Messer watched as Professor Vindictus showed them the next steps. In this step they need to trim the tail twigs. Once the Professor was done with his demonstration and gave them a green light to start trimming the tail twigs, Messer grabbed his supply kit and took out the tail twig clippers and the polish jar.

The young badger picked up the tail twig clippers with his right hand and started trimming the tail twigs. He made sure that he only clipped the jagged twigs. Like Professor Vindictus said the clipper was really sharp, he didn't had any difficulty to trim the jagged twigs.

Taylor looked up at the gryffindor girl who she lent the clippers to. "Oh anytime." Tay smiled and was confused about the wink but didnt think about it much. She put the clippers back into the kit and looked up at the professor, awaiting him to speak again.

Raven watched Professor Vindictus demonstrated the next step: Trim the twigs and polish the handle. Then she started trimming the twigs. She took a clipper from the kit box and tried to snip the twig, Hope the clippers was not dull.

"Clip.. Clip... Clip.."

She trimmed the twigs carefully in order to get the good results. Voila!

"On to the next step!'' Jory said not too happily. It involved polishing and even though he knew how to do it, he had never actually polished anything in his life before.

He tried to follow the Professor's instructions to the letter. Very carefully, Jory rubbed the handle of the broom in a circular motion, making sure to get every corner of the handle polished.

The Hufflepuff took his time in doing this. He was kind of enjoying polishing. And the smell of the polish. After completely polishing the handle, Jory consulted his watch for the five minutes to pass.

On her way back to the table, Alyssa stopped at the baskets containing the blue towels and picked up another blue towel from it. She then reached into the basket containing the red rags and removed one from it before returning to the table. Stuffing her towel into her pocket for the time being, Alyssa removed the lid from the jar of polish and using the red rag, she placed it over the fingers of her right hand, before reaching into the jar of polish and scooping up a glob of polish the size of a knut. She then replaced the lid back on the jar. Now that she had the polish in her rag, Alyssa worked it in the rag using her fingers until she felt the polish starting to warm up through the rag.

Picking up the handle of the broom, she slowly applied the polish onto it, rubbing it in, in a circular pattern. Moving up and down the handle, she made sure that each circular pattern overlapped the other until she covered the entire handle with polish. She then sat back and watched her watch tick off the seconds until 5 minutes had passed. While she waited, she reviewed her journal and scratched off the steps that she had completed.

Vickers stood to collect the bucket then walked back to his seat. He flipped the broom care kit open again, then reached in to take out the concentrated cleaner. He unscrewed the cap open then measured out one cupful. He poured the contents into the bucket then returned the cap onto the bottle.

He reached for his wand and pointing it deep into the bucket uttered "Aguamenti" he got a little past halfway when he finite'd the spell and set his wand back to its holster.

After she had finished trimming the broom twigs, she moved to polish the broom handle. She took a jar of handle polish from her kit.

"Fleetwood's High-Finish Handle Polish" she murmured. So, let's see whether the polish was REALLY the best polish on the market! Then she grabbed a red rag. She unscrewed the lid and dipped the rag into the jar. Then she scooped out the polish, just a little of glob--about a knut's size. She put the lid back into the jar and worked the polish into the rag about a minute.

After this, she was ready to polish the handle.

Polish again??? >_>

Sigh. Sophie got some more polish on the red rag and warmed it up like she had done before. Looking at pretty much nothing, she kept on working on it for around a minute.

Pulling the broom closer aagain, she restarted doing the circular pattern on the handle. She made sure to overlap the areas like in the first time. Sigh. When all of the handle was polished for the second time, Sophie put the rag down and waited forever five minutes.

Sigh. After that, she grabbed the clean towel one more time and gently buffed off the dried polish in a small circular pattern aaagain... Sigh.

Sophie could sort of see her blurred reflection on the handle. NO! She wasn't polishing it again until it was oh so perfect and shiny and reflecting her face like a mirror! That was definitely good enough for her.

After five minutes, Jory noticed the polished had dried. With a clean towel, he started to rub off the dried polish in a circular motion.

Afterwards, Jory started the polishing all over again. He was starting to get tired of all this polishing. Not to mention that the scent was starting to get to him now. After the second buff, the handle was not shining like glass as the Professor said it would.

Groaning to himself, Jory repeated the polishing and buffing step again. This time the result was obvious. "Finally!'' he exclaimed "You're looking good, broomstick.''

Now that he finished trimming the tail twigs, Messer walked over the fireplace to toss the teensy twig bits into the fire then put the clippers back into the supply kit. The next step was polishing the broom. That would be fun, right?

He grabbed a red rag and unscrewed the lid from the jar of polish. Then he dipped the red rag into the jar, he scooped up a glob of polish the size of a knut. Messer put the lid back on the jar. He rubbed the polish into the cloth. After a few minutes, the young badger could feel the polish warming in his hands.

