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XanaSnape · 11-04-2009, 03:53 AM

As you enter the dank, dark cave of a potions classroom, the first thing you might notice is the smell. A thousand different scents, good and bad, mingle together in the moist, rich air of the musty dungeon room. The room is gloomy: the lighting is dim, mostly from wall sconces where candles flicker but also from small flames under a series of cauldrons which are simmering at the back of the room. There are rows of workstations with two stools at each station.

A thousand and three jars, canisters, and containers of potions ingredients line the shelves along the walls, gleaming dully in the low light. Each is labelled in the Professor's shaky old man's script, and at the back of the room are shelves groaning under the weight of huge potions encyclopedias and texts.

At the front of the classroom, a large charmed chalkboard stands. On it are written these simple instructions:

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POTIONS 101

Please be seated. The professor will be here momentarily. Be certain that you have all your potions equipment with you; failure to do so may cost your House points. If you are an older student who is familiar with Potions you may set up your workstation. First years, please ask an older student for assistance.

You may talk quietly amongst yourselves, but please keep the conversation to a reasonable level out of respect for your classmates. Thank you.

--Professor Kazimeriz

Class Synopsis:

The professor has entered the room. A brief discussion about the Cardinal Rule of Potions (Know thy Ingredients) has taken place.

A Worksheet has been distributed; students have been instructed to write equal and opposite ingredient pairs on this worksheet to familiarize themselves with complementary ingredients to understand the concept of negators, or neutralizing ingredients.

A brief discussion about Golpalott's FIRST law was introduced: for every ingredient, there is at least one equal and opposite ingredient that can be used as an antidote to the first ingredient.

This led to a discussion on Golpalott's Third Rule: the antidote for a blended poison will be equal to more than the sum of the antidotes for each of the separate components.

The class was informed that they have all been poisoned by means of a potion that absorbs through skin contact. Their goal? To identify their symptoms and brew the antidote to their poison by the end of class. Instructions can be found here.

Feel free to jump in at any point!

Govoni · 11-10-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

'That's good! We didn't kill ourselves!' she smiled at Marilyn. This had felt like the longest day for Destiny. With the itching and the feathers. Potions was the class she had been looking forward to the most, now she just couldn't wait to get out of here. 'Well maybe the snake venom helped a tiny bit. I don't know what it could do but so far so good.' It was just a good thing that Destiny was headed up to the nurse's office after class, just in case anything else happens.

Marilyn began packing some of her things back up. She didn't want to have a huge mess to clean when this torture was finally over. She smiled brightly at Destiny, not having came down from her odd elation yet. Yes, We've semi-survived the first Potions class...Honestly, ill probably skip the next one. Im not mentally secure enough for this. She laughed, not really being able to help herself.

The first thing Marilyn was going to do afterwards was head straight to her dorm, close the drapes around her bed, and then cry. And after she had a good cry, she was going to suck on the bezoar stone she'd stole from her fathers private storage...just to be safe.

Roselyn · 11-10-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny was starting to worry that Evelyn's potion had did the opposite of what it was supposed to do. Instead of making her normal it had made her sad. But then Evelyn had started to talk and Destiny paid attention. 'She was upset because of my black eye and the desk?' Well that was just silly. Destiny started to laugh a little. 'My eye? Really? This is nothing! It doesn't even hurt see,' she said poking at the bruise around her eye wincing just a little 'Just think of it as my battle wound.' As for the desk, 'Burning the desk on fire was kinda funny and scary, but only because of my feathers!' I wouldn't have liked to be a burnt chincken..' 'And your hand is better, so that's good! But the sad thing is your book,' she glanced at Evelyn's burnt book and wiped away a fake tear. 'poor little book never had a chance.' she said shaking her head and trying to cover up a smile.

Evelyn looked startled when she heard Destiny start to laugh. 'What's so funny?' she thought, listening to what the girl was saying, wincing herself when she saw Destiny wince. "Battle wound." she repeated like a robot. "I'm sorry." Shaking her head, she lifted her hand to touch the bruise, but put it down again, not wanting to hurt Destiny any further.

Now thinking that she could've set Destiny on fire made her frown even more. And her book...Picking it up, she turned to the side that was burned, opening it to examine the pages. A few were pretty burnt up, cutting through some of the words, but it wasn't that bad really. She must have stopped it before anything serious could have happened to it...luckily.

"I could just buy a new one, buuuut I really don't want to waste any money on another book when I could just look at yours." she said, smiling finally and looking over to Destiny. "Or maybe hers if she'd let me." she gestured to Marilyn.

Fira · 11-10-2009, 11:48 PM

He had to drink it. Right at that second. He had to! If the posion was not killing him anyway those emotional changes definitely would. And his stuation was getting more and more miserable as he recalled the words he spoke to Rose. Now after the rush of anger, the feeling of being extremely sad, nearly hopeless started to invade him. Yes, he was going to drink the suspicious substance. Whatever might happen to him could not be worse than that. So, taking a deep breath he dived the cup ( he did not care whose was that) he had found on the table into the potion filling it with a great amount of it. *Sniff, sniff* did not smell good but was not as bad as mooncalf dung anyway. Sadly staring at the cup he quickly sipped the potion inside and grimaced. 'Bitter, very bitter' but did not matter much if he was going to get rid of the poison then he was able to go to Rose and apologise for his impudent behaviour.

