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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.
Hogwarts RPG Name: Former Professor Valon Kazimeriz
Graduated
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"You may feel free to talk amongst yourselves for inspiration or to debate and share ideas about which potions ingredients might complement one another-- remember we are looking for yin and yang, ingredients that would neutralize or negate the effects of one another in a potion. For many ingredients, there is more than one potential opposite." Kazimeriz lectured as he watched the students get to work.
ooc: Feel free to work together and talk about what you are doing, and then post your finished 'worksheets' in a quote box in your post when you complete the task. Make sure you include the number in the corner of your worksheets - 1, 2, 3, or 4, it is up to you, and it will be necessary for the next part of the lesson!
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Good grief! Lorcan supposed it was supposed to be an encouraging smile, but he was reminded of a an old muggle film where the child-catcher had offered sweets and a cheery smile before locking the children in the dungeon under the castle.
Lorcan looked at Lexi dispairingly and reached for his textbook.
SPOILER!!: Lorcan's notes
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Belladonna - used to treat fevers
to counter act
Ashwinder eggs - give a fever of the heart - false love.
Ginger - used in wit sharpening potions
to counteract
Sneezewort - causes inflamtion of the braine.
Glumbumble fluids (yuk) - cause melancholy
to counteract
Alihotsy leaves - cause hysteria.
Salamander blood - used in strengthening solution, to make people strong
to counteract
Wormwood solution, used in the draft of living death, weakens you???
Unicorn horn - from something that is pure so it will make people tell the truth
counteracted by
Bicorn horn, which is used in polyjuice potion and helps you to lie.
Lorcan looked at his nose and wrinkled his nose. He wasn't sure if any of that made sense. "What do you think?" he asked Lexi quietly.
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Listening to the professor speak about black and white, moons, and well, Evelyn had no clue what else he was talking about. She just stared and nodded a few times to look like she was paying attention. Now what were they supposed to do? Glancing at the paper that was placed in front of her, she noticed a number 2 at the top corner of her page. 'Huh. Okay so five ingredients...and potential opposites. Well can't be that hard can it?' she thought, opening her book.
Photos!: Evelyn's paper
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Evelyn Flores
Unicorn Tail Hair and Doxy Eggs:
Unicorn tail hair is pure and has healing purposes while Doxy eggs are poisonous and may cause vomiting.
Aconite and Bezoar:
The Aconite is an extremely poisonous plant while the Bezoar helps protect against anything poisonous.
Lovage and Runespoor Eggs:
The Lovage herb causes confusion and recklessness while the Runespoor Eggs enhances mental ability.
Alihotsy Leaves and Sophorous:
Alihotsy leaves are known to cause hysteria while the Sophorous makes a person sleepy and calm.
Peppermint and Glumbumble:
Peppermint is known to cause happiness while Glumbumble is known to cause a person to be melancholy.
Okay, so maybe that was a little harder than she thought it was going to be. Sighing and laying down her phoenix feather quill, glancing at Destiny for a moment to see if she noticed the familiar Christmas gift, she looked around to see who else was done. Or who else was having a hard time with this...Oh wait, didn't the professor say to turn the paper in once they were done? Unsure though, Evelyn remained seated, just to be safe.
Once he had dipped his quill in ink, Fyo bent the eagle-feather to the surface of the parchment Professor Kazimeriz had provided him and, without wasting another second, began to scribble away in silence.
SPOILER!!: What Fyo scribbled'ed
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(i)
Ingredient: Ashwinder eggs
Complement: Extract of Gurdyroot
Because the former induces affection, while the latter helps strip one of it (hence used in love potion antidotes).
(ii)
Ingredient: Jobberknoll Feathers
Complement: Sneezewort
Because the former is used in memory potions to quicken the process of thinking, while the latter can meddle with said process or, in other words, make a person reckless.
(iii)
Ingredient: Puffer fish parts
Complement: Leech juice.
Because the former help increase size (are, in fact, an ingredient of the Swelling Solution) while the latter works as a reducer (is an ingredient of the Shrinking Solution).
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Text Cut: Destiny's parchment!
#1
Destiny Shepard
Sliced Caterpillars and Puffer-Fish Eyes
sliced caterpillar used in shrinking solution
puffer-fish eyes are used in swelling solution.
Scarab Beetles and Scurvy-Grass
scarab beetles are used in wit-sharpening potion
scurvy-grass used in confusing concoction.
