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Hecate looked even worse for the wear. She was quite thin, and her breath could no longer be covered up with a mind. She was now taking a potion for it.
Still she was going to keep going in the way she knew. She wrote on the board "Truth Serums" and underlined it.
She returned at back of her desk and sat in her chair.
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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"Good," she said to the others. "Now begin stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion. As the motion is in motion, slowly add your Jobberknoll blood. It should be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. You will see the red making circles in the water."
That was easy enough. This whole potion was pretty easy... Theo stirred the potion counter-clockwise, making sure he had his directions correct first. Yep, ready to go. And with his free hand, he picked up the bottle of Jobberknoll blood and tipped it VERY slowly to begin with, cos he wasn't sure how quickly it would pour out. It was quite slow anyway, so he tipped it a bit further.
He smiled at the red circles forming in his cauldron, because that meant he was actually doing it right. Once the whole cup of blood was empty, Theo rested it on the desk and continued stirring.
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Those wings and leaves, where were theeeeey? Theo's eyes danced around his batch of ingredients until he spotted them. One at a time would probably be safest. The second year pulled out four Billywig Wings and crushed them into one hand, then he pulled out 3 Belladonna leaves with his OTHER hand and did the same.
Violaaaaa - Theodore sprinkled the contents of both hands into the cauldron and watched it like a hawk. This was going well, he thought.
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Originally Posted by Droo
"Good," she said to the others. "Now begin stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion. As the motion is in motion, slowly add your Jobberknoll blood. It should be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. You will see the red making circles in the water."
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Originally Posted by Droo
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Cassia always wondered why did it matter how they stirred. Conterclock or not the idea is about stirring ,right? She thought of asking but she didn't want to risk in case the reason was obvious and it was only her that had no clue .So counter-clock she shall stir. Reaching for the spoon she started stirring. Though it took her a second to define the direction but she made sure after seeing the other students. And while her right hand stirred, she reached for the blood with her left one after having opened the cap earlier. She kept her eyes on the liquid watching how red circles were formed. So she was doing well.
When Lafay spoke again Cassia kept stirring absent-mindedly watching how the woman crushed the leaves. The second-year didn't like this step because she didn't like leaves or any other plants' parts. Putting the spoon aside she started looking for the leaves none too enthusiastically. And after finding them she brought them above the cauldron and started crushing them not caring what fell into the cauldron. Who cares!
The she reached for a handkerchief and wiped her hands after having touched the leaves. The look on her face only showed that she didn't enjoy the last step. The one which included interacting with the leaves.
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Sarah nodded as the teacher spoke and added them to her notes:
SPOILER!!: notes
Lingualaxus Truth Serum - it is weaker then Veritaserum yet still makes the drinker tell the truth even if they do not want to.
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions
Clean your cauldron {scourgify}
Fill your cauldron with water {arguementi}
Start your burners {incendio}
Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time
Stir brew in anti-clockwise motion
while the motion is in motion, slowly add Jobberknoll blood (it should looks like a low and slow stream into potion. You will see the red making circles in the liquid)
Taking the four Billyeig wings and 3 Belladonna leaves, crush them loosely in your hands (over potion?) allowing the brittle bits to fall into potion
Sarah took the four billywig wings and the belladonna leaves in her hands and began to rub her hands vigoursly over the potion allowing the bits to fall into her potion. Sarah was used to the feeling of the crumpled leaves yet the Billywig wings gave her the shivers. One generally respecs animals more then plants and Sarah felt bad for the poor creatures whose wings she was crumbling.
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Great they were finally moving on. She needed something else in her cauldron to get her mind of the blood that was circling in her cauldron right now. She looked at it and felt queasy. Her attention back on the professor, she listened to what was needed next.
She took the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crushed them loosely in her hands hands. This was definitely taking her mind off the blood and a good thing too. She let the crushed pieces fall into the cauldron. She looked at her potion and was glad that the newly added ingedients masked the whole blood thing. Gulp.
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Focus, McCarthy!
Potions was one class Ethan knew he should not be exhausted for. Precision and accuracy were essential and his tired mind was having trouble concentrating. He briefly rubbed his temples and took a few deep breaths to muster enough focus to complete the lesson.
Scourgify, Aguamenti, and Incendio were cast to prepare the cauldron for brewing. Eight drops of wormwood essence, one at a time, were added next. As he picked up the cup full of blood, Ethan glanced over at his tablemate. She did not look well at all.. she looked downright queasy. "Minnie.." he whispered, leaning towards her. "Are you alright?" Perhaps the blood was making her ill, he thought as he peered down distastefully at it. He began stirring his potion counter-clockwise and slowly poured the blood into the cauldron, keeping one eye on his potion and one eye on Minerva.
SPOILER!!: Potions Journal
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Instructions
1) Fill cauldron with water, set on flame
2) Add 8 drops wormwood essence, 1 drop at a time
3) Begin stirring counter-clockwise and slowly add Jobberknoll blood
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SPOILER!!: Future Potioneers of England
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Minerva was glad that the blood was over and the smell was finally leaving. She took a few deep breaths trying to make sure she wasn't going to pass out or get sick and that's when she heard Ethan ask if she was alright. Well even feeling green didn't stop her from turning red. Oh Min, get it together, she thought. Whispering "I..I'm fi..I'll be fine, promise.." she gave a weak smile and turned back to her potion.
Lafay started to speak and Minerva tried to focus on her even though for a moment she felt like Lafay was speaking through a tunnel. Pushing herself to focus she heard the next step and looked back to her ingredients. Pulling up the Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves. Crushing them in her hands, Minerva made sure they were crushed properly then she let them fall into the cauldron.
"Good," she said to the others. "Now begin stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion. As the motion is in motion, slowly add your Jobberknoll blood. It should be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. You will see the red making circles in the water."