'Wait, wait. I feel something happening. Have i accidentally add an alive worm in this? No, i definitely dont remember doing that. So, ah, nice' Yes it was gone, it worked, his old emotional state was remaining. Yay, Victory! Content with himself, he smiled widely which was bound to fade quickly as he remebered what he had done to Rose. No time wasting. He did not care what anyone would think and just walked to the table where she and Destiny was sitting in conversation. ''Hey, umm Rose'' he said scracthing his hair looking sheepish. ''Umm how is your work going?''

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn began packing some of her things back up. She didn't want to have a huge mess to clean when this torture was finally over. She smiled brightly at Destiny, not having came down from her odd elation yet. Yes, We've semi-survived the first Potions class...Honestly, ill probably skip the next one. Im not mentally secure enough for this. She laughed, not really being able to help herself.

The first thing Marilyn was going to do afterwards was head straight to her dorm, close the drapes around her bed, and then cry. And after she had a good cry, she was going to suck on the bezoar stone she'd stole from her fathers private storage...just to be safe.

'Well it wasn't that bad.' Destiny said sarcastically. It actually was that bad. Getting poisoned the first time she had ever stepped inside the potions room. Getting turned into a giant walking and talking chicken. 'I will be coming back next class. I'll just have to find so bezoars before walking in here.' Note to self: always carry a bezoar. Destiny help Marilyn clean up, but wasn't sure if they should leave the potion in the cauldron in case Kazi needed to check it. 'We'll just leave that there until the end.'

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Evelyn looked startled when she heard Destiny start to laugh. 'What's so funny?' she thought, listening to what the girl was saying, wincing herself when she saw Destiny wince. "Battle wound." she repeated like a robot. "I'm sorry." Shaking her head, she lifted her hand to touch the bruise, but put it down again, not wanting to hurt Destiny any further.

Now thinking that she could've set Destiny on fire made her frown even more. And her book...Picking it up, she turned to the side that was burned, opening it to examine the pages. A few were pretty burnt up, cutting through some of the words, but it wasn't that bad really. She must have stopped it before anything serious could have happened to it...luckily.

"I could just buy a new one, buuuut I really don't want to waste any money on another book when I could just look at yours." she said, smiling finally and looking over to Destiny. "Or maybe hers if she'd let me." she gestured to Marilyn.

'Really its fine!' 'What to do to make Evelyn realize it really is fine..' 'Maybe I'll just go to the nurse after class. Make her fix it. And then if it ever happens again I'll know how to fix it.' If her parents ever found out she had to go to the nurse, she would be in soooo much trouble. Psssh, its only a bruise.

Looking back at Evelyn's book Destiny acted sad again. 'Poor little book, didn't see it coming.'
Buying a new book would cost money, money which Destiny didn't have. That's why she must take extra care of her things. Which reminded her she needed new robes now because of the wings that ripped a hole in them. Another set ruined.

Finally Evelyn smiled! 'Sure! We can share a book only if you promise to burn it.' Destiny laughed but stopped suddenly and covered her black eye when Josh came over. 'Why am I covering this?' Taking her hand off the bruise, wearing it proudly, she smiled at him 'Hey Josh!'

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

'Really its fine!' 'What to do to make Evelyn realize it really is fine..' 'Maybe I'll just go to the nurse after class. Make her fix it. And then if it ever happens again I'll know how to fix it.' If her parents ever found out she had to go to the nurse, she would be in soooo much trouble. Psssh, its only a bruise.

Looking back at Evelyn's book Destiny acted sad again. 'Poor little book, didn't see it coming.'
Buying a new book would cost money, money which Destiny didn't have. That's why she must take extra care of her things. Which reminded her she needed new robes now because of the wings that ripped a hole in them. Another set ruined.

Finally Evelyn smiled! 'Sure! We can share a book only if you promise to burn it.' Destiny laughed but stopped suddenly and covered her black eye when Josh came over. 'Why am I covering this?' Taking her hand off the bruise, wearing it proudly, she smiled at him 'Hey Josh!'

Evelyn laughed, seeing Destiny sad over a book, and nodding to her request. "Sure, I promise I won't burn your book. Maybe..." she smiled sheepishly. "Just as long as I don't get poisoned again."

She became confused and worried though when Destiny suddenly covered her eye. "Are you okay? Does it hur-" She broke off her sentence though when she heard the name Destiny spoke.

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

'Wait, wait. I feel something happening. Have i accidentally add an alive worm in this? No, i definitely dont remember doing that. So, ah, nice' Yes it was gone, it worked, his old emotional state was remaining. Yay, Victory! Content with himself, he smiled widely which was bound to fade quickly as he remebered what he had done to Rose. No time wasting. He did not care what anyone would think and just walked to the table where she and Destiny was sitting in conversation. ''Hey, umm Rose'' he said scracthing his hair looking sheepish. ''Umm how is your work going?''

Evelyn suddenly tensed up, hearing the familiar voice next to her. The voice belonging to the person she REALLY didn't want to see or talk to at the moment. Turning slowly, she stared at Josh, expression blank before her lips turned up into a practiced small smile. "Hello." she replied with false kindness before looking down at her parchment, and then her burned book, raising a brow. "It's...spectacular."

