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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!

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

Celandine stared. She just stared.

Something deep in her brain, a part of it that hadn't yet been effected by the potion, sort of clicked. It totally, like, wasn't normal and stuff for Chris to be all, like... and stuff. Or her.

She eyed him for a moment more then grinned vapidly.
"We're making stuff. Smart juice for us. I feel not smart. I don't like it. I think that is what the thingy with the thing was. Making me not smart. I have a book!" Celandine held the book up.

"I'm going to look in the book." She announced solemnly.

Chris's eyes went wide. "We aren't smart anymore?" his face fell. He always wanted to be smart. He then he heard her say she had a book. "Oh my gosh you have a book!?" he smacked his head. "Why didn't I think of that? Clela i vote you head smart person!" he scooted over to get a look at her book. "Man the typing machine must have broke, that type looks pretty messy for a book machine!" he sighed. "What will we do?"

Destiny · 11-08-2009, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

Nodding her head, almost proudly, when she heard Destiny saw what happened *giggle*, she stared at the knife that was now further away from her before processing what Destiny said about armadillo bile. "Armadillo...what? Ewwww." she said in disgust, before sitting quietly, thinking quite hard. 'Why do I need that? Do I even have that?'

Picking up her bag, she started to take everything out, trying to find the 'armadillo bile' that Destiny was talking about. Throwing stuff on the table, not caring where it landed or...what...it landed on, she finally just flipped it upside down and emptied the entire bag on the desk. Parchments and books fell everywhere, including quills, ink, and other random things that she thought was necessary to keep around just in case.

Moving all the stuff around, spreading everything across the desk, knocking things over in the process, she didn't spot what the girl said to use. "Nope, i don't have it." Evelyn said quite happily before picking everything up and quickly stuffing it back into her bag. Finally picking up her book, she stared sadly at the burnt spot in the corner before flipping it open again, reading through the material. "Hmm..." Glancing at her half made potion, she saw that it was boiling finally. 'Now what? I have to make it simmer...How do I make the flame go down?'

Blinking a few times, she suddenly blew on the flame under the cauldron, making a few of the flames roll out onto the desk. Oh, well now desk on fire! Laughing a little, Evelyn stood up and walked around to the front of the desk, making sure to hold onto the side so she didn't randomly levitate up to the ceiling, and started to smack the table where the fire was, hoping to make it go out. "Stupid...fire...OW!" She left her hand in the flames for too long and burnt herself, buuuut the fire did go out eventually. Her hand was surely going to blister now...But on the other hand, the fire heating the cauldron was now smaller so the potion wasn't boiling anymore. Hurray!

Destiny just watched as Evelyn emptied her bag all over the table and caused a book to hit her right in the face, knocking her glasses right off and onto the floor. 'Yeah, the armadillo bile is on them shelves, over there.' she said picking her glasses off the floor and shoving them back on her face. Her eye was watering and it hurt. Sad face. 'And I think I'm going to have a black eye..'

She started to read through her book again when she heard a fire rustle. She slowly looked towards Evelyn, because she was scared at what she was doing now. 'Not the fire again!!' Perhaps this girl needed something much stronger than armadillo bile. 'Don't blow on it! Just turn down the flame!' Useless again. She wasn't listening and the desk caught on fire. 'Don't use your hand! Use your..wand..' Now Evelyn had boils too. Heehee. 'Are you okay!? Why did you do that!?'
Destiny put her hand to her forehead. Evelyn was crazy. Its official. 'Professsssssor! Evelyn burnt her hand!!' 'Maybe you can keep an eye on her too..'

TeafortheSoul · 11-08-2009, 01:09 AM

Knowing that she had to be quiet with her explanation, Celandine whispered in Chris' ear.

"Its my brother's. He's good at stuff. This stuff with the stuff." She pointed at various 'stuff' as she spoke. Cauldron. Ingredients. The instructions on the board. "There is a word for being smart. For having smarts. Inte... Intel..."

Cela!thinkingface!

She screwed her face up and put one finger on her temple.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

Knowing that she had to be quiet with her explanation, Celandine whispered in Chris' ear.

"Its my brother's. He's good at stuff. This stuff with the stuff." She pointed at various 'stuff' as she spoke. Cauldron. Ingredients. The instructions on the board. "There is a word for being smart. For having smarts. Inte... Intel..."

Cela!thinkingface!

She screwed her face up and put one finger on her temple.

Chris listened hard. "So your brother is...smart? Wow congrats, really that's good for you! Hmm" he sighed. "I wish we were smart."

"Ok well lets hope it helps us. Good book you will help us right?" he said softly petting the book's written on pages. He then looked at where Cela was pointing. "Oh that does look like a hard one. Intel..? There is that i sound after that. And then ja sound like jello! Yum I love Jello! and then ence like fence!" Wow he was getting it. "So what is it all together?"

TeafortheSoul · 11-08-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris listened hard. "So your brother is...smart? Wow congrats, really that's good for you! Hmm" he sighed. "I wish we were smart."

"Ok well lets hope it helps us. Good book you will help us right?" he said softly petting the book's written on pages. He then looked at where Cela was pointing. "Oh that does look like a hard one. Intel..? There is that i sound after that. And then ja sound like jello! Yum I love Jello! and then ence like fence!" Wow he was getting it. "So what is it all together?"

Outrage crossed Cela's face.

"I am! I am! The smartest! In the whole school! I am! Its me! ME! The smartest!"

Flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail.

Of all the possible poisons Cela had to get, why did it have to be one that dumbed her down?

