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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!

DH Vixen · 11-11-2009, 05:07 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.

"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.

Mina was very much proud of herself. Even though she currently resembled a smurf with kankles, she did manage to correctly blew an antidote. The sperevelio revealed even in her state, she was very much capable of clearly identifing what ingredients were need. Oh how this day was turning around nicely. Raising her glass again towards Carter's, she took her antidote. Feeling the slightly unpleasant feeling of it going down, she made a face. Yike! No one ever said it would taste good.

Looking at her wrist, she smiled. The swelling was going down and the blue-ish hue was fading quickly. Goodbye Smurfette. Reaching for a phial, she carefully bottled her antidote and labeled it.

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Jasmina Bennet
Ravenclaw, First year
Potions Lesson #1
Antidote: Ashwinder eggs, bubotuber, Abyssinian shrivelfig, and daisy roots

Smiling at her little dainty handwriting, she made her way up to Kazimeriz's desk and placed her phial in the basket.

Making her way back to her station, she started to clean up as she watched Carter from the corner of her eye. Wonder if he's antidote worked?

Kaytone · 11-11-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The1HBIC

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

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.

"looks like it." Kay said putting her things away in her bag. "I just hope it doesn't take to long" Kay said looking into her own messy pot.

Govoni · 11-11-2009, 05:37 AM

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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.

Marilyn grinned, excitement written all over her face. She watch the water hit her skirt and repel to the ground, causing a slight puddle. I'll clean that up later. she thought. When she noticed Destiny's expression, she had to laugh. "It's the 'Impervius' spell. It a magical repellent, of sorts. It's quite handy." She smiled widely, feeling sucessful in distracting them from Evelyn's conversation.

Although, when she seen the Professor approach, Marilyn completely froze...

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"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."

She visibly grimaced at the Professor, quickly replacing the look with a bright smile. "Professor, you are so thoughtful. Im avidly looking forward to it." She loved goading her teachers. It gave her a sense of fulfillment not found anywhere else.

She quickly dipped some of the potion in a crystal phial and labeled it.

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Marilyn Force
Slytherin First Year
Potions Lesson #1
Antidote- murtlap, rat spleen, moonstone, snake venom, snake fangs.

She did not want to give the Potion Master any reason to deduct points...So, she quickly approached Prof. Kazi's desk and deposited her potion.

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

Marilyn grinned, excitement written all over her face. She watch the water hit her skirt and repel to the ground, causing a slight puddle. I'll clean that up later. she thought. When she noticed Destiny's expression, she had to laugh. "It's the 'Impervius' spell. It a magical repellent, of sorts. It's quite handy." She smiled widely, feeling sucessful in distracting them from Evelyn's conversation.

Although, when she seen the Professor approach, Marilyn completely froze...

She visibly grimaced at the Professor, quickly replacing the look with a bright smile. "Professor, you are so thoughtful. Im avidly looking forward to it." She loved goading her teachers. It gave her a sense of fulfillment not found anywhere else.

She quickly dipped some of the potion in a crystal phial and labeled it. She did not want to give the Potion Master any reason to deduct points...

Destiny watched as the water didn't even touch Marilyn clothes. 'Impervious, I'll have to remember that.'
Then Professor Kazi came over and yelled at her. Well maybe it wasn't yelling but coming from Kazi, it scared her.

She scooped up a vile of her nasty smelling potion and wrote her name on it.

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Destiny Shepard
Potions Lesson #1
Antidote- murtlap, rat spleen, moonstone, snake venom, snake fangs.

That was a lot to write. She walked it up to the professors desk holding her nose and carefully placed it on his desk.

After Marilyn had taken her vial, Destiny knew it was time to clean it. They could use magic, right? Maybe she should ask, but that would make him come over. She was an expert cleaner, so this would be easy.
Leaning over her cauldron, Destiny pointed her wand at the potion that was left in it. 'Evanesco!' Ta-da! The potion was gone. But the cauldron was still dirty. So she pointed her wand again at the caldron. 'Scourgify!' Holding the cauldron and looking in it, Destiny came to the conclusion that is was clean.