Mandrakes and Sopophorus
mandrakes are used to cure petrification
sopophorous bean used in draught of living death.
Belladonna Essence and Bezoar
belladonna essence is extremely poisonous
bezoar will cure almost any poison
Bundimun secretion and Erumpent Fluid
bundimun secretion is used in some magical cleaning solutions
erumpent fluid is used in exploding fluid
Destiny looked over at Evelyn to see if she had finished. Yep, she did. Then Destiny gave Evelyn a huge smile when she noticed her using a different quill. Not the normal black and gold one, but the phoenix quill she got her for Christmas!
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Taking a piece of parchment as it came by, Mina went to work looking for what was asked of her. Without much thought to the number 1 present in the corner, she wrote down her name in her dainty handwriting and opened her text. Scanning the words before her, she dove into her work.
SPOILER!!: Mina's parchment
1
Jasmina Bennett
puffer-fish eyes
daisy roots
Puffer-fish eyes are used to cause things to swell or increase in size. Daisy root when properly cut is used in the shrinking solution.
runespoor eggs
scurvy-grass
Runespoor eggs helps to enhance mental ability, but scurvy-grass is associated with the inflammation of the brain.
fluid from the Glumbumble
moonstone
The fluids collected from the Glumbumble are linked to melancholy and moonstone is believed to help with emotional balance.
mandrake
valerian root
Mandrakes are used in potions to help restore and the use of the valerian root in the Draught of Living Death implies deep sleep.
Abyssinian shrivelfig or caterpillars
asphodel
Asphodel is commonly associated with the afterlife and underworld and is used in the Draught of Living Death. Both sliced caterpillers and shrivelfig are thought to possible lend age reversing qualities to the shrinking solution. Caterpillars also are reborn as butterflies in some causes. Afterlife vs. New Life.
Looking through her work, she nodded to herself. Her choices did make some sense but she wasn't completely positive the reasoning was spot on and that bothered her a little. Looking back through her text, she wanted to double check once again.
Tibi was... not in the mood for class. Still not feeling entirely recovered, neither physically nor emotionally, he'd made his way to potions anyway, arriving just before Kazimeriz.
But, because it was what he did well, Tibi played the part of the good student, taking notes and (mostly) paying attention, though not participating like usual.
Thankful for the opportunity to spend time with his book, he opted to work alone to compile his list, and then checked it over once, before silently making his way to the front and turning it in.
SPOILER!!: Tiberius Pryce's Parchment
3 Tiberius Pryce
1)bubotuber pus and porcupine quills.
As bubotuber pus is used as an acne cure and porcupine quills, when handled incorrectly can result in a boil-cure potion becoming a boil-inducing solution, it would seem that their properties lend themselves to being balances for one another.
2)glumbumble and alihotsy
While alihotsy is not listed in our potions text, it is an plant that one may use when creating their own potions. Consuming the leaves causes hysteria and glumbumble is a known antidote for it, as it induces melancholy, balancing out the hysteria to return the individual to a state at least near normal, emotionally.
3)ashwinder eggs and ginger root
Ashwinder eggs (frozen) are used in love potions, which one could argue is a form of confusion or befuddlement. While perhaps a more direct counter would be an ingredient found in the hate-inducing potion, our text does not outline those ingredients. I selected ginger root because it is an ingredient used in wit-sharping to counter the confusion produced by the ashwinder.
4)fluxweed and moonstone
Perhaps an odd pairing, fluxweed in an ingredient of change and occasionally change is seen as an upset of balance and order, or can induce emotional distress. Moonstone restores emotional balance, not necessarily undoing change, but easing its effects.
5)jobberknoll and scurvy grass
Jobberknoll helps restore memory (and in some cases, persuade a person to share that memory against their will) while scurvy grass is an ingredient that confuses and may mask memory.
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Close your eyes
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Zoe knawed on her lower lip anxiously. This sounded more difficult than she expected it to. Looking around the room she didn't notice that anyone in particular looked like they wanted to discuss the assignment so grudgingly she looked at her book on her own.
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Ha! Easy. Evan still glanced at his textbook though, just in case. He raised his hand and said "From plants and creatures." He glanced at Joshua and smirked for an instant before looking back at his cauldron. Odd that he hadn't talked to him in a while... Hmm...