"Intelligence." Celandine answered abruptly, putting it all together with obvious triumph in her tone. "I has it."

She jutted her chin out and crossed her arms across her chest. "Tell me I'm the smartest." She demanded, needing to hear it because she did not FEEL smart right then. It was horrible!

Fira · 11-08-2009, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TSnitch

"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.

Ingredient:

"I can't decide on the last two. How are you doing?" Tori sighed looking down at her paper, disappointed.

Josh looked up from his parchment work and ''Tori, Tori, Tori...'' repeated many times with a smirk ''Nice to know ya. And you are a good observer. I'm trying to relax but it just feels impossible in...'' his eyes moved around the dungeon class ''...here. I don't know why but i just hate being here. Hopefully i'm not a Slytherin otherwise i'd definitely freak out. ''And as she mentioned the work he had a quick glance at her parchment. ''These are good. And...'' he snatched his parchment which had a #3 on and showed it to her. ''...i could find these.''

SPOILER!!: Josh's Parchment

''At least we have made 6 together.'' He laughed and glanced some to the direction where Rose was sitting wondering what she was up to. She seemed to have managed that parchment thing quite easily. He wanted to say something, anything to her but kept his mouth shut as the professor started to speak.

'What! Poisoned' Josh snorted as this should have been a big trick. Of course he'd not poison them and let them die if they did not show the skills to brew the antidote well. No professor would do this. He was so sure that the potions master was joking so he even did not listen to what number 3 would do to him. ''This is funny'' he whispered to Tori but also realised that the most of the class were freaking out about being poisoned. Was Rose too? He gazed at there again and yes, she looked worried as well. So well, he was going to brew it to relieve her. 'Let's see the ingredients'

Quintessence

Please note that this is 'recipe' for quintessence is only valid with today's potions. Do not mistakenly believe this to be a standard 'base' for all antidotes, as each poison has its own unique quintessence.

3 ounces purified water
3 doxy eggs, whole
2 ounces horned toad innards, chopped
twelve sprigs fluxweed, crushed to a fine powder

Bring all ingredients to a brisk boil; lower to a simmer.
Slowly add the mystery ingredients that will resolve the poison you have ingested.
Return to a boil until mixture becomes thick and syrupy.
Lower temperature and allow to simmer.

Check your parchment using sperevelio to see if you created the correct antidote based upon your symptoms.

GOOD LUCK! If you run into trouble, raise your hand.

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"Stupid...fire...OW!" She left her hand in the flames for too long and burnt herself, buuuut the fire did go out eventually. Her hand was surely going to blister now...But on the other hand, the fire heating the cauldron was now smaller so the potion wasn't boiling anymore. Hurray!

''Hmm okay'' while slowly and carefully he started to take his potions stuff out the potions kit, he was not even aware that his uneasiness about being in the dungeon was gone. He was feeling quite relax but...empty? and a weird feeling of... hatred or bitterness or sadness? He looked up again towards Rose for a reason which was unknown to him and snorted again ''Nah!'' he said with an arrogant manner ''Who cares about the stupid girl. I'll brew the best for myself and it will be only me who'll be alive at the end.'' he laughed angrily and stood up shouting at Rose who was complaining about fire ''HEY EVELYN! EVELYN! GUESS WHAT? YOU WILL BE DYING AT THE END OF THIS CLASS!'' he kept laughing teasingly and sat down to get busy with the potion.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

Outrage crossed Cela's face.

"I am! I am! The smartest! In the whole school! I am! Its me! ME! The smartest!"

Flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail.

Of all the possible poisons Cela had to get, why did it have to be one that dumbed her down?

"Intelligence." Celandine answered abruptly, putting it all together with obvious triumph in her tone. "I has it."

She jutted her chin out and crossed her arms across her chest. "Tell me I'm the smartest." She demanded, needing to hear it because she did not FEEL smart right then. It was horrible!

Chris looked at Cela as she lost it. She needed to know the truth about how smart she was and Chris was going to help her. "Cela, calm down." he said patting her on the shoulder with as much friendly tones in his voice as possible. "Im here for you. You are without a doubt the smarterest girl in the school! I know you is. You showed me the book with your brothers wrinting in it. You are intel..intelligent!" he said it right!

TeafortheSoul · 11-08-2009, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris looked at Cela as she lost it. She needed to know the truth about how smart she was and Chris was going to help her. "Cela, calm down." he said patting her on the shoulder with as much friendly tones in his voice as possible. "Im here for you. You are without a doubt the smarterest girl in the school! I know you is. You showed me the book with your brothers wrinting in it. You are intel..intelligent!" he said it right!

"I'm the smartest out of all the girls and all the boys. The boys too." She stared him down. "The boys too."

Intelligent.

Intelligence.

Cela wanted her Intelligence back. It was like it was still there but she didn't know how to use it anymore.

She flipped to the back of the book.

"Index." she announced to Chris, because she was smarter and she needed to teach him stuff so he could be smart too and stuff.

"Intelligence!" She said triumphant once more. She stabbed at the word and eyed the page numbers listed next to it. She was good with numbers. She was. She knew what they looked like and stuff. "One four four." She told Chris and flipped to that page.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

"I'm the smartest out of all the girls and all the boys. The boys too." She stared him down. "The boys too."

Intelligent.

Intelligence.

Cela wanted her Intelligence back. It was like it was still there but she didn't know how to use it anymore.

She flipped to the back of the book.

"Index." she announced to Chris, because she was smarter and she needed to teach him stuff so he could be smart too and stuff.

