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Diagon Alley
The excursion to Diagon Alley took place on August 27th. Transport had been arranged via portkey, with groups of seven assigned a portkey every ten minutes from 9AM. They would be greeted by a second Ministry Rep, and given the instruction to wait until all Outsiders had arrived.
As they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, each Outsider was provided a complementary drink and an item from the breakfast menu, as the two Ministry Reps handed out envelopes to each Outsider. Contained in the envelope, they would find a letter from Hogwarts School, a list of required books and supplies, and a simple map of Diagon Alley highlighting the shops to visit.
"As you're aware," one of the Ministry reps said, addressing them all, "the Assistance Fund is unlikely to cover everything listed were you to buy them brand new, and as such we would strongly advise seeking out second-hand items where you can. For those studying adult courses, Flourish and Blotts is the exclusive provider of the course materials - these are produced at a low cost, specifically to allow the grant to cover them.
"Please keep your letter with you. On visiting the wandmaker, Ollivander, you will need it as proof of identity, otherwise you will be required to pay full price for your wand."
"Once you've all had your breakfast, we'll be moving on to Gringotts, the Wizarding Bank, where you can collect a portion of your grant. From there, you may explore Diagon Alley as you see fit. Please ensure you have all items listed before we leave, as well as any additional items such as stationary and bags."
"Lunch will be served here, at the Leaky Cauldron, at twelve thirty. We will be leaving for the Hogsmeade camp from here at four thirty."
As they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, each Outsider was provided a complementary drink and an item from the breakfast menu, as the two Ministry Reps handed out envelopes to each Outsider. Contained in the envelope, they would find a letter from Hogwarts School, a list of required books and supplies, and a simple map of Diagon Alley highlighting the shops to visit.
"As you're aware," one of the Ministry reps said, addressing them all, "the Assistance Fund is unlikely to cover everything listed were you to buy them brand new, and as such we would strongly advise seeking out second-hand items where you can. For those studying adult courses, Flourish and Blotts is the exclusive provider of the course materials - these are produced at a low cost, specifically to allow the grant to cover them.
"Please keep your letter with you. On visiting the wandmaker, Ollivander, you will need it as proof of identity, otherwise you will be required to pay full price for your wand."
"Once you've all had your breakfast, we'll be moving on to Gringotts, the Wizarding Bank, where you can collect a portion of your grant. From there, you may explore Diagon Alley as you see fit. Please ensure you have all items listed before we leave, as well as any additional items such as stationary and bags."
"Lunch will be served here, at the Leaky Cauldron, at twelve thirty. We will be leaving for the Hogsmeade camp from here at four thirty."
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[Mir narrows her eyes as she turns a bit to look directly at Lenneth. And there is a sense of death about her-old death, death on a scale that the Valkyrie can scarcely believe possible. The blood of millions spilled by a single person. Only the vastness of it's scale enables her to detect it.]
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[Still, it isn't surprising. Mortals were so eager to spend their lives, and the lives of their fellows -- though she's never met one who has been responsible for so much death, she has no doubt that were any Midgardians to get their hands on weapons or spells powerful enough to cause that kind of suffering, they would without hesitation.]
[It is not her place to judge what they do to each other, so long as they do not trespass in realms unacceptable.]
You are not an 'Outsider'?
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[Mir gets a first wand, looks at it, picks it up-and has it instantly snatched out of her hands again.]
On the other hand, this man must be the best at his craft in the world. He's too insufferable for anything else.
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[It's hard to get the valkyrie worked up, either over labels or rude wandmakers, though she does wonder how a wand can be dismissed so quickly.]
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[MORE WANDS. Olivander seems perplexxed here-handing wands to Mir and not getting whatever result he was expecting.]
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[Irritating as it might be to be labeled an Outsider, Lenneth has no particular malice or uncharitable feelings towards the fact. It is true, after all.]
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[To Mir the politics of this world smell to high heaven. If she had her druthers, she would vanish into the slums of Calcutta or the neon blaze of Tokyo. Even London propper was vastly more interesting than this death-trap.]
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[Because how many stories of people with power doing good and noble deeds has anyone heard, compared to tyrants and monsters committing atrocities? Well, if you're the Valkyrie, more than most -- and it's still a ludicrously small number.]
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