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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow  Ella looked up from her cauldron when she heard the Professor speak. She looked down at her parchment, adding the steps to her list before putting them into action. She picked up the Murtlap Essence and carefully dropped ten drops into the cauldron, counting each one to make sure. She then picked up her wooden stirrer and began to stir counter-clockwise. After eight stirs, she put the wooden stirrer down and consulted her notes. "Okay, next comes the Parsley." Ella took the two sprigs and held them above the cauldron, crushing them like the professor had in the demonstration. She watched as the little flakes fell into the mixture and waited for something to happen. Weren't potions supposed to-well, do something? She wasn't sure. She looked up when she was done, waiting for further instructions. Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowButterfly
She added 10 drops of Murlap Essence and then stirred eight times counter-clockwise with her wooden stirrer. She then took two spirgs of Parsley and crushed them loosely in her hands and let the flakes fall into the cauldron. She waited for further insurtions.
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Originally Posted by McFeisty
India made sure to clean off her wooden stirrer and set it propped to the side of her ingredients kit. She'd give it another once over before she used it to stir, having everything off of it however seemed a very important thing as it was wood and wood sometimes absored things like other potion ingredients and the works. Taking out the Murtlap Essence she counted carefully as she readied her dropped.
1 Drop Murlap Essence, 2 Drops, 3 Drops, 4 Drops, 5 Drops, 6 Drops, 7 Drops, 8 Drops, 9 Drops, 10 Drops.
She'd dropped in as much as she needed stoppering the bottle and cleaning her hand she picked up her wand and pointed it had the stirrer. "Scurgify" she cleaned it off and knew it was now safe to use.
One Stir, Two Stirs, Three stirs, Four Stirs - all counter clockwise. Now she was going to keep it up since she was halfway there.
Five Stirs, Six Stirs, Seven Stirs, Eight Stirs - yes! She'd done it taking out her wooden stirrer she cleaned it before placing it into her ingredients kit. While in the kit she cleaned her hands and picked up the two sprigs of parsley - with them in hand she gently began to grind them together in her hand adding the loose bits of parsley in as it fell from her hand. Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinky Mortimer nodded as the Professor spoke. Pulling his mortar and pestle closer to himself and quickly cleaned them with a Scourgify and smiled to himself. Yep. CLEAN! Now NEXT STEP! Grabbing the two dock leaves he dropped them into his mortar and began to crush them as instructed.
When that was done to satisfaction he got up and went to retrieve an AShwinder egg. VERY CAREFULLY he made his way back to his station with it. Cracking it with great care into the mortar he then QUICKLY added the four sprigs of fluxweed. Once everything was mixed as it should be he added the contents into his cauldron.
Nodding as Lafay gave further instructions he carefully added the TEN drops of murtlap essence. Grabbing his wooden stirrer he commenced to stirring EIGHT times counter clockwise. Smiling once more to himself he snatched up the two parsley leaves and did as instructed... he crushed them loosely in his hands, letting the flakes fall into his cauldron along with the other ingredients. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassandra Taylor added 10 drops of Murtlap Essence to the cauldron and began stirring counter-clockwise.... 1....2....3....4....5....6....7....and 8 with her wodden stirrer. She took two sprigs of persley and crushed them using her hands, watching as the flakes fell into the cauldron. Quote:
Originally Posted by hjhm Jonathan got ready when the professor was now demonstrating the next step and ingredients for the potions. He eyed how she crushed the parsley. So it's crushed by hands and allow flakes fall inside. Got it.
So the next ingredients that they'll be using are the Murtlap Essence, wooden stirrer and two sprigs Parsley. Jonathan readied them onto the sides and took his wand again and the wooden stirrer on his free hand. Pointing at it "Scourgify" he cleaned the wooden stirrer before he will use it.