'Why did he come over here?' she thought, staring curiously at him. 'What more is he going to do?' It took all her control to not have her eyes start to tear up, but she could already feel her heart start to pound, and the stinging of salty tears. Quickly turning in her seat, Evelyn bent down to pick up her bag and start to re-organize everything in it, pulling out smashed parchments and quills and trying to straighten them out. "Did you need anything?" she asked quietly, sounding almost defeated.

Fira · 11-11-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Finally Evelyn smiled! 'Sure! We can share a book only if you promise to burn it.' Destiny laughed but stopped suddenly and covered her black eye when Josh came over. 'Why am I covering this?' Taking her hand off the bruise, wearing it proudly, she smiled at him 'Hey Josh!'

He looked up to Destiny unable to hide his disappointment with himself which was apparent on his expression ''Hey Destiny!'' he replied trying to sound...normal. ''How do you do?'' his gaze fas focused on her black eye ''Looks like it was quite challenging for you.''

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Originally Posted by individual

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Evelyn suddenly tensed up, hearing the familiar voice next to her. The voice belonging to the person she REALLY didn't want to see or talk to at the moment. Turning slowly, she stared at Josh, expression blank before her lips turned up into a practiced small smile. "Hello." she replied with false kindness before looking down at her parchment, and then her burned book, raising a brow. "It's...spectacular."

'Why did he come over here?' she thought, staring curiously at him. 'What more is he going to do?' It took all her control to not have her eyes start to tear up, but she could already feel her heart start to pound, and the stinging of salty tears. Quickly turning in her seat, Evelyn bent down to pick up her bag and start to re-organize everything in it, pulling out smashed parchments and quills and trying to straighten them out. "Did you need anything?" she asked quietly, sounding almost defeated.

Josh turned back to Rose immediately trying to face her when he heard her responding with a tone he was most fearing to hear. He gave her a little smile as she greeted him. Greeted like he was anyone else, like he was a stranger. He was mentally begging not to hear the worst from her. ''I...that's good'' he tried to encourage about her potion though he knew it was pointless since she seemed to be done with it. Plus his attemps yo face her was in vain since she was not looking at him anymore busy with her bag. ''Yes i do need something.'' he went on this time with a determined tone ''Your forgiveness or let's say...mercy''

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

Evelyn laughed, seeing Destiny sad over a book, and nodding to her request. "Sure, I promise I won't burn your book. Maybe..." she smiled sheepishly. "Just as long as I don't get poisoned again."

She became confused and worried though when Destiny suddenly covered her eye. "Are you okay? Does it hur-" She broke off her sentence though when she heard the name Destiny spoke.

Evelyn suddenly tensed up, hearing the familiar voice next to her. The voice belonging to the person she REALLY didn't want to see or talk to at the moment. Turning slowly, she stared at Josh, expression blank before her lips turned up into a practiced small smile. "Hello." she replied with false kindness before looking down at her parchment, and then her burned book, raising a brow. "It's...spectacular."

'Why did he come over here?' she thought, staring curiously at him. 'What more is he going to do?' It took all her control to not have her eyes start to tear up, but she could already feel her heart start to pound, and the stinging of salty tears. Quickly turning in her seat, Evelyn bent down to pick up her bag and start to re-organize everything in it, pulling out smashed parchments and quills and trying to straighten them out. "Did you need anything?" she asked quietly, sounding almost defeated.

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

He looked up to Destiny unable to hide his disappointment with himself which was apparent on his expression ''Hey Destiny!'' he replied trying to sound...normal. ''How do you do?'' his gaze fas focused on her black eye ''Looks like it was quite challenging for you.''

Josh turned back to Rose immediately trying to face her when he heard her responding with a tone he was most fearing to hear. He gave her a little smile as she greeted him. Greeted like he was anyone else, like he was a stranger. He was mentally begging not to hear the worst from her. ''I...that's good'' he tried to encourage about her potion though he knew it was pointless since she seemed to be done with it. Plus his attemps yo face her was in vain since she was not looking at him anymore busy with her bag. ''Yes i do need something.'' he went on this time with a determined tone ''Your forgiveness or let's say...mercy''

'Well I already made a note to always carry bezoars with me. Especially for potions class.' Destiny just to know where to find them, except for her house. She would definitely have to give some to Evelyn. She should have brought them like her mother told her, but she was being a rebel.
Sighing she turned to Josh. 'Its fine, really!' and she poked it again, only this time wincing even more. 'Wow, these things really hurt.'
She listened to what Josh and Evelyn were saying. She looked to Josh to Evelyn, back to Josh and then back to Evelyn. She decided she better not get in the middle of this. She turned around and started to clean her work area, even though it was practically clean already.

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Josh turned back to Rose immediately trying to face her when he heard her responding with a tone he was most fearing to hear. He gave her a little smile as she greeted him. Greeted like he was anyone else, like he was a stranger. He was mentally begging not to hear the worst from her. ''I...that's good'' he tried to encourage about her potion though he knew it was pointless since she seemed to be done with it. Plus his attemps yo face her was in vain since she was not looking at him anymore busy with her bag. ''Yes i do need something.'' he went on this time with a determined tone ''Your forgiveness or let's say...mercy''

'Forgiveness.' she repeated in her mind, still busy with organizing her bag. 'He want's forgiveness.' Evelyn wanted nothing more than to forgive him, but something was holding her back. She didn't know what, but she wouldn't say the words to his freedom. Pausing from pulling things out from her bag when she suddenly felt something small and square, she peaked in her bag to see what it was, only to see it was the chocolate frog Josh had given her on the train ride to Hogwarts. 'Why do i even keep it?' she thought, suddenly shutting her bag closed and sticking it on the table. Of course, putting out the fire under her cauldron first so nothing else could get burned.

