| Diricawl
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Gendry Elwes
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Originally Posted by StarShine  Text Cut: Questions and those that didn't clean their cauldrons
Cosgrach pondered his question, then sloooowly nodded.
"It is still an important figure especially in Far East," he said, "although I wouldn't outright say a deity. Maybe with the tribes that worship fire, but they are all muggles." There were still such tribes, as far as he knew, but did they know dragons? Cosgrach wasn't sure.
Cosgrach watched how she helped the little boy and how she took the time to explain everything, and he was pleased.
"7 points to Gryffindor," he said, because she wasn't just doing it for him, she was actually TEACHING him. Good. Another face to remember for him.
Cosgrach WAS the professor here, so he took the liberty to peek at her notes, then walked to her.
"It's not dogbreath potion, Miss," he said, "that's a different one. This doesn't have a special name. 'Fire-breathing' or 'Hey I'm a dragon!' would do." Don't judge him if he wasn't on his creative day.
Now, this was a good question. He nodded at her. "It is, in some. But healing plants are much more often used, because people get nauseous when you mention 'blood'." Sissies. "There isn't much difference between them. The problem with potions is, they are a mixture, so you have to see how an ingredient will react to the others. For example; in this potion, a plant would still protect the inside of the mouth, but the fire itself wouldn't be curative, because salamander is of dragon's family, so their blood must be used for maximum efficiency."
Cosgrach didn't even hesitate to VANISH the water in their cauldrons one by one without explaining anything at first. He then stared at their EYES, sighed, and said "Clean EVERYTHING before doing something in potions, okay? No matter how clean it looks, you may never know."
They were lucky they would only have to repeat step one.
Oh, of course! Cosgrach nodded at her.
"I don't think I'm the person to teach you," he said, because he would be FURIOUS if someone tried to teach his lesson to 'help' someone, "but watch my steps closely." Drawing his wand, he stepped over the cauldron and drew an 'S' slowly while he said "Scourgify." He then turned his gaze at her.
"This is a cleaning spell and we must clean everything before we use them." She could guess why, right? Then, drawing a horizontal 'S', he said "Aguamenti," and a jet of water shot from the tip of his wand. He said "Finite," when he deemed it was enough, and looked back at the girl.
"Everyting okay? Do you need anything else?"
...Cosgrach wasn't going to try to help him unless he asked him to. 'Sides, it was just FUN watching him, so...
Watching occasionally, and being amused. Yep.
...this boy.
Guinea pig, experimentee, volunteer! Cosgrach nodded at him with a sly grin on his face.
"Great, then! You, son, will try it and share your feelings with the class.
"Oh, your friend wants to show too? Fantastic! What are your names?" He, then turned to other students and of course, missed the exchange between boys as he looked at the class, and only focused on them when Bart's hand was in the air again.
"Yes, but it's based on some definite ratio and not 'let's double all the ingredients'. This amount should last for approximately fifteen minutes.
"And yes again, to your second question. It is both blowing more air and ingredients. But I should warn you, it will run out faster if you blow harder." So he had to make his choice well. Cosgrach checked his watch. They had to move on.
"You ARE cleaning your cauldrons and mortars and stuff before using them, right?" So that they didn't forget the 'cleanness' rule? Because he'd had to correct 3-4 students already, and he didn't want anyone to fall behind because of that.
"The next step is: Add the powdered feather and stir clock wise with a wooden stick until it looks homogenous, then turn the heater to high and add culture of mycosis fungus into your mortar. I advise you wear your gloves before doing that, because mycosis fungus is a parasite that lives on your skin and may leave permanent white stains if not cured in time. The curing process is... hard, to mildly put it, and they cause odour after a while."
Could he scare them enough? Hehe
"Once they are in the mortar, crush them with pestle for thirty seconds or so, add some water on them and shake the mortar a little for them to mix better with water. Then, add them calmly to the potion."
When the professor reminded the students to clean their cauldrons, Ian debated whether he should do it or not. I mean, he had cleaned it at the end of last term and it had been safely packed in his Hogwarts trunk the whole of the summer until he'd unpacked it this morning before class. He shrugged and began to add the ingredients. It shouldn't be THAT much of an issue.
He wrote down the instructions as fast as he could write and then had some questions. Is the stick supposed to be humongous or is it the powdered feathers mixed in water?
He added the feathers and began to stir counterclockwise. Maybe the answer would appear.
Ian was mildly interested about the parasite. He turned to face Gryffie boy and said I suppose that might be an issue for you, if you didn't already smell The boy really did have an off putting odor about him, almost like he'd run through a girl's perfume collection trying to see which one fit him best.
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