Potions 1
 

The class is the same with the proper chairs with soft cushions to sit and lean back on, and they are still are charmed to take the most comfortable shape and height once a student is seated. The walls are still a soft, calming blue. There are one big, grey rubbish bin by the door and a white, porcelain washbasin with a tap for those who wants to wash their hands before/after the class and who can't perform 'Aguamenti' charm.

The door is open 15 minutes before the class time. Professor Culloden is sitting at his desk and greets everyone very cheerfully.

OOC: If you are going to RP your characer use the washbasin or the bin, you don't have to take Cosgrach's permission. Just assume he has granted it.

The class has begun, so please do not post your characters late! :)

Class progress
Hi&hello and two questions
Answers and first 3 steps
A few people and steps 4-6
A few of you and steps 7-8
People and steps 9-10
Last step and a question
Antidote discussion, last notes and EXPLOSIONS!

Potion progress: Emotional Change Potion

Potions class was in the …dungeons right? He thought he had seen the classroom door when he had been searching for Professor Botros office and had been lost at that time. Walking inside the room feeling extremely nervous, Yoongi wondered how Hogwarts taught Potions classes. Hopefully it was better than at Charms School because he was HORRIBLE at it. The blue color in the classroom was strangely calming but not enough for his mind to not freak out. Alright, if he just listened carefully, did the steps it would be fine.

“Hello Professor, I’m Yoongi ,the charming transfer student from Charms School “ he flashed a smile but that could not hide the unease on his face. Should he tell he was dreadful at this subject? Thinking for a moment, Yoongi then turned around without saying anything else and sat down at the faaaaaaaar back of the room in the corner because if he messed up it would not be noticed. Hopefully…

Checking his stuff over and over again because he was afraid he forgot something, Yoongi looked up when he heard a familiar voice beside him. Seeing Jackson standing there, Yoongi immediately grabbed his arm tightly as Jackson sat next to him. "Please tell me you're good at this subject?" he whispered in a low tone but loud enough for him to hear.

Ah yes. It’s that time of the day wherein he didn’t need to wake up too early to get in class on time. It was also that subject that he enjoyed...and aced during his exam last term. Uh-huh. Ethan was pretty sure that Professor Culloden would be delighted to see him continue with his class. The Slytherin confidently swaggered towards the classroom, and grinned at the man up front. “Hello, Professor Culloden! It’s nice to be back in your class.” Truth, yo.

The soon to be seventeen year old took his usual seat, and settled his things on the table. Parchments and his self inking quill were taken out of course, ready to record all the useful Potion information that Culloden will share.

Oh and...hi, Brooklyn! Ethan gave the tiny redhead a grin, as he sat back on his chair, waiting for the rest to arrive.

Janelle was in a good mood today and she hoped this would transfer to a good day in Potions class. Upon entering the classroom, she gave a cheerful greeting to the Professor. "Hello Professor Culloden", Janelle said with a smile. Then she washed her hands and headed for her seat.

Making herself comfortable, Janelle began to get her things in order, wondering what potion they would be brewing today. Keeping an eye on the arriving students, she sat back and waited for class to begin.

Cilla entered the classroom. "Hello, Professor," she said as she smiled at him. She sat down next to Lux. Cilla smiled at her Hufflepuff friend as she placed the items she needed for the lesson and the desk in front of her.

He nodded! Jackson nodded!

Yoongi let out a breath of relief and finally let go of his arm. Why? did he really have to ask that?! Because admitting flaws was something Yoongi did not like. Because he was perfect, from head to toe. "Why'd you think?" he whispered back urgently and took a glance in the Professor's direction. Technically , class had not yet begun but he did not want the man to overhear their conversation. "Ok ok, i'm terrible at potions and i need to sit next to someone i can cheat off when things get drastic..you wouldn't mind right? please?" he rubbed his hands together in a begging motion. "Or else i'm going to sit next to Leah" where was she even?

Natalia could stand the practical work involved in brewing potions; even handling beetle eyes and slimy particles were livable (and sometimes, kind of fascinating). But what was NOT okay, was the odor.

Cautiously, the fourth-year Lioness first poked her head into the Potions classroom. After observing that only a few students have already arrived, Natalia slowly allowed the rest of her body to fit through the doorway and tip toed in, tilting her head slightly toward the ground to prevent as many pairs of eyes as possible from looking at her face mask. It was to block out the horrendous odor.

Hopefully, the professor won't mind, or even notice.

Natalia attempted to bury herself behind a desk in the back of the room. The farther away from the source of potion-brewing, the less of that stench she had to inhale into her lungs.

YAY Potions! Zhenya's favourite! She was almost skipping to her last first Potions class of the term, and she walked into the classroom, washed her hands thoroughly, even though they were clean already, just to be safe, and stopped at Professor Culloden. "Hello Professor," she said, a big smile on her face. "Hope your summer was lovely and relaxing."

As Zhenya turned to find a seat, she saw a few familiar faces. She smiled and waved at Lux, Jackson, Zeke and Cilla, before sitting down next to Janelle.

"Hi," she said, greeting the young Eagle. Zhenya remembered her older sister fondly. "How are you Janelle?" she asked, then added, "How is Jasmine?"

Echo seemed like she had made it just in time, phew!!! Opening the door she came in to see a bunch of other students sitting down and Professor Culloden sitting at his desk "Hello Professor Culloden, hope your having a good day" she smiled at the man while she walked a bit faster to sit in a seat. She was just so tired the seat was so comfy and she was excited to be sitting down.

