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Tenacius "Ace" Salander
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SPOILER!!: Stella Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger 
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.
He had about half the kite done, with the main structure and framework already set in place, all he needed was to finish sticking the rest of the colored fabrics in. In essence it was just like building a regular sled kite, but wider and the flares being tucked together to create more lift. He set the book between his work area and Stella's "If you want use this as reference too go ahead, its very helpful." he smiled, then returned to deftly work on his kite. Yes he knows what to do without the book now..
As most of his kite's main sail was white he had an idea with where and how to optimize the other colors he managed to get. Working from left to right he worked carefully to make sure they would look good and most importantly hold together when the kite was flying in the air. Finally the design on the main sail was complete, and Vickers started to tuck the flares along the sides and in the middle, attaching the kite line at key points on the kite and adding a few pins for safety measures and ease of steering. With something this wide he had to make sure it stayed stable-- and upright-- so decided to cut long strips of fabric for the tails, attaching them all along the lower half of the kite.
He stepped back and with a deep breath, gazed at his work. A smile crossed his feature. "Its finally done." |