January 11th, 1893 — Penny's Workshop, Bartonburg
Alvin Bixby
Alvin Bixby
The prototype had failed to remain airborne. Months of work, hours of charming and shaping and trimming, and the broom was still too heavy for the sky. Thankfully, the cushioning charms had held out, otherwise Penny would've been well on her way to the hospital right now as opposed to pacing around the recently reorganized workshop. The broom, if they could get it to work, could possibly be the next best quidditch broom on the market, it's near indestructibility a perfect trait for brooms facing bludgers and collisions. But, more than that, Penny and Alvin both desperately needed a win for vastly different reasons.
She eyed the tail end of the broom critically as she paced, her hair falling from its messy windblown bun and her brows furrowed in concentration. There was nothing else that could come off of the tail and the front end of it had already been shaved down as much as she dared. No further weight could come off it, try as Penny might to find it elsewhere. Which meant there was something missing from the charm work. What, though? What could possibly be missing?
"Do you think the broom's sturdiness would be impacted if we charmed it to be hollow?" She asked randomly. The wood would still be there, it wasn't as though they were transfiguring anything, so the sturdiness would be fine, right? "Or perhaps if we tried a different series of charms altogether?"
She eyed the tail end of the broom critically as she paced, her hair falling from its messy windblown bun and her brows furrowed in concentration. There was nothing else that could come off of the tail and the front end of it had already been shaved down as much as she dared. No further weight could come off it, try as Penny might to find it elsewhere. Which meant there was something missing from the charm work. What, though? What could possibly be missing?
"Do you think the broom's sturdiness would be impacted if we charmed it to be hollow?" She asked randomly. The wood would still be there, it wasn't as though they were transfiguring anything, so the sturdiness would be fine, right? "Or perhaps if we tried a different series of charms altogether?"