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Post by Tom on Sept 12, 2014 10:45:30 GMT
"Someone who is of a high enough magical skill places an enchantment on the item. I mean Dumbledore was able to make a Portkey for the Weasles and Harry to use. But that's why I am confused; for a Portkey to exist in my Universe, a wizard must either live there or have travelled there. Which begs the question, why make one then leave it in Warehouse 13?"
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Post by Echo on Sept 12, 2014 21:23:17 GMT
"Ok, here's where you need to stop assuming things." DG sighed. "Your premise is potentially fundamentally wrong. A Portkey existing in your universe does not necessarily mean a wizard or witch is or was there. It's possible someone from your universe found their way here and took it back." She explained. "Furthermore, perhaps your premise is correct and a witch or wizard is or was in your universe, what makes you think he or she simply left it at the Warehouse? It could have been stolen, they might have died and it was recovered..." She looked him in the eyes to make sure he was listening. "You don't know enough of the variables to make a stable assumption about it, so focus on what you do know." She turned her gaze pointedly on the manuscript.
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Post by Tom on Sept 13, 2014 10:11:14 GMT
"I do know that I touched this manuscript and that brought me here. It apparently has the power to bring me into an alternative universe which is never mentioned in the source material. All Portkeys return to being inanimate objects after use so nobody can have touched it after it was enchanted because it would have taken them instead of me. Warehouse 13 is in the business of capturing dangerous artefacts and keeping them safe from the rest of humanity but a Portkey can't be dangerous unless it's been activated"
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Post by Echo on Sept 13, 2014 11:42:39 GMT
"Wrong again, kid." DG sighed. It was ever-so tiring playing teacher again. "There are at least two types of Portkey: touch-activated and time-activated." She picked up the manuscript and ran her hand over its cover. "Since I'm not being sent to the Warehouse, I'm guessing this is a time-activated one." She put it down again. "Which begs the questions 'who was it for?' and 'why?'..."
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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2014 16:30:06 GMT
"Oh of course; time activated like the ones used to travel to the Quidditch World Cup" Waldo smacked his forehead. "Ouch. I should know this stuff; I have read each book at least five times"
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Post by Echo on Sept 14, 2014 17:19:02 GMT
"So on that basis, what do you know about getting here and back?"
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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2014 20:23:15 GMT
"Getting here involved the manuscript but it doesn't explain how I can see this world unless I really am a wizard but I doubt that. As for going back; if this is a time activated one then in theory, after a set amount of time it should take me back." Waldo looked at the manuscript as if seeing it for the first time, it controlled his fate, if he lost it or the enchantment broke, he was stuck here.
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Post by Echo on Sept 14, 2014 20:46:45 GMT
"Unless it's a one-trip key." DG pointed out.
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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2014 22:18:32 GMT
"That's a good point. Why do I have a sudden craving for a butterbeer?"
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Post by Echo on Sept 15, 2014 2:50:29 GMT
"Wrong town, I'm afraid." DG said. "But go order a drink if you want, tell them to put it on my tab."
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