[Audio because she doesn't know how else to do it.]

[doesntneedarmor]

Oh dear...

I don't mean to be a pain...but I think I may have broken my apartment. I came into the bathroom to take my shower and flicked the light switch and there was a flash and then darkness. Now I keep flicking the light switch but the lights gone. Did I use up all the magic?

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[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the light bulb just burned out.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

I didn't smell any smoke...

[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

Oh, there wouldn't be. Not unless something really went wrong, anyway. Need some help fixing it?

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

My friend just told me she could show me how to replace it...but I'm sure she would appreciate the assistance. I really am very embarrassed, I'm not sure what I did wrong. I just flicked the switch like I do every morning.

[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

It's not that hard, really. Just unscrewing the dead bulb and putting a new one in.

You didn't do anything wrong, they just burn out after a certain amount of time.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

It can die? How horrible I didn't realize my magic light was coming from a living creature!

[livingontheweb.livejournal.com]

It's not. It's just a figure of speech. You know how metal will glow if it's heated up enough? Same thing. There's a piece of metal inside the bulb that gets heated up by electricity until it starts glowing.

...Peter

Sorry, science geek sense were tingling. Carry on.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

OH I get it now! My tribe invented electricity so we could help re-charge cyborg...it only worked for a few minutes though.

So...in that glass dome there is a piece of metal that needs to be replaced?

[livingontheweb.livejournal.com]

Sort of, yes, but it's simpler just to replace the whole thing.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

I see...my friend said she could help with this.

Tell me...do you also know if the magic light inside the food storage remains on when it closes?

[livingontheweb.livejournal.com]

It doesn't.

[redheadnextdoor.livejournal.com]

love it when you talk like a scientist. ~<3

MJ honestly the virus is over you don't have to...oh I see...alright carry on then, crazy kids.

[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

Nonono. Okay no more using slang.

It's a really thin piece of metal suspended in a glass ball, basically. I think.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

I see...how does it die?

[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

The thin piece of metal eventually burns through or falls apart, I think. Since that's what actually makes the light, once that happens it won't work anymore.

[doesntneedarmor.livejournal.com]

I see...hmm...perhaps I need a blacksmith then...or maybe Lorne could put a forge in my Kitchen.

[neverthatsimple.livejournal.com]

...or you could just get a new light bulb.