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StarShine · 05-15-2015, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

These questions were hard. Zahra tried though, thinking with GUSTO and looking as if the process actually physically hurt her. She finally raised her hand.

"I don't know if this is what you're asking for...," but she was giving it a try anyway, "but Mum is a HUGE believer in lavender. She says it make the "Most Moodiest of Mondays" all better or something. She's got a whole garden of or it something. Sometimes my Pig gets in it and takes a nap."

Cosgrach hadn't seen Zahra for a while, but he was noticing that only NOW. He'd simply assumed that the girl had dropped it after OWLs, but apparently not.

Most Moodiest of Monday?

Cosgrach didn't even know what she meant, so he just... nodded.

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Originally Posted by GoldenSnake

Forgetting that she still had her face mask down to her chin (but away from her mouth), Natalia raised her hand as she thought she had the PERFECT example. "Chocolate has euphoric effects!"

Cosgrach turned his eyes at her and... WHAT was that thing on her chin?

She really was away from him, and he was too lazy to go check it, so he guessed it was some sort of scarf...

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

[color=gold]"Don't oranges make you feel less stressed because of the vitamin C or something?" was vitamin C related to helping stress in any way, shape or form? AJ had no idea, but it sure sounded good.

Vitamin C? Cosgrach wasn't SURE, but if she said it...

"I've never heard of it, but maybe you're right," he said and smiled a little.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

"Well there was that potion last year with arrogance and self confidence. I forgot the name of it though"

"Trust Me-self?" he asked and nodded.

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Originally Posted by Ginevra

Cilla ran through the possible answers in her mind. She slowly raised her hand, unsure if she was on the right track. "Lovage is a component of a Confusing Draught."

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Originally Posted by JustAlice

The next one though, she knew a lot about. Her hand shot up, only narrowly missing Marsha's face. "Professor, ecinacea is a herbal remedy for anxiety and stress." Yep. They had things in their herbal remedy cabinet back home like that.

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Originally Posted by Hera

"A calming draught?" he offered, his hand raised. It DID change an emotion... so... yeah.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

"Eh!" Angel raised her hand whilst she was still trying to figure out what the wink and crazy smile was about. "Eh doesn't honey supposed to make you feel relax because that is why people give you honey tea when you get stressed out."

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Originally Posted by Lizasaurus

"My mum always chocolate is good for calming." he said brightly.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

For now, the Hufflepuff raised his hand. "Um. Elixir to Induce Euphoria?" he supplied, the biggest, most innocent (but totally not) expression on his face. "Makes people super happy. In the right doses." Heheh.

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Originally Posted by Saraie

"Hate potions. It's basically the opposite of a love potion. It changes your emotions to hate instead of love. So yeah."

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

"Professor, a love potion would do that wouldn't it... make you love someone even though you might not?" hopefully she was right at some point right now as she giggled at the thought of someone using a love potion on her,

Cosgrach smiled at ALL OF THEM.. "You're all right."

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven

A half-dark potion? Maybe because the color was dark? Nope, silly! "I uh.. I think because it could affect somebody's emotion so... it can be used for something bad?" He tried to answer as his hand was up in the air. Maybe it didn't make sense but... At least he had tried. "Also, I believe eating dark chocolate can make you happy because of se... sero..." Okay, he didn't remember exactly but chocolate contains a chemical (or hormone) that could light up his mood.

Cosgrach said "Seratonin, you mean," at him, but didn't confirm or reject what he'd said earlier, because he would tell it to the whole class...

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Originally Posted by Govoni

"...because emotional manipulation is one of the most dangerous things a person can be submitted to."
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"...There's a potion made with Alihotsy leaves that will induce hysteria...Actually, just the leaves themselves would have the same effect..."

Alihotsy, he said?

Cosgrach nodded. "That's one of our ingredients," he said, "and you're right about the first part." But not quite the answer he was looking for for the 'half' part...

