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StarShine · 05-12-2016, 09:32 AM

Well, Katherine wasn't about to watch every single movement of Haddie (she would absolutely LOVE to, to be honest, but she had a potion to brew either). Therefore, she completely missed it when Haddie didn't swap the tortoise shell. She also didn't see that the slices had got bigger, because she was busy cutting her own caterpillar (which deserved about five points for being so BRILLIANT at it, Mr. Newton).

"You're welcome, Denaker," she said and smiled back. She knew 'Moss' wasn't her surname!Moss, but she was going to take it so.

Anyways, she had added wine and prune juice now, so it was time for stirring slowly clockwise (always clockwise) and watching out for bubbles. She realised that they were going to stir always and never stop, so she focused on the speed of her stirring for a bit. For a perfect potion, she had to keep it at the same speed. This... was fine, it didn't tire her arm much, so she started to watch out for the bubbles. The colour had also begun changing, and soon enough, it was dark purple/brown as foreseen, with bubbles forming. Her left hand was still stirring as her right grabbed the FIRST ingredient in line - which was, of course, the mashed fungus - added it carefully, and grabbed the five-minute hourglass. She would just reverse it once it was up.

Arranging all this with one hand while keeping stirring had been VERY hard, and Katherine could see why it was an advanced potion, but she managed all with success - except, of course, while doing all of this, she completely missed Haddie's mistake of stirring in the wrong direction. Because honestly, she sometimes thought that everyone was like her and that they read the instructions 738 times before carrying them out. Anyway, when she did look over, Haddie's potion was going well as well, so she felt even more confident and proud. She - no, they - nono, SHE was going to do it. She was going to brew two PERFECT advanced potion, and then she would get an invitation to The Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers.

Ahhhhh.

When the first round of her five-minute hourglass was done, she reversed it and after ten minutes were up, at last, she noted the faded colour and grabbed the second ingredient: tortoise shell. She added that and side-eyed Haddie's cauldron. She was glad to see she was still going well. She set the one-minute hourglass first like Haddie did and after about two minutes, her potion did take a creamy colour. She was going to do it!!! Although, her arm was beginning to get tired, and even though she was SURE there was a spell for stirring, she didn't know what and it was so tiring... nononono, she kept the pace. She wasn't about to give up, just when she was about to get an invitation to MESoP. It was HER fault for not looking up the spell before coming to this class. Next time, she would look it up, but for now, she had to keep up. So she mentally quit her own mentally whining and focused...

As soon as the five-minute hourglass was up, she extinguished the fire, pleased that Haddie did the same, and while STILL stirring (though she might have slowed down a little), she added the bat tongue and caterpillar. Five more minutes of boring stirring...

...did she still have an arm?..

She quickly passed the stirrer to her right hand and stirred and stirred and stirred. The first thing she would do after class was learning the stirring spell, but for now, she tried to do her best.

FINALLY the time was up! She removed the stirrer more or less at the same time as Haddie, checked the colour (creamy green, YAY!) and looked at Haddie's.

It would turn emerald soon, right?

"You're welcome," she said, smiled and once her own potion was the emerald green the professor had mentioned, she poured some into a vial for him to grade. She carefully labelled it and turned to watch Haddie. She didn't want to drink the potion right away, though, ~~in case anything went wrong and since Haddie was willing to demonstrate~~ since she first had to clean her working area, so she started re-cleaning all her equipment and putting them away in her bag as Haddie got ready to drink. She readied a very smug but also polite smile for the congratulations of the professor. 'Thank you, Miss Moss, for helping your troubled friend. She had improved dramatically under your supervision. I'm sure you'll be a great potioneer one -

................??????????!!!!!!!!!!????????????

NO. NONONONO THIS WAS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! Katherine watched the CHILD!Haddie with big, frightened eyes - she wasn't frightened for Haddie, but for herSELF. She then looked at the professor with the same dread - no, - and felt her eyes burning with rage/despair/disappointment/hopelessness.

"Sir!" she rushed to the man, "I swear I was looking and her potion was going WELL and I don't even know where she made wrong IswearIwaslooking but I don't know what happened oh -" She stopped talking abruptly to look AGAIN at what was supposed to be an older Haddie with the hope that if she looked HARDER, Haddie would just GROW.

If this was a sick prank of Haddie Denaker to make Katherine look stupid, she was DEAD.