The1HBIC · 11-11-2009, 06:58 AM

Marie stared at the mess that was at her station. 'Well I guess I need to get rid of this left over potion first' she thought. Taking out her wand she pointed it in the cauldron and said "Evanesco". The potion vanished leaving nothing but a dirty cauldron. 'Dang, now to clean this thing out.' She sat there a minute trying to remember the spell to clean things. She did not want to have to clean any of the cauldrons by hand.
Just then she heard another student say 'scourgify' while cleaning her station. 'Oooh, that's it' she thought. Pointing her wand at her cauldron again Marie said "scourgify". To her delight the cauldron was clean as new. Pointing her wand at her desk and repeating the spell Marie quickly had her work station cleaned and ready for the next class.
She looked around to see if any of the older students needed her help. "Does anyone need me to help them clean their cauldron?"

mathi · 11-11-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie

The ingredients came to a boil, and the contents of his cauldron began to gain a rather sticky consistency, a kind that was very alike - in texture - to that golden syrup his mum sent to him, to "battle" any bout of common cold. Fyo glanced at the charmed chalkboard again, and followed its instructions, glad that his potion looked the way it was supposed to.

"How's your potion coming?" He asked Lissy, peeking into her cauldron. His own antidote was pretty much ready now and, with a small smile - the first he had been managed to muster, since the time he had absorbed the 'poison' - the fourth year tapped his parchment with his wand.

"SpeRevelio!"

The answer appeared, in what seemed like a little flash of imaginary fire. Moonstone and Hellebore. SUCCCESSS! Fyo grinned like a loony, and then he felt sad again, rather HORRIBLY sad, and he blinked and looked at Lissy. Hopefully, her ingredients had been correct, too.

"Reckon I should drink this?" he asked her, glancing at his antidote. It had turned out quite alright, hadn't it?

Seeing Fyo's excitement, Alice grinned and looked down at her cauldron. Aw..the potion was getting nearly to its full form. In thick honey or wood or well...whatever the color was, doesnt matter. Her potion was ready..Oops..antidote..Or atleast she thought.

As Fyo peeking into her cauldron, she nodded, "It's almost done. Hope I got everything right" she waited patiently as ignoring her temporary sickness.

Time to check, double check, may be.

She tapped her partchment with wand, "SpeRevelio!" the spell declared that she was correct and "Yes," she was right. Her eyes lit up instantly. "I got it, Fyo" she smiled at him, Happy.

"Oh..yes, why are you waiting for?" she encouraged him to take his antidote. Go..Lion, get back your happyness. She was waiting...

Kaytone · 11-11-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie stared at the mess that was at her station. 'Well I guess I need to get rid of this left over potion first' she thought. Taking out her wand she pointed it in the cauldron and said "Evanesco". The potion vanished leaving nothing but a dirty cauldron. 'Dang, now to clean this thing out.' She sat there a minute trying to remember the spell to clean things. She did not want to have to clean any of the cauldrons by hand.
Just then she heard another student say 'scourgify' while cleaning her station. 'Oooh, that's it' she thought. Pointing her wand at her cauldron again Marie said "scourgify". To her delight the cauldron was clean as new. Pointing her wand at her desk and repeating the spell Marie quickly had her work station cleaned and ready for the next class.
She looked around to see if any of the older students needed her help. "Does anyone need me to help them clean their cauldron?"

Kay waved her wand at her cauldron and did away with the rest of her antidote. "Evanesco." She than started cleaning her area. "Scourgify." Kay looked around and heard Marie asking people if they needed any help. "Hey I'm done here, I can help too." Kay smiling at Marie. She was thinking that her and Marie were a good team and if she didn't watch it, they could get into some mischief that her cousin woundn't like. Not that him and his good mate didn't get into some hot water while their were here. Kay laugh a little and nudge Marie. "Lets walk around and maybe this will go faster." kay said.

