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08-07-2013, 04:16 AM
| | Magical Measuring Area Just as you enter the shop, in between all the chaos that may or may not have been going on, is a rather open area with a measuring tape that seems to be hovering in mid air. It wiggles and flies around, ready to measure the next customer to walk into it's range. The measuring tape will eagerly measure your height, the reach of your arm, and maybe even other strange measurements to help the wandmakers find the best wand for you.
To one side you'll see the entrance way, where your parents may or may not be waiting for you, and just in front of you there is the fitting area and the counter. If you aren't in need of a wand, you best just head up to the counter. If you are, then step up here to be measured and one of the Ollivanders employees will be with you shortly to fit you with a wand. Instructions
⌦ In order to receive a wand, please take the WAND QUIZ ONCE for the character who is here for a wand. Then, post your character being measured by the "magical measuring tape" ONCE in this thread. This thread is not one where you should interact with others, one post here please! It serves as our queue!
See the example post below, or look at other posts in this thread from previous terms.
⌦ Please take the SORTING QUIZ first and wait to be placed in your house before taking the wand quiz! Your house effects your final wand in our quiz! This goes for current members who are re-sorting too, though you may take the quiz in advance if you know what your new house will be.
⌦ You may role play the Magical measuring tape, but you may not role play for the shopkeepers. Ollivander does not work here!
⌦ After submitting the wand quiz and posting in this thread, please wait for your post to be edited with a link to the 'Counter and Wand Fittings' thread where a shop worker will assist you and your character in finding their perfect wand match. You must RP to get your wand.
⌦ If we run out of time to complete the RP with you by the end of the RP summer, we will PM or VM your wand result to you, provided you have posted in this thread and responded to our efforts to interact with you.
⌦ Have fun!
⌦ If you have any questions, feel free to PM Kerri (Govoni) and she'll try to answer your questions as quickly and efficiently as she can. |
12-13-2017, 05:08 AM
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| DMGS & MO Snidget
Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: PNW GMT-8
Posts: 2,694
Hogwarts RPG Name: Kassandra Sutton Graduated Ministry RPG Name:
West Riedel Games & Sports Ministry RPG Name:
Foster Davis Minister's Office | | Ravenpuff | Part Ninja | Boat Rocker | Exhausted Pigeon |
Emmalyn quietly entered the wand shop and paused just inside the door. She took a moment to breath in the smell of wood and excitement. After a short moment, she walked forward to the measuring area by the counter. She giggled every so softly when the magical measuring tape went to work. The measuring tape was unbelievably efficient. All of her measurements were taken before she so much as took a long breath.
When the tape had finished, Emmalyn worked her way over to see what wand she would be paired with. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
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12-13-2017, 08:55 PM
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| MO Moke
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Winterfell
Posts: 8,760
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gideon Emerson Slytherin Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
Ferris Karten x4
| Who Am I? Ern's 2460FUN Alessandro tried to school his features but pesky nerves were bubbling just under the surface. Today he would get his wand. It was an exciting task but equally daunting because this wand would be with him forever, an essential part of who he would become as a great wizard.
His father had assured him that the wand chose the wizard and so Al could not choose wrong, but he silently reasoned that forever was a long time. Nico Toussaint either did not pick up on Al’s growing trepidation or he knew and did not remark on it.
Alessandro chanced a look at his father and figured it was the second of the two.
The bell rang out when father and son stepped into the shop together. Al squeezed his gloved fists and waited to be served. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
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12-15-2017, 11:19 AM
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| MO Crup
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: United Kingdom
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Elliott Patterson First Year Ministry RPG Name:
Caroline Fenton Minister's Office Ministry RPG Name:
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Elliott took in a deep breath, her nerves beginning to kick in with a vengence. She had promised herself that she would not, under any circumstances, allow her nerves to get the better of her. This was her first time stepping even close to a wand shop, and she wasn't sure what to expect from the magical measuring tape. What if it got all her measurements entirely wrong? What if she was given the wrong wand as a result? Or worse, the measuring tape deemed her unfit to have a wand at all?