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Originally Posted by Sararara

"At least crawled instead of cartwheeling."
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"I guess it's half dark because if you do bad things to somebodies emotions it'd be really really bad. Like if you gave somebody a potion that made them sad all the time it'd be completely horrid 'cause imagine being sad all the time! Everything would be terrible. So yeah, not very nice." She shrugged again, but her wand was safely NOT behind her ear now so there wasn't any dropping or crawling. So there. "And I think there are potions that make you have a restful sleep, and I know sleeping isn't an emotion probably but I think you have to get pretty un-worried to sleep restfully and if worried is an emotion then un-worried is too." It was only fair....if worried even was an emotion which according to Norah it was.

'Cartwheeling'? Really?

Well, one day she'd have to how that too...

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Isn't any sub-subversion of the will a no-no? That's the whole thing about the Imperius Curse, right? So forcing someone to feel something is subverting their will, in a way. And it's rotten, because if you make them feel love or joy or sadness, then you can control how they react to things and shape their actions and... it's just bad." So says Dot. She looked to Sophie to verify that she'd used the word 'subvert' right, though. Right?

Cosgrach hoped Sophie saw how much distress Dot was in, because really, their places were UP FRONT. It was also hard to miss Dot's hand and hair colour, though, so he noticed her and listened to what she said intently.

"You're right," he said, but what about the other half?..

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Also, in a cheeky sort of manner, Sophie Brown absolutely wrote her name to place on her desk so Culloden would know who she was. Hilarious, really. Or... at least she thought she was.
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Her hand shot up. "I agree with DOT." Because the kid's answer deserved to SHINE in the midst of all the others.

Cosgrach rarely visited the back row when he was doing questions-answers, so he didn't see her piece of paper and he just nodded at what she said. Okay. Dot DID make a good point, even though it wasn't quite what he was looking for.

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Originally Posted by nanyjj

After some thinking, the Hufflepuff raised her hand. "Like you said, you could be really sad and really happy almost simultaneously, which is half bad half good. Hence half-dark." LOGIC. "The Vitamix? Potion gives you energy. Energy leads to confidence and courage," she continued. Some people in this class looked like they needed energy at the moment.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

So why was the potion ''It might be because since it can change emotions,'' Adi began, his hand up, "It can bring up reallyyy bad emotions, like rage and can make the person who took the potion do bad stuff. They have no control over what they do and can cause harm to others.'' Oh and as for the other question... "Eating sweets make me happy.'' Mhmm.

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Shifting about in her seat she sat up and listened silently as those around her began to give their answers. "Maybe since it changes emotions it can make someone act or say things they normally wouldn't and depending on the situation that might end up being a really bad thing." She answered as she lifted her hand into the air. It might not have been the clearest of answers but yeah it was all she had.

"I think there's a potion called Peaceful Draught or something similar to that but it helps people with anxiety." That one would probably be rather useful at times.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

"I think it is considered to be half-dark because changing someone's emotions can be a dangerous thing. People can do terrible things when driven by emotions - things they wouldn't normally do." Did that make sense? Sometimes Lux had a little difficulty articulating her thoughts.

Anyway, moving on to the next question. "Elixir to Induce Euphoria causes a person to feel really happy." That was a NICE emotion to induce, which is why she chose it as an example.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

"Maybe it's half-dark because when you start playing with people's emotions, you might be able to control them.......and if you control them, you can do bad things to them or get them to do bad things." That was her thought anyway.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

She still raised her hand as others had offered their suggestions as to the questions that had been posed. “I would think it’d be half-dark because when someone’s emotions aren’t their own, they can do things they wouldn’t normally do.” Like hug people. “And they also could be made to do things they wouldn’t normally do, by someone else. Bad things, even.” Not that she cared about what was considered bad or good. If it benefited her, she wanted it. “Oh, and camomile can be used to calm people down. Some Muggles drink chamomile tea to help them fall asleep.” There. She’d participated.

