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Biochemkris 
"Okay... It looks like most people are opting for surprise. While you usually know what you're brewing, sometimes when you develop a new potion you can't be sure of the effects. Let me assure you that nothing serious will happen should you make a mistake in brewing this potion.
"So, the first thing you need to do is come up here and get 2 acorns and a pinch of billywig wings per person. These aren't standard in your potion ingredients so I'm supplying them. Once everyone is seated I'll go over the brewing instructions."
He grinned at the students and stepped back from his desk to reveal a basket of acorns and a glass jar full of wispy, translucent, billywig wings.
Cela would have prefered to know precisely what she was brewing because her brother's voice in her head was telling her that she couldn't very well experiment if she didn't know what she was making in the first place. But then Cela didn't much want to experiment with potions anyhow- just do well enough that Nico
and Will would be proud of her.
She went up and took 2 acorns and a pinch of billywigs, "Thankyou Prof... headmaster!" Cela corrected herself with a little smile before returning to her place. Hmmm. Probably she'd make a mess of herself so Cela used one the spells she had picked up from her brother to ensure she wouldn't get mucky.
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Biochemkris When he was finished, he wiped his brow and left a white streak across his forehead from the chalk. He seemed oblivious to that fact as he turned to address the class. "Alright, get started and I'll be around if you need any help," he smiled.[/color]
Celandine read the instructions and nodded to herself before carefully copying them down.
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Ingredients:
* water (500 mL)
* 2 acorns (meat only, crushed)
* billywig wings (a pinch)
* scurvy-grass (1 dram)
Instructions:
* boil water
* add ingredients & stir constantly for 5 minutes
* remove from flame & stir once a minute for 5 minutes
* allow to cool before pouring into vials or ingestion
Cela began humming to herself quietly and used one of the knives in the kit she had inherited from her brother to cut the acorns. She picked up a little instrument that kind of resembled a melon baller and decided that would work well enough to get the meat part of the acorn out.
Eeep! It wasn't all that easy; but she managed to scoop it into a little bowl. Celandine smooshed the meat next, since the instructions said 'crushed' and then she picked up the bits and pieces she had used and cleaned them off before putting them away.
Clean as you go. Nicholai was clear on that one.
She put the water on to boil and waited for it, noting that she probably could have done that first to save time. Once it was done she looked at the instructions again and carefully added the ingredients in the order listed- being sure to measure a dram of scurvy-grass as precisely as possible.
Cela began the stirring process.
She looked up precisely once as the poltergeist made itself known.
Cool. But she wasn't going to get distracted. Quietly she continued to stir for the five minutes before surreptiously covering the cauldron between the second lot of stirring.
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Biochemkris "Uh... yeah, I can see we have a poltergeist in the room. PEEVES! What are you doing?!?!" he said, answering first the students and then reacting to the naughty poltergeist. Merlin, this headmastership was turning into a disaster!
"Everyone stay calm. The potion is non-toxic. Nothing a shower and laundry won't cure."
Celandine nodded earnestly at the Headmaster's instructions and gave her potion another stir. She smiled brightly at MisterMastersonsir, making a mental note to go skate on his hut steps later.
Cela looked up in surprise as Mistermastersonsir began to sing. After a moment she shrugged and bopped her head along. And hey Paris wasn't bad either. She kept her mind on the task however. And once her potion had cooled she decanted it into a couple of vials and cleaned up her workstation.
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Biochemkris "Heads up!" he called and tossed a vial to Masterson. "It's an antidote. And we did this potion because this is my beginner's class and this potion is harmless, even if badly brewed." He coughed to hide and prevent another fit of laughter.
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Tailzinator Constantine felt himself being spun around by the blasted Peeves, but he came to a halt just in time to catch the vial Rey had thrown to him. He quickly downed the vial as if his life depended on it. He usually absolutely refused to take potions, but this was becoming a matter of life and dignity.
And frankly, he was rather fond of his dignity.
"Harmlessssss," he started to sing, but stopped and coughed, rubbing his throat a little, "I beg to differ." His normal voice was backk! Thank the acorns and all things loveable!
He could hug someone, but he wouldn't. He had a poltergeist to take care of.
"Stupid ghost," he growled, pulling his wand out and brushing his potion soddened hair out of his face.
Celandine watched in interest and examined her vials; is that what it does? Stops singing? Why would anyone want to stop MisterMastersonsir from singing? He was goooooood.