"Intelligence!" She said triumphant once more. She stabbed at the word and eyed the page numbers listed next to it. She was good with numbers. She was. She knew what they looked like and stuff. "One four four." She told Chris and flipped to that page.

Chris looked over Cela's shoulder as she pointed in the index. "Yes you are smarterer that the boy's Cela. You are a great teacher. You are way smarter than I am." he nodded with a grin.

"Page number one four four? Numbers go that high?!" he shook his head. "You defiantely are smart, Cela." he watched as she tured to that page. "Thats alot of words!" He then saw the Inteligence word. "There it is!" he said pointing at it and jumping excitedly. He began to read it. "Accortering to Ayu...rve..daaaa the intelligence is a tri...add of three powers of the mind - the akquisitionen, the reteeention and the recollect...ion." He was proud of himself. He pointed at it.

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Cela's Book
According to Ayurveda the intelligence is a triad of three powers of the mind - the acquisition, the retention and the recollection.

TeafortheSoul · 11-08-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris looked over Cela's shoulder as she pointed in the index. "Yes you are smarterer that the boy's Cela. You are a great teacher. You are way smarter than I am." he nodded with a grin.

"Page number one four four? Numbers go that high?!" he shook his head. "You defiantely are smart, Cela." he watched as she tured to that page. "Thats alot of words!" He then saw the Inteligence word. "There it is!" he said pointing at it and jumping excitedly. He began to read it. "Accortering to Ayu...rve..daaaa the intelligence is a tri...add of three powers of the mind - the akquisitionen, the reteeention and the recollect...ion." He was proud of himself. He pointed at it.

STARE.

Whatdidthatallmean?

Celandine beamed at Chris though, for saying she was smarter and stuff. She read out some of the bit under the bit that Chris was pointing at and saying and stuff.

"The power of ack... a quiz? ack-wizz-ish- un, it is the... capacity to grasp some topic or something new. It is the capacity to understand or... Anna lies?"

O_O She does?

Cela kept reading.

"The power of ree-ten-shun, It is the capactity, capacity means what a thing can hold," Cela told Chris in an important I-am-so-smart voice. "It is the capacity to retain what has been grasssssed or understood. This capacity also deals with short term memory."

Short term.

She struggled on.

"The power of re-collect-shun this is the capacity to reeee treeeeve the information after some time. It can be compared to long term memory!"

YAY!

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1. The Power of Acquisition: It is the capacity to grasp some topic or something new. It is the capacity to understand or analyze.
2. The Power of Retention: It is the capacity to retain what has been grasped or understood. This capacity also deals with short-term memory.
3. The Power of Recollection: This is the capacity to retrieve the information after some time. It can be compared to long-term memory.

In Nico's precise handwriting, there were more notes scribbled under the heading of but the words and stuff were too confusing and stuff.

Roselyn · 11-08-2009, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny just watched as Evelyn emptied her bag all over the table and caused a book to hit her right in the face, knocking her glasses right off and onto the floor. 'Yeah, the armadillo bile is on them shelves, over there.' she said picking her glasses off the floor and shoving them back on her face. Her eye was watering and it hurt. Sad face. 'And I think I'm going to have a black eye..'

She started to read through her book again when she heard a fire rustle. She slowly looked towards Evelyn, because she was scared at what she was doing now. 'Not the fire again!!' Perhaps this girl needed something much stronger than armadillo bile. 'Don't blow on it! Just turn down the flame!' Useless again. She wasn't listening and the desk caught on fire. 'Don't use your hand! Use your..wand..' Now Evelyn had boils too. Heehee. 'Are you okay!? Why did you do that!?'
Destiny put her hand to her forehead. Evelyn was crazy. Its official. 'Professsssssor! Evelyn burnt her hand!!' 'Maybe you can keep an eye on her too..'

Evelyn ignored the black eye comment and waved Destiny off when she called for the professor. "I'm fine. I'm fine." she said as if singing the words, still gripping onto the table and sitting down on the stool. 'Okays...' she thought, bringing the book closer to her. 'What's do I's needs for this symptoms stuffs?'

Humming a happy tune, she looked at her simmering potion again only to notice her black and gold quill sticking out of it halfway. "Ewww..." Pulling the quill out and watching the stuff drip down onto the desk, she was just about to set it down so she could read the rest of the book when...

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

''Hmm okay'' while slowly and carefully he started to take his potions stuff out the potions kit, he was not even aware that his uneasiness about being in the dungeon was gone. He was feeling quite relax but...empty? and a weird feeling of... hatred or bitterness or sadness? He looked up again towards Rose for a reason which was unknown to him and snorted again ''Nah!'' he said with an arrogant manner ''Who cares about the stupid girl. I'll brew the best for myself and it will be only me who'll be alive at the end.'' he laughed angrily and stood up shouting at Rose who was complaining about fire ''HEY EVELYN! EVELYN! GUESS WHAT? YOU WILL BE DYING AT THE END OF THIS CLASS!'' he kept laughing teasingly and sat down to get busy with the potion.

Turning around when hearing the horrible words that she was going to die, she scoffed when she noticed Josh was the one saying it, but then giggled. "OH YEA?! I BET YOU DIE FIRST!" she yelled back, throwing the potion covered quill at him. 'Take that Mr. Meany!' *GiggleSnort*

Though she made the mistake of letting go of the table and she began to levitate. Grabbing hold of the stool, which made no help whatsoever since the stool just rose up with her, her legs flailing in the air, knocking stuff over until she stuck her feet out and hooked them under the table, making her just hover in the air.
"Destiny! HEY DESTINY!" Laugh. "Look LOOK!"