Ooooo many people had answers for the question. Josh, as he leaned his back watching other students who were standing up to answer, he saw Evan smirk at him and managed to put a smirk back on his face though he was still uncomfortable about sitting in a dungeon class. That Slytherin boy was...weird. Josh never could tell if he was friendly or hostile.
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"Josh, right?" Tori asked the boy to her left as he looked around, obviously scanning the class and looking nervous at the same time, "Um, do you know the classifications?"
He nearly jumped when he heard a voice close to him pronounce his name. 'Relax boy. Just a girl's voice'. The Gryffindor boy wondered what was wrong with himself. He definitely was not the kind of to be scared of dungeons so he knew it was not fear or something like that caused him to be uncomfortable. It was like he was feeling something nasty to be happened or had happened before in here. Trying to forget about it to relax himself he focused on the girl who he was sure he had a glance of in the common room as he put his warmest smile on his face ''Right sweet Josh and umm the classifications? No, of course. Do i look like a Ravenclaw?'' he laughed at his own joke, ah yes, it was working.
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Evelyn, just about to raise her hand to say the answer when everyone else beat her too it. Sighing, she looked around the room, noticing Josh was there too. 'When did he come in?' she thought, not noticing him when she herself walked into the room. Smiling, she moved her attention back to the discussion and the professor. Wouldn't want to miss anything now would she, or get into trouble. From the looks of it, you especially wouldn't want to get into trouble with this Professor...creepy...
The Professor was making this class sound like difficult but weirdly Josh would never change his mind that he was about to enjoy it a lot. He was sure his senses supported by his confidence would lead him to the successful end though he currently knew nothing about the subject. Yes, exactly ; nothing. That was strange for a stundent, he thought, since knowing nothing about a topic should have made a student feel uneasy in a class but he felt nothing like that again what he was feeling irritaed about was not that but was the idea of being here. 'Forget it!'. Hopefully Rose's relieving smile ran to his help. 'Phew, thanks!'. He smiled back at her and nodded as a greeting. That was not enough. He wondered if the professor would get annoyed.
Now he heard the Professor, there was five potions ingredients to be found and their counter effects. 'Hmmm should not be so hard'. So opening up his textbook he started to work on it.
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Taking a piece of parchment as it came by, Mina went to work looking for what was asked of her. Without much thought to the number 1 present in the corner, she wrote down her name in her dainty handwriting and opened her text. Scanning the words before her, she dove into her work.
SPOILER!!: Mina's parchment
1
Jasmina Bennett
puffer-fish eyes
daisy roots
Puffer-fish eyes are used to cause things to swell or increase in size. Daisy root when properly cut is used in the shrinking solution.
runespoor eggs
scurvy-grass
Runespoor eggs helps to enhance mental ability, but scurvy-grass is associated with the inflammation of the brain.
fluid from the Glumbumble
moonstone
The fluids collected from the Glumbumble are linked to melancholy and moonstone is believed to help with emotional balance.
mandrake
valerian root
Mandrakes are used in potions to help restore and the use of the valerian root in the Draught of Living Death implies deep sleep.
Abyssinian shrivelfig or caterpillars
asphodel
Asphodel is commonly associated with the afterlife and underworld and is used in the Draught of Living Death. Both sliced caterpillers and shrivelfig are thought to possible lend age reversing qualities to the shrinking solution. Caterpillars also are reborn as butterflies in some causes. Afterlife vs. New Life.
Looking through her work, she nodded to herself. Her choices did make some sense but she wasn't completely positive the reasoning was spot on and that bothered her a little. Looking back through her text, she wanted to double check once again.
Carter turned to Mina to begin working. She was already filling in her parchment. "You've finished already, haven't you?" he said as he got out his textbook. Leave it to a Ravenclaw to be done before he even had his book out.
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Riight, reversed ingredients. Evan flipped through the textbook. Man, it was hard! Finally, he found somethings that may be considered as 'reversed'. Though he wasn't sure. Nothing was sure in potions. He wrote down the best he could come up with.
Text Cut: Yayayay.
Potions (4)
Aconite X Bezoar
Extremely poisonous X The cure for most of the poisons.
Glumbumble X Alithosy
Causes melancholy X Causes hysteria
Scurvy X Scarab beetle
Used in confusing potions X used in wit-sharpening potions
Dried nettles X Bulbadox Powder
Used in boil-curing potion (a simple potion which cures boiled skin) X A substance that breaks the human skin out in boils
ginger root X lovage
Used for confusing X used to clear mind
Hmm.. Potions was much harder then he expected but he was going to try his best to be successful in this class. He took his quill and began writing down on a piece of parchment.
