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Hecate had just returned from St Mungo's. She was very pale, and the bags under her eyes were dark and gray. Her lips were dry and she looked as if she'd lost weight.
The healers of the third floor were not happy that she'd released herself. But Hecate Lafay was not going to remain in that horrid hospital room. She'd gotten back a few moments ago and she was going to hold a class.
Even if it killed her.
She opened the door to the classroom and sat behind the desk.
ooc: This class will stay open for at least 72 hours (probably more.) Also thanks to Nixy! and AuroraQuinn for taking the picture of the Potions Classroom for me, and to Anna Banana for making it into a pretty graphic!
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Gary just frowned to see the ingredients that she wrote on the board. What's on Merlin's beard are them? Okay, maybe he would be familiar with some of them. But Kava kava? Calea... what? He just scratched his head and walked to the storeroom. The blonde guy grabbed all the things that will be need to make this potion.
1 cup of valerian root (check)
half a cup of Kava Kava (check)
1 deadly nightshade berry (check)
8 leaves of devil's weed (check)
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds (check)
1 poppy flower (check)
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi (check)
Good! He got all of the ingredients and now he walked back to his desk and waiting for the next instructions. See? Professor Lafay looked not very healthy today. Just hoped that she wouldn't pass out at the class.
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Her posture relaxed more when the professor caught herself from shouting. Once Lafay wrote up the ingredients, Louisa stared at the list for a moment, memorizing as much as she could and then headed with the other students to the storage. Usually the ingredients would be organized on their work tables, but now they had to take them to their tables. It was another proof that the Potions Mistress wasn't as well as she makes it out to be.
The Ravenclaw grabbed the containers of nightshade berry, devil's weed, and Poison Hemlock seeds first and to her table. Then back to take the poppy flower and the leaves of Calea Zacatechichi. Lastly she got the cup of valerian root and the other half of Kava Kava. With that her table was ready and she could write down her notes.
"Great... now." She said and wiped her mouth again.
Not good.
Sooo not good.
Class...
Right...
"Ingredients for the potion, go get them from storage." She pointed her wand at the board and the words appeared:
[list][*] 1 cup of valerian root[*] half a cup of Kava Kava[*] 1 deadly nightshade berry[*] 8 leaves of devil's weed[*] 1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds[*] 1 poppy flower[*] 10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
Well...wasn't class becoming more...interesting by the minute? Hmm. She didn't think Lafay seemed quite well enough to be teaching...she was drooling or something. It was weird, and it weirded Elliot out. Weren't adults supposed to be..immortal? They don't get sick...or have real lives, right?
Time for some POTIONS!! Ah, not that exciting, but at least Elliot wasn't horrible....or breaking things, by the looks of the rest of the class. People should really be more careful. She stood up from her chair, pushing it in slightly as she went to go get the ingredients...Merlin...there were some WEIRD things on the list...
Valerian root...the nightshade berry...where was the kava kava?! Oh...Elliot sifted around and found some..devil's weed, hemlock, a poppy, that strange leaf thing that Elliot didn't really know how to pronounce. Hmph.
She sat back down, hoping Beezus didn't cause Lafay too much trouble by breaking anything else. They were currently in FIRST PLACE and Ravenclaw BETTER keep it that way!
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Before Mrs. Snakey/Professor could answer her question, another, older Slytherin girl was answering it for her. Hello? Miss know-it-all, Seri was asking the Professor, not you, since when did Hogwarts let students become teaching assistants? But wait- the girl had a shiny badge! A really nice one with a 'P' on it. Seri wanted one- no, she NEEDED one. Seri had new-found respect for the girl, and wondered what 'P' stood for; Perfect student perhaps? Pleasant student? No, neither of them could be right. It didn't matter anyway, Seri just needed the badge. It could mean anything and she'd still wear it.
Anyway, this kid went on like the Professor about some water charm called Agua-something. Seri copied the girl, pointing her wand at the cauldron, ready to say the chant.. or whatever you called it. She needed to learn some proper-sounding magic words soon. Something that'd make her sound real intelligent. All her brothers would think- wait, know that she was smarter than them.
Clean her cauldron? "But I only bought it a few weeks ago in Diagon Alley, the place I bought it from seemed very clean." Seri protested, an eyebrow raised. She'd been assured it was of the finest quality too, but the salesman had seemed a bit off. Perhaps it was counterfeit? Maybe as soon as she tried to make a potion it would melt to the groud or something? That would be real cool! Seri sighed, knowing she would be forced to by the Snakey Lady if Shiny Badge Girl didn't. "And I suppose there's a charm for that? Or are high and mighty wizards actually capable of doing minor tasks magicless?" Was magicless a word? Seri didn't care. She could only assume wizards would find it completely and utterly, insanely impossible to do said task without their dear wands. Seri seemed to have a growing resentment for wands and spells of all kinds.
Had this girl been taught anything at home? As in, even one tiny, little detail? Sierra was raised in a pureblood family who used on magic at home. Nothing was done the Muggle way. She'd come to Hogwarts needing to learn, but...she'd at least had a basis to go by.
"That doesn't mean it's clean," she pointed out. "Dust can get inside, and so can...well, anything. Potions are mixes of many ingredients, and if there's just one little thing in there that doesn't belong, it could mess up the entire brew." She smirked at the girl. "Even cause it to explode." Heh.
"That's why she asked about the Five C's of Potion Making. Cleanliness is one," she added. She gestured toward the girl's cauldron. "Point your wand into it and say--Scourgify."
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"Great... now." She said and wiped her mouth again.
Not good.
Sooo not good.
Class...
Right...
"Ingredients for the potion, go get them from storage." She pointed her wand at the board and the words appeared:
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
Sierra watched her mother with a pair of concerned-looking eyes. She'd have to be Little Miss Helpful in this class whether she liked it or not. If she didn't, her mother would get too easily angered, and that's when the gray stuff... Well...yeah.
She left her table and went toward the storage to gather the ingredients she'd need. As she walked there, she passed by the elf. Horrid creature. Still, though, she had her mom to think about. "Beezley, please just go. Please," she said. "I'll look for the brooch when class lets out, but please just go now."
She gathered the materials then went back to her cauldron.
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Hecate began to feel her insides bubble, and she began trying to calm herself. "Leave. It. And. Get. Out!" She said getting very angry.
Beezley was frozen in place with a look of horror on her face. She shut her little elfish eyes tightly, preparing to be in so much trouble. Beezley shouldn't look for the brooch in classes anymore. Beezley had been such a bad, bad elf.
