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XanaSnape · 03-22-2010, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zellanna

Lina frowned. She'd considered sloth brain before, but she didn't have any, and thought that Valerian would have been a good substitute. "Please tell me not sloth brain... I don't have any. It's rather hard to keep that in the dorms." She glared at the scarabs that weren't in her potion as if it were all their fault. "And if I don't skip my OWL year..." She growled a little. She wanted something more than what she knew those classes would offer. "Is there like, an advanced set of OWL classes I can take or something?"

"We can certainly make arrangements for supplementary curriculum as well as differentiated curriculum in the potions lab. Let us see how you score on your finals, and then we will discuss the matter in my office over tea." He smiled at the little girl, happy to encourage her oh-so-Slytherin ambition. "Not sloth brain. But close. Very, very close. It is something in the stores, and as I said, something that is a fluid-- a liquid. Think about what you are trying to accomplish with the ingredient, and see if you can research it... There is a book in the shelves entitled Side Effects and Salamanders: Mundane Animals Used in Potions that you may find quite helpful. It is the dusty one with the grey-green binding, third shelf from the bottom. Do be careful with the binding, it is out of print and quite fragile." He gestured toward a worn, dusty book that looked as though it had seen many decades of use.

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Originally Posted by Ivy Nienna

Having read the instructions more then 5 times now, Ivory took a few deep breaths and began.
Step one was to prepare the ingredients. She could do that, no problem. After having read that right before the addition of the Sphinx Whisker one had to leave to potion to simmer for 5 minutes, she had decided she wouldn’t handle the dangerous whisker till then.

Hopping off her stool, she copied down the list of ingredients in her journal, grabbed a tray, and made her way to the Potion stores. Bile, Armadillo, check. Placing it on her tray she tried to not think about where that liquid had been prior to that jar.

Shuddering slightly, she moved on down her list. Jar of Scarab Beetles, Ginger root, the small jar labeled Hair, Elephant’s ear, the small phial with stopper of Tears, Owl.

The bottle of Rosemary oil was next deposited on her tray followed closely by the small container of Runespoor eggs and a handful of Waterhyssops. Eyeing the tiny glass jar of almost spun glass looking Sphinx Whiskers, she looked down at her tray and then up again.

Nah…she could come back for it. Heaven forbid, she drop the jar and then be the cause of everyone’s horrible injuries…even deaths.

Shuddering again at the thought of handling only one of them later, she carried her tray back to her workstation before heading back for the small jar. Somehow the journey over to it was waaaaay shorter than the way back with the jar. Sure it might’ve been because she was taking oh so tiny baby steps, and holding the small jar in gloved hands as far away from her body as her little arms could allow, but odds were it was a mental trick. Like how when a person stared at the minute hand on a clock it seemed to drag on.

When she finally made it back to her stool she placed the small jar safely in a covered bowl a bit of a distance away from the other ingredients. Never can be too careful.

For now, she would work on the simple ingredients…like water. Nice safe no threatening water.

Grabbing a 500ml beaker, she decided to travel the safer road and actually go to the sink at the back of the room rather than bring out her wand. What if a stream of water just shot out and hit the jar and then-
Nope sink water was safe.

So 500mL of water…check. In another beaker she measure out the one ounce of Rosemary oil and set it aside knowing it was to be used for the infusion later.

Next on the list 2 coarsely ground scarab beetles.

Her pestle in hand, she scooped out two beetles and began the simple job of pulverizing them one at a time. Not too much of course. They were meant to be coarse not fine powdered. Placing the crunchy results in separate small bowls, she picked out the most healthy looking ginger root and brought out her knife. Cutting a few pieces off, she placed a 5gram weight on her brass scales, and zeroed it with a piece of weight paper on the corresponding other side. After the tedious process of adding and taking off pieces of root, she finally had two separate tiny piles with 5 grams of ginger root on each. Making sure to wash out her mortar completely first, she made fine powder of the first five grams and only cut up the second, setting both aside in individual mini-bowls.

In yet another small bowl, she used small tongs to single out one Runespoor egg and made sure to close the jar tightly once again since she knew from her Grandmother that they were an expensive ingredient.

For the Armadillo Bile and the Owl Tears she simply set the small bottles aside along with a small sterile pipette right next to each. Smiling at the ease at which everything was progressing at least for now, she moved on to the Waterhyssop.

The process of pressing the liquid essence out of the plant was one that surprised her in its simplicity. After the having to do that with Devil’s Snare, well this was a piece of cake…considering the plant wasn’t a killer plant that went for the jugular.

Finally all she had to do was use a pair of fine tweezers to set one elephant hair in a tiny phial because sadly she ran out of her mini-bowls and besides…from a phial it’d be a lesser chance of it flying away if someone walked by and unsettled it.