Seri obeyed, stirring her potion, but leaving the bit about blood, she just pushed it a little nearer the edge of the desk, and futher away from her. She kept stirring, pretending she could see red swirls or something. Seri actually might have used it, but this Professor annoyed her.
Then Seri took the Billywig wings and Belladonna and crushed them over the potion, as the Professor had displayed.
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"Good," she said to the others. "Now begin stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion. As the motion is in motion, slowly add your Jobberknoll blood. It should be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. You will see the red making circles in the water."
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Nigel was a little behind. So he began to stir his potion slowly in a counter clockwise motion. Following what Lafay was doing. He slowly added his Jobberknoll blood. It looked just like Lafay's with the red making circles in the water. Immediately after the last instruction he took the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crushed them loosely in his hands. While letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron. Once he was sure he did it correctly. He sat patiently for what was to come next.
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Sophie was neervooous. She didn't know whether she had gotten the number of wormwood drops right and she feared professor Lafay's reaction if she told her she might have messed up already.
After thinking for a while, she decided to just go on with the brewing. Maybe if she got everything right from now on she could still save the Potion? Or maybee she had gotten the 8 drops and didn't have to worry... she just hoped for the best.
Deep breath. So onto the next step.
The badger cleaned the wooden stirrer and placed it inside her cauldron, staring at it for a second. Counter-clock motion. She pictured a clock in her mind to make sure which way was counter-clockwise and started stirring the Potion in that direction with her left hand.
Grabbing the Jobberknoll blood pot thingy with her right hand, Sophie slooowly added its content in her Potion, watching the red circles in the water. It actually looked quite pretty, even though it was blood. The red colour was really beautiful.
So far so good! Hopefully...
Now the Billywig Wings and Belladonna leaves. The thirteen year-old held them all together above her cauldron and started crushing them loosely, as the Slytherin Head of House had demonstrated, letting the pieces fall in her Potion.
Gulp. Would she get the Potion right?? She was still feeling nervous about this...
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Ella scribbled down the next set of instructions, watching carefully as Professor Lafay demonstrated how to crush the ingredients in one's hands. She then picked out 4 billywig wings, working on crushing those first. She rubbed her hands together over the cauldron, watching as the crushed bits fell into it rather easily. Next came the Belladonna leaves, which Ella grabbed 3 of. She placed them in her hands and began to crush those as well, letting them fall into the cauldron too. When she was done, she crossed those steps off her list and looked up at the Professor again, waiting for further instructions.
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Angelina looked from Professor Lafay to her cauldron. She then took the 4 Billywig Wings and 3 Belladonna leaves in her hands. With them both in her hands and hovering over the cauldron she started to crush them in her hand. She watched as the brittled pieces fell into the cauldron. Once she was completed with that step, she looked up at the professor again and waited.
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SPOILER!!: HoH and Bee!
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Originally Posted by Droo
"Good," she said to the others. "Now begin stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion. As the potion is in motion, slowly add your Jobberknoll blood. It should be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. You will see the red making circles in the water."
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Oh. Ahh? So Wormwood was really an ingredient? Heh. Lucky guess then. Although, if effects of the said plant are considered, it could then be justified that the Potion would really bring the drinker into a near-sleep state. So then, this Lingualaxus potion had some kind of hypnotic potency?
She heard the woman mention the discovery of mixing Belladonna and Poppies by muggles? The Ravenclaw's ears perked up. Muggles discovered it? How exactly? She was about to ask the Professor when the woman told them to get their ingredients. Okay, she can just ask her about that later then.
With the cue, Beezus went and grabbed the necessary ingredients from the closet before carefully making her way back to her workplace and ever painstakingly settling them down. Good. Nothing broken yet. That was a good sign.
Narrowing her eyes at Dylan (Seriously? She knew she was clumsy with cauldrons, but to constantly give her THE LOOK? ..Pfft..), the brunette then pointed her wand at the cauldron. Deep breaths first before doing anything though. Cauldrons were her hazard zone. Cautiously, she took note of the 5C's then filled the vessel with water, "Aguamenti." After so, muttering a quick 'Finite' to stop the spate of water before lighting the burner underneath as they were told to do so.
Hmm. Her ingredient came first, they need to drop the essence into the cauldron. Gulping somewhat, she uncovered the bottle of Wormwood essence and brought it above the cauldron. Then with a slightly shaky hand, she watched and counted as drops fell into the water.
Successful with the first step, Beezus exhaled laboriously and looked at the Slytherin Captain in hope of getting a stamp of approval or encouragement from him.
Next was to stir the potion and add the Jobberknoll blood.
Following the instructions, the Ravenclaw began to stir the mixture in a counterclockwise motion. However, the next part didn't came off easy. She went a little pale and even gagged as she added in the Jobberknoll blood. It was making her stomach retch into knots. Shaking her head slightly, she indeed saw the blood creating circles in the water and she covered her mouth again.
At least that step was done.
Yes, he seen Bee giving him the same pointed looks in return. Dylan couldn't have cared less, though. She'd complained on several occasions about being awful at Potions...So, he was doing her a service. Winks for you, Bee.
Moving on.
They were adding the Jobberknoll blood now. It was amusing that they were using this particular ingredient...considering the entire Hogwarts population of Jobberknolls had died/been killed. Dylan wasn't too clear on the details...Meh.
Picking up the crystal stirring rod he'd laid to the side earlier (it had gotten scourgified), the Captain slowly dipped it down into the concoction. Slowly because he didn't want to disturb it too much before he actually began stirring. In the next moment, he began the motion of counter-clockwise, watching the liquid funnel a bit in the center. Continuing to do so, he reached to grab the cup of deep red fluid with his other hand, carefully moving it towards the top of the cauldron. Tipping it just a bit, the blood began to seep down, mixing with the potion in an interesting way. It seemed to move with the funneling potion, maybe the circles his Head of House had mentioned. Yep, this looked correct according to her directions.
