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Originally Posted by Cassandra  Tay took out the mortar and pestle from her potions kit and scourified them both. She measured out two tablespoons of poppyseeds and poured it into it. Taylor grinded the poppyseeds until they were fine dust then she brought up seven springs of Valerian. Tay placed them in the mortar as well then crusted it with the poppy dust. She poured it all in the potions and glanced up at the professor. She sighed, waiting on the next set of instructions. Taylor was starting to tune the professor out and make a drawing on her parchment that had her ingredient list on it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Katergirl Angelina took out the mortar and pestle and cleaned to anyways just to make sure. She then started measuring the two tablespoons of poppyseed. Once she got the two tablespoons she poured it into the the mortar. She took the pestle and started to crush them into fine dust. When the fine dust was there insides of the two tablespoons of poppyseed she got the seven springs of Valerian. With the seven springs of Valerian she crushed it down with the dust of poppyseed. After that was completed Angelina placed the dust into the cauldron. She cleaned a little of her area up while she waited for Professor Lafay to continue. Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight She went to go retrieve her mortar and pestle from her kit. She cleaned it out with the spell. She added the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. She started to grind the poppy seeds down to dust. She picked up the Valerian springs and broke them in her hand and placed them into the mortar. She started to crush them with the poppy dust. She then added the contents into the potion Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory took out the mortar and pestle and cleaned them both with the cleaning charm. Next, he measured out the two tablespoons of poppy seeds and placed them into the mortar. With the pestle, the boy began to crush the seeds. Crush, crush, crush, until they were reduced to dust.
That done, he took the valerian roots in hand hands and broke them into pieces then added them to the mortar. He crushed the two together then added the mixture to his potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Awar cleaned out her mortar and pestle and added the tablespoons of poppy seeds. After grinding them down, she broke the Valerian springs in her hand and put them in with the dust. She finished crushing them and added it to her potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by JennMarie
Ariana then too the wings and leaves and crushed them loosely in her hand letting pieces fall out of her hand and into the potion before she let it all fall in swiftly.. good good
Mortaaaarrrrrr, Ariana thought for a moment she was in a old war. "QUICK GRAB THE MORTAR! ENEMIES GATHERING TO THE SOUTH!...... BOOM! HA! oh right class........ Grabbing her mortar and pestle she quickly scourified the both of them And put TWO tablespoons of poppy seeds into them and began grinding them down to a dust... after a few minutes her arm began to hurt and she looked sown into her mortar.. YAY DUST! she then broke up all seven sprigs of Valerian and put them into the mortar before she grinded them into the poppy dust GRIND GRIND GRIND. hehe.. then she dumped them into her potion
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
Hmm alright more crushing of stuff.
He drew the mortar and pestle closer to himself and started scourgifying them, then set his wand aside to reach out for the next ingredients. It was then that he realized that if they were to crush these things into fine dust then there would be particles of this floating in the air...
..... Poppy dust... danger of inhaling? Yeah he knows what to do....
He set the ingredients aside for a moment and went looking for his mask. Securing it over the lower half of his face he made sure it was nice and snug. He even went ahead and slipped his lab goggles over his glasses.
Now that he was pretty secured from the possible effects of dust particles he reached for the poppy seeds and started measuring it out, tipping it into the mortar and started grinding it with the pestle. After a while he scourgified his gloves again to pick apart the Valerian sprigs then adding them all into the mortar, grinding them down even further.
Peering into the mortar he can see the fine particles catching the faint light of the Potions classroom. He lifted it and carefully tipped the contents over the cauldron, watching the powder melt into the liquid... Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger Things were almost too quiet. After the water incident, it seemed like everyone was too scared to do anything wrong. Kendall didn't mind, since it meant she could continue to not acknowledge the scariness of Professor Lafay's current appearance, and how zombie-like it was becoming. She'd been a little afraid of the woman since first year, but this was too much. And if they kept working with poisonous stuff, that feeling wouldn't go away soon. She could hope the zombie part did, and that was the only reason she was so determined to try and ignore it. Besides, so far the brewing process hadn't really been that difficult, other than having to use blood. She was past that, and she carefully cleaned her hands of belladonna as the next steps were explained. At least she could do that without worrying about missing anything.