She glanced in her mother's direction who gave her her most reassuring smile and nudged her forward a little. She gulped and took a few more tentative steps toward the tape, which seemed eager to get to work. With a final glance back at her mother, who was now waiting with all the other parents, she steeled herself and stood before the tape. She stood still as it went to work, measuring everything it could possibly measure. She watched with intense curiosity. This wasn't so bad after all. A small smile crept across her features.
Before long, the measuring tape had all of her measurements and it was time to find out just what wand she would have. Nerves were replaced with excitement as she stepped away from the tape and waited. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
__________________ I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier;
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry;
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
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12-15-2017, 10:29 PM
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| DMAC Firecrab
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 739
Ministry RPG Name:
Amelia Raventhorne Accidents & Catastrophes | Gryffindor for life Notorious Niffler As she pulled open the door of the wand shop and briskly stepped inside, Celestia was hit with a wave of nostalgia. Although she had tried to maintain some sort of new, err, dignity since she'd been hired to teach at Hogwarts next term, the sight of kids getting their first wands and the magical measuring tape going crazy never failed to make her smile. Really, Diagon Alley was terrible for her new serious, stoic expression; she felt the corners of her lips tugging upwards of their own accord far too often on this street. She was determined to force her face into an acceptable "professorly" look before the start of term. Professors didn't go around Diagon Alley grinning like all the kids -- at least, she didn't think they did.
Celestia's internal musings were interrupted (much to her relief) by the measuring tape going about its work. She wasn't entirely sure how most of these measurements could have anything to do with selecting a wand, but well, she hadn't studied wandlore for a reason. The making of wands and things that went into matching a wizard with his perfect wand-mate were far outside of her realm of understanding. She was much better with what to do with wands once they'd been paired up with the right wizard. Her eyes roved over the young witches and wizards currently in the shop, and it was all she could do to stand still for the measuring tape and NOT beam at them like a lunatic. Honestly, she was far too excited about going back to Hogwarts as a teacher to keep that goofy grin off her face for long...
Merlin help her. Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
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12-16-2017, 04:51 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Everywhere
Posts: 15,643
Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name:
Oceanus Zunther (#bfc2cb) Ecological Protection x12
| Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium Rylee was beyond EXCITED! Every since her big sister Rian-Kate had received her wand years early, Rylee couldn't wait for it to be her turn. That day was finally here as she entered Diagon Alley with her mother, sister and brother. She tried to keep her excitement at bay as she knew her brother was upset that he wasn't going to Hogwarts until next year but it was hard not to be HAPPY!
Accepting the coins from her mother that she would use to buy whatever she needed, Rylee entered Ollivander's on her own letting her family wait for her outside. There were other kids around her age waiting their turns which she greeted with a bright smile as she joined the line bouncing on her heels until it was her turn. Bright blue eyes widened in excitement as the measuring tape finally made it's way to HER! She stood up as tall as she could, trying to keep all four feet and six inches of herself still as the tape got to work. It zipped and zoomed all around her measuring her every which way possible. From head to toe and from her toes to her head. Rylee giggled happily as it measured the length of each of her arms, she was able to use both hands equally though she preferred to use her left.
Finally the measuring tape had finished it's task and moved on to the next person. Now all she had to do was wait for her turn to get her wand. The read was right back to bouncing on the balls of her feet as she waited with bated breath to get her VERY OWN WAND!!! Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
__________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread!
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12-17-2017, 04:42 PM
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| Grindylow
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Boston
Posts: 14,479
Hogwarts RPG Name: Everleigh Evans Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Luca Benetti Hufflepuff Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
Emilia Espinosa Law Enforcement Ministry RPG Name:
Mariana Medina x12 x7
| elephant-astic•wanderlust•stay in the ninedaaays the original Taco Belle•look at the flowers✿ "Daaaaad, please." He was fussing again and smoothing her hair and being dramatic about his baby girl growing up and it was all very embarrassing. Maybe she should've brought Aunt Parker along, after all. Shying away from his hand-really, he was petting her head like she was a cruppy or something-Mackenzie reassured him she was still a kid (Merlin, hello, she was 11), handed him her backpack, and moved towards the measuring tape with a confidence she wasn't quite feeling down inside.
