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[alt_daphne]

I'm so sorry for the trouble with the flowers, everyone.

I made the arrangement myself, and added a charm that I know my mother has used before for funeral arrangements. It does encourage good memories, but more to the point, it's also useful in that it keeps family members from fighting with each other, which can be useful in some circumstances. It's meant to be very subtle, however, and shouldn't go on lasting for hours after being in the presence of the flowers.

As it turns out, my mother inspected my work while my back was turned. She felt that the charm I cast was insufficient, and added a second application of her own. So, the flowers effects were much stronger than they ought to have been.

I do apologise, and hope that it caused no trouble for any of you.

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[alt_ron]

No worries. It was sort of nice, remembering things.

Like the fun we had with that show. Do you remember how hard you had to work to teach me to dance? You know, I think that proved you can do just about anything you put your mind to!

But I think you should go into something other than flower arranging as a career. Just a thought.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Well, if it's partly to prevent quarreling, that explains why we all felt so warmly disposed toward everyone we remembered, even people we normally dislike.

It might be fun sometime to cast a strong charm like that deliberately and then have a load of friends over to look at old photographs and tell stories.

What on earth did you say to Barty Crouch?