Henric wasn't in a mood for anything really, he was feeling down in the weather today on top of everything that happened to him.Remembering the time he had a discomforting encounter with Noel at the kitchens, some ridiculous rumour spreading among the school like wildfire, thanks to Aparecium and already he had his hands full with moaning mytle creeping up behind him as if he was her new catch of the day in the boys lavatory...brrr...*goosebumps*...and now potions class....which he barely pass again last year. Henric walked in with heavy steps and smiled weakly at the professor.
"Hello,professor...good morning," he greeted softly before looking around for a seat. He spotted llia and he couldn't help be alarmed for a moment, she was his closest friend but people started to have suspicions about them.Henric felt it was best not to sit by her today to avoid getting her involved in the rumours again. And Leah....he didn't know what to say to her....she probably didn't want to speak to him anymore because of this and his situation with Noel....Hmm...

He found a corner at the far back...and sat there quietly.Staring blankly at the board, waiting for the class to start.

Abby entered the potions classroom and said "Good morning professor" Abby got out her wand and said "Aguamenti" Abby pointed her wand and stream of water to her hands and washed them quickly before class started and she put her wand back in its holster and got out her book and other things needed for class

WOOT! POTIONSSSS!

Adi's second favourite class EVAAAH! He walked into the room, a spring in his steps. He was looking forward to the lesson! Could they get started RIGHT NOW?! Hehe.

"Hallo, hallo, Professor!'' A cheerful grin for you. "How are you? Did you have a good summer? Are you going to be brewing complicated potions with anyone else this term?" He didn't mean to drown you in questions, Professor :lol:

Loads of students were already gathered and waved to most of them but he happened to notice someone all the way in the back... were they trying to hide or something? Curiously, Adi approached the person, flopping down into the seat beside them. "Hi. You're loosing the battle to hide there.'' And who are you, anyway?

Rusty was... still unconvinced about potions. Because all the potions she'd seen included bits of animal and.. well... just no. Nevertheless, she had to do it, it was compulsory, by the look of it, so here she was.

She smiled at the professor as she entered the room and found herself a seat, not introducing herself like she had done in all her other classes, but to be honest she was a little nervous about what might be asked of her in this lesson...

annnnd Izzy isn't good with intros............. okay
 

Potionnnnnnnnnnnnnsssssssssssss

Iselin skipped into the room "Hello Professor." she gave him a polite head non before going over to a work station close to the front of the room. She needed to be sure she understood everything this class. She set out a few things from her bag in front of her before looking around the room. so many interesting people here!

Ilia waved at Henric gently, but he didn't seem to notice her......did he look right past her? He didn't look quite as peppy as he usually did. Something seemed off and she was a bit concerned. Was he upset? Was he hurt or sick? What was wrong? She watched as he trudged off to a back corner, all alone. Class hadn't started yet, so she took her bag, parchment, and quills, and walked over to Henric. She purposely sat right beside him , and since he was the farthest in the corner he didn't have a choice about it. She set her stuff up and made her desk neat, then looked over at him.

"What is wrong?" There was a soft , concerned frown on her face as her bright blue eyes searched him over for the source of distress.

It was time for potions and that made AJ one very happy lion. This was one of her all time favorite classes, and the professor was pretty awesome too. AJ strolled into the classroom and spotted the professor. "Hi, professor." He seemed to be in good spirits... not that she ever really saw him any other way.

So many people were already here, and that was a sight that AJ was used to because she was almost always running behind. She had yet to be late to any classes as of yet, but the year was still young. AJ spotted her boyfriend and gave him a warm smile. Lux was also there, and AJ chose to sit by her this time. "Hey," she half whispered when she took her seat next to the older puff.

Hello Noel. :3 (also hello Dante we sit with you)
 

Err.

Spotting a shadow approaching her, Natalia crouched even lower to avoid confrontation of any kind.

Oh Merlin, it's ADI! Did he have to poke his nose at everything?

Recognizing him as an ally, Natalia slowly arched her back straight to face the Oh-So-Great-Hufflepuff-Prefect. She curved her lips into a sheepish smile (no one could see it through her face mask, of course) before nervously glancing up at the front of the classroom. No one saw her, right?

"I'm not fighting a battle. Not interested, thank you very much, Adi." Natalia's mumbling was barely audible through her pink-swirly-designed face mask. Maybe she should have worn a less conspicuous mask, but Nat really didn't have much choices. It was either this one or the really discernible Micky Mouse one.

Now this class he knew he'd do well! Torie entered the classroom, excited to be able to do potions on his own now. He helped mum and dad a lot with the potions and knew the basics, and how most of the ingredients were shaped and how to open, slice, squeeze and anything else for the most part! He smiled and waved to the professor as he passed the desk and moved to find a spot immediately, and set his bag down by it before moving to wash his hands in the basin. Finally, he took a seat by his bag and grinned as the cushion formed to him.

Angel walked into the potion classroom and smiled as she looked at the Professor. "Good morning, Professor." Angel was totally looking forwards to the first potion lesson of the term. "How was your summer?" Angel hoped it was good.

Angel washed her hands before she went and found a seat, she couldn't wait to see what potion they were going to be studying today, she thought it would be awesome if it was the ageing potion but she doubted the Professor would let them learn that.

Potions. She definitely had love/hate relationship with this subject. Had... Apparently she now liked the subject more than ever. Thanks to her very good OWL scores. She was very very proud of herself. Even her grandmother who was a former Uni potions professor. She was always very critical of her. She had been Cinna's teacher when she was homeschooled. So grandma being proud of her was the best thing ever.

So she decided that she likes potions now. The walk down to the classroom however she hated it way to much walking for her. She walked into the classroom. She seen Cossy. She walked past him on the way to a seat. "Good morning, Professor Cossy. " Yeah it was perfectly fine for her to call him that, right? She had gotten used to calling him Cossy now. She was totally blaming Bart for that. She spent to much time with them this summer. Yeah, okay in her opinion is wasn't enough. "How are you?" She smiled.

