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Muggle Studies
Ch.5 - Headmasters' Tea-time (In Which the Authoress Finally Reveals That, Yes, There IS A Plot!)
"Professor Dumbledore. Thank you for coming to see me on such a short notice."
"Nonsense, Professor Wang. I should apologize for not paying you a visit sooner." Dumbledore pushed his half-moon glasses up his nose and graciously accepted the proffered cup of Oolong tea. The two respective headmasters were sitting in an outdoor Chinese tea parlor, and while Dumbledore seemed perfectly calm and rested sipping his tea, his Oriental counterpart found it difficult to keep up the appearance of serenity.
"Perhaps it would be simpler if I got straight to the point."
Professor Wang was a seemingly ageless man, neither too young nor too old,
immaculate in his traditional cheung-sam. He put down his cup and folded his
hands carefully in his lap.
"You are aware, I assume, of the recent projects the Oriental Ministries
of Magic have been collaborating on? Especially the ones focused on hybridizing
Muggle technology and magic?"
"Yes, why of course. We've had some interesting experiments on our part as well," smiled Dumbledore, "Not that it was smiled upon by our Ministry, but a start all the same."
"I presume you are speaking of the the 'flying car' incident? It caused quite a to-do in your government, so I heard."
"Understatement, Professor Wang. I also must congratulate you on the success of your Muggle-promotion efforts. It's time the magical community learned to be more accepting of their Muggle counterparts."
The other headmaster inclined his head. "Thank you for your high praise. But it is true Muggles are not to be underestimated. On their own, they have already achieved the impossible - international communication, flight and their own version of an Avada Kedavra."
Dumbledore's keen gaze missed nothing. "And this is what you'd wanted to discuss with me some time ago."
"They call it 'nuclear power', used to power their 'electrical appliances' that they are so dependent on. And then, there's what they call the 'nuclear bomb', the likes of which would make the Sirius Black incident sound like child's play in comparison. I am speaking of entire cities leveled flat in mere seconds, in a heartbeat's worth of time. Its effects last on through generations in the form of illnesses and mutations.
"Some in my Ministry believe it to be nothing more than a joke, others see it as a potential marketable advantage and the rest are completely ignorant of all this sheer power, content with their pure-blooded heritage and thinking it alone will save them. One can only shudder at the thought of a skilled, powerful wizard using this force combined with magic."
Dumbledore gently interposed, "Are you saying that he would condescend to using their knowledge to further his means?"
Dumbledore's comment only served to discomfort his friend further. "Fear and curiosity make normally sensible people do strange things. I believe the Dark Lord is capable of going any means to rid the world of you out of fear. Out of curiosity, the Ministry and I have cooperated to tap into this Muggle source of power and seal it in a single spell, which could be released all at once with a word."
Professor Wang got up, becoming increasingly more agitated as he spoke and paced the terrace. "It is no longer a piece of Muggle technology, but a spell. Our most skilled Muggle-relation wizards had been involved in the 'magicking' of a nuclear reactor and another, separate nuclear weapons factory. One year ago, the team made an amazing breakthrough of wizardrous manipulation of the power released to destroy. Two months ago, the head wizard on the team disappeared, along with all the relevant and most key documents of the weapon. There have been suggestions that he had been kidnapped, or that he had been a Death Eater all along."
"This, then, is a disaster not only for the wizarding world, but for all Muggles as well." Dumbledore's face was now grave.
"See where curiosity has led us. The two research bases are now the two most heavily guarded areas in the region and I doubt the wizard or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named would return there again to perfect their ultimate weapon. Their best hope is to act quickly and to take over a Muggle organization in control of the resources, materials and that owns an isolated area suitable."
"I have read the report. The most likely option seems to be the Russian multibillionaire currently residing in Siberia, is it not?"
"He is already being carefully guarded by skilled Aurors. But he is not the only option. A certain Japanese company had been in the weapons manufacturing business up until about a few years ago, when it suddenly changed to entertainment industry. I am told most of the previously active military bases have been either shut down or destroyed by the current owner. But it also owns a nuclear-enabled base in Antarctica and that one, to my knowledge, is still active, unbeknownst to the owner."
"And thus, you have sent this person's closest family member to me for protection," finished Dumbledore.
"It was only the thing I could think of to do. You can imagine the pandemonium the Ministry was in - people pointing fingers, accusingdoing everything but acting." The distraught professor finally seated himself again, looking beseechingly at his friend, "There must be something we can do, something to counteract this "
"And there is," said Dumbledore, frowning, "There is. The ultimate defender for the ultimate weapon exists."
The peaceful scene belied the situation the two were discussing. Crickets chirped in a distance as the two respective headmasters finished their tea, contemplating the mess they now faced. After a moment, Professor Wang spoke again.
"How ironic that the very Muggles we still protect now would manage to produce the weapon to destroy us all. I doubt even He Who Must Not Be Named knows the extent of what he can do with it."
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A/N: I apologize for the short-ish, seemingly boring and technical chapter. Will get right back to Mokuba, promise. But yeah, the plot is revealed - I always wondered what would become of magic when combined with the technology of today...and yes, you guys DID see Bakura in Diagon Alley last chapter - he comes in much later in the plot, and no, not as a student. Have a tendency to include *all* the familiar YGO characters in tales....
What did you think? Random? That's what my sister (a.k.a. chief fanfic editor)
said when she read this...so...?