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DecemberMoon · 05-28-2013, 01:14 AM

SPOILER!!: Min

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva waited as Eliza wrote things down and grabbed her own parchment to take down their notes of the potion. If they were going to make a potion, they probably should write down what they did, because if it worked then they might want to do it again. Watching Eliza carefully, Min smiled a bit, “You think it’s a good idea? I was just going by what some of the ingredients were.” Then she listened to the rest of what Eliza was saying, changing a few things just a smudge, but still it sounded good, Eliza was super smart for a third year, but Min wasn’t surprised she was a claw. As much as she loved potions Min was still grossed out when leeches were involved, well leeches and blood. Thankfully they were not using blood today.

Nodding, she was right it was time to just try. Watching her clean the cauldron Minerva turned to tink about the steps they needed to take. “I agree, boiling them together would make them mix better as well.” Giving her another nod, “Hey with using the chocolate and having it hot, maybe it will taste like a hot chocolate, so it won’t be so bad to drink?” She knew some of the potions had horrible taste to them, so she hoped theirs would not.

“Well I think with these ingredients our hunch sounds pretty good. Let’s just hope it works and if it doesn’t well let’s just hope it won’t be too horrible.” She didn’t want to make them sick or anything. Worse case hopefully it just tasted bad. Since Eliza had done the cleaning and made the flames for boiling the least she could do is fill the water. Pointing her wand, “ Aguamenti” She let the water fill to about half way in the cauldron ”Finite” Then looked at their ingredients. “Let’s let that boil for a bit.” Jotting down the steps she was doing she then turned to Eliza. “I think the next step we should put in the Jalapeno juice.” Stopping for a second she thought, “Do you think it would be the juice or juice and seeds? I’m not sure we would use the entire pepper, since it wouldn’t dissolve in the potion. I’m going to say seeds as well, what do you think?” She picked up the pepper and handed it to Eliza seeing what she thought they should do.

SPOILER!!: notes

She watched as Minerva filled the cauldron half-way with water. She was glad they got along so well and could agree on what to do next. That made things a lot easier. She couldn't imagine having a partner that just wouldn't cooperate on anything. "Cool, I'm glad we're on the same page." She laughed about the hot chocolate idea. "Yeah, it's too bad neither of us grabbed sugar instead of salt, right?" She chuckled again. Hopefully the chocolate, lavender, and daisy would be enough. "There are some teas made out of daisies and lavender, so I think the taste of those should help cover up the other less pleasant stuff." Namely the leeches, but she was hoping those would sort of melt away and maybe they'd taste sort of fishy, or just...not like anything at all if they were lucky.

She let the water boil for a bit until it was clear that it was pretty darn hot. She figured that would be good because some of their ingredients were pretty hearty and would take some time to dissolve. "I think...yeah, we should add the seeds too, and the juice, but not the flesh of the pepper. That might be too much of it, you know? And I like the juice idea for some taste, and the seeds because, well, Herbology and all, so that makes sense?"

She put some protective gloves on, just in case the juice tried to makes its way into any cuts she may have on her fingers, and began squeezing the pepper over the cauldron. The skin of the green plant cracked under the pressure of her hands and began leaking the strong smelling liquid into the cauldron with loud pops and sizzles for every drop.

After that was done, she pulled the pepper apart with her gloved fingers and scraped the seeds into the cauldron as well. The little strips of them came off easily and soon there were roughly twenty to thirty little seeds floating around on the surface of the potion. She was pretty sure she needed those to sink down so she said, "I think I'm going to stir it clockwise until the seeds sink, so they can start to absorb the water and dissolve. Sound good?" Seeing Min's agreement, she went ahead and did so. She stirred it with her clean wooden spoon about seven good times before they all looked like they'd drifted down more.

She looked back at their ingredients. "I think maybe we should add the reduced feather next, since it's so solid in the middle and I don't think either of us want to choke on that," she added with a chuckle. "I already shrunk it, so I'll just drop it in, okay?" Again waiting before she acted, she then took the feather between her fingers and dropped it low into the cauldron, careful not to let it blow out. It sat on the top for a few moments, obviously pretty buoyant. "What if we stir it down in a windy motion? To mimic the roots of nature? Vines and things like that?" It made sense to her. Maybe potions could be a little more like poetry and art than she'd thought before. She waited to see if Min thought that was a useful idea or not.

While she let her mull that thought over, she had another suggestion. "And maybe when we add the acorns, we should just use the meat? So it's not so tough." She pushed the spoon, acorns, and a clean knife over to Min so she could do what she thought was best. After all, she was older and wiser with potions.