Okay... so 10 drops of Murtlap Essence. He placed the dropper on top of the cauldron and began counting the drops this time. 1...2...3...4...5..6...7..8...9...10. He placed the dropper onto the empty side of the table, so that he'll know, he has used it. Next, is to stir. It was 8 times and in a counter-clockwise movement. Jonathan took his clean wooden stick and placed it inside his cauldron. In a counter-clockwise motion he began counting again. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8!
Jonathan smiled. He really does enjoy Potions a lot. Ohhhh! Parsley. He almost forgot about that one. He took two of the sprigs parsley and crushed them above his cauldron, like what the professor had demonstrated. Quote:
Originally Posted by sevensnared As Lafay continued to demonstare the following steps, Hades observed carefully and surprisingly, quietly. Taking the Murtlap Essence, he lifted it up not so high over the cauldron as he cautiously released drop by drop for ten times. Finished with the Murtlap, he gently pushed it away from his cauldron and picked up his wooden stirrer. Then, Hades stirred the solution from right to left. When he was halfway finishing the stirring part, he took two sprigs Parsley with his other hand and softly crushed them into flakes. The boy then added the flakes into the solution after he was done stirring eight times. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory carefully added 10 drops of the Murtlap Essence and stirred eight times counter clockwise with the wooden stirrer, just as the Professor had instructed and showed the class.
Next, he took two sprigs Parsley and gently crushed them in his hand and watched them fall directly into the cauldron.
Finishing up that set of instructions, Jory cleaned up his surroundings, made his notes and waited as the other students finished adding their parsley. Quote:
Originally Posted by midnight_thestral
Violet listened and watched the teacher as she demonstrated to the class for the next steps. So Murtlap Essence. Violet picked up the bottle and dropped 10 drops into her cauldron. One...two...three..four...five...six...seven..eigh t..nine..ten. Now time to stir the contents. Violet picked up her stirrer to mix the contents. Violet began to stir, but wait.
O____O Had she just stirred it half way into clockwise? UH OH! Violet quickly glanced at the teacher in the corner of her eye to see if she had seen it and stirred back the contents counter-clockwise eight times. It wasn't going to destroy her potion for stirring it clockwise only halfway right?
Then, Violet picked up her two sprigs of Parsley and crushed them in her hand before sprinkling it into the cauldron. After finishing, she jotted down the steps that she had done and waited for the professor's next steps. Quote:
Originally Posted by KP1 Ryan looked up and listened to everything Professor Lafay said and writing down it all as well.To start he added the Murtlap and stirred 8 timescounter clock wise.Then crush the Sprigs of Parsley and add it to the Potion.Easy. Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen Vickers proceeded to retrieve the dock leaves, but not before scourgifying the mortar and pestle that he was going to use. Once he's done so he dropped the dock leaves in and started crushing it.
He set the mortar & pestle down then retrieved the Ashwinder egg from the fridge area. Carefully, he broke the egg into the mortar then dropped in the fluxweed sprigs as well. He neared his cauldron then tipped the contents of the mortar into the awaiting solution.
Vickers nodded silently, then reached out to retrieve the Murtlap Essence. He set the container down momentarily and took a few seconds to scourgify the wooden stirrer. With one hand he took the dropper from the Murtlap Essence, counting the drops that fell into the cauldron until he reached ten. Setting the dropper aside, he promptly began mixing the solution with the wooden stirrer, counting silently to eight as he moved it around the cauldron counter-clockwise.
When that was completed, he took two Parsley sprigs and pulled the leaves out from the main stem, crushing them further between his fingers as he sprinkled them over the mixture. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa listened and watched as the Professor demonstrated the next steps that they had to do to make the potion. She quickly noted down the steps in her journal.
She then quickly noted down the ingredients that she would need and scratched them off the list of ingredients that the Professor had written down on the Board and which she had copied and written in her journal.
Putting down her quill she made her way back to the Ingredient Supply cupboard and taking out another vial and dropper from her jacket and pumped out 10 drops of Murtlap Essence into her vial before covering it with a cork. She also removed two sprigs of Parsley from the cupboard before making her way back to her workstation.
Placing the vial and sprigs on her workstation, Alyssa took out her wand and pointing it at her wooden stirrer said," Scourgify" to clean it. Once her wooden stirrer was clean, Alyssa picked up the vial, removed the cork and added the 10 drops of Murtlap Essence into the cauldron. She then picked up her wooden stirrer and started stirring the mixture making sure that she was stirring counter clockwise. She counted off as she stirred. " One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight". She immediately stopped stirring and placed her stirrer back on the table.
Alyssa reviewed her journal one more time before picking up the two sprigs of Parsley. Using both hands, she placed them over her cauldron. Gently rubbing the sprigs of parsley between her fingertips, she loosely crushed the parsley letting the flakes fall into the cauldron. She looked into her cauldron as they fell and once all the Parsley was crushed, Alyssa waited for further instructions. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Murtlap essence. Okay. Sky found that and added the required ten drops. She pick up her wooden stirrer, cast a quick "Scourgify!" on it, and used it to stirred her potion. "1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7…8." Counterclockwise, of course. And now the parsley. She picked up the two sprigs and crushed them in her hand over her cauldron, adding the falling flakes to the potion. All the while resisting the urge to compare that technique to the one chefs use to add seasonings to food. Yep, did not want to go there! Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Having poured her mixture in her mortar into her cauldron, Kurumi glanced up when Professor Lafay began demonstrating the next few steps. Slowly and gingerly, Kurumi added her Murtlap Essence, making sure that each drop had time to settle before the next one was added and then picked up her wooden spoon. " Scourgify," she said, flicking her wand and ensuring that it too was clean. She then inserted it into her cauldron and stirred counter-clockwise 8 times. Removing the spoon from the mixture, Kurumi tapped the edge of her cauldron to make sure that any excess wasn't wasted.
Setting the spoon down now, Kurumi picked up the parsley and crushed it in her hands. She never really liked the smell of parsley. It reminded her of a heavy meal of steak and potatoes...Kurumi was much more of a fish person. Once the parsley was in, Kurumi returned to her notes to write down the steps she had just taken. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabrielle Glenn listened to the Professor demonstrate then started the instructions. She got the Murtlap Essense out, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven , eight, nine and ten." She murmured as each drop fell into her cauldron.
Now to stir it. She picked up her wooden stirrer and pointed her wand in her other hand at it, "Scourgify" The spell did the trick and was left sparkling. Glenn started stirring, going counter-clockwise as she went. Once she had stirred eight times she set it down again and picked up the two sprigs of Parsley and crushed it gently above her cauldron. The flakes falling as she did so. There.
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Originally Posted by iceblossom22 Elise looked up just as she'd finished her notes seeing as Lafay had started on the next step. She should probably write faster next time. 10 drops Murtlap Essence and 8 times counter clockwise. Okay, she could do this.
Taking the dropper, she cast a quick Cleaning Spell on it before sucking in the Murtlap Essence. Holding it gingerly above the cauldron, she carefully squeezed out the mixture.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Oops, not enough in the dropper. Taking more, she continued the process. Eight. Nine. Ten. Done. Squeezing the remaining essence back into the bottle, she re-corked it and moved on to the next step.
Picking up two sprigs of Parsley, she crushed them between her palms as she'd seen Lafay doing. Moving her hands back and forth, she allowed the flakes to fall into the slightly moving liquid. Once she was done, she dusted her hands off and continue with her notes. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger They got a nod. Nods were definitely good, even if Stella had a moment of thinking that it wasn't the normal Professor Lafay. It didn't stop her from paying close attention as the professor demonstrated the next steps to the potion they wer brewing, though. She didn't think anything would do that, not when she was so determined not to mess up. The first thing she'd done as soon as they were instructed to actually follow the directions, however, was Scourgify her wooden stirrer. It might have gotten dusty in my kit over the summer, or something, she thought, as she moved on to locating the murtlap essence.
Once the vial was found, she used her dropper to add ten drops into the mixture inside her cauldron, before picking up her stirrer. Putting it inside the cauldron, she stirred the potion eight times, then withdrew it long enough to Scourgify it and collect two sprig of parsley. Setting the stirrer down on her workstation, she moved her hands over the potion and crushed the parsley, carefully letting the flakes fall into the potion. Once that was complete, she moved away from the cauldron again and picked up her quill to add to her notes. She wasn't about to forget those, either.
Text Cut: Stella's potions journal Antillergen Potion uses: to deaden allergic reactions for a year Ingredients
Water
10 drops Valerian root
10 drops Salamander Blood
2 dock leaves
1 Ashwinder Egg
4 sprigs Fluxweed
10 drops Murtlap Essence
2 sprigs Parsley
3 spoons Raw honey
5 Basil leaves
1 whole Papaya
1 Ginger Root
17 Reishi (mushroom of immortality) Procedure- Follow the 5 Cs of potionmaking (color, concentration, care, cleanliness and content)> Scourgify cauldron
- Fill cauldron with water
- Add the valerian root and salamander blood, one drop at a time, alternating between the two
- Add the dock leaves to mortar and crush
- Break frozen ashwinder egg into mortar, then add 4 sprigs fluxweed
- Add mixture from mortar into cauldron
- Add ten drops of murtlap essence, stirring eight times counterclockwise once added
- Loosely crush 2 sprigs parsley in hands over cauldron, letting the resulting flakes drop into the potion
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Originally Posted by tomewitch Next Steps.. Professor Lafay told them what to do next and of course, Beatrice jotted it down on her parchment. ' Add the 10 drops Murtlap Essence' Beezus read silently as her hands started to grab the ingredient that was mentioned. "Murtlap Essence.." she said aloud as she read the label on the small bottle that she was holding. After confirming that it was indeed the needed ingredient, she propped the dropper into the bottle. Afterwards, she squeezed the dropper and counted that 10 drops would be added to the mixture. Getting her wooden stirrer, she then stirred the mixture eight times in a counter-clockwise direction.
Stir. Stir. Stir. Stir. Stir. Stir. Stir. Stir.
When that was done, the eaglette referred to her parchment once again for the next step which was to add the two sprigs of Parsley. She took one sprig first and held it above her cauldron and loosely she crushed it. Beezus did the same with the second sprig. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua after Zhenya had finished and waited for Professor Lafay to give the next instructions she took the murtlap essence and carefully measured ten drops Into her cauldron then put it back down.
The next step was to stir it. So she picked up her wooden stirrer and said "scourgify" to glean the egg off it. Then she Put it in the cauldron and stirred it, making sure she was moving counterclockwise. After she had counted eight times she put the stirrer back down and waited for the next step.
The next ingredient were the two sprigs of parsley. Picking them up she held them over the cauldron and crushed them in her hands letting it fall down into te cauldron. That was done and now she waited patiently for the next step. Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Louisa listened to the professor, making quick notes in her head, and watching the woman demonstrate skillfully. The girl was slightly jealous at how smooth her hands were when using the ingredients.
Back to work, the Ravenclaw grabbed the Murtlap Essence and holding it over the cauldron, she started counting the drops making sure they were ten precisely. Not 9 nor 11. Now she took her wooden stirrer and started stirring counter-clockwise.
Stir stir stir stir stir stir stir stir...
Next she took hold of the Parsley, two sprigs as instructed, laid them in her hands and started crushing them loosely by rubbing her hands against each other and allowing the Parsley to fall into the mixture. Quote:
Originally Posted by cheeseStrings Murtlap Essence? Janice thought. The thing they used to use to heal cuts? She picked up the Essence and dropped 10 drops of the Murtlap Essence while counting silently. Then, she took her wooden stirrer and stirred it 8 times, counter-clockwise. She took 2 sprigs of Parsley and crushed it in her hands, allowing some flakes to fall while they were crushed. Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankie Autumn watched the professor.
She picked up the murtla Essence and tiped it slightly,
1 drop, 2 drops, 3 drops, 4 drops, 5 drops, 6 drops, 7 drops, 8 drops, 9 drops, 10 drops.
she used the wooden stirrer to stir the mixture exactly 8 times counter clockwise.
She looked around at the ingrediants and found 2 sprigs of parsley and loosely crushed them in her hands as the professor did, and slowly they added to the cauldron. she did this until al the flakes were gone. Quote:
Originally Posted by AuroraQuinn
Aurora listened, nodded, and turned to her ingredients. She dropped the ten drops of Murtlap essence into her cauldron one at a time and then picked up the parsley. Two sprigs. She crushed them in her hands above the cauldron and watched the flakes drop into it as she did so.
When she had done that he noted down the steps on her parchment. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ Amelia watched Professor Lafay as she added the Murltap Essence and then the Parsley. It seemed pretty easy.
She picked up her Murltap Essence, and poured it inside before she began to stir counter-clockwise: one... two... three... four... five... six... seven... eight. When she was done that, she picked up her two sprigs of Parsley and loosely crushed them, letting the flakes fall into the cauldron.
When she was done, she decided it was a good time to record all the steps in the process so that she wouldn't have to record them later on when she was in her Dorm.
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Originally Posted by GinevraWeasley Vlimia carefully added the ten drops of Murtlap Essence. She remembered one time when her brother had cut himself when he was chopping vegetables, and her mother got him Murtlap Essence. Her brother said it soothed the pain. She thought of this incident while she stirred counter-clockwise, and stopped herself when she reached eight stirs. Vlim then took the two sprigs of parsley, and crumpled them over the cauldron. Not so close that she could feel the heat from her potion, but not so far that she would have runaway flakes. Once all the dry, green flakes had fallen, Vlimia looked at the bits of parsley that had wedged themselves in the crevaces of her hands. Oh well, she could wash her hands after this lesson. Quote:
Originally Posted by caithal97 Nessie took her droppe and carefully added ten drops of the Murtlap Essence into her cauldron. She looked at the potion for a second before picking up her wooden stirrer and she placed it inside the cauldron. Making sure she was going counter-clockwise she stirred the potion eight times as directed. She took the stirrer out and set it aside for the moment. She picked up the Parsley and crushed them in her hand at the top of her cauldron. She turned her palm and let the crushed peices fall as they may. She sat back and waited for her next direction. Quote:
Originally Posted by dracomalfoylover1 Stacy took her droppe and added ten drops of Murtlao Essence into her cauldron. Then she pick up her stirrer and stir it eight times counter-clockwise. She took out the stirrer and set it back on the table. Then she slowly, carefully crush the two sprigs Parsley over her cauldron, adding the Parsley as they fall through her hand. Then Stacy waited for her next direction. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter Ok, Lily was ready for this next step. After watching the professor demonstrate what to do, she turned back to her cauldron. She took her murtlap essence and dropped in 10 drops. Then she took her stirrer and cleaned it off. Placing it into the cauldron, Lily stirred it counter-clockwise around and around, eight times to be precise. Putting the stirrer off to the side, Lily picked up her two sprigs of Parsley, and crushed them over her cauldron. Once there was no more parsley in her hands, she brushed them off, before briefly looking in the cauldron, and then going back to her notes. Quote:
Originally Posted by affy7ann
Tayla added ten drops of Murtlap Essence and then stretched her arm out for the stirrer - but she couldn't find it. Her eyes grew wide. "Wooden stirrer...wooden stirrer!!" Tayla said, as if calling it would make it appear. "Where on earth is that thing?!"
She looked all around her work table and couldn't find it anywhere. She checked under the table, and didn't see it either. Panicking a little, Tayla took out her wand and pointed toward the floor. "Accio wooden stirrer..." she whispered urgently.
A couple seconds later, she caught the stirrer in her hand. Tayla gave a big sigh of relief and went back to working on her potion. She stirred eight times counter-clockwise as instructed and hoped Professor Lafay didn't notice her frantic look.
Tayla shook her head and tried to remember what came next. "Oh yes...two sprigs of Parsley." She held her hands over the cauldron, crushed the sprigs a little in her hands, and watched as the flakes fell into the cauldron with the rest of the mixture. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon Silvia retrieved some Murtlap Essence and added ten drops to her cauldron. Now to stirring. Did it really matter all the much how many times and in what direction they stirred? she thought as she began stirring counter-clockwise. It seemed strange to her that it would make a difference. She may not have been a muggle-born, but neither of her parents were particularly into potions, so this was new to her.
...seven...eight.
Silvia set the wooden stirrer down and reached for the parsley. Maybe it's just like how one needs to perform proper wand movements in order to perform a spell. She crushed the parsley in her hand. Number and direction of stirs must be the potions version of wand movements, she thought, as she let the flakes fall from her hand and into the cauldron. Quote:
Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 Ok so he hadn't fallen behind yet--but that never was something that could be promised.
Next step. Auggie grabbed the Murtlap Essence and began to add the 10 drops. He wondered slightly what would happen if he had added 11 drops or only 9, it probably would be horricfic so the Gryffindor made sure he counted correctly. After the Murtlap was added he grabbed his wooden stirrer and did the eight counter-clockwise stirs.
Then lastly, he took the two sprigs of parsley as directed and crunched them in his hand, watching as the little flakes landed in the cauldren. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimalia " Scourgify" Kimalia cleaned the wooden stirrer. What? She had no idea where it had been earlier today! As the stirrer was bubbling in suds, Kimalia added the ten drops of Murtlap Essence. * Drip, drip* There, the last two drops of the ten were added so now she was free to stir it. Now what direction? clockwise?
Checking her notes, oh it's counter-clockwise. Okay, good thing she checked. Kimalia began to stir with the now clean wooden stirrer counter-clockwise eight times with her left hand, using her right hand to * CRUSH* the two sprigs of Parsley over the cauldron finally adding the flakes as they fell. Now to do the check off on her notes. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Ira listened to the professor's instructions and added 10 drops of Murtlap essence into her cauldron and proceeded to stir it 8 times. So she stirred it counter clockwise 8 times. Now what? Ira looked around to see what others were doing. Oh yeah! Parsley sprigs!
So she took two sprigs of Parsley and then as instructed, crushed them in her hands and let the flakes fall into her cauldron.
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Originally Posted by jujune29th Watching Professor Lafay do exactly what she was saying, Sophie nodded a couple of times before writing down the next step.
Sophie then added the drops of Murtlap Essence one by one until it reached 10. She frowned once more when she saw older students cleaning their wooden stirrers. "Isn't it a bit too much??" she thought to herself, looking around. Oh well, it was best if she did it anyway. The older students probably knew better. "Scourgify!" She said pointing her wand at her own wooden stirrer. She was getting used to the fact that nothing seemed to happen as she cast that spell on things. Maybe she wasn't supposed to see what happened anyway. Whatever.
She stopped to think what was counter-clock before stirring. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven aaand... eight! Sophie smiled as she got the two springs Parsley and held it above her cauldron. She started crushing them loosely, as Professor Lafay had demonstrated and watched as the flakes fell into the cauldron.
