Heh. So Kat and Lex looked like they were lost and all, with a bloated house elf with them inside a cave. That was creepy but then, well, this was a Quiz Bowl and she didn't exactly expect the easy potions to come out. A little but of resourcefulness and all, because that's what they were expected to use. Once they got all the ingredients with them, they could start start brewing and that'd be great. And... Merlin, that was a lot of sugar. Kat said no further comment though, because she was trying to focus more on the task they had at hand.

Hmm? No stone came flying back at her, so that was cool. Maybe it was just taking time and probably flying towards her any moment now. But then, it was a good thing that Alexa found a few rocks from trying to pull some palm leaves. "Great," Kat said with a grin. Well, at least they found a rock or two? They'd start in no time. The other schools might've finished their task already (Kat somehow doubt that though because the potion might take an hour or more to brew) but she and Alexa took their time to accurately brew the Deflating draft and helping the poor house elf. It still got some side glances though, out of pity.

Once Lex had started the fire, Kat then tried to remember what to do next. "We'd have to wait for the water to boil, yes." They could start crushing the galangal while waiting for the water to boil so as not to waste time. Kat took the rock from Lex and started powderizing it. Yeah sure, it didn't look like anything difficult but people could see her outside even if she can't. She was kinda getting conscious but Kat was more conscious on the time. She continued to powderize the galangal but also glanced at the cauldron they had just in case it started boiling without them knowing.

"Done," Kat announced as she finished the powderizing up. Well... it would be better if it was already powdered but this was pretty much okay with Kat since they had to powderize it themselves. "After the water boils, we'll have to add the wood sorrel and make sure it's submerged and let it boil for... 10 minutes. That would mean that, while we let the wood sorrel boil, we'll have to tackle the snargaluff. You think we can do that in ten minutes?" Kat was confident, but she wanted to ask Lex. Not that she doubt her and all, but because she wanted to hear her say that she was up for the challenge. Lex did seem pretty excited about it earlier, so it was her time to shine.