Windsfreak · 11-11-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"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.

Matheu was slightly bummed to clean the upperclassmen cauldrons, but it should be expected. He turned in his textbook the check list and how-to of cleaning a cauldron. First, he phialed his antidote, labeled it, and put it on Professor K's desk.

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Matheu Rihverr
Ravenclaw, 1st Year
Moonstone, Baking Soda, Flobberworms, Peppermint

He then went back to his cauldron and started cleaning (WITH GLOVES). He gently scrubbed and used whatever else he needed. He was careful not to use anything to damage the cauldron. He emptied and put his to the side. He grabbed another and went at it.
Within an hour and half, he completed 6 cauldrons. He saw others working hard. He didn't know if he was able to leave.

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 02:34 PM

Taking a new clean vial, she moved to collect a sample of her potion when she heard the last part of what the professor said. "What?" she said in disbelief, looking around to see if anyone else heard what she heard. 'We have to clean up everything and the older kids get to watch? That's so not fair!' Now in even a worse mood than before, Evelyn collected her potion sample and labeled it neatly.

Evelyn Flores
Antidote: Moonstone and Runespoor Egg
Potions Class 1

Shrugging her shoulders, since she didn't really know what to put on the label, she stood up, casting a slight smile to Josh before heading up to the front and placing the vial in the basket with the others. 'I don't think I've cleaned something myself in my entire life except...well...myself. Does that count?' Kinda confused on what to do, she was about to turn to Destiny to ask what to do, but than decided maybe she would ask Josh.

"Do you know how to clean a cauldron?" she asked quietly, still nervous and unsure if they are on better terms or not. 'I would hate me if I were him. How could I think that?'

Maxilocks · 11-11-2009, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MatteeWattee

Seeing Fyo's excitement, Alice grinned and looked down at her cauldron. Aw..the potion was getting nearly to its full form. In thick honey or wood or well...whatever the color was, doesnt matter. Her potion was ready..Oops..antidote..Or atleast she thought.

As Fyo peeking into her cauldron, she nodded, "It's almost done. Hope I got everything right" she waited patiently as ignoring her temporary sickness.

Time to check, double check, may be.

She tapped her partchment with wand, "SpeRevelio!" the spell declared that she was correct and "Yes," she was right. Her eyes lit up instantly. "I got it, Fyo" she smiled at him, Happy.

"Oh..yes, why are you waiting for?" she encouraged him to take his antidote. Go..Lion, get back your happyness. She was waiting...

Fyo breathed with relief, when Lissy declared that her ingredients were correct. She had added quite a number of them, hadn't she? He had been a little... unsure. But yes, he was glad things had turned out well. "Good job," he smiled - with an effort, it might be mentioned. He was, after all, still under the effects of THE POISON THINGIE!

But Professor Kazi!Man had said they could drink their antidotes, now. Fyo proceeded to, and he felt his limbs, his frame stiffen - he was imagining things, he was so sure - and then the unhappiness seemed to leave, fly right out the window, in one big wave. I think it WORKED! The antidote WORKED! With bright eyes, he looked at Lissy - and nearly groaned out loud as he heard their Potions Master's next set of instructions.

Great. So now I have to clean some cauldrons.

With a sigh, he captured a sample of his antidote in a phial, which he then proceeded to label neatly - and, of course, drop into THE BASKET! on Professor Kazi!Man's desk.

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Fyodor Balouch
Fourth year; Gryffindor
Potions Lesson one, Antidote

'Mystery' ingredients:
Moonstone && Hellebore

Then he slipped on his gloves, and set about the next, not-so-happy task - the cauldron scrub'age - with a small frown. Professor Kazi!Man infuriated him, sometimes. The man was - what was the rather crude slang? Ah yes - bonkers. Bonkers BIG time, to be more precise.

Fira · 11-11-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by individual

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..."

