Quote:
Originally Posted by
Korvis 
She smiled to the rest of them. "You will each have a pair of safety clippers, made so that it will cut the flowers but not you. Pick out some of the best flowers out of my collection. But remember to leave a few good blooms on the plant. Never ruin a plant for the sake of the arrangement. There's always good replacements. Put them into one of the pitchers of water. Then you will pick a vase and a packet. These packets contain powder that will turn the water into a colorful potion which will freeze the flowers' look as they are for about a week."
Steelsheen approached the Professor's flower collection. She paced back and forth trying to decide which flowers to clip off. She was having a tough time selecting not because she couldn't make up her mind, but because she really wasn't a flower person to begin with. Finally she settled on white calla lilies. She liked them best among the whole collection as they were elegant and clean looking, beautiful in its simplicity.
She clipped off a good dozen, keeping the stems long as the Professor instructed. On her way back to her work bench she paused to grab a large glass bowl and a handful of large smooth pebbles. She lay them all down on her work area and started with the flower arrangement.
Oh man I really suck in this she thought as she held the calla lilies in her hand, testing different arrangements.
Slightly frustrated she lay the lilies back down and decided to work on the vase. She stared at the large glass bowl, intending to use it as the vase, as its roundness contrasted nicely against the slim stems of the calla lilies. With her wand, she kept changing its colors, seeing which colored glass looked best. Again she wasnt having much luck, and finally decided to cancel out her spells and leave the glass bowl clear. She carefully lay the large smooth pebbles at the bottom of the bowl, then took one lily at a time and slid them in randomly, snipping the ends to vary the height and used the pebbles to help prop them up. She stood back and looked at her arrangement, unhappy that the calla lilies looked scrawny and few, even when there are a dozen of them in there. She scoped the greenhouse for something to add with the lilies and saw a plant with long veined leaves. Taking a handful of those she returned to her work bench and added them to her flower arrangement, inserting them between lilies.
Now there's the volume I'm looking for she thought finally being able to smile.
She took the pitcher, adding the water and the powder and proceeded to mix its contents vigorously. She then poured the solution into her glass bowl, preserving her flower arrangement.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Korvis
"Well, I think that's everyone..." She looked around, trying to be sure. "Well, if I miss you, let me know. Until then, homework!"
Aww nuts, this is what I get for taking too long to decide on the flower she berated herself as most of the class have finished and been graded. She approached the Professor and cleared her throat to get her attention
"Professor Korvis, here's my flower arrangement. I used white calla lilies and a few leaves. I really couldnt decide on what other flower or color combination to use." she said sheepishly as she presented her flower arrangement:
