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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year  x11
|  be curious, not judgmental
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Originally Posted by StarShine  Cosgrach frowned lightly at her. He debated whether arguing with her would be better - but decided against it in the end. He didn't want to distract her in her favourite class at Hogwarts. Besides, this wasn't the usual Sophie. He doubted she was even open to any kind of discussion at this point. So, he just shrugged. "If you say so." And she said so.
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Well... at least no one else commented on what she said. So, he nodded, even though he was at the back of the class then and she wouldn't see. "You're right. It does make people's brain go weird, which is why it's an ingredient."
Would she... analyse every ingredient? Did she want to get out? Would she tell him if she did?
He had to find a way to ask her without letting the whole class know. EVERYTHING WAS FIIIIIIIIIINE.
She did say so, Culloden, and she smiiiiled up at him in reply. Case closed. Sophie Brown: 1, Culloden: 0. Making him SO PROUD, right? Yeeeeeeees. Naturally. He was DEFINITELY super thrilled with her bravery to go against what he was saying AND her analysis of the sneezewort ingredient. Totally earning his approval, just like she hoped.
...That was one way to deal with a parental death.
The smile remaining on her face, Sophie put on her clean gloves to add the eight berries of atropa belladonna one by one, then sprinkled the chopped alihotsy leaves in a clockwise motion around the surface of her cauldron, not minding anyone else and not noticing how many people were looking at her suspiciously. Good thing she didn't, really, or else she would've no-doubt acted even weirder. But nope, for now, she was content to work diligently in accordance with the professor's instructions, next taking her gloves off to wave her wand over the potion. The potion turned a deep, bloody red, and Soph took a quick moment to note these steps and instructions on her parchment.
No commentary on any of this. Yet.
She only had to wait eight minutes since she had a copper cauldron, so Soph went ahead to use her time wisely and wrote down all the necessary steps so far, clean anything at her work station that needed it, then stared down the Ashwinder egg she collected, considering the best method to break it into eight pieces. She glanced around and behind her to see what methods other people used and how they found success... and, ultimately, Soph's wand was in her hand and she cast one deliberate, "Diffindo," cutting the egg down the middle, then repeated, "Diffindo! Diffindo!" She cut each half one more time so there was four total pieces, then repeated the spell four more times to split each of the four pieces to give her eight pieces.
There. That would suffice, yeah? It was a good stress-reliever doing it like that anyway, breakin' stuff up. Cool activity, professor.
She still had a few minutes left, so Soph fidgeted anxiously where she sat, her legs jiggling underneath the table, and when Culloden came around, she stopped him with a low, "Hey," and gave him an expectant look, gesturing down to her potion and her sliced egg bits. Ehh? DID SHE HAVE HIS APPROVAL? There was a biiiiiiig, hopeful smile for him. HOW WAS SHE DOING?
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