[HPforGrownups] Why would RAB put poison back into the bucket?

[Echa]

No: HPFGUIDX 137724

I simply assumed that the bucket had some charm placed on it that
caused it to refill itself with the same poison after it had been
emptied.

v

On 8/15/05, greenfirespike <feenyjam at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Why put poison back into the bucket?  What does RAB have to gain by 
> replacing the poison?  Assuming that LV set up the Horcrux and then 
> RAB comes along and takes the locket, I am left wondering…why leave 
> it with the same protections as before?  Whoever took the locket left 
> a note, a note written to LV, so why bother to replace the locket?
> 
> RAB gains entry into the cave, and manages to find the hidden lake.  
> DD tells Harry that the concealment of the hidden doorway is somewhat 
> rudimentary (paraphrasing here).  Then RAB crosses the lake, and 
> drinks from the bucket.  RAB then manages to take real!locket and 
> replaces it with fake!locket.  RAB must then refill the bucket with 
> the poison that he/she just drank, cross the lake and put the boat 
> back, then seal the wall up.  
> 
> Are we to assume that the poison in the bucket is a rudimentary a 
> spell as the spell to hide the lake?  Perhaps it is not as strong as 
> many (myself included) have given it credit for.  But assuming that 
> the poison is very dark and very deadly, then RAB must have been a 
> rather competent wizard to not only survive the poison, but be able 
> to reproduce the same poison and place back into the bucket.  
> 
> Alternatively, if LV wants to get the locket back, does LV have to 
> drink the poison?  And if not, then perhaps other dark wizards who 
> can identify the poison can also manage to summon it away without 
> drinking it. 
> 
> Greenfirespike
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