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Felixir · 09-19-2016, 02:17 AM

He was not that far off the truth then, with at least one of his theories. Despite being right, however, Daxton did not waste his time with smugness or feelings of accomplishment. For now, he left his notes mostly as they were, but crossed out the incorrect theory he had written, in such a way that he could still see what was written there.

The Babbling Beverage potion, then, or this safer variation. The original potion was easy, for beginners, and so this one was not likely to be much harder - even the portion of the recipe which called for spellwork was less likely to throw up issues for him, not now he had started to master non-verbals. In any case, this potion, in Daxton's eyes, was boring, so he was already mentally running through a range of potions ingredients and their properties, because maybe he wanted to tweak the potion today, too. Perhaps find a way to make this version last for longer, or maybe there was a way to elicit a certain kind of babbling from the subject. Would there be an ingredient to change the language? Or perhaps he could adjust it so that there was an element of truth in the words that were spoken... Daxton thought he quite liked the sound of that. A Babbling Veritaserum, or something of the sort.

So, while those around him got started on brewing their potions, Daxton focused his attention entirely on his notes, jotting down ideas and possibilities into his notebook according to that very line of thinking. If he could brew it without being noticed, too, he might get a chance to test the unknown potion on an unwitting student in this very room. That would be particularly interesting, whether the first attempt was right, or very very wrong. There were plenty of students in this room that Daxton would not mind accidentally poisoning.

SPOILER!!: Notebook

Potions
Babbling Beverage

Activated Charcoal - adsorptive qualities
Bezoar - healing qualities, specifically an antidote

Both used to counteract the effects of poisoning
Could potentially be added to the potion to pre-emptively deter poisoning or overdose of potion - if this is the case, why would it not already be part of the recipe?
Theory: these ingredients make the potions safer for consuming large amounts, but weaken them, and lessen the effects
Theory: these ingredients are purposefully used to dilute the potion
~~Theory: an entirely new potion has been created (unlikely, in this case, but possible)~~

Babbling Beverage

Ingredients

500ml Water
5g Fresh Alihotsy leaves
2 dried Billywig Stings
Pinch of powdered Erumpent tongue
5ml Armadillo bile
2 drops Leech Juice
~~1 tablespoon Activated Charcoal~~
~~Pinch of ground Bezoar~~

Method

Clean equipment
Add water to cauldron, and bring to a simmer
Stew alihotsy leaves in simmering water for 20 minutes [prepare other ingredients whilst waiting]
Remove all traces of leaves, and return water to a boil
Add dried billywig stings and erumpent tongue, boil for 10 minutes, continuously stiring counter-clockwise
Allow to cool to room temperature (22 °C/72 °F)
Add armadillo bile, stir five (5) times counter-clockwise
Add leech juice, stir twenty (20) times counter-clockwise, and the potion should be light brown in colour
~~Bring back to a boil~~
~~Circle wand counter-clockwise over cauldron whilst saying the incantation ‘garrula lingua’ and bring down to a simmer~~

Add 1 levelled tablespoon of activated charcoal

Stir counter-clockwise three (3) times slowly

Add a pinch of ground bezoar

Stir once counter clockwise and remove from heat

As it cools, it will turn from a light brown colour to a fluorescent yellow

When the colour stops lightening, you may bottle your potion. It will be approximately ten serves, if stored in 20mL vials.

~~Label one vial for the Professor to analyse, and ingest another vial. Save the others for your own use, or dispose of.~~

Notes
(to make Babbling Veritaserum)

Jobberknoll feathers are a vital ingredient - used in truth serums and memory potions, so would be unlikely to produce an effective Babbling Veritaserum without this ingredient.
When introducing Jobberknoll feathers, will need to calculate (or attempt a trial and error approach): how many, at what point in the pre-established order to add them, whole/cut up/powdered, spread throughout the brewing process or all at once. Note: research other truth serums and analyse.
Consider Veritaserum as an ingredient, but be mindful that it may counteract with the rest of the ingredients, hence why Babbling Veritaserum does not already exist - anyone can just add some to it. Adding potions to potions does not tend to end well.
Other Veritaserum ingredients combined with the Babbling Beverage method may result in a favourable outcome.
It would perhaps be wise to raise the amount of alihotsy leaves and/or billywig stings; both to work with the extra ingredient of the Jobberknoll feathers, and to keep the subject happy and "willing" to keep babbling through the truth telling.
If this fails, adjust all ingredients relative to each other, raising them all so that the consistency of the potions stays as it should. Some trial and error almost definitely necessary.
May require an ingredient to lower/vanish inhibitions, so that not only truth is spoken, but secrets.