Did she have to speak to it, or did it just start working? How did it know what parts of her were most important to measure, anyway? What spell allowed you to get a measuring tape like th--Oh! Suddenly the measuring tape surged foward, zipping here and dipping there to measure her forehead, the bridge of her nose, even her chin! She'd expected it when the tape measured her height and the length of her elbow to wrist, but her CHIN? That was strange indeed. Kenz raised her eyebrows as the measuring tape finished up just as quickly as it had started, a bit bewildered. ...That was interesting. She was almost afraid to look over her shoulder at her dad, convinced he might be tearing up or something over this right of passage, and instead moved to wait in the queue so she could get down to the real reason she was here, her wand. HER WAND!
This was a big deal after all, wasn't it? Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
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12-18-2017, 02:37 AM
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| Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: working
Posts: 18,087
Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoenix Marchbanks Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Wiley Whittebrook Hufflepuff Second Year Ministry RPG Name:
Kendra Jordan-Durand Accidents & Catastrophes Ministry RPG Name:
Gunnar McCarthy-Toussaint Ecological Protection x12 x5
| Unforgivably Cursed | adultescent Once it was his turn, Gunner stepped up to the measuring area and waited for the measuring tape to do its thing. He had watched the person in front of him get measured, so he at least knew what to expect, even if it did feel a bit like an invasion of personal space the way the measuring tape whizzed around like it did.
Gunnar did his best to stand perfectly still as the tape took different widths and lengths of his arms, legs, hands, and feet. He blinked and wrinkled his nose as it zoomed about his face, but he still thought he did pretty good at the standing still part. Once it seemed to be done with him and flew back to the counter, Gunnar looked after it a moment before stepping out of the way. And now he'd get his wand.... right? Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
__________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
ended like a moth in flames______________________ ______________________don't you worry I'll be fine _________________________________________________you were good for the plot line
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12-18-2017, 06:10 AM
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| DMLE Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,208
Hogwarts RPG Name: Shera Ben-Ari Third Year |
Shera had felt herself be hit by the excitement all at once. From being ready to just fall asleep in the last shop that they went to, she now was racing out in front of her mother to get to Olivanders.
She was finally getting her own wand. The brunette would finally be able to learn how to do real magic, not just the accidental stuff that just happened. That in itself was super duper cool and exciting and really awesome and things just needed to hurry up so that she could have her want and beatHogwartsalready!!!!!!
She was ready to scream in excitement.
Without thinking, she'd jumped towards the measuring tape. Waiting for it to just move and measure her already. "Can you go any faster?" she tried to hurry it up, ignoring her mother's disapproving look. Her fidgeting and general movement was definitely inhibiting it from doing it's job as quickly as it could. But Shera was still too excited to notice.
Her mother could only shake her head in amusement, though Shera didn't even notice that.
It zoomed in front of her face, making her flinch back and almost fall over before she caught herself again. Was it done yet? She wanted to get her wand already! Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
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12-19-2017, 05:27 PM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Room of Requirement
Posts: 585
Hogwarts RPG Name: Daehyun "Daniel" Yoon Third Year | His first wand. Right.
For some reason, Daehyun was awfully nervous as he stepped inside Ollivanders to get his first ever wand. He felt like responsibility came with it, and he would finally be able to try out all the spells he'd learned! But for some unknown reason, he felt his heart drop into the pit of his stomach.
Sigh.
He didn't expect it when a measuring tape moved towards him, and started taking his measurements by itself, swirling from one side to another. He watched it wide-eyed, too afraid to make a sound as to not disturb it from its work. Was it even important to know how tall he was? How long each of his fingers was? He had yet to hit his growth spurt, so he sent a silent prayer to Merlin that the tape wasn't enchanted to speak, as well. And tell everyone how short he was. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
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12-21-2017, 01:17 AM
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| Granian
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bikini Bottom
Posts: 21,185
Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman Gellar Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arden Toros Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry RPG Name:
Jessica Tomás International Cooperation Ministry RPG Name:
Scott Ferguson Law Enforcement x4 x1
| A Poop * k8 * Nothing could hold Hudson's excitement in today. He was usually very mild in manner, but he couldn't help the bouncing right now. "Elliot! We're here!" he whispered excitedly. "Daaaaaaad!" He tugged on both their hands. He was glad Felix hadn't tagged along because he would have very annoying, and Hudson was NOT in the mood to deal with it. He let the measuring tape do its thing, holding out his arms in the correct manner and all.
