Ian had seen the notice on the huffie board and he wanted to see if he could do this. He still wasn't great at potions, but he'd certainly like to try something. Especially if it helped him get in the good graces of the potion master. Ian had developed an appreciation of potions and how delicate and difficult they were. It reminded him a little of cooking with his mum, but the results there were generally much less dangerous than potions.

He walked into the lab and walked around a looked for the professor, but didn't see him. He had seen that it required the professor's permission and since the professor wasn't here, Ian decided to wait around a bit and hope the professor showed up. Ian reached into his satchel, took out the book on erumpents and began to read more about these fascinating creatures.