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Hogwarts RPG Name: Sebastian Price First Year | The Harpy of Hogwarts | Dungeon Mistress | Bimba di Serpeverde SPOILER!!: good good Quote:
Originally Posted by TSnitch Tori smiled a little at her progress but mostly thinking of getting back her hair. She put on her goggles and dragon hide gloves. Then as demonstrated by the professor she,added the Gotu Kola and charmed the stirrer to stir 9 times clockwise, once counter.
As told she place one of the Mandrake leaves in the mortar and crush it with the pestle in the same motion and at the same time of the 9 stirring, pouring the herb in with the 10th counter stir, before hand.
She put a leaf in her mortar, poured the Gotu Kola and charmed the stirrer in cauldron.
Patterning Professor Hecate, she matched the turns and speed of the stirred while crushing the leaf. When the stirrer turned the other way, she added the contents of her mortar and started with another leaf. Just like her professor, she repeated the motion the five times she needed to add her five Mandrake leaves. She then continued to step five, which seemed to the easiest yet the most decisive, seeing that if anything went wrong here, she wouldn't get her hair back. Quote:
Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours Selena mixed in the honey, the Fluxweed leaves and the peppermint. She then added the Re'em blood, careful to only put in one drop. She could not afford to make a mistake in this. When she was done, she wrote down some notes for it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris Alex mixed in the Honey (6 spoons) the 12 Fluxweed whole, the one spring of peppermint and the 1 drop of re'em's blood. She made sure it was precise, she didn't want to ruin her potion after all. Being bald was no fun at all. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Simon did what the Professor said and made sure he put just on drop of the Re'em blood. He was glad that the Professor was saying it was getting easier he really wanted to get the Potion finished so he could have his hair back Quote:
Originally Posted by harrypottterbroadway Keeley breathed a slight sigh of relief. This was much less complex. She smiled, mixing in the oopey goopey honey, the soft fluxwood leaves, the fresh smelling pepermint, and the re'em blood. Handling blood slightly creeped the girl out, she was a vegetarian afterall, but if it meant her hair would grow back, then it would be a sacrifice. Her hand wobbled ever so slightly as she poured the drop of blood, but thank Merlin, it stayed just fine. Quote:
Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu Ellie added the next ingredients as the professor instructed. She sighed. This was a horrible class. She focused all her attention to her potion making alone. Just so she could have hair back. And then, she leaves. Quote:
Originally Posted by MsMorgan Mariel glanced up from her cauldron as the professor orated her next set of instructions. Setting her wooden spoon down, the Ravenclaw gave her full attention to the demonstration. Somewhat more complicated than the hair-care potions she often brewed, she noticed. Once the professor was finished, the 17 year old jotted a few notes down on her parchment, then returned to her potion. It was crucial she get this done perfectly because she needed her hair back and was afraid that if she didn't, Professor Lafay was not going to give her a second chance. Then she'd be bald forever!
Mariel donned her gloves and goggles and carefully added eight drops of lavendar to her cauldron, making sure to hold her breath as she did so. Now the tricky part. The 6th year consulted the notes she had written based on the professor's demonstartion. Reaching for her mortar and pestle, Mariel placed one of the Mandrake leaves inside the mortar. After she added the Gotu Kola into her brew, the Ravenclaw grabbed the pestle with her left hand and her wand with her right. Taking a deep breath, she muttered the incantation for the Locomotor Charm and carefully watched the stirrer already in her cauldron while matching the motion with the pestle, crushing the leaf in the mortar. Seven... eight... nine... As the stirrer turned the other way, Mariel stopped and poured the crushed leaf bits into her cauldron. One down, four to go. She picked up another Mandrake leaf to repeat the tedious process.