Once they'd been instructed on the steps, she slid her mortar and pestle over in front of herself. Scourgifying both before she measured out two tablespoons of poppy seeds into the mortar. Time to crush, she said silently, picking up the pestle and grinding the seeds down. It didn't take long, since the seeds hadn't been very big to begin with, so before long she'd moved to the valerian sprigs. Breaking them apart, she added the bits into the mortar, then crushed them as well before just looking at the oddly pretty dust that had been created. At least something looked interesting, but she picked up the mortar and let the dust fall into the potion. It didn't seem like stirring was needed, so once that was done she Scourgified her mortar and pestle again before moving back to her notes. Time for more active ignoring of theories while she waited for leeches.
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Originally Posted by FireboltSword She quickly reached for her quill and wrote down the steps: SPOILER!!: Befelda's notes POTIONS: LESSON 2
Lingualaxus Truth Serum Ingredients: - Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Directions:
1. Clean the cauldron. Always the first step. ( Scourgify)
2. Fill the cauldron with water. Set the fire burner.
3. Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clock motion.
5. As the motion is in motion, slowly add the Jobberknoll blood. Must be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. Red making circles in the water.
6. Take the Billywig Wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush loosely with hands, letting the brittle pieces fall in the cauldron.
Afterwards, she took the Billywig wings and Belladona leaves and gently crushed them letting the brittle ones drop into the cauldron.
Arrgghh! This jotting down notes really makes Befelda's palm sweat and tired. But she had no choice but to write them down: SPOILER!!: Befelda's notes POTIONS: LESSON 2
Lingualaxus Truth Serum Ingredients: - Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Directions:
1. Clean the cauldron. Always the first step. ( Scourgify)
2. Fill the cauldron with water. Set the fire burner.
3. Add in the 8 drops of wormwood essence, one at a time.
4. Begin stirring the potion in a counter-clock motion.
5. As the motion is in motion, slowly add the Jobberknoll blood. Must be a low and slow stream into the moving potion. Red making circles in the water.
6. Take the Billywig Wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush loosely with hands, letting the brittle pieces fall in the cauldron.
7. Ready the mortar and pestle. Make sure it is clean ( Scourgify).
8. Put the poppy seeds into the mortar and crush it to dust.
9. Take the Valerian sprigs, break them and put into the mortar while grinding. Crush it together with the poppy dust.
10. Add the crushed dust into the cauldron.
She put down her quill. She put out the mortar and pestle from her kit. She took the mortar and put out her wand and "Scourgify.". The mortar was squeaky clean. She put down the mortar and went over the ingredients.
Befelda took the poppy seeds and put them into the mortar and grind them to dust. After which, she took the Valerian sprigs and broke them using her hands and drop into the mortar. She grind them together with the poppy dust. Oh, I should add the dust into the cauldron. I wonder what color would the potion create if I add the crushed dust?. Befelda's always wondering everything. She came back to her senses, held the mortar and slightly bent it over the cauldron to drop the crushed dust of poppy seeds and Valerian sprigs. Hmm... Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan and Emma<3 The lioness took her mortar and pestle along and cleaned them with specific care so that they would be shining in their right place. Thanks to her. Smiles. Then she put two tablespoons of seeds into it and started grinding them till they have all become dust. Putting some of them and mix them with Valerian, she put them safely in the morter and crushed it hard.
Right. It was easy to follow up till now and it seemed like everyone else was still working on their potions so Tiffany would just take this time being to fill in her Potion journal then as she was waiting for a further demonstration from the professor. Quote:
Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Kat took out her mortar and pestle. They were supposed to go pounding on the poppy seeds and Valerian sprigs. Cool. First of all, she casted Scourgify on the mortar just in case Lafay's inner neat freak bursts. She took the two tablespoons of poppy seeds and placed them inside her clean mortar and crushed it into dust.
Crush. Crush. Crush. CRUSH.
After crushing the seed into dust, Kat then broke apart the Valerian Sprigs and added it into the mortar. More crushing this time. Except with thr dust + sprigs.
Crush. Crush. Crush. CRUSH.
Finally, Kat placed inside her cauldron the crushed ingredients. Well... That's it for now. While waiting for thr next set of ingredients, Kat scribbled more notes in her parchment. SPOILER!!: Notes over herrrreee Katrina Marie Hudson
Fourth Year Slytherin Lingualaxus Truth Serum
- makes the drinker tell the truth even if they do not want to, but this truth serum is a bit weaker than Veritaserum Ingredients- Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Procedure
1. Clean the cauldron using Scourgify.
2. Fill the cauldron with water using Aguamenti.
3. Turn on the burner.
3. Add 8 drops of Wormwood Essence when water starts boiling.
4. Stir the potion counter-clockwise.
5. While the potion is still moving, add the Jobberknoll blood slowly. It should be making circles in the potion.
6. Take the Billywig wings and the Belladonna leaves and crush them in your hands then let the pieces fall into the cauldron.