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Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich

As she listened to the man, she leant her chin against one of her palms, drawing into the lesson already. ”I agree with Jackson, I think it’s because you can affect the emotions and actions of the person in ways that uh… you don’t mean too?” Right? Right. Maybe. Heh.

Oh! What changes your emotions. ”Professor, one of my uncles mentioned a truth potion? It began with a v… but I can’t remember the name of it. He said that if the user took it they had to tell the truth regardless of it they wanted to tell it or not…” Nibbling her bottom lip, Marsha lowered her hand and let the others in the class give their ideas.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

"Emotion can be enough incentive to get someone to do something they wouldn't normally with a clear head," she said raising her hand. "It's a form of manipulation and many consider that dark." M'hm, m'hm.

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Originally Posted by Mell

He raised his hand to answer the questions. "It's most likely half dark because you are messing with people's emotions. Controlling them for your own benefit." Which was so not a good thing.

"There is the Essence of Insanity." He hoped they weren't making a version of that.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

He ventured a guess. Hand in the air, he cleared his throat. "Erm, could it be considered half-dark since it can obviously be abused? And used for dark purposes?" he suggested. Although then, didn't that mean EVERYTHING could be half-dark? Gah this was confusing. "And wouldn't a love potion manipulate someone's emotion? Even though it's not real," he explained.

It seemed like most of the students focused on why it was half DARK, instead of half NORMAL. So, instead of explaining them seperately, he decided to address the whole class, but first, he'd need to remember who raised questions about the 'half normal' part...

Text Cut: 'The other half' people

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Originally Posted by sarahlooo

Literally, wicked. She saw why it was half-dark. But only half? Evie raised her hand. "Professor, I feel like it could really be completely dark, because you're taking away the person's ability to control their own emotions. It seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. Which is... dark." In case he wasn't aware.

"You made a good point," he said, "it indeed takes away a person's ability to control. But it doesn't give the brewer the control, either." He'd explain in a short while, right after everyone answered. He didn't want to repeat himself, y'see. He took the liberty to be lazy like that.

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Originally Posted by carpediem

"Like the other two said (Kace and Gabe) messing with a person's emotions is kind of cruel. It's like messing with who they are, really. And like, what if there was a person who wanted to get someone mad at someone else. They could break up a friendship or a relationship or something. It's manipulation."
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"Professor, why is it only called a HALF-dark potion. Everyone keeps saying bad stuff that can happen, is there any good to a potion that just does awful things?"

A great question. He smiled at her. "Answer's coming in a moment," he said and listened to a few last people give their opinion...

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Originally Posted by laurange

Raising his hand, he made an attempt at answering. If it acquired him house points, he was ALL for it. "Is it half-dark because it doesn't alter all of your emotions but kinda leaves maybe half of your true emotions there as an anchor? It sounds confusing, though, having conflicting emotions. Is the real set of emotions just dormant? If that's even how it works." And he would shut up now, before he made a further fool of himself in front of the whole potions class.

"Oh, and fatiguing infusion makes you really, really tired." There. Now, he was done.

Cosgrach listened to his idea, and shook his head.

"No, the potion makes only one emotion present at the time, so the drinker feels clear in their heads." This was why it was close to being brilliant, and it WAS his greatest achievement.

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Originally Posted by VRSCIKA

"Is it half-dark because it is neutral? What I mean is, does it possess the ability to be either dark or benevolent depending on circumstance and the users intent? For example, when someone is having a bad day, changing their emotions could potentially be helpful?" That was possible, right? If someone was in a bad mood and in emotional pain, giving them something that would cause the opposite effect could be benevolent. If this was the case, she wanted some for Henric maybe.

As for other mood changers, there were a few that other students had already listed so, how about......"Roses? The smell alone of the flower can ease stress and uplift the spirits. It can also be made into a tea or tincture for consumption, which has the same effect and an added vitamin c boost." It was also good for her skin and made a really nice perfume to help keep her spirits high.

