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SilverTiger · 05-11-2016, 07:26 AM

Now that all her supplies were gathered, cleaned, and ready to be used, all that was left for Brooklyn was to start. Especially since it seemed like they had to prepare everything before actually beginning to brew, which was different from nearly every other potion they had done so far. Even counting those she’d made before Professor Newton had actually been teaching here. Usually they were able to prep things while the potion was brewing, waiting for things to boil and whatnot. This was almost annoying how backwards it all seemed.

However, she gathered up the hairy fungus, after putting on her gloves simply to avoid actually having to touch fungus of any kind. If anyone asked, it was to avoid contamination. She didn’t even want to imagine what effect errant skin cells or body oil could have if the potion was in fact as difficult as they’d been told. Dropping the hairy fungus into her mortar, she began mashing it up into a paste, noting that there hadn’t really been an exact description of how mashed it needed to be. She contented herself with a paste, measuring an exact two grams out before cleaning the rest out of the mortar with another Scourgify. She wasn’t about to contaminate the tortoise shell, which she added to the mortar next and ground into a fine powder, measuring out another two grams right afterward. Once again, she had been left to her own devices as to how fine the powder needed to be, but she figured the finer the better. At least, it wouldn’t be grainy.

Slicing and dicing seemed much more straightforward, instruction-wise. Setting out the caterpillars on a clean cutting board, she set about slicing them up delicately, taking care to make sure all the pieces were as close to the same as possible. Once again, difficult potion meant she needed to try to be perfect. Once that was done, she measured out the required five grams and set the rest aside. Maybe the professor could use that later or something. She doubted it would stay fresh for long, but she didn’t need it right now. She Scourgified the cutting board and the knife yet again, then dicing the bat tongue before she could think about how disgusting all the ingredients really were. All she had to remind herself was that they weren’t required to actually drink it. That made it all marginally easier.

SPOILER!!: notes

05-11-2016, 07:26 AM	#132 (permalink)
SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,289 Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurora Barrington Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nico Diggory-Keighley Hufflepuff Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Annika Owens-Byrne Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Noa LeCourt Gryffindor Sixth Year x5 x3	Post 2 Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict Now that all her supplies were gathered, cleaned, and ready to be used, all that was left for Brooklyn was to start. Especially since it seemed like they had to prepare everything before actually beginning to brew, which was different from nearly every other potion they had done so far. Even counting those she’d made before Professor Newton had actually been teaching here. Usually they were able to prep things while the potion was brewing, waiting for things to boil and whatnot. This was almost annoying how backwards it all seemed. However, she gathered up the hairy fungus, after putting on her gloves simply to avoid actually having to touch fungus of any kind. If anyone asked, it was to avoid contamination. She didn’t even want to imagine what effect errant skin cells or body oil could have if the potion was in fact as difficult as they’d been told. Dropping the hairy fungus into her mortar, she began mashing it up into a paste, noting that there hadn’t really been an exact description of how mashed it needed to be. She contented herself with a paste, measuring an exact two grams out before cleaning the rest out of the mortar with another Scourgify. She wasn’t about to contaminate the tortoise shell, which she added to the mortar next and ground into a fine powder, measuring out another two grams right afterward. Once again, she had been left to her own devices as to how fine the powder needed to be, but she figured the finer the better. At least, it wouldn’t be grainy. Slicing and dicing seemed much more straightforward, instruction-wise. Setting out the caterpillars on a clean cutting board, she set about slicing them up delicately, taking care to make sure all the pieces were as close to the same as possible. Once again, difficult potion meant she needed to try to be perfect. Once that was done, she measured out the required five grams and set the rest aside. Maybe the professor could use that later or something. She doubted it would stay fresh for long, but she didn’t need it right now. She Scourgified the cutting board and the knife yet again, then dicing the bat tongue before she could think about how disgusting all the ingredients really were. All she had to remind herself was that they weren’t required to actually drink it. That made it all marginally easier. SPOILER!!: notes Aging Potion Characteristics: Emerald Green Level: Advanced Information: The effects are dosage based; the more ingested, the older one will age Ingredients 100ml Red Wine 10ml Prune Juice 2g Hairy fungus, mashed 2g Tortoise Shell, powdered 5g Caterpillar, sliced 1 Bat Tongue, diced 1. Prepare all ingredients as listed in the ingredients list, weighing and measuring each carefully. 2. Slowly heat the red wine and prune juice and begin stirring clockwise until you can just see bubbles starting to form. (The mixture will be dark purple/brown) 3. Immediately add the Hairy Fungus and continue to stir clockwise for ten minutes. (The mixture will slowly fade to a lighter purple/brown) 4. Continuing to stir clockwise, add the tortoise shell. (The mixture will be a creamy color) 5. After eight minutes, remove the cauldron from the heat and add the caterpillar and bat tongue, making sure to continue to stir the solution in a clockwise motion for five minutes, until it changes to a creamy green colour. 6. As the potion cools, it will turn emerald green. Once it is completely cooled (about fifteen to twenty minutes), you may cease dispense the potion into appropriate vials for storage. __________________ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees ...It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero ♥ ♥ ♥