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Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
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Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year  x11
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Text Cut: Culloden Quote:
Originally Posted by StarShine  [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Trust? It was funny how SHE mentioned it, after all the conversations they'd had. So he smiled at her knowingly. He knew trust.
"Perfect, Sophie."
As if she would be 'un'perfect at this class. Hehe.
"Many of you said 'love, hate, greed, happiness, fear, sadness' and 'jealousy'," he said, to sum up, and in case they couldn't hear all the answers, "but there were also answers such as 'anger, trust' and 'acceptance'. I believe, as Kyroh and Vesper mentioned, that all emotions can one way or another be used to manipulate people. Before we start brewing, I want to ask two more questions that are connected to each other: which potions or spells do you know that manipulates people? What are the laws regarding these? Please only name one spell OR potion."
Wellllll? Could they guess what they would brew today?
OOC: The class will continue about 5 hours later. Uh huh. Totally perfect, she knew, and she also knew he'd like her answer. After all, Sophie had kind of thought of it when she thought of how easily he could be manipulated by her. Because he trusted her. But she wouldn't manipulate him, because he did trust her - she knew it was a special thing because there were plenty others couldn't be trusted with such an honor.
She didn't notice her own bestie was strangely quiet and straight-faced until she followed Culloden's gaze to him, though, and she gave Tobes a questioning look. Hm. Oh. HMMMM. Interesting. He'd probably never manipulated anyone in his life, and he probably didn't like the thought of anyone manipulating him either. Made sense that he wouldn't have an answer. She liked that about him.
There were plenty of potions that manipulated people. Actually... the more she thought about it... pretty much every potion that was coming to mind could be used to manipulate people in some way. Felix Felicis? Essentially manipulating everyone around the person who drinks it. Veritaserum? Manipulated the drinker to tell the truth. Pretty much any potion could control someone, if the drinker didn't know they were consuming the potion, yeah? She thought about another one, then, that she was tempted to name aloud to get a reaction out of the professor - but instead she sat there, covering her face with both hands, silently giggling to herself.
Nope. No answer this time. She was just going to sit there for a little bit and work on containing her laughter so she wasn't a disruption. Hehe.
But she gained her composure when the other Sophie spoke up. Ravenclaw Sophie eyed her, then eyed Culloden, and raised a hand right after she answered, "Can I remark on that? I don't think every potion manipulates a person, but I think most potions can manipulate a person. For example, I mean, the Pepper-Up Potion is always used with the intent to cure someone of the common cold, right? But manipulating generally has a negative connotation to it, in my opinion, and I don't think... there can be any real negative meaning behind a potion like that, unless... you're giving it to someone to make them like you more or trust you or something for future manipulation?" That felt different to her, though, because that wasn't the potion itself manipulating anyone. "But like, the Elixir to Induce Euphoria she mentioned could be used for good, pure reasons with a willing drinker and I wouldn't consider that to be manipulating, really... but if you give it to someone without them knowing with the intent of, like, exploiting them in some way... a potion with good effects can be used for evil, y'know what I mean? Just depends on how you look at the term 'manipulating,' I guess." Was he following? Did she make sense?
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