Quote:
Originally Posted by
Droo "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."
The only good thing about dealing with leeches was that it took her mind of the poor jobberknolls for the time being. Slipping her gloves on, Kurumi bit down hard on her lower lip and picked up one of the leeches by its tail end and sort of slid it off the tray and allowed it to dangle in the air for a moment. The Gryffindor let out a small squeak at the way the thing was squirming and trying to latch its mouth onto her gloved finger. Dropping it rather suddenly into the cauldron with a small splash, she wrinkled her nose as the leech grew in size as it drank up the potion and...okay, that was gross.
Covering her mouth with the other hand, Kurumi quickly dropped in the other four leeches and waited for them to dissolve into the boiling liquid. She didn't realize that she had been holding her breath until the potion turned a deep red and then she readied her wand for the last step. Practicing the wand move and incantation a few time separately, the seventh year took a deep breath and jabbed her wand towards the cauldron, "
Verax." She ended up holding her breath again until the potion turned clear and then slouched in her seat.
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
- add leeches to cauldron (wear gloves) → potion will turn a deep dark red
- move wand in straight jabbing motion and say 'Verax' → potion will turn clear