Rose was... reacting better than he expected? She seemed to be doing but he would never knew if she was sitll not at him from the inside. He just kept staring at her when she was not speaking and he just waited patiently without saying a single word, without even moving a muscle, just stared at her. If there was one useful side of his mother's friend Ryan that he knew a lot about women and he could remember him saying 'A man should be patient and tolerant to all ladies'. He could not realise that he had to speak that man more no matter how much he hated him.

''No, no. It is me who should be sorry'' he said ''I really should have controlled myself. I was weak and a fool.'' Then when he was about to say something else the Professor had spoken up.

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"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.

Gross! Cleaning other's cauldrons. This was unfair. Cleabing his own seemed to be hard enough now that. Hmph!. With a straight expression anyway he turned back to Rose.

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Originally Posted by individual

"Do you know how to clean a cauldron?"[/B] she asked quietly, still nervous and unsure if they are on better terms or not. 'I would hate me if I were him. How could I think that?'

''If only i knew'' he grunted. Then trying to focus back on her he added with a smile ''Anyway at least you sounded like you do not hate me. I thought you'd do so. Don't vanish anywhere after the class i want to talk to you more about this. I promise i'll make up for this. Now i have things to do you heard the professor. I have not yet labeled a bottle for my work'' . He did a kind goodbye nod at the Slytherin girls and walked back to his table rather reluctantly.

Now, first he had to take a sample. Hopefully doing this did not seem so hard plus the substance was not smelling bad anymore. He took a little bottle and gently filled it with some of his potion and labeled.

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Originally Posted by Potion Bottle

Joshua Carter
Gryffindor
Antidote with Moonstone
Potions Class #3

This was good. Right after he was finished with bottling he quickly put it on Professor's desk and turned back to his extremely messy table to stare at it. He had to make up a way to clean it. He had to.

Danae · 11-11-2009, 04:06 PM

Already having a phial full, she labeled it;

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Delana Deirdre
4th year Slytherin
Potions Class 1

Getting to the professor's desk, Delana made sure it was clean and proceeded to put it with the others.

Already having cleaned up her mess, she looked around at the classroom.
"Uhh... so who needs me to clean their cauldron?" Delana asked, secretly hoping nobody would answer...

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Rose was... reacting better than he expected? She seemed to be doing but he would never knew if she was sitll not at him from the inside. He just kept staring at her when she was not speaking and he just waited patiently without saying a single word, without even moving a muscle, just stared at her. If there was one useful side of his mother's friend Ryan that he knew a lot about women and he could remember him saying 'A man should be patient and tolerant to all ladies'. He could not realise that he had to speak that man more no matter how much he hated him.

''No, no. It is me who should be sorry'' he said ''I really should have controlled myself. I was weak and a fool.'' Then when he was about to say something else the Professor had spoken up.

''If only i knew'' he grunted. Then trying to focus back on her he added with a smile ''Anyway at least you sounded like you do not hate me. I thought you'd do so. Don't vanish anywhere after the class i want to talk to you more about this. I promise i'll make up for this. Now i have things to do you heard the professor. I have not yet labeled a bottle for my work'' . He did a kind goodbye nod at the Slytherin girls and walked back to his table rather reluctantly.

"Alright." Evelyn nodded, not really wanting to talk more about it, but he seemed like he really wanted to so she would. Smiling as a goodbye, she turned away once he left and her smile vanished. 'Talk more about it? Why?' Staring at her messy cauldron, and all the contents on the table from her bag, she sighed and slouched on the stool.

At least finishing organizing her bag like it used to be, even though half the stuff in there was either wrinkled or broken, she turned to the other two Slytherins next to her. "Any of you two tell me how to clean a cauldron?" she asked, slightly embarrassed that she had to.

mathi · 11-11-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie

Fyo breathed with relief, when Lissy declared that her ingredients were correct. She had added quite a number of them, hadn't she? He had been a little... unsure. But yes, he was glad things had turned out well. "Good job," he smiled - with an effort, it might be mentioned. He was, after all, still under the effects of THE POISON THINGIE!

