 Little Fox | ½ of Lauralie | Ravenclaw...?? *overthinks* | #HouseNATARINA
Mei listened idly to her classmates' answers and Professor Cox's responses, her elbow perched on the table and her chin resting in the palm of her hand. She could see where the professor was going with this, more or less. Magical answers to a variety of human problems. Or 'problems' she should say. Some just seemed to be mild inconveniences.
She tilted her head, considering his response to her answer, with a slight squint of her eyes. He wasn't wrong exactly, but the 'stability underneath' was exactly what she would want to have, and she wouldn't choose that hypothetical superpower without it. Maybe she should have been more specific in her answer. No matter. The question was hypothetical, after all. No need to point out all the ways in which he had missed the point. She doubted that he would thank her for it, and it wouldn't be very productive for him, herself, or the class in general.
Moving on.
The Elasticity Elixir. Hmm. She could guess what those weird hands were for now.
There was no chance of Mei being accused of overthinking the question. As usual, she offered up the first thing that came to mind. 'If you’re trying to reach something that’s reaaaaaaally far away?' She proposed, then elaborated. "'Cause you might miss your target with a spell and hit the wrong thing. A potion could give you more control," she finished, using the same word he had used in his question. Control. "If brewed correctly, obviously," she rushed to add. "I guess you'd have to decide which option has the best chance of success based on your own abilities." Make sense? She could go on but hopefully he got the point.
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Mei listened with mild interest to Professor Cox as he explained the history of the Elasticity Elixir. The parts about the Cursebreakers were vaguely interesting, and his comment about the use of the elixir in Quidditch and it being ‘visually upsetting’ earned an amused smile, though she wasn’t sure that was intended to be humorous.
The ingredients appeared on the blackboard and her eyes skimmed the list, barely sparing a glance at the notes about each ingredient’s purpose. She was fairly certain the instructions were the part she really needed to pay attention to - she only needed to make the potion, not understand how the ingredients worked together.
Ah. There was that word again: Precision. Not her strong suit. She grimaced. Speed (though perhaps lacking accuracy) she could do. Precision? All bets were off. Actually, to be completely honest, all bets should be on a complete lack of precision. Guess she should prepare for temporary bonelessness, judging by Professor Cox’s warning words. She had heard of that Skele-Gro stuff, though, and what she had heard was extremely unpleasant to say the least.
Heh.
How hard could it be to be precise?
Mei’s gaze slid to the instructions on the blackboard when they appeared before moving back over to the list of ingredients.
Time to get started.
Last edited by natekka; 05-17-2026 at 10:31 PM.
Reason: New post went up as I was posting so I've added a little bit of the next part in :)
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