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emjay · 06-03-2013, 01:03 PM

SPOILER!!: Alec

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

So... since Ethan thought that the ingredients would go well together and wouldn't cause the potion to blow up, Alec was just going to go along with him. Because the guy knew what he was talking about, yeah? "Let's hope we don't cause an explosion in the class, then," he said, grinning a little at the boy. Bruise paste? Had he made it? "No... but I know what it looks like, I think," Wasn't it bright orange or...? "Have you made it before?"

Also... Ethan had started cutting up the ingredients! Which meant that he had to do something useful as well, yeah? "Awesome! And... yeah, I did!" Which, he should have put on before now, yeah? He reached into his pockets and brought out his gloves before hastily putting it on. Wiggle wiggle wiggle went his fingers. The boy grinned at Ethan before reaching over and grabbing hold of the pestle and mortar. "Thanks for this!" he said, placing the nettle into the mortar. He was just... going to assume that they had to use all of it, yeah? Or he could just grind up all of it and they could measure out the right amount from that? Nodnod.

"Oh! Yeah... yeah, that sounds good," he said, keeping his eyes on the nettles he was grinding up with the pestle, "And that means we'll have to wait to see how thick the potion is before we add in the leeches?" Since the leeches were going to be adjusting the viscosity of the potion itself.

It was still REALLY awesome that Ethan had managed to do a non verbal spell. And so effortlessly at that, too. "It's really impressive, you know," he said, grinding up the last little bit of the nettle, "Are they hard to muster? Doing spells non-verbally?" And hadn't Sophs managed to do some charms non-verbally? ... Yeah... he was starting to feel really stupid now. Although, there was a lot of time left for this stuff, yeah? ... And the potion was going to turn green. ... Wait... "Oh, Ethan? What colour should the ointment be?" Because no one really wanted to apply something in a nasty colour onto their skin, yeah?

Finishing off the grinding of the nettle, Alec grinned and looked up at Ethan just as the guy started listing off the order. "Yeah, I think that works great!" Nodnod. "Good because... chocolate smells a lot better than petrol," And if he was buying something to apply to his skin, he'd rather use something that smelt like chocolate. Just saying, bubotuber pus, just saying. And speaking of bubotuber pus... "Hey, Ethan? We'll have to make sure to dilute the bubotuber pus, yeah? Because then it'll be all... well... it won't be great. So maybe we should add some water into it first or just add tiny drops at a time?"

OH OH OH! Water was done? Yeah? "Okay! Erm... I'll just add all of it then? Because, like you said, the leeches will be there if it gets a little too thick." He shot Ethan another grin before picking up the vial and looking at it carefully. "Yeah... yeah, that sounds like an awesome plan! And at the end... we'll wave our wands and it'll be done?" That's what they did in Potions, yeah?

"Okay, here goes!" Courage... courage... He opened the vial and carefully poured the contents of it into the cauldron. Once that was done, he placed the empty vial down and grinned at Ethan. "Daisy roots time, yeah?"

Ethan looked up from his ingredients suddenly as Alec mentioned an explosion. "Um.. I hope not..," he started as he glanced quickly at the potion, then back at Alec again to see him grinning. Oh, was he joking? He grinned back at the younger boy. "Though an explosion would at least let us know if were doing it wrong." But he didn't really think that would happen. He nodded as he asked about the bruise paste. "Yep, I make that one quite often.." Came in rather handy for Quidditch.

He glanced over at Alec as he began grinding up the nettles and gave him an approving nod. "Yeah, I think that's why we should probably add the leeches in close to last.. then we can gauge how much we need to use," he said as he peered in the tin containing the leeches. It was hard to just guess what they would need.. maybe not all three that he had plucked from the swamp.

He then picked up the chocolate frog and casually examined it as he wondered a bit about how much of that they should use.. the whole thing? Chopped up pieces? Then he glanced over at Alec as he mentioned the non-verbal spells. "Oh, you think?" he began with a small modest smile. He shrugged. "Like I said.. I've only just started doing them and I can only do the two with any success. Takes a lot of concentration.." He obviously needed to work on those.. Ethan didn't think it was at all impressive that a seventh year could only do one non-verbal spell fairly well and another with limited success, but he was a bit flattered that Alec thought so.