Wait... should she have used the Cleaning Spell on her hands too? She looked around quickly and didn't see any of her classmates doing it, so she was fine. Hopefully... Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva listened and then took her wooden stirrer "Scourgify" Then she picked up the Murtlap Essence and started putting the drops in 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Once finished Minerva picked up the wooden stirrer and began to stir counter-clockwise. 1 time, 2, times, 3 times....6 times, 7 times, 8 times. Once finished Minerva put down the stirrer and picked up the parsley. She put it over the cauldron and crushed it loosely so that the flakes fell into the potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by CurlyPotter14 Jordan listened to the Professor, adding the next instructions to his list. He then picked up the murtlap essence, adding the 10 drops one by one to the potion. He picked up the wooden stirrer before stirring the potion, making sure he was stirring in an anti-clockwise direction. One, Two, Three...Nine and Ten! Hopefully the potion would turn out fine, he hoped as he loosley crushed his parsley over the caludron and watched the flaky remains fall into the potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose Before Oakey retrieved the dock leaves and Ashwinder egg he took wand once more and scourgified the mortar. He got up from his seat and picked out two dock leaves then headed over other side of the classroom and picked out an Ashwinder egg. Taking these things back to his work station he set them down carefully next to his cleaned mortar. taking this dock leaves he placed them into the mortar as Lafay had instructed and crushed them with the pestal. Oakey then picked up the Ashwinder egg cracked it then added the contents into the mortar was well. grabbing the four sprigs fluxweed he placed them into the mortar was well. Picking up the mixture he poured it into his cauldron.
As Oakey was pouring his mixture into the cauldron Lafay had quickly moved onto the next step. He fumbled a bit placing the mortar back onto his work place. and listened intently to her next instructions. He looked around for the Murtlap Essence finally found it at his. Picking it up he dropped the 10 drops into the cauldron with all the rest of the concoction. Lifting his stirrer and started stirring in the counter-clockwise as Lafay had demonstrated. Right now to get the two pieces of sprigs Parsley. crushing them carefully between the palms of his hands and letting pieces of them fall into the cauldron. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixAuror169 Amethyst got up and went to get the two dock leaves. On her return, she placed them into the mortar. She crushed the leaves with the pestal, smiling as she did so rhythmically. Setting her mortar down, she retrieved an Ashwinder Egg from the refrigerated section. Breaking and Adding it to the mortar, she quickly add 4 sprigs Fluxweed before adding it to the mixture.
After she did this, she scanned the room, seeing how everyone else was doing. She looked at her notebook, scratching out the ingredients she had used.
After everyone was done with the previous steps, Lafay went on with the instructions. She smiled as she watched and listened to one of her favorite teachers.
Add 10 drops? Easy enough.
1 Drop of Murtlap Essence; 2 Drops of Murtlap Essence.
3 Drops of Murtlap Essence; 4 Drops of Murtlap Essence.
5 Drops of Murtlap Essence; 6 Drops of Murtlap Essence.
7 Drops of Murtlap Essence; 8 Drops of Murtlap Essence.
9 Drops of Murtlap Essence; 10 Drops of Murtlap Essence.
She took her wooden stirrer and placed it into the potion. She moved it eight times counter-clockwise. Just like she was instructed. Taking the two sprigs Parsley, she crushed them in her hands over the cauldron, letting the flakes fall in as she crushed. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Alex had to work a bit quicker than he'd have liked to keep up with Lafay, but he was at least keeping UP, which was a good thing. He took the Murtlap essence and added 10 drops as she had instructed. Then he had to turn counter clockwise...uggh, which way was that again?
He paused, picturing his cauldron as a clock, and figured it out a second later. He always had to do that to stop himself from going the wrong way. He grabbed his wooden stirrer and started to go counter clockwise until he'd stirred 8 times. Now crush two springs of parsley, that was easy enough...
He grabbed the parsley and held it above his hand, crushing it with his hands and watching the tiny flakes fall into the cauldron as he moved his palms together. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpluvr037
He added to his notes as she talked. Okay, so far so good. Making it this far in Potions without Lafay critisizing anything you did was an accomplishment in his book.