But Professor Kazi!Man had said they could drink their antidotes, now. Fyo proceeded to, and he felt his limbs, his frame stiffen - he was imagining things, he was so sure - and then the unhappiness seemed to leave, fly right out the window, in one big wave. I think it WORKED! The antidote WORKED! With bright eyes, he looked at Lissy - and nearly groaned out loud as he heard their Potions Master's next set of instructions.

Great. So now I have to clean some cauldrons.

With a sigh, he captured a sample of his antidote in a phial, which he then proceeded to label neatly - and, of course, drop into THE BASKET! on Professor Kazi!Man's desk.

Then he slipped on his gloves, and set about the next, not-so-happy task - the cauldron scrub'age - with a small frown. Professor Kazi!Man infuriated him, sometimes. The man was - what was the rather crude slang? Ah yes - bonkers. Bonkers BIG time, to be more precise.

Alice breathed out in relief. He came back, with his casual smile. Fyo and Smile = unbreakable. No more sadface and threatening tears. Sigh..relieved sigh. "Yay, Happy man is back!" she laughed mildly as she squeezed his arm gently.

She took another look at him, and took her antidote in a small amount, ignoring its disgusting taste..Ewwwww.. Mmm..now she was feeling better, and the burning sensation had been slowly faded away. Everything seemed perfect just in quick time. Awesome.

"It's great. I feel as cool as cucmber now.." she giggled and took a phial to fill with her experimental antidote. A Success story.

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Alice Winchester
Fouth Year, Hufflepuff
Potions lesson one - Antidote

Ingredients of Antidote: Dried nettles, crushed snake fangs, stewed horned slugs, porcupine quills

She labelled it promptly before put it in the basket where Professor had dictated to do.

Now what? Caludron cleaning. Sighs. The most hated part. With a mild sigh, she waved her wand to clean it roughly first so that she could see if there was any need of scrubbings. "I hate cleaning cauldrons" she whispered to Fyo.

Govoni · 11-11-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny watched as the water didn't even touch Marilyn clothes. 'Impervious, I'll have to remember that.'
Then Professor Kazi came over and yelled at her. Well maybe it wasn't yelling but coming from Kazi, it scared her.

After Marilyn had taken her vial, Destiny knew it was time to clean it. They could use magic, right? Maybe she should ask, but that would make him come over. She was an expert cleaner, so this would be easy.
Leaning over her cauldron, Destiny pointed her wand at the potion that was left in it. 'Evanesco!' Ta-da! The potion was gone. But the cauldron was still dirty. So she pointed her wand again at the caldron. 'Scourgify!' Holding the cauldron and looking in it, Destiny came to the conclusion that is was clean.

Marilyn groaned inwardly. Of course the Professor needed to make their first potions class as terrible as possible. She bit her tongue, trying to not say anything that might come off as a cheeky remark...like she desperately wanted.

Were they allowed to clean with magic? The blonde hoped so as she watched Destiny spell the Cauldron and desk spotless. Out of the corner of her eye, she seen that Gryffindor boy leave. She wanted to ask Evelyn if she was okay...but didn't think now was the time.

Destiny · 11-11-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by individual

"Alright." Evelyn nodded, not really wanting to talk more about it, but he seemed like he really wanted to so she would. Smiling as a goodbye, she turned away once he left and her smile vanished. 'Talk more about it? Why?' Staring at her messy cauldron, and all the contents on the table from her bag, she sighed and slouched on the stool.

At least finishing organizing her bag like it used to be, even though half the stuff in there was either wrinkled or broken, she turned to the other two Slytherins next to her. "Any of you two tell me how to clean a cauldron?" she asked, slightly embarrassed that she had to.

'Cleaning cauldrons?' Did Evelyn really ask Destiny that? 'Don't you know I'm the master at cleaning!?' Well she wasn't the master, buuut she did know how to clean. Giving Evelyn a big smile, Destiny was about to clean the cauldron for her, but changed her mind. 'Get rid of all that potion first, use 'evanesce' and then to clean the rest just use 'scourgify'!' She held her cauldron up to Evelyn, 'See? It worked on ours.'

