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Old 05-18-2015, 01:47 PM   #180 (permalink)
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Dragon Geisha/Toni-Toni Chopper/Master of Chocobos Alpha Goddess/ Darth Devious /Davvy's twinneh

SPOILER!!: Professor
Quote:
Originally Posted by StarShine View Post

"Cut the fluxweed leaves - and only the leaves, you can throw away the rest of it - in three pieces and add them. Then, with a clean wooden stick, stir once clockwise, once counter clockwise and alternate like that for 7 times. The total number of stirs should be 14. If you've done all correctly, it should be muddy but not smelly."

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"Alright everyone," he said, "Add boomslang skin and wait for 5 minutes. Then, add the larvae. If all has gone well, it should be completely clear like clean water."
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Ilia added to her notes as she listened.
SPOILER!!: Notes
Base Ingredients
- Two sprigs of lovage
- 4 mistletoe berries
- 4 measures of fluxweed
- 2 measures of boomslang skin
- Ten newt larvae

(Can be kept for up to one year)

Emotion Inducing Ingredients
- Happiness: 3 Alihotsy leaves
- Sadness: A teaspoon of glumbumble treacle
- Excitement: Half a handful of ferret fur
- Fear: A scoop of black flies
- Tenderness: 2 teaspoons of dog saliva
- Anger: 7 hippogriff feathers
Instructions
1. Fill cauldron halfway with pure water
2. Slowly lower wand, drawing a straight, vertical line, incant 'Apto pressure'
3. Heat to 100 degrees celcius and keep heat there constantly
4. Chop lovage sprigs well, add
5. Wait for exactly 5 seconds
6. Add mistletoe berries
7. Cut fluxweed leaves only, into three pieces and add
8. Stir clockwise and counter clockwise alternatingly fourteen times
9. Add Boomslang skin and wait for five minutes
10. Add newt larvae


Step 7. Ilia took the fluxweed and cut away everything but the leaves, then cut the leaves into three exactly equal pieces and added them. Bloop, into the pot

Step 8. Taking up her wooden spoon that she had cleansed before starting, she gently stirred her potion. Clockwise 1, counter clockwise 2, clockwise 3, counterclockwise 4, clockwise 5, counter clockwise 6, clockwise 7, counter clockwise 8, clockwise 9, counter clockwise 10, clockwise 11, counter clockwise 12, clockwise 13, counter clockwise 14. With her stirring complete, she examined the potion. Muddy as the bottom of a pond, but not foul of odor.....not like her last divination class. She cringed silently at the thought.

Step 9. Now time for the measures of Boomslang skin. She delicately lowered them into the cauldron. Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. She hummed to herself quietly as she timed the five minute wait. She took the wait time as clean time and"Scourgify" cleaned everything that she had just used.

Step 10. It was now time to add the larvae, the point that she wasn't terribly fond of. Ilia could empathize with the girl who asked what else she could use. She wasn't fond of it either, but she knew it was part of potion craft and that sometimes there wasn't an alternative that would produce proper results. She comforted herself in the thoughts that other animals would eat them and that the professor probably treated them very nicely. She took a breath and added them , counting carefully. Upon the last one, the brew became as clear as before she added anything to it.

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She knew prodding Henric earlier had made him happier and that made her feel a little better. She kept her eye on him throughout class, to make sure he wasn't stumbling or having trouble. Though she did poke him just lightly as he stared into his now clear potion. Good job, she mouthed the words and nodded to him. Encouragement couldn't hurt right? She decided when it came choosing time that she was making a happiness potion, as she thought of him.
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