Now where to sit. She seen Lux and have her a little wave. She spotted Emmy and flopped into the chair next to her. Bart was coming right? This was potions class after all. So he would be there she knew it. "Hello Em and Emmy." She totally giggled that was what her little brother Chase called his cousin. Hehe she had to show Emmy what he drew for her. Chase was quite the baby artist. She would show her after class it was in her bag right now.

Potions Class.

He was wondering when Professor C was going to hold a lesson. He was curious to know what was going to happen this term. I mean last terms lessons were fun and such. As he made his way to the classroom and opened the door and he saw others beat him to it. He saw his girlfriend Emmy at first. He smiled and then he saw Cinna and Lux. He waved to all of them. He went over to sit next to Emmy because why not? As he made his way over to her table, he greeted her with a, "Hey Emms.." and kissed her cheek. Then he took out his notebook and quill and he saw Professor C was in the classroom.

He smiled and gave him a polite nod. "Hello Professor I trust you are well?" I mean it was the first lesson he should be happy to see his students right?

It was POTIONS time...and with it being one of Gabriel Banner's best subjects, that clearly meant another front row seat.

Entering the room with an almost smile on his face, he bypassed most of the people already situated and spoke directly to Professor Culloden. "Hello, Professor." Most...as people like Evie Shacklebolt, Hugh, Zeke Rogers, and Rowan Fields (the strange little redhead who'd given him the gemstone he was still afraid to touch), received a nod of acknowledgement. Was that considered respectful?

There were, of course, things he needed to discuss with the Potions Master...but it could wait until after the lesson. Nbd.

Evie!
 

Hello :D (and Rusty)
 

Marsha was pretty sure that one of these days she was going to find a class that she didn’t like - but so far, she loved them all. Sure, the Professors were all different and eccentric and she was learning EVERYTHING as she went, but that was what school was all about. But most importantly, she loved every minute of it.

Following Rusty into the class, she took the seat next to her dorm and good friend and took a few things out of her bag as she got ready for the class to start. She had no idea what to expect - only that she was nervous and excited all in one. ”Are you okay?” She asked Rusty as her fellow red-headed Gryffindor stayed remarkably quiet. That wasn’t like either of them.

Looking to the front of the classroom, the Professor (who’s name she didn’t know yet) got a smile and a wave. Maybe if she was nice right from the get-go he would like her? Who knew, but it was a good thought regardless.

Rowan was contemplating the coming lesson already, wondering if the man with the lovely smile really was a nice person or he was about to make her use animal parts in a potion when she didn't really need to and the poor animals need them more, when she heard Marsha's question.

"Oh... yeah... think so. Just wondering about the ingredients..." Had the girl read their textbook? Cause some of it was gross. Poor eyeless beetles and wingless flies, Rusty felt sad for them.

Potions wasn’t really his subject much to the disappointment of his father who happened to own a very successful potions company. He would have dropped the subject but he was having thoughts of becoming a Healer and knew that one needed to know their potions.

Michael also wasn’t one for sitting up the front but he really did need to concentrate in this class. ”Hello Professor.” He gave the man a nod before taking a seat beside Grayson.

”Alright there Whitlock?” They had only talked a few times before he had gone to Durmstrang but the guy seemed okay. And he was Ruby’s boyfriend and Ruby was Zahra’s best friend so it was probably good if they got along.

Yes, Dante saw Maggie enter the room and wondered if she was going to sit near him. Not that it made a difference. He was wondering what Professor C was going to make them make today. Though he noticed that Maggie was not really paying attention to him or where they were sitting.

She was just smirking

"Hey and You know, you smirking makes me fear for my life. That's a compliment "

It really was.

Usual desk, yep. Getting all set up, sure. Things being cleaned in preparation for the lesson, absolutely.

The only thing missing from Toby's arrival and first few minutes in the class was a greeting for the professor. Not that he meant to be rude or anything, He was just distracted, see. But not sad distracted, just 'mind is almost completely elsewhere' sort of thing. He was basically throwing himself into setting up for the lesson, very much one with his own thoughts, accidentally picking up, cleaning, and setting down the same beaker no less than three times.

Thinking. Cleaning. Ready for potioning. Yes right okay.

Potions. Not Ophelia's best suit, as she always had trouble with direction following, but not her worst either. Certainly not Divination or Transfiguration. Those subjects were rough and tough. Like reading a book the size and shape of a brick within a day. Rough and tough and almost impossible.

And yet, there was always that little hope upon hope that one day they would blow something up, or create a spark. Do SOMETHING so fundamentally awesome that it blew the thirteen year old's mind every time she retold it to her family and friends. Have her siblings who graduated wish that they were there in class to do this potion. A potion so monumental that it could only be described through flailing hand gestures.

Maybe today would be that day? Or not. There was no telling. Although, the regular mixing of stuff was exciting too. It was kind of like baking, but with magic, and kind of like being a scientist at the same time. She learned about muggle scientists in school, with their sterilized white lab coats and the mixing of chemicals until something smoked or they found a cure for something or some jazz like that. Maybe Ophelia could find a cure for something one day with potions...


NAH. That was more Austin's path. The short girl would gladly test the potions, but he was more of the maker of such things. He actually knew what he was doing and could follow directions correctly, unlike some little Ravenclaw they knew *cough cough*.

"Hello, Professor." It was a nice day out, what could she say? She was feeling a lot better since she got to Hogwarts, or maybe she was just getting better at ignoring whatever she was suppressing. Either way, something was working and Ophelia couldn't be happier. Which meant everyone got happy, nice Clarke and not annoyed, grumpy Clarke. You did not want the second one. No in the least.

Sitting down, she got out her pen and parchment and waited for the class to being, deciding to sketch a little while she did.

Dot is in the house. Er... classroom. Dot was definitely in the classroom. She flourished her hands in Culloden's direction, and then in Sophie's... no. Where was Sophie? She was supposed to be sitting front and center, the favorite of the favorites, but she'd been usurped by a buncha pretenders. It was enough to make a girl worry.