Rubbing her hands together, a bit excited now, Ivory brought out her journal and wrote down everything she’d done to that point and reread the instructions a few more times before beginning.

SPOILER!!: Ivory's Journal

Kazimeriz cruised back over to where Miss Erised was working. "I see you are taking precautions with those whiskers. Very wise. Tell me, how do you plan to get one out of the jar? They shatter easily, after all." He quirked his head, interested in hearing the girl's plan to get the delicate whisker out of the tiny jar's mouth.

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Originally Posted by Miss Evans!

Bella looked down at her almost finished potion.

Add a bit of that, a bit of this...and volia potion

Well it looked that simple in the book, in actual fact it was hard! her hair was all over the place, so not a good look! but at least her potion was looking towards something. Messy hair was something she could live with. Right?

Sighing she looked down at the textbook again, and picking up the next ingrediant. dropping it into the potion she watched it change, smiling slightly to herself.

She carried on like this was a while more, until she had reached the last ingreadiant of the potion. He hair seriously messed up, she dropped the ingrediant into the potion. It changed once more.

"Finally" She breathed as she took out her wand and pointed it at her hair. It magically went to messy to looking good. She smiled.

Filling up to philes of her potion, she labeled them

"Finished Professor" She said cheerfully. Her two philes sitting on the table.

"Very good, Miss Evans!" He nodded with approval. "Please turn one in at my desk, and bring the other with you to finals. You may clean up your desk area and clean out your cauldron, and then you are dismissed. Do not forget to take your prize cauldron with you, of course." He smiled at her.