7. Clean the mortar and place the poppy seeds inside the mortar and crush to dust.
8. Break the Valerian sprigs using your hand and add to the crushed seeds snd crush some more then add to cauldron.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Clapping her hands together to get all the remaining bits of crushed matter off, Kurumi summoned her mortar and pestle with her wand and made sure to clean it with the proper charms before adding the poppy seeds in. With another flick of her wand, Kurumi charmed the pestle to crush and grind the seeds while she returned to her notes to write down the next steps.
Once she had finished with her notes, Kurumi turned her attention to the mortar and checked on the poppy seeds. Satisfied with the contents, Kurumi grabbed the Valerian sprigs and crushed them with her hands and added them to the mortar before crushing them further with the pestle and then adding all of it to her cauldron.
Leeches were next...ew. SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment Kurumi Hollingberry
Gryffindor // Seventh Year Lingualaxus :: a truth serum that loosens the tongue, has no taste, no smell, no color. Most important, the victi-drinker has no recollection of having revealed anything and felt afterwards as if they has a nice long nap truth serums sedate the drinker and lulls their brain into an subconscious false sense of security. This allows the brain to release any information is has and impedes that reactionary thing that makes you feel you need to cover up the truth. Ingredients- Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Procedure- clean cauldron
- fill it with water
- light burner
- add 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood one drop at a time
- stirring your potion in a counter-clock motion.
- add your Jobberknoll blood (low and slow stream)
- crush 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves in your hands and let the pieces fall into the cauldron
- clean the mortar and use it to crush the poppy seeds to dust
- break the Valerian sprigs using your hands and add to the poppy seed dust
- add the contents of the mortar to cauldron
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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker Cassia turned to her potions kit and retrieved the pestle and the mortar. Were they clean? Well, she only uses them at class. So it depends on whether she cleaned them after using them last the previous lesson. And because she didn't have an awesome memory especially when it came to unimportant things like cleaning equipment. She decided to clean them anyway. Fishing her wand out from her bag and with a flick she uttered, "Scourgify," She didn't really notice the difference which meant that they probably were already clean. Or she just didn't notice. Anyway..
She added two tablespoons of this poppy seed and started grinding copying the Professor's exact moves. Being a copy cat was something she excelled at. Which comes always in handy. After a good time of grinding had passed. The second-year thought that it was enough. Dust it did turn into it. So she reached then for the sprigs of Valerian and started breaking them up. Then she added them to the mortar and began crushing them with the dust.
Crush..crush..crush..
So much crushing and grinding and this lesson. And Cassia was actually curious about this potion. Will they use it on each other? Or will the staff take it and use it on students. Not a good thing.
The second year peered down at the mortar and put the pestle aside. She retrieved a spoon and added the mixture of dust and Valerian to the potion. Hmm...if only they knew who would get to use those potions. IF Professors were to then Cassia might think about not doing everything the way it should be done. But not yet. She needs to make sure . Maybe Lafay would speak up? Meh.. Quote:
Originally Posted by MagicalWorld
Dylan listened to the class to hear that they were making a truth serum, that made him really excited! Cause now he would be ablt to make a truth serum and use it on anyone he wanted! Now THIS is what he was looking forward to! Classes like this, ok so Minnie was right! He would be sure to tell her when he saw her next, Professor Lafay was becoming a cool professor in his eyes now. He wrote down the ingredients on his parchment, cause there was no way that he was not taking any notes for this class. He was going to take as many as he could so that he could re-create the potion whenever he wanted again.
After he had written them down he heard her tell them to go collect their ingredients so thats what he did. He went to go collect his ingredients, once he had collected them he brought them back to his desk and waited for the next set of instructions.
Dylan frowned a little at what the professor said to Kurumi, she cant just fail her for the class, she was officially losing her cool professor title that he had given her. Cause that was not fair to do that, but he didnt say anything he would come up with something soon for Lafay. He then watched as she started making the potion by filling her cauldron, so he did the same. He was about to add the water when he remembered that Kurumi had told him to clean everything that he used pointing his wand at his cauldron " Scour.. Scourgify" he had now cleaned his cauldron, next he pointed his wand at his cauldron " Aguamenti" he was used to using that spell now so that was easy.. well kind of.
