Nemo was usually pretty good about writing ahead to let Penny know he was going to stop by and bring her something, but he'd legitimately seen this on his way out of the office and there hadn't been anyway to let her know. He supposed he could have waited until tomorrow, but he hadn't seen her in a while either. Work was keeping him busy and frankly he hadn't had much time for anything else.
Fortunately he'd thought to head straight to her place instead of guessing if she was still at work. It was still weird for him to be allowed into Mr. Grimstone's home to take the stairs to the basement workshop (you'd think they would have an outside door or something, through the bulkhead at least, but it had never seemed to be a big deal. Instead all he had to do was let himself into her place with the cuckoo clock under one arm. It had been set to be discarded after the muggle that owned it had to have their memory erased for an illegal charm that had been placed upon it. It had been a debacle for sure, but after it was confiscated, that was that, they hadn't planned on getting it back to the muggle who owned it. Shame really, but Nemo knew Penny would certainly enjoy it.
"Sorry, I would have owled ahead, but I grabbed it on my way out the door." He set the clock upright on her workshop bench gently. "Confiscated, charms stripped, but they were going to toss it, so I absconded with it." It was magnificent with all of its colorful pieces and parts. He wondered if it still worked.
Fortunately he'd thought to head straight to her place instead of guessing if she was still at work. It was still weird for him to be allowed into Mr. Grimstone's home to take the stairs to the basement workshop (you'd think they would have an outside door or something, through the bulkhead at least, but it had never seemed to be a big deal. Instead all he had to do was let himself into her place with the cuckoo clock under one arm. It had been set to be discarded after the muggle that owned it had to have their memory erased for an illegal charm that had been placed upon it. It had been a debacle for sure, but after it was confiscated, that was that, they hadn't planned on getting it back to the muggle who owned it. Shame really, but Nemo knew Penny would certainly enjoy it.
"Sorry, I would have owled ahead, but I grabbed it on my way out the door." He set the clock upright on her workshop bench gently. "Confiscated, charms stripped, but they were going to toss it, so I absconded with it." It was magnificent with all of its colorful pieces and parts. He wondered if it still worked.
