After what seemed like forever of stirring the solution, Vivian took out the glass stirrer and wiggled it a little to avoid wasting even just drops of the unfinished potion. She then sent a "
Tergeo!" to siphon the remaining liquid from dripping onto her work station. The last thing she wanted was leaving a mess or possibly leaving a hole on the table.
With that done, Vivian grabbed the bottle of Essence of Dittany, uncapped it, and positioned it over her cauldron. She carefully tilted it downwards and let the liquid drop into the solution. One... two... three... four... five... until she had reached a total of twenty-three drops. She moved the Essence of Dittany away from her cauldron this time, replaced its cap, and set it aside. Twenty-three drops of these were enough. But now, she needed to wait for another three minutes. The prefect sighed and silently wondered how her parents actually managed to deal with all this waiting. But well, having to raise a lively kid like Vivian was probably where their patience came from.
While she waited, Vivian began preparing the fireseeds by sending
Scourgify, the same she had done with the stargrass earlier. This would keep it from contamination, she hoped. She wondered if Healer Reed was testing them with the 5 C's of potions, and her eyes drifted around to see if her other classmates had done the same. She hoped, she could only hope. Three minutes had passed, and Vivian adjusted the heat from medium to low. She took her dragonhide gloves and slipped her hands inside while waiting for another two minutes -- SO MUCH WAITING -- before slowly adding the five fireseeds into her cauldron. After that, she took fifteen pieces of the rock salt, which was a little bit of a struggle as they were quite small. The blond dropped each piece into the solution one by one, then took the stirrer again and began stirring the unfinished potion counter clockwise. For another five minutes. Just... wow.
But hey, at least it was starting to turn into that shade of yellow she had hoped for. Perhaps five more minutes of stirring has quite worthwhile.
With that done, thankfully, Vivian sighed in relief. She looked back at her notes and smiled. She was almost done and, so far, not a single exploding cauldron! Here's to more days like today, please. However, she wasn't completely done with everything. Vivian took five strips of Wiggentree bark and, as instructed, laid them on the surface of her solution then took the stirrer again and gently pushed each strip down to the inner wall of her cauldron. Okay, cool. Back to medium fire, it was.
At least she was still in ONE PIECE. Now, to wait for it to boil. More... and more... and more waiting.
Text Cut: Notes and board
Potion: Antidote to Uncommon Poisons No. 005 (Hospital Grade)
Effect(s): This healing potion cures the effects brought about uncommon poisons. This formula has been altered to have a stronger effect, covering a wider range of poisons known to wizard-kind.
Ingredients:
50 ml Distilled Water
14 ml Liquefied Antimony
32 grams Stargrass
302 ml Boom Berry Juice
23 drops Essence of Dittany
5 pieces Fire Seeds
15 pieces Pure Rock Salt
5 strips Wiggentree Bark
5 pieces Fresh Betony Leaves
Procedure:
1. Clean all equipment to be used: Cauldron, Scales, Stirrers, Phials, Etc.;
2. Bring 50 ml Distilled Water to a boil in medium heat;
3. Add finely chopped 32 grams of Stargrass. Use a silver dagger for this step;
4. Add 302 ml Boom Berry Juice and stir counter-clockwise for three minutes pause 5 seconds, and continue to stir the solution counter-clockwise for another two minutes. Use a glass stirrer for this step;
5. Remove the stirrer from the cauldron, and add 23 drops of Essence of Dittany into the solution;
6. Let 3 minutes pass, and then adjust the heat to low. Slowly add 5 fire seeds into the solution after 2 minutes. Use your dragon-hide gloves for this procedure;
7. Add 15 pieces of pure rock salt one by one, and stir the solution counter-clockwise for five minutes until the solution turns primrose yellow. This will indicate that the solution has been activated to counter the effect of poisoning;
8. Lay 5 strips of Wiggentree bark on the surface of the solution, and slowly push it one by one to the inner wall of your cauldron. Turn the heat back to medium and wait for the potion to boil;
9. Once bubbles appear, crush 5 fresh Betony Leaves with your hand, and add it to the boiling liquid. The potion should turn a shade of Sapphire Blue;
10. Wait five minutes, and then turn off the heat. Let the potion cool for 15 minutes, and then bottle it in glass phials using a clean Pasteur Pipette (dropper). Label your potions;
11. Scrape off the dreg at the bottom of the cauldron, and pack it in a tin box. Draw the Asclepius Staff with your wand, while saying the incantation: Venenum Inverto (nullify the poison).