He then looked up at the professor as she added the first ingredients on the list that she had provided them, and listened as she instructed them to add the ingredients. So he picked up his wormwood essence and added his 8 drops of it
" 1....2....3....4" he counted as he dropped them into his cauldron " Right that was four now for the next four" he told himself as he got ready to add his next four drops " 1....2....3....4" there that was his next four " Four plus four is eight. so thats done now" he said as he waited for the next set of instructions.
He watched as she told them to stir their potion in a counter-clock motion, he watched as she stirred hers and then picked up her cup of Jobberknoll blood and she added that in WHILE she was still stirring. That was going to be a bit of struggle, she also told them that it should be a slow stream. He would also see the red color of the blood making circles, ok so red circles.
He put his spoon into his cauldron and started stirring with his spoon as he grabbed his cup of Jobberknoll Blood and put it into his cauldron and continued stirring in a counter-clockwise direction. He saw the red circles that she was talking about so that meant that he was on the right track and doing things as they were supposed to do them.
He watched as she grabbed the four wings and the three leaves, he watched as she crushed them in her hands loosely. He listened as well as she instructed them and showed them how to loosely crushing the leaves and wings in her hands and let them fall into the cauldron.
He then grabbed his four Billywig Wings, he then grabbed his three Belladonna leaves and putting his hands together he loosely crushed them as he was instructed and demonstrated. He let the pieces fall into his cauldron as she had done, he then waited for the next intructions.
He listened as she told them to grab their mortar and pestle, so thats what he did. It was good that she mentioned the cleaning part cause he might not have done it if she hadn't mentioned it, " Scourgify" he pointed at his mortar and pestle. He watched as she demonstrated putting two tablespoons of poppy seeds into her mortar and pestle, as she grind them down into dust. He continued to watch as she got her seven sprigs of Valerian and breaking up with her hand she added them into her mortar and pestle before crushing both together and adding them both into her cauldron
It was then his turn, he added the two tablespoons of poppy seeds. Once he had done that he grinded them down until it was like dust, grabbing his seven Valerian springs he broke them up too and added them to his mortar. Grabbing his pestle he crushed the sprigs with his poppy dust and once he was satisfied that it was done he added everything to his cauldron and waited for the next set of instructions.
He looked at his list and saw that all that they had left to add was the five leeches. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva listened to the next set of directions. Was it just the way she was feeling or did this potion seem to be taking longer then usual. She always loved potions, maybe she was getting sick or something. The thought of the blood coming back to her mind she felt her stomach turn again. Time to put that out of memory and never think of it again. She knew right then she would never try to make this potion on her own. Not if she had to use the blood again.
Pulling out her mortar and pestle, Minerva pointed her wand and cleaned them both. After she knew they were clean she placed the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it and crushed them down to a dust. CRUSH....CRUSH...CRUSH... Once the dust looked right to her, Minerva then took the seven springs of Valerian and broke it up in her hand. Crush..Crush..Crush.. She then added the Valerian to the poppy seed dust and made sure they were mixed well together before adding both ingredients to her potion. Looking up she glanced around to see if what the next step was. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpfan18 After Belle was done adding her previous ingredients. She went to retrieve mortar and pestle from her potions kit. Belle noticed it was dusty and decided to clean both. Belle said with her wand, "Scourgify!" and they were clean!
Then she got out her measuring spoons. She picked out the tablespoon. Then she got out her poppy seeds and started to closely measure the poppy seeds. After she measured them twice, she put them into the mortar. Then she took her pestle and started to grind them into dust. She took her frustrations out onto the poppy seeds. It felt good actually.
Then Belle took her seven sprigs of valerian sprigs and put them in with the poppy seeds. Then she crushed them together with the dust already in tact. After she was all finished crushing her ingredients. She admits her hands kind of hurt, she placed the dust and crushed sprigs into the potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh Phew! Worst part was over now.
Taking a deep breathe, Renesmee focused onto the next set of instructions. The Billywig wings didn't exactly make her feel to excited, but anything was better than that revolting blood. Anything.
Four. Uh-huh that was the right amount. Four wings and three leaves. Easy measurement there. The red head grabbed some in her hand and began crushing them as well a she could.
Crush. Crush. Crush. Or more like Ew. Gross. Ew.
