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Waddles · 12-18-2022, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Felixir

It was a busy sort of day to day, but Zeke would certainly never consider that a bad thing. Alright, he'd not stopped all day and the soles of his feet were starting to complain, and his knees had taken it upon themselves to remind him that he was mere days away from the big four-zero, but the wandmaker was still smiling.

Customers like this next one made it easy; enthusiasm was infectious. "Hello hello hello!" Zeke greeted her, consulting the measurements supplied by his tape measure, hmm-ing, then excusing himself. A moment later and he was back again, now with a selection of wand boxes in his hands.

"You know what to do?" he asked his customer, opening up one of the boxes so as to offer the wand inside, then going ahead an explaining anyway. "Give this a wave, and we'll see what happens. Tell me if it feels like the one." She'd know. They often knew right away.

Sophia was glad the wand man was nice. The girl she'd spoken to outside had been right, it was intimidating once you were really in here. What if a wand didn't like you and made such a complete mess that you just got sent away?! Still, the prospect of having her very own wand led to more excitement than nerves, and the shopkeeper's friendliness only helped.

"Right, erm, yes, thank you," she said as he explained how to 'test' a wand, wanting to be polite and stumbling a bit over all the possible ways to do so. Without hesitation, she lifted the wand from its box and stared at it in her hand for a moment. It didn't feel as fragile as she thought it would, but not because it felt heavy, just sort of...confident in itself. It was certainly easier to hold than a pencil or a quill, but she supposed wands would be. Most people didn't wave their pencils around all day. You wouldn't need to worry about a pencil flying out of your hand if momentum overpowered your grip.

Just give it a wave, he'd said. Sophia swiiished the wand from right to left. The wand let off a trail of gold stars. Wide-eyed, she looked back at the man who was helping her. "That's... good, right?" She hoped so. She liked the stars.

12-18-2022, 02:58 AM	#15 (permalink)
Waddles Re'em Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 19,594 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sophia Svensson #556B2F Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Eulalia Walles (#F48037) Hufflepuff Fourth Year	Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE! Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir It was a busy sort of day to day, but Zeke would certainly never consider that a bad thing. Alright, he'd not stopped all day and the soles of his feet were starting to complain, and his knees had taken it upon themselves to remind him that he was mere days away from the big four-zero, but the wandmaker was still smiling. Customers like this next one made it easy; enthusiasm was infectious. "Hello hello hello!" Zeke greeted her, consulting the measurements supplied by his tape measure, hmm-ing, then excusing himself. A moment later and he was back again, now with a selection of wand boxes in his hands. "You know what to do?" he asked his customer, opening up one of the boxes so as to offer the wand inside, then going ahead an explaining anyway. "Give this a wave, and we'll see what happens. Tell me if it feels like the one." She'd know. They often knew right away. Sophia was glad the wand man was nice. The girl she'd spoken to outside had been right, it was intimidating once you were really in here. What if a wand didn't like you and made such a complete mess that you just got sent away?! Still, the prospect of having her very own wand led to more excitement than nerves, and the shopkeeper's friendliness only helped. "Right, erm, yes, thank you," she said as he explained how to 'test' a wand, wanting to be polite and stumbling a bit over all the possible ways to do so. Without hesitation, she lifted the wand from its box and stared at it in her hand for a moment. It didn't feel as fragile as she thought it would, but not because it felt heavy, just sort of...confident in itself. It was certainly easier to hold than a pencil or a quill, but she supposed wands would be. Most people didn't wave their pencils around all day. You wouldn't need to worry about a pencil flying out of your hand if momentum overpowered your grip. Just give it a wave, he'd said. Sophia swiiished the wand from right to left. The wand let off a trail of gold stars. Wide-eyed, she looked back at the man who was helping her. "That's... good, right?" She hoped so. She liked the stars. __________________