She stomped her way to the back of the classroom and took up a seat beside Sophie. HOW DARE SOPHIE BE RELEGATED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM! It was gross and stupid and outrageous and Dot was going to write a very firm letter to the Board of Governors about this. "Goodness. How can you continue being a favorite if you have to sit all the way back here? I can barely see the professor, and he doesn't exactly blend into the background. You want me to go clear out a seat for you among all those brown nosers?"

'Cause she would totally do it.

Also, HIIIII, Professor.

Prior to this lesson Beverly had been mulling over her mood. It used to not matter what mood she was in but recently it was something she focused on. She hated it. Walking into the potions classroom, though, she smiled at the sight of Professor Culloden at his desk as he greeted the incomers.

Okay. Yeah. She was going to miss him when she got out of here.

Yep.

Ignoring that little feeling, she approached the front desks, setting her bag down and looking over at the man once more. "Hello, Professor Culloden."

Henric didn't say anything as he watched his bestfriend slide in beside him.She must had not heard about the rumours yet,thankfully, but still she shouldn't sit by him. People might start wagging their tongues about them and it wouldn't be good.He knew he shouldn't cared about it...honestly, he really tried but it was getting harder to think that someone else might be hurt in the process.

Henric sighed,"Nothing...its just potions class..."he replied, giving her an excuse to hide his own predicament. She was concerned for him, and he felt bad again for not telling her the matter. Henric glanced down at his potions book and started fiddling with the pages.He always had the need to do something with his hands if he had something to hide.

...he got up and closed the door to indicate they were starting.

"Good morning again," he said and smiled as he stood in the middle of the front of the classroom, "for those who don't know me, my name is Cosgrach Culloden. New students can write their names on their desks for me to know them.

"Today, we're going to learn a rather interesting type of potions," he said as he started to slowly walk in the aisles and tried to make eye contact with some of them, "This type of potions have a base that can be stored for a long time, and changes its effect according to what you add after creating that base." Wasn't that EXCITING? It meant that the potion could do ANYTHING. Well, in its limits, of course. "What we are going to learn from that type," a short pause here and a geniune show of modesty, "is my own invention. It's a half-dark potion and you should use it responsibly. I'm going to teach how to get someone out of its effect," he said, then paused to build the suspenssssssse, "it changes emotions. It can make you completely sad even though you were crying tears of joy only a moment ago." This was why it was dangerous. "But only that - changing your emotions. With this in mind, can anyone guess why it's considered 'half-dark'?

"And, another question before we begin: Can you give an example of someting that can be consumed that induces an emotion? For example, tea of Melissa is used to calm people down."

OOC: The class has begun, so please do not post your characters late!

Only ONE example per person, please!

We'll continue 18-19 hours later. :)

Toby wasn't sure how long Culloden had been talking for or when the lesson had started, all he knew was that when he looked up again the class was more full and the Potions Master was already teaching. Oop. OKAY. Okay. He was back in the room, focusing, yeah.

Except... :mellow:

Mood potions. Emotion potions. Potential commotion. What a notion.

Talk of SADNESS and stuff, too. Guh. Instantly Toby was wondering if they were going to have to practice these potions on themselves, because it sort of wasn't a good idea for him to be testing out potions that affected mood, especially ones that might be botched, for reasons.

But. He'd cross that bridge when he came to it, yes.

For now, the Hufflepuff raised his hand. "Um. Elixir to Induce Euphoria?" he supplied, the biggest, most innocent (but totally not) expression on his face. "Makes people super happy. In the right doses." Heheh.

Ohhh! They were going to be brewing a complicated potion today, huh? "Really? I am looking FORWARD to it, Professor!'' Bring on the most complicated potions and this Puffer had the patience to brew them ALLLL. Yesh! Adi grinned. "Glad to hear it.''
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Adi squinted. "Nats? Is that you?'' He would recognise the anywhere since he had grown accustomed to it though the mumbling made it hard for him to be sure. "Why are you wearing THAT on your face?'' he asked. Was there a start of an airbourne epidemic he had no idea about? :whaa: Oh and hello, AJ! A wave for the girlfriend.
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The door was shut!

WOOT!

It was time to get started. Adi settled back with excitement in his seat but then sat forward, totally perked up. What did Culloden just say? Was that what they were going be working on today? SO COOL! Except about the part where the potion changed their emotions. Er.... no thanks. He liked his bubbly self. It sure sounded as though it would have came in handy last year for a particular two weeks.

So why was the potion ''It might be because since it can change emotions,'' Adi began, his hand up, "It can bring up reallyyy bad emotions, like rage and can make the person who took the potion do bad stuff. They have no control over what they do and can cause harm to others.'' Oh and as for the other question... "Eating sweets make me happy.'' Mhmm.

Echo smiled at Professor's Culloden's response, and then he got into what they were learning today, Potions weren't her strongest subject but she was going to try her hardest. She didn't know why it was called "half dark" but she was sure going to give an example of changing of emotions.

"Professor, a love potion would do that wouldn't it... make you love someone even though you might not?" hopefully she was right at some point right now as she giggled at the thought of someone using a love potion on her,

Marsha couldn’t help the large smile that lit up her face as the Professor waved back at her. How cool was that? She smiled happily at him before she turned back to Rusty. ”Aww, its okay Rusty. They are all dead… and if you really don’t want to do anything then I’ll help you.” She said with a smile to her fellow red-head.

Oh, they got to make plaque type things again.

OH!

Class time. Yay.

As she listened to the man, she leant her chin against one of her palms, drawing into the lesson already. ”I agree with Jackson, I think it’s because you can affect the emotions and actions of the person in ways that uh… you don’t mean too?” Right? Right. Maybe. Heh.