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

STARE.

Whatdidthatallmean?

Celandine beamed at Chris though, for saying she was smarter and stuff. She read out some of the bit under the bit that Chris was pointing at and saying and stuff.

"The power of ack... a quiz? ack-wizz-ish- un, it is the... capacity to grasp some topic or something new. It is the capacity to understand or... Anna lies?"

O_O She does?

Cela kept reading.

"The power of ree-ten-shun, It is the capactity, capacity means what a thing can hold," Cela told Chris in an important I-am-so-smart voice. "It is the capacity to retain what has been grasssssed or understood. This capacity also deals with short term memory."

Short term.

She struggled on.

"The power of re-collect-shun this is the capacity to reeee treeeeve the information after some time. It can be compared to long term memory!"

YAY!

In Nico's precise handwriting, there were more notes scribbled under the heading of but the words and stuff were too confusing and stuff.

Chris looked at Cela. "We are doing so good! So what you read means different types of smarts?"

"Ok I am going to read the next stuff!" he found something a few lines down from what she read. "A..yurveeeeda presents a...yurveeeeed..ic herbs information and the he alth
and the dis ease according to three hu..mors - Vata, Pitta and Kap..ha. The Pitta humor is responsible for ac..quisi..tion and in memory. Kap..ha factor is responsible for re..tent..ion and stabi...lizing that infor..mation." breath! He nodded as if it made sense, maybe Cela the smart one would know.

He pointed towards her brother's notes so she could read:

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Ayurvedic Herbs Information For Intelligence Or Memory Promoting Plants:

Ayurveda presents ayurvedic herbs information and the health
and the disease according to three humors - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The Pitta humor is responsible for acquisition and in memory. Kapha factor is responsible for retention and stabilizing that information

Fira · 11-08-2009, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

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Turning around when hearing the horrible words that she was going to die, she scoffed when she noticed Josh was the one saying it, but then giggled. "OH YEA?! I BET YOU DIE FIRST!" she yelled back, throwing the potion covered quill at him. 'Take that Mr. Meany!' *GiggleSnort*

Though she made the mistake of letting go of the table and she began to levitate. Grabbing hold of the stool, which made no help whatsoever since the stool just rose up with her, her legs flailing in the air, knocking stuff over until she stuck her feet out and hooked them under the table, making her just hover in the air.
"Destiny! HEY DESTINY!" Laugh. "Look LOOK!"

Josh was nealy done with filling his cauldon 3 ounces of water which was purified when he heard Evelyn shout back. At first he laughed hysterically at her when he was she was levitating but felt an immediate anger when he poured some of water out as he tried to dodge her quill . ''HA HA HA! IDIOT! YOU EVEN DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMAIN ON YOUR SEAT GIRLY, IMAGINE KILLING ME!''.Though he tried to look like he was teasing her, for some reason he was extemely furious. Breathing from his nostrils he took few doxy eggs and rougly threw them into the cauldron turning on his desk to look for those stupid fluxweed.

Destiny · 11-08-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

Evelyn ignored the black eye comment and waved Destiny off when she called for the professor. "I'm fine. I'm fine." she said as if singing the words, still gripping onto the table and sitting down on the stool. 'Okays...' she thought, bringing the book closer to her. 'What's do I's needs for this symptoms stuffs?'

Humming a happy tune, she looked at her simmering potion again only to notice her black and gold quill sticking out of it halfway. "Ewww..." Pulling the quill out and watching the stuff drip down onto the desk, she was just about to set it down so she could read the rest of the book when...

Turning around when hearing the horrible words that she was going to die, she scoffed when she noticed Josh was the one saying it, but then giggled. "OH YEA?! I BET YOU DIE FIRST!" she yelled back, throwing the potion covered quill at him. 'Take that Mr. Meany!' *GiggleSnort*

Though she made the mistake of letting go of the table and she began to levitate. Grabbing hold of the stool, which made no help whatsoever since the stool just rose up with her, her legs flailing in the air, knocking stuff over until she stuck her feet out and hooked them under the table, making her just hover in the air.
"Destiny! HEY DESTINY!" Laugh. "Look LOOK!"

Oh for the love of Merlin. She was soooo glad she only had physical effects, not mental effects. *stare at Evelyn*

She ignored the yelling between Josh and Evelyn, because well no one was going to die. But then Evelyn threw a quill at him. 'You're going to poke someone's eye out!' And it will probably be Destiny's. She would have a black eye and a no eye. Nice..

Flailing legs!! Destiny just barely dodged Evelyn as she kicked her legs about. She ducked under the table, which made all her feathers rustle. 'I can see! I can see! Just don't drop the stool!' she called out from under the table. Slowly coming out from underneath it, she grabbed the legs of the stool and pulled Evelyn down. 'Don't let go of the table anymore!' She sat back down on her own stool and flipped through her book again. Just waiting for Evelyn to do something else.

TeafortheSoul · 11-08-2009, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris looked at Cela. "We are doing so good! So what you read means different types of smarts?"

"Ok I am going to read the next stuff!" he found something a few lines down from what she read. "A..yurveeeeda presents a...yurveeeeed..ic herbs information and the he alth
and the dis ease according to three hu..mors - Vata, Pitta and Kap..ha. The Pitta humor is responsible for ac..quisi..tion and in memory. Kap..ha factor is responsible for re..tent..ion and stabi...lizing that infor..mation." breath! He nodded as if it made sense, maybe Cela the smart one would know.