She was being told to get out, though, and get out she would do. She looked toward the group of students who'd tried to help her and who'd said nice things to her. Beezley would bake them extra cookies, she would.
"Yes, Missus. Beezley will leave now. Beezley has been a bad, bad elf," she said, bowing. She looked at the studentsies with a slight shine in her eyes then with a SNAP, she was gone.
Had this girl been taught anything at home? As in, even one tiny, little detail? Sierra was raised in a pureblood family who used on magic at home. Nothing was done the Muggle way. She'd come to Hogwarts needing to learn, but...she'd at least had a basis to go by.
"That doesn't mean it's clean," she pointed out. "Dust can get inside, and so can...well, anything. Potions are mixes of many ingredients, and if there's just one little thing in there that doesn't belong, it could mess up the entire brew." She smirked at the girl. "Even cause it to explode." Heh.
"That's why she asked about the Five C's of Potion Making. Cleanliness is one," she added. She gestured toward the girl's cauldron. "Point your wand into it and say--Scourgify."
Sierra watched her mother with a pair of concerned-looking eyes. She'd have to be Little Miss Helpful in this class whether she liked it or not. If she didn't, her mother would get too easily angered, and that's when the gray stuff... Well...yeah.
The kid seemed suprised she hardly knew any magic. Seri had thought there were loads of half-bloods and muggleborns, but of course a Slytherin would be so naïve as to think that all of their own must surely be purebloods to the highest degree? Apparently Shiny Bdage Child was one of those pureblood maniacs she had heard about... But she did have a shiny badge.
Ooooh, Seri kinda understood. "Its like when I got my ears pierced! And you have to put funny stuff on them to keep them clean and nice so you don't get infections!" Seri couldn't believe she hadn't made the comparison before, though she had had trouble putting that stuff on her ears for a couple weeks, so the idea of remembering to say this everytime she made a potion.. whatever. The ScaryLady would never notice if she 'forgot' to clean it out, and how would she prove anything?!
Explode? That sounded like something she and Lex could use. And also as a last resort for when they finally got round to breaking into Hadley'a office. Otherwise she'd use some kind of muggle trick with a hairpin. How James Bond. To satisfy the girl, Seri pointed her wand at the cauldron, and remembered the incantation; "Scourgify!" Seri said firmly. "Scourgify! Scourgify! Scourgify! See? DOESN'T WORK!" Seri huffed. What was it supposed to do anyway? Like, how would she know it worked? Would the cauldron suddenly turn a gleaming porcelain?
Apparently this kid was a goody-two shoes or very concerned about the Professors teaching skills.
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Originally Posted by Beezley
Beezley was frozen in place with a look of horror on her face. She shut her little elfish eyes tightly, preparing to be in so much trouble. Beezley shouldn't look for the brooch in classes anymore. Beezley had been such a bad, bad elf.
She was being told to get out, though, and get out she would do. She looked toward the group of students who'd tried to help her and who'd said nice things to her. Beezley would bake them extra cookies, she would.
"Yes, Missus. Beezley will leave now. Beezley has been a bad, bad elf," she said, bowing. She looked at the studentsies with a slight shine in her eyes then with a SNAP, she was gone.
"You're welcome," Vivi muttered sarcastically as she finished cleaning the mess the rude little elf had made and hadn't even stayed to clean herself. So much for no good deed going unpunished.
She quickly vanished the remaining spilled potion and broken glass with a murmured, "Evanesco", before returning to her heating cauldron.
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Originally Posted by Droo
Good. Someone would clean up the mess. "Till the neck, Miss Branxton. But you'll have to start over. I expect my students all clean their cauldrons as an extra precaution before they brew." She said to the seventh year.
It wasn't really a good moment to say something preposterous and stupid to one Genevieve Branxton, and yet the professor seemed determined to try her luck. Vivi was sorely tempted to toss her shoe at the woman, but considering the rather pleading looks coming from Louisa and her own decision to work on impulse control, Vivi opted instead for a pleasant (and scary) little smile and a tone of voice that was overly sweet if tightly controlled.
"I apologize, Professor. At Beauxbatons, Monsieur expected students to come to class with their equipment already cleaned and ready for immediate use. I'm happy to clean it again for you." Seriously, woman? Wasting their time making them reclean a cauldron that should have been cleaned and inspected prior to class? The bumbling idiot who forgot would have an exploded cauldron - a lesson that wouldn't soon be forgotten again.
With that same tight little smile, Vivi vanished the water from her cauldron, gave it the most cursory of cleaning spells, and refilled it to the brim with water. Anyone who knew her well would have been able to see the frustration and unhappiness in the tense lines of her body, but she didn't suppose anyone at this school did know her that well.
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Originally Posted by Lafay
"Ingredients for the potion, go get them from storage." She pointed her wand at the board and the words appeared:
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
Vivi spent some moments reading the board and recopying the list of ingredients before moving. Not only because she wanted to continue to work on impulse control, but because the rush at the cupboards would be dwindling by the time she got there.
Strange list of ingredients, all very dangerous on their own. And this was to be ingested? Or perhaps a topical application? Regardless, it had her wondering if the underclassmen would be expected to test their own potions.
Once the line cleared, Vivi made her way to the cupboard and carefully chose her ingredients based on the list in her hand. It was hard not to take more than she needed, but she was already pressing her luck as it was. No stealing from the professor today.
Back at her seat, Vivi set out her ingredients in a neat line before resuming her seat. She folded her hands in front of her and smiiiiiiled at the professor again.
Ethan copied down the ingredient list in his Potions journal, green eyes scanning the list again after he wrote. He had most of those items in his personal store as they were all herbological... he possessed all but the nightshade and hemlock. Nightshade and hemlock? The fifth year shot a tentative look to Lafay. Those were poisonous.. were they meant to ingest them? Still, he wasn't about to question her... yet. Besides, maybe they would have a different effect once brewed with the other ingredients. Potions had a funny way of doing that sometimes.
Once the crowd had thinned, the Ravenclaw made his way up to the cabinet. He gathered all of the ingredients, even those he already had. Why deplete his own supply when he was told to take from the storage anyway?
SPOILER!!: Potions Journal
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Laura listened to the Professor and then went and got the ingredience that the Professor had told them to get, it was whilst she was doing it she suddenly realised something, well she would just have to ask Professor Lafay a question, raising her hand Laura smiled at the Professor. "Will we be needing our wand Professor?" Yeah because there was a small problem if they did, one Professor Hadley had her wand and two it was broken and that was why Professor Hadley had the wand.
"Yes." Hecate said glaring at the annoying Hufflepuff girl.