Yes the billywig wings may have not been that hard, but she could still feel them crushing in her fingers, and it wasn't a pleasant feeling. Finally when she felt she had crushed enough she let the pieces fall into the potion and moved on to the poppy seeds and valerian sprigs.
What she needed first though was her motrar and pestle. She searched her kit and after a few short moments got the two instruments she needed. Next she grabbed the Valerian sprigs and paused before she got some poppy seeds too. She almost had forgotten to clean her mortar and pestle. "Scourgify." she said quietly and then only afterwards retrieved her two tablespoons of poppy seeds. She added them too her mortar and started crushing away again. At least this wasn't done by hand, nor did it look as unpleasant as the wings.
When the poppy seeds looked almost like dust, Ness took her seven springs and added them as she continued away with her crushing. It was actually quite a work out for her arm, but still she continued till she was pleased with her result. When she was she added the contents and scribbled notes once more. Quote:
Originally Posted by ronpotter James cleaned his couldron, filled it with water and lit a fire underneath and let it boil. Then he added the 8 drops of wormwood like the potionsmistress had instructed and started stirring it in an counter clockwise direction. He then measured and added the cup of jobberknoll blood, feeling rather squeamish. He then put the billywig wings and belladonna leaves in his hand and rubbed briskly letting the bits fall from his hands and into the cauldron. He then cast scougify on the mortor and the pestle for added measure. Then he put the poppy seeds into the mortor and crushed it to dust with the pestle... to rythym. Once he had done that he broke seven Valerian sprigs with his hand and added it to the poppy seed dust. Then he emptied the contents of the mortor into his cauldron.
He had not bothered to take notes... he could get them from Sarah, who seemed to be taking lots of notes. Quote:
Originally Posted by CJP Carefully selecting the best looking Billywing Wings and Belladonna leaves out of the ones that she brought back, she scrunched them in her hand. They were very brittle. And loosley, very witch like; she sprinkeles them into her cauldron.
This time, Olivia washed out her mortar and pestal with "Aquamenti!". Not being framilliar with any drying spells, she used her scarf to dry the motrter and pestal. Hope nobody saw that. Scan, scan, shifty. She leveled off two tablespoons of poppy seeds and dumped them in. Once they were grinded, she broke up the valerian. She was unsure how broken up they were supposed to be. Were they meant to be really tiny? She broke them up at kind of a mid-ways length.
After she sarted crushing them up with her poppy dust, she realized that the length diddn't matter that much! They would get crushed up into tiny pieces by the morter and pestal anyways. Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay Crush them loosely in your hands? Ethan would much rather crush them with his mortar and pestle - and didn't know why they wouldn't - but decided to follow instruction. He picked up four billywig wings and crumbled them in his hand, then brushed them into the cauldron with his other hand. Picking up the belladonna leaves, he repeated the motions.
He glanced over at Minnie and mirrored her weak smile at her words. She didn't sound all that convincing and still looked quite pale.. though the color was coming back to her cheeks. He nodded and turned back to his potion. It was probably just the blood and now that they were moving on, perhaps she would feel better.
Ethan looked up as Lafay related their next set of instructions and he pulled out his mortar and pestle, scourgifying both. He dropped in the poppy seeds and began grinding them, lids getting very heavy as he did his best to focus on his work... The boy opened his eyes wide to stop from nodding off and broke the valerian sprigs into the mortar. He began crushing and grinding again, movements slowing as he was growing so sleepy.. SPOILER!!: Potions Journal Lingualaxus Truth Serum Ingredients- Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Instructions
1) Fill cauldron with water, set on flame
2) Add 8 drops wormwood essence, 1 drop at a time
3) Begin stirring counter-clockwise and slowly add Jobberknoll blood
4) Crush the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron
5) Grind the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into a dust with the mortar and pestle, then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the mortar. Then crush it together with the poppy dust and add the contents to the potion.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Hannah paid attention to the demonstration. She retrieved her mortar and pestle and cleaned them both quickly. She measured out two tablespoons of poppy seeds and placed them into her mortar. She grinded the poppy seeds until they were dust. Merlin her arms were sore. She had the same problem in her other classes too. Maybe she needed to work out? Pfft!
