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WhittyBitty · 01-12-2018, 07:45 AM

Why there was any need to turn someone's head into a pumpkin was beyond Isabel, but it DID sound like a pretty interesting potion and it was practically Halloween, so she was more than excited to get to work.

First things first she made sure that she had on all the required gear for potion brewing. Then it was time for the next part. Once she had cleaned her cauldron and all of her equipment, she set about recording notes on the potion, its ingredients, and the first steps. The boring things that needed to be out of the way before she could begin on the fun stuff... Well, if gutting pumpkins could be considered fun. Shrugging, she set about cutting the thing open using her wand. "Diffindo!" There. That was much easier and quicker than using a knife. Now came the grosser part, though... the scooping out of the innards.

Picking up her small metal spoon, she began taking out allllll the pumpkin guts. While it wasn't the nastiest thing that she had dealt with while working on a potion by any means, Isabel still did not like the texture; years of carving pumpkins for Halloween had done nothing to lessen the cringiness of the entire ordeal. Oh well. Instead of focusing on that, she worked on separating the seeds from the guts and put those off to the side; they would come into play a bit later. Two densely packed cups of the innards were added to the bottom of her cauldron, followed by a cup of water. The water was only added AFTER the go ahead because apparently the professor was really adamant about when people put it in. Made no sense to her, but WHATEVER; he was the expert here.

"Incendio!" Isabel turned the dial to medium.

That out of the way, she added onto the next bit of her notes before cleaning the measuring cup and spoon. She knew how important it was to keep everything clean and the last thing she wanted right now was for the professor to come over and call her out on something and vanish away all of her progress. She did not have time for that. Nor the patience.

One, two, three dried moths were placed into her mortar, and Isabel put all of her strength into griiiiiiiinding them into a super duper fine powder. Fine enough that she was sure that there would be no issues. And just to be sure of that, she ground the moths even FURTHER. It was a good thing that she had a lot of strength in her body from dance, because otherwise she might start getting tired out from all the effort; as it was, she was ready for MORE work.

With a good old "Stupefy!" Isabel managed to stun one of the provided bouncing bulbs and brought it back to her work station so that she could begin peeling and chopping. Furrowing her brows slightly in concentration, she peeled off the outer purple layer of the bulb before cleaning the peeler. Then she picked up her silver knife. Having a lot of experience with them over the years, she was pretty well-versed when it came to knife techniques, so she was not in the least bit worried about messing this part up. Nope. She was completely confident as she set about chopping. And yes, she was making sure that it was done FINELY. Didn't want to get into trouble for making any mistakes.

Placing the pieces of bulb onto her scale, she saw that she was slightly off in amount and worked on chopping more until she had reached exactly 100 g worth.

What next?

SPOILER!!: Isabel's Notes

01-12-2018, 07:45 AM	#178 (permalink)
WhittyBitty Honeydukes Mod Potterdom Mod Alley Proprietor Wrackspurt Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 237,778 Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurora Bay Hufflepuff Seventh Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Honor Abrams Leaky Cauldron x12 x9	*plays catch up* ♥s her SS family \| Wifey is MINE \| Naughty Niffler \| ❄ Bookish & Cat-Approved ❄ \| Soodley ♥ Why there was any need to turn someone's head into a pumpkin was beyond Isabel, but it DID sound like a pretty interesting potion and it was practically Halloween, so she was more than excited to get to work. First things first she made sure that she had on all the required gear for potion brewing. Then it was time for the next part. Once she had cleaned her cauldron and all of her equipment, she set about recording notes on the potion, its ingredients, and the first steps. The boring things that needed to be out of the way before she could begin on the fun stuff... Well, if gutting pumpkins could be considered fun. Shrugging, she set about cutting the thing open using her wand. "Diffindo!" There. That was much easier and quicker than using a knife. Now came the grosser part, though... the scooping out of the innards. Picking up her small metal spoon, she began taking out allllll the pumpkin guts. While it wasn't the nastiest thing that she had dealt with while working on a potion by any means, Isabel still did not like the texture; years of carving pumpkins for Halloween had done nothing to lessen the cringiness of the entire ordeal. Oh well. Instead of focusing on that, she worked on separating the seeds from the guts and put those off to the side; they would come into play a bit later. Two densely packed cups of the innards were added to the bottom of her cauldron, followed by a cup of water. The water was only added AFTER the go ahead because apparently the professor was really adamant about when people put it in. Made no sense to her, but WHATEVER; he was the expert here. "Incendio!" Isabel turned the dial to medium. That out of the way, she added onto the next bit of her notes before cleaning the measuring cup and spoon. She knew how important it was to keep everything clean and the last thing she wanted right now was for the professor to come over and call her out on something and vanish away all of her progress. She did not have time for that. Nor the patience. One, two, three dried moths were placed into her mortar, and Isabel put all of her strength into griiiiiiiinding them into a super duper fine powder. Fine enough that she was sure that there would be no issues. And just to be sure of that, she ground the moths even FURTHER. It was a good thing that she had a lot of strength in her body from dance, because otherwise she might start getting tired out from all the effort; as it was, she was ready for MORE work. With a good old "Stupefy!" Isabel managed to stun one of the provided bouncing bulbs and brought it back to her work station so that she could begin peeling and chopping. Furrowing her brows slightly in concentration, she peeled off the outer purple layer of the bulb before cleaning the peeler. Then she picked up her silver knife. Having a lot of experience with them over the years, she was pretty well-versed when it came to knife techniques, so she was not in the least bit worried about messing this part up. Nope. She was completely confident as she set about chopping. And yes, she was making sure that it was done FINELY. Didn't want to get into trouble for making any mistakes. Placing the pieces of bulb onto her scale, she saw that she was slightly off in amount and worked on chopping more until she had reached exactly 100 g worth. What next? SPOILER!!: Isabel's Notes Quote: Pompion Potion - Turns drinker's head into a pumpkin Ingredients: 2 cups pumpkin innards, densely packed (sorted so no seeds) 3 flitterby moths 100g fresh bouncing bulb, stunned if necessary 4g fresh foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) flowers, petals only 10 fresh pumpkin seeds Instructions: 1.Use diffindo to cut open the pumpkin. 2. Using a metal spoon, scoop out the innards, pulling out the seeds and putting to one side. 3. Put two densely packed cups of pumpkin innards in the bottom your cauldron with a cup of water. Set over medium heat. 4. Add three dried moths to your mortar and grind them to a SUPER fine powder. 5. Use a peeler to remove the outer layer of the (stunned) bouncing bulb. Finely chop 100 g of bulb (measure with scales) using a silver knife and proper technique. DO NOT add to cauldron. __________________ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