 post 3 - brewing the antidote to elixir to induce euphoria (calming draught) BOOMBAYAH! | #PuedoPorquePiensoQuePuedo | Certified Blank and Random Person | Raventastic
Even though she had finished brewing the elixir to induce euphoria, Ava still needed to be here because Professor Canterbury also wanted them to brew the antidote. And for her potion, calming draught seemed work well as an antidote because it made the person calmer especially after having a euphoria. Hehe. With her potion notebook on hand, the Gryffindor entered the laboratory and started preparing what would she needed for this potion brewing. She read through the instruction again and it seemed not that complicated, okay.
The first thing she needed to do was getting some warm water. Ava got a cauldron and cleaned it with scouring charm before conjured some water into it, then she put it on low flame just to make the water get warmer. Once it's warm enough, she added 6 drops of fluxweed oil into it and moved on to the bloodroot stems. With a clean knife, she split the stems lengthwise, scraped out all fluid and fibrous material thingy from the inside of it and put them into a clean mortar. For the next step, she crushed it with a pestle until it became a fine paste and then add it into the cauldron. She stirred it clockwise and counter-clockwise alternately until there was a light steam rising up from her cauldron.
Continue to the next instruction... Ah, valerian root. Ava minced the root and added it into the potion. Then she added calendula pollen and stirred it three times clockwise. For the next step, she got 2 skullcap leaves, shredded them lengthwise and slowly added them to the cauldron. Hmmm, why it had to be added slowly? Maybe she should ask Professor Canterbury later. Ava then rose up the temperature until the steam rising and stirred the potion slowly in clockwise motion, putting herself in a zen, calming mood. She watched the color because it should've been light blue-green this time.
Bingo.
She exhaled in relief because her mixture color was also light blue-green. Continuing her work, she added asphodel and saw a bright blue flash of light in her cauldron. Next, she added hyacinth flower and watched the potion stopped glowing... Which was a good thing since her notes said so. Ava then left her cauldron and let the potion to steep because she needed to... harvest the frog slime, again. She put on a surgical mask and rubber gloves then get the animal. Poor frog, she muttered. Putting the frog on her chopping board, Ava cut its stomach open using severing charm and scraped the slime from the inside of the belly using a clean spoon. Ewwww... Hopefully it's enough for this potion.
She measured the amount of slime she had harvested and once she got an ounce, she added the slime and then peppermint sprig and waited until it's boiling. Taking off her gloves, she stirred the potion alternately clockwise and counterclockwise. Her potion color became thickened and the color was changed into a deep indigo which meant now she needed to add the glumbumble fluid. Once it's added, Ava continued stirring the potion in clockwise motion until the solid ingredients became disintegrated. Her potion now had thick syrupy consistency with indigo colored and smelled like lavender, warm sugar and sweet mint. It also had light purple-pink sheen in the steam.
It's kind of weird that there's no lavender added but there's a scent of it but her notes said so and her work had finished now. Ava took a phial of the potion and labeled it. Now it's testing time and she already had someone in her mind to be her testing subject.
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