More eyes for Bee...Was she understanding all of this?
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Dylan couldn't help but to grin. No guess work. Not with Professor Lafay. Yes, he was sighing in relief.
Picking up the wings and leaves he'd collected earlier, the Slytherin set about crumbling them up over his cauldron. It was fun for the Captain...because it was something he used to do back home when the leaves were changing for winter. His father would rake them together...and he'd go and break them up. Nostalgia.
Once the step was completed to the best of his ability, Dylan pulled his notebook and began writing things down.
SPOILER!!: Dylan's Notebook
Dylan Corvi Montmorency
Slytherin Fifth Year
Potions: Lesson Two
Lingualaxus: A Truth Serum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Steps / Procedure
1. Cure and clean cauldron (scourgify).
2. Fill with water and turn on burner.
3. Add 8 drops of Wormwood Essence.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clockwise motion.
5. Add the Jobberknoll blood while the potion is in motion (low and slow stream / circles).
6. Crush the billywig wings and belladonna leaves loosely in hands, allowing the pieces to fall down into the cauldron.
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
In her HANDS?! Sierra blinked as she looked at the Billywig wings. Everytime she thought of Billywigs, she thought of getting stung and becoming giddy and levitated, but these...these were just the wings. Sierra scooped them up along with the Belladonna leaves and began to crush them in her hands. She watched as the brittle pieces fell into the cauldron.
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Eliza looked at her table and counted the wings and leaves to double check she had the right amount. She wasn't too keen on mashing them up in her bare hands though, so she checked her bag to see if she had thought to pack any gloves. Maybe I left some in from last time... she hoped as she dug through the sack. I really need to clean this out again... Why was it that no matter what size the bag was, she was always able to fill it? Aha! She had finally found a pair of gloves, but they were a bit linty. She held them up and gave them a quick cleaning. "Scourgify, she said almost in a whisper. The classroom had grown very quiet now that everyone was busy brewing. She didn't want to be a distraction. Now that she felt ready to move on, she picked up the pieces and crumbled them in her hands. The crunching sound of the leaves was one that she'd always loved. Fall was one of her favorite times of the year and now that Winter was upon them, she missed the sound of dry leaves underfoot. The crunching of the billywig wings on the other hand was a bit disturbing. She'd much rather they were alive and buzzing around, going about their business, than dismembered in her potion. But that was the way of it, so she went on crushing and watched the thin pieces flutter down into the potion as she brushed her hands together.
SPOILER!!: Potion's Notes
Potions Lesson 2 - Notes
Lingualaxus - Truth Serum
Weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Procedure
(Remember to always clean first!)
Fill cauldron with water
Turn on burner
Add, one at a time, 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
Stir potion counter clockwise while pouring in blood slowly
Crush the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves in your hands
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SPOILER!!: brittle brittle
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Taylor sighed and picked up the 5 billywig wings. She grimaced in disgust at it. Tay picked up the 3 belladonna leaves as wel. Taylor crushed the seven items in her hands then let the brittled pieces fall slowly from her hands down into the bloody water. She stared into the cauldron and got lost in her thoughts.
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Kat watched Lafay as she demonstrated again. Kat took her billywig wings and her Belladonna leaves. She closed her fist and heard those crunch of the ingredients. The pieces fell inside her cauldron. They are so breakable.
Once she was finished, Kat scribbled more notes in her parchment.
SPOILER!!: Notes over herrrreee
Katrina Marie Hudson
Fourth Year Slytherin
Lingualaxus Truth Serum - makes the drinker tell the truth even if they do not want to, but this truth serum is a bit weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Procedure
1. Clean the cauldron using Scourgify.
2. Fill the cauldron with water using Aguamenti.
3. Turn on the burner.
3. Add 8 drops of Wormwood Essence when water starts boiling.
4. Stir the potion counter-clockwise.
5. While the potion is still moving, add the Jobberknoll blood slowly. It should be making circles in the potion.
6. Take the Billywig wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush them in your hands then let the pieces fall into the cauldron.
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Belle saw the professor doing the next set of directions. After she added the blood, she saw the red circling in the potion. She looked for her 4 billywig wings and found them. She crushed them loosely in your hands, letting the brittle pieces fall into the cauldron. It was kind of cool to see it.
Then Belle found the 3 Belladonna leaves and started to loosely crush them loosely. The potion was all coming together nicely.
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Gideon picked up his stirring rod, giving it a quick "scourgify," to insure nothing off was added to his potion. He then slowly dunked it into the cauldron and began stiring it in a counter-clockwise motion using his wand and writing hand. Gingerly picking up the cup of jobberknoll blood, not willing to accidentally drop and waste a single drop, he made sure to balance it in his grasp. Then, the prefect slowly turned it on its side to allow a careful, slow flow into his cauldron.
A twirl of red present within the potion.
Now for the next step. Holding out one hand, Gideon first took the billywig wings from where he had collected with his other hand. He then placed it in his outstretched hand before reaching for the belladonna leaves. Adding them to the hand held horizontal, the seventh year then joined both hands together, moving them over his cauldron. With a few rubs and moves of his hands together loosely , the differing ingrediants crushed against his skin and once he was satisfied, Gideon added them all to his cauldron as directed.
So far so good.
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Awar picked up the wings and the belladonna leaves and crushed them over the cauldron. She watched in a dazed manner as the pieces fell in.
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Should they continue stirring, or could they stop now that they were adding a new ingredient? Vivi studied her potion for changes before deciding to continue stirring until otherwise instructed.