This. Was. It.
The prospect of Hogwarts was EVER closer, closer than EVERRRR! He stopped bouncing to be a well behaved ten year old child. He would NOT embarrass Elliot. He would good.
(BUTTHISWASIT)
*** Elliot couldn't believe it. She wasn't even thirty yet, and her first "child" was here, getting his wand, ready to go off and do the whole Hogwarts thing. She would cry herself to sleep tonight. But right now, she put on a happy smile and pat his little head. "Hudson, you can be as excited as you want. Don't be so stiff, sweetie." She kissed his forehead and let her blue eyes meet Max's brown ones. Good Lord, the time had went by quickly. And she...was not ready. Not ready in the sligtest.
However, she fully expected him to be a Ravenclaw, and anything but a Ravenclaw, and she'd be disappointed. And there would be NO Hufflepuff in the Lupin household. It wasn't even a question. Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
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12-21-2017, 02:12 AM
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| DMLE Hinkypunk
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Jakku
Posts: 12,199
Hogwarts RPG Name: Felix Lupin First Year Ministry RPG Name:
Mercy Peckham Magical Creatures Ministry RPG Name:
Tempest Chandler Law Enforcement | Quote:
Originally Posted by kayquilz Nothing could hold Hudson's excitement in today. He was usually very mild in manner, but he couldn't help the bouncing right now. "Elliot! We're here!" he whispered excitedly. "Daaaaaaad!" He tugged on both their hands. He was glad Felix hadn't tagged along because he would have very annoying, and Hudson was NOT in the mood to deal with it. He let the measuring tape do its thing, holding out his arms in the correct manner and all.
This. Was. It.
The prospect of Hogwarts was EVER closer, closer than EVERRRR! He stopped bouncing to be a well behaved ten year old child. He would NOT embarrass Elliot. He would good.
(BUTTHISWASIT)
*** Elliot couldn't believe it. She wasn't even thirty yet, and her first "child" was here, getting his wand, ready to go off and do the whole Hogwarts thing. She would cry herself to sleep tonight. But right now, she put on a happy smile and pat his little head. "Hudson, you can be as excited as you want. Don't be so stiff, sweetie." She kissed his forehead and let her blue eyes meet Max's brown ones. Good Lord, the time had went by quickly. And she...was not ready. Not ready in the sligtest.
However, she fully expected him to be a Ravenclaw, and anything but a Ravenclaw, and she'd be disappointed. And there would be NO Hufflepuff in the Lupin household. It wasn't even a question. Max could recall the day he got his wand as clear as day. The same shop on a summer day not too different than this.. And his first son was getting his wand today. "Feel how you feel, bud." He didn't want the kid holding back. Honestly he knew nothing about wandlore, but he was sure that being yourself was important, right? Probably.. In any case he wasn't worried about his oldest. Hudson was such a tiny man. He was cool and collected, refined.. Mild mannered. So different from himself as a child.
It was strange. Max met eyes with his wife though, getting that same look in his. It said 'i can't believer we're here' but also 'We made it' It had been a long road to get here. He was surprised not to see Min or Elliot there.. Didn't they have little ones around the same age? Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
__________________ BE YOUNG. BE DOPE. BE PROUD. Like an AMERICAN.
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12-22-2017, 02:15 PM
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| Kappa
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood
Posts: 13,005
Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6
| ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls David was VERY excited indeed! It was his Hogwarts time, and the whole Smith family was here for the big occasion of buying a wand. The shop was small though, so only his dad and he entered. He turned around to look at his little sister, who eagerly was on her tiptoes to look inside the shop window. He giggled and walked to the measuring area. His dad had already told him what to expect: The measuring tape was going to measure his body. And so it did that - it measured his arm, his legs, his abdomen circumference, his height, his head circumference, the distance between his eyes (??)... Kerri: Florian has seen to you HERE!
