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Originally Posted by
StarShine 
"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."[/COLOR]
There was a lot going on around her but Ella tried to keep focused, eyes occasionally resting on the loud Gryffindor who seemed to be causing Ian some annoyance. Yeah, we see you, kid. Related to Wade or something, right? Ella didn't see any similarities.
Anyway, moving on. Ella listened carefully and then added in the next steps to her notes.
Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.
Powdered feather. Alrighty, then. Ella added in the correct measurement before cleaning her wooden stirrer. Cleanliness was important, as the potions dude had reminded them, not that anyone who'd experienced Lafay should ever forget. Then she stirred clockwise until everything looking copacetic.
Before her gloves went on, Ella noticed the younger boy (
DuckyLinJi) she'd met at the beehives asking for help. The head girl smiled a little and wandered over, careful not to disturb anyone else in the process.
"Hey," She said quietly, giving him a reassuring smile. She saw that he had no water yet and nodded, pulling out her wand.
"The spell is Aguamenti, yeah? You point your wand and concentrate on what you want to happen. So...Aguamenti!" And the cauldron began to fill with water.
"When you're done, simply say, Finite." And the water stopped. Noting how down on himself the boy looked, the blonde whispered,
"It took me ages to get it right. I bet you'll have it way before I did." And with that, she went on her way.
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Back to her work. Ella pulled on her gloves and handled the heat with a clear,
"Incendio!" Then it was time to add the mucus to the mortar. But...not before she cleaned the mortar and pestle. Cleaning always came first.
"Scourgify...scourgify." And then in went the mycosis fungus.
She crushed them as she counted down the thirty seconds, being sure to concentrate on what she was doing. Then she carefully added some water, not wanting anything to overflow. After giving the mortar a little shake to make sure everything was mixed, that was added to the potion too.