| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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First Year |  The Harpy of Hogwarts | Dungeon Mistress | Bimba di Serpeverde
SPOILER!!: more awesome babies Quote:
Originally Posted by Emms  Emma watched the Professor. She had been following the steps carefully. She checked her notebook for her next step:
Emma then wrote down:
Emma took a deep breath and placed one of the Mandrake leaves in the mortar, she crushed with the pestle, using the same motion in the time of the nine stiring. She then added the Gotu Kola, setting the stirrer to magically stir nine times clockwise and one counter. On the 10th counter stir, she poured the herb in. She repeated these steps
until all five of her Mandrake leaves were gone. She the waited for further instructions from the Professor. Quote:
Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu Fail. Ellie frowned. She would not lose points. She would not...
She watched the teachers explanation. And copied exactly. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Simon smiled as he did what the Professor told them to do, he so wanted his hair back and at the minute would do anything that the Professor would say, just so that he could get his hair back. Quote:
Originally Posted by individual Taking a few deep breathes first before taking out her gloves and...goggles (ugh)... Evelyn quickly put both on before picking up the lavender essence and then held her breath before leaning forward towards her cauldron.
1...2...3...4...
Eh. Need to breath again. Okay..
5...6...7...8...
Making sure she was far enough away from the cauldron so she could take another breath, the Slytherin placed the small vial down on the table before glancing up and paying very close attention to what the professor was doing. A charm to make it stir nines times clockwise and one counter clockwise? Oh. Locomotor. Duh, of course.
Seeing the demonstration the Professor was doing, by the third mandrake leaf she started on, Evelyn pretty much got the concept down. Alright then. However, she waited for the professor to finish her part of the potion before starting her own, just to make sure there weren't any little extra steps in it. Moving her mortar closer to herself, she scooted a little closer to the table before taking out her wand, picking up the Gotu Kola and pouring it into the mixture. Okay! Quickly placing one of the mandrake leaves into her mortar, she then charmed the stirrer to stir nine times clockwise and one time counter-clockwise.
This was possibly the most difficult thing she's done in potions as of yet. Since she had no clue what would happen if she got the timing wrong, she tried to get it as perfectly as she could. Matching the turns and speed of the stirrer while crushing the mandrake leaf, she counted in her mind how many turns there were, and on the tenth counter-clockwise turn did she add the crushed leaf into the cauldron.
Quickly adding another leaf to her mortar so she didn't lose any time, she did it the exact same way and added in the contents on the tenth stir. However, she felt like she almost messed up on the fourth leaf when she lost count in her mind. No matter though! Just wait for the stirrer to turn the other way...
At least there were no explosions as of yet. And hopefully just thinking that didn't jinx it. Quote:
Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours Selena set down the spoon to put on her gloves and goggles. She added the lavender to the potion and was careful not to sniff it. She added the Gotu Kola then used her wand to make the stirrer stir by itself 9 times clockwise, once counter. She grounded the leaves up and on the tenth counterstir, she poured it in quickly. Eep. She hoped she did it right. Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressofDawn Victoria nodded as she watched and wrote down her notes. Then, she began the same process with the spoon as she crushed a Mandrake leaf. Quote:
Originally Posted by seusslover14 Kylie continued to copy her professor exactly. She focused on the color and texture of the potion, but also on what the professor was saying and doing. After finishing the task at hand, she quietly arranged her ingredients. They'd been in no particular order, and now they were in order of when they would be used. Quote:
Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands Destiny gave a quick smile to Evelyn. She was scared that if emotion showed on her face, the Professor would take her potion away..again. Nope, not today Professahhhh!!
Eww. The next part of this potion was disgusting. Mucus, BLAH! She picked up her wooden spoon and started working on that gross stuff. She wondered why the Professor didn't have the special solution that would take the mucus off thier hands..unless she was just trying to scare them all. Destiny looked up from the mucus stirring and narrowed her eyes at the woman with hair. She got too scared though, and quickly went back to her cauldron.
When her mucus stuff was all stirred in, she turned to look at Marie. Heh, her friend was once again sitting with Carter. Good, Destiny thought, she was tired of hearing Marie complain, and complain, and complain. "Good riddance." she mumbled under her breath. She hoped Marie's cauldron would explode. Mwahaha!
She waited for the next step, and when she heard what it was, a frown crossed her face. That meant..goggles were going to be on everyone..goggles on bald heads.. She would just have to keep her eyes off of everyone and not laugh. It'll be HARD. As soon as her eyes and hands were protected, she held her breath and added the eight drops of lavender. Must not laugh, must not laugh! Success! Not one single giggle escaped her mouth, but she still didn't want to risk looking up at everyone. She knew, she just knew that Marie was going to be EXTREMELY funny looking.
...she had to look up. Merlin! Destiny slowly looked to the front of class as the Professor demonstrated the next step. It wasn't hard to avoid looking at everyone else, since this step seemed most tricky. Heaving a sigh, she placed a mandrake leaf into her mortal, poured the Goku Kola into her cauldron and charmed her spoon to stir in the right directions. Potions..was hard! Too much THINKING! She pushed the goggles up further on her face and as the spoon turned, she crushed the mandrake. On the counter-clockwise turn, she quickly put the mandrake into her cauldron. Gah! She needed to do this a few more times.. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris Alex calmed herself quickly, "Yes, but I wanted to make sure. I wouldn't want to mess it up after all." Alex told the Professor before copying the intructions to the dot. Crushing the mandrake excatly as the notes said to and then adding them and the Gota Kola stiring precisely. She really wanted her hair back after all. Alex suddenly wanted to turn her bald she if she wanted to mess up her potion by not making crystal clear instructions. Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley Sidney watches Professor Lefay demonstrate the process. It looks very complicated and easy to mess up. She pulls out her morter and pestle and moves the mandrake leaves to within easy reach.
Sidney writes the directions down in her journal, says a small prayer, and gets started. She places a leaf in the mortar. Sidney then puts her wand in her left hand and performs the Locomotor Charm. I hope this works. My right arm is my dominent arm. She picks up the pestal. Then Sidney starts moving her wand in a circular direction while she crushes the mandrake leaf. Five, six, seven, eight.... Sidney looks down at her mortar. Thankfully the leaf is crushed. "Nine..." Sidney picks up her mortar and empties the leaf into the potion, then starts her wand moving in a counterclockwise direction one time. She then breathes a short sigh of relief, and starts the process over again.
OOC:Please point out to me if I wrote the directions wrong. I had trouble paraphrasing your comments. Quote:
Originally Posted by Moaning Myrtle lover Ericks quickly added the Gotu Kola and then he tried setting the stirrer to follow the orders.He placed a Mandrake leaf in the mortar and after crushing it he poured the herb and stirred for the tenth time. He wasn't sure if this was what he was supposed to do but from what he heard it sure seemed right.
"Step five..." she said and continued... "Things get easier now... mix in the Honey, the Fluxweed leaves, whole, the peppermint and the drop of Re'em blood. Only one or it'll ruin the potion."
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