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
Had this girl been taught anything at home? As in, even one tiny, little detail? Sierra was raised in a pureblood family who used on magic at home. Nothing was done the Muggle way. She'd come to Hogwarts needing to learn, but...she'd at least had a basis to go by.
"That doesn't mean it's clean," she pointed out. "Dust can get inside, and so can...well, anything. Potions are mixes of many ingredients, and if there's just one little thing in there that doesn't belong, it could mess up the entire brew." She smirked at the girl. "Even cause it to explode." Heh.
"That's why she asked about the Five C's of Potion Making. Cleanliness is one," she added. She gestured toward the girl's cauldron. "Point your wand into it and say--Scourgify."
Sierra watched her mother with a pair of concerned-looking eyes. She'd have to be Little Miss Helpful in this class whether she liked it or not. If she didn't, her mother would get too easily angered, and that's when the gray stuff... Well...yeah.
She left her table and went toward the storage to gather the ingredients she'd need. As she walked there, she passed by the elf. Horrid creature. Still, though, she had her mom to think about. "Beezley, please just go. Please," she said. "I'll look for the brooch when class lets out, but please just go now."
She gathered the materials then went back to her cauldron.
"Miss Greingoth, you will leave this classroom at the end of the lesson, as will everyone else." What was wrong with these kids!
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Originally Posted by Beezley
Beezley was frozen in place with a look of horror on her face. She shut her little elfish eyes tightly, preparing to be in so much trouble. Beezley shouldn't look for the brooch in classes anymore. Beezley had been such a bad, bad elf.
She was being told to get out, though, and get out she would do. She looked toward the group of students who'd tried to help her and who'd said nice things to her. Beezley would bake them extra cookies, she would.
"Yes, Missus. Beezley will leave now. Beezley has been a bad, bad elf," she said, bowing. She looked at the studentsies with a slight shine in her eyes then with a SNAP, she was gone.
"Finally..." she said watching the elf leave.
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Originally Posted by CherryBlossomRose
The kid seemed suprised she hardly knew any magic. Seri had thought there were loads of half-bloods and muggleborns, but of course a Slytherin would be so naïve as to think that all of their own must surely be purebloods to the highest degree? Apparently Shiny Bdage Child was one of those pureblood maniacs she had heard about... But she did have a shiny badge.
Ooooh, Seri kinda understood. "Its like when I got my ears pierced! And you have to put funny stuff on them to keep them clean and nice so you don't get infections!" Seri couldn't believe she hadn't made the comparison before, though she had had trouble putting that stuff on her ears for a couple weeks, so the idea of remembering to say this everytime she made a potion.. whatever. The ScaryLady would never notice if she 'forgot' to clean it out, and how would she prove anything?!
Explode? That sounded like something she and Lex could use. And also as a last resort for when they finally got round to breaking into Hadley'a office. Otherwise she'd use some kind of muggle trick with a hairpin. How James Bond. To satisfy the girl, Seri pointed her wand at the cauldron, and remembered the incantation; "Scourgify!" Seri said firmly. "Scourgify! Scourgify! Scourgify! See? DOESN'T WORK!" Seri huffed. What was it supposed to do anyway? Like, how would she know it worked? Would the cauldron suddenly turn a gleaming porcelain?
Apparently this kid was a goody-two shoes or very concerned about the Professors teaching skills.
"If you haven't learned simple charms yet, do not brew this potion. Sit behind your prefect, or an upper classmen, watch them and learn." Merlin's beard! These kids were getting worse and worse.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
"You're welcome," Vivi muttered sarcastically as she finished cleaning the mess the rude little elf had made and hadn't even stayed to clean herself. So much for no good deed going unpunished.
She quickly vanished the remaining spilled potion and broken glass with a murmured, "Evanesco", before returning to her heating cauldron.
It wasn't really a good moment to say something preposterous and stupid to one Genevieve Branxton, and yet the professor seemed determined to try her luck. Vivi was sorely tempted to toss her shoe at the woman, but considering the rather pleading looks coming from Louisa and her own decision to work on impulse control, Vivi opted instead for a pleasant (and scary) little smile and a tone of voice that was overly sweet if tightly controlled.
"I apologize, Professor. At Beauxbatons, Monsieur expected students to come to class with their equipment already cleaned and ready for immediate use. I'm happy to clean it again for you." Seriously, woman? Wasting their time making them reclean a cauldron that should have been cleaned and inspected prior to class? The bumbling idiot who forgot would have an exploded cauldron - a lesson that wouldn't soon be forgotten again.
With that same tight little smile, Vivi vanished the water from her cauldron, gave it the most cursory of cleaning spells, and refilled it to the brim with water. Anyone who knew her well would have been able to see the frustration and unhappiness in the tense lines of her body, but she didn't suppose anyone at this school did know her that well.
Vivi spent some moments reading the board and recopying the list of ingredients before moving. Not only because she wanted to continue to work on impulse control, but because the rush at the cupboards would be dwindling by the time she got there.
Strange list of ingredients, all very dangerous on their own. And this was to be ingested? Or perhaps a topical application? Regardless, it had her wondering if the underclassmen would be expected to test their own potions.
Once the line cleared, Vivi made her way to the cupboard and carefully chose her ingredients based on the list in her hand. It was hard not to take more than she needed, but she was already pressing her luck as it was. No stealing from the professor today.
Back at her seat, Vivi set out her ingredients in a neat line before resuming her seat. She folded her hands in front of her and smiiiiiiled at the professor again.
She turned to the child and glared. Was she trying to be patronizing? "Monsieur must not know that by simply carrying your cauldron to class, dust can settle inside it, and with a potion as delicate as this one, any outside particle can seriously harm it..." He could have also not taught difficult potions, or he probably didn't allow the students to test it on themselves...
SPOILER!!: Good Kiddies!
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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight
Nerida kept quiet during the situation with the house elf. It was now where for her to speak her mind and it seemed the Professor wasn't doing very good anyways. She quickly clean her cauldron, "Scourgify." The cauldron was clean and than Nerida pointed her wand into the cauldron before saying "Aguamenti!" She said finite once the water filled up to where it needed to be.
Once she was done she waited for further instructions from the Professor. Wow, a lot of people took what the Professor had said to the house elf seriously... She was suddenly happy she hadn't said anything to the Professor. She copied down the ingeridiants off the bored before standing up to go get the ingrediants. Once she was finished collecting the ingrediants she walked back to her seat and waited for some more questions.