Ahhh, yet another great answer! Cosgrach nodded at the girl.

"This is one of the reasons it is half dark," he said, "because you can also help people who are having a bad day." He'd repeat it again for everyone to hear it, because this was important.

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Once everyone got a chance to answer, Cosgrach walked to the front of the classroom again to be able to see them all and he said "Almost all of you focused on why it was 'half dark'," he said, "and all of you are right: It changes how a person is feeling against their will. It manipulates people, and can have awful consequences in the wrong hands."

He paused, and started to walk in the aisles again.

"Ophelia asked why it was only half dark," he said as he kept walking slowly, "and Evie said it should be considered fully dark, because it takes away the person's ability to control their own emotions. She said it even seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. While it does sound like Imperius Curse, it is different in a fundamental way: Imperius allows you to control people. However, this potion only alters the mood. It doesn't give you any control over how a person behaves. You just get to decide how they'll feel, and what they will do afterwards is still up to them. To give an example: if a person is a coward, making them angry won't give them courage to, for example, curse someone more powerful than them. They'll still be a coward, only an angry one. Yes, they may cause damage, but they also may not." Did it make sense?

"Another reason it is not fully dark is the intent, as Ilia," hopefully that was her name, "put it. You can make someone sad, but you can also make them happy." It was completely up to the intent. Yes, there were other potions for that, there was THIS one too, and the ingredients were rather common.

"So, to sum up: it's only half dark, because it only changes the emotions and doesn't give the brewer any control of the actions. It also depends on intent and which emotion you create."

He paused to let them write that. "It's a base potion, meaning the base can be stored for a long time - about a year, and the final effect depends on what you add last. While under effect, the person will feel only the potion created by this, and any other emotion will be forgotten. So, in a way it's different and superior to Imperius Curse: you can't fight this. The best you can do is shorten its effect if you have an iron will.

"There are six basic emotions, and this potion creates them: Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness and anger. The name is pretty straight-forward:" He wasn't creative when it came to names, okay?, "Emotional Change Potion." He tapped his wand on the blackboard, and the ingredients with the first few steps appeared.

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

Steps

Two sprigs of lovage
4 mistletoe berries
4 measures of fluxweed
2 measures of boomslang skin
Ten newt larvae
Happiness: 3 Alihotsy leaves
Sadness: A teaspoon of glumbumble treacle
Excitement: Half a handful of ferret fur
Fear: A scoop of black flies
Tenderness: 2 teaspoons of dog saliva
Anger: 7 hippogrif feathers

Ingredients

Fill halfway with pure water
Slowly lower your wand as if you're drawing a straight, vertical line with your wand and say Apto pressura.
Heat to 100 degree celcius and keep the heat at 100 and ONLY 100 AT ALL TIMES

"There's a spell as you can see. It's Apto pressure - Ap-toh press-soo-rah -" did they get how to pronounce it?, "to apply pressure on the water so that it doesn't boil at 100 degree celcius." He paused to let them copy it, and continued: "Please go with the usual order: practice the spell - Ap-toh press-soo-rah - without your wands first, then practise the wand movement," he drew a straight, imaginary, vertical line with his wand, "and then combine the two only if you're sure you got it right." Well, this wasn't a lethal spell that could go terribly wrong. If anything, it'd be obvious that it didn't work if the water boiled at 100 degree celcius. Still, he didn't want any complacency.

He sat down on his chair to watch them.

OOC: I'll post ~~when I wake up~~ around 11 hours later.

