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SPOILER!!: cindajean Quote:
Originally Posted by cindajean  Johnny escorted his little sister Bettie to Ollivanders to buy her first and hopefully last wand. As soon as Bettie walked into the shop and in range of a measuring tape that seemed to be hovering in midair. It began to eagerly measure her height, the reach of her arm, and many other strange measurements. Before she knew it the measurements was done and now she nervously waits for the shopkeeper to find her wand. Said shopkeeper was just a few minutes delayed in returning to this particular customer, though only because his enchanted parchment of measurements had come to search him out, so that he had already made his short expedition through the shelves in the back room by the time he appeared.
"Hello there," he said genially to this next customer, beckoning her closer as he set the wand boxes he'd already collected onto the counter. "Let's see if we can't find you a wand, hm?" Removing the lid from one of the boxes, he offered the wand inside to the young girl. "Give this a wave, and we'll see what's what." SPOILER!!: The Thanatos Two Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolyander Finally the day had come to get her very own wand! This was the cool thing about having a summer birthday! She wouldn't have to wait to long before heading off to Hogwarts once she was eleven.
Papa had the morning off which wasn't always the case for him, so this was super special and they were making the most of it. Which was why, Vesper wanted to make sure she headed directly to the wand shop first. There wasn't anyway she was going to let papa miss out on her getting her wand, he had been there when Vera and Vasco had gotten theirs so he needed to see her get hers also. It wouldn't be special otherwise. With all the coins in her pocket, and having been told that Vasco and him would wait right outside in front of the large window, Vesper grabbed her older sisters hand and hurried into the shop.
"Whoa! Lookit this place!" Bright eyes tried to take in everything all at once which wasn't an easy task. Already bouncing on the spot Vesper dropped Vera's hand when the measuring tape zoomed over, directly in front of her face. "Well, hello there!" the young girl giggled. It took a great deal of work to remain as still as she could while the tape zipped around taking all the measurements that it felt was necessary before it was gone. "That was fun!" What a helpful little piece of equipment!
Now she had to wait, right? This was the hard part. Vesper went right back to bouncing on her toes, her smile bright as she looked around again, occasionally her eyes falling upon her sister to make sure she hadn't wandered too far from her. Quote:
Originally Posted by Chelliephone As much as she tried to not actively show it, Vera was a giant softie when it came to family time. So today had been something she'd been looking forward to since start of the summer for a multitude of reasons, including that it was a day where all four of the Thanatos crew would be spending the day together. But even MORE than that, they were getting Vesper's wand! Which just made it even more real that come September, little sister would be in tow as well on the Hogwarts Express and heading to Hogwarts with the twins. While she was still sad about leaving Papa alone, it was hard to not also feel excited about having Scoot around more and getting to show her all the things she'd already found about the castle.
Following the smallest Thanatos into the shop, feeling extra special that she was the chosen one to get to actually go inside with her for the fitting and wand match. Vera's eyes moved over the inside of the room, having not come back since her own matching and remembering how excited she'd been too. Which was also why she didn't move away from her sister's side at all as they waited. A giggle escaped her lips watching her with the tape measure before it was off and zooming away and it was time for them to just wait. Draping an arm over Scoot's shoulder, "There's a looot to see in here. You can kind of just make out all the holsters and things too from where we are. Might be an okay idea to scout those while we're waiting so you know what you want!" And then they could make it even faster for Mr. Wandmaker sir. Often, customers would come through that door accompanied by faces Zeke could remember from their own wand fittings. The longer he ran Ollivanders - and he was just entering his seventh year of that now - the more it happened, naturally, and such was the case with this pair. The older one, her face sparked something in his memory, though he seemed to recall - ah! A glance out of the shop window confirmed it; she'd been in here with her brother the last time.
"Hello, and hello again," Zeke greeted the pair, once he was freed up for the next wand fitting. He smiled at the both before consulting the measurements, hmm-ing quietly to himself. "Very good, I'll be back in two ticks."
And so he was. Sort of. Maybe closer to five ticks. Nevertheless, he had with him a small stack of wand boxes, the most likely culp-... matches for his young customer. "Just give this a wave, and tell me what you think," he said, opening up the box and offering the wand inside. SPOILER!!: Waddles Quote:
Originally Posted by Waddles Eulalia would have been nervous about getting measured for a wand, but she'd caught a lizard in the garden this morning and still had it in her pocket. She hadn't named it yet, though, she was too excited to settle on any one name. Her current favorite lizard name was Heckie, but it wasn't a gecko, and she wanted to save that name for a gecko. For rhyming purposes.