SPOILER!!: he wrote quickly
Potions(1)
Hellebore (Poisonous even though used draught of peace)/ bezoar (common antidote.
Rat spleed (Used in shrinking solution)/ puffer-fish eyes (Used in swelling solution)
lovage (confuses a person)/ armadillo bile (uses in the wit-sharpening potion)
worwood (causes you to sleep)/ mandrake (causes anyone petrified to awaken)
Wow that wasn't so hard good thing he studied potions on the train. He relaxed on his chair waiting for the professor to continue.
Kay Opened her book and started looking up the information the Professor asked for. She didn't know if it was right but she had some answers.
SPOILER!!: "Kay's parchment"
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Kaytone Potter Evans
1. Lovage – The lovage cause confusion and recklessness.
Runespoor eggs – enhances mental ability
2. Bubotuber – the pus properly processed is useful in treating acne.
Porcupine quills – can result in boils – inducing solution when handled
incorrectly.
3. Glumbumble – causes melancholy and is used as an antidote for the
effects of eating Alihotsy leaves.
4. Belladonna – is extremely poisonous.
Bezoar – cures almost any poison.
5. Surcuy grass – causes agitation or anxiety.
Moonstone – calms a person and soothes the nerves.
Kay finished her work and waited for the Professor.
Matheu took a parchment worksheet from the basket and started to work carefully. He wasn't a real partner worker, and he was able to complete the worksheet in an average time
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Matheu Cohdi Rihverr
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1. Jalepeno, holds heat and produces heat. Counter ingredient: Milk (cow), reduces heat and/or extinguishes it.
2. Runespoor, enhances mental ability. Counter: Scurvey-grass, since it is used in Confusing Draught, it reduces menal ability.
3. Lemon juice, makes things tart. Counter: Sugar, takes away the tartness.
4. Molasses, has an aciditic result in baking. Counter: Baking soda, takes away the acidity.
5. Powdered hellebore, produces invisibilty with certain ingredients. Counter: possible Nightshade berries, which hightens eye sight.
Lucille opened her book to a page on ingredients and looked down, sucking the end of her quill. She started scribbling.
SPOILER!!: Lucille's Wonderings
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Lucille
Tammy
Lucille counteracts Tammy because she is nice, whereas the later is EVIL.
She chuckled to herself, crumpled up her paper and chucked it somewhere into the room.
Deciding to try again, she found another worksheet, or rather...slyly slipped one off the neighbouring desk.
Sly Sly Sly.
Sneaky Sneak.
SPOILER!!: Lucille's second go
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Lucille
Torin
Lucille counteracts Torin because she is a good person, whereas Torin doesn't even give medical care to SOMEONE to stop them from maybe dieing!
Nope. That wouldn't do.
Ok, so maybe the arguments were still on her mind. A little.
A teeeny bit.
Ok, a LOT.
Sighing, Lucille screwed up her second peice of parchment and chucked it into the midst of the classroom.
This was going to take a while.
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Becca took the book that was on her desk and began to read. As soon as she had found what she needed, she began to write
SPOILER!!: Becca's work
Rebecca Latrowski 2
Potions Ingredients Compliment Sheet
Moonstone calms a person and soothes the nerves, while Surcvy-grass befuddles one and causes agitation and anxiety.
Aconite which is an extremely poisionous plant and Bezoar protects one against anything poisonous.
Mandrakes are used to cure petrification and
Sopophorus beans are used in the Draught of the Living Dead.
Puffer-fish eyes are used to cause things to swell or increase in size. Daisy root can be used in shrinking potion, when cut properly.
Dried nettles are used in boil-curing potion(which cures boiled skin and Bulbadox powder is a substance that causes the human skin to burst out in boils.
Becca grimaced at her last answer; boils, now that's gross!! She put her quill down and sat back in her seat.
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Shrinking into her robes and shuddering from the cold, Wesley took a sheet from the magical basket, saying quietly through her chattery teeth, "Th-thank you."
This isn't so very bad, she thought, trying to convince herself as she flipped through her book, You can't possibly blow anything up by writing. Shakily taking quil in hand, the small child dipped it in her ink, applying it to her work sheet...