1 cup of valerian root ✓
half a cup of Kava Kava ✓
1 deadly nightshade berry ✓
8 leaves of devil's weed ✓
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds ✓
1 poppy flower ✓
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi ✓
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Originally Posted by Macavity
Lafay was clearly bothered by the intruding house-elf as well the students who stuck up for said creature. However the reaction given was far from what was expected almost as if the potions mistress was holding herself back. That certainly seemed odd for the woman but one couldn't be too choosy if it meant student and elf alike both escaped relatively unscathed.
Right...back to potion.
SPOILER!!: Notes
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
As the list of ingrediants appeared on the board, Gideon copied them all down into his notes, double checking the names and amounts before getting up from his workstation. The seventh year moving to the storage closet and going to work collecting all the items on the list. When he was sure he had everything, the Gryffindor returned to his cauldron, setting the supplies carefully down on the station and awaited the next move.
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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife
Kat gulped. At least Lafay didn't burst her bubble like what happened earlier. Think of the bright side, Kat. Then Lafay had commanded told the students to get the following stuff that were on the board. Going to the storage, Kat took all the things she needed.
... 8 leaves of Devil's Weed, check... 1 poppy flower, check... 10 leaves of Calea Zaca-something, no wait... that's only nine. Kat then took one more leaf, and proceeded back to her seat.
SPOILER!!: Notes on Kat's parchment
Katrina Hudson. Fourth Year. Slytherin.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
His dreams of falling-- some would probably call a trauma that has to be addressed--but there are elements in that dream that he clings to. The last vivid images of his mother, her dying scream-- the handful of things that makes her real to him and not just a beautiful lady in photographs.
No he wasnt letting any of that go, no matter how morbid it sounds.
He picked up the cauldron and scourgified it and was just checking for dents and cracks when he was startled by the Professor's booming voice. What there was another elf? Like everybody else he was peering at the elf's direction when his head snapped back towards the Professor. House Elf flesh? Oh please no! If he couldnt even stand the Plimpies being harvested....
Yep more chaos.
It was a little hard to concentrate for a while what with the stuttering elf, things breaking and about half the class up in arms (well as best they can for a Lafay class anyway) about the threat to the House Elf's well being. Addy was right, they were just following orders, and seriously this side of the pond has quite a bit to learn about treating others fairly and equally.
Wait now someone asked about the 5C's of Potion Making. Raising his hand he replied "Professor, the 5C's of Potion Making are Cleanliness, Content, Color, Concentration and Care."
With that answered, Vickers took up his quill and copied down the ingredients for his notes then paused, worry clearly etched on his face. Most of these are sedatives and hallucinogens, more than half has had the infamous history of being used as poisons. He shifted his gaze worriedly at the Potions Mistress-- he sure hopes she was fully aware at what she's trying to make them do.
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Originally Posted by nups21
Ira gulped down, and looked at all the happening around her wide round eyes. Better to just concentrate on making the potion right. Yeah, it was better than getting involved with a house elf and all. Definitely better!
Ira quickly copied down the list of ingredients required from the blackboard on to her parchment, and hurried to the storage. But before that she raised her hand up and had just begun to answer the 5C's of potion making when another answered it. Nevertheless, she still replied, "Er... Cleanliness, care, content, concentration and... color, Professor. Those are 5C's." Yeah, 5 done, she counted. So she was right. Saying so, she put her hand down, and went to the storage to retrieve the required ingredients.
Once she had the items needed, she returned to her table by her cauldron. The water was nearly boiling by now..
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory decided he'd better just concentrate on getting his potion right. Professor Lafay was in a very bad mood.
He copied down the ingredients as some of the students listed the 5C's of Potion making. No sense repeating it.
The badger then went to the storage cupboard to get the required ingredients and returned to his cauldron.
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Originally Posted by Lady of Light
Abby stared at the professor for a second before she turned to look at Beezley. UGH. Poor elf. She kind of wanted to comfort the poor thing but she was scared Lafay would snap her head off... and gosh. Lafay was looking worse by the second. She wondered what was actually wrong with her..
Abby watched the ingredients appear on the board and she copied them down before heading over to the storage closet. Oh gosh. Some of these items had really absurd names.. After she finished collecting them all, she carefully placed the ingredients on the station and waited for further instructions.
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Originally Posted by xXxPandora
Beezus flinched at the woman's glare. But later got rid of her own mess.
She deserved it though. So she only nodded silently, "Yes Professor Lafay" I will try not to break anything. I can't promise but I will try. Especially not today that the woman seems flustered. She might be sent to detention, so yeah, she'd really TRY to be careful.
When the situation was in control, Beezus got around to finally lighting the fire below her cauldron and as the ingredients were listed on the board, she quickly copied it on a spare parchment before grabbing a small tray, filing next to her classmates as they took the necessary ingredients. Then she loaded those into the tray she brought with her and carefully paved her way back to her workplace.
Okaaay.. she might get around this lesson without breaking anything else...hopefully.
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Originally Posted by sarahlooo
There was a LOT of commotion going on in the classroom. Lafay was yelling (as usual), students were scared (as usual), and the house elf was being dumb (as usual). Milton ignored most of it, since it kind of happened ALL the time in potions class, but the ONE time he did look up... he kind of STARED.
Was Lafay.. drooling? Grey stuff? Ew.
Milton blinked a few times and tried to register what she just said. Ingredients! Right. He shook the weird image from his brain before heading over to the storage area and grabbing them. When he came back to his desk, he copied them down into his notebook.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Potions Mistress Lafay! Is how Kurumi wanted to reply to that at first, but Kurumi ended up simply biting her lip and chewing on it anxiously. Punishing a house elf for doing what their species just does is like telling a human that they are going to be punished for breathing. So...if the Potions Mistress felt that a punishment was needed and that she would carry it out...then Kurumi was going to respond. Especially when house elves were concerned.
Relaxing into her seat a little as class progressed some - deciding not to chime in with everyone who was reciting the 5 C's of potion making since Professor Lafay had asked for someone instead of someones - Kurumi now realized that she had been squeezing Lewis' hand like she was trying to juice a lemon. "S-Sorry," she squeaked as she slowly let go of his hand and set it on her lap.
Why didn't any of the other prefects speak up though!? Kurumi was slightly disappointed...didn't they appreciate the house elves' efforts too? If it had been a student they would have jumped up to keep them from Dragon Lady punishing them...why was a house elf any different? Both were beings...
Frowning slightly, Kurumied picked up her quill and wrote down the rest of the ingredients on her parchment before heading over to the supply cabinet with her wand in hand, flicking it here and there while she cast Accio to summon the ingredients she needed before returning to her seat and setting everything out.