Roselyn · 11-11-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

'Cleaning cauldrons?' Did Evelyn really ask Destiny that? 'Don't you know I'm the master at cleaning!?' Well she wasn't the master, buuut she did know how to clean. Giving Evelyn a big smile, Destiny was about to clean the cauldron for her, but changed her mind. 'Get rid of all that potion first, use 'evanesce' and then to clean the rest just use 'scourgify'!' She held her cauldron up to Evelyn, 'See? It worked on ours.'

"Evanesco." Evelyn repeated, making sure she had the word right. "Alright. Evanesco." she pointed her wand at the cauldron, well more at the potion, and watched it disappear. Raising a brow, she looked inside. "Wow. It actually worked. Neat."

Smiling, she pointed her wand at the cauldron and again and said 'Scourgify', watching it become clean. "Well if I had known it was that easy..." she mumbled to herself, thinking of all the times the spell could have been used at home. 'Probably was. I just didn't know it.'

Windsfreak · 11-12-2009, 12:45 PM

Matheu completed the cauldrons and set them aside, minus his. He got up, packed his bag, thanked the professor and left.

Mrs_Molly_Weasley · 11-12-2009, 10:06 PM

Becca's mouth was now burning as she raked her tongue along the roof of it. She couldn't concentrate and itch at the same time, which did not help very much because she needed to concentrate to releave the itching. Becca scowled once again as she felt her tooth dig into her gum as she'd been biting it to try to stop the itch. She raised her hand as she now desperately itched at her mouth. "Prof-*itch itch* essor. *itch itch itch* I kin*itch itch*da need some *itch* help *itch itch* My mouth won't stop*itch itch itch itch* itching and I can't concentrate t*itch*o find an antidote." She was sure she looked like a fool, now with all of the itching and color flooded her cheeks. *Itch* God, this was going to drive her mad!!! She quickly put on some gloves, cleaned her workstation and ran to the professor's desk with a messily labeled "antidote" that she had come up with.

LilFox06 · 11-13-2009, 04:20 AM

Carter smirked as Mina checked their parchments. They were right. Awesome! He took a sip and then bottle the rest. He labeled it:

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Carter Phillips
Gryffindor, First year
Potions Lesson #1
Antidote: Peppermint and Moonstone

He turned his work in and rejoined Mina for cleaning. He now felt completely normal. "Sorry for all of that." he said quietly cleaning up his stuff.

TeafortheSoul · 11-13-2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

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

"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.

Cela looked at Professor Kazimeriz and gleefully drank her antidote, wondering if she'd actually notice the moment it started working and she got her smarts back. She licked her lips, not feeling any different.

Cel listened to the instructions, frowning a little when Professor Kazimeriz said that 5th and 7th years weren't to do any cleaning of the cauldrons. That felt a little unfair, but she made up her mind to help as many of the younger students and 6th years as she could.

She labeled her sample carefully.

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Celandine Toussaint
5th Year Ravenclaw
Quintessence + White Hyssop
March 2070

She bounced up to the desk and placed it with the others then helped Chris clean up their work area, aside from the cauldrons that was.

"Does anyone need help with directions for cauldron cleaning? Celandine asked, fetching some long gloves. Who knew if someone had put calendula in something? She didn't want to take the chance of having a reaction to it.

"Put on some gloves first and then use either Mrs. Scower's Magical Mess Remover or clabbert elbow grease depending on what is in your cauldron, or rottenstone as well if the potion is acidic." Celandine suggested to the younger students nearby. She scooped up some rags and the bottles of cleaning stuff and waited to see if anyone actually wanted her help. "You have to do it by hand first so that you don't leave any residues behind."

