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Roselyn · 05-29-2010, 09:37 PM

Taking a few deep breathes first before taking out her gloves and...goggles (ugh)... Evelyn quickly put both on before picking up the lavender essence and then held her breath before leaning forward towards her cauldron.

1...2...3...4...

Eh. Need to breath again. Okay..

5...6...7...8...

Making sure she was far enough away from the cauldron so she could take another breath, the Slytherin placed the small vial down on the table before glancing up and paying very close attention to what the professor was doing. A charm to make it stir nines times clockwise and one counter clockwise? Oh. Locomotor. Duh, of course.

Seeing the demonstration the Professor was doing, by the third mandrake leaf she started on, Evelyn pretty much got the concept down. Alright then. However, she waited for the professor to finish her part of the potion before starting her own, just to make sure there weren't any little extra steps in it. Moving her mortar closer to herself, she scooted a little closer to the table before taking out her wand, picking up the Gotu Kola and pouring it into the mixture. Okay! Quickly placing one of the mandrake leaves into her mortar, she then charmed the stirrer to stir nine times clockwise and one time counter-clockwise.

This was possibly the most difficult thing she's done in potions as of yet. Since she had no clue what would happen if she got the timing wrong, she tried to get it as perfectly as she could. Matching the turns and speed of the stirrer while crushing the mandrake leaf, she counted in her mind how many turns there were, and on the tenth counter-clockwise turn did she add the crushed leaf into the cauldron.

Quickly adding another leaf to her mortar so she didn't lose any time, she did it the exact same way and added in the contents on the tenth stir. However, she felt like she almost messed up on the fourth leaf when she lost count in her mind. No matter though! Just wait for the stirrer to turn the other way...

At least there were no explosions as of yet. And hopefully just thinking that didn't jinx it.

05-29-2010, 09:37 PM	#209 (permalink)
Roselyn DMAC & DoM Kappa Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western US Posts: 14,683 x9 x8	Super Slytherin Buddy \| \| ⅓ She-Snake Trio \| \| a normal girl with normal knees Taking a few deep breathes first before taking out her gloves and...goggles (ugh)... Evelyn quickly put both on before picking up the lavender essence and then held her breath before leaning forward towards her cauldron. 1...2...3...4... Eh. Need to breath again. Okay.. 5...6...7...8... Making sure she was far enough away from the cauldron so she could take another breath, the Slytherin placed the small vial down on the table before glancing up and paying very close attention to what the professor was doing. A charm to make it stir nines times clockwise and one counter clockwise? Oh. Locomotor. Duh, of course. Seeing the demonstration the Professor was doing, by the third mandrake leaf she started on, Evelyn pretty much got the concept down. Alright then. However, she waited for the professor to finish her part of the potion before starting her own, just to make sure there weren't any little extra steps in it. Moving her mortar closer to herself, she scooted a little closer to the table before taking out her wand, picking up the Gotu Kola and pouring it into the mixture. Okay! Quickly placing one of the mandrake leaves into her mortar, she then charmed the stirrer to stir nine times clockwise and one time counter-clockwise. This was possibly the most difficult thing she's done in potions as of yet. Since she had no clue what would happen if she got the timing wrong, she tried to get it as perfectly as she could. Matching the turns and speed of the stirrer while crushing the mandrake leaf, she counted in her mind how many turns there were, and on the tenth counter-clockwise turn did she add the crushed leaf into the cauldron. Quickly adding another leaf to her mortar so she didn't lose any time, she did it the exact same way and added in the contents on the tenth stir. However, she felt like she almost messed up on the fourth leaf when she lost count in her mind. No matter though! Just wait for the stirrer to turn the other way... At least there were no explosions as of yet. And hopefully just thinking that didn't jinx it. __________________