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StarShine DoM Kappa Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood Posts: 13,005 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6	¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Text Cut: A few people here Quote: Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz These questions were hard. Zahra tried though, thinking with GUSTO and looking as if the process actually physically hurt her. She finally raised her hand. "I don't know if this is what you're asking for...," but she was giving it a try anyway, "but Mum is a HUGE believer in lavender. She says it make the "Most Moodiest of Mondays" all better or something. She's got a whole garden of or it something. Sometimes my Pig gets in it and takes a nap." Cosgrach hadn't seen Zahra for a while, but he was noticing that only NOW. He'd simply assumed that the girl had dropped it after OWLs, but apparently not. Most Moodiest of Monday? Cosgrach didn't even know what she meant, so he just... nodded. Quote: Originally Posted by GoldenSnake Forgetting that she still had her face mask down to her chin (but away from her mouth), Natalia raised her hand as she thought she had the PERFECT example. "Chocolate has euphoric effects!" Cosgrach turned his eyes at her and... WHAT was that thing on her chin? She really was away from him, and he was too lazy to go check it, so he guessed it was some sort of scarf... Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar [color=gold]"Don't oranges make you feel less stressed because of the vitamin C or something?" was vitamin C related to helping stress in any way, shape or form? AJ had no idea, but it sure sounded good. Vitamin C? Cosgrach wasn't SURE, but if she said it... "I've never heard of it, but maybe you're right," he said and smiled a little. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner "Well there was that potion last year with arrogance and self confidence. I forgot the name of it though" "Trust Me-self?" he asked and nodded. Quote: Originally Posted by Ginevra Cilla ran through the possible answers in her mind. She slowly raised her hand, unsure if she was on the right track. "Lovage is a component of a Confusing Draught." Quote: Originally Posted by JustAlice The next one though, she knew a lot about. Her hand shot up, only narrowly missing Marsha's face. "Professor, ecinacea is a herbal remedy for anxiety and stress." Yep. They had things in their herbal remedy cabinet back home like that. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera "A calming draught?" he offered, his hand raised. It DID change an emotion... so... yeah. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 "Eh!" Angel raised her hand whilst she was still trying to figure out what the wink and crazy smile was about. "Eh doesn't honey supposed to make you feel relax because that is why people give you honey tea when you get stressed out." Quote: Originally Posted by Lizasaurus "My mum always chocolate is good for calming." he said brightly. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir For now, the Hufflepuff raised his hand. "Um. Elixir to Induce Euphoria?" he supplied, the biggest, most innocent (but totally not) expression on his face. "Makes people super happy. In the right doses." Heheh. Quote: Originally Posted by Saraie "Hate potions. It's basically the opposite of a love potion. It changes your emotions to hate instead of love. So yeah." Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow "Professor, a love potion would do that wouldn't it... make you love someone even though you might not?" hopefully she was right at some point right now as she giggled at the thought of someone using a love potion on her, Cosgrach smiled at ALL OF THEM.. "You're all right." Text Cut: Another group of people Quote: Originally Posted by RandomRaven A half-dark potion? Maybe because the color was dark? Nope, silly! "I uh.. I think because it could affect somebody's emotion so... it can be used for something bad?" He tried to answer as his hand was up in the air. Maybe it didn't make sense but... At least he had tried. "Also, I believe eating dark chocolate can make you happy because of se... sero..." Okay, he didn't remember exactly but chocolate contains a chemical (or hormone) that could light up his mood. Cosgrach said "Seratonin, you mean," at him, but didn't confirm or reject what he'd said earlier, because he would tell it to the whole class... Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni "...because emotional manipulation is one of the most dangerous things a person can be submitted to." ... "...There's a potion made with Alihotsy leaves that will induce hysteria...Actually, just the leaves themselves would have the same effect..." Alihotsy, he said? Cosgrach nodded. "That's one of our ingredients," he said, "and you're right about the first part." But not quite the answer he was looking for for the 'half' part... Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara "At least crawled instead of cartwheeling." ... "I guess it's half dark because if you do bad things to somebodies emotions it'd be really really bad. Like if you gave somebody a potion that made them sad all the time it'd be completely horrid 'cause imagine being sad all the time! Everything would be terrible. So yeah, not very nice." She shrugged again, but her wand was safely NOT behind her ear now so there wasn't any dropping or crawling. So there. "And I think there are potions that make you have a restful sleep, and I know sleeping isn't an emotion probably but I think you have to get pretty un-worried to sleep restfully and if worried is an emotion then un-worried is too." It was only fair....if worried even was an emotion which according to Norah it was. 'Cartwheeling'? Really? Well, one day she'd have to how that too... Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin "Isn't any sub-subversion of the will a no-no? That's the whole thing about the Imperius Curse, right? So forcing someone to feel something is subverting their will, in a way. And it's rotten, because if you make them feel love or joy or sadness, then you can control how they react to things and shape their actions and... it's just bad." So says Dot. She looked to Sophie to verify that she'd used the word 'subvert' right, though. Right? Cosgrach hoped Sophie saw how much distress Dot was in, because really, their places were UP FRONT. It was also hard to miss Dot's hand and hair colour, though, so he noticed her and listened to what she said intently. "You're right," he said, but what about the other half?.. Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Also, in a cheeky sort of manner, Sophie Brown absolutely wrote her name to place on her desk so Culloden would know who she was. Hilarious, really. Or... at least she thought she was. ... Her hand shot up. "I agree with DOT." Because the kid's answer deserved to SHINE in the midst of all the others. Cosgrach rarely visited the back row when he was doing questions-answers, so he didn't see her piece of paper and he just nodded at what she said. Okay. Dot DID make a good point, even though it wasn't quite what he was looking for. Quote: Originally Posted by nanyjj After some thinking, the Hufflepuff raised her hand. "Like you said, you could be really sad and really happy almost simultaneously, which is half bad half good. Hence half-dark." LOGIC. "The Vitamix? Potion gives you energy. Energy leads to confidence and courage," she continued. Some people in this class looked like they needed energy at the moment. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 So why was the potion ''It might be because since it can change emotions,'' Adi began, his hand up, "It can bring up reallyyy bad emotions, like rage and can make the person who took the potion do bad stuff. They have no control over what they do and can cause harm to others.'' Oh and as for the other question... "Eating sweets make me happy.'' Mhmm. Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Shifting about in her seat she sat up and listened silently as those around her began to give their answers. "Maybe since it changes emotions it can make someone act or say things they normally wouldn't and depending on the situation that might end up being a really bad thing." She answered as she lifted her hand into the air. It might not have been the clearest of answers but yeah it was all she had. "I think there's a potion called Peaceful Draught or something similar to that but it helps people with anxiety." That one would probably be rather useful at times. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy "I think it is considered to be half-dark because changing someone's emotions can be a dangerous thing. People can do terrible things when driven by emotions - things they wouldn't normally do." Did that make sense? Sometimes Lux had a little difficulty articulating her thoughts. Anyway, moving on to the next question. "Elixir to Induce Euphoria causes a person to feel really happy." That was a NICE emotion to induce, which is why she chose it as an example. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 "Maybe it's half-dark because when you start playing with people's emotions, you might be able to control them.......and if you control them, you can do bad things to them or get them to do bad things." That was her thought anyway. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger She still raised her hand as others had offered their suggestions as to the questions that had been posed. “I would think it’d be half-dark because when someone’s emotions aren’t their own, they can do things they wouldn’t normally do.” Like hug people. “And they also could be made to do things they wouldn’t normally do, by someone else. Bad things, even.” Not that she cared about what was considered bad or good. If it benefited her, she wanted it. “Oh, and camomile can be used to calm people down. Some Muggles drink chamomile tea to help them fall asleep.” There. She’d participated. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich As she listened to the man, she leant her chin against one of her palms, drawing into the lesson already. ”I agree with Jackson, I think it’s because you can affect the emotions and actions of the person in ways that uh… you don’t mean too?” Right? Right. Maybe. Heh. Oh! What changes your emotions. ”Professor, one of my uncles mentioned a truth potion? It began with a v… but I can’t remember the name of it. He said that if the user took it they had to tell the truth regardless of it they wanted to tell it or not…” Nibbling her bottom lip, Marsha lowered her hand and let the others in the class give their ideas. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz "Emotion can be enough incentive to get someone to do something they wouldn't normally with a clear head," she said raising her hand. "It's a form of manipulation and many consider that dark." M'hm, m'hm. Quote: Originally Posted by Mell He raised his hand to answer the questions. "It's most likely half dark because you are messing with people's emotions. Controlling them for your own benefit." Which was so not a good thing. "There is the Essence of Insanity." He hoped they weren't making a version of that. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom He ventured a guess. Hand in the air, he cleared his throat. "Erm, could it be considered half-dark since it can obviously be abused? And used for dark purposes?" he suggested. Although then, didn't that mean EVERYTHING could be half-dark? Gah this was confusing. "And wouldn't a love potion manipulate someone's emotion? Even though it's not real," he explained. It seemed like most of the students focused on why it was half DARK, instead of half NORMAL. So, instead of explaining them seperately, he decided to address the whole class, but first, he'd need to remember who raised questions about the 'half normal' part... Text Cut: 'The other half' people Quote: Originally Posted by sarahlooo Literally, wicked. She saw why it was half-dark. But only half? Evie raised her hand. "Professor, I feel like it could really be completely dark, because you're taking away the person's ability to control their own emotions. It seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. Which is... dark." In case he wasn't aware. "You made a good point," he said, "it indeed takes away a person's ability to control. But it doesn't give the brewer the control, either." He'd explain in a short while, right after everyone answered. He didn't want to repeat himself, y'see. He took the liberty to be lazy like that. Quote: Originally Posted by carpediem "Like the other two said (Kace and Gabe) messing with a person's emotions is kind of cruel. It's like messing with who they are, really. And like, what if there was a person who wanted to get someone mad at someone else. They could break up a friendship or a relationship or something. It's manipulation." ... "Professor, why is it only called a HALF-dark potion. Everyone keeps saying bad stuff that can happen, is there any good to a potion that just does awful things?" A great question. He smiled at her. "Answer's coming in a moment," he said and listened to a few last people give their opinion... Quote: Originally Posted by laurange Raising his hand, he made an attempt at answering. If it acquired him house points, he was ALL for it. "Is it half-dark because it doesn't alter all of your emotions but kinda leaves maybe half of your true emotions there as an anchor? It sounds confusing, though, having conflicting emotions. Is the real set of emotions just dormant? If that's even how it works." And he would shut up now, before he made a further fool of himself in front of the whole potions class. "Oh, and fatiguing infusion makes you really, really tired." There. Now, he was done. Cosgrach listened to his idea, and shook his head. "No, the potion makes only one emotion present at the time, so the drinker feels clear in their heads." This was why it was close to being brilliant, and it WAS his greatest achievement. Quote: Originally Posted by VRSCIKA "Is it half-dark because it is neutral? What I mean is, does it possess the ability to be either dark or benevolent depending on circumstance and the users intent? For example, when someone is having a bad day, changing their emotions could potentially be helpful?" That was possible, right? If someone was in a bad mood and in emotional pain, giving them something that would cause the opposite effect could be benevolent. If this was the case, she wanted some for Henric maybe. As for other mood changers, there were a few that other students had already listed so, how about......"Roses? The smell alone of the flower can ease stress and uplift the spirits. It can also be made into a tea or tincture for consumption, which has the same effect and an added vitamin c boost." It was also good for her skin and made a really nice perfume to help keep her spirits high. Ahhh, yet another