He pointed towards her brother's notes so she could read:

"Different parts of... what makes a smart person smart." Celandine agreed as if she knew toooootally what she was talking about.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

She nodded thoughtfully at what Chris read.

"Humours. I wonder who is the funniest? Vata, Pitta or Kapha?"

There was a list on the page of various herbs and stuff, with added notes neatly written alongside them.

"So herbs that are funny like Pitta or Kapha help make you smarter?" Celandine asked rhetorically, her head on one side and skimmed over some more.

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Both types of herbs that act through Pitta or Kapha are found to help in Intelligence. Some of the herbs are having sweet taste, sweet vipaka and cold active principle. These act through Kapha principle. Another type of herbs are bitter in taste and hot in active principle. They act through Pitta principle.

"If it is sweet with cold active... what? Who cares, I like sweet things."

She looked at the list of herbs uncomprehendingly and it wasn't until she saw the additions that Nico had made that she recognised one which she had in dried form in the potions kit he'd gotten her.

"Water hyssop!"

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Yastimadhu (Liquorice or Licorice).
Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia)
Shankhapushpi (Convolulis pluricaulis)
Mandukaparni (Centella asiatica)
Brahmi (Bacopa or Bacopa monnieri, Water hyssop)
Vacha (Sweet flag or Acorus calamus)
Apamarga (Prickly Chaff flower or Achyranthes aspera)
Vidanga (Embelia ribes)
Haritaki (Chebulic myrobalan or Terminalia chebula)
Kustha (Kuth or Costus or Saussurea lappa)
Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus).

There had to be something more detailed about that in this book! Celandine shoved it at Chris. "You look for stuff on Water Hyssop and I'll get it out of my kit and we'll be smart!"

TSnitch · 11-08-2009, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Josh looked up from his parchment work and ''Tori, Tori, Tori...'' repeated many times with a smirk ''Nice to know ya. And you are a good observer. I'm trying to relax but it just feels impossible in...'' his eyes moved around the dungeon class ''...here. I don't know why but i just hate being here. Hopefully i'm not a Slytherin otherwise i'd definitely freak out. ''And as she mentioned the work he had a quick glance at her parchment. ''These are good. And...'' he snatched his parchment which had a #3 on and showed it to her. ''...i could find these.''

SPOILER!!: Josh's Parchment

''At least we have made 6 together.'' He laughed and glanced some to the direction where Rose was sitting wondering what she was up to. She seemed to have managed that parchment thing quite easily. He wanted to say something, anything to her but kept his mouth shut as the professor started to speak.

'What! Poisoned' Josh snorted as this should have been a big trick. Of course he'd not poison them and let them die if they did not show the skills to brew the antidote well. No professor would do this. He was so sure that the potions master was joking so he even did not listen to what number 3 would do to him. ''This is funny'' he whispered to Tori but also realised that the most of the class were freaking out about being poisoned. Was Rose too? He gazed at there again and yes, she looked worried as well. So well, he was going to brew it to relieve her. 'Let's see the ingredients'

Quintessence

Please note that this is 'recipe' for quintessence is only valid with today's potions. Do not mistakenly believe this to be a standard 'base' for all antidotes, as each poison has its own unique quintessence.

3 ounces purified water
3 doxy eggs, whole
2 ounces horned toad innards, chopped
twelve sprigs fluxweed, crushed to a fine powder

Bring all ingredients to a brisk boil; lower to a simmer.
Slowly add the mystery ingredients that will resolve the poison you have ingested.
Return to a boil until mixture becomes thick and syrupy.
Lower temperature and allow to simmer.

Check your parchment using sperevelio to see if you created the correct antidote based upon your symptoms.

GOOD LUCK! If you run into trouble, raise your hand.

''Hmm okay'' while slowly and carefully he started to take his potions stuff out the potions kit, he was not even aware that his uneasiness about being in the dungeon was gone. He was feeling quite relax but...empty? and a weird feeling of... hatred or bitterness or sadness? He looked up again towards Rose for a reason which was unknown to him and snorted again ''Nah!'' he said with an arrogant manner ''Who cares about the stupid girl. I'll brew the best for myself and it will be only me who'll be alive at the end.'' he laughed angrily and stood up shouting at Rose who was complaining about fire ''HEY EVELYN! EVELYN! GUESS WHAT? YOU WILL BE DYING AT THE END OF THIS CLASS!'' he kept laughing teasingly and sat down to get busy with the potion.

"Thanks. Yeah, I'm gonna get started." she replied smiling at him. As she started taking out her things and setting up, Tori suddenly realized that something was off about Josh,"Are you ok?" Tori said as she realized that she was fighting back something. Her composure was slowly but surely slipping away.She looked down at her parchment feeling angry." Why do we have to do this anyway? Why here? It's so creepy. It could use a complete makeover." Tori started complaining angrily."Wait, what am I saying?" She looked suspiciously at the parchment which she put down carefully on the table with equal suspicion.

turtle_lover_08 · 11-08-2009, 02:15 AM

Daisy looked at Mina...."What do you mean," she asked confused.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 11-08-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Celandine

"Different parts of... what makes a smart person smart." Celandine agreed as if she knew toooootally what she was talking about.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

She nodded thoughtfully at what Chris read.

"Humours. I wonder who is the funniest? Vata, Pitta or Kapha?"

There was a list on the page of various herbs and stuff, with added notes neatly written alongside them.

"So herbs that are funny like Pitta or Kapha help make you smarter?" Celandine asked rhetorically, her head on one side and skimmed over some more.

"If it is sweet with cold active... what? Who cares, I like sweet things."