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12-24-2017, 10:39 PM
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| DMLE & DoM Snidget
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: PA
Posts: 2,678
Hogwarts RPG Name: Archie O'Brien Slytherin Third Year Ministry RPG Name:
Selene Latimer Law Enforcement Ministry RPG Name:
Gethin Hughes Mysteries | Upon walking into the shop Aaron felt a wave of happiness rush through his body! Finally, after waiting so long, the boy was finally able to attend Hogwarts! Both of his parents would talk about it all the time with him, saying how many exciting adventures he would have, the sights that he could behold, and more importantly, the knowledge that he could learn.
Striding up to the measuring booth confidently, he couldn't wait for his mother any longer, so he broke free from her grasp and made a b-line towards the place to get his very first wand! This was all very exciting for Aaron! All sorts of thoughts ran throughout his head as the tape measure did it's magical dance to gather the information needed for the perfect wand to be obtained.
Eyes like the night sky watched in glee as the tape measure pranced all around his body, gathering arm length, height, etc, until it finally had finished. At which point, young Aaron was all ready to finally retrieve his wand! Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
__________________ ... MISUNDERSTOOD ... DILIGENT ... SECRETIVE ...
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12-26-2017, 04:29 PM
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| Bundimun
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: India
Posts: 24
Hogwarts RPG Name: Zyanya Annie Kaul First Year |
Zyanya walked into Ollivander's, slightly nervous. As she looked around, she realized her hands were shaking. She took a few breaths and calmed herself down. Mum had explained the whole thing, so there was nothing to be worried about, she told herself. Her parents had chosen to wander around while she got her wand sorted.
She saw that there was an open area where a tape was hovering and furiously taking measurements. As she waited her turn, she took a moment to see around. She saw a lot of young students, who were probably first years and hoped that she would get to make friends with them. She had never had proper friends before and her mum had reassured her that she would have plenty at Hogwarts.
When her turn came, she stepped forward and held her breath while the tape did its job. She wondered what the logic behind the measurements were, it seemed to measure different things for different people. Finally, she was done.
Her heartbeat raced as she nervously awaited to get her wand. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
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12-28-2017, 03:59 AM
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| Poltergeist
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 38,050
Ministry RPG Name:
Archer Burton Environmental Protection x9
| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# Hanna walked up towards the Measuring Area, using a VERY discrete hand motion to let her mother knew she could stay over there by the door. She didn't need her mum to come and be with her ALL the time. Well, except for her help with the money. Hanna couldn't pay for all of her Hogwarts stuff with her pocket money.
Elyde rolled her eyes in an amused way and watched her daughter.
The Measuring tape came and, as she had been told by her family, measured her. First her height, and then - after hinting at her to expand her arms, the width of her arm span. And then once she relaxed, it measured all of the little bits and pieces; her hair length, wrists, elbow to index finger, around her knees, her foot length etc. Hanna tried to stay still and appear mature, because she wanted to be treated like an older child, so she bit her tongue to keep the giggles inside when it measured from her under-arm to elbow. Ashley: Fiona has helped you here!
__________________ EVASIVE | RESTLESS | MISUNDERSTOOD always on the move
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12-31-2017, 11:43 PM
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| Bundimun
Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: England
Posts: 32
Hogwarts RPG Name: Wolfric Nott First Year | Strange, isn't it? What comes from within.
Wolfie's ears twitched as the bell chimed in the furthest corner of the shop. Not meeting the eyes of whoever else was waiting, he made his way to a chair and kneeling on it, looked over at a wand that lay on a cushion.
He liked the feeling of this shop and rested his chin on the chair while watching magical families hurrying past outside.
'Do I really need a wand?' he thought to himself, knowing it was going to be the more expensive of his purchases from the list. He'd much rather spend the gold on some books.
A light tapping on his shoulder indicated it was his turn: he looked over his shoulder at an inquisitively curled measuring tape. "Alright then" he got off the chair and followed.