Ethan nodded in agreement as the younger boy thought his idea of added ingredients and their order would work. So as soon as Alec dropped in the mucous, he would add some of the plants ingredients, then they'd be almost done. He shrugged when asked about the color. "I'm not really sure.. I think it depends on these ingredients, so we'll just have to wait and see." He didn't think that part mattered too much as long as it worked. Thinking for a minute over the pus question, he said, "Maybe drops, added one at a time.. and then we can better determine how much is needed. Do you want to be in charge of that?" Once they added in the botanical things, he could do that, then Ethan could see how many leeches to put in.

He watched as Alec added the flobberworm mucous and he nodded. "Don't forget to stir after each ingredient," he said, picking up his crystal stirring rod and giving the potion a clockwise stir. At least according to him, he thought that was important to properly blend ingredients. "Okay, daisy root.." He picked up the pile of chopped up daisy root and tossed it into the cauldron and gave it another stir. "And mandrake leaves.." Ethan added those as well, giving the potion a clockwise stir.

"Now, I think the nettles should come next and then the bubotuber pus.." he said turning to the other boy. "Add as many drops as you think.." He jotted a few notes down in his journal then looked up. "How much of the chocolate frog do you think we should add?" Or maybe it would just take the whole thing to offset the petrol smell.. "Oh.. and what do you think we should name our potion?"