He reached for his murtlap essence and knocked the bottle off the counter. "Woah!" His Quidditch reflexes were handy as he made a grab and secured the falling object. He breathed a sigh of relief. Easy does it now, Keef.
Essence secured, he unstoppered the bottle and began to count the drips. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. He checked his scribbles. Five more. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Good.
Next, he picked up his wooden stirrer, but more cautiously this time. Dipping it into the potion, he began to stir up and to the right in a counter-clockwise motion. "One stir, two stirs, three stirs, four stirs, five stirs, six stirs, seven stirs, eight stirs," he whispered under his breath. Success secured, he crossed off that step in his notes. Next up, parsley.
He looked through his supplies and found a box. He opened it up and was confused until he looked at the label. "Parsnip." Definitely not. He pointed his wand into his things and thought, Accio Parsley. He heard shuffling as the parsley unlodged itself from under several jars and made its way to his waiting hands. After checking the label, he found two midsized leaves and brought them over his cauldron. Keefer began to crush them and watched as the small wafts of air in the dungeon carried the flakes down onto the surface of the mixture.
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Originally Posted by Katergirl Angelina took the two dock leaves and placed them into the mortar like Professor Lafay said. Once she got the two completely into the mortar she began to crush them with the pestal. After a while she thought she crushed them good enough, she place the pestal down and headed towards the refrigerated section and got a Ashwinder egg. When she arrived back at the mortar she broke it and added it into the mortar. Angelina grabbed the 4 springs Fluxweed quickly and placed it into the mortar.
Angelina did what Professor Lafay said and started adding 10 drops of Murtlap Essence. "1 drop, 2 drops, 3 drops, 4 drops, 5 drops, 6 drops, 7 drops, 8 drops, 9 drop and 10 drops," Angelina said quietly to keep track of all the drops.
Picking up her wooden stirrer and placed it in her cauldron and stirred it counter-clockwise eight times. Also as Lafay said, Angelina took two springs Parsley and crushed them in her hand above her cauldron. Once she was done she waited for the next step to be givin. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles The Prefect took note of all the vital things his Head of House was saying and demonstrating them. He retreived two dock leaves and placed them into the mortar, then followed up by crushing it with the pestal.
After he was done with that, Kennedy stood up and went to the refrigerated section to get an Ashwinder egg. Cool. He's never touched one before. He walked back to his working area, causiosly. When he was back at his table he broke the egg and added into the mortar, adding four sprigs of Fluxweed. When he was done, he looked up, his mind completely into the lesson and away from the news he had received that day.
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Kennedy looked up, giving Professor Lafay his full attention. He added the ten Murlap Essence as instructed and then stirred eight times, counter-clockwise. After he was done with that he took the Parsley and crushed them in his hands above the cauldron.
This action reminded him of his mother when she cooked with Oregano. She would always crush the tiny leaves in her hands. Memories. Quote:
Originally Posted by alchemist_18 Raven added 10 drops Murtlap Essence to her cauldron then stirred it 8 time counter-clockwise.
One.. Two.. Three.. Four.. Five.. Six.. Seven.. Eight
After she had finished it, she took two sprigs parsley and crushed them loosely in her hands, then added it to her cauldron.
" Well, you all seem to be following directions well." Good... she was impressed. Or maybe her good mood was clouding her judgement... maybe...
" Next steps... Pull your wooden spoon, and add 3 spoonfulls of raw honey..." She looked over to the Gryffindor prefect. " It doesn't have to be perfectly measured... you just add it by eye." She showed the students how to do it, letting the hot liquid melt off all the honey from the spoon. " Take 5 basil leaves and slice them thin, as thin as you can, with your silver knife." And she did what she said to the letter. " Now what you want to do is take a papaya, whole and with the same silver knife, stab the fruit and stuff some of the basil in the wound. Keep stabbing until you make enough holes for all of the basil. Then add it to the mixure. Whole."
1 whole Papaya
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