After what felt like it had to have been at least a year, the eight minutes were up. Olly was very excited and his head shot up to the board to see waht he had to do next. Remove it from heat, okay he could do that. He put the fire out from under his cauldron so it would stop heating the potion. It couldn't get too hot of course or he wouldn't want to drink it. Well, he wasn't sure if he was going to drink it anyway but that was beside the point.
He added the caterpillar and the bat tongue to the potion next. Why were all potions ingredients so gross? He didn't want to drink something with a caterpillar and a bat tongue in it. No potion ever sounded appetizing and yet most of them were ingested. Was one ingredient there to add to the taste? Was that taken into consideration when creating the potion? He hoped so.
After those were added it was time for...MORE STIRRING? Why? Why did this have to happen to him? He was a good person. He didn't deserve this. All this...stirring and whatever. But he kept stirring. Clockwise. Five whole minutes.
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Originally Posted by Potion Progress
Prepare all ingredients as listed in the ingredients list, weighing and measuring each carefully.
Slowly heat the red wine and prune juice and begin stirring clockwise until you can just see bubbles starting to form. (The mixture will be dark purple/brown)
Immediately add the Hairy Fungus and continue to stir clockwise for ten minutes. (The mixture will slowly fade to a lighter purple/brown)
Continuing to stir clockwise, add the tortoise shell. (The mixture will be a creamy color)
After eight minutes, remove the cauldron from the heat and add the caterpillar and bat tongue, making sure to continue to stir the solution in a clockwise motion for five minutes, until it changes to a creamy green colour.As the potion cools, it will turn emerald green. Once it is completely cooled (about fifteen to twenty minutes), you may cease dispense the potion into appropriate vials for storage.