The Rare Cloaks

[mfisanich]

No: HPFGUIDX 86933

Geoff said:
 
> Or was this [the silvery cloak Harry sees while dreaming of the 
snake's attack on Arthur] perhaps /another/ IC which had slipped off 
Arthur as he dozed?

I assumed the silvery cloak is Moody's original IC, not a third 
cloak belonging to the OP.  I don't have my book with me right now, 
but I believe the initial passage describing Harry's IC states that 
it is silvery, much like the description of the one Arthur W has.

The members of the OP probably have to be wearing the IC when they 
are on "guard duty" in the DofM because, clearly, they can't just be 
lurking around down there.  I'm guessing that Moody's remaining IC 
would be pulled from whatever other work it was used for and given 
to the more important job of guarding the prophecy room.
 
I think an interesting question is the nature of the cloak itself.  
How does it know what to make invisible? How is it that the cloak is 
not invisible itself, but rather silvery, until it is put on a 
person?  Does the cloak magically 'know' when to start making 
something invisible?  Does it have to be in physical contact with a 
human?  When the cloak is folded in Harry's trunk, does it render 
the objects beneath it invisible? the floor of the trunk? the floor 
under the trunk?  How does this all work?

Hmmm...???

Yours in HP obsession,
Melissa