Once that was done, Kurumi lit her burner with a quick Incendio and then lowered the heat a little while she waited for what was going to come next. She did flash a small smile towards Beezley. She would try to stop by the kitchens after class.
And...wait...had Professor Lafay just...grey...stuff....why?
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So far so good. At least, it didn't look like Beezley was going to lose any body parts or anything, so Kendall had gone back to watching the water in her cauldron. She hadn't gotten the brunt of the lecture about cleanliness either, since she'd remembered to. She felt sorry for Beezus for having gotten yelled at, though, and hadn't been able to help peeking over at Professor Lafay as the yelling had continued. This is not good, she thought, noticing how the professor kept wiping her mouth and hiding something behind her handkerchief. She didn't want the professor to faint or anything, and part of her hoped that nobody else did anything to make her angry. Maybe if they all just followed instructions, class could go on without anything happening. Maybe. Hopefully. It seemed like people were trying to do what they'd been told, anyway, and she peeked over to see if Beezley had left before turning her attention to the board and the instructions that had started to appear there.
Copying the ingredients down as listed, she'd noticed that Vickers seemed kind of uneasy about something as he'd done the same. At least it didn't have anything to do with her, so she pushed that to the back of her mind as she finally stood to go over to the cupboard to collect what she needed. Nobody was going to die, not on her watch. Even if she didn't know what was going on or how she'd do anything about it if anything did happen. She was going to go with the idea that as long as she followed instructions, nothing bad would happen. And she quietly collected what she needed and returned to her seat. If only she knew what to do with any of it, so she went back to just waiting for the water to boil. Picking up her quill to idly sketch in the margin of her journal as she waited to see when they'd get more instructions.
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Juliet heard things just going not so under control. Her eyes glanced over to the area. Potions and chaos, such as this should not go well together considering that they are handling with vital ingredients that can either break you or worse........... kill you. Students should really be careful of what they're doing.
Apart from that problem, let's not get Professor Lafay mad.
Good to know that she is on the dot with the whole Potions thing. Next is to gather all ingredients. Walking towards the cupboard with all the ingredients on jars and whatnot, Juliet managed to take all it and went back to her seat. Setting it all into the table and placing them all neatly and properly.
Kava kava. What is a kava kava? Juliet looked at the ingredients and managed to see a container with the same label. Good. Now she's ready.
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The water was bubbling when Sarah remembered that she had not cleaned her couldron befre EEK. She quickly turned off the flame, used tergeo to empy the caldren. Once the couldron was empty she used scourify to clean it. Finally she began the process again with arguamenti and then incendio... Finally, relieved Sarah listened to next instructions
Sarah went to the store cupboard for her supplies. She loaded her arms with the ingredients.. careful as not to drop them. She was rather scared about having a reaction to the deadly nightshade berry and why was devil's weed called devil's weed? Was it... poisonus? She shrugged it off and placed the ingredients on her workspace in order you see.
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Cassia was glad that Lafay just shouted. That should let the house-elf go away, right? But what is the professor wiping off her mouth..nah it's nothing. Twelve-years imaginations.
Anyway, back to the potion making that hopefully won't include any house-elves organs.Cassia remembered that she hadn't yet set the fire under her cauldron. Oops. "Incedio," She murmured pointing her wand under the cauldron. All done. Now to go and fetch the ingredients. Cassia scribbled down what was on the board. She stood up and skipped towards the storage. Can she skip? Because you know walking regularly is so much boring.
She shrugged and carried on he bouncing till she reached the storage. She glanced at the list and started searching for the ingredients. That shouldn't be hard as most of them had labels and so. And so she stared gathering them.
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Befelda felt sorry for the elf. She quietly whispered on the elf's ear, "Don't worry Beezley. Just be careful next time.", she said to the elf.
She then put her attention to Professor Lafay. She brought out her wand and cleaned her cauldron, "Scourgify!". After cleaning, she poured water in it, "Aguamenti!", then put fire, "Incendio!".
After putting fire on her cauldron, she then quickly listened to the Professor to what she was saying. She checked the board and copied all of the ingredients in her notebook.
After copying, she hurriedly headed to the storage and collected all the ingredients in her notes and went back to her seat. Ok, now to wait for the next instruction., she said to herself.
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Hannah really hoped that Lafay was not going to have another episode...at least not in front of her. She jotted down the list of ingredients from the board and went over to the storage cabinet to collect them all.
She checked them off one by one and returned back to her desk to wait for further instruction. She knew better than to chat in this class not that she was even in a chatty mood.
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Minerva felt a little bad for the fist year, she remembered how nervous she was the first class with Lafay. Taking out her parchment she pulled out the piece with the five c's written on it. After four years she didn't need them written anymore. They were in her memory. She walked them over to the girl, "Here keep these with you it will help, the five C's are cleanliness, content, color, care, and concentration." she walked back over to her cauldron and pulled out another piece of parchment to write down all the ingredients.
After writing them down Minerva moved to the cupboard to collect them all. She double checked her parchment just to make sure she had everything before getting back to her cauldron and setting everything in a neat order.
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Ella was growing more concerned by the second, not that this was unsual for her in this particular class. Though the concern wasn't for her own safety this time, it was for Professor Lafay's. The woman was growing increasingly upset, not good considering how sickly she still looked. Plus she kept wiping up...something from her mouth. Erm...that just wasn't normal, right? Was she going to vomit or something? EEP. That wouldn't be good, not god at all. The third year tried not to get too ahead of herself with the worrying, knowing she had more jobs to do, like going to get her ingredients. Right.
Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.
When she was done copying down the list of ingredients, Ella got up and began gathering the ingredients she'd need for the potion. She was a bit surprised, mostly because the ingredients seemed quite dangerous on their own. P-poison? They were using poisons? How was that even okay? Seemed pretty dodgy to her.
The third year finished gathering her things and sat back down, putting the items in a neat row in front of her. There, she was ready.
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Yep. It was better she never got involved. Renesmee looked up only once and was actually surprised that Lafay hadn't gotten to mad yet. Usually she was shouting and screeching at the kids by now, clearly she wasn't feeling up to it which in a way was good for some of the kids.Especially for Kurumi at the moment...
The captain turned her gaze towards the Gryffindor prefect and started to feel a little bad for. First class of potions and Lafay was already giving her trouble. It didn't seem really fair, but then life was never fair.
Sigh.
Anyways back to potions.
Renesmee took down the igredients on a piece of parchment and then got out of her seat, heading towards the storage room. She went in and out the storeroom a few times, but after her third trip she had everything she needed all set and ready on her table. She then sat down eyeing the ingredients with a pout on her face.