SPOILER!!: Wesley's work
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1. Aconite can be countered with a bezoar, because Aconite is poisonous and bezoars cure poison.
2. Flobberworm Mucus can be countered with Leech Juice. Flobberworm Mucus thickens things, so it makes it bigger, and Leech Juice is used in Shrinking Solutions, so it makes things smaller.
3. Lovage could be countered with a Moonstone. Lovage inflames the brain and makes people act crazy, while Moonstones calm people down
4. Pufferfish Parts make things swell, and they can be countered by a Rat's Sple
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Lucille opened her book to a page on ingredients and looked down, sucking the end of her quill. She started scribbling.
SPOILER!!: Lucille's Wonderings
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Lucille
Tammy
Lucille counteracts Tammy because she is nice, whereas the later is EVIL.
She chuckled to herself, crumpled up her paper and chucked it somewhere into the room.
Deep into her work, the Hufflepuff was caught off guard by a flying missile which caused her quil slip, creating a thick black line that partially covered much of her work.
Too curious to become upset by her messed-up work, Wesley picked up the crumpled worksheet that was lying on top of her text book and unfolded it.
Eyes wide, clearly not prepared for what had been written, she let out a gasp.
Tammy!? Tammy was a prefect- a HUFFLEPUFF prefect! She was helpful and kind and hardworking. She couldn't have possibly ever been evil. This- this was not a very nice piece of paper.
Crumpling the sheet up again, Wesley slipped it into her bag so she could throw it away after class. Tammy could never see it. She would cry. Wesley was possitive because, afterall, if someone called her evil she would burst into tears.
Dipping her quil again, the girl went back to her work, shuddering no longer from the cold, but horror. Wesley dearly hoped she'd never meet this scary Lucille.
SPOILER!!: Wesley's work cont.
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een. Rat's Spleen is used in Shrinking Solutions, so it makes big things small again.
5. Undiluted Bubotuber causes boils and could be countered by Dried Nettles which are used in the Boil Curing Potion.
Biting her lip worriedly, Wesley hunched over further, so preoccupied with the hate note that she wasn't worried about getting in trouble for her ink-stained work.
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Carter turned to Mina to begin working. She was already filling in her parchment. "You've finished already, haven't you?" he said as he got out his textbook. Leave it to a Ravenclaw to be done before he even had his book out.
Mina smiled innocently as she heard Carter and nodded. "Done, I'm sure it's right but I think it is," she replied quietly as to not disturb the lesson. Looking back to her text, she reread again to see if she had misunderstood anything.
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Celandine had been listening in a half-hearted way. It was so hard trying to find something inside herself to give to this subject. She just sorta ahd no spark for it, which really felt like she was letting Professor Kazimeriz down. He was still her favourite professor even if she wasn't all that big a fan of his current subject.
She opened her textbook, which had been slipped into a fancy leather cover that had her brother's name etched into it and started on her worksheet, using the extra notes within the book which Nicholai had added when it was still in his possession. Cela spent a while going through and making sure she only chose 'basic' ingredients.
SPOILER!!: Cela's worksheet
Celandine Toussaint, 5th Year
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Potion Ingredients/Complements worksheet
1. Ingredient:Alihotsy leaves ingestion causes hysteria Complement: Glumbumble Secretion/Fluid/Treacle Causes melancholy in humans, has neutralising effect on Alihotsy
2. Ingredient: Urtica dioica While stinging nettle can be used to stop bleeding and as a remedy for arthritic pain, a sting from the nettle can cause painful and itching rashes. Complement: Murtlap Essence A solution made from strained and pickled Murtlap tentacles, it soothes painful cuts, abrasions and rashes and encourages fast healing.
3. Ingredient: Billywig stings A Billywig's sting causes giddiness and levitation, the more you do it the longer it lasts and the more adversely the nervous system is effected, some individuals react to the stinger itself in its dried form. Complement: Dictamnus As well as having numerous other uses, a simple infusion of the leaves may be used as a remedy for nervous complaints. The powdered root combined in equal parts with Peppermint has been administered in doses of 2 drams for epilepsy.
4. Ingredient: Screechsnap roots If ingested, can cause some individuals to wriggle and fidget, losing control of their muscles. Complement: Valerian Root Effective as a sedative and a muscle relaxant.
