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Angie · 08-05-2017, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by lemon

"Instructions, right." Nicholas nodded, eyes examining the older boy's hands as he poured water into the cauldron. They were good and capable (especially at cleaning things!), and he idly wondered if he could ever get those fingers to assist him with any projects one day. It was always useful to have another dexterous person nearby, even in a setting where he wasn't so... lost. Like here.

After washing his hands again, wanting to avoid any potential contamination on the outside of the lovage jar, the fifth year located the Jobberknoll feathers. Two, yes? "I followed them just fine all the way through... with some minor modifications. I'm better at that sort than the potion kind," he grinned, "but my aim wasn't great. The fire was super small, though. And my tad thought it was funny."

As the older boy spoke, Nicky scourgified a pair of tweezers and began separating the feather components. "I didn't watch any of your challenges," he admitted without an ounce of shame, dropping the barbs in a beaker which he'd previously cleaned. "Was she musical as well as athletic? Thea mentioned she was a Quidditch player." The purposefully destructive nature of the story was surprising, but he found himself smiling despite the obvious Gryffindorness of it all.

"How'd you break it badly enough to avoid a mending charm? I hated instruments too, but that takes some effort." Talent, maybe.

For someone who claimed to be not particularly great at Potions, Nicholas was doing a fine job with the feathers, which Levi was about to remark upon, but refrained. What if he was one of those who got... stage fright? Not that this was a stage or there was a crowd, of course, but still. "Minor modifications." Laughter was evident in his voice, and it was because of the comment that Levi could see how Nicholas could be related to a Gryffindor like Genny Tate. "Why did you have a rocket launcher on the first place?"

He peered into the cauldron, squinting at the small bubbles forming in the surface of the water already. "You didn't miss much." Not strictly true, but Levi found he could sleep better at night if he didn't think too much about the nature of the challenges. "I stabbed a dementor, fought the Whomping Willow in a dream, saved mum from a tundra and didn't get bitten by a three headed snake." He frowned; it all sounded more exciting than it actually had been--which was terrifying. No wonder his stomach had initially rejected two of them. "Very fun." Things that Gryffindors were supposedly meant to find exhilarating and yet. He'd thrown up twice and cried that same amount of times, too. "Oh, not at all. But mum is French." That ought to explain it, surely.

A smile tugged at his lips as the water began to bubble in earnest and with his tweezers, dropped in the barbs. "It nearly broke in half, which I think could have been mended. But I was in the verge of tears and papa decided to spare me."

08-05-2017, 04:39 AM	#50 (permalink)
Angie DoM Veela Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira Posts: 37,610 Hogwarts RPG Name: Nerissa M. Tate Sixth Year x8	Wowza! Quote: Originally Posted by lemon "Instructions, right." Nicholas nodded, eyes examining the older boy's hands as he poured water into the cauldron. They were good and capable (especially at cleaning things!), and he idly wondered if he could ever get those fingers to assist him with any projects one day. It was always useful to have another dexterous person nearby, even in a setting where he wasn't so... lost. Like here. After washing his hands again, wanting to avoid any potential contamination on the outside of the lovage jar, the fifth year located the Jobberknoll feathers. Two, yes? "I followed them just fine all the way through... with some minor modifications. I'm better at that sort than the potion kind," he grinned, "but my aim wasn't great. The fire was super small, though. And my tad thought it was funny." As the older boy spoke, Nicky scourgified a pair of tweezers and began separating the feather components. "I didn't watch any of your challenges," he admitted without an ounce of shame, dropping the barbs in a beaker which he'd previously cleaned. "Was she musical as well as athletic? Thea mentioned she was a Quidditch player." The purposefully destructive nature of the story was surprising, but he found himself smiling despite the obvious Gryffindorness of it all. "How'd you break it badly enough to avoid a mending charm? I hated instruments too, but that takes some effort." Talent, maybe. For someone who claimed to be not particularly great at Potions, Nicholas was doing a fine job with the feathers, which Levi was about to remark upon, but refrained. What if he was one of those who got... stage fright? Not that this was a stage or there was a crowd, of course, but still. "Minor modifications." Laughter was evident in his voice, and it was because of the comment that Levi could see how Nicholas could be related to a Gryffindor like Genny Tate. "Why did you have a rocket launcher on the first place?" He peered into the cauldron, squinting at the small bubbles forming in the surface of the water already. "You didn't miss much." Not strictly true, but Levi found he could sleep better at night if he didn't think too much about the nature of the challenges. "I stabbed a dementor, fought the Whomping Willow in a dream, saved mum from a tundra and didn't get bitten by a three headed snake." He frowned; it all sounded more exciting than it actually had been--which was terrifying. No wonder his stomach had initially rejected two of them. "Very fun." Things that Gryffindors were supposedly meant to find exhilarating and yet. He'd thrown up twice and cried that same amount of times, too. "Oh, not at all. But mum is French." That ought to explain it, surely. A smile tugged at his lips as the water began to bubble in earnest and with his tweezers, dropped in the barbs. "It nearly broke in half, which I think could have been mended. But I was in the verge of tears and papa decided to spare me." __________________