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The laughter, the no and the smile was enough to make Alec let out a small chuckle of his own. "It's great that you're not," Because the boy really had nothing to be afraid of. Nothing. Shooting the boy a swift grin, Alec grabbed his textbook, got up and headed into the potions storeroom. Ingredients, you know. Some of the ingredients were grabbed, levitated out and set down on his desk. Second trip? He disappeared back into the storeroom again and called out, "So... what potion are you making?" They were both in the laboratory for a reason, yeah? A reason that had nothing to do with hair.
Unfortunately.
Coming back out of the storeroom with the rest of his ingredients, he set them down on his desk before saying, "Good... because... they can be scary sometimes, you know." When they were angry. Especially the ones who liked Beating. Don't ever want to cross female Beaters. Alec still had no idea who this Genie girl was. New girl?"Oh! So... she was trying to defend her brother, then." Having no siblings, the boy didn't know what this would be like. He did have an Astrid and a Candy Girl and a Minnie that he held brotherly affection for so if anyone did anything to them... he wouldn't be able to do much. Shaking his head, he looked back at Cutty and smiled a little. "Just something to think about, man," Nod. Was this useful? He hoped so.
Upset? The Head Boy furrowed his brows and tried to think back to the train ride. "No... no, I don't think so. She seemed... frantic. And she left nearly as suddenly as she came in." Why did Cutty want to know this?
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Eeeermmm..." Cutty really had no reason to lie to the Headboy, given that most potions could in fact be used for one covert & illintentioned purpose or another, but with the billywig story and his whole spitted game on Sophie, he thought it best to cover his wee pale buttocks. "
It's called Lingualaxus Serum. I saw my friend make it last year when we had to brew our own potions in class." One by one he counted out seven springs of Valerian, trying to chose ones that were of equal size. He then checked on his water, making sure it wasn't yet too hot or boiling over. He still had time to break out a mortar and pestle, which he cleaned along with a measuring spoon before tossing in two tablespoons of poppyseeds. "
What about you?" He asked, actually genuinely curious as he crushed away at the poppyseeds.
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Yeah. For sure. Something to think about." Did Alec know he was giving an already suspicious and sometimes downright Machiavellian child terrible ideas? Baad, Alec! Baaad Headboy Summers! Cause you know what? CUTTY LOVED THIS!!! He saw it as Alec informing him and keeping him aware of flying knives...for FREE!!! "
Can they be? Girls? Scary, I mean. You have a girlfriend, don't you? You're not afraid of her?" Cutty had never met a female that he was terrified of, save his own mother once or twice...but like he'd admit it. The Slytho looked down into his mortar to judge his poppyseeds. Almost there. Not too fine or they would be a powder and the potion clearly called for a dust.
Cutty's hand froze along with his entire body at the last thing the Headboy had said. He looked up from his poppyseeds looking displeased. Cutty imagined doing what he wanted to do, which was shouting at Mr. Potatohead,
'Not Sophie! The prefects!', finishing his potion, but messing it all up because he was such an angreh little snakeling. As quickly as it came though, it subsided in the mercurial little terd and he brushed it off with a smile, because afterall, it did help to know Sophie's intention. "
Oh?" With a shake of his head he went back to his potions. "
I suppose her feelings for me are worse than I thought they were. I can have a talk with her when I get back to the common room. In the meantime, I hope I haven't given your fellow student leaders any cause to worry over me. I would never release billywigs on the Hogwarts express." Brilliant as the idea was. He checked on his water once more and thought he'd better get started on adding the ingredients. He grabbed a stirring instrument and cleansed it.