 Moldy Voldy FOOBS
Mari filled her cauldron with water, lighting a fire underneath it easily enough and thinking that would be the easiest part for her. Now, who knew what would happen.
She watched it come to a boil quicker than she had anticipated, and soon she was required to put in the essence of violet. She added the five drops, doing so a bit more slowly than everyone else around her, mostly because she was afraid of doing anything wrong. Next came the rose thorn, but not before stirring the violet five times clockwise. She had almost forgotten!
The essence of rose thorn now in the mix, Mari stirred the potion seven times counter-clockwise, keeping her eye on the potion almost as if it was going to blow up in her face right then and there. Now that it was to this point, she had to let it just simmer for...ten minutes. She stirred counter-clockwise twice every minute before adding the raven feathers and boiling it again, watching the mixture with an odd look of fear and distrust as she timed it and stirred it.
Giving a sigh of relief as she extinguished the flame, Mari took the cauldron and covered it, setting it on the table before her. She then set about cutting the skinroot, taking her time so she would make twenty perfectly translucent slices, and once she had she set them aside for future use. She then retrieved three rat eyes, setting them next to her skinroot before taking up her cauldron again and beginning the rewarming bit of the recipe. That done, she added the final ingredients, making a face as she handled the rat eyes. Soon enough, she actually had a pink potion with black..well, blotches if not streaks. She looked at her potion dubiously, almost tempted to poke it with stick or something else that would make sure her hands remained clean.
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