While the magical tape did its thing, Wolfie's eyes wandered over the wand boxes stacked higher than he could reach. He smiled wondering what wand would choose him. Ashley: Wand results PMed because feast is open!
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| Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic
DoM & MO
Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn
Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths
Posts: 39,306
Hogwarts RPG Name: Mitsuki Rasting Ravenclaw Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Anna Walles Hufflepuff Fifth Year Ministry RPG Name:
Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry RPG Name:
Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Employee:
Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12
| astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK | & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf No. "I GOT IT!"
Diving in front of papa's outreached arm as he reached for the door, James Eiji was determined to be the one to open the door to the legendary wand shop. So he had nearly whacked mama and papa in the face by swinging open the door so eagerly once his only slightly greedy little hands had latched themselves to the handle. This was it, the beginning of his destiny with magic and he was gonig to be in control of it every step of the way. Starting with the door opening.
Hence the eagerness, obviously.
Thankfully the shop was not too crowded since they had gotten an early start to the day - thank you Grandpa Charles for always being ridiculously early! -so James Eiji was able to make his way over to the magical measuring tape quickly and, surprisingly, stood very still for it while it went about its business.
"Papa, mama, what were your wands' cores again?" he asked, lightly tapping his shoes against the floor. "And their woods? And lengths?"
Thankfully working with dragons had kept her reflexes sharp, so she had easily jumped out of the way of the door her eldest had so haphazardly opened. Though his spirit had elicited a small laugh and an amused shrug of the shoulders when she turned to look at her husband. "This should be interesting," she whispered before following the 11-year-old inside. Standing back, mostly to give her son some space, Kurumi watched as the measuring tape floated around and could still so vividly recall her own wand fitting. Unfortunately, the same wandmaker was no longer here at Ollivanders...but the spot where she had melted his shoes to the ground was still there. In memory at least, obviously the wandmakers knew how to repair any damages all these new wand testings created.
"11.4 inch, Holly wood, Griffin feather," she smiled at James' question, moving to stand beside Lewis more closely and taking his hand in hers.
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| Augurey
Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Eorzea
Posts: 11,714
Hogwarts RPG Name: Amatheia Barrington Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoebe Barrington Slytherin Third Year Ministry RPG Name:
Alexander Brian Pappadeaux x2 x7
| Treat Yo Self | +2 | Enabler | Nerd | Blink Eloise entered the shop smiling and well more relieved than anything that she could finally get this over with that she could get her wand. Which helped since she did have to be reminded that Elise or Vivian both had one. She was not going to think about both being legal and whatever. This was her moment. Weird. But at least she was finally able to go shopping for school. Glad she took the advice of getting this first because it saved her having to hold a lot of bags and stuff.
WAND HERE WE COME
But first she would have to do the whole waiting in line for her turn which was annoying but it was her turn eventually and well why did this thing have to do all these things. Wait for measurement, right. It was taking foreva. She was trying to remember what her sisters said about all the wand cores, woods and all that but it all went over her head and she didn't care all she wanted was one that worked.
Still taking foreva
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| Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
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| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers See. This was EXACTLY why Ethan wanted to get his wand when he turned eleven last October. This queue was ridiculous and he was impatient. Sure he wouldn't have been able to do anything with it and he had grown a couple inches since his eleventh birthday, but at least he wouldn't have had to wait on line. "Ethan. Wait your turn..." Dominic sighed, watching his son and rolling his eyes at his son's impatience. This was going to be a long afternoon. Ethan glanced over at his father. "I got this. I'm good!!" Really, he was. He was finally getting his wand that he wanted to get AGES ago, so this was good. The eleven year old eagerly stepped up to the measuring area, as some tape measured his arms and legs and torso ... and nose? HUH? What does his NOSE have to do with a wand?? Scrunching up his nose, he made a face at the random tape. Was it done yet? |
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04-15-2018, 12:49 AM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: UK
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Ewan walked hesitantly up to the shop he was told about. 'Ollivanders' was it? He couldn't quite remember. With a slight from on his face, he pushed open door gently and stepped in, his heart beat racing. Was it worry or anticipation? He wasn't quite sure. All he knew was this this was the thing he had been looking forward to...