Oh! What changes your emotions. ”Professor, one of my uncles mentioned a truth potion? It began with a v… but I can’t remember the name of it. He said that if the user took it they had to tell the truth regardless of it they wanted to tell it or not…” Nibbling her bottom lip, Marsha lowered her hand and let the others in the class give their ideas.

Lux was always smiling and AJ was glad that she chose a spot beside her. The wide grin the professor gave to Angel did not go unnoticed. What was that about? The man was always happy go lucky, but it seemed like he reserved a special smile for Angel. Hmm... Maybe she would mention to Angel later. There wasn't a need to butter the potions master up in hopes of getting a love potion out of him now that Benny and Angel were dating. What else could it be?

No time to ponder because the lesson was starting. Ohhh... a dark potion. This sounded interesting. They hardly ever focused on anything that could be considered dark. You had AJ's attention professor. The lion had to agree with her boyfriend's explanation with the whole emotion thing. It could get ugly really quickly.

Everybody was taking her answers for the other question. What else could she add? A smile spread across her face as she thought the Divination lesson she had. Consuming lots of tacos could make you feel panicked because of all the farts that would be trying to escape, buuuuut that probably wasn't what he was looking for. "Don't oranges make you feel less stressed because of the vitamin C or something?" was vitamin C related to helping stress in any way, shape or form? AJ had no idea, but it sure sounded good.

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Well, then.

Gabriel glanced carefully at certain people and then back at Professor Culloden. It was neat they were going to be learning something that he'd concocted himself...To the Ravenclaw, that was the absolute best thing...but he'd have been lying if he said he wasn't slightly uncomfortable at the moment. Not on a grand scale...but Gabe's emotions were mostly a mess as it was. Artificial emotions were already a very real thing here.

"...because emotional manipulation is one of the most dangerous things a person can be submitted to."...In the sense that...if you wanted someone to truly suffer, damage them emotionally. Those marks were felt much deeper than physical wounds...and for a much longer period of time.

Speaking from personal experience.

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"...There's a potion made with Alihotsy leaves that will induce hysteria...Actually, just the leaves themselves would have the same effect..."

...and Gabe visibly CRINGED at the love potion mention. VISIBLY. Maybe he'd publish a PSA. Soon.

Kace heard the door slam and man things were getting real. The lesson was starting and he heard Professor Culloden giving them an inside scoop on the lesson. He heard they were learning about a half-dark potion? Interesting concept. Culloden wanted to know why it was considered half dark. I mean I guess Kace can give a guess right? "Erm Professor I think it is considered half- dark because the concept of changing someone's emotions is kind of a cruel thing in my opinion like Gabe said.." he said referring the Ravenclaw Prefect. They were on the same page.

Now onto examples. Kace already had one up his sleeve. He raised his hand and answered the second question, "Professor I know there is Calming Draught which is a potion that can calm shock, trauma and such. Shock can be an emotion like fear." I mean it made sense right? Let's see if the puffanova was right.

Oh....

She noticed the smile disappear. Opps, right away she knew why the smile had disappeared. Sticking to Professor C then. Right. That was cool right? She knew other students called him that. She shot him a innocent little smile. Not like he'd believe it. No one did anymore. Hehe. Hummm she made a mental note of this and shrugged it off. Then headed off to a seat.

Ahhh everyone was here and class was starting now. She listened to the professor. Interesting, she tilted her head curiously as Culloden explained the lesson. Things to induce emotion. She smiled at Echo's answer the girl was so smart for a second year. "Hate potions. It's basically the opposite of a love potion. It changes your emotions to hate instead of love. So yeah."

The door closed, which meant the class was officially starting. And the blonde might have been getting a tiny bit excited, if only because they got to mix stuff up and always learned cool things in here. This wasn't a boring class, was what she was saying. And if she learned to be patient and follow directions, Ophelia might even find herself being good at the material.

A Professor-made potion? Okay, this was interesting already. This was the first time the blonde remembered doing a professor made potion in all of her three years at Hogwarts, which made her wonder what the special occasion actually was. Did he just want to show off his potion making prowess, or did he have an ulterior motive. She was watching you Professor.

Upon hearing the question, the thirteen year old sat back in her chair and thought. This was a deep question for early in the class. Though it wasn't a tough one. Just deep. Like meaning of life deep. Listening to her classmates form their answers, the grey eyed girl formulated one of her own between the headmuck that surrounded her brain.

RAISE HAND.

"Like the other two said (Kace and Gabe) messing with a person's emotions is kind of cruel. It's like messing with who they are, really. And like, what if there was a person who wanted to get someone mad at someone else. They could break up a friendship or a relationship or something. It's manipulation." Not to mention the fact that the next step Ophelia saw this going was violence. Manipulate a bunch of people and get them angry and there was no telling what would happen next! The short girl shuddered just thinking about the consequences.

Wait, now she had a question. A question in response to his question? Or was she tacking the question onto her own question. Sigh.

RAISE HAND.

"Professor, why is it only called a HALF-dark potion. Everyone keeps saying bad stuff that can happen, is there any good to a potion that just does awful things?" Now Ophelia was getting deeeep. Meaning of life deep. BAM. Look who was doing awesome in potions class.

And about any other drinks that can change emotions, she had no clue. So after the question, she remained quiet and continued to listen to her classmates answers.

Torie beamed at the professor when he waved back, and waited for class to begin. He listened as students answered the question but thought on his own answer waiting for his turn and raised his hand "My mum always chocolate is good for calming." he said brightly. Well it was, and it was nommy too! He liked chocolate though he never really noticed if it did anything to calm him. He thought it made him a bit more hyper.

He took his quill though and moved to write his name on the desk 'Torie Yenorin, 1st year'.