Turning to Josh, she breathed in a deep breathe and slowly let it go. "Why...should I?" she asked, staring up at him with her light hazel eyes. "Even if you were under some poison, why would...that... be the one thing you say? How much truth are behind your words?" Evelyn spoke softly and quietly so their conversation was at least partly private, glancing at the Professor every now and then to see if there was any sign of getting in trouble.

Fira · 11-11-2009, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

'Well I already made a note to always carry bezoars with me. Especially for potions class.' Destiny just to know where to find them, except for her house. She would definitely have to give some to Evelyn. She should have brought them like her mother told her, but she was being a rebel.
Sighing she turned to Josh. 'Its fine, really!' and she poked it again, only this time wincing even more. 'Wow, these things really hurt.'
She listened to what Josh and Evelyn were saying. She looked to Josh to Evelyn, back to Josh and then back to Evelyn. She decided she better not get in the middle of this. She turned around and started to clean her work area, even though it was practically clean already.

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Originally Posted by individual

'Forgiveness.' she repeated in her mind, still busy with organizing her bag. 'He want's forgiveness.' Evelyn wanted nothing more than to forgive him, but something was holding her back. She didn't know what, but she wouldn't say the words to his freedom. Pausing from pulling things out from her bag when she suddenly felt something small and square, she peaked in her bag to see what it was, only to see it was the chocolate frog Josh had given her on the train ride to Hogwarts. 'Why do i even keep it?' she thought, suddenly shutting her bag closed and sticking it on the table. Of course, putting out the fire under her cauldron first so nothing else could get burned.

Turning to Josh, she breathed in a deep breathe and slowly let it go. "Why...should I?" she asked, staring up at him with her light hazel eyes. "Even if you were under some poison, why would...that... be the one thing you say? How much truth are behind your words?" Evelyn spoke softly and quietly so their conversation was at least partly private, glancing at the Professor every now and then to see if there was any sign of getting in trouble.

‘I’m sure the nurse can fix it easily’’ he told Destiny with a said smile and he gave her a look of ‘i'll talk to you later’ as he felt Rose overact on her bag again. Maybe trying to take her rage off from the pitiful lifeless thing. Josh, without opening his mouth or even he would not breathe if it was possible to miss a word over the sound of a breath, listened to Rose staying still with his guilty mood and he tried to look into Rose’s eyes but she was kinda making it impossible. Now what was she saying? Truth behind the words? ‘’TRUTH! You call this truth!’’ he raised his voice with shock and bitter dissapointment ‘’I-i’m sorry i did not mean to yell’’ He did not care about the Professor or others in the class, at those moments the only person alive in the world for him was Rose. ‘’But i have to protest this, hun. You are speaking like you never knew me. You know, i never think like, never ever! You know that, you know, don’t you?’’ he did not care if he was sounding pitiful, either ‘’That potion was it. It was weird it made me do and say everything that i would never do or say. It was like it reversed my emotions. I felt like...like...’’ he stopped hesitating but then deciding it would best to be honest he went on ‘’...like i hated you. This is just impossible! There’s no way i can hate you, no way. You have to know that, you know that.’’

Govoni · 11-11-2009, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

'Well it wasn't that bad.' Destiny said sarcastically. It actually was that bad. Getting poisoned the first time she had ever stepped inside the potions room. Getting turned into a giant walking and talking chicken. 'I will be coming back next class. I'll just have to find so bezoars before walking in here.' Note to self: always carry a bezoar. Destiny help Marilyn clean up, but wasn't sure if they should leave the potion in the cauldron in case Kazi needed to check it. 'We'll just leave that there until the end.'

Marilyn watched the Gryffindor approach her housemate with curious eyes. Could it be possible that the blonde wasn't the only one interested in a Lion? Evelyn looked sad, though...So, maybe it wasn't like that. What was it about Gryffindor boys and us Slytherin girls?

She could hear pieces of the conversation and felt uncomfortable. Wouldn't appear rude to just sit here and listen? She tried blocking it out but it was one of those situations were she knew it was wrong to listen but couldn't help herself. In a desperate attempt, she turned to Destiny. Wanna see a spell I can do? Hopefully her concentration on spell-work would distract her and Destiny...

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-11-2009, 01:38 AM

After Chris had watched both his and Cela's papers tell them that they had done there potion the right way and had found the correct ingrediant, he was stunnned. He couldn't believe they did so well when they were so... not smart.

The Prefect picked up his phial and put it to his mouth. "Cheers, my smartest friend Cela!" and he gulped down the potion. When he finished swallowing, he could slowly feel his head filling up. As if someone had removed the top of his head and were filling it up with knowledge. He blinked a few times and then grinned brightly. "Cela I'm back! I'm smart again! We did it!" he looked at her standing with her phial. "Drink up!" he smiled to his partner.

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn watched the Gryffindor approach her housemate with curious eyes. Could it be possible that the blonde wasn't the only one interested in a Lion? Evelyn looked sad, though...So, maybe it wasn't like that. What was it about Gryffindor boys and us Slytherin girls?