After she waited for the polish warmed up, she started to polish the handle. She gently rubbed the polish onto the broom handle in a small circular pattern, she did it for 5 minutes until the handle was perfectly polished. She did it carefully since Professor Vindictus asked them not too hurry.

After she had polish all over the handle, she waited again for five minutes in order to dry the polish.

That's almost finish!

Once the seconds ticked off the last minute, Alyssa examined the broom handle and noticed that the polish had left a hazy finish on the handle. Pulling out the towel from her pocket, Alyssa started buffing off the polish on the handle, in small circular patterns. She worked up and down the handle, taking her time and making sure that she had totally buffed off the polish from the handle, before laying aside the towel and picking up the red rag again.

Removing the lid of the jar of polish again, Alyssa took the red rag and scooped up another glob of polish about the size of a knut, before replacing the lid back onto the jar. Alyssa worked the polish in the rag until the polish started to warm up and she could feel it through the rag. Taking the rag, she then applied another round of polish onto the handle, rubbing in the polish in circular patterns up and down the handle. She took her time doing this portion of the cleaning process, making sure that as she rubbed in the polish, that each circular pattern, overlapped the other. Once she was sure that the entire broom handle was covered in polish, Alyssa sat back and waited for 5 minutes to go by to allow the polish to seep into the handle.

As she waited, she checked off the steps in her journal.

Raven had waited for five minutes in order to dry the polish. Then she grabbed a clean towel and gently buffed off the dried polish in a small circular pattern. After she had finished the step, she repeated to polish the handle again.

She grabbed a red rag. She unscrewed the lid and dipped the rag into the jar. Then she scooped out the polish, just a little of glob--about a knut's size. She put the lid back into the jar and worked the polish into the rag about a minute.

After that she gently rubbed the polish onto the broom handle in a small circular pattern, she did it for 5 minutes until the handle was perfectly polished. She did it carefully since Professor Vindictus asked them not too hurry and waited (AGAIN!) for five minutes.

Then she grabbed a towel and buffed off the dried polish. The handle now was shining after it had polished. Raven wiped her forehead and smiled.

After the five minutes were up, Alyssa examined the handle again and was glad to see that the polish had now turned the handle hazy looking. Picking up her blue towel, Alyssa slowly buffed off the polish in small circular patterns. She started from the top of the handle and buffed her way downwards, continuously circling the rag in her hand over the handle. As she buffed, she started to see a blurrish reflection of herself on the handle. But as she continued to buff, taking her time and whistling an old tune, "Whistle while you work", a tune that she had somehow remembered after watching an old muggle movie, Snow White, Alyssa noticed that her reflection began to appear sharper and clearer on the handle. Glad that what she was doing was working, she continued buffing off the polish, until she could see her reflection all along the handle.

Now that she had completed polishing the handle, Alyssa reviewed her journal, scratching off the steps that she had completed, before sitting back and waiting for the Professor to give further instructions.

Vickers stood and neared the baskets that had the rags and the sponges. He collected one of each and walked back to his seat, setting the rags aside for later. Taking the sponge in his hand, the boy dipped it into the bucket then gave it a squeeze, opting to keep a bit more of the soapy mixture for the first pass. He started at the top of the handle then down the entire shaft of the broom, giving it a quick swipe before returning back to the top and made a more detailed scrubbing. Detailing. Yeah he's good at that.

When he was done he took the blue rag and patted the shaft dry just as the Flying Professor demonstrated, absorbing as much dampness from the shaft as he could.

Kurumi scooped all the clipping into her hands and walked over to the fireplace to toss them in. Ooooooooh...that felt really nice. Kurumi hung out there for a few moments, warming up her hands and body before heading back to her station and her broom. She then took out her piece of parchment and checked over the list again. Oh, right, she needed to grab yet another towel.

Shuffling her feet back to the pile of rags, Kurumi picked up a red one and then returned to her table where she removed the polish from her kit and then attempted to twist the top off. "Mmmmmmmmmmmm," she said, her face contorting as she twisted and pushed with all her might to get the cap off. But it didn't budge. Maybe if she used the rag? Kurumi placed the red rag over the can of polish and tried to twist it off again, but it still didn't budge. It was lefty loosey righty tighty....right? Just to be sure, Kurumi tried in the opposite direction just to be sure, but she could tell that that was going to get the job done either.Trying again with the rag, Kurumi still wasn't able to get the lid off and resorted to hitting it against the edge of the table.

*clang clang clang*

Maybe that worked? Her brothers often did that when it was pasta night...that, or they wore rubber gloves. Using the rag again, Kurumi turned the cap and... POP! The lid came off. Ha! And she had been told that hitting things didn't always make it better.