Roselyn · 11-13-2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

"Put on some gloves first and then use either Mrs. Scower's Magical Mess Remover or clabbert elbow grease depending on what is in your cauldron, or rottenstone as well if the potion is acidic." Celandine suggested to the younger students nearby. She scooped up some rags and the bottles of cleaning stuff and waited to see if anyone actually wanted her help. "You have to do it by hand first so that you don't leave any residues behind."

"Are you serious? You have to do it by hand first?" Looking at her clean cauldron already, Evelyn looked inside, not really seeing anything but it was dark in the room. She could possibly have missed something. 'Aww...I don't want to clean it by hand!' Frowning, she reluctantly took out a pair of gloves from her bag and stuck them on.

"Mrs. Scowy what Remover?" she turned to the Ravenclaw, raising a brow. 'Argh, what is her name? I know her name...' Cleaning was just too complicated by hand...even the words were...bleh. Well, best be sure that her cauldron was extremely clean then messy. Don't want to mess up any other potions she would make with any leftover potion in her cauldron.

XanaSnape · 11-13-2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe

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.

Kazimeriz smiled gently at the crying student, taking the effort to shuffle over to him. Handing him a phial of antidote, he placed an ancient claw on the boy's shoulder in what was meant as a comforting gesture. "It was a good attempt. You will do better next time."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

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.

Kazimeriz smiled and nodded to Kettleburn. "It is always good to get such a strong response from my students, Kettleburn. You have done well." He tipped a tiny wink at Kettleburn as though acknowledging a shared secret.

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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn

She visibly grimaced at the Professor, quickly replacing the look with a bright smile. "Professor, you are so thoughtful. Im avidly looking forward to it." She loved goading her teachers. It gave her a sense of fulfillment not found anywhere else.

She quickly dipped some of the potion in a crystal phial and labeled it.

She did not want to give the Potion Master any reason to deduct points...So, she quickly approached Prof. Kazi's desk and deposited her potion.

In..deed." Kazimeriz smirked, nodding once. Her sarcasm was not lost on him.

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Originally Posted by Mrs_Molly_Weasley

Becca's mouth was now burning as she raked her tongue along the roof of it. She couldn't concentrate and itch at the same time, which did not help very much because she needed to concentrate to releave the itching. Becca scowled once again as she felt her tooth dig into her gum as she'd been biting it to try to stop the itch. She raised her hand as she now desperately itched at her mouth. "Prof-*itch itch* essor. *itch itch itch* I kin*itch itch*da need some *itch* help *itch itch* My mouth won't stop*itch itch itch itch* itching and I can't concentrate t*itch*o find an antidote." She was sure she looked like a fool, now with all of the itching and color flooded her cheeks. *Itch* God, this was going to drive her mad!!! She quickly put on some gloves, cleaned her workstation and ran to the professor's desk with a messily labeled "antidote" that she had come up with.

Kazimeriz handed the girl a phial of antidote. "Nice try, anyway." he said with a small smirk. "I recommend that you practice again in potions lab."

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

After Marilyn had taken her vial, Destiny knew it was time to clean it. They could use magic, right? Maybe she should ask, but that would make him come over. She was an expert cleaner, so this would be easy.
Leaning over her cauldron, Destiny pointed her wand at the potion that was left in it. 'Evanesco!' Ta-da! The potion was gone. But the cauldron was still dirty. So she pointed her wand again at the caldron. 'Scourgify!' Holding the cauldron and looking in it, Destiny came to the conclusion that is was clean.

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Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie stared at the mess that was at her station. 'Well I guess I need to get rid of this left over potion first' she thought. Taking out her wand she pointed it in the cauldron and said "Evanesco". The potion vanished leaving nothing but a dirty cauldron. 'Dang, now to clean this thing out.' She sat there a minute trying to remember the spell to clean things. She did not want to have to clean any of the cauldrons by hand.
Just then she heard another student say 'scourgify' while cleaning her station. 'Oooh, that's it' she thought. Pointing her wand at her cauldron again Marie said "scourgify". To her delight the cauldron was clean as new. Pointing her wand at her desk and repeating the spell Marie quickly had her work station cleaned and ready for the next class.
She looked around to see if any of the older students needed her help. "Does anyone need me to help them clean their cauldron?"