03-22-2010, 08:10 PM	#107 (permalink)
XanaSnape Ramora Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,510 Hogwarts RPG Name: Former Professor Valon Kazimeriz Graduated	ooc: you guys are so cute! squidges Kool-Aid, Oh Yeah! \| \| SS Mischief Maker Quote: Originally Posted by Zellanna Lina frowned. She'd considered sloth brain before, but she didn't have any, and thought that Valerian would have been a good substitute. "Please tell me not sloth brain... I don't have any. It's rather hard to keep that in the dorms." She glared at the scarabs that weren't in her potion as if it were all their fault. "And if I don't skip my OWL year..." She growled a little. She wanted something more than what she knew those classes would offer. "Is there like, an advanced set of OWL classes I can take or something?" "We can certainly make arrangements for supplementary curriculum as well as differentiated curriculum in the potions lab. Let us see how you score on your finals, and then we will discuss the matter in my office over tea." He smiled at the little girl, happy to encourage her oh-so-Slytherin ambition. "Not sloth brain. But close. Very, very close. It is something in the stores, and as I said, something that is a fluid-- a liquid. Think about what you are trying to accomplish with the ingredient, and see if you can research it... There is a book in the shelves entitled Side Effects and Salamanders: Mundane Animals Used in Potions that you may find quite helpful. It is the dusty one with the grey-green binding, third shelf from the bottom. Do be careful with the binding, it is out of print and quite fragile." He gestured toward a worn, dusty book that looked as though it had seen many decades of use. Quote: Originally Posted by Ivy Nienna Having read the instructions more then 5 times now, Ivory took a few deep breaths and began. Step one was to prepare the ingredients. She could do that, no problem. After having read that right before the addition of the Sphinx Whisker one had to leave to potion to simmer for 5 minutes, she had decided she wouldn’t handle the dangerous whisker till then. Hopping off her stool, she copied down the list of ingredients in her journal, grabbed a tray, and made her way to the Potion stores. Bile, Armadillo, check. Placing it on her tray she tried to not think about where that liquid had been prior to that jar. Shuddering slightly, she moved on down her list. Jar of Scarab Beetles, Ginger root, the small jar labeled Hair, Elephant’s ear, the small phial with stopper of Tears, Owl. The bottle of Rosemary oil was next deposited on her tray followed closely by the small container of Runespoor eggs and a handful of Waterhyssops. Eyeing the tiny glass jar of almost spun glass looking Sphinx Whiskers, she looked down at her tray and then up again. Nah…she could come back for it. Heaven forbid, she drop the jar and then be the cause of everyone’s horrible injuries…even deaths. Shuddering again at the thought of handling only one of them later, she carried her tray back to her workstation before heading back for the small jar. Somehow the journey over to it was waaaaay shorter than the way back with the jar. Sure it might’ve been because she was taking oh so tiny baby steps, and holding the small jar in gloved hands as far away from her body as her little arms could allow, but odds were it was a mental trick. Like how when a person stared at the minute hand on a clock it seemed to drag on. When she finally made it back to her stool she placed the small jar safely in a covered bowl a bit of a distance away from the other ingredients. Never can be too careful. For now, she would work on the simple ingredients…like water. Nice safe no threatening water. Grabbing a 500ml beaker, she decided to travel the safer road and actually go to the sink at the back of the room rather than bring out her wand. What if a stream of water just shot out and hit the jar and then- Nope sink water was safe. So 500mL of water…check. In another beaker she measure out the one ounce of Rosemary oil and set it aside knowing it was to be used for the infusion later. Next on the list 2 coarsely ground scarab beetles. Her pestle in hand, she scooped out two beetles and began the simple job of pulverizing them one at a time. Not too much of course. They were meant to be coarse not fine powdered. Placing the crunchy results in separate small bowls, she picked out the most healthy looking ginger root and brought out her knife. Cutting a few pieces off, she placed a 5gram weight on her brass scales, and zeroed it with a piece of weight paper on the corresponding other side. After the tedious process of adding and taking off pieces of root, she finally had two separate tiny piles with 5 grams of ginger root on each. Making sure to wash out her mortar completely first, she made fine powder of the first five grams and only cut up the second, setting both aside in individual mini-bowls. In yet another small bowl, she used small tongs to single out one Runespoor egg and made sure to close the jar tightly once again since she knew from her Grandmother that they were an expensive ingredient. For the Armadillo Bile and the Owl Tears she simply set the small bottles aside along with a small sterile pipette right next to each. Smiling at the ease at which everything was progressing at least for now, she moved on to the Waterhyssop. The process of pressing the liquid essence out of the plant was one that surprised her in its simplicity. After the having to do that with Devil’s Snare, well this was a piece of cake…considering the plant wasn’t a killer plant that went for the jugular. Finally all she had to do was use a pair of fine tweezers to set one elephant hair in a tiny phial because sadly she ran out of her mini-bowls and besides…from a phial it’d be a lesser chance of it flying away if someone walked by and unsettled it. Rubbing her hands together, a bit excited now, Ivory brought out her journal and wrote down everything she’d done to that point and reread the instructions a few more times before beginning. SPOILER!!: Ivory's Journal Ingredients to get: * water (500mL) * scarab beetles (coarsely ground; 2) * ginger root (cut; 5g)(ground; 5g) * armadillo bile (9 drops) essence of Brahmi (Waterhyssop), one fluid ounce owl tears (4 ) Whisker from a Sphinx Hair from an elephant’s ear Runespoor egg infusion in 1 oz. Rosemary oil My Process: -Readied ingredients from Potions’ stores (carried small jar of ~~itchy~~ Sphinx Whiskers separately) -Decided wisely to wait on Sphinx Whisker until necessary -Filled a 500ml beaker with water from the sink for precaution -Measured out 1 oz. of Rosemary oil in beaker to set aside for infusion -Used a spoon to scoop out two Scarab beetles from their jar and ground them coarsely and placed them each in separate mini-bowls -Washed mortar -Zeroed brass scale with weighing paper, then added cut pieces of Ginger root until 5 separate grams were measure. Cut 5, ground 5. Separate mini-bowls. -Singled out a Runespoor egg (closed jar tightly afterwards) -Set Amadillo Bile and Owl Tears aside with individual sterile pipettes for later use. -Pressed the WaterHyssop for its essence until one ounce was obtained ~~way more easily than the evil Devil’s snare~~ -One small elephant’s hair was grabbed from its jar with tweezers and placed in phial ~~no more minibowls L~~ -Wrote all this down -Reread instructions ~~three times and rubbed gloved hands together~~!! Kazimeriz cruised back over to where Miss Erised was working. "I see you are taking precautions with those whiskers. Very wise. Tell me, how do you plan to get one out of the jar? They shatter easily, after all."* He quirked his head, interested in hearing the girl's plan to get the delicate whisker out of the tiny jar's mouth. Quote: Originally Posted by Miss Evans! Bella looked down at her almost finished potion. Add a bit of that, a bit of this...and volia potion Well it looked that simple in the book, in actual fact it was hard! her hair was all over the place, so not a good look! but at least her potion was looking towards something. Messy hair was something she could live with. Right? Sighing she looked down at the textbook again, and picking up the next ingrediant. dropping it into the potion she watched it change, smiling slightly to herself. She carried on like this was a while more, until she had reached the last ingreadiant of the potion. He hair seriously messed up, she dropped the ingrediant into the potion. It changed once more. "Finally" She breathed as she took out her wand and pointed it at her hair. It magically went to messy to looking good. She smiled. Filling up to philes of her potion, she labeled them "Finished Professor" She said cheerfully. Her two philes sitting on the table. "Very good, Miss Evans!" He nodded with approval. "Please turn one in at my desk, and bring the other with you to finals. You may clean up your desk area and clean out your cauldron, and then you are dismissed. Do not forget to take your prize cauldron with you, of course." He smiled at her. __________________ Last edited by XanaSnape; 03-22-2010 at 08:33 PM. Reason: missed a post- was posting at the same time, whups!