She could hear pieces of the conversation and felt uncomfortable. Wouldn't appear rude to just sit here and listen? She tried blocking it out but it was one of those situations were she knew it was wrong to listen but couldn't help herself. In a desperate attempt, she turned to Destiny. Wanna see a spell I can do? Hopefully her concentration on spell-work would distract her and Destiny...

Oh, Marilyn was a life-saver. She could definitely distract Destiny from Josh and Evelyn arguing. In a way she wanted to break up their bickering but it would probably be useless. And if the professor came over, the lot of them would be in trouble. They were going to argue anyway.
Destiny smiled at Marilyn as a thank you for distracting her. 'Sure! I wanna see it! Wait, it doesn't involve feathers does it?' Because the last thing she wanted to see is feathers.

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

‘I’m sure the nurse can fix it easily’’ he told Destiny with a said smile and he gave her a look of ‘i'll talk to you later’ as he felt Rose overact on her bag again. Maybe trying to take her rage off from the pitiful lifeless thing. Josh, without opening his mouth or even he would not breathe if it was possible to miss a word over the sound of a breath, listened to Rose staying still with his guilty mood and he tried to look into Rose’s eyes but she was kinda making it impossible. Now what was she saying? Truth behind the words? ‘’TRUTH! You call this truth!’’ he raised his voice with shock and bitter dissapointment ‘’I-i’m sorry i did not mean to yell’’ He did not care about the Professor or others in the class, at those moments the only person alive in the world for him was Rose. ‘’But i have to protest this, hun. You are speaking like you never knew me. You know, i never think like, never ever! You know that, you know, don’t you?’’ he did not care if he was sounding pitiful, either ‘’That potion was it. It was weird it made me do and say everything that i would never do or say. It was like it reversed my emotions. I felt like...like...’’ he stopped hesitating but then deciding it would best to be honest he went on ‘’...like i hated you. This is just impossible! There’s no way i can hate you, no way. You have to know that, you know that.’’

Evelyn listened to him. Hearing every word just made her heart sink even more, first from sadness and hurt, but now from guilt and feeling ashamed. She SHOULD have known that he would never have meant anything he said. But he sounded and looked so, serious, when he had yelled to her before, she couldn't help but to believe it. She wanted to argue back, yell everything that was on her mind; make him yell back. Just, anything and everything! But she couldn't. That was not her.

Hanging her head, she played with the hem of her shirt, not really knowing what she was feeling at the moment. Happiness? Guilt? Relief? Anger? Sorrow? She felt all of those. It was too much and she had to quickly wipe away any tears that fell so she didn't look like even more of an idiot than she had already acted from the poison. Composing herself, Evelyn took another deep breathe before putting on another small smile, one that she actually meant this time.

"I'm sorry." She started, not really knowing what to say, looking around to see if anyone was watching them. Josh did speak kinda loudly. "I...I-i should have...known...that you didn't mean any of what you said." She laughed nervously. 'I'm so stupid to think that!' she thought, but then again, she felt herself being tugged in two different directions. Her parents had warned her to stay away from Gryffindors, and she could almost see why they thought that, which made her wary of Josh for a moment. BUT, that was just it. It was Josh. She knew and trusted him. Shaking her head, she opened her mouth to speak again, but nothing came out. 'Why am I giving in so easily?' "I guess that's just me. Assuming the worst as always..."

LilFox06 · 11-11-2009, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen

Mina leaned over her cauldron and noticed it was boiling. Smiling at how well it was thickening, she turned the heat down and let it simmered. Looking up at Carter she smiled, noticing how Carter was now a lot more calmer and kind of moving behind the table. "How are you feeling?" she asked as she occasionally checked her cauldron.

Carter smiled. "Fantastic. I can almost hear music." he said continuing to dance. Finally his potion was ready. He poured some in a glass. "Cheers." he said holding it up.

Govoni · 11-11-2009, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Oh, Marilyn was a life-saver. She could definitely distract Destiny from Josh and Evelyn arguing. In a way she wanted to break up their bickering but it would probably be useless. And if the professor came over, the lot of them would be in trouble. They were going to argue anyway.
Destiny smiled at Marilyn as a thank you for distracting her. 'Sure! I wanna see it! Wait, it doesn't involve feathers does it?' Because the last thing she wanted to see is feathers.

Marilyn gave Destiny a knowing look. She withdrew her wand and pointed it at her lap. After a mumbled Impervius, a bluish color shot of of her wand and misted into the school-issued skirt.

[B]"Now, cast a water spell at me skirt...I can't remember one."

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn gave Destiny a knowing look. She withdrew her wand and pointed it at her lap. After a mumbled Impervius, a bluish color shot of of her wand and misted into the school-issued skirt.

[B]"Now, cast a water spell at me skirt...I can't remember one."

Destiny stared wided eyed at Marilyn as she did the spell. Not hearing what spell she had used, Destiny became really confused as to why Marilyn wanted her to wet her skirt. 'Okay, I suppose. I'll wet you.' she said rather confused. Able to hold her wand without it slipping this time, Destiny pointed her wand at Marilyn's skirt. 'Aguamenti!' and a little stream at water went flying toward Marilyn's skirt.

TSnitch · 11-11-2009, 02:53 AM

Tori felt...normal,"Yes. It worked. I'm not freaking out!"she exclaimed bouncing around in a small circle."I'm not going to be a crazy emotional wreck."