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Nigel got up and went to get all the potion ingredients with the weird names. What is a Calea Zacatechichi. Nigel could not even pronounce it. He looked at the list he brought over and picked out all he needed.
He walked back to his seat, took out his textbook, and looked up Calea Zacatechichi to find out what it was.
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It was a good thing that the potions classroom was so close to the common room so he did not have to be worrying about being late to the class. It was not the same with the other classes which was held in the highest towers of the castle. Even though he liked sports, climbing so many stairs was a boring task. For some reason, he felt the most comfortable in this classroom, as well. He seemed to be pretty content as he looked at the professor who kinda looked like she was sick.
He just stared and listened to others after the dream question as he had nothing to say. He did not think he dreamt anything last night or perhaps he did but did not remember any of it. It was no problem though, the class was going nice until...
...that house elf appeared.
Seriously? This class too? Why were those stupid creatures everywhere? Ugh...Rich hated house elves and they never stopped annoying him with their existence in this school. Filthy creatures. He glared at the creature fighting the urge to say something. He wanted to...
Huh
Haha. But before he could do anything, the professor kicked the stupid creature out. Hahahaha. He had already started to like the woman. Of course, there was a reason she was the head of house. Since the elf got what it needed, Richard relaxed a bit and cleaned his cauldron with Scourgify before murmuring ''Aguamenti'' to fill it. Once he thought there was enough water in the cauldron. He stood up and went to collect all the ingredients on the board. Of course, while doing so, he paid extra attention to get the best of the each of them. His potion had to be perfect, after all.
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Addie listened carefully to her head of houses instructions making sure she would follow everything knowing that the teacher could be fairly strict. Quickly she whispered "Scourgify" to make sure her cauldron was completely clean so she wouldn't get in trouble because of that. "Aguamenti...Incendio" were the next steps creating the water ready to be boiled and made into a potion.
With a quick look at the board to double check that she knew the ingredients she needed to get Addie quickly headed to the Potions ingredient cabinet and collected the items before heading back to her seat and arranging them nicely on her workstation in order of the list. Addie scribbled everything down quickly in her potions journal then waited for the next instructions.
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Annabelle knew the professor was angry with the house elf interrupting her lesson. Belle knew she would be angry too. She heard the professor flick the board to go get ingredients.
Belle made her way to the supply closet to get what she needed while her water heated up. She got the valerian root, kava kava, deadly nightshade berry, devil's weed, posion hemlock seeds, poppy flower and 10 leaves.
Hmm these ingredients seemed somewhat dangerous....
She copied down the recipe to her notebook.
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Gary just frowned to see the ingredients that she wrote on the board. What's on Merlin's beard are them? Okay, maybe he would be familiar with some of them. But Kava kava? Calea... what? He just scratched his head and walked to the storeroom. The blonde guy grabbed all the things that will be need to make this potion.
1 cup of valerian root (check)
half a cup of Kava Kava (check)
1 deadly nightshade berry (check)
8 leaves of devil's weed (check)
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds (check)
1 poppy flower (check)
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi (check)
Good! He got all of the ingredients and now he walked back to his desk and waiting for the next instructions. See? Professor Lafay looked not very healthy today. Just hoped that she wouldn't pass out at the class.
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Her posture relaxed more when the professor caught herself from shouting. Once Lafay wrote up the ingredients, Louisa stared at the list for a moment, memorizing as much as she could and then headed with the other students to the storage. Usually the ingredients would be organized on their work tables, but now they had to take them to their tables. It was another proof that the Potions Mistress wasn't as well as she makes it out to be.
The Ravenclaw grabbed the containers of nightshade berry, devil's weed, and Poison Hemlock seeds first and to her table. Then back to take the poppy flower and the leaves of Calea Zacatechichi. Lastly she got the cup of valerian root and the other half of Kava Kava. With that her table was ready and she could write down her notes.
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Well...wasn't class becoming more...interesting by the minute? Hmm. She didn't think Lafay seemed quite well enough to be teaching...she was drooling or something. It was weird, and it weirded Elliot out. Weren't adults supposed to be..immortal? They don't get sick...or have real lives, right?
Time for some POTIONS!! Ah, not that exciting, but at least Elliot wasn't horrible....or breaking things, by the looks of the rest of the class. People should really be more careful. She stood up from her chair, pushing it in slightly as she went to go get the ingredients...Merlin...there were some WEIRD things on the list...
Valerian root...the nightshade berry...where was the kava kava?! Oh...Elliot sifted around and found some..devil's weed, hemlock, a poppy, that strange leaf thing that Elliot didn't really know how to pronounce. Hmph.
She sat back down, hoping Beezus didn't cause Lafay too much trouble by breaking anything else. They were currently in FIRST PLACE and Ravenclaw BETTER keep it that way!
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Ethan copied down the ingredient list in his Potions journal, green eyes scanning the list again after he wrote. He had most of those items in his personal store as they were all herbological... he possessed all but the nightshade and hemlock. Nightshade and hemlock? The fifth year shot a tentative look to Lafay. Those were poisonous.. were they meant to ingest them? Still, he wasn't about to question her... yet. Besides, maybe they would have a different effect once brewed with the other ingredients. Potions had a funny way of doing that sometimes.
Once the crowd had thinned, the Ravenclaw made his way up to the cabinet. He gathered all of the ingredients, even those he already had. Why deplete his own supply when he was told to take from the storage anyway?
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
"Yes." Hecate said glaring at the annoying Hufflepuff girl.
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Laura looked at the Professor and sighed. "So Professor what happens if you don't have a wand?" Yeah that was right, surely even Professor dragon lady Lafay had heard about how her wand had been destroy by the annoying Gryffindor Alexa, if not then Laura would have to fill Lafay in on all the details but it would take awhile.
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Minerva put up her hand, "Professor Kava Kava is a pepper that is used to sedate or relax the drinker without interfering in mental clarity." Minerva then turned to her ingredients and looked at how much Kava kava and valerian root she needed.
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1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
Cleaning her cup with her wand she poured in one cup of Valerian root and then dumped it into her cauldron. Next she recleaned her measuring cup and measured half a cup of the Kava Kava. Pouring that into the cauldron and watched it mix with the Valerian Root. She cleaned her measuring cup and set it back down. Now to wait for the next instruction Minerva thought.
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Vivi was just going to anger Lafay more if she didn't watch it, the transfered Ravenclaw new to the woman's behavior despite her age. Even Sierra seemed not to be exempt which made it seem even worse. Gideon listened as the next bit of instructions were given by Professor Lafay. Right, first they were to add the liquid Valerian and then the Kava Kava. His water not quite boiling to his satisfaction, the prefect answered the question posed to them first remembering the uses of the two items in question.
