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feeheeheeny · 02-09-2014, 02:22 AM

Text Cut: Culloden

A good, clean hand. Riiiiiiiight. Sophie cursed herself for being so shaky today and listened intently to Culloden. So the eye was... likely to be slippery and slip out of their hands? That was inconvenient. She examined her gloves, wondering if there was a different kind she could wear in the future that would be better for handling slippery objects. There probably was, but she didn't have any.

Her gloves still on, Sophie took the hellebore's syrup from her potions kit and added it to her cauldron. She was less thrilled about the next part, but she was sure she could do it. She knew that being too light and gentle with the eyeball would let it just slip from her hands, and she knew that handling it too roughly would send it flying across the table. Picking up her clean knife, she held one of the pufferfish eyeballs carefully in front of her and made a small slit down the back with ease. Simple enough. Drawing her gaze to the blackboard, she managed a smile smile - squish the eyeballs into the cauldron. Good terminology there, Culloden. Obediently, Sophie set down her knife and used both gloved hands to steady the eyeball over the cauldron, then pressed the eyeball between the palms of her hands and let the juices dribble down into the concoction below.

There. With the eyeball pinned between her hands, it couldn't go anywhere!

When only a few more drops dripped down from the eyeball, Sophie set it off to the side on her napkin aside the dried-up bubotuber, then started the same process with the other pufferfish eyeball. She didn't really mind that she was handling a fish eyeball - it was just an object to her currently and part of the task at hand. Cutting a slit into the back of the second eyeball, Sophie smushed it between her palms over the cauldron just like she did the last time. It probably wasn't the nicest way to squeeze the fluid out of an eyeball, but it was effective and that was what mattered, right?

With that done, she set the eyeball on the napkin with the other one. She... COULD vanish the waste, but she was drawing a blank on whatever spell would do that. She was certain she knew the name, but she wasn't sure how it went, so... to the rubbish bin it was. Sophie took an extra napkin from her supplies and wrapped the two eyeballs and bubotuber, then carried them to the rubbish bin with ease. She disposed of them, then hobbled back to her workstation to remove her gloves and did a quick, "Scourgify," on them with her wand in an attempt to clean up after herself as she went. She did the same to the tabletop, then to the cutting knife, then set out a new napkin in case she needed to set something there later.

Feeling confident in her work so far, Sophie decided to peek around at the others and see what techniques they were using for the eyeballs. And... she saw the tragedy of one Gryffindor girl as it unfolded. Poor thing. Setting down her wand and slipping her newly cleaned gloves back on her hands, the Ravenclaw plucked one of her unused pufferfish eyes from her kit, slid out of her chair, and made her way over to the girl, shooting a suspicious glance back at her cauldron to make sure no one was going to try to sabotage her work. No? Good.

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Oichi grabbed the eye which was really slippery and slipped around in her hands till it fell out of her hands to the floor. She looked for it but could not find it till 'squish', she stepped on the eye. "Professor, I had an accident with my eye".

"Hi," Sophie greeted a bit somberly, eyeing the girl's squished eyeball. "You can probably just go throw that away - I have more than just the two I need in my kit, so you can have this one. Be careful with it, okay? I'd suggest gloves first, which'll help with keeping a grip on them, but you'll still have to be careful." In other words... she should try not to do what she had just done. "Y'gotta find a nice medium holding it, I think - if you grip it too gently, it'll slip, and if you try to squeeze it too tightly, it'll slip that way too. What I did was I kinda just smushed the eyeball between the palms of my hands and that got the juices out just fine, and I didn't really have to worry about the eyeball slipping out 'cause it was caught between my hands, y'know? Dunno if there's a better way, but it's worth a shot, if you wanna try it." It had worked for Sophie, at least.