DH Vixen · 11-11-2009, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Carter smiled. "Fantastic. I can almost hear music." he said continuing to dance. Finally his potion was ready. He poured some in a glass. "Cheers." he said holding it up.

Pouring some of her antidote into a glass she smiled. "Shouldn't we check to see if we were correct before we try it? She asked as she reached for her wand.

Glancing back at her parchment and his, she nodded flicked her wand at the two pieces of parachment. Looking down at hers, she eyes lit up. "I did it right! I'm not going to be a smurf anymore."

XanaSnape · 11-11-2009, 04:25 AM

Kazimeriz continued to shuffle about the class, watching as one by one his students checked their potions and tested their antidotes.

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Originally Posted by HannahLongbottom

Lorcan's body sagged in his sleep and he rocked backwards on his stool. He took a particularly deep breathe and this unbalanced him and he fell backwards, onto the floor with a loud SMACK. The stool clattered to the floor and Lorcan looked up at the steamy ceiling of the classroom. A lazy smile crept over his face. "I think I used too much of something" he muttered to himself, not really able to find the motivation to get up.

He walked over to the boy who fell backward, looking down at him. "Did you use erumpent horn, perhaps?" he asked, obviously amused. "Whatever it was, the thing you are missing is an ingredient which inspires motivation, not one that causes explosive bursts of energy. An excellent attempt, however." Smirking, he leaned down and handed the boy a tiny phial. "Drink up; it shall cure you."

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Originally Posted by Windsfreak

Matheu heard the professor, who was walking by and saw Matheu watching his brew, say use the charm on the parchment. He took his wand out and placed the tip on the parchment
"SpeRevelio!" Matheu said. Words started to write themselves on the page and a list of ingredients under the ones that Matheu wrote appeared.
He was dead on! He got all the ingredients correct! He even added the moonstone the proper way and the worms at the right time! Matheu was so excited. The words said to take only a tablespoon full. Matheu got out a tablespoon and dipped it in. He put it in his mouth and almost gagged! But instead he beared through it and swallowed. Disgusting! The short temperness and melancholy started to seep away immediately.
Matheu opened his Potions notebook and wrote down the lesson and his potion and poison. This would be a strong class for him.

"Excellent job!" Kazimeriz declared. "Do write detailed notes in your potions journal."

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Originally Posted by The1HBIC

"Ooohhh, look Kay, it says Jobberknoll Feathers on the parchment. That's what I added to my potion so I guess that means it is the correct antidote." Not wanting to chance losing any more of her memory Marie dipped out some of the potion and started drinking it. "Yuck, this stuff tastes horrible." Almost instantly Marie started to remember what was going on. She knew where she was and she even knew who Kay was. She then remembered that the professor had poisoned them through the parchment he handed out. "Hey, what was that crazy professor thinkng by poisoning us like that? What if we wouldn't have gotten the antidote right? I'm so wearing gloves to this class from now on. I'm not touching anything he hands me with my bare hands anymore." Marie looked over at Kay who was still waiting to see how her parchment turned out. "Kay, you better hurry up before you start to cry again." Marie was so glad her memory was coming back she just sat there a minute remembering all the things she had forgotten.

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Originally Posted by individual

Nodding and smiling at Destiny, she did what the girl told her to do. Grabbing her parchment, which now lay way too close to the fire, Evelyn took out her wand, almost hitting Destiny in the face, and whacked the paper, saying, "SpeRevelio." Then giggled when she saw words start to appear.

Reading through it quickly...well a little too quickly. The only words that popped out to her were Runespoor eggs and Moonstone. "DESTINY!" she yelled excitedly, waving her parchment around, but then turned down to a whisper like she had been doing lately. "I think I got it right." *Insert reaaally long laugh and giggling*

"If you believe you are right, sample your potion and you will know for certain." Kazimeriz commented as he passed the confident student.

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Josh nodded at the professor holding his breath not to insult him with his fury. So, cursing under breath, he held his parchment and took out his wand poking the poisoned piece. ''Specialik Revelio!''. Nothing happened. He fought the urge to tear the parchment into little pieces hard ''Specialo Revelio, Special Revilo no no no darn!'' 'Control yourself, control yourself. Take a huuge breath'. Of course if it was not possible to inhale fresh air in a stinky dungeon but he thought it could help. 'Now' ''Specialisss Reveliooo!''. Finally something appeared on his parchment.

'Moonstone'

Good, good. He could remember adding the stupid moonstone in his potion right after those fluxweed. It did a weird 'thud' in the bottom of his cauldron. But still for some reason he was hesitating to drink it. Somethnig from deep inside him was ordering not to do it.

"Well? Time is of the essence... Time to take your antidote!" Kazimeriz said in a cheery tone.

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Originally Posted by Danae

Delana nodded and grabbed her wand
"Sperevelio" She watched as the words formed on the parchment, there was only one she had doubt with, moonstone or glumbumble? She had decided on the latter despite the fact that most of the other students were using moonstone, she was being effected differently anyway. She was confident in her potion though, and if not for this being a lesson, would have taken it without a second thought... If she was right, this was a very simple potion.
"Hmm... yes, that's right . . ." She went down the page, reaching the last steps..
"... then glumbumble.. aannddd... mandrake." Seeing that she was right, Delana calmly measured it out and drank the mysterious looking goop. "Well, I guess that's it.." she thought to herself, finishing up her notes. She now knew for sure what her poison was and with this knowledge she jotted down the ingredients and what counteracted them.
Quickly, she cleaned up, put away the supplies, and sat down to watch the people around her, one at a time, drinking their potions and returning to normal.