Should consid

But Daxton's notes had stopped suddenly right there. He had heard high-pitched laughter, as though from far away, echoing through the corridors. Not knowing whether or not it was real, Daxton had stared right at the door, mentally cursing how this, the safest seat in the room, could also be the most dangerous one.

And then, pixies. Daxton had wasted absolutely no time at all in getting himself underneath his desk, notebook and all, having no desire to have his clothes or hair yanked around by the irksome creatures. Then there was the shouting; not from the intruders, but from the students and the professor in the room, as everyone attempted to control the pixies. It was horrible. Awful. Loud sounds in the dungeons - especially yelling, and high-pitched cackling - travelled in the most obnoxious way, echoing repeatedly, painfully loud. By the time the pixies had left the room, the noise still felt like it was reverberating off of the walls and directly into Daxton's eardrums, despite his palms being pressed flat against the sides of his head.

This was stupid. This school made no sense; animals could just randomly break into classrooms, wreak havoc, causing an explosion of sound, and once they were gone everyone just continued with their potions, acted like nothing had happened, like it was a regular occurrence.

Though, Daxton had to admit; at this school, it was.

Well, he was not staying in this classroom. Getting out from under the desk and straightening up, Daxton made sure he still had everything he arrived to class with. Wasting no time, he closed the very short gap between his seat and the door, and slipped out into the corridor after the pixies.

He would come back later to attempt brewing his variation of the potion. A lot later. When the pixies were ~~all dead~~ far, far away from here.