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Originally Posted by Kaytone

Kay waved her wand at her cauldron and did away with the rest of her antidote. "Evanesco." She than started cleaning her area. "Scourgify." Kay looked around and heard Marie asking people if they needed any help. "Hey I'm done here, I can help too." Kay smiling at Marie. She was thinking that her and Marie were a good team and if she didn't watch it, they could get into some mischief that her cousin woundn't like. Not that him and his good mate didn't get into some hot water while their were here. Kay laugh a little and nudge Marie. "Lets walk around and maybe this will go faster." kay said.

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Originally Posted by individual

"Evanesco." Evelyn repeated, making sure she had the word right. "Alright. Evanesco." she pointed her wand at the cauldron, well more at the potion, and watched it disappear. Raising a brow, she looked inside. "Wow. It actually worked. Neat."

Smiling, she pointed her wand at the cauldron and again and said 'Scourgify', watching it become clean. "Well if I had known it was that easy..." she mumbled to herself, thinking of all the times the spell could have been used at home. 'Probably was. I just didn't know it.'

"A nice attempt, but a simple evanesco and scourgify are not sufficient to clean and cure a cauldron for future use in this class. This will require manual labor, I am afraid. For five points, who among my upperclassmen can demonstrate the proper way to clean and cure a cauldron for our younger students, drawing of course upon what you learned in our lesson from last term?" Kazimeriz's eyes scanned the room, looking for a volunteer.

DH Vixen · 11-13-2009, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

Cela looked at Professor Kazimeriz and gleefully drank her antidote, wondering if she'd actually notice the moment it started working and she got her smarts back. She licked her lips, not feeling any different.

Cel listened to the instructions, frowning a little when Professor Kazimeriz said that 5th and 7th years weren't to do any cleaning of the cauldrons. That felt a little unfair, but she made up her mind to help as many of the younger students and 6th years as she could.

She labeled her sample carefully.

She bounced up to the desk and placed it with the others then helped Chris clean up their work area, aside from the cauldrons that was.

"Does anyone need help with directions for cauldron cleaning? Celandine asked, fetching some long gloves. Who knew if someone had put calendula in something? She didn't want to take the chance of having a reaction to it.

"Put on some gloves first and then use either Mrs. Scower's Magical Mess Remover or clabbert elbow grease depending on what is in your cauldron, or rottenstone as well if the potion is acidic." Celandine suggested to the younger students nearby. She scooped up some rags and the bottles of cleaning stuff and waited to see if anyone actually wanted her help. "You have to do it by hand first so that you don't leave any residues behind."

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Carter smirked as Mina checked their parchments. They were right. Awesome! He took a sip and then bottle the rest. He labeled it:

He turned his work in and rejoined Mina for cleaning. He now felt completely normal. "Sorry for all of that." he said quietly cleaning up his stuff.

Mina shrugged as she heard Carter, looking up she gave him a smile. "It's okay. No big deal, at least we're back to normal." she answered as she placed some gloves on and leaned over one of the cauldrons.

Hearing Celandine, she turned her attention to her and listened closely to what the older 'claw was saying. Leaning back over the cauldron, she made a face and grabbed a rag and started working on the mess.

LilFox06 · 11-13-2009, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen

Mina shrugged as she heard Carter, looking up she gave him a smile. "It's okay. No big deal, at least we're back to normal." she answered as she placed some gloves on and leaned over one of the cauldrons.

Hearing Celandine, she turned her attention to her and listened closely to what the older 'claw was saying. Leaning back over the cauldron, she made a face and grabbed a rag and started working on the mess.

Carter too grabbed gloves and cleaner and began scrubbing out his cauldron. He didn't mind the work since he considered his first potions lesson a success. He smiled as he worked. "You know, blue is your color." he said to her.

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