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This is not a shouting match, but it could get that way any moment now.
"I'm not impugning your quality, Mr. Ollivander, but if you don't want to sell me a wand -"
"I have sold you a wand, Miss Swan, and if you say it does not suffice for your purposes I do not see how else I could possibly interpret you."
"Only in quantity!" she says. "I just want two."
"With an attitude like that you might one day find yourself in possession of two pieces -"
"That's exactly the sort of reason I want a second! If you won't sell me one -"
"I have sold you one, good day, Miss Swan!" Ollivander turns to the next customer. "Pardon her. What can I do for you today?"
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chanuphis
always_and_forever
"Movies are neat!" Sadde agrees.
Eventually they get to the Charms classroom.
Eventually they get to the Charms classroom.
chanuphis
The desks are two per. Karen sits with Miranda. They get out their Charms books.
always_and_forever
And Sadde sits with Willow. They both grab their Charms books, too, but Willow gets a cookie from her bag as well and noms it.
"...didn't you just eat breakfast?"
"Yep! But I left myself a present here! Good on me!" she says, and pats her own head. Sadde snorts.
"...didn't you just eat breakfast?"
"Yep! But I left myself a present here! Good on me!" she says, and pats her own head. Sadde snorts.
chanuphis
Giggle.
At this moment Professor Flitwick calls class to order, looks approvingly at the one table where a Ravenclaw and Slytherin are sitting together, and announces that they are going to begin with Wingardium leviosa. He rephrases the instructions as found in the book, demonstrating correct grip ("most spells by volume are cast from this grip") and wand movement and incantation. Everyone has a feather to levitate.
At this moment Professor Flitwick calls class to order, looks approvingly at the one table where a Ravenclaw and Slytherin are sitting together, and announces that they are going to begin with Wingardium leviosa. He rephrases the instructions as found in the book, demonstrating correct grip ("most spells by volume are cast from this grip") and wand movement and incantation. Everyone has a feather to levitate.
always_and_forever
Sadde focuses on her feather, and on her swish-and-flick, and on her "Wingardium Leviosa!" and this time, absolutely nothing happens. Which, in her mind, is an improvement over the projectile thing, so that's pretty great!
Willow, on the other hand, looks quite frustrated by her lack of results, and frowns at her feather as she tries again.
Willow, on the other hand, looks quite frustrated by her lack of results, and frowns at her feather as she tries again.
chanuphis
Karen gets hers aloft - temporarily - on the first try. Miranda needs to try twice to get a waft, but her third incanting has the feather levitating very cooperatively.
always_and_forever
After a couple more tries, Sadde does manage to levitate her feather erratically, but as soon as she loses concentration she drops it.
Willow, on the other hand, continues failing, and is increasingly frustrated by this fact.
Willow, on the other hand, continues failing, and is increasingly frustrated by this fact.
msmaxwell
There does not seem to be anything she's doing wrong consistently, but each time she tries it she does something wrong. The main meta-problem appears to be that the more frustrated she gets with her failures, the more mistakes she makes.
msmaxwell
She tries doing it slower, and this time she gets the wand movement wrong—too violent and forceful.
msmaxwell
She tries that, too, but now her pronunciation is wrong, and she stifles a frustrated shriek at her feather after it fails to lift.
msmaxwell
"I know!" she snaps, then closes her eyes and starts breathing deeply. She opens them and focuses on the feather, swish-and-flick perfectly, "Wingardium Leviosa!" perfectly...
And yet, it continues to not float.
"Looky here you little stupid feather, you either float or I'm setting you on fire!"
always_and_forever
"I can probably fail at something around it, there's at least a decent chance it'll catch fire," says Sadde.
msmaxwell
Willow shoots Sadde a glare but doesn't say anything, choosing instead to take a few seconds to psych herself up. "Come on, Maxwell, you can do this, you'll show them, you'll show them all!" she murmurs to herself.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" she says at the feather and it... twitches. Very slightly, it raises about a third of an inch from the desk, but she just beams and says, "I did it! I did it! I'm a witch! I'm a real witch!"
"Wingardium Leviosa!" she says at the feather and it... twitches. Very slightly, it raises about a third of an inch from the desk, but she just beams and says, "I did it! I did it! I'm a witch! I'm a real witch!"
msmaxwell
Willow giggles helplessly.
She doesn't manage much more than that for the rest of the class, but her one little success has given her enough hope for the future!
Sadde learns how to hold a feather steady and even move it around a little without needing to meditate on it for ten minutes, and then tries doing the same with her pen, with mostly failures. Speaking of, she decides to write some notes on her little notepad about what works and what doesn't, before putting her stuff away.
She doesn't manage much more than that for the rest of the class, but her one little success has given her enough hope for the future!
Sadde learns how to hold a feather steady and even move it around a little without needing to meditate on it for ten minutes, and then tries doing the same with her pen, with mostly failures. Speaking of, she decides to write some notes on her little notepad about what works and what doesn't, before putting her stuff away.
chanuphis
Miranda and Karen wind up having their feathers chasing each other around in the air by the time Flitwick dismisses them.
always_and_forever
Sadde's kinda envious, and Willow's as oblivious as ever.
"What do you eagles have up next?" she asks.
"What do you eagles have up next?" she asks.