great answer! Cosgrach nodded at the girl. "This is one of the reasons it is half dark," he said, *"because you can also help* people who are having a bad day." He'd repeat it again for everyone to hear it, because this was important. Text Cut*: Questions* Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua Zhenya raised her hand and waited for Professor Culloden to call on her. "Professor it's perhaps called half-dark as it's manipulating ones emotions." That was definitely bad, if someone else was doing that. How easy would it be to just slip some potion into a cup of tea and give it to someone else? "Sir, does the potion change the drinkers emotion to an opposite emotion, or is there some way of choosing the emotion?" Her brain was itching to know. ... "Er… poppy seeds were once used as pain relief, and can induce a state of euphoria." Cosgrach smiled a little. Impatient, wasn't she? Though it wasn't a bad thing in his eyes. "No, you have full liberty with choosing the emotion," he said, but saved his breath for later to explain the whole potion. Once everyone got a chance to answer, Cosgrach walked to the front of the classroom again to be able to see them all and he said *"Almost all of you focused on why it was 'half dark',"* he said, "and all of you are right: It changes how a person is feeling against their will. It manipulates people, and can have awful consequences in the wrong hands." He paused, and started to walk in the aisles again. *"Ophelia asked why it was only half* dark,"** he said as he kept walking slowly, "and Evie said it should be considered fully dark, because it takes away the person's ability to control their own emotions. She said it even seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. While it does sound like Imperius Curse, it is different in a fundamental way: Imperius allows you to control people. However, this potion only alters the mood. It doesn't give you any control over how a person behaves. You just get to decide how they'll feel, and what they will do afterwards is still up to them. To give an example: if a person is a coward, making them angry won't give them courage to, for example, curse someone more powerful than them. They'll still be a coward, only an angry one. Yes, they may cause damage, but they also may not." Did it make sense? "Another reason it is not fully dark is the intent, as Ilia," hopefully that was her name, "put it. You can make someone sad, but you can also make them happy." It was completely up to the intent. Yes, there were other potions for that, there was THIS one too, and the ingredients were rather common. "So, to sum up: it's only half dark, because it only changes the emotions and doesn't give the brewer any control of the actions. It also depends on intent and which emotion you create." He paused to let them write that. "It's a base potion, meaning the base can be stored for a long time - about a year, and the final effect depends on what you add last. While under effect, the person will feel only the potion created by this, and any other emotion will be forgotten. So, in a way it's different and superior to Imperius Curse: you can't fight this. The best you can do is shorten its effect if you have an iron will. "There are six basic emotions, and this potion creates them: Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness and anger. The name is pretty straight-forward:" He wasn't creative when it came to names, okay?, "Emotional Change Potion." He tapped his wand on the blackboard, and the ingredients with the first few steps appeared. Quote: Originally Posted by Blackboard Steps Two sprigs of lovage 4 mistletoe berries 4 measures of fluxweed 2 measures of boomslang skin Ten newt larvae Happiness: 3 Alihotsy leaves Sadness: A teaspoon of glumbumble treacle Excitement: Half a handful of ferret fur Fear: A scoop of black flies Tenderness: 2 teaspoons of dog saliva Anger: 7 hippogrif feathers Ingredients Fill halfway with pure water Slowly lower your wand as if you're drawing a straight, vertical line with your wand and say Apto pressura. Heat to 100 degree celcius and keep the heat at 100 and ONLY 100 AT ALL TIMES *"There's a spell as you can see. It's Apto pressure - Ap-toh* press-soo-rah -" did they get how to pronounce it?, "to apply pressure on the water so that it doesn't boil at 100 degree celcius." He paused to let them copy it, and continued: "Please go with the usual order: practice the spell - Ap-toh press-soo-rah - without your wands first, then practise the wand movement," he drew a straight, imaginary, vertical line with his wand, "and then combine the two only if you're sure you got it right."** Well, this wasn't a lethal spell that could go terribly wrong. If anything, it'd be obvious that it didn't work if the water boiled at 100 degree celcius. Still, he didn't want any complacency. He sat down on his chair to watch them. OOC: I'll post ~~when I wake up~~ around 11 hours later. Last edited by StarShine; 05-15-2015 at 09:11 PM. Reason: Typo </3