02-09-2014, 02:22 AM	#155 (permalink)
feeheeheeny Mod Babysitter Dwarf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: #8000FF Posts: 35,308 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia "Mia" Adair Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Leigh Upstead Hufflepuff Fifth Year x11	Oichi! be curious, not judgmental Text Cut: Culloden Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine Now, to SHOUT or to speak normally? Cosgrach hesitated for a moment, then chose the latter. Those with failing hearing would see the blackboard soon anyway. ...not EVERYONE had terrible ears, did they? Eyeing them, he took a deep breath and said "The next step is kind of tricky and requires a good hand." He eyed them again. "So if the eye slips out of your hands, CLEAN it before trying again. If you ruin an eye, seek help." Because, obviously, he didn't want them to ruin several eyes. Every ingredient was too precious to waste. Hoping that they understood, he tapped his wand again and the new step added itself with BIG letters. A good, clean hand. Riiiiiiiight. Sophie cursed herself for being so shaky today and listened intently to Culloden. So the eye was... likely to be slippery and slip out of their hands? That was inconvenient. She examined her gloves, wondering if there was a different kind she could wear in the future that would be better for handling slippery objects. There probably was, but she didn't have any. Her gloves still on, Sophie took the hellebore's syrup from her potions kit and added it to her cauldron. She was less thrilled about the next part, but she was sure she could do it. She knew that being too light and gentle with the eyeball would let it just slip from her hands, and she knew that handling it too roughly would send it flying across the table. Picking up her clean knife, she held one of the pufferfish eyeballs carefully in front of her and made a small slit down the back with ease. Simple enough. Drawing her gaze to the blackboard, she managed a smile smile - squish the eyeballs into the cauldron. Good terminology there, Culloden. Obediently, Sophie set down her knife and used both gloved hands to steady the eyeball over the cauldron, then pressed the eyeball between the palms of her hands and let the juices dribble down into the concoction below. There. With the eyeball pinned between her hands, it couldn't go anywhere! When only a few more drops dripped down from the eyeball, Sophie set it off to the side on her napkin aside the dried-up bubotuber, then started the same process with the other pufferfish eyeball. She didn't really mind that she was handling a fish eyeball - it was just an object to her currently and part of the task at hand. Cutting a slit into the back of the second eyeball, Sophie smushed it between her palms over the cauldron just like she did the last time. It probably wasn't the nicest way to squeeze the fluid out of an eyeball, but it was effective and that was what mattered, right? With that done, she set the eyeball on the napkin with the other one. She... COULD vanish the waste, but she was drawing a blank on whatever spell would do that. She was certain she knew the name, but she wasn't sure how it went, so... to the rubbish bin it was. Sophie took an extra napkin from her supplies and wrapped the two eyeballs and bubotuber, then carried them to the rubbish bin with ease. She disposed of them, then hobbled back to her workstation to remove her gloves and did a quick, "*Scourgify," on them with her wand in an attempt to clean up after herself as she went. She did the same to the tabletop, then to the cutting knife, then set out a new napkin in case she needed to set something there later. Feeling confident in her work so far, Sophie decided to peek around at the others and see what techniques they were using for the eyeballs. And... she saw* the tragedy of one Gryffindor girl as it unfolded. Poor thing. Setting down her wand and slipping her newly cleaned gloves back on her hands, the Ravenclaw plucked one of her unused pufferfish eyes from her kit, slid out of her chair, and made her way over to the girl, shooting a suspicious glance back at her cauldron to make sure no one was going to try to sabotage her work. No? Good. Quote: Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Oichi grabbed the eye which was really slippery and slipped around in her hands till it fell out of her hands to the floor. She looked for it but could not find it till 'squish', she stepped on the eye. "Professor, I had an accident with my eye". "Hi," Sophie greeted a bit somberly, eyeing the girl's squished eyeball. "You can probably just go throw that away - I have more than just the two I need in my kit, so you can have this one. Be careful with it, okay? I'd suggest gloves first, which'll help with keeping a grip on them, but you'll still have to be careful." In other words... she should try not to do what she had just done. "Y'gotta find a nice medium holding it, I think - if you grip it too gently, it'll slip, and if you try to squeeze it too tightly, it'll slip that way too. What I did was I kinda just smushed the eyeball between the palms of my hands and that got the juices out just fine, and I didn't really have to worry about the eyeball slipping out 'cause it was caught between my hands, y'know? Dunno if there's a better way, but it's worth a shot, if you wanna try it." It had worked for Sophie, at least. __________________