She donned her gloves for the next step. From her neatly ordered potion ingredients, Vivi retrieved the billywig wings and belladonna leaves. They were both dry and very nearly the same texture, so it was easy work to crumble the leaves and wings between her hands. Not too finely, as indicated by the professor. She let the pieces fall from in between her fingers into the cauldron.
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There. Now the back breaking labour was over and she could relax again for a while.
Lex took the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves and began crushing them in her hands. This wasn't nearly as bad as the stirring so she wouldn't complain...that and she didn't want to start complaining after the look she saw the Professor have earlier.
Once that was done she let them fall into the cauldron and watched them going around in the spiral of the still spinning water. After the last piece fell she looked to the Professor again.
What now?
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Jory watched as Professor Lafay demonstrated what was to be done next. Then he followed, taking the four billyweed Wings and the three belladonna leaves in his hands. The Puff then began to crush the two ingredients over the cauldron. "So far so good,'' he thought.
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She began stirring in a counter-clockwise motion. While the stirring was still going on she slowly added the Jobberknoll blood into the cauldron. She saw as the red making circles in the water. That was cool looking. She picked up the Billywig wings and the Belladonna leaves and crushed them in her hands. She watched as the pieces fell from her hands into the cauldron. Okay so now that, that was done, she loved crushing things.
SPOILER!!: Potion Journal
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
~It is a truth serum that loosens the tongue. (no taste, no smell, no color)
This truth serum is a bit weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions
Clean your cauldron
Fill your cauldron with water
Start your burners
Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time
Stir potion in counter-clockwise motion
Slowly add Jobberknoll blood in a low and slow stream while the potion is still in motion from the stirring
Take the Billywig leaves and the Belladonna leaves and crush them loosely in your hands
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Well, at least they could stop stirring. Kendall didn't quite see how they were supposed to be using both hands to crush ingredients while still stirring, at least, even though that instruction hadn't exactly been given specifically. She still took her stirrer out of the potion for the time being, Scourgifying it before she set it aside to pick up the billywig wings. Should we be wearing gloves?, she wondered, just looking down at the delicate wings for a second. It was kind of too late for that now, unless she wanted to put the wings down again to slip her gloves on, and that might contaminate them. If she'd learned anything from Potions lessons, it was that contamination was the last thing she wanted to risk. Therefore, she was just going to have to make sure to try and get as much of the crumbly materials off her hands an into the potion, and then maybe clean her hands before moving on. It sort of depended on if she had time before the next step was introduced, and if it needed clean hands.
Either way, she added the belladonna leaves to the wings in the palm of her hand, getting that much more nervous since it was that ingredient that had made her more worried than the billywig wings. She definitely wasn't going to eat anything until she'd washed her hands a lot now, but she pushed her nervousness back long enough to curl her fingers together around both wings and leaves before holding the fist over her cauldron. Clasping her other hand around her fist, she crushed the ingredients a tiny bit more before opening her hands to tip the crumbs into the liquid. Trying to not look to see if there was still visible blood in the potion, too. Brushing her hands together to get as many remnants as she could, she sat back again finally to add to her notes. At least there weren't too many more ingredients to worry about.
SPOILER!!: Potions journal
Lingualaxus Truth serum
Ingredients:
Water
8 drops essence of wormwood
1 cup jobberknoll blood
4 billywig wings
3 belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 sprigs of valerian
5 leeches
Steps:
1. Make sure cauldron is clean
2. Fill cauldron with water, up to the neck, then light a flame underneath
3. Add the eight drops of essence of wormwood, one at a time
4. Stir potion counter-clockwise
5. While potion is still moving/while still stirring, slowly add jobberknoll blood (blood will make circles in the liquid)
6. Collect the billywig wings and belladonna leaves in hands, then crush them loosely before adding to the cauldron
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Good they're finally moving on from the Jobberknoll blood. Still not looking at his cauldron Vickers slipped on his gloves for the next task. With or without the stingers it was best practice if he didnt hold the billywig with bare hands. He took his wand and scourgified the palms and fingers of the gloves before taking the right amount of Billywig wings and belladona leaves into one glove, then crushing them together, and turning his hand to scatter the pieces into his pot.
SPOILER!!: Vickers' Parchment
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
Ingredients
>> Water
>> 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
>> One cup of Jobberknoll blood
>> 4 Billywig Wings
>> 3 Belladonna leaves
>> 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
>> 7 Sprigs of Valerian
>> 5 leeches
Procedures
>> Scourgified cauldron and checked for any dents or cracks
>> Filled cauldron with water and set it on top of the burner for heating
>> Drip-drop the wormwood essence 8 times
>> Stir in the counter-clockwise direction
>> Add in Jobberknoll blood while continuing with the stirring
>> Wear gloves and scourgify them before crushing billywig wings and belladonna leaves
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Kurumi bit down on her lower lip as the last of the blood went into the cauldron, shaking it just a bit to make sure that all of it went in. If she had to use it she was going to make sure that ever last bit of it was used and then go speak with Professor Newlin. Setting the now empty cup down, Kurumi picked up the wings and belladonna and slowly began to crush them in her palms and then turned them over so the bits could fall into the cauldron.
Poor jobberknolls...
SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment
Kurumi Hollingberry
Gryffindor // Seventh Year
Lingualaxus :: a truth serum that loosens the tongue, has no taste, no smell, no color. Most important, the victi-drinker has no recollection of having revealed anything and felt afterwards as if they has a nice long nap
truth serums sedate the drinker and lulls their brain into an subconscious false sense of security. This allows the brain to release any information is has and impedes that reactionary thing that makes you feel you need to cover up the truth.
