Private Message to Professor Siz: Happy Birthday!

[alt_cedric]

Happy Birthday Professor Siz!

May your next year be full of health, happiness and good stars.

Are you taking the evening off or getting some observations in between the clouds? I know that several planets and Ursa Major are in nice positions tonight.

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[alt_sinistra]

Cedric -

Thank you. Lovely evening, truly. (Plans other than stars, outside of my staff meeting obligation. Though there, Pomona has a few questions for you about the 2nd years and bullying, if you want to gather notes.) Look - you’re one of the few people I want to show Raz’s present to. You remember that talk we had last year, about underestimation being useful? This is one of those things. Don’t share ‘round, right?

I’d hinted, this summer, that I’d love some of his own work. And tonight, he gave me a truly lovely arm holster for my wand, with some exceedingly clever crafting work - on the magical side, not just the leatherworking. Besides a range of protection charms (not a surprise there), there’s a particularly tidy one that will drop the wand in my hand almost before I think of wanting it.

He came to the idea, he said, after several times this summer where it’d have been reassuring (to both of us, really). If an hour of duelling work would improve your weekend (or your levels of stress), I’d be glad to find a good time - I could use more practice with it.

Did make me think, though - there’s a number of skills along that line - Raz’s leather work, my brother’s woodwork - where there’s steady interest and need, but it’s more active than desk work. And they’re things you can do as a hobby if you do play Quidditch for a while and pick up more thoroughly later. Did you get a chance to catch up to him about the Quidditch? I forgot to ask him today. Oh, and did Cho catch up to you? She asked if I’d seen you while I was on my way to the staff meeting.

[alt_cedric]

I can tell you had a good time last night.

Of course I won't share that around. The holster sounds brilliant and I would love to see it in action. Just you or invite Professor Raz and call it practice for Dueling club?

I've been thinking about after school stuff. What you're saying goes along with my thinking about something that supports Quidditch, even if I don't make the cut. I should try to talk to some of the broom companies this year or others who make equipment for sport, which could be snitch. I should also talk to the Matron about what I would need to do to be a team doctor. I don't know if I have the right NEWTs, or if they are close enough I could try and see if they would talk to me any for the apprenticeship or whatever.

I haven't had the chance to sit down with Professor Raz yet. I'm sure we'll find the time. I'll try and set something up after next week's class.

Er um I missed Cho yesterday, I'll try to find her soon.

[alt_sinistra]

Oh, dear. Not too obvious, I hope, that my evening had been more celebration than work?

Let me talk to Raz, and see what his plans are like. I'm guessing sometime Saturday, given your Sunday will be full of tryouts? (I'll likely even come out and watch - you and Raz have been quite the influence.) Though thinking through, I suspect he'll want to watch the Slytherins, and I'll want to sleep in in the morning, so perhaps getting him as well won't work this week.

Broom companies would be an excellent thing to consider - I'm sure Raz can help with a connection or two there, at least for someone to talk to. You met Gilly Chadwick last year, right? She's even less interested in Quidditch than I had been, but she does know a few of the broom designers because the research side overlaps with some of her interests. I'll ask her when I see her Tuesday.

Right. I should get ready to face you lot in class, shouldn't I? We're going to get started talking about topics for your year's research, plus there's a couple of articles from the most recent journal I want to divvy up and have you all report on in groups in a week or two. A very interesting one on that royal stars project, one on locational magics and precession, and one on some asteroid observations. It'll give you an idea of what a published report looks like, too.