Note: The Benz Velo 1894 is the car referenced. I'm not a stamp collector but this would count for the August writing challenge stamp and is inspired by this did you know?
Well this was rather exciting. Effie had seen this investigation request come through and immediately claimed it for her own (though she'd had to bribe her coworkers by agreeing to complete their paperwork for the next month.) It had been worth it. This was a case unlike any she'd ever seen.
A wizard living on a magic-only sidestreet in the depths of London hadn't wasted–what they'd seen as–a golden opportunity. A muggle had parked their new car (of all things!) on the next street over. They'd left it there just long enough for the wizard to see it, come up with their grand scheme, and then levitate it right over the buildings until it landed neatly in their back garden. A few days later, reports had come in that a muggle vehicle was driving all over London–but it had been charmed with the ability to drive up the walls of buildings rather than having to go around them.
Thankfully, the Ministry's law enforcement and obliviators were already on the scene to clean up the mess. The wizard had been detained, and the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department was now here with their own cleanup crew: Effie May. Magical folks were milling about (likely being nosy about all the fuss) and some surrounded the vehicle in question. One even sitting in the three-wheeled things seat.
"Excuse me," She said as authoritatively as she could manage, pushing her way through the spectators, "you need to remove yourself from that at once! It's officially under the jurisdiction of the Ministry and mustn't be tampered with."
August 2nd, 1895 — London
Well this was rather exciting. Effie had seen this investigation request come through and immediately claimed it for her own (though she'd had to bribe her coworkers by agreeing to complete their paperwork for the next month.) It had been worth it. This was a case unlike any she'd ever seen.
A wizard living on a magic-only sidestreet in the depths of London hadn't wasted–what they'd seen as–a golden opportunity. A muggle had parked their new car (of all things!) on the next street over. They'd left it there just long enough for the wizard to see it, come up with their grand scheme, and then levitate it right over the buildings until it landed neatly in their back garden. A few days later, reports had come in that a muggle vehicle was driving all over London–but it had been charmed with the ability to drive up the walls of buildings rather than having to go around them.
Thankfully, the Ministry's law enforcement and obliviators were already on the scene to clean up the mess. The wizard had been detained, and the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department was now here with their own cleanup crew: Effie May. Magical folks were milling about (likely being nosy about all the fuss) and some surrounded the vehicle in question. One even sitting in the three-wheeled things seat.
"Excuse me," She said as authoritatively as she could manage, pushing her way through the spectators, "you need to remove yourself from that at once! It's officially under the jurisdiction of the Ministry and mustn't be tampered with."
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