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Mar. 5th, 2012 02:00 pmWell, we've had quite an interesting day.
Mellisandra Ollivander came up to me after breakfast smiling -- smiling, mind you, letting me know that she'd finally sorted out some fiddly binding process that she'd been struggling with for weeks. She looked positively radiant.
She's been working herself to the bone, especially since the latest smuggling shipment provided some cores she could work with -- she has so few of them that she's really had to be careful; I remember her crying when one of the unicorn hairs melted, and she's singed her eyebrows off twice, the dear -- and I've hardly seen her outside of the occasional meal in what seems like weeks. She's had Patricia working with her, though, so I've had dribs and drabs of news, but this is a definite step forward.
Mellisandra says that she didn't want to say anything until she was able to replicate the process successfully, and so she's got two wands that appear to be in working order -- we're planning on having some of our more experienced adults give them a spin tonight, with all the proper precautions of course, but wands are quite tricky under the best circumstances if the person holding them isn't meant to, so we might need a wider sample of volunteers who actually need a wand. Walden, we were thinking you could help us in that arena -- do you know of people at Sherwood who need wands, and would be experienced enough to not get hurt if they turn out to be unstable? We'd be there just in case, of course, but if things go well, this is very promising indeed.
Also, Bill, any word on the papers?
Mellisandra Ollivander came up to me after breakfast smiling -- smiling, mind you, letting me know that she'd finally sorted out some fiddly binding process that she'd been struggling with for weeks. She looked positively radiant.
She's been working herself to the bone, especially since the latest smuggling shipment provided some cores she could work with -- she has so few of them that she's really had to be careful; I remember her crying when one of the unicorn hairs melted, and she's singed her eyebrows off twice, the dear -- and I've hardly seen her outside of the occasional meal in what seems like weeks. She's had Patricia working with her, though, so I've had dribs and drabs of news, but this is a definite step forward.
Mellisandra says that she didn't want to say anything until she was able to replicate the process successfully, and so she's got two wands that appear to be in working order -- we're planning on having some of our more experienced adults give them a spin tonight, with all the proper precautions of course, but wands are quite tricky under the best circumstances if the person holding them isn't meant to, so we might need a wider sample of volunteers who actually need a wand. Walden, we were thinking you could help us in that arena -- do you know of people at Sherwood who need wands, and would be experienced enough to not get hurt if they turn out to be unstable? We'd be there just in case, of course, but if things go well, this is very promising indeed.
Also, Bill, any word on the papers?