She looked at the list of herbs uncomprehendingly and it wasn't until she saw the additions that Nico had made that she recognised one which she had in dried form in the potions kit he'd gotten her.

"Water hyssop!"

There had to be something more detailed about that in this book! Celandine shoved it at Chris. "You look for stuff on Water Hyssop and I'll get it out of my kit and we'll be smart!"

Chris listened. "Well I wonder how we find out which one is funniest. Do they tell jokes?!" he asked getting excited. He then watched as the smartest person he knew got an idea. "What is it Cela? Hyssop!!! Get it! Get it!" he cheered flipping to the index for the word. "Page two five three." he went to it and read. "It is the main revital..izing he..rb for the nerv.ees and the braain cells. It incree ases intelligence, longe vity, circul ation in the brrrrain and improves both short term & long term memory."

He pointed at it as he waited for her to return with the smart herb.:

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It is the main revitalizing herb for the nerves and the brain cells. It increases intelligence, longevity, circulation in the brain & improves both short term & long term memory;

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Roselyn · 11-08-2009, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Josh was nealy done with filling his cauldon 3 ounces of water which was purified when he heard Evelyn shout back. At first he laughed hysterically at her when he was she was levitating but felt an immediate anger when he poured some of water out as he tried to dodge her quill . ''HA HA HA! IDIOT! YOU EVEN DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMAIN ON YOUR SEAT GIRLY, IMAGINE KILLING ME!''.Though he tried to look like he was teasing her, for some reason he was extemely furious. Breathing from his nostrils he took few doxy eggs and rougly threw them into the cauldron turning on his desk to look for those stupid fluxweed.

"WELL AT LEAST I TALK PROPEEERLY!" she sang back, laughing again. Oh wow was she getting tired of laughing or what! Or finding everything funny for that matter... In the back of her mind, Evelyn was finding his words quite insulting, but all she could do was laugh. And laugh she did...

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Oh for the love of Merlin. She was soooo glad she only had physical effects, not mental effects. *stare at Evelyn*

She ignored the yelling between Josh and Evelyn, because well no one was going to die. But then Evelyn threw a quill at him. 'You're going to poke someone's eye out!' And it will probably be Destiny's. She would have a black eye and a no eye. Nice..

Flailing legs!! Destiny just barely dodged Evelyn as she kicked her legs about. She ducked under the table, which made all her feathers rustle. 'I can see! I can see! Just don't drop the stool!' she called out from under the table. Slowly coming out from underneath it, she grabbed the legs of the stool and pulled Evelyn down. 'Don't let go of the table anymore!' She sat back down on her own stool and flipped through her book again. Just waiting for Evelyn to do something else.

"What? Drop the stool?" Evelyn asked Destiny, confused for a moment. 'If i drop the stool I might go all the way up to the ceiling and disappear! Why does she want me to do that?' she thought, but then noticed she was lowering back to the ground. Nodding when she heard to not let go of the table, she grabbed onto it as if hers and everyone else's life depended on it.

Hesitantly, she raised one hand off of the table and scooted her book closer, turning the pages and started to hum a random happy song again. 'Hmm, so I'm happy *giggle*, and I levitate *snort* aaaaannnd... I think that's all...do I have anything else wrong with me?' Turning to look at Destiny, frowning and confused, she broke out into a grin before speaking. "Destiny! Psssst." Evelyn leaned in closer. "What else is wrong with me?"

Fira · 11-08-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TSnitch

"Thanks. Yeah, I'm gonna get started." she replied smiling at him. As she started taking out her things and setting up, Tori suddenly realized that something was off about Josh,"Are you ok?" Tori said as she realized that she was fighting back something. Her composure was slowly but surely slipping away.She looked down at her parchment feeling angry." Why do we have to do this anyway? Why here? It's so creepy. It could use a complete makeover." Tori started complaining angrily."Wait, what am I saying?" She looked suspiciously at the parchment which she put down carefully on the table with equal suspicion.

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Originally Posted by individual

"WELL AT LEAST I TALK PROPEEERLY!" she sang back, laughing again. Oh wow was she getting tired of laughing or what! Or finding everything funny for that matter... In the back of her mind, Evelyn was finding his words quite insulting, but all she could do was laugh. And laugh she did...

''Do i look like i am?'' Josh snapped at Tori but felt guilty about everything in a sudden. What was he doing? Why did he yell at Rose? He wanted her to die! He called her an idiot! Nooooo! That was a nightmare! He had to be quick to brew that potion before he could do or say anything wrong again. Looking devastated as he grabbed the fluxweed ''Help me, please'' he pleaded Tori who, however, did not look as normal as when he met her since she was furiously complaining.

Then he heard the familiar voice again which made blood rush to his brain and he galred at her evilly though his insides were trying to stop himself. ''HOW DARE YOU INSULTING ME!'' 'No stop she did not insult you, idiot! Stop it' ''NOW THEN LISTEN TO THIS...'' he coughed some to clear his throat and began to crush the fluxweed harsly with each of his words ''I - HATE - THE - DAY - I - KISSED - YOU. IT - WAS - DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING!'' What! He just did the ultimate sin. He bit his tongue to stop himself which hurt a lot and caused him to spread some crushed fluxweed off the table.

Destiny · 11-08-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

"WELL AT LEAST I TALK PROPEEERLY!" she sang back, laughing again. Oh wow was she getting tired of laughing or what! Or finding everything funny for that matter... In the back of her mind, Evelyn was finding his words quite insulting, but all she could do was laugh. And laugh she did...