With his heart threatening to jump out of his chest, he stepped forward into the large space ahead of him where the most peculiar thing awaited him. Floating in the space, somehow, was a measuring tape. With a crooked grin, he walked towards it with more confidence now, eagerly looking for the strings that kept it afloat. As he approached, the tape sprung to life. Twirling in the air with a flourish, it shot forward to meet Ewan as he entered the large space. Eyes wide, he froze as the measuring tape took the strangest of measurements, from the length of this arms to his height. After several minutes of silent, abrupt movements, the measuring had finished. To Ewan's delight, he could finally move up to the counter and wait for whatever came next.
How much stranger could it get? He thought, secretly worried about what was to come in this strange shop This was what Blake had feared. His only son leaving him for a strange new world. He had always known his son was... somewhat different to the other children in school, having taught so many himself. Never did he think his son was a wizard and that he, Blake, would be accompanying him to a shop to purchase a magic wand. Blake stood, quietly at the back of the shop, taking everything in. From the floating measuring tape that measured his sons arm length and height to the faded wooden counter at the front that sat in front of stacks upon stacks of small, black packages. 'What a strange place' he thought as the measuring tape whizzed back to the counter. As the tape became motionless, he looked back at his son, the bright spark in his life, the beacon of light that helped him focus after the death of his wife. How could he let his son leave for a whole year?
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04-15-2018, 02:14 AM
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#196 (permalink)
| WWW & Potterdom Mod Newbie Mod
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Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SHIELD's Helicarrier
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| ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes. It was time! He was going to be getting his own wand! This was what Brody Hawthorne had been looking forward to the most. He practically skipped into Ollivander's and the moment, he got there, he rushed up to the counter. He waited almost impatiently for someone to attend to him though he was kept entertained by the measuring tape. Brody made sure to stay clear of other customers since he really didn't appreciate people. The tape in the meanwhile, zipped around him measuring mostly his head area. Didn't it need to measure my wand arm? he wondered. Lucas stood with the other parents as he watched Brody got himself occupied with the tape. His nephew was growing up so fast. How was it that he had only been a baby when he was adopted after his parents died and now before the man stood a boy on his way to becoming a young man? Time certainly flew. |
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04-15-2018, 09:50 PM
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| DMAC Occamy
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Disneyland
Posts: 63,102
Hogwarts RPG Name: Dezi Willard Fifth Year Ministry RPG Name:
Letícia Alcântara da Silva Veiga Accidents & Catastrophes x2
| Mrs. Alex Turner *asterisks user* Secret Door This was it. The real moment of truth. Surely if Dezi wasn't really a wizard, this would be the spot to find that out. Maybe this was the moment they sent him away because he really wasn't a wizard and this was all an elaborate prank by his Mama after he ran away from her last time they were in Central London. GASP!!!! She'd totally do it too!! Except ... -- well, that measuring tape was definitely hovering and Dezi didn't know much about physics but he was pretty sure that things didn't do that. Something involving that old dude buried in the Abbey and an apple. Or a pear????
Or an orange. Something. Point was, things didn't just HOVER. And his Mama was no magician.
Standing in the queue, he bounced and WIGGLED excitedly on the spot as he waited and waited and waited for his turn, curious eyes taking EVERYTHING in. Oh, hi Mum! ????? NO. He didn't need to pee! Gosh! Couldn't a young boy just be excited???? Or maybe he wasn't young anymore ... he had been waiting for a LONG time, AGES really. Maybe he was FIFTY by now!
OH! When it was his turn to stand by the tape, he watched it curiously, lips curled into an excited smile. He didn't understand why he needed to be measured at all (he was beginning to wonder if maybe they had walked into the robes shop or something) but he stood there, trying his hardest to stay quiet. And still. SO still. Like a statue! But not like those statues in the Mary Poppins books, no. Speaking of which, should he ask the wandmaker guy if Mary Poppins was also a witch?? Maybe he knew her?? He definitely wanted to know if there were nannies at Hogwarts.
Eeeeeeeh, why was this tape measuring the length of his feet?? And his neck?
