After checking his ingredients and equipment, Dylan slipped on his gloves before continuing on with heating up the pot. Casting the chaudensis charm as Professor Bentley had instructed, the Slytherin paused a tick and then touched the rim of the pot. Even with his gloves in place, the Captain could feel a faint heat...Smirk. Success.
An
Aguamenti later, he was pausing again, waiting for his pot to fill halfway. Once done, Dylan muttered
Finite. All he had to do now was give the water a few minutes and then...it'd be time to get started.
She'd said this wasn't like a Potion...but the setup and preparation was. As a Slytherin with THE Potions Mistress as his Head of House, he liked to think he thrived in that area. Surely today would be no different...
About ten minutes later....
Once the water was boiling as the Professor had instructed, Dylan referred back to the list of instructions jotted down...
1) Once your pot of water has begun to boil, start by adding the chrysanthemum and nettle tea leaves. Stir occasionally.
Running a careful eye over his ingredients, he spied the two different types of tea leaves and carefully picked them up. They were added to the boiling water moments later....
This particular step also mentioned something about stirring...yet he seen no spoon...and if she'd mentioned something about that, he'd missed it. Shrugging, he fished into his bag pulling out one of his spare crystal stirring rods. Scourgifying it a few times, just in case, he dipped it down into the water...beginning to stir...occasionally.
*stir stir* *PAUSE* *stir stir*
SPOILER!!: Dylan's notebook
Dylan Corvi Montmorency
Fifth Year Slytherin Herbology: Lesson Two
Minsecticide: A How-To Guide Ingredients and EquipmentPot
Strainer
Spray Bottle
Neem Oil
Cayenne Pepper
Garlic (whole bulb)
Chrysanthemum Tea Leaves
Nettle Tea Leaves
Fluxweed
Knotgrass
Lacewing Flies (dried, whole)
Bubotuber Pus
Apple Cider Vinegar
Procedure and Steps1) Once your pot of water has begun to boil, start by adding the chrysanthemum and nettle tea leaves. Stir occasionally.
2) As the colour of the water turns amber, add two generous pinches of cayenne pepper, a generous drizzle of neem oil and a splash of apple cider vinegar. Stir occasionally.
3) As the colour darkens, take a handful of fluxweed and knotgrass, then stir.
4) Take a whole garlic bulb, slice it in half (diffindo) then drop it into the solution.
5) Add 3-4 whole dried lacewing flies and a small (yes, thick) drizzle/plop of bubotuber pus.
6) Simmer, stir and leave to cool for about half an hour (in which time you clean up your work space and return any unused items to the stores cupboard.)
7) Once your Minsecticide has cooled, strain it into a spray bottle.