"What? Drop the stool?" Evelyn asked Destiny, confused for a moment. 'If i drop the stool I might go all the way up to the ceiling and disappear! Why does she want me to do that?' she thought, but then noticed she was lowering back to the ground. Nodding when she heard to not let go of the table, she grabbed onto it as if hers and everyone else's life depended on it.

Hesitantly, she raised one hand off of the table and scooted her book closer, turning the pages and started to hum a random happy song again. 'Hmm, so I'm happy *giggle*, and I levitate *snort* aaaaannnd... I think that's all...do I have anything else wrong with me?' Turning to look at Destiny, frowning and confused, she broke out into a grin before speaking. "Destiny! Psssst." Evelyn leaned in closer. "What else is wrong with me?"

Destiny quickly put her hands over her head when Evelyn was calling her. She thought maybe something was going to hit her. No, she just asked a question. 'Phew.'
'You mean besides being happy and flying? Well your hand is burned. You should add murtlap. That should help.' And the healer comes out in Destiny. 'Do you know what else to put in?' It was probably no use asking her that question.

Cassirin · 11-08-2009, 02:50 AM

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Quintessence

Please note that this is 'recipe' for quintessence is only valid with today's potions. Do not mistakenly believe this to be a standard 'base' for all antidotes, as each poison has its own unique quintessence.

3 ounces purified water
3 doxy eggs, whole
2 ounces horned toad innards, chopped
twelve sprigs fluxweed, crushed to a fine powder

Bring all ingredients to a brisk boil; lower to a simmer.
Slowly add the mystery ingredients that will resolve the poison you have ingested.
Return to a boil until mixture becomes thick and syrupy.
Lower temperature and allow to simmer.

Check your parchment using sperevelio to see if you created the correct antidote based upon your symptoms.

GOOD LUCK! If you run into trouble, raise your hand.

Four? FOUR! That wasn't good. Copernicus gathered his ingredients and glared at the number sitting at the top of his parchment. It was grossly unfair to have mental issues while trying to brew a potion. By the time his symptoms presented, he could be so incapacitated that he would be unable to brew his potion.

Copernicus carefully gathered the ingredients for the Quintessence, pausing often to gauge how he felt. Not like he'd be able to feel himself slowly going mad or whatever it was.

Water. Doxy eggs. Horned toad innards. Fluxweed. He put them in neat lines on his workspace and brought his cauldron to a boil.

He blinked. Ohhhh, hey. Potions class. Wonder what they'd be studying today. Copernicus glanced blankly at his cauldron, wondering why the fire was already lit.

XanaSnape · 11-08-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrs_Molly_Weasley

Becca nodded, not bothering to look up from her work at Professor Kazi. Okay, I can do this!! I can do this!! She told herself Again, Becca raised her hand, while still brewing the potion. "Professor, can I have a hint as to whether this potion is common or dis-no non common. Also, do you have any antidotes at the ready? because I feel I may mess up big time, I mean, I'm seeing about 5 cauldrons right now!", she said, blinking her eyes rapidly. Goodness- what was she going to do with herself!!

"It's not something found in your everyday garden..." Kazimeriz smirked. "But you will find the ingredients you need all in the regular potions supplies here in the classroom. As to regular antidotes... well, where would be the motivation if you did not have to save your own hides?"

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Originally Posted by turtle_lover_08

Daisy walked into the classroom nervously....first time she had talked to anyone in over a year....the person she really wanted to talk to is her twin sister Delilah....

Kazimeriz raised an eyebrow at the latecomer. "Take a seat and get to work; you are late and lucky I am in a good mood, or I might take points."

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Originally Posted by HannahLongbottom

Lorcan set about starting to brew the base potion, starting to feel really annoyed. What sort of irresponsible old fool poisons his pupils? He looked around and noticed that one of the older boys was crying. He made a small tutting noise under his breathe and accidentally cut his thumb with the knife he had been using. Managing not to swear some how, Lorcan stuck up his hand. "SIR" he shouted "I've cut my thumb, deeply." He wrapped it in his handkerchief and started flicking through the book for some idea of what to add to is antidote.

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Originally Posted by HannahLongbottom

Lorcan strode towards the cry baby, who must have been at least a fourth year. Pulling himself up to his full five feet, he stuck his thumb under the cry baby's nose, pulling off the handkerchief. "Fancy a look then." he shouted, "so you can stop staring at me?" He watched the cry baby's face for his reaction as blood started to run down his thumb and into his palm.

"That is enough of that. Five points to whomever can be the first to perform a successful episkey charm on this student's thumb."

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny was starting to panic. She couldn't find anything in the text to get rid of wings and feathers. They had already figured out how to get rid of boils. 'A calming ingredient would be good and I was thinking of the shrinking solution too. Leeches would be perfect.' She flipped to the text about leeches. 'It says leech juice for the shrinking solution. So do we squeeze the juice outta them?' Eww that is so gross. 'Maybe we could throw a rat spleen in instead?' Destiny didn't want to squeeze no leeches. She was just about to say something else when..

'Evelyn! Your book is on fire! Don't throw it on..the..floor..' Oh, well nevermind that seemed to actually work. This class was crazy. And so was Evelyn. 'Yessssss I saaaaaw it.' she said dragging her words out. 'And what if my feather caught on fire.' That would've been bad. Destiny reached over the table to grab Evelyn's knife that she was practically leaning on. 'Right, I'm just going to move this, before you hurt yourself. I think maybe you should use armadillo bile. Its supposed to sharpen your wit.' She really needed that like now.