"Both Valerian root and Kava Kava are sedatives which would relax the drinker to a calm state," he replied, catching the rolling boil just starting out of the corner of his eye. Using his measuring tools, he poured out one cup of the Valerian root and added it to the boiling water within the cauldron. When it was all out of the cup, Gideon then poured in the half a cup of Kava Kava.
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Was it just her, or did it seem that the professor was getting worse the angrier she got? Either way, Emmanuelle was determined not to anger the woman further, just in case. Let the other students (and the elf) have that on their heads. She went to the cupboard and retrevied the required ingredients, struggling a little on her way back to her station to keep them all from falling out her arms. She placed them all on the station carefully, then waited for her water to boil.
Once it was boiling, she waited another minute before adding the valerian root, closely followed by the Kava Kava. She really had no idea what the two plants did, but judging by what the potion they were making was for, she guessed it had something to do with sleep. But, really even knowing that, she couldn't come up with a good enough guess.
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Nigel looked up from his textbook to hear Professor Lafay's next set of instructions. It seemed that they would have to use your wand with this potion from Laura's question.
Nigel guessed they would find out eventually. There was no point in bugging Lafay. That would probably only make her madder. Once the potion was boiling. Nigel added the valerian root, and the Kava Kava. Of course Lafay was right and it mixed itself easily. Now onto the question.
"Professor, does valerian help with sleep and anxiety?"
Nigel thought it was better to answer than remain quiet.
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SPOILER!!: Lafay
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.
The third year copied down the instructions and then pulled the Valerian root and Kava Kava towards her, knowing she'd need it for this step. She looked down into her cauldron, watching as the water slowly but surely started to boil. She then added each ingredient, making sure that they mixed in properly before considering Lafay's question. "Professor, I think that Valerian and Kava Kave were used...or are used to sedate people."
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Belle did what the professor told them to do. Once her cauldron was at a good boil, she took her valerian root and kava kava. She poured them in, the valerian root was first. It did mix very easily. Belle heard the professor ask a question and she wondered what they did do to the drinkers. "Professor doesn't valerian root and kava kava make you less stressed out?"
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She turned to the child and glared. Was she trying to be patronizing? "Monsieur must not know that by simply carrying your cauldron to class, dust can settle inside it, and with a potion as delicate as this one, any outside particle can seriously harm it..." He could have also not taught difficult potions, or he probably didn't allow the students to test it on themselves...
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Vivi's water took just a bit longer to boil than her neighbors, due to having to start over, but she would probably make up time when it came to preparing some of the other ingredients.
She checked the liquid measurements again on her kava kava and valerian root before adding them to the cauldron, watching carefully for any changes to the color or viscosity of the potion before jotting a few notes on her parchment.
"Professor, I believe both of those ingredients act as a sedative," she raised her hand. "Because this potion affects a person while sleeping, it makes sense to include an active ingredient to assist with sleep."
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Text Cut: Lafay and poor Beezley
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"Great... now." She said and wiped her mouth again.
Not good.
Sooo not good.
Class...
Right...
"Ingredients for the potion, go get them from storage." She pointed her wand at the board and the words appeared:
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
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Beezley was frozen in place with a look of horror on her face. She shut her little elfish eyes tightly, preparing to be in so much trouble. Beezley shouldn't look for the brooch in classes anymore. Beezley had been such a bad, bad elf.
She was being told to get out, though, and get out she would do. She looked toward the group of students who'd tried to help her and who'd said nice things to her. Beezley would bake them extra cookies, she would.
"Yes, Missus. Beezley will leave now. Beezley has been a bad, bad elf," she said, bowing. She looked at the studentsies with a slight shine in her eyes then with a SNAP, she was gone.
Pao shrunk a bit to look as small as possible. That poor elf..! The last thing he wanted was for this Professor to be angry with him, that was certain. She even appeared to be spitting grayish globs of gross goo. Disgusting! As the house elf left, he couldn't help but feel that the lesson hadn't started off in a way that would help Lafay stay calm with young students who messed up...
Hearing the professor's answer to another student's inquiry, he lugged his cauldron over and added some more water. Right up to the lip. Got it. Mental note made. He waddled back, this time not sloshing anything down his robes. Pao happened to notice other students already had fires lit under their cauldrons. When did she say to do that? How did I miss it!? Panicking, he poked his wand underneath his giant kettle and said, "Incendio?" To his relief, that was indeed the fire creation spell. Orange and yellow flames began to crackle merrily and heat his water.
Reaching for his notes and quill, he dutifully copied down each ingredient from the board as soon as the professor put them up. This is going to take several trips, he realized, a bit disappointed. He didn't know what half of that stuff even looked like. Milling in the line at the store cupboard, he grabbed what all the older students were grabbing. When in doubt, do as they do!
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"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
A good boil? What defined a 'good' boil? He stood on tiptoe, peering into his cauldron. "Er.. sure!" He checked his notes for the correct measurements of the two ingredients she had mentioned. "One cup.." he muttered, measuring out the correct amount and dumping it into the brew. "And... a half cup." In went the Kava Kava.
But as for her question... There was no way he would know that. Perhaps after several years of Potions classes he would, but now? Not a chance. So he contented himself with re-inking his quill and scribbling down the answers he heard. Calming, sedative.. Got it.
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SPOILER!!: Lafay
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She turned to the child and glared. Was she trying to be patronizing? "Monsieur must not know that by simply carrying your cauldron to class, dust can settle inside it, and with a potion as delicate as this one, any outside particle can seriously harm it..." He could have also not taught difficult potions, or he probably didn't allow the students to test it on themselves...
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"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
After collecting the supplies and lining them up on his table he took his wand and ignited the burner under the cauldron. As the water heated up the Ravenclaw watched the exchange between Vivi and the Professor. Huh yeah, Vivi Branxton is the daughter of former Potions Master Doyle Branxton. Interesting to hear how practices differ between Potioneers, if Vivi follows the former Professor's practices of course.
Vickers took the valerian root and kava-kava solutions and poured them into pot, watching the thin film of liquids dissolve into the boiling water. Now what are these two ingredients for? Up goes the hand "Professor, these have been used as sedatives over the centuries, with Kava-kava also been used as an anesthetic. It is said that the Valerian has direct effects on the cerebro-spinal system while the Kava-kava at certain doses will paralyze the respiratory system." Research for Herbology applied to Potions. Win.