"Very good! Class, make sure to draw up a phial of the potion; seal it and label it with your name and house and leave it in the box on my desk. Do not leave any residual antidote on the outside of your phial. If your antidote failed, please raise your hand-- if you are capable -- and I shall deliver a phial of antidote to you." Kazimeriz looked around the class.

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Originally Posted by Kaytone

Kay looked at the professor and then to Marie. It seemed that she was right about Marie's poison. Kay looked down to her parchmant and watch it until the words started to show on it. The word moonstone started to come out. "Well that's good. At least I don't have to look for something else." Kay said standing up to take some of her potion out. She poured it into a cup and started to drink. Kay only hope she had used the right measurment. Kay made a face was she drank. "Eek. Is stuff is awful." She said looking at Marie. Kay could tell that it was starting to work. She didn't feel like crying any more and everything else seemed ok. "Marie I think we did it. I am starting to feel fine." It was great that she didn't need the Professors help and she turned to look at him. "Profeesor I don't think I need your help now. Thanks though." Kay said smiling happy that she hadn't paniced.

"Very good; see that you deliver a labelled phial onto my desk."

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris high fived her back and then smilde brightly. "Cela aren't you excited to get our smarts back?" he grinned dumbly. He was really missing them.

"Ok so know we can drink the potion right?" he asked. He took the ladel near by and pulled two phials towards the pot-cualdren thingy. He drained two phials full of the potion into each one and handed one to his smart, Ravenclaw friend.

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Originally Posted by Celandine

FLAIL!

Yes she LIKED her brains, thank you!

Cela took the offered phial and held it carefully. Drinkies now? She eyed professor Kazimeriz.

Kazimeriz caught Miss Toussaint's eye and nodded. Go on, then. Drink up. the gesture said.

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Originally Posted by TSnitch

Tori took out her wand after getting the go ahead from her professor and waved it saying, "SpeRevelio.". Soon she saw her answer reveal itself, "MOONSTONE."
"Yes!"she exclaimed despite her urge to burst into tears. Without hesitation Tori measured out what she thought was enough. All she wanted was to feel normal again. Tori drank it ignoring whatever taste may come. And she waited....

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn glared at the vail before swiftly bringing it to her lips. She shot it down quickly...not giving herself the time to taste...Although, It was so gross the taste lingered...The blonde was proud of herself for not gagging.

Like Destiny, her feathers were falling to the ground. Her hands were busy helping them along, plucking any she could her small hands on. The boils were bursting and healing themselves. It hurt but not as bad as one would expect. It was obvious she'd forgotten the poison for the time being, feeling massive elation about losing feathers and boils. When the feathers were finished falling, Marilyn could've sobbed from happiness.

Not able to contain her grin, Marilyn looked over at Evelyn and gave her a thumbs up for apparently brewing hers correctly...She sincerely hoped that the professor wouldn't let them die.

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn began packing some of her things back up. She didn't want to have a huge mess to clean when this torture was finally over. She smiled brightly at Destiny, not having came down from her odd elation yet. Yes, We've semi-survived the first Potions class...Honestly, ill probably skip the next one. Im not mentally secure enough for this. She laughed, not really being able to help herself.

The first thing Marilyn was going to do afterwards was head straight to her dorm, close the drapes around her bed, and then cry. And after she had a good cry, she was going to suck on the bezoar stone she'd stole from her fathers private storage...just to be safe.

"Oh, but I do expect to see you in my class, Miss Force. Attendance in potions is mandatory until NEWT level." Kazimeriz grinned wickedly at the girl. "And I will be certain to make it memorable in your honor. Perhaps we shall learn about punitive potions for those who think it is appropriate to skive off classes."

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Originally Posted by TSnitch

Tori felt...normal,"Yes. It worked. I'm not freaking out!"she exclaimed bouncing around in a small circle."I'm not going to be a crazy emotional wreck."

"Very good!" Kazimeriz said cheerfully, nodding with approval. "Write down your notes and turn in a clearly labeled phial on the basket on my desk."

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny stared wided eyed at Marilyn as she did the spell. Not hearing what spell she had used, Destiny became really confused as to why Marilyn wanted her to wet her skirt. 'Okay, I suppose. I'll wet you.' she said rather confused. Able to hold her wand without it slipping this time, Destiny pointed her wand at Marilyn's skirt. 'Aguamenti!' and a little stream at water went flying toward Marilyn's skirt.

"That is enough; this is potions, not charms class. "

"Attention, class: our class session is nearly at an end. If you have already taken your antidote, please bottle a phial of antidote and place it on my desk in the basket. Label it or you will receive no credit. If you suspect your antidote failed, please see me and I shall give you a proper draught to take."

"Finally, please clean up your workstation, with one note. The underclassmen are to clean and cure all the cauldrons in the class, including those of the NEWT level students. My OWL and NEWT level students are not expected to clean, but merely are to supervise the cleaning and curing of the cauldrons, advising our younger students as necessary. I trust you all recall the process from last term... and I trust none of you will be foolish enough to forget to wear your protective gloves.. after all, most of your cauldrons are disgustingly filthy." Kazimeriz's eyes darted around the class, pausing on several NEWT students as he spoke.

ooc: Please feel free to RP turning in your phials, requesting antidotes and working to clean and cure the cauldrons... OWL and NEWT students, please feel free to reference our lesson on cleaning and curing cauldrons as you help them.