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Procedure
clean cauldron
fill it with water
light burner
add 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood one drop at a time
stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion.
add your Jobberknoll blood (low and slow stream)
crush 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves in your hands and let the pieces fall into the cauldron
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Originally Posted by verbain
That was easy enough. This whole potion was pretty easy... Theo stirred the potion counter-clockwise, making sure he had his directions correct first. Yep, ready to go. And with his free hand, he picked up the bottle of Jobberknoll blood and tipped it VERY slowly to begin with, cos he wasn't sure how quickly it would pour out. It was quite slow anyway, so he tipped it a bit further.
He smiled at the red circles forming in his cauldron, because that meant he was actually doing it right. Once the whole cup of blood was empty, Theo rested it on the desk and continued stirring.
Those wings and leaves, where were theeeeey? Theo's eyes danced around his batch of ingredients until he spotted them. One at a time would probably be safest. The second year pulled out four Billywig Wings and crushed them into one hand, then he pulled out 3 Belladonna leaves with his OTHER hand and did the same.
Violaaaaa - Theodore sprinkled the contents of both hands into the cauldron and watched it like a hawk. This was going well, he thought.
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Cassia always wondered why did it matter how they stirred. Conterclock or not the idea is about stirring ,right? She thought of asking but she didn't want to risk in case the reason was obvious and it was only her that had no clue .So counter-clock she shall stir. Reaching for the spoon she started stirring. Though it took her a second to define the direction but she made sure after seeing the other students. And while her right hand stirred, she reached for the blood with her left one after having opened the cap earlier. She kept her eyes on the liquid watching how red circles were formed. So she was doing well.
When Lafay spoke again Cassia kept stirring absent-mindedly watching how the woman crushed the leaves. The second-year didn't like this step because she didn't like leaves or any other plants' parts. Putting the spoon aside she started looking for the leaves none too enthusiastically. And after finding them she brought them above the cauldron and started crushing them not caring what fell into the cauldron. Who cares!
The she reached for a handkerchief and wiped her hands after having touched the leaves. The look on her face only showed that she didn't enjoy the last step. The one which included interacting with the leaves.
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Originally Posted by Princesspower
Sarah nodded as the teacher spoke and added them to her notes:
SPOILER!!: notes
Lingualaxus Truth Serum - it is weaker then Veritaserum yet still makes the drinker tell the truth even if they do not want to.
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions
Clean your cauldron {scourgify}
Fill your cauldron with water {arguementi}
Start your burners {incendio}
Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time
Stir brew in anti-clockwise motion
while the motion is in motion, slowly add Jobberknoll blood (it should looks like a low and slow stream into potion. You will see the red making circles in the liquid)
Taking the four Billyeig wings and 3 Belladonna leaves, crush them loosely in your hands (over potion?) allowing the brittle bits to fall into potion
Sarah took the four billywig wings and the belladonna leaves in her hands and began to rub her hands vigoursly over the potion allowing the bits to fall into her potion. Sarah was used to the feeling of the crumpled leaves yet the Billywig wings gave her the shivers. One generally respecs animals more then plants and Sarah felt bad for the poor creatures whose wings she was crumbling.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar
Great they were finally moving on. She needed something else in her cauldron to get her mind of the blood that was circling in her cauldron right now. She looked at it and felt queasy. Her attention back on the professor, she listened to what was needed next.
She took the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crushed them loosely in her hands hands. This was definitely taking her mind off the blood and a good thing too. She let the crushed pieces fall into the cauldron. She looked at her potion and was glad that the newly added ingedients masked the whole blood thing. Gulp.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva was glad that the blood was over and the smell was finally leaving. She took a few deep breaths trying to make sure she wasn't going to pass out or get sick and that's when she heard Ethan ask if she was alright. Well even feeling green didn't stop her from turning red. Oh Min, get it together, she thought. Whispering "I..I'm fi..I'll be fine, promise.." she gave a weak smile and turned back to her potion.
Lafay started to speak and Minerva tried to focus on her even though for a moment she felt like Lafay was speaking through a tunnel. Pushing herself to focus she heard the next step and looked back to her ingredients. Pulling up the Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves. Crushing them in her hands, Minerva made sure they were crushed properly then she let them fall into the cauldron.
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Originally Posted by CherryBlossomRose
Seri obeyed, stirring her potion, but leaving the bit about blood, she just pushed it a little nearer the edge of the desk, and futher away from her. She kept stirring, pretending she could see red swirls or something. Seri actually might have used it, but this Professor annoyed her.
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
Nigel was a little behind. So he began to stir his potion slowly in a counter clockwise motion. Following what Lafay was doing. He slowly added his Jobberknoll blood. It looked just like Lafay's with the red making circles in the water. Immediately after the last instruction he took the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crushed them loosely in his hands. While letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron. Once he was sure he did it correctly. He sat patiently for what was to come next.
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Originally Posted by jujune29th
Sophie was neervooous. She didn't know whether she had gotten the number of wormwood drops right and she feared professor Lafay's reaction if she told her she might have messed up already.
After thinking for a while, she decided to just go on with the brewing. Maybe if she got everything right from now on she could still save the Potion? Or maybee she had gotten the 8 drops and didn't have to worry... she just hoped for the best.
Deep breath. So onto the next step.
The badger cleaned the wooden stirrer and placed it inside her cauldron, staring at it for a second. Counter-clock motion. She pictured a clock in her mind to make sure which way was counter-clockwise and started stirring the Potion in that direction with her left hand.
Grabbing the Jobberknoll blood pot thingy with her right hand, Sophie slooowly added its content in her Potion, watching the red circles in the water. It actually looked quite pretty, even though it was blood. The red colour was really beautiful.
So far so good! Hopefully...
Now the Billywig Wings and Belladonna leaves. The thirteen year-old held them all together above her cauldron and started crushing them loosely, as the Slytherin Head of House had demonstrated, letting the pieces fall in her Potion.