After waiting her turn, she stepped up to be measured. Eyes wide as a tokay gecko's, she didn't make a peep as the measuring tape whipped around, measuring what seemed like everything from the length of her arms to the width of her toes. She wondered if her toes were an average width for a barely-eleven-year-old. She held verrrrry still so it could get good measurements, and silently wished that her nameless lizard would also stay still in her pocket. Hopefully the presence of the lizard wouldn't throw off her wand fitting, but she supposed if it did she could just always have a lizard in her pocket every day for the rest of her life.
Which seemed like a pretty good option, to always have a lizard buddy. Blissfully ignorant as to the presence of any reptiles in his shop, Zeke finished ringing up the purchase of the previous customer just as his enchanted piece of parchment came flying up to deliver the measurements. he turned from the register and - thwap! right between the eyes.
... Plucking the parchment from his face with as much dignity as he could muster, Zeke scanned through the numbers and quickly ducked into the back room, emerging a few minutes later with a small stack of wand boxes, and approaching this next customer.
"Hello there," he said, warmly as ever, setting the wand boxes down to one side. "Ready to give these a whirl?" Zeke would hope so, given that she was standing here and had just been measured for a wand, and everything. He opened up the first box and offered the wand inside. "Give this a wave, and let me know how it feels." As for if it worked for her, well... they'd likely see that in action. SPOILER!!: oh its Erik ok Quote:
Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok After some embarrassing displays of affection from her mum and dad. Amatheia was finally ready for her wand. She was here with her mum as her dad had taken her younger sister away to the music store to be distracted and not get jealous of getting a wand.
She was looking around the shop and everything and being a curious little blonde. Was just so interesting that everyone came here for a magical stick of wood. She had asked her cousins how it would go so she would have no big surprises. Even asked Maggie. When it was her turn she gave one final look at her mum and went to get measured.
"Cool"
Was anyone controlling this thing or was it all like magically alive if that made sense??.
Hope her measurements were normal As a matter of fact, the measuring tape was controlled by nothing and no one, and was a law unto itself most of the time, but Zeke and it were getting along much better these days.
Speaking of, the man himself soon emerged from the back shelves, holding his parchment of measurements - which had so helpfully come to find him and get his attention by flapping incessantly in front of his face - in one hand, and a clutch of wand boxes in the other.
"Hello, hello, hello," he greeted his young customer, beaming genially and setting the boxes down. "Let's see if we can't get you matched with a wand." And, with that, Zeke plucked the first wand box off the stack and removed its lid with a flourish, before offering its contents to the girl. "Give it a wave, and we'll see how you two get along." SPOILER!!: Kimothy Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy It was Flo's first time inside Ollivander's. She'd stood for many summers outside the shop's window, watching other kids get their wands and generally just observing the people inside, the shopkeeper included. She had been apprehensive about the idea of a magical measuring tape touching her, but she knew that it eventually had to happen. She had been debriefed about it, and reassured that it would be no harm. She believed it, of course, but it didn't mean she'd be totally okay with it. But she had to be, you know? She'll be fine. She'll probably go hug Lori after this, because she'd deserve it.
Flo kept a safe distance between everyone in line, wrapping her arms around herself so that the space she occupied in the shop would be smaller, at least in her point of view. She didn't want anyone accidentally bumping into her, although she also acknowledged the fact that there was a huge possibility of that happening. When it was her turn to be measured, Flo kept her eyes on the tape, never once letting it out of her sight so it wouldn't surprise her. Except it was very rude of the tape to be measuring height. She gave it a little scowl. Yeah, she's tiny. For now. Watch her grow so much taller in the years to come.
After the measuring tape looked satisfied with her measurements, Flo relaxed a bit more and let out a breath she didn't realise she was holding the entire time, but still kept her arms around herself. The hard part was done. Though his shop often saw myriad big personalities, loud and proud and larger than life eleven year olds, it was often many of the quiet ones that stuck in Zeke's memory. Maybe because they were so different from the excitable kids that were more typical in here, or maybe because he knew full well that the quiet ones were not to be overlooked.
Then again, maybe this one also stuck in his memory because he recognised her as the girl he had noticed now and again through the front window of the shop. He suspected he had been observed even more often than that.
"Hello there," Zeke said in a kindly voice, joining his customer as the enchanted parchment with its measurements - which had dogged his steps since seeking him out - flew off to rejoin the measuring tape. "I have some wands here for you to try," he added, setting down the wand boxes he'd just gathered one by one, and keeping hold of the last, which was soon relieved of its lid. "Give this a wave, and tell me if it feels right." With that, Zeke held the box out, offering the wand inside. |