SPOILER!!: Alexa
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DaniDiNardo 
Alexa had only just taken the rag from her kneazle when she heard Alice...correcting her broom polishing....what? Lex scooped Felix up then looked to her. What did she mean she was doing it wrong? She was removing the dust then getting it done. There wasn't much more to it so thanks but no thanks Cap'n.
She thought of just ignoring Alice...and maybe doing something else since she was doing this wrong but then she was being called over and figured maybe it wouldn't be so bad letting Alice feel like she was right and in charge. It would certainly end better for her.
"Hey Dora and 'Claw person." She said, settling in next to them, with Felix slung over her shoulder again. Lex had seen the girl around and she'd seen her playing Quidditch before but she'd never actually gotten around to intros.
Alright, she was here. Make with the showing how to properly polish the broom so she could get back to it.
"Hey, Alexa." Dora did have to admit (never out loud), that the prefect's kneazle was very tolerable to all that he was subjected to. Even though she didn't hold any affection towards the thing what so ever, she was slightly amused by it.
SPOILER!!: Alice
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lemon Was Tessa going to polish, too? Seemed like that Puffer she was working with knew how to do it right, and Alice knew that guy was fairly smart from his answers in classes, so she wouldn't worry too much. She gave Tessa another grin before returning to the broom she was rubbing polishing herself.
This was so much work. Sigh.
Finished up her polishing of the handle, Alice began counting to three hundred, waiting for the stuff to dry. Her concentration was broken by Dora, though, but she'd just wait for the haze. "Her kneazle's real smart. But I don't think he's an expert on broom care." And therefore wouldn't be much help with anything, save for fetching things.
"I don't have a problem with him if he gets me clean rags." She liked not moving. Yep.
"Why did you bring your cat?" Alexa got looks. Felix was a lovely kneazle and all, but really? He would probably be whiny by the end of the day, what with twigs and polish globs accumulating in his fur. But Alice wouldn't have to deal with the grumpy pet, so it wasn't her issue.
Cambridge needed instructions, though. "Dip your rag in the tin and get a bit on it about the size of a Knut. Then start working it into the rag. Makes it warmer and, in turn, easier to apply to the broom. Should take a minute or two." Was Dora listening too? In case she didn't know how either. Alice wasn't sure how far her best's knowledge on brooms extended.
"Then rub it on the broom, don't rush, overlap all areas.. normal stuff. Wait five minutes for it to dry, and you'll know its done when you see a sort of hazy finish on the wood." Like hers looked like now. She demonstrated the last few steps on this broom, since it was ready and all. "Use a clean towel to buff off the dried polish in tiny circular motions. And then keep repeating those steps until you can see your reflection in the handle, which should take at least two run-throughs of the steps."
Got it? Good. Alice got a Knut-sized glob of polish on her rag for the second time around.
"Most students aren't experts on broom care." As if that explained why Dora wasn't surprised that the kneazle was poorly educated on how to clean a broom. That and it was a kneazle.
"I'll get my own rags." She didn't mind getting up, nope.
She was listening to Alice explain how to polish a broom while she finished removing the dust off the one in front of her. Dora did know how to care for a broom, since she'd been using hers a LOT over the past summer, but it was better to listen to Alice than the other students surrounding her that held not interest to the prefect. When she was sure her broom was dust free, she grabbed the rag she already had and dipped it into the tin, coming up with polish the size of a knut.
Right, now warming yeah? Dora worked the rag around.