AmbiguouslyMe · 11-11-2009, 04:31 AM

Tibi's eyes were full of tears as he stared at the cauldron simmering in front of him. He'd followed the directions up to the point where he was supposed to add the specific ingredients for his ailment, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

He had been crying, silently, in the back of the room, doing his best not to be seen. But none of that seemed out of the ordinary, necessarily. And so Tibi couldn't figure out if being that upset was his own reaction or the poison. And the more he thought about it, the more upset he got. Or was it the poison?

This was the first lesson, other than flying, that he'd totally failed to complete because he was too upset or too scared or something. Hearing the professor say that he had antidotes, his hand shot up in the air to receive one.

Cassirin · 11-11-2009, 04:32 AM

Oh, yay! They were supposed to drink their potions! Copernicus wiped his forehead, wondering briefly why he was sweating, before he downed the phial.

Ugh. Gag. Nasty. Why was he...

Slowly, it came back to him, and Copernicus groaned. It was LUCKY he'd lost his memory as he grabbed the jabberknoll feathers or else he could have just made things a lot worse for himself. He collected another bottle and labeled it tidily before turning it in.

"Thanks for..." Not letting us die? "The lesson, Professor. It was quite instructive." As in, now we know what Cope would be like if he were a moron.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-11-2009, 04:41 AM

Chris happily bottled a smaple of his potion into a phial and walked it to the front of the room and used his wand to stick the label onto it.

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Chris Potter's Antidote
Potions Lesson 1
5th year Gryffindor

He placed it on Kazimeriz's desk and then walked back to his and Cela's work station. He took the rest of the left over ingrediants and returned them tot he store room and the one's that he had brought into his potions set. He then set his cauldren to the side for an underclassman to begin to clean. He stayed close by to, one, wait for Cela to take her potion, and two, to help the person who was to clean his cauldren.

HannahLongbottom · 11-11-2009, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

Kazimeriz continued to shuffle about the class, watching as one by one his students checked their potions and tested their antidotes.

He walked over to the boy who fell backward, looking down at him. "Did you use erumpent horn, perhaps?" he asked, obviously amused. "Whatever it was, the thing you are missing is an ingredient which inspires motivation, not one that causes explosive bursts of energy. An excellent attempt, however." Smirking, he leaned down and handed the boy a tiny phial. "Drink up; it shall cure you."

Lorcan grinned at the professor in the same lazy way. He took the phial and pulled out the stopper and swallowed the potion. Before he could identify the taste it took effect. He scrambled to his feet, blushing so much that his many freckles seemed to disappear. "I-I-I'm sorry sir!" he scurried back to his desk to tidy up.

Kaytone · 11-11-2009, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

Kazimeriz continued to shuffle about the class, watching as one by one his students checked their potions and tested their antidotes.

"Very good! Class, make sure to draw up a phial of the potion; seal it and label it with your name and house and leave it in the box on my desk. Do not leave any residual antidote on the outside of your phial. If your antidote failed, please raise your hand-- if you are capable -- and I shall deliver a phial of antidote to you." Kazimeriz looked around the class.

"Very good; see that you deliver a labelled phial onto my desk."

"Attention, class: our class session is nearly at an end. If you have already taken your antidote, please bottle a phial of antidote and place it on my desk in the basket. Label it or you will receive no credit. If you suspect your antidote failed, please see me and I shall give you a proper draught to take."

"Finally, please clean up your workstation, with one note. The underclassmen are to clean and cure all the cauldrons in the class, including those of the NEWT level students. My OWL and NEWT level students are not expected to clean, but merely are to supervise the cleaning and curing of the cauldrons, advising our younger students as necessary. I trust you all recall the process from last term... and I trust none of you will be foolish enough to forget to wear your protective gloves.. after all, most of your cauldrons are disgustingly filthy." Kazimeriz's eyes darted around the class, pausing on several NEWT students as he spoke.

ooc: Please feel free to RP turning in your phials, requesting antidotes and working to clean and cure the cauldrons... OWL and NEWT students, please feel free to reference our lesson on cleaning and curing cauldrons as you help them.

Kay smiled at the Professor and was happy she had gotten it right. "Thank you Professor." Kay said grabbing one of her phials. She carefully fill it and put the top on tightly. She wrote her name and house on the little phial. Kaytone Potter Evans, Hufflepuff, 1st year. Potions class #1Kay made sure it was clean and walked up to the Professor desk. She put it in his basket and went back to her table to start cleaning up her cauldron and sighed when she heard that she would be cleaning a lot of them by the sound of it. "Marie I think we will be here for a while." Kay said looking around the room.

The1HBIC · 11-11-2009, 05:01 AM

Marie bottled a phial of her antidote, labeled it and put it in the basket on the professor's desk.

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Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie Salazar
Slytherin
1st Year
Potions Lesson 1 Antidote
Jobberknoll Feathers

She then went back to clean up her work station. "Yuck, first we get poisoned now we have to clean up after the big kids as well as our own stuff" Marie said looking at Kay.

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