SPOILER!!: Ethan's notes

06-03-2013, 01:03 PM	#185 (permalink)
emjay Pygmy Puff Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: working Posts: 18,281 Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoenix Marchbanks Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Wiley Whittebrook Hufflepuff Second Year x12 x5	post 6 Unforgivably Cursed \| adultescent SPOILER!!: Alec Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone So... since Ethan thought that the ingredients would go well together and wouldn't cause the potion to blow up, Alec was just going to go along with him. Because the guy knew what he was talking about, yeah? "Let's hope we don't cause an explosion in the class, then," he said, grinning a little at the boy. Bruise paste? Had he made it? "No... but I know what it looks like, I think," Wasn't it bright orange or...? "Have you made it before?" Also... Ethan had started cutting up the ingredients! Which meant that he had to do something useful as well, yeah? "Awesome! And... yeah, I did!" Which, he should have put on before now, yeah? He reached into his pockets and brought out his gloves before hastily putting it on. Wiggle wiggle wiggle went his fingers. The boy grinned at Ethan before reaching over and grabbing hold of the pestle and mortar. "Thanks for this!" he said, placing the nettle into the mortar. He was just... going to assume that they had to use all of it, yeah? Or he could just grind up all of it and they could measure out the right amount from that? Nodnod. "Oh! Yeah... yeah, that sounds good," he said, keeping his eyes on the nettles he was grinding up with the pestle, "And that means we'll have to wait to see how thick the potion is before we add in the leeches?" Since the leeches were going to be adjusting the viscosity of the potion itself. It was still REALLY awesome that Ethan had managed to do a non verbal spell. And so effortlessly at that, too. "It's really impressive, you know," he said, grinding up the last little bit of the nettle, "Are they hard to muster? Doing spells non-verbally?" And hadn't Sophs managed to do some charms non-verbally? ... Yeah... he was starting to feel really stupid now. Although, there was a lot of time left for this stuff, yeah? ... And the potion was going to turn green. ... Wait... "Oh, Ethan? What colour should the ointment be?" Because no one really wanted to apply something in a nasty colour onto their skin, yeah? Finishing off the grinding of the nettle, Alec grinned and looked up at Ethan just as the guy started listing off the order. "Yeah, I think that works great!" Nodnod. "Good because... chocolate smells a lot better than petrol," And if he was buying something to apply to his skin, he'd rather use something that smelt like chocolate. Just saying, bubotuber pus, just saying. And speaking of bubotuber pus... "Hey, Ethan? We'll have to make sure to dilute the bubotuber pus, yeah? Because then it'll be all... well... it won't be great. So maybe we should add some water into it first or just add tiny drops at a time?" OH OH OH! Water was done? Yeah? "Okay! Erm... I'll just add all of it then? Because, like you said, the leeches will be there if it gets a little too thick." He shot Ethan another grin before picking up the vial and looking at it carefully. "Yeah... yeah, that sounds like an awesome plan! And at the end... we'll wave our wands and it'll be done?" That's what they did in Potions, yeah? "Okay, here goes!" Courage... courage... He opened the vial and carefully poured the contents of it into the cauldron. Once that was done, he placed the empty vial down and grinned at Ethan. "Daisy roots time, yeah?" Ethan looked up from his ingredients suddenly as Alec mentioned an explosion. "Um.. I hope not..," he started as he glanced quickly at the potion, then back at Alec again to see him grinning. Oh, was he joking? He grinned back at the younger boy. "Though an explosion would at least let us know if were doing it wrong." But he didn't really think that would happen. He nodded as he asked about the bruise paste. "Yep, I make that one quite often.." Came in rather handy for Quidditch. He glanced over at Alec as he began grinding up the nettles and gave him an approving nod. "Yeah, I think that's why we should probably add the leeches in close to last.. then we can gauge how much we need to use," he said as he peered in the tin containing the leeches. It was hard to just guess what they would need.. maybe not all three that he had plucked from the swamp. He then picked up the chocolate frog and casually examined it as he wondered a bit about how much of that they should use.. the whole thing? Chopped up pieces? Then he glanced over at Alec as he mentioned the non-verbal spells. "Oh, you think?" he began with a small modest smile. He shrugged. "Like I said.. I've only just started doing them and I can only do the two with any success. Takes a lot of concentration.." He obviously needed to work on those.. Ethan didn't think it was at all impressive that a seventh year could only do one non-verbal spell fairly well and another with limited success, but he was a bit flattered that Alec thought so. Ethan nodded in agreement as the younger boy thought his idea of added ingredients and their order would work. So as soon as Alec dropped in the mucous, he would add some of the plants ingredients, then they'd be almost done. He shrugged when asked about the color. "I'm not really sure.. I think it depends on these ingredients, so we'll just have to wait and see." He didn't think that part mattered too much as long as it worked. Thinking for a minute over the pus question, he said, "Maybe drops, added one at a time.. and then we can better determine how much is needed. Do you want to be in charge of that?" Once they added in the botanical things, he could do that, then Ethan could see how many leeches to put in. He watched as Alec added the flobberworm mucous and he nodded. "Don't forget to stir after each ingredient," he said, picking up his crystal stirring rod and giving the potion a clockwise stir. At least according to him, he thought that was important to properly blend ingredients. "Okay, daisy root.." He picked up the pile of chopped up daisy root and tossed it into the cauldron and gave it another stir. "And mandrake leaves.." Ethan added those as well, giving the potion a clockwise stir. "Now, I think the nettles should come next and then the bubotuber pus.." he said turning to the other boy. "Add as many drops as you think.." He jotted a few notes down in his journal then looked up. "How much of the chocolate frog do you think we should add?" Or maybe it would just take the whole thing to offset the petrol smell.. "Oh.. and what do you think we should name our potion?" SPOILER!!: Ethan's notes Ingredients 1 vial Flobberworm Mucous 2 Daisy Roots, chopped 4 Mandrake Leaves , chopped 1 Nettle plant (1 vial?) Bubotuber Pus (3?) Leeches (?)Chocolate Frog Instructions 1. Fill cauldron 1/2 full of water, set on flame 2. Once boiling, add vial of flobberworm mucous, stir 3. Chop up daisy roots and mandrake leaves, add to mixture and stir after each ingredient 4. Grind nettles with mortar and pestle, add to potion, stir 5. Add (?) drops of bubotuber pus, stir 6. Add (?) Leeches 7. Add chocolate frog __________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________ ended like a moth in flames______________________ ______________________don't you worry I'll be fine _________________________________________________you were good for the plot line