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StarShine DoM Kappa Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood Posts: 13,005 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6	¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Well, Katherine wasn't about to watch every single movement of Haddie (she would absolutely LOVE to, to be honest, but she had a potion to brew either). Therefore, she completely missed it when Haddie didn't swap the tortoise shell. She also didn't see that the slices had got bigger, because she was busy cutting her own caterpillar (which deserved about five points for being so BRILLIANT at it, Mr. Newton). "You're welcome, Denaker," she said and smiled back. She knew 'Moss' wasn't her surname!Moss, but she was going to take it so. Anyways, she had added wine and prune juice now, so it was time for stirring slowly clockwise (always clockwise) and watching out for bubbles. She realised that they were going to stir always and never stop, so she focused on the speed of her stirring for a bit. For a perfect potion, she had to keep it at the same speed. This... was fine, it didn't tire her arm much, so she started to watch out for the bubbles. The colour had also begun changing, and soon enough, it was dark purple/brown as foreseen, with bubbles forming. Her left hand was still stirring as her right grabbed the FIRST ingredient in line - which was, of course, the mashed fungus - added it carefully, and grabbed the five-minute hourglass. She would just reverse it once it was up. Arranging all this with one hand while keeping stirring had been VERY hard, and Katherine could see why it was an advanced potion, but she managed all with success - except, of course, while doing all of this, she completely missed Haddie's mistake of stirring in the wrong direction. Because honestly, she sometimes thought that everyone was like her and that they read the instructions 738 times before carrying them out. Anyway, when she did look over, Haddie's potion was going well as well, so she felt even more confident and proud. She - no, they - nono, SHE was going to do it. She was going to brew two PERFECT advanced potion, and then she would get an invitation to The Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers. Ahhhhh. When the first round of her five-minute hourglass was done, she reversed it and after ten minutes were up, at last, she noted the faded colour and grabbed the second ingredient: tortoise shell. She added that and side-eyed Haddie's cauldron. She was glad to see she was still going well. She set the one-minute hourglass first like Haddie did and after about two minutes, her potion did take a creamy colour. She was going to do it!!! Although, her arm was beginning to get tired, and even though she was SURE there was a spell for stirring, she didn't know what and it was so tiring... nononono, she kept the pace. She wasn't about to give up, just when she was about to get an invitation to MESoP. It was HER fault for not looking up the spell before coming to this class. Next time, she would look it up, but for now, she had to keep up. So she mentally quit her own mentally whining and focused... As soon as the five-minute hourglass was up, she extinguished the fire, pleased that Haddie did the same, and while STILL stirring (though she might have slowed down a little), she added the bat tongue and caterpillar. Five more minutes of boring stirring... ...did she still have an arm?.. She quickly passed the stirrer to her right hand and stirred and stirred and stirred. The first thing she would do after class was learning the stirring spell, but for now, she tried to do her best. FINALLY the time was up! She removed the stirrer more or less at the same time as Haddie, checked the colour (creamy green, YAY!) and looked at Haddie's. It would turn emerald soon, right? "You're welcome," she said, smiled and once her own potion was the emerald green the professor had mentioned, she poured some into a vial for him to grade. She carefully labelled it and turned to watch Haddie. She didn't want to drink the potion right away, though, ~~in case anything went wrong and since Haddie was willing to demonstrate~~ since she first had to clean her working area, so she started re-cleaning all her equipment and putting them away in her bag as Haddie got ready to drink. She readied a very smug but also polite smile for the congratulations of the professor. 'Thank you, Miss Moss, for helping your troubled friend. She had improved dramatically under your supervision. I'm sure you'll be a great potioneer one - ................??????????!!!!!!!!!!???????????? NO. NONONONO THIS WAS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! Katherine watched the CHILD!Haddie with big, frightened eyes - she wasn't frightened for Haddie, but for herSELF. She then looked at the professor with the same dread - no, - and felt her eyes burning with rage/despair/disappointment/hopelessness. "Sir!" she rushed to the man, "I swear I was looking and her potion was going WELL and I don't even know where she made wrong IswearIwaslooking but I don't know what happened oh -" She stopped talking abruptly to look AGAIN at what was supposed to be an older Haddie with the hope that if she looked HARDER, Haddie would just GROW. If this was a sick prank of Haddie Denaker to make Katherine look stupid, she was DEAD.