>If the cabinet is “wreckage” now, how Draco is able to use it in HBP? I would expect Hogwarts’ staff to get rid of furniture that was reduced to “wreckage”.
Hmm. Right, the cabinet was still accessible while broken and malfunctioning, almost killing a student who was placed in it by the evil twins, in OOTP. It wasn't even moved to the Room of Broken Old Stuff by the staff until then.
>Let’s analyse the sequence of events: 1) Diarycrux releases Basilisk. 2) Basilisk petrifies the cat. 3) Basilisk slithers around the pipes, while Diarycrux paints his calling card on wall and hangs the petrified cat on torch. Also closes the entrance to the chamber. 4) Diarycrux manages to successfully evade other students and somehow Percy who was observing Ginny closely enough to spot health problems, doesn’t notice that his baby sister is missing. 5) The trio stumbles onto crime scene.
I think at this point the Diarycrux didn't yet have a body, or at least not much of one. Ginny released the basilisk and painted the threatening words on the wall. Ginny may have excused herself from the feast.
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Date: 2018-10-06 02:32 am (UTC)Hmm. Right, the cabinet was still accessible while broken and malfunctioning, almost killing a student who was placed in it by the evil twins, in OOTP. It wasn't even moved to the Room of Broken Old Stuff by the staff until then.
>Let’s analyse the sequence of events:
1) Diarycrux releases Basilisk.
2) Basilisk petrifies the cat.
3) Basilisk slithers around the pipes, while Diarycrux paints his calling card on wall and hangs the petrified cat on torch. Also closes the entrance to the chamber.
4) Diarycrux manages to successfully evade other students and somehow Percy who was observing Ginny closely enough to spot health problems, doesn’t notice that his baby sister is missing.
5) The trio stumbles onto crime scene.
I think at this point the Diarycrux didn't yet have a body, or at least not much of one. Ginny released the basilisk and painted the threatening words on the wall. Ginny may have excused herself from the feast.