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Justin Finch-Fletchley ([personal profile] alt_justin) wrote2014-09-30 03:30 pm

Duelling Salle

It's one of those days when one feels truly lucky to be resident in the Protectorate. The opportunity to take advantage of a duelling course such as the Headmaster and Professor Desai have provided is jolly well exciting. I can't wait to test out the dummies; Headmaster Dolohov was bally well pleased with the job he and Professor Desai did on them. He hinted at a few surprises that ought to present quite the challenge.

The Headmaster has also asked me to provide brief tutorials to those of you who might be unfamiliar with etiquette for a duelling obstacle course. I was fortunate enough to have run the course already this morning, what, and found it quite the workout. I plan to go through it another two or three times this week.

So if anyone would like an orientation, I should be able to take four or five people through the basics in about half an hour. I say, what about Saturday, for those of you who need to arrange your testing with the Professors? I'll conduct one tour at 9:30, after breakfast, and another before supper, at 5:30. For everyone's safety, what, one ought to limit the number to no more than six, so please leave a note here to let me know if you'd like to participate.

-Finch-Fletchley
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Re: Private Message to Ron

[personal profile] alt_ron 2014-09-30 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I told her I'd go after Potions this afternoon to see it for myself.

It's really all that? (Don't spoil me for it, though. I want to run it cold, first.)

I'll be ready for you tomorrow, though! (Hopefully Charms won't have put us in a complete stupor.)
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Re: Order Only: Private Message to Ron

[personal profile] alt_ron 2014-10-01 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
There was more to it than I expected. More blind spots, which is good, and more interesting devices.

I've only been to the Ouroboros the once with Desai. This one's not as long a course or as complicated as the Auror's run. It didn't seem as if there were many spots where too many things could happen nearly at once, for instance. But they built in plenty of spots that'll behave differently, depending on what you did moving into the area and how you approach and maybe even where you happen to be looking. I'm planning to try different tactics each time, going through, just to see what it'll throw my way.

Yeah, there were loads of them there. Willett (who's nice enough) and Evan (who's annoying) and Montague (who's always annoyed). Right, and Catchlove (who's not as matey in the department as he is down the pub, so that's a thing to factor in). And all the interns were there except Aelis Fletcher--so Davies, Derwent, MacAvoy and Montague. Alfred, I mean. Maybe Fletcher's realised it's hopeless? I'm not sure Davies has much chance, either, but he's the sort who'll stick with it until they turn him down. And maybe they'll take him. What do I know?

Anywiz, I was really more interested in seeing who else turned up, because rumour has it there are rather a lot of other people either hoping to get selected or being recruited to apply. (Those are the ones to worry about, y'know, the ones that the Aurors are asking to apply.)

So I think the chap who was talking to Sandoval is one of them. I don't know his name, but Derwent says he's got a vault loaded with galleons and works security for Harrods, which I reckon explains how Sandoval knows him. Or maybe she already knew him and got the job for him. Anywiz, Derwent says he's sporty. Belongs to a rowing club or something. Not sure what that has to say about whether he'd make an Auror.

Oh, and did you see Serena Laverty there? She's supposed to be another of them. She's working as a charm weaver for Mackrell Security. I expect she's good at it, too.

And there's Hooper, too. Which is interesting because he went a bit queer before he left school, y'know? Not that kind. I mean, well, that kind, too, but he went a bit off after that business with his brothers. I noticed he gave Finnigan a miss. Did you know they were involved for a while? I mean, I didn't really know until later, but yeah. Anywiz, he seems a bit unlikely, but really, who knows, right? It could be he's just exactly the sort of half-mad personality they'd really want to recruit. Not sure what he's been doing, either. That could be important. One way or the other.

I think that's it, unless Eudoxus Troy's one of them. I think he's curse breaking for Gringotts, which they might see as good preparation for training. I mean, that's solid spellwork, and if you've proved you can work for Goblins, they might think you'd stand a chance with Crouch, right? Not too many people do leave Gringotts for something else, though. Well, Bill did, but he had the Order to think about. So maybe Troy's not one. Not sure.