Gulp. Would she get the Potion right?? She was still feeling nervous about this...
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella scribbled down the next set of instructions, watching carefully as Professor Lafay demonstrated how to crush the ingredients in one's hands. She then picked out 4 billywig wings, working on crushing those first. She rubbed her hands together over the cauldron, watching as the crushed bits fell into it rather easily. Next came the Belladonna leaves, which Ella grabbed 3 of. She placed them in her hands and began to crush those as well, letting them fall into the cauldron too. When she was done, she crossed those steps off her list and looked up at the Professor again, waiting for further instructions.
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Originally Posted by Katergirl
Angelina looked from Professor Lafay to her cauldron. She then took the 4 Billywig Wings and 3 Belladonna leaves in her hands. With them both in her hands and hovering over the cauldron she started to crush them in her hand. She watched as the brittled pieces fell into the cauldron. Once she was completed with that step, she looked up at the professor again and waited.
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SPOILER!!: HoH and Bee!
Yes, he seen Bee giving him the same pointed looks in return. Dylan couldn't have cared less, though. She'd complained on several occasions about being awful at Potions...So, he was doing her a service. Winks for you, Bee.
Moving on.
They were adding the Jobberknoll blood now. It was amusing that they were using this particular ingredient...considering the entire Hogwarts population of Jobberknolls had died/been killed. Dylan wasn't too clear on the details...Meh.
Picking up the crystal stirring rod he'd laid to the side earlier (it had gotten scourgified), the Captain slowly dipped it down into the concoction. Slowly because he didn't want to disturb it too much before he actually began stirring. In the next moment, he began the motion of counter-clockwise, watching the liquid funnel a bit in the center. Continuing to do so, he reached to grab the cup of deep red fluid with his other hand, carefully moving it towards the top of the cauldron. Tipping it just a bit, the blood began to seep down, mixing with the potion in an interesting way. It seemed to move with the funneling potion, maybe the circles his Head of House had mentioned. Yep, this looked correct according to her directions.
More eyes for Bee...Was she understanding all of this?
Dylan couldn't help but to grin. No guess work. Not with Professor Lafay. Yes, he was sighing in relief.
Picking up the wings and leaves he'd collected earlier, the Slytherin set about crumbling them up over his cauldron. It was fun for the Captain...because it was something he used to do back home when the leaves were changing for winter. His father would rake them together...and he'd go and break them up. Nostalgia.
Once the step was completed to the best of his ability, Dylan pulled his notebook and began writing things down.
SPOILER!!: Dylan's Notebook
Dylan Corvi Montmorency
Slytherin Fifth Year
Potions: Lesson Two
Lingualaxus: A Truth Serum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Steps / Procedure
1. Cure and clean cauldron (scourgify).
2. Fill with water and turn on burner.
3. Add 8 drops of Wormwood Essence.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clockwise motion.
5. Add the Jobberknoll blood while the potion is in motion (low and slow stream / circles).
6. Crush the billywig wings and belladonna leaves loosely in hands, allowing the pieces to fall down into the cauldron.
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
In her HANDS?! Sierra blinked as she looked at the Billywig wings. Everytime she thought of Billywigs, she thought of getting stung and becoming giddy and levitated, but these...these were just the wings. Sierra scooped them up along with the Belladonna leaves and began to crush them in her hands. She watched as the brittle pieces fell into the cauldron.
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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon
Eliza looked at her table and counted the wings and leaves to double check she had the right amount. She wasn't too keen on mashing them up in her bare hands though, so she checked her bag to see if she had thought to pack any gloves. Maybe I left some in from last time... she hoped as she dug through the sack. I really need to clean this out again... Why was it that no matter what size the bag was, she was always able to fill it? Aha! She had finally found a pair of gloves, but they were a bit linty. She held them up and gave them a quick cleaning. "Scourgify, she said almost in a whisper. The classroom had grown very quiet now that everyone was busy brewing. She didn't want to be a distraction. Now that she felt ready to move on, she picked up the pieces and crumbled them in her hands. The crunching sound of the leaves was one that she'd always loved. Fall was one of her favorite times of the year and now that Winter was upon them, she missed the sound of dry leaves underfoot. The crunching of the billywig wings on the other hand was a bit disturbing. She'd much rather they were alive and buzzing around, going about their business, than dismembered in her potion. But that was the way of it, so she went on crushing and watched the thin pieces flutter down into the potion as she brushed her hands together.
SPOILER!!: Potion's Notes
Potions Lesson 2 - Notes
Lingualaxus - Truth Serum
Weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Procedure
(Remember to always clean first!)
Fill cauldron with water
Turn on burner
Add, one at a time, 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
Stir potion counter clockwise while pouring in blood slowly
Crush the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves in your hands
Drop the pieces into the potion
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Tay took out the mortar and pestle from her potions kit and scourified them both. She measured out two tablespoons of poppyseeds and poured it into it. Taylor grinded the poppyseeds until they were fine dust then she brought up seven springs of Valerian. Tay placed them in the mortar as well then crusted it with the poppy dust. She poured it all in the potions and glanced up at the professor. She sighed, waiting on the next set of instructions. Taylor was starting to tune the professor out and make a drawing on her parchment that had her ingredient list on it.
Angelina took out the mortar and pestle and cleaned to anyways just to make sure. She then started measuring the two tablespoons of poppyseed. Once she got the two tablespoons she poured it into the the mortar. She took the pestle and started to crush them into fine dust. When the fine dust was there insides of the two tablespoons of poppyseed she got the seven springs of Valerian. With the seven springs of Valerian she crushed it down with the dust of poppyseed. After that was completed Angelina placed the dust into the cauldron. She cleaned a little of her area up while she waited for Professor Lafay to continue.