SPOILER!!: Vickers' parchment
Dreamer's Elixer
Ingredients
>> 1 cup of valerian root
>> half a cup of Kava Kava
>> 1 deadly nightshade berry
>> 8 leaves of devil's weed
>> 1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
>> 1 poppy flower
>> 10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi[/list]
Procedure
*Remember the 5C's of Potion Making: Cleanliness, Content, Color, Concentration and Care*
>> Scourgified cauldron and checked for cracks and dents= all good
>> Filled cauldron with water up to the neck
>> Collected ingredients and set them on workstation
>> Ignite the burner using Incendio
>> Wait for the water to boil, then add 1 cup valerian root and half cup of kava kava
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Jory added the cup of valerian roots to the boilng water followed by the half cup of Kava Kava. And as he wrote down the procedure, he pondered on the question.
He raised his hand. "Both are used to help people relax?'' he asked. He wasn't sure what either did.
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"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Beezley had safely poofed away, although Kendall still felt like Professor Lafay wouldn't have had too many problems with following through with her threat if the poor elf hadn't left. She still felt uneasy, even though it seemed more like class had gone back to normal. The handkerchief had seemed like it had disappeared again, too, and the professor's mood was fairly normal. Normal meaning slightly scary, and there still was no way she was going to risk being force-fed a potion, lit on fire, or who knew what else if she didn't follow instructions to a T. Dotted her I's and everything else, too, while she was at it. She would just have to figure out how to not explode anything while she had that vague sense of uneasiness. It wasn't like she could sneak any chocolate during the lesson, after all. She would just have to eat lots after the lesson was over, to make herself feel better.
But first she had to actually finish her potion, to which end she'd looked back over at the professor as she'd gone on to tell them the next step to follow for this specific potion. She still wasn't quite sure what exactly kava kava was, but at least now, courtesy of those who had answered the question posed, she knew it was used as a sedative and maybe an anesthetic. Which just made her so much more comfortable with this potion, since she suddenly had the idea that it really wasn't used to forget bad dreams, or remember good ones, and she understood Vickers' uneasy look from before. They couldn't back out now, though, so she carefully found the valerian root she'd brought over and measured a cup of the liquid. Adding it to her boiling water, followed by a half cup of the liquid that was labeled 'kava kava'. Apparently they didn't need to stir or anything, so once that was poured in, she sat back to work on her notes. Hoping that the uneasiness she now felt was completely unnecessary.
SPOILER!!: Potions journal
Dreamer's Elixir-something? (either lets a person remember or forget their dreams)
Ingredients:
Water
1 cup valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava (?)
1 berry of deadly nightshade
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi (?)
Steps:
1. clean cauldron (important)
2. fill cauldron to the neck with water (basically full)
3. light the fire underneath cauldron to boil the water
4. once the water boils, add the valerian and kava kava (mixes easier if in liquid form)
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"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Befelda paid close attention to Professor Lafay's instruction. Finally, the water in her cauldron was in a good boil. She quickly poured 1 cup Valerian root into her cauldron. Smoke emitted. Then she poured the half cup Kava Kava.
She suddenly remembered the essentials of the 2 ingredients which she have read in one of her books at home. She raised her hand. "Professor, based on what I remember, Valerian root and Kava kava are herbs which can be used in treating sleep disorder and anxiety.", she said.
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Originally Posted by Droo
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Milton continued to write down his notes as he heard Lafay continue to get mad at people. One would think that people would realize how she insane she was and TRY to act normal so she didn't blow up every ten seconds. But apparently, he was surrounded by idiots.
At Lafay's command, Milton carefully dumped in the cup of valerian root and then the half of a cup of Kava Kava. Hmmm... "Isn't valerian root a remedy for insomnia?" Milton asked the professor. He was pretty sure he had read that somewhere in his mother's thousands of potion books.
SPOILER!!: Potions notebook
Ingredients:
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
Steps:
1. Clean cauldron
2. Fill it with water
3. Start fire below
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Beezley was frozen in place with a look of horror on her face. She shut her little elfish eyes tightly, preparing to be in so much trouble. Beezley shouldn't look for the brooch in classes anymore. Beezley had been such a bad, bad elf.
She was being told to get out, though, and get out she would do. She looked toward the group of students who'd tried to help her and who'd said nice things to her. Beezley would bake them extra cookies, she would.
"Yes, Missus. Beezley will leave now. Beezley has been a bad, bad elf," she said, bowing. She looked at the studentsies with a slight shine in her eyes then with a SNAP, she was gone.
Cassia waved at the house-elf smiling slightly when Beezley said she was leaving. Poor little thing. She must have gotten frightened. Cassia had! Though to think about it, those interruptions in lessons just to look for a brooch weren't really accepted. But it's not the house-elves who should be blamed or snapped at. It's who sent them. *whistles*
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Originally Posted by Droo
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
And the rest of the instructions.
Cassia looked for the two ingredients. Liquids, so they should be put in a bottle or something. Hmmmm....Found them! Cassia reached for the two vials and checked to see if the water started to boil which it did.
Glancing at the parchment she had written the ingredients on. One cup of valerian. The Snake added as instructed carefully not spill any of it as her hands were clumsy ones. Then half cup of Kava. And done.
And second-year had no idea what those two were so she kept staring at the parchment making sure not to make any awkward eye contact with the Professor.
SPOILER!!: Parchment
Dreamer's Elixer Ingredients:
1 cup of valerian root
half a cup of Kava Kava
1 deadly nightshade berry
8 leaves of devil's weed
1 cup of Poison Hemlock seeds
1 poppy flower
10 leaves of Calea Zacatechichi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Droo
"Alright, once the water is at a good boil, you should add the valerian root, and the Kava Kava... I store them both in liquid form, so it will just mix itself real easily. Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?" She asked the class
Juliet was startled a bit when the professor finally started making the Potions. Immediately she took the container with Valerian root and Kava kava. Now, she's not sure why on earth these things are even made in the first place. What on Merlin's name is Kava kava? Is this a breed of dragon? Maybe not. Juliet is just confused with this kava kava ingredient. And just when she is about to ask professor Lafay about the ingredient and possibly what it does, she beat her to it.
Who knows what these two ingredients are and what they do to their drinkers?
Juliet knew what the valerian root does. So she raised her hand "A valerian root is a sedative" which could be a good thing or a bad thing as well. "But i have no idea about the Kava kava. Is it a sedative as well?" she finally managed to ask.
As soon as the water boiled inside her cauldron, Juliet opened the lid to both ingredients and poured the valerian root first and then followed by the kava kava. She carefully watched the ingredients mixed all together with the boiling water.
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