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,165 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	>.< sorry Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight He was not that far off the truth then, with at least one of his theories. Despite being right, however, Daxton did not waste his time with smugness or feelings of accomplishment. For now, he left his notes mostly as they were, but crossed out the incorrect theory he had written, in such a way that he could still see what was written there. The Babbling Beverage potion, then, or this safer variation. The original potion was easy, for beginners, and so this one was not likely to be much harder - even the portion of the recipe which called for spellwork was less likely to throw up issues for him, not now he had started to master non-verbals. In any case, this potion, in Daxton's eyes, was boring, so he was already mentally running through a range of potions ingredients and their properties, because maybe he wanted to tweak the potion today, too. Perhaps find a way to make this version last for longer, or maybe there was a way to elicit a certain kind of babbling from the subject. Would there be an ingredient to change the language? Or perhaps he could adjust it so that there was an element of truth in the words that were spoken... Daxton thought he quite liked the sound of that. A Babbling Veritaserum, or something of the sort. So, while those around him got started on brewing their potions, Daxton focused his attention entirely on his notes, jotting down ideas and possibilities into his notebook according to that very line of thinking. If he could brew it without being noticed, too, he might get a chance to test the unknown potion on an unwitting student in this very room. That would be particularly interesting, whether the first attempt was right, or very very wrong. There were plenty of students in this room that Daxton would not mind accidentally poisoning. SPOILER!!: Notebook Potions Babbling Beverage Activated Charcoal - adsorptive qualities Bezoar - healing qualities, specifically an antidote Both used to counteract the effects of poisoning Could potentially be added to the potion to pre-emptively deter poisoning or overdose of potion - if this is the case, why would it not already be part of the recipe? Theory: these ingredients make the potions safer for consuming large amounts, but weaken them, and lessen the effects Theory: these ingredients are purposefully used to dilute the potion ~~Theory: an entirely new potion has been created (unlikely, in this case, but possible)~~ Babbling Beverage Ingredients 500ml Water 5g Fresh Alihotsy leaves 2 dried Billywig Stings Pinch of powdered Erumpent tongue 5ml Armadillo bile 2 drops Leech Juice ~~1 tablespoon Activated Charcoal~~ ~~Pinch of ground Bezoar~~ Method Clean equipment Add water to cauldron, and bring to a simmer Stew alihotsy leaves in simmering water for 20 minutes [prepare other ingredients whilst waiting] Remove all traces of leaves, and return water to a boil Add dried billywig stings and erumpent tongue, boil for 10 minutes, continuously stiring counter-clockwise Allow to cool to room temperature (22 °C/72 °F) Add armadillo bile, stir five (5) times counter-clockwise Add leech juice, stir twenty (20) times counter-clockwise, and the potion should be light brown in colour ~~Bring back to a boil~~ ~~Circle wand counter-clockwise over cauldron whilst saying the incantation ‘garrula lingua’ and bring down to a simmer~~ Add 1 levelled tablespoon of activated charcoal Stir counter-clockwise three (3) times slowly Add a pinch of ground bezoar Stir once counter clockwise and remove from heat As it cools, it will turn from a light brown colour to a fluorescent yellow When the colour stops lightening, you may bottle your potion. It will be approximately ten serves, if stored in 20mL vials. ~~Label one vial for the Professor to analyse, and ingest another vial. Save the others for your own use, or dispose of.~~ Notes (to make Babbling Veritaserum) Jobberknoll feathers are a vital ingredient - used in truth serums and memory potions, so would be unlikely to produce an effective Babbling Veritaserum without this ingredient. When introducing Jobberknoll feathers, will need to calculate (or attempt a trial and error approach): how many, at what point in the pre-established order to add them, whole/cut up/powdered, spread throughout the brewing process or all at once. Note: research other truth serums and analyse. Consider Veritaserum as an ingredient, but be mindful that it may counteract with the rest of the ingredients, hence why Babbling Veritaserum does not already exist - anyone can just add some to it. Adding potions to potions does not tend to end well. Other Veritaserum ingredients combined with the Babbling Beverage method may result in a favourable outcome. It would perhaps be wise to raise the amount of alihotsy leaves and/or billywig stings; both to work with the extra ingredient of the Jobberknoll feathers, and to keep the subject happy and "willing" to keep babbling through the truth telling. If this fails, adjust all ingredients relative to each other, raising them all so that the consistency of the potions stays as it should. Some trial and error almost definitely necessary. May require an ingredient to lower/vanish inhibitions, so that not only truth is spoken, but secrets. Should consid But Daxton's notes had stopped suddenly right there. He had heard high-pitched laughter, as though from far away, echoing through the corridors. Not knowing whether or not it was real, Daxton had stared right at the door, mentally cursing how this, the safest seat in the room, could also be the most dangerous one. And then, pixies. Daxton had wasted absolutely no time at all in getting himself underneath his desk, notebook and all, having no desire to have his clothes or hair yanked around by the irksome creatures. Then there was the shouting; not from the intruders, but from the students and the professor in the room, as everyone attempted to control the pixies. It was horrible. Awful. Loud sounds in the dungeons - especially yelling, and high-pitched cackling - travelled in the most obnoxious way, echoing repeatedly, painfully loud. By the time the pixies had left the room, the noise still felt like it was reverberating off of the walls and directly into Daxton's eardrums, despite his palms being pressed flat against the sides of his head. This was stupid. This school made no sense; animals could just randomly break into classrooms, wreak havoc, causing an explosion of sound, and once they were gone everyone just continued with their potions, acted like nothing had happened, like it was a regular occurrence. Though, Daxton had to admit; at this school, it was. Well, he was not staying in this classroom. Getting out from under the desk and straightening up, Daxton made sure he still had everything he arrived to class with. Wasting no time, he closed the very short gap between his seat and the door, and slipped out into the corridor after the pixies. He would come back later to attempt brewing his variation of the potion. A lot later. When the pixies were ~~all dead~~ far, far away from here. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!