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demented_death_eater 
Now his mind was jumbled with too many things to do. Herbology, greenhouses, broomsticks, rogue Bludger, Ikea Garlic, staff leaving....
Where was I? Oh, yes . . . parts of a broomstick!
"OKAAAAAAYYYY, class!" Vindictus exclaimed and clapped his hands as he turned around moments after Tate left the shed. "Good job in identifying the different parts of a broomstick. Those of you who answered will be receiving points for each part you correctly identified."
He pulled out his wand and the hovering brooms zoomed back to their storage place against the wall.
"It is important that you care for these different parts of a broom or else they can become weak and eventually break . . . which would be dangerous if your broom broke apart while flying. Grab a broomstick servicing kit," he said and with his wand, pointed to the boxes that suddenly appeared on the table.
"I want you to trim the tail twigs, polish the broom handle, and clean the metal foot stand and the metal band that holds the tail twigs in place. Get started!"
OOC: This task should be at least 3 separate posts of you cleaning your broomstick. Points will be rewarded (maximum of 5 points will be rewarded for this task). I'll resume with the next set of instructions tomorrow when I get home from work (around 9pm EST).
Selina could tell her Professor was a little disjointed at the recent development with Herbology. It was not something that she would have particularly wanted thrust upon her if she was in his position. But Truebridge showed him a great complement in choosing him to fill that post. He must have had great respect for the man.
When he instructed them to fix up their brooms Selina looked at her Nimbus- the one she was borrowing at least. It was in need for a little touch-up's here and there. But as a whole broomstick a fine racing broom.
The first instruction was to trim the bristles of the broom. She went to work grabbing a servicing kit to continue out that job. When she reached inside she took out the clippers. When she was younger and her father would always patch up their brooms he would tell her that a broom with short bristles is like a bird with no feathers. It was ingrained in her to keep the bristles at a long length, but clean them up every couple of months like her mother did to her eyebrows.
So she held the clippers in her hand and went to work. She trimmed each bristle to it's proper length. Once they all were healthy again she looked a second time. A healthy length was not all the same for every bristle. They were uneven. Selina went back in and trimmed the bristles for aestetic purposes.
Once she was done the Nimbus bristles were even and healthy again.