Staff Meeting

[kahnooloo]

Cheese and crackers, pumpkin pasties, cauldron cakes, and pies and tarts of at least a dozen varieties were laid out by house-elves along the sides of the Staff Room. And when all the staff had assembled in the chairs provided (a short chair was even provided for the Easter Bunny), Kahnooloo leapt up onto a desk at the front of the classroom and

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[richardthegreek]

I walked into the room, and sat down at the table. There was quite a collection of persons there, and I knew very few, as yet. I decided it was best to listen, and go along as a good faculty member should.

"I need a wand, too," I added. "I only have school-issue, and I am told that personally crafted and selected wands are much more effective."

[lemondrop_party]

"You are correctly informed, then," Dumbledore answered as he helped himself to a cauldron cake. "I do not believe we have met."

[richardthegreek]

I smiled up at the very distinguished-looking old man, and held out my hand in greeting. "Richard Papen, sir. New professor of Ancient Runes. Only newly arrived at Hogwarts, as well."

I pulled out my rather shoddy looking school-issue wand. "It hasn't achieved much for me, yet, except enable me to lock and unlock my office door, and the random drawers and cabinets and things." I laughed. "Do you have any recommendations for a new one?"

[lemondrop_party]

"Coming along to Diagon Alley will be a good start," said Albus pleasantly. "The wandmakers there will fit a wand to you, or as they might think of it, fit you to a wand. Every wand is suited to a different purpose, and every wand is suited to a different master. Different kinds of wands indicate different strengths. Tell me where you studied runes."

[richardthegreek]

"At medical school in California, then in New England at Hampden College. I also continued ancient languages during my doctoral studies. You?"