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She went to go retrieve her mortar and pestle from her kit. She cleaned it out with the spell. She added the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. She started to grind the poppy seeds down to dust. She picked up the Valerian springs and broke them in her hand and placed them into the mortar. She started to crush them with the poppy dust. She then added the contents into the potion
SPOILER!!: Potion Journal
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
~It is a truth serum that loosens the tongue. (no taste, no smell, no color)
This truth serum is a bit weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions
Clean your cauldron
Fill your cauldron with water
Start your burners
Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time
Stir potion in counter-clockwise motion
Slowly add Jobberknoll blood in a low and slow stream while the potion is still in motion from the stirring
Take the Billywig leaves and the Belladonna leaves and crush them loosely in your hands
Get the mortar and pestle from your potions kit
Add the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into the mortar
Start grinding them down into a dust
Break the seven sprigs of Valerian in your hands, then put them in the mortar
Then crush it together with the poppy dust
Then add the contents to your potions
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Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Jory took out the mortar and pestle and cleaned them both with the cleaning charm. Next, he measured out the two tablespoons of poppy seeds and placed them into the mortar. With the pestle, the boy began to crush the seeds. Crush, crush, crush, until they were reduced to dust.
That done, he took the valerian roots in hand hands and broke them into pieces then added them to the mortar. He crushed the two together then added the mixture to his potion.
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Awar cleaned out her mortar and pestle and added the tablespoons of poppy seeds. After grinding them down, she broke the Valerian springs in her hand and put them in with the dust. She finished crushing them and added it to her potion.
"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
Ariana then too the wings and leaves and crushed them loosely in her hand letting pieces fall out of her hand and into the potion before she let it all fall in swiftly.. good good
SPOILER!!: next Step
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Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Mortaaaarrrrrr, Ariana thought for a moment she was in a old war. "QUICK GRAB THE MORTAR! ENEMIES GATHERING TO THE SOUTH!...... BOOM! HA! oh right class........ Grabbing her mortar and pestle she quickly scourified the both of them And put TWO tablespoons of poppy seeds into them and began grinding them down to a dust... after a few minutes her arm began to hurt and she looked sown into her mortar.. YAY DUST! she then broke up all seven sprigs of Valerian and put them into the mortar before she grinded them into the poppy dust GRIND GRIND GRIND. hehe.. then she dumped them into her potion
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SPOILER!!: Lafay
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Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Hmm alright more crushing of stuff.
He drew the mortar and pestle closer to himself and started scourgifying them, then set his wand aside to reach out for the next ingredients. It was then that he realized that if they were to crush these things into fine dust then there would be particles of this floating in the air...
..... Poppy dust... danger of inhaling? Yeah he knows what to do....
He set the ingredients aside for a moment and went looking for his mask. Securing it over the lower half of his face he made sure it was nice and snug. He even went ahead and slipped his lab goggles over his glasses.
Now that he was pretty secured from the possible effects of dust particles he reached for the poppy seeds and started measuring it out, tipping it into the mortar and started grinding it with the pestle. After a while he scourgified his gloves again to pick apart the Valerian sprigs then adding them all into the mortar, grinding them down even further.
Peering into the mortar he can see the fine particles catching the faint light of the Potions classroom. He lifted it and carefully tipped the contents over the cauldron, watching the powder melt into the liquid...
SPOILER!!: Vickers' Parchment
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
Ingredients
>> Water
>> 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
>> One cup of Jobberknoll blood
>> 4 Billywig Wings
>> 3 Belladonna leaves
>> 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
>> 7 Sprigs of Valerian
>> 5 leeches
Procedures
>> Scourgified cauldron and checked for any dents or cracks
>> Filled cauldron with water and set it on top of the burner for heating
>> Drip-drop the wormwood essence 8 times
>> Stir in the counter-clockwise direction
>> Add in Jobberknoll blood while continuing with the stirring
>> Wear gloves and scourgify them before crushing billywig wings and belladonna leaves
>> Scourgify mortar and pestle
>> Wear mask and lab goggles before measuring out and crushing the poppy seeds with mortar and pestle
>> Scourgify gloves before picking apart Valerian sprigs
>> Add Valerian sprigs into mortar and continue grinding it until it is consistent with poppy dust
>> Add Poppy-Valerian mix into cauldron
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Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Things were almost too quiet. After the water incident, it seemed like everyone was too scared to do anything wrong. Kendall didn't mind, since it meant she could continue to not acknowledge the scariness of Professor Lafay's current appearance, and how zombie-like it was becoming. She'd been a little afraid of the woman since first year, but this was too much. And if they kept working with poisonous stuff, that feeling wouldn't go away soon. She could hope the zombie part did, and that was the only reason she was so determined to try and ignore it. Besides, so far the brewing process hadn't really been that difficult, other than having to use blood. She was past that, and she carefully cleaned her hands of belladonna as the next steps were explained. At least she could do that without worrying about missing anything.
Once they'd been instructed on the steps, she slid her mortar and pestle over in front of herself. Scourgifying both before she measured out two tablespoons of poppy seeds into the mortar. Time to crush, she said silently, picking up the pestle and grinding the seeds down. It didn't take long, since the seeds hadn't been very big to begin with, so before long she'd moved to the valerian sprigs. Breaking them apart, she added the bits into the mortar, then crushed them as well before just looking at the oddly pretty dust that had been created. At least something looked interesting, but she picked up the mortar and let the dust fall into the potion. It didn't seem like stirring was needed, so once that was done she Scourgified her mortar and pestle again before moving back to her notes. Time for more active ignoring of theories while she waited for leeches.