She took seven springs of Valerian and broke them up with her hand and added them to the mortar as well. She crushed them along with the poppy seed dust. Crush, crush, crush. Once everything looked like it was supposed to she added it all to her potion and waited to see what the next step would be. Quote:
Originally Posted by Princesspower "Scourgify" Sarah casted on the mortor as it cleaned it out. Sarah was shocked to actually see a noticable difference. She then sprinkled the poppy seeds into the mortor and took the pestle and pretended the poppy seeds were an army of red ants and she beat them hard. She first beat them in spirel, then in a heart shape. Then she wrote her name in the path of her pestle. After the S in Edwards she had finally made it fine like dust.
She then took the varelain srpigs three at a time and broke them over the motor, allowing it to fall inside. She then picked up the seventh one and broke that too. Adding the poppy seeds and varlerian sprig bits to her cauldron, she awaited further instructions Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella leaned forward and got her mortar and pestle, placing them on the table in front of her. She pointed her wand at them and cleaned each, picking them up to inspect her work when she had finished. Satisfied, the third year measured out two tablespoons of poppy seeds and added them to the mortar. The small badger then picked up the pestle and began grinding them down. Crush. Crush. Crushhhhhh. Sheesh. Grinding the seeds was tiring work, though maybe people whose arms weren't like noodles had an easier time.
Right, noting that the seeds had finally been reduced to dust, the third year started breaking up the seven sprigs of Valerian. When she was sure the pieces would fit, she added them to the mortar and began crushing them down. Crush. Crush. Crushhhhhhhh.
Having finished, the picked up her mortar and then dumped the mixture into her potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin It was tempting to rub the end of her pestle on her robes and call it clean, but Vivi had a feeling that every potioneer in her life would be horrified at the idea. She Scourgified both the mortar and pestle before adding the poppy seeds.
Just a few feet away, Vivi spotted Vickers putting on a mask and goggles. Clever of him. He might end up being the only one in the classroom not to go completely batty in a few minutes. She held her breath as she ground up the poppy seeds, as if that would really help, and by the time she was adding the sprigs of Valerian, Vivi just had to breathe again.
Whew. That was an interesting scent. Vivi poured the contents of her mortar into the cauldron, happy to get the stuff out of her hands and away from her face. Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
They were moving on. Lex reached into her potions kit and pulled out both the mortar and the pestle. She picked up a teaspoon of poppy seeds but remember something at the last minute. "Oh yeah...you guys have to be cleaned..." Mmm. Replacing it next to the other ingredients she aimed at the mortar and pestle. "Scourgify." Eeeeeeeeeeeeppppp!!! It worked on the first go!! It was official. She was soooo getting better at the spell casting stuff. Well...for the simply spells anyway. Uh...but back to the potion.
She began crushing the poppy seeds until they were as fine as dust. Once that was done she reached over and got the sprigs of valerian. Just then her hand brushed against something. "Oh, Mr. Leech. Just sit tight, we'll get you something to eat when class is done." What did leeches eat anyway? Hopefully it liked chocolate.
Turning to her crushing again she crushed the valerian into the poppy seed dust until they started looking like one big heap of dust. Good. Perfect. Next she threw it all in the potion.
Lex stepped back and eyed the cauldron. The way she saw it, there would be a lot of lingualaxus left over when she was done. Now what would she do with it first...? Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner
Nigel retrieved his mortar and pestle and made sure it was clean. Next he put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into it. Once he was sure he put in the right seeds. Nigel started grinding them down to a dust. Once that was done Nigel broke up the seven sprigs of Valerian and put them in the morter. Finally Nigel crushed it together with the poppy dust and then added the all the contents to his potion. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Well, things were coming along nicely, and no one had melted a cauldron or drove the professor into a fit of anger. Strange. Sierra quietly reached for her mortar and pestle then looked it over to make sure it was clean. She thought so, but because she kept second guessing herself, she decided to clean it.
After doing so, she put the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into then began grinding them. When the seeds were nothing but dust, which seemed to take quite a while, she broke up the Valerian. She tossed the Valerian into the mortar, as well, and then she crushed it together with the poppy seeds.
All done now. Well, almost. She tilted the mixture above the cauldron and dumped its contents inside.
" We are at the last step. If you do not know how to handle a leech, which, then put on our gloves. I don't want it to attach to you and contaminate itself. Place the leech inside the potion and it'll start sucking some of the liquid. Once it's full, you'll notice it'll start disintegrating into the potion. It will turn red, a dark deep red." After demonstrating, she took her wand out. " Cast on the potion in a straight jabbing motion and say 'Verax' loud and clear." She said and again, demonstrated. The potion became clear. " And it is done."
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