Angel got a smile and a wink, now that was weird... had she done something wrong, she was a bit scared now... maybe the Professor could read minds and realised that she had skipped a lesson last year because she was just bored and didn't want to come, now that would be scary but she was here now right and that was just as good as coming last year right.

"Eh!" Angel raised her hand whilst she was still trying to figure out what the wink and crazy smile was about. "Eh doesn't honey supposed to make you feel relax because that is why people give you honey tea when you get stressed out."

Natalia raised an eyebrow at the way Adi squinted at her as if she was... a strange creature he had ever seen before. "Yes," Natalia muttered, her lips brushing against the soft material of the mask that muffled her voice. "it is I, the Incredible Natalia." The fourth year announced softly in her most authentic Eastern European accent.

"This-" Natalia pointed to her lovely face mask, which was, sadly, hindering her speech. Irritated by the hindrance, she finally pulled her mask down (not off, just down below her mouth) so she could enunciate better. "This," Natalia repeated, "is a 'surgical' face mask, though it's not really for medical purposes. It's actually more like designer fashion back in China." Except wearing it for aesthetic purposes wasn't the reason why she wore it today.

Before Natalia could take another breath, class had begun.

What could change emotions? EASY.

Forgetting that she still had her face mask down to her chin (but away from her mouth), Natalia raised her hand as she thought she had the PERFECT example. "Chocolate has euphoric effects!" With a beam, Natalia began to daydream about all kinds of chocolate: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, COCONUT CHOCOLATE... Soon enough, the Lioness had forgotten all about class and drifted herself into Cocoa-land... With her face mask dangling about her chin and eyes wandering around the classroom, Natalia appeared to be in a state of euphoria just from thinking about chocolate.

...half dark? This was already a running theme in the lessons it seemed, and Rowan didn't have an answer for that question, because she didn't really understand dark magic yet... Or whether there were any specific definitions.

The next one though, she knew a lot about. Her hand shot up, only narrowly missing Marsha's face. "Professor, ecinacea is a herbal remedy for anxiety and stress." Yep. They had things in their herbal remedy cabinet back home like that.

Ooh a rather INTERESTING potion? That got Zhenya's spine itching to start brewing it. How great, though, a potion whose base could be stored for a long time. Saves people making up a base every time they needed a potion requiring the base. Especially as Zhenya was looking at a career as a healer once she left Hogwarts, in mere months, these things would totally help her. But even better - Professor Culloden's OWN inventions! Wicked! Wooooooow though, emotion changer. She could see when that would be useful, so long as they could control the emotion they were changing. Or was it just opposites? Zhenya raised her hand and waited for Professor Culloden to call on her. "Professor it's perhaps called half-dark as it's manipulating ones emotions." That was definitely bad, if someone else was doing that. How easy would it be to just slip some potion into a cup of tea and give it to someone else? "Sir, does the potion change the drinkers emotion to an opposite emotion, or is there some way of choosing the emotion?" Her brain was itching to know.

But an example of something that can be consumed to induce an emotion? She had a thought, a few things rushed to her mind but every time she went to suggest them, someone would get to it. Hmm… She raised her hand again, "Er… poppy seeds were once used as pain relief, and can induce a state of euphoria."

Oh this was going to be interesting. They were going to learn about Professor Culloden's original potion. But why was it considered half-dark? That was the question. Janelle thought about it for a moment and then raised her hand.

"Maybe it's half-dark because when you start playing with people's emotions, you might be able to control them.......and if you control them, you can do bad things to them or get them to do bad things." That was her thought anyway.

As for the second question, well that answer didn't come to Janelle so easily. She wasn't sure whether the Professor was looking for something magical or non-magical for an answer. Her classmates had given both types of answers, but Janelle couldn't think of anything that hadn't already been said. She decided to pass on the second question, unless she had a sudden spark of inspiration.

Culloden dealt in half-dark things? Oooh. If he already had Beverly's attention, he wasn't losing it even another troll came knocking at their door. And it dealt with emotions. Beverly somewhat thought that over, considered things, then thought some more.

"Emotion can be enough incentive to get someone to do something they wouldn't normally with a clear head," she said raising her hand. "It's a form of manipulation and many consider that dark." M'hm, m'hm.

Cilla ran through the possible answers in her mind. She slowly raised her hand, unsure if she was on the right track. "Lovage is a component of a Confusing Draught."

Henric's sigh and answer, were not selling Ilia on the fact that he was this depressed over potions class. She didn't want to call him out on it and make him more upset, especially since the professor for this class seemed very nice....albeit staring at her for an awfully long time in her opinion. Almost like she had three heads or something, though she supposed maybe a new older student was unexpected.

Looking Henric over to see if she could find the problem, she sighed a little. "Well, if potions isn't a good subject for you......I can help you." If he wasn't going to tell her about it now, maybe he would later. "I'm pretty decent at potions." Or rather, she used to get good marks in it at her old school, hopefully that would continue here in her new one. She gently poked his shoulder, trying to ease him out of his funk and be affectionate. She smiled at him and started preparing herself for the lesson.

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When the professor greeted them all again as a whole, then indicated to write their names down, Ilia silently obeyed. She wrote her name in as pretty of a script as she could manage and displayed it where Professor Culloden could easily see it.

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She listened intently as he spoke, watching him rather than scribbling down notes. Listening to a few other students first, she raised her hand. "Is it half-dark because it is neutral? What I mean is, does it possess the ability to be either dark or benevolent depending on circumstance and the users intent? For example, when someone is having a bad day, changing their emotions could potentially be helpful?" That was possible, right? If someone was in a bad mood and in emotional pain, giving them something that would cause the opposite effect could be benevolent. If this was the case, she wanted some for Henric maybe.

As for other mood changers, there were a few that other students had already listed so, how about......"Roses? The smell alone of the flower can ease stress and uplift the spirits. It can also be made into a tea or tincture for consumption, which has the same effect and an added vitamin c boost." It was also good for her skin and made a really nice perfume to help keep her spirits high.

