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Expecto-Penguin · 10-18-2016, 10:57 PM

When the slytherin was in the class, he heard the Professor ask them to stare into the candle. Professor say what? He wanted them to focus their minds onto the flame? Did he not see this class? They all seemed like they had ADHD. Some of them could concentrate but it was easy for him. He was more about being calm. He shrugged and decided to stare into his candle which was kind of like a meditation thing. He heard the practice and it was called trataka? What was that like a disease. Where did these names come from? He rolled his eyes and went with it. He got his candle at arms length and lit it up with Incendio and stared at the candle. He felt kind of stupid that he was staring at light. Apparently he was supposed to have a image of the light in his eyelids. He cleared his mind and thought of nothing else. He concentrated and closed his eyes and he saw the imprint in his eyelids. He saw no stars but some candle light.

Once he felt that he was confident it the Trataka whatever the practice name was, he copied down the ingredients. Now Potions was alright for this slytherin. He thought of it more as cooking. He copied down the whole list which was quite a lot. He squinted through the steam and finally made it, he saw his first step.

SPOILER!!: Concentration Potion

His first step was to put in a liter of water and fill up his cauldron. He got his cauldron out and began to fill it. He poured his liter of water from his filled glass into the cauldron and he lit it up with, "Incendio!" and brought it to a boil. Then he began to prepare the Ginkgo seeds.

10-18-2016, 10:57 PM	#48 (permalink)
Expecto-Penguin DMAC & DMC Augurey Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Winchesters Impala Posts: 11,758 Hogwarts RPG Name: Zarina Rae Carraro Sixth Year x6 x2	Stephanoodle \|\| Adorable Nerd When the slytherin was in the class, he heard the Professor ask them to stare into the candle. Professor say what? He wanted them to focus their minds onto the flame? Did he not see this class? They all seemed like they had ADHD. Some of them could concentrate but it was easy for him. He was more about being calm. He shrugged and decided to stare into his candle which was kind of like a meditation thing. He heard the practice and it was called trataka? What was that like a disease. Where did these names come from? He rolled his eyes and went with it. He got his candle at arms length and lit it up with Incendio and stared at the candle. He felt kind of stupid that he was staring at light. Apparently he was supposed to have a image of the light in his eyelids. He cleared his mind and thought of nothing else. He concentrated and closed his eyes and he saw the imprint in his eyelids. He saw no stars but some candle light. Once he felt that he was confident it the Trataka whatever the practice name was, he copied down the ingredients. Now Potions was alright for this slytherin. He thought of it more as cooking. He copied down the whole list which was quite a lot. He squinted through the steam and finally made it, he saw his first step. SPOILER!!: Concentration Potion Colt Winchester Slytherin Sixth Year Ingredients 1 liter of water Five Ginkgo Biloba leaves Two Ginkgo Biloba seeds (soaked), ground to a paste Two Tablespoons of boiling water 1 tea light candle 20 Hyssop leaves 18 Peppermint leaves 16 Basil leaves 14 Rosemary leaves 12 Citrus leaves 10 Lavender leaves 8 Lavender buds Two squares of cheesecloth Method: Add water to cauldron, bring to a boil Add two Ginkgo Biloba seeds to a small bowl, add two tablespoons of boiling water from the cauldron and leave for ten minutes to soften. Slice the GB leaves into thin strips (approximately 2mm wide) with your knife and sprinkle into cauldron. Grind in mortar and pestle until you create a paste, and add this to the cauldron. Prepare the leaves/flowers Add in the leaves and flowers one by one. Some might sink, others will remain floating. Leave for fifteen minutes. In the meantime, light a tealight candle and put to eye height (to avoid straining neck and back), an arms width from the body (prop on books if needed) Gaze at the candle flame until your eyes feel like they need to blink, then close your eyes. Concentrate on the image of the candle in your mind (the after image). Repeat for fifteen minutes. Pour the wax from the candle into the cauldron. Cast the incantation Mentis Apertus (men-tees ah-peh-rr-tus), whilst circling the want over the cauldron, perform three times. Remove all leaves and flowers from the cauldron, adding them to the mortar and pestle. Grind them until they form a herby paste, and add it back to the cauldron. Stir the potion 20 times, slowly, clockwise, with a wooden stirrer. Remove it from the heat. Layer two pieces of cheesecloth material over your strainer, to catch more of the solid ingredients. Strain the potion into your vials. By the end, your potion should yield 500 milliliters. Divide this into 50-milliliter vials. Hand one up for marking and you may take the others. His first step was to put in a liter of water and fill up his cauldron. He got his cauldron out and began to fill it. He poured his liter of water from his filled glass into the cauldron and he lit it up with, "Incendio!" and brought it to a boil. Then he began to prepare the Ginkgo seeds. __________________