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Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood
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Mona Deandra Hellmann
Gryffindor First Year  x5  x6
|  ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls
Text Cut: DIRTY PEOPLE! Quote:
Originally Posted by rosebub6200  She turned the burner on high and put her gloves on, picking the fungus up and plopping it into the mortar. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Next she was going to have to work with some gross stuff so she put on her gloves for extra protection, and added culture of mycosis into her mortar. ...and off their half-done potions went to who-knows-where with his wand movement and muttered "Evanesco."
He then turned to the class.
"I mean it when I say 'everything'. CLEAN. EVERY. THING. You two, start over and don't forget to clean your mortar before and after the crushing." Text Cut: Good-potion-gone-bad Quote:
Originally Posted by Presley Black Slowly she raised her hand. This was wrong, wasn't it? She was right, the hat had been wrong to put her in the house for smart people. Cosgrach HOPED they were going to get cleaning right this time, but he was wandering among them nevertheless to check how it was going when he noticed her two rows away from where he was checking. In long strides, he was standing beside her and... yeah. That wasn't what it should be.
She couldn't have done something wrong in the steps though, because those wouldn't give this outcome no matter how wrong she got them. It must be something else. He vanished the thing, and turned to her.
He wasn't angry at all, though. They were just students. He was usually horribly off, and he had 'Professor' in front of his name.
"What did you do incorrectly, do you think?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Velvet_Requiem "This is gross...this is so gross...my uniform is going to be ruined by this stuff." complained Elisabetta, adding powdered feather and fungus, just remembering to put her gloves on before stirring everything together. LUCKY for her he didn't hear that. LUCKY for her, he saw she didn't crush the fungus before adding them.
Her potion was vanished with immediate effect, of course, and he was with her before she could do anything else.
"You didn't crush your fungus before adding them," he said simply, then stayed there for a few more seconds to see if she needed more assistance. Text Cut: Helpful people Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Before her gloves went on, Ella noticed the younger boy (DuckyLinJi) she'd met at the beehives asking for help. The head girl smiled a little and wandered over, careful not to disturb anyone else in the process. "Hey," She said quietly, giving him a reassuring smile. She saw that he had no water yet and nodded, pulling out her wand. "The spell is Aguamenti, yeah? You point your wand and concentrate on what you want to happen. So...Aguamenti!" And the cauldron began to fill with water. "When you're done, simply say, Finite." And the water stopped. Noting how down on himself the boy looked, the blonde whispered, "It took me ages to get it right. I bet you'll have it way before I did." And with that, she went on her way. Cosgrach was about to help that boy without any nasty comments or whatever, but Head Girl beat him to it. He nodded at her encouragingly, then, and watched how she helped him. She took the time to teach him. Good.
"Five points to Hufflepuff." Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Question? Could he answer or...? "Erm... the powdered feathers mixed into the water. That's meant to look the same as the water," he piped up, smiling at the boy, "The stick won't affect it or... or melt or mix into the potion." Right? Yeah? ... He hoped not. And her partner too, was helpful, and he got a nod of approval and encouragement.
"That's right," he said, "take three points." Text Cut: 'Homogenous' people Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 "Pssst....the word homogenous means of the same consistency. So you're supposed to mix the powdered feather with the water until it is thoroughly and properly mixed. Hope that helps," Sander told anyone who was listening. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles Her attention briefly wander over the to boy asking what 'homogenous' meant. "To look the same; consistent." She snapped her mouth close after blurting that out. She spoke in front of people...again. And it embarrassed her. Beverly turned back to her cauldron and stared at it. What was the next step? Huh, HUH? Cosgrach overheard their explanations, and both were correct. He turned to class.
"Your friends here explained it well. It means 'to look the same in every part'. Take five points each." Because it was a hard thing to speak to the crowd in such cases. Cosgrach knew.
He was... disappointed, though. They truly didn't know what the word meant? What did Laf--Mrs. Lafay used, then?
Wizards. Hmpf. "Okay, everyone. Please stir counter clock-wise for 7 times with your wooden stirrers and turn off the heater. Let it cool until no vapour is seen. It should take about five minutes to cool. If it takes more than six minutes, vanish the potion and start again." So that was their first check-point.
"Those who got it correct, get your fire crab shell but do not add it. Hold it with a metal spoon, lower it nicely into the potion just inside the surface—make sure it doesn’t splash water AT ALL—then start stirring 1 time clockwise, 1 time counter clockwise for 12 times in total. Each stir should take about ten seconds for it to spread thoroughly. Once done with stirring, get it out and put it away on some tissues for it not to get the half-done potion on your table." Not that it would hurt at this point, but he didn't want to clean sticky shells off the desks afterwards either.
They KNEW it was pricey, right? OOC: The class will continue 8 hours later. |