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Seren was wandering around, sneaking peaks at parchments and making faces of approval or knitting her eyebrows together in thought. Most were on the right track, some were... lagging. Nevertheless, they had plenty of time for the task. No drama.
"Sarah, start penning your thought please," she prompted gently.
"Once you've mapped out the qualities of the person or group you're intending to create a blend for... you'll need to get out your textbooks and make a list of as many herbs as you can find that complement those qualities or characteristics." She paused here, making sure they were listening and not looking thoroughly confused.
"Then... you can start thinking about flavours, do they compliment each other? could you substitute one herb for another if it doesn't quite work?" she asked rhetorically. "Think about these as you plan... I'll give you about ten to fifteen minutes to start on this, and then I'll give you your next instructions." Though, they could probably guess what those ones were.
"How are you going Lex?" she asked, noticing the Gryffindor was having some trouble.
In the same moment, she had peered behind her and looked over the Marcus' shoulder. He too seemed to need some direction. Professor Pretty... that was something she expected from Ascanius, not Marcus. Interesting.
"How would you describe... Professor Pretty?" she asked, prompting the Ravenclaw to think about her qualities, "Prettiness aside, that is."
OOC: The lesson will continue in approx 19 hours. Use the Herbology textbook and the internet to search up herbs to use in yo tea.
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.
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Professor Pretty's Traits
Quite pretty
Clever
Gifted in the Sight
Drinks lots of tea
Sunny disposition
Extremely patient with ignorant firsties
Sincere (with me, at least)
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.
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Professor Pretty's Tea
Quite pretty - Turmeric (Good for the skin, acts as an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial)
Clever - Ginkgo (improves memory)
Gifted in the Sight - Chamomile (helps with sleep, can be used to induce dream-like state in potions)
Focused - Rosemary (improves concentration)
Sunny disposition - St. John's wort (anti-depression)
Extremely patient with ignorant firsties - Wheat grass (good for the lungs, especially when deep breathing is required)
Sincere (with me, at least) - hawthorn (relationship building, plus heals broken hearts. For reasons.)
He set down his quill and peeked around to see if the Herbology Professor was still stalking him.