Now with her can open, Kurumi scooped a knut size out and held the rag in her hand while she screwed the cap back on. Stupid cap. She then laid the rag on the broom's handle, polish side down, and began to work it into the wood.

Jotting down a few notes here and there, Kennedy readied himself for the next steps. Finally, this broom was going to be shiny...but first, he needed to clip the tail twigs. He took the clippers from the kit and examined the twigs that were sticking. He began trimming and while he did that, he kept the twig bits in a neat pile so that they wouldn't scatter all over the place.

Clip, clip, cliiip.

When he was done, he placed the clippers back into the supply kit and went to throw the twig bits into the fire. He stood there for a while, watching the little bits burn.

Minerva started putting the polish on in a circular motion. She made sure that every part of the handle had polish on it. As she rubbed in the polish she made sure that it overlapped, remembering how she helped her dad polish the care a few times it was pretty much the same thing. Once the broom had the polish on it she set it up to wait five minutes for it to really set in.

After the polish warmed up, he pulled the broom closer and started to rub rub the polish onto the broom handle in a small circular pattern. He polished the broom handle carefully. The young badger made sure that he had completely polish all over the handle and didn't miss a spot. Messer waited for five minutes in order the polish to dry.

Taking the Ravenclaw! blue towel she used for the handle, Elise set it on the floor next to her bucket before hoisting the broom out of the water. Taking a second towel, Elise held the broom further down towards the end and started patting the tail twigs. The water immediately started soaking the towel and when the towel couldn't hold any more water, Elise wrung it into the bucket.

Continuing to pat, she worked until the tail twigs were completely dry. Good. Now that that was over, she set the broom onto the table and pulled out her wand. Mopping up the excess liquid on the floor with the towels, Elise squeezed them dry into the bucket.

Picking up her wand, she swept it over the bucket and willed the water to go away. "Scourgify," she whispered, before pocketing her wand. Job completed. Taking the towels and placing them over her right shoulder, she put the sponge into the bucket.

Depositing the towels in the towel basket, she turned to the left of the fireplace and dropped the sponge in. Now, what?

Okay...NOW Kurumi was feeling the whole wax on wax off scene and that feeling was only intensified by the circular motion of the rag on the handle. "Wax oooooooooon," she said softly as she moved her red rag in a clockwise fashion up the handle nice and slow until she reached the rounded top of the handle. Once she was there, Kurumi paused for a moment to shake her arms out a bit and stretch them. "And...wax ooooooooooooooooooff," she said as she slowly made her way down in counter clockwise until she hit the tail twigs.

Pausing again, Kurumi saw that there was still wax on her rag. Might as well still use it, yeah? Kurumi turned the broom handle in her hands a bit to examine it and see if there were any spots where it seemed like she had missed and made a few small circular movements around those spots and applying a nice thin coat to that area as well. Once that was done, Kurumi pulled the parchment out of her pocket again to check her check list. Wait five minutes. She could do that. Shoving the parchment back in her pocket, Kurumi held the broom by the tail twigs so as not to leave any finger prints on the wax and began to hum to herself the first song that reminded her of...brooms.

Ella listened carefully to directions and then reached into the supply kit, grabbing the clippers carefully. Okay, carefully now...I need to trim the tail twigs...easy-easy. Ella slowly started to snip at the jagged twigs, making sure not to clip too much off of the tail. She moved through the twigs meticulously, making sure that they kept the general shape they had started with. When she finished, she inspected the tail twigs with a satisfied nod. She then placed the clippers back in the supply kit. Walking over to the fire, she tossed the twig bits in, watching as they sparked. "See you never." she said with a smile. Returning to her spot, Ella looked down to see what she had to do next.

Monica got up to get a clean, new rag. She repeated the same process with this rag, buffing the handle in small circular motions. Once all the polish had been rubbed off, Monica sighed. Broom cleaning and maintenance was hard work. She looked at her broom and started the polishing process all over again.

When the polish already dry, Messer grabbed a clean towel and gently buff off the dried polish in a small circular pattern. When he was finished with it, he repeated polishing the broom handle. Then Messer waited for another five minutes so the polish will dry. For the second time he buff off the dried polish in a small circular pattern. When he finished this steps, he saw the wood was now shining like glass like the Professor said. Now he wait for the next instruction.

Monica again took her old rag and dipped in the polish and rubbed it until it was warm and smooth. She then applied it to her broom in circular motions from top to bottom. After it was covered, she, again, waited five minutes for the polish to dry and fog on her broom. When the time came she returned to buffing the polish away. Once this was finished, she looked down at her handiwork. She smiled at her hard work and it smiled back, herself in the reflection. She then cleaned up her space and waited patiently for the next set of instructions.