Her hands were shaking by the time Mariel added the last Mandrake leaf. She was so determined to get this done perfectly but it was making her incredibly nervous. She did, however, manage to get the leaves and Gotu Kola in the right way with no incident. Just as she added the last leaf, the professor spoke again. Mariel smiled slightly, relieved to hear that the rest of the potion was easier. She added the honey, whole Fluxweed leaves, and peppermint. Taking a deep breath, with shaking hands Mariel picked up a dropper of Re'em blood. Just one drop or it will ruin the potion! Such pressure... Mariel took a few deep breaths to regulate her breathing, then oh-so-carefully dropped one drop into her cauldron. Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Carter carefully, using the wooden spoon, added the mucus and stirred. Now was time for the lavender. Holding his breath and being sure not to breathe any lavender in he began adding drops to his cauldron. Carter watched carefully. This could get a little tricky. He put on his goggles and gloves. He added the first leaf to his mortar. Then he added the Gotu Kola to his cauldron. "Locomotor spoon" he said. He then matched the movements of his spoon with his movements using the pestle. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Crush. Add to cauldron.
He repeated the process for each of his remaining leaves. Phew. This would be easier. Taking a hold of his spoon he stirred in the honey, whole fluxweed leaves, and the peppermint. He then carefully added a single drop of Re'em blood. Now he just had to make sure everything mixed together. Quote:
Originally Posted by individual For a moment, the thought that things got easier didn't sink in until a minute later when she was adding the honey, fluxweed leaves and sprig of peppermint. Well, this was easier. Most definitely.
Lifting her goggles up so she could actually see better, she leaned slightly closer to her cauldron when she started on the drop of Re'em blood, but not too closer where anything could be burned from the fire underneath and in case and spurted up from the cauldron, it would quite reach her.
Carefully adding the re'em blood, Evelyn sat back down afterward and let all of the ingredients mix in with each other before writing down what steps she took in her notebook. SPOILER!!: Evelyn's notebook
Evelyn Flores
Slytherin 3rd year
Potions Class 2
A great potioneer by the name of Ceasar Auricomus had studied and researched male and female baldness, and eventually came up with this cure. Capillatum Potion
1 gallon pumpkin juice
4 oz Flobberworm mucus
8 drops of Lavender essence
1 cup Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica)
5 Mandrake leaves (adult plant)
6 spoons Honey
12 Fluxweed leaves
1 sprig of Peppermint
1 drop of Re'em blood
3 Knotgrass blossoms
3 Rat tails
10 drops of Saw Palmetto extract
2 oz Zinc Procedure
1. Add gallon of Pumpkin Juice and bring to a low simmer.
2. Use a wooden spoon to add the mucus into the mixture. Stir. (do not touch with hands or else potion will be ruined and contaminated)
3. Add the 8 lavender essence drops to the mixture (take care not to breathe it in)
4. Add the Gotu Kola and set stirrer to stir 9 times clockwise and once counter-clockwise motion.
5. While the stirrer is stirring, crush one mandrake leaf at a time in the mortar with a pestle and the same motion and time as the stirring.
6. On the last stir (10th stir counter-clockwise), add mandrake leaf to the mixture.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all mandrake leaves have been added.
8. Mix in honey, fluxweed leaves (whole), peppermint, and 1 drop of Re'em blood. Steps taken
1. Got the ingredients and laid them in order as written.
2. Made sure Cauldron was clean.
3. Added 1 gallon of Pumpkin Juice.
4. Had Destiny light fire under cauldron for me using 'incendio'.
5. Lowered flame.
6. Used a wooden spoon to add mucus to the pumpkin juice and stirred.
7. Put on Goggles and Gloves.
8. Added 8 drops of lavender essence (a tiny break in between drops 4 and 5 to take a tiny breath)
9. Added Gotu Kola
10. Charmed the stirrer to stir x9 Clockwise and x1 Counter-Clockwise.
11. Crushed one mandrake leaf in mortar with pestle in the same time and motion as stirrer, and added the mandrake leaf into the mixture on the 10th stir.
12. Repeated steps 10 and 11 until 5 mandrake leaves have been added.
13. Mixed in the honey, fluxweed leaves (whole), sprig of peppermint, and 1 drop of Re'em blood. Quote:
Originally Posted by MistressofDawn Victoria wrote more of her notes down and added the ingredients, stirring them in.
"Very well. On to step 6." she said "Crumple the blossoms with your fingers over the potion, add the rat tails quickly... the fumes may make the hair grow on the tails."
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