school and the school thought he was going home. By any chance had Tommy confided anything in Daisy? Alas, Daisy doesn’t know anything
The Ravenclaw prefect does hit libraries in London, Wizard & Muggle. She creates a bio on Professor Kettleburn – his installation at the school in 1948, just a few years after he graduated, over the complaints from some about his foreign nature and ‘blood’. Kettleburn is ¼ British & ¾ Indian, his paternal grandfather having served in the royal army, but the blood complaint might mean he was Muggle born, or something else – the documents aren’t clear. Headmaster Dippit installed him over those objections and the furor died away.
It was later replaced by a new furor, given the prof’s adamant stance on the rights of magical creatures. An active agent of the ministry department for the care of magical beasts on his breaks, Kettleburn made many enemies with his stringent enforcement of the laws regarding the transplantation, introduction or breeding of foreign species. He also ran the movement to ban the breeding of Yale (a magical stag with independently moving horns) which got him at odds with King Pellinor (King is his first name…) in the 1970’s – the men had a public duel! Apparently Kettleburn took his loss well, eventually getting Yale protected and working with Pellinor when the latter was DADA professor last year. At least, Daisy never heard of any problems.
Daisy’s Muggle library time was also fruitful, giving her background on Dr. John Plain. Born in 1945, Plain got his PhD from Oxford in Cultural Anthropology in 1972; his work focused on social changes in West Berlin since the Wall, including a popular book entitled Light at the End of the Rabbit Hole; this gave him brief celebrity in the late 70’s. (The title refers to taking the autobahn from West Germany to West Berlin). The book has a liberal/socialist tone regarding Eastern Block counties. It is very earnest and well meaning, stressing the ability of two cultures separated by circumstances to coexist without strife. In the current Thatcher mainstream Dr. Plain’s work is less well regarded. Hmmmm. Curiouser and curiouser.