She enjoyed potions and hopefully she didn't just talk her new professor's ear off........

Brian blinked at the man, shaking his head incomprehensively. Why would you name something half-dark? Unless you were talking about how the physical colour of the potion was half dark and half light, which made about zero sense. Nothing magical really did, though. Make sense. Anyway, since anything goes in the wizarding world, maybe he'd make a chance at it. Oh, and a potion to induce an emotion. Would a feeling count?

Raising his hand, he made an attempt at answering. If it acquired him house points, he was ALL for it. "Is it half-dark because it doesn't alter all of your emotions but kinda leaves maybe half of your true emotions there as an anchor? It sounds confusing, though, having conflicting emotions. Is the real set of emotions just dormant? If that's even how it works." And he would shut up now, before he made a further fool of himself in front of the whole potions class.

"Oh, and fatiguing infusion makes you really, really tired." There. Now, he was done.

Leah was just doodling reviewing her notes from previous Potions lessons when the usual close of door signalled the beginning of the class.

She looked up and listened to the Professor's explanation. Oooh, it seemed like an very interesting type of potions. You could add any ingredient to the base and it would change its effect accordingly. AND they were learning Culloden's own invention! A half-dark emotion-changing potion.

After some thinking, the Hufflepuff raised her hand. "Like you said, you could be really sad and really happy almost simultaneously, which is half bad half good. Hence half-dark." LOGIC. "The Vitamix? Potion gives you energy. Energy leads to confidence and courage," she continued. Some people in this class looked like they needed energy at the moment.

Culloden’s invention? Ooooh. It didn’t take long for him to get more excited about Potions. The teenager quickly got his self inking quill and waited for...well, he was waiting for Culloden’s answer to his question. He said it was his invention, so he wasn’t going to waste his parchment on his classmate’s educated guess, no matter how brilliant their answers were. He did agree with most of them though, as he nodded along. Half-dark...or dark if the intention of manipulating someone’s emotion is solely for an evil deed. Well, that was a no brainer, really. The other half though...

Once everyone got a chance to answer, Cosgrach walked to the front of the classroom again to be able to see them all and he said "Almost all of you focused on why it was 'half dark'," he said, "and all of you are right: It changes how a person is feeling against their will. It manipulates people, and can have awful consequences in the wrong hands."

He paused, and started to walk in the aisles again.

"Ophelia asked why it was only half dark," he said as he kept walking slowly, "and Evie said it should be considered fully dark, because it takes away the person's ability to control their own emotions. She said it even seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. While it does sound like Imperius Curse, it is different in a fundamental way: Imperius allows you to control people. However, this potion only alters the mood. It doesn't give you any control over how a person behaves. You just get to decide how they'll feel, and what they will do afterwards is still up to them. To give an example: if a person is a coward, making them angry won't give them courage to, for example, curse someone more powerful than them. They'll still be a coward, only an angry one. Yes, they may cause damage, but they also may not." Did it make sense?

"Another reason it is not fully dark is the intent, as Ilia," hopefully that was her name, "put it. You can make someone sad, but you can also make them happy." It was completely up to the intent. Yes, there were other potions for that, there was THIS one too, and the ingredients were rather common.

"So, to sum up: it's only half dark, because it only changes the emotions and doesn't give the brewer any control of the actions. It also depends on intent and which emotion you create."

He paused to let them write that. "It's a base potion, meaning the base can be stored for a long time - about a year, and the final effect depends on what you add last. While under effect, the person will feel only the potion created by this, and any other emotion will be forgotten. So, in a way it's different and superior to Imperius Curse: you can't fight this. The best you can do is shorten its effect if you have an iron will.

"There are six basic emotions, and this potion creates them: Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness and anger. The name is pretty straight-forward:" He wasn't creative when it came to names, okay?, "Emotional Change Potion." He tapped his wand on the blackboard, and the ingredients with the first few steps appeared.

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Originally Posted by Blackboard Steps Two sprigs of lovage 4 mistletoe berries 4 measures of fluxweed 2 measures of boomslang skin Ten newt larvae Happiness: 3 Alihotsy leaves Sadness: A teaspoon of glumbumble treacle Excitement: Half a handful of ferret fur Fear: A scoop of black flies Tenderness: 2 teaspoons of dog saliva Anger: 7 hippogrif feathers Ingredients Fill halfway with pure water Slowly lower your wand as if you're drawing a straight, vertical line with your wand and say Apto pressura. Heat to 100 degree celcius and keep the heat at 100 and ONLY 100 AT ALL TIMES

"There's a spell as you can see. It's Apto pressure - Ap-toh press-soo-rah -" did they get how to pronounce it?, "to apply pressure on the water so that it doesn't boil at 100 degree celcius." He paused to let them copy it, and continued: "Please go with the usual order: practice the spell - Ap-toh press-soo-rah - without your wands first, then practise the wand movement," he drew a straight, imaginary, vertical line with his wand, "and then combine the two only if you're sure you got it right." Well, this wasn't a lethal spell that could go terribly wrong. If anything, it'd be obvious that it didn't work if the water boiled at 100 degree celcius. Still, he didn't want any complacency.

He sat down on his chair to watch them.

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Emotional Change Potion. Natalia would definitely be able to remember that name well; as long as it wasn't Latin, she would have no trouble remembering. Undoubtedly, the potion sounded awfully useful. The problem for Natalia was: she would rather just purchase these magical concoctions, so she was never really a motivated potions student.

Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness...and anger? Why would anyone wish to provoke another's anger? What was the benefit? To avenge someone? Oh wait, that justification didn't sound so bad, actually. Natalia went on to daydream what type of emotion she would like to induce on someone else. Hmm... perhaps Natalia should use the tender emotional change potion on her young brother, so that little rascal would finally stop pestering and irritating his older sister. Wouldn't it be nice to have a gentle little brother?