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04-16-2018, 12:58 AM
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| Potterdom Mod Book Club Mod
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ferrix: GMT-6
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| curly haired prefect - "sometimes I get angry!" - 30/90 - *chicken emoji* - probably @ Disney - I speak dog Nettie was TOTALLY psyched for this wand! She had been waiting for years to get her own wand - although she had pictured it a little differently. For one, she had pictured getting a wand in France, and instead she was here in England. Still, it didn't matter - a wand was a wand. She was sure these British wands were just as good as the ones in France!
She had pictured herself walking up to the counter, placing her money bag on the counter dramatically and saying 'I would like a wand please!' while looking all adorable and innocent. But instead, she was standing in a SUPER crowded shop, with a whole bunch of other kids her age.
She didn't have more than a few seconds to take everything in before a magical measuring tape was wrapping itself around her arms, legs, her head...huh. That was unexpected...but she was sure it was important! So she watched the measuring tape go, giggling to herself.
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04-16-2018, 01:43 AM
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| Mackled Malaclaw
Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wakanda
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Annaliese Toussaint First Year Ministry RPG Name:
Dmitriy Toussaint Law Enforcement x12 x12
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Originally Posted by PatInTheHat As far as traditions went, taking his sisters to get their first wand was high up on the list for favorites in Sebastien Toussaint's book. Surprising them with pets was also a favorite of his, but considering how Leecey wasn't a fan of caring for things (and she veto'd him when he asked her about it), he would save that for one of his many cousins or something.
It was still a shock to him that he sister was old enough to have a wand. He seriously doubted that she would put it to use, but at least she would have it and hopefully learn to use it properly, and not have others preform magic for her. Because people wouldn't always be around to protect her, and she needed to know how to do that herself.
..... Maybe he wouldn't move out of the house just yet. The thought of his baby sister out at school was suddenly, mildly terrifying.
That was part why carried her into the wand shop (another part was him just being accustomed to carrying her around), effortlessly parting through the sea of soon-to-be students eager to get their own wand. "You only have to go over there." He pointed to where the measuring tape was whizzing around kids her age, sizing them each up. "And get measured, then head over to the wandmaker. They'll get you sorted." And he would pay. It was, undoubtedly, a necessity to enter the wand shop on Bast’s shoulders for three reasons: 1. Ollivander’s was awfully packed (Daddy had denied her request to schedule a private fitting), and Annaliese Toussaint was not the type to figuratively or literally rub elbows with her almost classmates. Not before before being forced to do so. 2. Her brother was TALL. On her makeshift throne, she was tall, too. And it was important to be above everyone in more than one way. 3. Gettingawandwasjustabitscary. “Aren’t you coming, too?” Bastien was already talking like she’d have to do everything by herself. Brave the sea of students alone. Be measured alone. Talk to the wandmaker alone. She’d chosen him as her chaperone for the sole reason of having a shield to the world, and if he wasn’t even going to serve that purpose... Leecey might as well have entered on a donkey.
Allowing herself to be let down, the tiny blonde found her footing, relishing the space Bast had cleared for her in the tape’s vicinity. But no sooner had she smoothed her dress, than the strip of fabric was flitting around her delicate arms and legs. Did it know to be gentle? Could it tell that this customer was practically royalty?
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| Forest Troll
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ohio
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Kirsten Delbin Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Mateo Theodore Slytherin Fifth Year Ministry RPG Name:
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| Puff by day, snake by night | Mj's bestie | Always UP to Something... It was finally her time to get her wand. Her entire family coming like last year, she was eager to get this! She remembered last year when the guy had given her flowers and she loved them, but this time it was her time. SHE WAS GETTING A WAND!! "Hello! Do you remember me?" Her big eyes followed the workers even if they were busy she thought maybe they would. When it was her turn she stepped right up, not scared since she watched Gunnar last year, and giggled a little as the measuring tape zoomed around her. "Why does it have to measure so many places? If the wand picks me, then why all this to start, why not let the wands out of the box so they can just pick the right person? Wouldn't that be less work for you?"
She didn't mean to ask some many questions but her excitement and interest kept her going.
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