SPOILER!!: Sophie
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Originally Posted by
Anna Banana 
There was still more time to work, apparently, so Sophie glanced back over her list. She thought she'd done a pretty good job, but there was one thing she wasn't sure of. When the professor did the example with the Hogwarts houses, she only had about four herbs per blend. With all the Gryffindor herbs added in, Sophie had seven herbs for Harry Potter.
She raised her hand.
"Professor? Is there a limit to how many herbs you can put in one blend? Would it maybe make it too strong to have too many?" she asked. She pointed to
her parchment.
"I've got seven, so for the Gryffindor traits, should I just limit to one main herb I want to focus on?"
She'd been waiting to see how long it took for someone to ask this questions, and as it was, it took longer than she expected, much longer.
"Good question," she mused to begin with,
"there's no real limit, but you do want to keep in mind that for people to drink it, it needs to have a balance, not be too overpowering... and make sure that your traits or properties, are equally represented." SPOILER!!: Lex
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DaniDiNardo Lex blinked, now focusing on the Professor who was...checking in on her? Truthfully, she was having the hardest time making a decision but the Professor had bigger things to worry about besides indecisive Fourth Years so she simply shrugged, allowing an easy grin to slip onto her face.
"I'm just trying to pick the perfect subject for my tea. Think I have it." No, no she didn't but again, no need to worry the woman.
She looked to her parchment again, her brows creasing in concentration and a scowl setting in. This wasn't something she'd be able to spend the entire day thinking about.
THINK!
Eventually she was able to make a decision. Mhm. See Professor? Nothing to worry about here. She was fine.
Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.
SPOILER!!: Parchment
Michael Cambridge
Awesome, epic, the best (obviously), kind, supportive, cool, good listener, understanding, trustworthy, funny, always there
Nettles: healing powers
Lemonbalm: de-stress, treat insomnia
Licorice: calming
Earl Grey Black Tea: anti-depresent and anti-anxiety
Lavender: relieves tension/stress, aids rest and sleep
Would she need to add more to this??
Yess... thinking could sometimes take a while, especially when there were options. Seren simply nodded, acknowledging that Alexa was getting on track... and she lingered a little behind the girl until she did start writing. Good. No need for her to continue intervening at this point.
SPOILER!!: Sarah
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Originally Posted by
Princesspower Sarah had been so wrapped up in her thoughts about what to use that she nearly got a fright when the professor spoke to her. "
sorry professor.. gt lost in thought" then she quickly added, "
not that it is unfamiliar territory of course" she ended with a grin.
Now what should she choose? She decided to chose it by random and she looked at the one her finger has pointed at
There was too much to list about her family
Sarah had a lot more to add, yet she stopped and began to dream about other things
Seren returned the lions grin.
"You'll get there," she agreed, encouraging her to plough through her thoughts.
SPOILER!!: Marcus
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Originally Posted by
Cassirin Mo glanced up at the professor and only JUST managed not to cover the paper with his hands. It wasn't a secret. Not really. "It's a real person, Professor, but I'm protecting her privacy." And his, obviously.
Mo turned back to his paper, doodling along the margin as he tried to come up with a list of traits. Real ones, too, not just the imagined traits that smitten boys assigned to the girls they fancied. Not that he was smitten. He was just... impressed by her in general.
So then traits.
So that was sorted. Sort of. It wasn't as if Mo felt he'd really captured the professor in question (a bit obvious now, but whatever), but he'd captured SOME of her personality. With that done, Mo pulled out his textbook and began to search for plants that suited the traits he'd find. It was possible he'd have to throw some off the list, but he'd try to find one for each for now.
He set down his quill and peeked around to see if the Herbology Professor was still stalking him.
Real person? Privacy?
...
Leave it to a Ravenclaw to be cryptic.
"Ok then," she smiled, respecting the Captain's need for... privacy.. ??? He could do what he wanted, so long as he was doing it properly.. and she would be checking.
She had eyes... everywhere in here.
Again, wandering around, Seren scoped out how the students were managing, and for the most part, they were doing rather well.
"Don't feel as though you're restricted to the herbs we've looked at in the House blends... there are other alternatives," she announced to the class, having noticed that some students were repeating them. Originality was one of the best things about making tea.
But seeing as some students were more or less finished with their planning now...
"The practical portion of class today, will lead into your homework task... it will be producing your tea." Simple enough, no?
"In a moment, I'll let you all leave your seats and collect the herbs you require from the greenhouse, use the baskets in front of you..." because it was more practical than stuffing the herbs in their pockets, and nobody wanted tea that's been in somebody elses pants... that was just, gross.
"Once you have collected what you can from here, use the hot-air charm to dry them out .. depending on the herb this may take some time. Do it periodically throughout the day if need be."
And yes. That was a sign that this would take more than a lessons work.
"Drying the herbs is only the first step which you will start this lesson.... you will be notified of the addition two steps at the end of class..." Fairly straight forward.
"If you require a herb that is not found in this greenhouse, it'd be best to collect it on your way out so that you don't incur any additional fees... so unless anybody has any questions, feel free to get started!" OOC: Small simple activity of collecting the herbs you need for your tea. Pick them off with your hands, slice them with your wand, whatever works best for you whilst NOT killing the plant. Minimum of 2 posts collecting herbs and minimum of 3 posts drying them (total of 5 posts to be eligible for full marks). The lesson will be open for another 48 hours. I will post in 24 hours to dismiss anyone that's finished.