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NiallNIP · 12-26-2024, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Curious little thing, this one, wasn't he. Zeke allowed a vaguely amused smile to play across his features, but he answered the boy's question all the same. "I find it interesting, exploring the various interactions between woods and cores, and the way a particular combination favours a person based not only on their ability, but on their character as well. The 'personalities' of the wands themselves are intriguing too, and how much they seem to 'know'. There's plenty of fascinating aspects to the field," he said. Of course, it went much deeper than all that. Zeke's husband could testify to the many, many things that first drew Zeke to the profession and ultimately kept him there, kept him creating, kept him researching and publishing, because he'd been victim to his nerding out for many ~~many~~ years now. But... "And, of course, I enjoy the process of crafting the wands." Would be a bit of an issue if he didn't, after all.

But anyway. The wand fitting. Zeke watched as the boy tried out the wand, observing the proceedings with a shrewd eye. He was not at all surprised when, rather than a 'yea' or a 'nay', he found himself faced with another question.

"Well," he said, "it's always possible. Observation can only take us so far. That's why I always ask a customer how it feels, if it feels right. Usually it's perfectly obvious; there are many different signs. Sometimes, though, there can be what seems like an appropriate magical display, but then I'm told the wand feels wrong, in which case it's likely not the right fit. Sometimes there's no obvious sign of magic at all, but instead a strong sense of having found the right wand. The way it feels carries a lot of weight when determining a match." Most of the weight, in fact, though many times Zeke could clock a match on sight, and this information served mostly as confirmation. He didn't like to belabour the point of just how important that feedback was, however, because if a particularly sensitive customer was listening in, they might start stressing themselves out. Putting pressure on themselves to be sure, and thus clouding and doubting their own judgement. Zeke, of course, had his way of handling these situations and walking the customers through it, but it was better not to let them work themselves up into that state in the first place.

"So," he said now, tapping his finger on the side of the wand box, and nodding towards the wand in the boy's hand. "How does it feel? Does it feel right, or would you like to try another?"

"I see," Maddox responded to the first answer. He knew that wands were a bit temperamental, what with there being one wand that matched with one person and so on, but it was interesting to hear the take of a wandmaker himself. It still seemed shrouded in a bit of mystery, even for the wandmaker, and Maddox was interested in that. Where the mystery of magic started to creep in was where Maddox found the most intrigue, so he was pleased with the answer. "Glad you like it."

And then he got his response to the second question, and Maddox's mind was tugged a bit. So there wasn't a surefire way to know, then, without the willing truthfulness of the wand tester. Just an intuition. Very interesting. And Maddox now wasn't sure if the shopkeeper knew that this was his wand. Time for a test, it seemed. He placed his perfect wand back in the box. "I'd like to see another," he said, eyeing the man. He purposefully didn't make any indication about how this wand felt, but thought that wouldn't be unexpected given how he'd conversed up until now. He wanted to see what the man thought about this decision.

12-26-2024, 06:39 AM	#248 (permalink)
NiallNIP DERP Jarvey Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Los Angeles!!!! Posts: 536 Hogwarts RPG Name: Maddox Robicheaux Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Felicity Morose Hufflepuff Fourth Year	The Gay Agenda™< >Homiesexual uwu Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Curious little thing, this one, wasn't he. Zeke allowed a vaguely amused smile to play across his features, but he answered the boy's question all the same. "I find it interesting, exploring the various interactions between woods and cores, and the way a particular combination favours a person based not only on their ability, but on their character as well. The 'personalities' of the wands themselves are intriguing too, and how much they seem to 'know'. There's plenty of fascinating aspects to the field," he said. Of course, it went much deeper than all that. Zeke's husband could testify to the many, many things that first drew Zeke to the profession and ultimately kept him there, kept him creating, kept him researching and publishing, because he'd been victim to his nerding out for many ~~many~~ years now. But... "And, of course, I enjoy the process of crafting the wands." Would be a bit of an issue if he didn't, after all. But anyway. The wand fitting. Zeke watched as the boy tried out the wand, observing the proceedings with a shrewd eye. He was not at all surprised when, rather than a 'yea' or a 'nay', he found himself faced with another question. "Well," he said, "it's always possible. Observation can only take us so far. That's why I always ask a customer how it feels, if it feels right. Usually it's perfectly obvious; there are many different signs. Sometimes, though, there can be what seems like an appropriate magical display, but then I'm told the wand feels wrong, in which case it's likely not the right fit. Sometimes there's no obvious sign of magic at all, but instead a strong sense of having found the right wand. The way it feels carries a lot of weight when determining a match." Most of the weight, in fact, though many times Zeke could clock a match on sight, and this information served mostly as confirmation. He didn't like to belabour the point of just how important that feedback was, however, because if a particularly sensitive customer was listening in, they might start stressing themselves out. Putting pressure on themselves to be sure, and thus clouding and doubting their own judgement. Zeke, of course, had his way of handling these situations and walking the customers through it, but it was better not to let them work themselves up into that state in the first place. "So," he said now, tapping his finger on the side of the wand box, and nodding towards the wand in the boy's hand. "How does it feel? Does it feel right, or would you like to try another?" "I see," Maddox responded to the first answer. He knew that wands were a bit temperamental, what with there being one wand that matched with one person and so on, but it was interesting to hear the take of a wandmaker himself. It still seemed shrouded in a bit of mystery, even for the wandmaker, and Maddox was interested in that. Where the mystery of magic started to creep in was where Maddox found the most intrigue, so he was pleased with the answer. "Glad you like it." And then he got his response to the second question, and Maddox's mind was tugged a bit. So there wasn't a surefire way to know, then, without the willing truthfulness of the wand tester. Just an intuition. Very interesting. And Maddox now wasn't sure if the shopkeeper knew that this was his wand. Time for a test, it seemed. He placed his perfect wand back in the box. "I'd like to see another," he said, eyeing the man. He purposefully didn't make any indication about how this wand felt, but thought that wouldn't be unexpected given how he'd conversed up until now. He wanted to see what the man thought about this decision.