<br><br><b><i>Margaret Dean <margdean@erols.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> William Dean wrote:<br><br>> > From: "Karen Klutzke" <kklutzke@gmail.com><br><br>> > > > > > > Just then the bell tinkled as the shop door opened once more. A<br>> > > > > > > tall, thin man and a small, thin boy stood in the doorway. The<br>> > > > > > > boy had a covered cage in his hand.<br>> > > > > > ><br>> > > > > > > "Hello," said the man, smiling. "Quite a crowd today, isn't it,<br>> > > > > > > Mr. Ollivander? Well, it's that time of the year!"<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > > "Hello sir." said Seluna w/a curtsy(acting formal for once in her<br>> > > > > > life. not like herself usually. this is how she talks
to adults.)<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > The small wizened man looked up at the newcomers and squinted his<br>> > > > > eyes. "Eugene Windermere...cypress wood, 9 and 7/8 inches, dragon<br>> > > > > heartstring core."<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > The tape measure flew up and measured the circumference of Paloma's<br>> > > > > head.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Quite right," said the tall man, his grin widening. He drew the<br>> > > > boy forward with an arm around his shoulders. "And this is my<br>> > > > son Cyrus, here for his first wand. After the ladies, of<br>> > > > course." He made a little half-bow to Seluna, Mori, and Paloma,<br>> > > > and the adults with them.<br>> > > <br>> > > "Hi," mumbled Cyrus, barely above a whisper. He seemed to be rather<br>> > > nervous in the
presence of three girls of roughly his age.<br>> > ><br>> > > "Hi" Paloma said quickly and loud, then looked at the tall man and<br>> > > curtsied but said nothing to him.<br>> ><br>> > When Paloma dipped down the tape measure formed a loop at one end and<br>> > snapped at her wrist, much like someone would with a wet towel. It<br>> > smarted.<br>> ><br>> > "Hold still please, Miss Paloma," Ollivander said idly. He turned back<br>> > to the new arrivals. "I will be with you shortly, Mr. Windermere.<br>> > Please make yourselves comfortable."<br>> ><br>> > He motioned to several chairs along the wall by the doorway that both<br>> > the girls and the Windermeres were pretty sure were not there a moment<br>> > ago. Upholstered in faded blue velvet, they looked like they belonged<br>> > in a museum exhibit on the Regency era.<br>> <br>> Cyrus sat gingerly in one of
the chairs, with a doubtful look on his face.<br>> He seemed somewhat afraid that it would disappear as suddenly as it had<br>> appeared.<br><br>Eugene took a seat next to his son and watched Paloma being<br>measured.<br><br>> > Ollivander then turned back to Paloma. The tape measure flew to his<br>> > outstretched hand and he examined it intently for a brief moment<br>> > before turning to regard his shelves of little boxes. "Hmmm...now<br>> > where are those new wands.... Oh, yes. Here we are."<br>> ><br>> > He went and retrieved a box from the bottom of the back wall and<br>> > returned with it to Paloma. Inside was an iridescent white wand very<br>> > obviously not made of wood. "Try this one, Miss Paloma. Pick it up and<br>> > give it a go."<br>> ><br>> > [OOC: I wrote quite a bit, so feel free to go back and insert<br>> > responses, etc. where appropriate.]<br><br><span style="font-family:
arial;">Paloma picked up the wand and waved it and it felt like she had it for a long time,"I think this is the right one." she said feeling surprised</span></kklutzke@gmail.com><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial;"></span></font><kklutzke@gmail.com><span style="font-family: arial;"><font size="1"> </font>that she had that feeling.</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br><br>--Margaret Dean<br> <margdean@erols.com><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>HogwartsBetween mailing list<br>HogwartsBetween@gamera.cc<br>http://gamera.cc/mailman/listinfo/hogwartsbetween_gamera.cc<br></margdean@erols.com></kklutzke@gmail.com></blockquote><br><p> 
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