london/british english to american english at end of chapter ~ gearworks
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HARRY POTTER AND THE CHINESE DRAGON.
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Chapter II
Chinese Dragons
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"Dear?" calls Petunia quietly
"Yes Pet?" answers Vernon nerviously from the doorway to the kitchen, cautiously he looks in
checking her 'mood' before considering it 'safe' to enter, his 'mood' starts changing as he 'realizes'
what and who is sleeping on his kitchen table
showing him the letter, she motions him not to touch it, "It had spells, compulsions on it, probably."
"I used some of the 'old' methods for dealing with magicks, but some magicks recharge." she states
quietly but clearly, leaving the child to return to sleeping, no parent 'wakes' a young child if at all possible
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"Blimey, they..." he growls
"Shh..., I have called in 'older' kin... you will need to take Dudly to Marges for a period."
a white faced vernon stares at her in shock, "Bloody, you called in the grands...?"
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"The Hooray henry colorblind manipulator seems intent on having my nephew with 'us' but..."
"We have 'other' options." she states with a quiet voice, returning her husband to a paler than normal state
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"HE may think he has his dots all lined up, and a 'Gift of the Gab' to smooth his way, but he's naught
but a 'right' mug and Oik, dealing with 'our' ways, even the yanks are better than HIM."
"Great & Grand will find out what noughts and crosses, the old woollyback has set up positioning his
'game', and what our options are."
"You may want to advise Grunnings/work that you have need of time off to deal with your sister-in-law
and her husband dying."
"Quite right pet," Vernon nods, "hopefully your grandfather can keep the bounder blindsided, and catch
him in suspenders instead o' braces."
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not long after Vernon and Dudley 'leave' for Marge's place, a nondescript car drives up Privet drive
pulling into the driveway. none in the Surrey area notice the escorting cars peeling off to form
both a static and a roaming perimeter guarding the region of Privit drive
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a mature oriental man of mid-thirties steps out of the unremarkable car
noticing his waiting relative on the front porch, heads over to accept her greetings before walking in
ignoring the fact that her yard has 'gained' several 'hedge bushes' as the door to #4 quietly closes behind him
slowly the hedges shift to positions perfect to watch and guard the home from any outsiders
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"Petunia, you may be a daughter of the europe's Eve, but you are still a daughter of china's Kuan Yin."
bowing to her, just before her hug countered "You are still missed in Hong Kong."
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smiling at the not-so-old elder, "You know the 'rules' maa-ma set up, and you agreed with them,"
"specially after the double-o government boys in blue kept trying to wedge the doors open using my access."
"It needed to stop, particularly after that bond fellow lost his gel dolly-bird just as he married her."
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motioning him to follow her quietly, Petunia guided the 'older' man to the kitchen
pointing out the letter and the tools available to read it without touching it, she left him to work on it.
she had to prepare for a one year old waking up hungry
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"How you managed to get mother and father to marry, I will never know." she stated in a quiet voice
preparing soft easy to eat foods to be downed by the toddler with milk to drink
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looking stormily at the letter and the range of spells linked to it, he carefully muttered a few 'instructions'
shorty a few items were 'available' within easy reach on the table
"Easily, when Smith took the potion of youth developed by Ra's al Ghul and myself,"
"he was not aware that it restored the hormones of youth, returning him to full hormonal
girl noticing mode, having your grandmother introduced to him was easy."
"His manservant worked for both Ra's al Ghul and I.", both laughing easily
carefully sliding the enchanted script of parchment into a silk lined envelope using cold iron tongs
"Smith had no experience in controlling the 'second bloom' of youthful existance it returned to him."
"They were very happy together" picking up the cup of tea that neither had poured or placed
even as the envelope disappeared from the table, as the two 'chatted'
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"I slipped so many details past him, such as your father was one of Ra's al Ghul's grandsons,"
"having to change Ibn al Xu'ffasch to Adam Evans here in england, eased things,"
"though having Smith name his daughter Rosalie Eve had me laughing for monthsat the odds."
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"due to the distraction a wife can provide, Smith could be and became so fun to work around."
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"Sadly another student of my sensei has died."
"Who?"
"Lo-Pan was killed in america, his name and works were saved and sent to the library,"
"joining Dr Zin's work, sadly of Prof Moriarity's students, only I and Ra's are left, though there were,"
"some 'rumors' of other students, hmm something to look into, I would not want to have unknowns operating
and affecting my plans, as they so often do"
"The way moriarity left for Hong Kong as Colonel James Moriarity expatriat, makes it harder to
track down 'who' could have been one of 'his' students, boats tend to make port in many locations."
"Dr Zin's clones do 'muddy' the waters though."
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seeing the food was ready for the child they started talking more evenly
"Ah, so this is Lily's boy, your nephew, I have to admit I was surprised when lily married the potter boy."
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"Quite", states petunia, "I never found any 'signs' of love potions, but both the potters and blacks
have tricks they could use just as our side of the family does, for example, 'they' never figured out that
I was adopted into the family, mother did well having me raised by her sister."
"I still had 'my' time in active duty, much to her dismay."
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"Quite the distraction you were, with your husband."
"Having had the names John Steed and Emma Peel while in active service for England"
"following in Smith's footsteps was agrivating for my local plans,
though, their double-o agents are worse, tell your mother M, she is loved, but the game is still afoot"
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"As for the boy, the first step is making sure any and all trackers are shifted and tied to other things,
a bit of sleight of hand to change the game"
"First a syphon stone on that bleeding cut on the forehead to shift some of the spells to the stone,
laws of contaigon and sympathy and all that, foolish westerners only using them to counter poisons."
"Wandless magic is so nice to have, almost untrackable under the wards of the old manipulator,
a body double covering for you here, and now off we go to Gringotts."
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common london-english slang/colloquialisms/variations of 1980s-90s converted to american english
british version followed by/= american description
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'Gift of the Gab' = a talent for speech/smoothtalking
a 'right' mug = a gullable persons
'Hooray henry' = irresponsible upper-class male
Oik = person with no manners or education
noughts and crosses = tic tac toe
woollyback = country bumpkin
bounder = unprincipled person
suspenders = garter belt(s)/feminine
braces = male suspenders
trousers = pants (in amarica)
pants = underwear (in america)
yanks = americans
gel = girl
dolly-bird = over decorated (makeup and dress) and probably un-intelligent young woman
boys in blue = police
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catch him in suspenders instead o' braces = catch him with his trousers/pants down
[not hard with wizards in robes as noted in book 4 world cup match]
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apologies to british readers if the slang conversion is a bit off I'm
working with an old 1980s role-playing game (superheroes) for english/british details ~ gearworks
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