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Giselle Barrington
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Text Cut: ze kite expert :P Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen  He had to chuckle with this "Yes there is a book about kite-making" he nodded, understanding the surprise in Stella's voice "Hobbyists put this out for beginners and advanced flyers alike... they share techniques and kite plans mostly."
He angled his head at her sympathetically "NEWTs year huh?" yeah he was kinda looking forward, mostly dreading his turn next year. "Well its good that you take a break, a mind thats relaxed can absorb more than one thats always stressed." true story. Although many has yet to learn the difference between relaxed and distracted. "Its a great day out, and kites are fun for everybody, whether you fly one or just watch." He glanced at Spike giving a demo of the kite making "What he's doing there is a simple one...." he angled his head for Stella to see "You can follow what he's doing or you can look into the book here, there are loads of simple kites with instructions and their plans."
He finally found the page that he was looking for, and lay the book down with its pages open for Stella to see "I'm trying to make this..." he pointed at the diagram at the top of the page "...but just larger, since I got enough fabric for the main sail of the kite without having to cut it down.". His head turns momentarily when he heard someone make mention of his country. The red head is an American too? hmm someone to say hello to later perhaps.
But back to kite building. He fitted the long support frames across the main sail, measuring them out then fixing them with the adhesives and patches and for extra measure, a sticking charm as well. This kite was going to be receiving a lot of wind pressure and the last thing he wanted was to have it fall apart in the air. He then moved onto the different colored fabric pieces and started to cut them in accordance to where they will be pieced together on the mail sail. Working on one end of the half assembled kite he glanced back at the Ravenclaw brunette "Have you ever flown a kite before?" he could tell she has never built one, but that usually didnt stop anybody who really wanted to enjoy a breezy day There was a moment where Stella had actually wondered if Vickers was laughing at her. As in, that he thought her surprised question was ridiculous enough to deserve laughter, but then as he'd gone on to simply verify that the book in fact did help one learn how to construct kites of all skill levels, she decided it hadn't been cruel laughter. Possibly she'd just surprised him as well with the question in the first place, and she found herself craning her neck again to get a look at the book before she realized he'd continued speaking. Not only that, but he'd actually expressed sympathy for her, and she looked at him with another slight shrug. "Exactly. I should have expected it to be stressful, too, since I helped Matt study for his last term," she replied, most likely explaining a bit more than she really had needed to, but she could always blame that on study stress later on. "Well, I'll try to relax it. Between the exams and just regular classes and such it's a bit difficult getting my brain to really relax, but I'm certainly hoping fresh air helps. At least." It was Hogwarts, after all. Even when academics weren't going on, there were always distractions.
The kite idea didn't seem to qualify as the dangerous kind, though. Except for possibly that station for the kite-propelled sledding, but she didn't have to try that if she didn't want to. She had to make a kite first either way, and she'd followed Vickers' gaze as he'd spoken about Spike doing a demonstration. That looked simple, but part of herself wanted to know she actually created a kite on her own. Like it would prove that somewhere inside her there was a bit of her mother and all her artistic qualities weren't just theater-related, and she'd smiled as he'd offered to let her look at the book as well. Even showing her the pattern he wanted to follow, and she took the moment of distraction as he'd looked away to quickly flip through a few pages to look at some of the other ideas. There were a couple she thought she could manage, with the supplies she'd collected and maybe a bit of simple charms with her wand.
She'd managed to get back to the pages her fellow Claw had been using before he'd glanced back to start working on his own kite again, however. Maybe she could use the glimpses she'd gotten and create something on her own, and she started looking over the supports she'd brought over. Hmm, she thought, experimenting with a few different configurations, wondering if she could curve the wood. A kite needed to be aerodynamic, though, and finally she went with a semi-traditional kite structure, taking her wand out to cast a stickigncharm where the supports crossed one another and then strengthening those spots with a bit of the string she'd brought along. She'd looked up again as she heard another question, in any case, and nodded. "I have. Not lately, though," she replied, taking a moment to test the sturdiness of her frame before worrying about adding the fabric. Maybe she'd have to keep her kite for later, if she had free time over the summer.
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