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[electrictadpole.livejournal.com]

What: CHALLENGE THREAD LAAA. Newt meets Horus.
Where: The roof of the manor. Yes, the roof.
When: April 9th, about ten am.
Who: Newt and Horus, other people can join in when somebody falls off the roof, or something.

Ch.2 V.13: It was a Nice Day in Lower Tadfield. And a Voice came down from On High, and That voice Did say:

"Erp."

Newt desperately clung to the chimney and tried not to drop his toolkit. That nice Harry kid had held the ladder for him, but then he'd had to run off, and now Newt was horribly aware of the fact that there was no-one to call an ambulance if he plunged to his Doom.

He took a deep breath and began to edge along the top of the roof to the section of tiles that had been damaged by hail towards the end of winter. Nobody had gotten around to noticing it until it started leaking, of course, so it was in a state of some disrepair.

The cry of some sort of bird startled him, and his arms windmilled desperately for a moment before he crouched down and gripped the roof like it was nice, solid ground.

And the Voice Did say:

"Oh, shit."

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[roadkill-god.livejournal.com]

Horus saw the tile coming toward him, and was flying away with angry shriek almost as soon as the tile left Newt's hand. He landed on a tree a safe distance away and fixed Newt with an accusatory stare. He'd certainly think twice next time a human was falling off the roof.

[electrictadpole.livejournal.com]

Newt blinked. "Okay, what. Did that man just turn into a bird and fly away? Argh. I'm going crazy!"

He decided that maybe fixing roof tiles was outside his jurisdiction.

Now he just had to get down.

[radishesncorks.livejournal.com]

Luna had decided to try flying over the Manor to see if she could spot likely nesting sites for Crumple-Horned Snorkacks - so far she hadn't been successful, although she thought that she had seen a Heliotrope. A commotion coming from the roof drew her attention, just then, and she saw the Hawk flying away, with a human, who was too small for her to identify, crouching on the roof.

Flying closer, she realized that the man looked familiar. She remembered meeting him before. Now what was his name? Ah, yes.

"Hi, Newt."

[electrictadpole.livejournal.com]

"Um." Newt shouted down to the girl below him. "Hi."

He considered his options. He wanted to scream "HELP!", but that seemed quite undignified, so he chose a polite "Er. Do you think you could bring that ladder around the corner over here so I can get down?"

[radishesncorks.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" said Luna, hovering. With a swish and a flick she simultaneously Summoned the ladder and Banished it neatly at Newt's feet. "Ooh! Gotta go! I think I spotted another HeliotropeBye!" With that she zoomed off on her broomstick in a seemingly haphazard manner.

[electrictadpole.livejournal.com]

Newt screwed his eyes shut and moaned. He really was going crazy. It wss a more plausible idea than that everyone around him was blatantly defying the laws of physics. Where were the police when you needed them?

Maybe this was just a product of dizziness from being too high up. Newt slowly edged down the ladder and practically whimpered with relief when his feet touched solid, lovely solid ground.

"So much for the roof repair business."