Copping Porn or Popping Corn? Part Deux!

[earthto-mars.livejournal.com]

Note to self. Never ask questions of talking hats. It only ends in tears.

Whiffle balls? Oh, hell no. I hadn't even known how to respond to that. I'd just left it as it was. Better leave it be before it got painful. I didn't want to send Backup back to the crazy hat. Something messy might have happened. Felt and cloth, everywhere. I didn't want to be pinned as an accessory to murder, thank you very much.

So I'd thought, hey. Maybe the library. The library might have had smart people! Smart people? Reading? I was hoping for some kind of relation. But, no. I'd gotten the talkative woman, who'd had way too many empty cups of coffee in front of her to be healthy. I'd found the nervous guy, who'd been sitting there, hunched over a book and mumbling something about needing to protect himself from lions. Okay. Fine. Time for an abrupt approach, apparently.




These suddenly started popping (no pun intended) up, all over the school.

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Owl to Veronica, heavily warded, charmed to turn into a bowl of popcorn for anyone else

[moonylicious.livejournal.com]

Miss Mars,

I only know about the popcorn phenomena through bitter personal experience. I wish I could be of assistance in this matter, but the phenomenon appears to be completely random, and not at all usual for the Dark Arts.

However, that said, I am given to understand that training in the ancient ninja arts may keep one on the alert should such a phenomenon ever happen again.

I am sorry I could not be of further assistance.

Sincerely,
Remus Lupin
Former Professor
Defense Against the Dark Arts
Ravenclaw

Return owl, unwarded because she doesn't quite know how just yet

[earthto-mars.livejournal.com]

Ex-professor?
Mr. Lup
Remus,

Please, Veronica is fine. 'Miss Mars' kinda makes me feel like I just won some interplanetary beauty pageant, actually.

Thank you for the information, at any rate! Not sure we should be converting everybody to ancient ninja ways just yet, but I can say I know exactly what you mean. Yes, just days ago, I, too, was covered in butter, much like a tasty snack at the movie theater. Perhaps why I'm so interested to get to the bottom of this situation!

Let me know if you come up with anything else!


Equally sincere,
Veronica Mars
Private Investigator-to-be

Return owl, heavily warded, charmed to turn into a potboiler detective novel for anyone else

[moonylicious.livejournal.com]

Veronica,

I only recently returned from being popcorned myself, and have no doubt you will be successful in your investigations.

By the way, you may be interested in contacting Agent Dale Cooper, who is also something of an investigator, although my recollection is that he was a part of the FBI. Still, he might have some useful information... or at least be a good person with whom to network.

Lupin

The owl returns, unwarded

[earthto-mars.livejournal.com]

Remus,

I'm hoping so, at any rate. It's going a little slow. Don't mean to brag, though, but I'm pretty damned good at this, if I should say so myself.

Agent Dale Cooper, huh? I'll look him up. Thank you for the information.

-Veronica

Owl, not specifically warded, but charmed to send off golden sparks to anyone who's not Veronica

[nicknamegirl.livejournal.com]

Veronica,

I wouldn't say I'm an expert at the popcorn thing, but I have some experience at being it. While I was apparently being a salty snack at Hogwarts I was also back home where I came from, and I sort of... have memories from both things. There aren't many memories to be had about being popcorn, obviously, but still, it's pretty weird. I don't know if it helps you at all, but I figured I'd share what little knowledge I have.

Maybe other people have different experiences, being popcorn? I think some are really confused when they come back, and others are cooler about it... There doesn't seem to be any real rules behind it.

Sincerely,
Lola Sanchez
Gryffindor.

Return owl, unwarded

[earthto-mars.livejournal.com]

Lola Sanchez,

There seemed to be a pattern to things, until now, at least. Yours is the first I've heard like this. You experienced memories during the time you were popcorn? And from another experience?

Huh. The only cases I've seen, the popcorn-ee has no idea how they got there, how long they've been there. Two don't recall ever coming to the school in the first place, and their memories end about the same point. One... well, I'm not entirely sure - he wasn't too specific. But, hmm. This is kinda weird. I'll have to look into it a little more.

Let me know if you think of anything else, yes? And thank you.

-Sincerely confused,
Veronica Mars