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Originally Posted by Danae

Delana was extatic, finally time to make a potion! She was in love with the class already. Sure, she'd just been poisoned by her professor, but at this point she was too excited to care. "hmm... emotional changes? Really? Merlin's been good to me, I can probably handle emotions better than the others." She thought to herself while setting out ingredients. ...

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"Just about time to add the new ingredients.. still no effects." Delana picked up her paper again, double-checking that she indeed had a 3. Yeah, it was right, she was not mistaken. Carefully, she organized all her ingredients by what emotional effects they had. She had one for everything. Whatever she encountered, she could deal with. Having everything set out, she still felt fine.... She sat waiting for a few more minutes. "... Maybe I should ask the Professor?" she began to worry, "I'd sooner eat toads than be killed while trying to make a simple antidote! And on my first day of potions no less!... but then again, I wasn't feeling all that joyful to begin with... so maybe my poison made me happy? That way I wouldn't feel anything... right??"... She tried to convice herself, tried to make sense of this. "Maybe I didn't touch the paper enough...?

"Professor? She called, raising her hand, "Professor can you help me? I think something is wrong..."

"Certainly... what assistance do you need?" Kazimeriz asked.

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny just watched as Evelyn emptied her bag all over the table and caused a book to hit her right in the face, knocking her glasses right off and onto the floor. 'Yeah, the armadillo bile is on them shelves, over there.' she said picking her glasses off the floor and shoving them back on her face. Her eye was watering and it hurt. Sad face. 'And I think I'm going to have a black eye..'

She started to read through her book again when she heard a fire rustle. She slowly looked towards Evelyn, because she was scared at what she was doing now. 'Not the fire again!!' Perhaps this girl needed something much stronger than armadillo bile. 'Don't blow on it! Just turn down the flame!' Useless again. She wasn't listening and the desk caught on fire. 'Don't use your hand! Use your..wand..' Now Evelyn had boils too. Heehee. 'Are you okay!? Why did you do that!?'
Destiny put her hand to her forehead. Evelyn was crazy. Its official. 'Professsssssor! Evelyn burnt her hand!!' 'Maybe you can keep an eye on her too..'

Kazimeriz's attention was temporarily drawn away by a student's shout. "Merlin in short pants riding a unicycle!" he said, quickly drawing his wand and extinguishing the flames. "Keep your flame under your cauldron. If it gets out of hand again there will be a points deduction." He looked at the burned girl. "Come here; I have some salve that will treat your burn."

Summoning a jar of burn salve, he turned his eyes back to the other girl who had requested his help. "As you were saying?"

Cassirin · 11-08-2009, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"That is enough of that. Five points to whomever can be the first to perform a successful episkey charm on this student's thumb."

Oh, heeeeeeeeeeey. That sounded familiar! Copernicus raised his hand, and then blinked in surprise to see his hand in the air. What was it DOING up there? Waving? Waving.

He waved at the man at the front of the room. Heeeeeey, Mr. Old Guy.

And then he spotted the girl who was bleeding. "You're bleeding," he pointed at the girl from his seat and then quickly scooted her way. "I know a spell."

It took him a moment, at which time Cope promptly forgot what it was he was trying to remember. He spotted the girl who was bleeding again. "You're bleeding!" he said again. "I'll fix it. Episkey."

Roselyn · 11-08-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Then he heard the familiar voice again which made blood rush to his brain and he galred at her evilly though his insides were trying to stop himself. ''HOW DARE YOU INSULTING ME!'' 'No stop she did not insult you, idiot! Stop it' ''NOW THEN LISTEN TO THIS...'' he coughed some to clear his throat and began to crush the fluxweed harsly with each of his words ''I - HATE - THE - DAY - I - KISSED - YOU. IT - WAS - DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING!'' What! He just did the ultimate sin. He bit his tongue to stop himself which hurt a lot and caused him to spread some crushed fluxweed off the table.

Evelyn frowned for a moment, Josh's words ringing through her head. Her heart felt like it sunk to the bottom of the ocean, but all she could do...was laugh. She needed to make this antidote quickly. And he did too. Well, she thought that he was under some poison effect...she HOPED he was...

She couldn't think of anything to say to him, so she just kept quiet. No funny words or sing along sentences...

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny quickly put her hands over her head when Evelyn was calling her. She thought maybe something was going to hit her. No, she just asked a question. 'Phew.'
'You mean besides being happy and flying? Well your hand is burned. You should add murtlap. That should help.' And the healer comes out in Destiny. 'Do you know what else to put in?' It was probably no use asking her that question.

"Pssshh, my hand is fine." she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, holding out her hand. Well it was definitely red and starting to blister..."Well it will be." Evelyn smiled again.

"Hmmm, what else do I put in it?" She thought it over for a moment, before becoming unsure of what she was talking about. "I don't know. I get confused a lot. I think..." she said, scratching her head and thinking again.

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

Kazimeriz's attention was temporarily drawn away by a student's shout. "Merlin in short pants riding a unicycle!" he said, quickly drawing his wand and extinguishing the flames. "Keep your flame under your cauldron. If it gets out of hand again there will be a points deduction." He looked at the burned girl. "Come here; I have some salve that will treat your burn."

Summoning a jar of burn salve, he turned his eyes back to the other girl who had requested his help. "As you were saying?"

"BUT PROFEESSSOOOOOR...my hand is fine!! SEE?" Moving her hand so the Professor could see it, which was still all red and blistery, she pouted for a moment before giggling. Evelyn loved fire, and if she could get away with it, she would've probably made the fire even bigger, but at the mention of losing points, she just sat on the stool, a laugh escaping her lips every now and then.

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