SPOILER!!: Potions journal
Lingualaxus Truth serum
Ingredients:
Water
8 drops essence of wormwood
1 cup jobberknoll blood
4 billywig wings
3 belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 sprigs of valerian
5 leeches
Steps:
1. Make sure cauldron is clean
2. Fill cauldron with water, up to the neck, then light a flame underneath
3. Add the eight drops of essence of wormwood, one at a time
4. Stir potion counter-clockwise
5. While potion is still moving/while still stirring, slowly add jobberknoll blood (blood will make circles in the liquid)
6. Collect the billywig wings and belladonna leaves in hands, then crush them loosely before adding to the cauldron
7. Place the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into mortar, then use pestle to crush them into dust
8. Use hands to break apart valerian sprigs, then add to mortar as well and crush, before adding the mixture into the cauldron
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"Good. Now, take the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves, and crush them loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron." She said demonstrating how to do so.
She quickly reached for her quill and wrote down the steps:
SPOILER!!: Befelda's notes
POTIONS: LESSON 2
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
Ingredients:
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions:
1. Clean the cauldron. Always the first step. (Scourgify)
2. Fill the cauldron with water. Set the fire burner.
3. Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clock motion.
5. As the motion is in motion, slowly add the Jobberknoll blood. Must be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. Red making circles in the water.
6. Take the Billywig Wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush loosely with hands, letting the brittle pieces fall in the cauldron.
Afterwards, she took the Billywig wings and Belladona leaves and gently crushed them letting the brittle ones drop into the cauldron.
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Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the mortar. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Arrgghh! This jotting down notes really makes Befelda's palm sweat and tired. But she had no choice but to write them down:
SPOILER!!: Befelda's notes
POTIONS: LESSON 2
Lingualaxus Truth Serum
Ingredients:
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Directions:
1. Clean the cauldron. Always the first step. (Scourgify)
2. Fill the cauldron with water. Set the fire burner.
3. Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clock motion.
5. As the motion is in motion, slowly add the Jobberknoll blood. Must be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. Red making circles in the water.
6. Take the Billywig Wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush loosely with hands, letting the brittle pieces fall in the cauldron.
7. Ready the mortar and pestle. Make sure it is clean (Scourgify).
8. Put the poppy seeds into the mortar and crush it to dust.
9. Take the Valerian sprigs, break them and put into the mortar while grinding. Crush it together with the poppy dust.
10. Add the crushed dust into the cauldron.
She put down her quill. She put out the mortar and pestle from her kit. She took the mortar and put out her wand and "Scourgify.". The mortar was squeaky clean. She put down the mortar and went over the ingredients.
Befelda took the poppy seeds and put them into the mortar and grind them to dust. After which, she took the Valerian sprigs and broke them using her hands and drop into the mortar. She grind them together with the poppy dust. Oh, I should add the dust into the cauldron. I wonder what color would the potion create if I add the crushed dust?. Befelda's always wondering everything. She came back to her senses, held the mortar and slightly bent it over the cauldron to drop the crushed dust of poppy seeds and Valerian sprigs. Hmm...
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Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
The lioness took her mortar and pestle along and cleaned them with specific care so that they would be shining in their right place. Thanks to her. Smiles. Then she put two tablespoons of seeds into it and started grinding them till they have all become dust. Putting some of them and mix them with Valerian, she put them safely in the morter and crushed it hard.
Right. It was easy to follow up till now and it seemed like everyone else was still working on their potions so Tiffany would just take this time being to fill in her Potion journal then as she was waiting for a further demonstration from the professor.
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Sweet lollipop, you're my lollipop. If I call you, you must not go away. You are the potion of my life, you are the sweetness that I have.♥♥♥♥♥
Kimothée Chalamet • The UWU Agenda • Once Baby, Now Trouble • All Growed Up
Quote:
Originally Posted by Droo
Everyone was doing well, odd. "Alright, now retrieve your mortar and pestle from your potions kit, and, after making sure it is clean, put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Start grinding them down to a dust and then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the morter. Then crush it together with the poppy dust. Be sure to then add the contents to your potions." And she demonstrated it all.
Kat took out her mortar and pestle. They were supposed to go pounding on the poppy seeds and Valerian sprigs. Cool. First of all, she casted Scourgify on the mortar just in case Lafay's inner neat freak bursts. She took the two tablespoons of poppy seeds and placed them inside her clean mortar and crushed it into dust.
Crush. Crush. Crush. CRUSH.
After crushing the seed into dust, Kat then broke apart the Valerian Sprigs and added it into the mortar. More crushing this time. Except with thr dust + sprigs.
Crush. Crush. Crush. CRUSH.
Finally, Kat placed inside her cauldron the crushed ingredients. Well... That's it for now. While waiting for thr next set of ingredients, Kat scribbled more notes in her parchment.
SPOILER!!: Notes over herrrreee
Katrina Marie Hudson
Fourth Year Slytherin
Lingualaxus Truth Serum - makes the drinker tell the truth even if they do not want to, but this truth serum is a bit weaker than Veritaserum
Ingredients
Water
8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
One cup of Jobberknoll blood
4 Billywig Wings
3 Belladonna leaves
2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
7 Sprigs of Valerian
5 leeches
Procedure
1. Clean the cauldron using Scourgify.
2. Fill the cauldron with water using Aguamenti.
3. Turn on the burner.
3. Add 8 drops of Wormwood Essence when water starts boiling.
4. Stir the potion counter-clockwise.
5. While the potion is still moving, add the Jobberknoll blood slowly. It should be making circles in the potion.
6. Take the Billywig wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush them in your hands then let the pieces fall into the cauldron.
7. Clean the mortar and place the poppy seeds inside the mortar and crush to dust.
8. Break the Valerian sprigs using your hand and add to the crushed seeds snd crush some more then add to cauldron.
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