As she was visualizing all the assets of these potions, Natalia had almost forgotten about the directions that the professor gave to the class. Right, right. Practice the spell. But before that, Natalia quickly pulled her face mask back on over her nose and mouth. If they were going to start brewing soon, she'd want to be 'protected'.

As soon as Natalia grabbed out her wand, she had forgotten the incantation that went along with this potion. "Ermm..." The fourth-year's self consciousness prevented her from making a fool out of herself. Instead, she pretended to be muttering the incantation under her breath by moving her lips but not speaking. After a couple of tries, Natalia looked up and noticed the directions painted black and white on the blackboard. *FACEPALM*

After a silent period of mentally whacking herself, Natalia preceded to mutter the actual spell. "Ap-toh Pres-soo-rah." Again, more fluently. "Apto Pressura." Done! Now, moving on to the wand movement.

Natalia held out her wand in front of her, reading the instructions left on the board. So draw a straight line... done!

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..... Okay, so Rowan was so so so interested in all of this. She thought it was really cool that potions could do things like that, but she absolutely didn't ever want to meddle with people's emotions quite so drastically. A helping hand here and there was fine, but that was... well... she wasn't convinced about it.

She swung her legs from the bench as she listened to the class and watched things unfold, but then the ingredients appeared on the blackboard, and it felt like her heart had dropped into her stomach...

"Um... professor?" Rowan raised her hand. "Is there any way to make it without using the newt larvae..?" she asked, hoping really hard that there was... because she didn't want to miss out on something just because she didn't want to use animals.

Ahh, cool! Zhenya smiled to herself. The potion suddenly seemed much more wicked than before. If they couldn't control the emotion then it would be almost like a prank. Not knowing. But controlling it, perhaps by the finishing touch? Was a bit more sinister. Especially the scary fact of... there was no fighting off the effects.

She dipped her quill into the ink and wrote the instructions so far onto a piece of parchment.



So the first step was to practice the spell, which was fair enough. Practice makes perfect. Zhenya always tried to practice the incantation, then the wand movement before adding it together. Just her way, she felt safe doing it. So she pulled her wand out of her robes and put it on her desk in front of her. She had written down the pronunciation on her parchment next to the spell, and she said it out loud a few times. "Ap-toh press-soo-rah. Ap-toh press-soo-rah. Ap-toh press-soo-rah," before she felt like the words were comfortable in her mouth. Next she lifted her want, remembering the movement was a slow vertical line. She did it a few times before she felt pretty comfortable with it.

Her cauldron was sitting on her desk and she pulled it closer, and obviously needed to clean it. Just to be safe. "Scourgify," she said, performing the S-shaped wand movement. Next was the water. Fill half way with pure water. "Aguamenti," she said, performing the sideways-S-shaped wand movement, and filling it only until it was half full. Okay, so that was done. Now she had to perform the spell on her potion. Easy, right? Hopefully. "Ap-toh press-soo-rah," she said, drawing the vertical line down. Professor Culloden hadn't said anything about heating the potion just yet, so she put her wand back on the table next to her and had a thought about what potion she wanted to try. She partly wanted to try the fear potion, but that was mean. She would only do that if she were to use it on herself, but she had remembered a previous lesson where she worked with Jasmine. That was... a LOT OF FUN! Except for the vomiting part. So she decided to go with Excitement.

Janelle took notes as the Professor spoke. She was careful to write down the details of the potion that they would be brewing. Once she was finished writing, Janelle set to work. First she gathered her equipment and began to clean it. She saved her cauldron for last and waved her wand, sending a big "Scourgify" in its direction.

Now it was time to practice the spell. Janelle started with the incantation, as usual. She was careful to say it slowly and precisely at first. "Ap-toh-press-soo-rah, Ap-toh press-soo-rah, Apto pressura." When Janelle was comfortable with the words, she went on to practice the wand movement.

Lifting her wand, Janelle made a vertical line making sure to keep it straight from top to bottom. She repeated the movement several times and then she felt ready to try it for real. First though, she had to start her potion. Janelle took her wand and held it over her cauldron. "Aguamenti", she said as the water flowed from the tip of her wand into the cauldron. When it was half way full, she said, "Finite". Then Janelle took a deep breath. She made another vertical line with her wand and this time said, "Apto pressura" simultaneously.

Janelle hoped tha she had done the spell correctly. She guessed that she would know soon enough. Reaching down, she temperature at 100 degrees celcius and waited. She had to get this spell right.

As Zhenya was watching her potion, she realised with a start that she hadn't actually started heating her potion. DUH! She smacked her hand to her forehead, started a fire underneath the cauldron and waited waited waited. "Scourgify," she said, pointing her wand at her thermometer and doing the wand movement. Clean is good, yes? She put the thermometer into the cauldron and watched as the reading went up... up... up... 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, and NOT BOILING! YAY! No bubbles or anything.

After Cilla wrote down the notes, she decided to practice the incantation. She muttered under her breath, "Ap-toh press-soo-rah, Ap-toh press-soo-rah, Apto pressura." She then picked up her wand and carefully drew a downwards vertical line a few times until she felt confident. Cilla took out her potions equipment and used the cleaning spell to make sure they were fit for use. Cilla donned her now clean gloves and pointed her wand in her cauldron and said, "Scourgify." Now her cauldron was nice and clean so she placed her clean thermometer in the cauldron before filling it halfway with water using, "Aguamenti," until the cauldron was half-full before saying, "Finite." She then lit a fire underneath the cauldron.

Cilla then made the vertical movement with her wand as she said, "Apto pressura." She carefully looked at her thermometer and much to her relief, the temperature had not exceeded 100 degrees Celsius and it wasn't boiling.