5. Ingredient: Bubotuber Pus In its undiluted form it reacts with skin and causes painful boils on contact Complement: horned slugs While stewed Horned Slugs are more effective at relieving pain from boils, in a pinch the secretion from a live Horned Slug can also be used to provide some relief in a pinch.
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Professor Kazimeriz wandered the class at a turtle's pace, spot-checking his pupils' work. It seemed that most of them were understanding the concept and using the opportunity to really internalize what the ingredients did, which of course was the goal of this part of the lesson. He nodded with approval, finally making his way back to the front of the class.
"Very good. It seems that you all are mastering the basic concept- understanding how ingredients counteract one another in potion making.
Granted, it becomes a lot more difficult when you are not analyzing potion ingredients on a one-to-one ratio but having to account for multiple ingredient interactions within a potion... Those of you who are my NEWT level students will have more opportunity to analyze those complex potions later. But I see that most of you are understanding that each ingredient has one or more possible complementary counterpoints that can be used as a neutralizing agent."
"Not only is the concept of complementary ingredients crucial in learning how to create balanced potions, but it is critically important to understand this concept as we begin to study antidotes. When working with antidotes, the term we use for an ingredient that is included solely to counteract a poison is a 'negator'. The negator will neutralize the effects of the ingredient, especially in the case of a poison or magical toxin. Using a negator, or a blend of neutralizing ingredients, you can develop an antidote to even the most complex poison. So, put simply: for every ingredient, there is at least one equal and opposite ingredient that can be used as an antidote to the first ingredient. We call this opposing ingredient a 'negator'. This is Golpalott's First Law of Antidotes."
Kazimeriz's lips pulled back into a sinister grin as he spoke. He looked around the class in a manner most shifty. "Very quickly, before we begin the practical portion of this class, are there any questions about this concept?"
He nearly jumped when he heard a voice close to him pronounce his name. 'Relax boy. Just a girl's voice'. The Gryffindor boy wondered what was wrong with himself. He definitely was not the kind of to be scared of dungeons so he knew it was not fear or something like that caused him to be uncomfortable. It was like he was feeling something nasty to be happened or had happened before in here. Trying to forget about it to relax himself he focused on the girl who he was sure he had a glance of in the common room as he put his warmest smile on his face ''Right sweet Josh and umm the classifications? No, of course. Do i look like a Ravenclaw?'' he laughed at his own joke, ah yes, it was working.
"Umm, relax, Tori by the way." she said smiling at him." So you wanna work on the worksheet with me. I started already."
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Tori Hardene
Ingredient:Moonstone which calms someone's nerves; counter act:Alihotsy which causes hysteria.
Ingredient: Belladona which is poisonous; counteract: Bezoar which protects against poison.
Ingredient: Scarab beetles which is wit-sharpewning; counteract: scurvy grass which inflames the brain causing confusion.
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"I can't decide on the last two. How are you doing?" Tori sighed looking down at her paper, disappointed.
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Originally Posted by XanaSnape
Professor Kazimeriz wandered the class at a turtle's pace, spot-checking his pupils' work. It seemed that most of them were understanding the concept and using the opportunity to really internalize what the ingredients did, which of course was the goal of this part of the lesson. He nodded with approval, finally making his way back to the front of the class.
"Very good. It seems that you all are mastering the basic concept- understanding how ingredients counteract one another in potion making.
Granted, it becomes a lot more difficult when you are not analyzing potion ingredients on a one-to-one ratio but having to account for multiple ingredient interactions within a potion... Those of you who are my NEWT level students will have more opportunity to analyze those complex potions later. But I see that most of you are understanding that each ingredient has one or more possible complementary counterpoints that can be used as a neutralizing agent."
"Not only is the concept of complementary ingredients crucial in learning how to create balanced potions, but it is critically important to understand this concept as we begin to study antidotes. When working with antidotes, the term we use for an ingredient that is included solely to counteract a poison is a 'negator'. The negator will neutralize the effects of the ingredient, especially in the case of a poison or magical toxin. Using a negator, or a blend of neutralizing ingredients, you can develop an antidote to even the most complex poison. So, put simply: for every ingredient, there is at least one equal and opposite ingredient that can be used as an antidote to the first ingredient. We call this opposing ingredient a 'negator'. This is Golpalott's First Law of Antidotes."
Kazimeriz's lips pulled back into a sinister grin as he spoke. He looked around the class in a manner most shifty. "Very quickly, before we begin the practical portion of this class, are there any questions about this concept?"
