When the mass of water and ingredients didn't immediately vaporize right in his face, Dylan counted that as a success! A great one, too...It meant that he could carry on with this potions business and perform the next step...which was MORE stirring, of course. SO much stirring...This stirring was of the special variety, though.

Having removed the wooden spoon before adding the mercury, it was time to replace it was a more sturdy stirring rod. A crystal one...that wouldn't do weird things when paired with interesting ingredients.

Dipping it down into the mixture, Dylan began stirring carefully, counting out the clockwise motions in turn...

One................two...................three.... ...............four....................five!

After doing that, all that was left was to let it settle for two minutes. During this time, the Slytherin Captain updated his progress, and began cleaning up his utensils so they could fit back into his handy dandy potions pouch.

He scourgified everything that he wasn't still currently using...meaning the wooden spoon, the dropper, the stirring rod, that knife from earlier...Getting his stuff replaced back into their satin-trimmed home, Dylan turned his focus back to the potion. It was slowly turning into a rich dark red color...Almost as dark as blood.

Hmph. Interesting...