SPOILER!!: Eliza's Notes

05-28-2013, 01:14 AM	#110 (permalink)
DecemberMoon Puffskein Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 999 Hogwarts RPG Name: Eliza Neladara Dawnsel Fifth Year	Post 4 - Continuing potion SPOILER!!: Min Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva waited as Eliza wrote things down and grabbed her own parchment to take down their notes of the potion. If they were going to make a potion, they probably should write down what they did, because if it worked then they might want to do it again. Watching Eliza carefully, Min smiled a bit, “You think it’s a good idea? I was just going by what some of the ingredients were.” Then she listened to the rest of what Eliza was saying, changing a few things just a smudge, but still it sounded good, Eliza was super smart for a third year, but Min wasn’t surprised she was a claw. As much as she loved potions Min was still grossed out when leeches were involved, well leeches and blood. Thankfully they were not using blood today. Nodding, she was right it was time to just try. Watching her clean the cauldron Minerva turned to tink about the steps they needed to take. “I agree, boiling them together would make them mix better as well.” Giving her another nod, “Hey with using the chocolate and having it hot, maybe it will taste like a hot chocolate, so it won’t be so bad to drink?” She knew some of the potions had horrible taste to them, so she hoped theirs would not. “Well I think with these ingredients our hunch sounds pretty good. Let’s just hope it works and if it doesn’t well let’s just hope it won’t be too horrible.” She didn’t want to make them sick or anything. Worse case hopefully it just tasted bad. Since Eliza had done the cleaning and made the flames for boiling the least she could do is fill the water. Pointing her wand, “ Aguamenti” She let the water fill to about half way in the cauldron ”Finite” Then looked at their ingredients. “Let’s let that boil for a bit.” Jotting down the steps she was doing she then turned to Eliza. “I think the next step we should put in the Jalapeno juice.” Stopping for a second she thought, “Do you think it would be the juice or juice and seeds? I’m not sure we would use the entire pepper, since it wouldn’t dissolve in the potion. I’m going to say seeds as well, what do you think?” She picked up the pepper and handed it to Eliza seeing what she thought they should do. SPOILER!!: notes Ingredients: ½ cauldron of Water 1 Jalapeno peper Leeches 2 Acorns 1 chocolate bar 1 daises Pinch of lavender Pinch of salt 1 owl feather Directions: 1. Bring water to a boil She watched as Minerva filled the cauldron half-way with water. She was glad they got along so well and could agree on what to do next. That made things a lot easier. She couldn't imagine having a partner that just wouldn't cooperate on anything. "Cool, I'm glad we're on the same page." She laughed about the hot chocolate idea. "Yeah, it's too bad neither of us grabbed sugar instead of salt, right?" She chuckled again. Hopefully the chocolate, lavender, and daisy would be enough. "There are some teas made out of daisies and lavender, so I think the taste of those should help cover up the other less pleasant stuff." Namely the leeches, but she was hoping those would sort of melt away and maybe they'd taste sort of fishy, or just...not like anything at all if they were lucky. She let the water boil for a bit until it was clear that it was pretty darn hot. She figured that would be good because some of their ingredients were pretty hearty and would take some time to dissolve. "I think...yeah, we should add the seeds too, and the juice, but not the flesh of the pepper. That might be too much of it, you know? And I like the juice idea for some taste, and the seeds because, well, Herbology and all, so that makes sense?" She put some protective gloves on, just in case the juice tried to makes its way into any cuts she may have on her fingers, and began squeezing the pepper over the cauldron. The skin of the green plant cracked under the pressure of her hands and began leaking the strong smelling liquid into the cauldron with loud pops and sizzles for every drop. After that was done, she pulled the pepper apart with her gloved fingers and scraped the seeds into the cauldron as well. The little strips of them came off easily and soon there were roughly twenty to thirty little seeds floating around on the surface of the potion. She was pretty sure she needed those to sink down so she said, "I think I'm going to stir it clockwise until the seeds sink, so they can start to absorb the water and dissolve. Sound good?" Seeing Min's agreement, she went ahead and did so. She stirred it with her clean wooden spoon about seven good times before they all looked like they'd drifted down more. She looked back at their ingredients. "I think maybe we should add the reduced feather next, since it's so solid in the middle and I don't think either of us want to choke on that," she added with a chuckle. "I already shrunk it, so I'll just drop it in, okay?" Again waiting before she acted, she then took the feather between her fingers and dropped it low into the cauldron, careful not to let it blow out. It sat on the top for a few moments, obviously pretty buoyant. "What if we stir it down in a windy motion? To mimic the roots of nature? Vines and things like that?" It made sense to her. Maybe potions could be a little more like poetry and art than she'd thought before. She waited to see if Min thought that was a useful idea or not. While she let her mull that thought over, she had another suggestion. "And maybe when we add the acorns, we should just use the meat? So it's not so tough." She pushed the spoon, acorns, and a clean knife over to Min so she could do what she thought was best. After all, she was older and wiser with potions. SPOILER!!: Eliza's Notes Eliza Dawnsel Ravenclaw, Third Year Potions - Lesson One - Homework One Potion Ingredients My Ingredients: 1 whole Daisy including roots - Used in the Shrinking Solution, so it must have shrinking or compacting qualities. 2 Leeches - Used in Polyjuice Potion and Shrinking Solution - They absorb things, namely blood, but would presumably soak up other things in a potion. 1 Spotted Owl Feather - Couldn't find anything for, but an Eagle Owl Feather is used in dragon tonic and must be a healing agent because it heals sick dragons. 1 pinch of Salt - Has healing properties. Can be used to treat scale rot, common in dragons. Used in medicines. Minerva's Ingredients: 1 pinch of Lavender - stress relieving and relaxing properties 1 Chocolate Bar - helps with happiness, good taste. Used in the Love Spell, also helps you recover from dementors Seeds and juice of 1 Jalapeno pepper - helps with focus and strength 2 Acorns, meat only - strengthening properties Potion Attempt: Increase skill with Herbology and other nature-related tasks Potion Procedure: Clean cauldron and workspace Light burner Fill cauldron half way with water Squeeze all the juice from Jalapeno Add seeds, stirring clockwise Reduce the feather to a small size Add the feather to the potion & stir in a winding motion (like twisting vines) Crack acorns and knife out the meat of the nut __________________ ... CHARMING ... HUMBLE ... REFINED ...