Celandine squinted a bit at Professor Kazimeriz and then thumbed through her textbook, reading a bit until she found some reference to what he was on about.
She raised her hand after doing some skimming. "So like, with creating and developing antidotes and stuff, your aim is to negate the effects of each individual component of the poison and then find the ingredients, or combination of ingredients, that negate the combined effect of the components of the poison? And like, if you only negated the individual components, you might slow the effect of the poison or halt it entirely, but your antidote wouldn't undo the damage the poison might already have caused? Or... something?"
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Originally Posted by Celandine
Celandine squinted a bit at Professor Kazimeriz and then thumbed through her textbook, reading a bit until she found some reference to what he was on about.
She raised her hand after doing some skimming. "So like, with creating and developing antidotes and stuff, your aim is to negate the effects of each individual component of the poison and then find the ingredients, or combination of ingredients, that negate the combined effect of the components of the poison? And like, if you only negated the individual components, you might slow the effect of the poison or halt it entirely, but your antidote wouldn't undo the damage the poison might already have caused? Or... something?"
"Indeed. Golpalott was a potioneer of some reknown, creator of many Laws of Potion Making. With his first law, we learn that you need to be able to identify each individual negator-- each component that will counteract the ingredients in your potion... which is why it is essential to understand what the so-called 'opposites' of each ingredient are. Now, Golpalott's third law states that the antidote for a blended poison will be equal to more than the sum of the antidotes for each of the separate components. This means that you must not only be able to identify each negator, but then must find that extra element that will make the entire blended antidote resolve your potion. This can be exceptionally tricky, and is something that we will analyze in more depth in NEWT level classes. For the purpose of this class, it is merely important to understand that each ingredient has an equal and opposite ingredient which can counteract its effects. "
Kazimeriz looked around the classroom. He checked, making sure the students all had their parchments in front of them; it seemed they did. Satisfied, he smiled at his class.
"Now comes the fun part. You each have a parchment worksheet, each numbered from 1-4. All of these parchments have been liberally coated with a potion that can be absorbed through skin contact. As of right now, you have all been poisoned."
He smirked, looking around the room. "It will be your job to create the antidote and save yourself... before the class session ends and it is too late."
Kazimeriz leaned against the podium, letting them absorb this news -- just like they are absorbing the poison, mwhahaha -- before he continued. It was moments like this that made him truly love his job.
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Quote:
Originally Posted by XanaSnape
"Indeed. Golpalott was a potioneer of some reknown, creator of many Laws of Potion Making. With his first law, we learn that you need to be able to identify each individual negator-- each component that will counteract the ingredients in your potion... which is why it is essential to understand what the so-called 'opposites' of each ingredient are. Now, Golpalott's third law states that the antidote for a blended poison will be equal to more than the sum of the antidotes for each of the separate components. This means that you must not only be able to identify each negator, but then must find that extra element that will make the entire blended antidote resolve your potion. This can be exceptionally tricky, and is something that we will analyze in more depth in NEWT level classes. For the purpose of this class, it is merely important to understand that each ingredient has an equal and opposite ingredient which can counteract its effects. "
Kazimeriz looked around the classroom. He checked, making sure the students all had their parchments in front of them; it seemed they did. Satisfied, he smiled at his class.
"Now comes the fun part. You each have a parchment worksheet, each numbered from 1-4. All of these parchments have been liberally coated with a potion that can be absorbed through skin contact. As of right now, you have all been poisoned."
He smirked, looking around the room. "It will be your job to create the antidote and save yourself... before the class session ends and it is too late."
Kazimeriz leaned against the podium, letting them absorb this news -- just like they are absorbing the poison, mwhahaha -- before he continued. It was moments like this that made him truly love his job.
Though Cela's potion skills weren't exactly anything to write home about, Cela was supremely unconcerned by this news. It wasn't because she didn't yet feel anything, and Cela checked the number on her worksheet quickly, but because she was that confident that Professor Kazimeriz wouldn't do anything to hurt her in any real way. Maybe in a learning-life-lessons sort of way, but definitely not a you-will-die-if-you-don't-figure-it-out sorta way.
And she had the book. Cela looked around to try to see if anyone had a number 2 parchment like her. That would be the first thing, she figured, finding other people who presumably had the same poison thingy.
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