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A disused room next to the ancient runes potions classroom has been converted into a potions laboratory for this term. There are several large workstations available, complete with stands and burners for standard size 2 cauldrons and plenty of room to work.
Along the walls at the sides of the room are additional stations holding alembics, distillation trains, calcination equipment, Florence flasks, a large jar of clean glass stirring rods, funnels, empty jars and more -- in short, all the equipment a potioneer would need to do his or her work.
Along the back wall of the class are jars and bottles containing a host of standard potions ingredients. Each container is marked clearly with a parchment label bearing the details of its contents (including the date of expiration), written in Professor Kazimeriz's shaky but legible hand. Several of the larger jars house foul-looking ingredients: there is one jar that appears to be filled with pickled toads, another houses what appear to be large eyeballs from some creature in pale blue syrup, and still others seem to contain the visceral organs of animals - rat spleens, newt tails (which are still wriggling in the jar), and whole flobberworms. One jar of some sort of greenish sap is bubbling lazily, and another opaque bottle keeps trembling, clinking against the others.
There is also a large cabinet that has been triple-locked and charmed. Through the unbreakable glass front of the cabinet, you can see vials, jars, bottles of various size, shape and contents. These are the Professor's private stores. You must receive assistance from the professor to access these ingredients, as all the poisons, rare items like unicorn parts and truly dangerous ingredients in the lab -- including dangerous potions such as veritaserum and amortentia-- are housed in this cabinet.
There is a large chalkboard at the front of the classroom near the Professor's sturdy mahogany desk. On it reads this note:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chalkboard in the Lab
Welcome to Open Studio Potions Laboratory!
Welcome to the open studio potions lab. This is a supervised independent studies lab, where you may work on personal projects as well as practice potions for your class assessments, OWLS and NEWTS. Please obey the following rules while in this lab:
SAFETY FIRST. Practice common sense and good safety practices at all times while in this lab. Remember that other potions are being brewed around you and exercise caution at all times.
WHEN IN DOUBT, AS: If you have any question in your mind about the safety or sanity of what you are planning, please bring your intended potion plan to the professor for assstance. The professor reserves the right to end any experiment at his discretion, especially if it is unsafe or irresponsible.
CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF. The house elves are not your personal slaves, and it is neither their responsibility nor mine to clean up after you. If you fail to clean up your workstation on departure, you will receive a most unpleasant detention.
HAVE A PLAN and WORK AT YOUR OWN LEVEL. Creativity is definitely encouraged in this lab, but please do not just slap ingredients together without knowing the magical theory behind what you are doing. I expect all students to work at their level and if you have questions, please ask the professor. I am always present when this lab is open.
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. Many of the ingredients in this lab are quite costly. Use them with discretion.
DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS: Many of the more dangerous or expensive ingredients in the lab are in the professor's private stores. On approval, the professor will obtain any of the necessary dangerous ingredients from the storage cabinet for your use.
COMPOUND POTIONS: Only NEWT levels students with prior approval from the professor may work on compound potions in this lab, to ensure that you properly understand the magical theory behind them. If you are unsure if you are attempting a compound potion, please ask. Those who are found to be in violation of this or any rule will be subject to disciplinary action.
ooc notes: Come on in and get creative! This is an independent lab, not potions class... this is the place to let your character practice potions, do class labwork, and experiment. For the purposes of the RP please presume that Kazimeriz is in the room at all times unless I specify otherwise. Obviously, I am not really here at all times, but I will be monitoring this thread closely throughout the term and will do my best to respond to posts directed toward Professor Kazimeriz quickly and efficiently.
Please RP responsibly! I'm cool OOC with potions-gone-wrong-RPs (accidentally blowing up cauldrons and such-- stuff happens in a lab!) but just make sure that you are ready to face the consequences IC for any actions you take. For instance, if you have a vat of lethal poison explode all over you, it is quite possible your character WILL die, and if you are irresponsible IC, expect Kazimeriz to react accordingly. Please exercise good sense and remember to follow the site rules at all times.
Also, if your character is addressing the professor or needs attention, please put PROFESSOR KAZIMERIZ in your subject line for your post, just so I don't accidentally miss it.
If you have any questions, please PM me at XanaSnape. Oh... and most important: HAVE FUN! ~Xana~
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And there she went... Anxiety played against them, it was previsible. But the answers were to a degree provided. Diane looked at the wall where the gost girl had disappeared too, wondering, wishing to contact her again in the future if only she knew how... Moreover, one of her to-do list items had recently walked into the lab.
"Was this the answer you were looking for, professor," Diane asked, approaching Professor Kazimeriz. Ah, how peculiar, by being in this classroom this much, she actually remembered his difficult surname. "More importantly, is there somebody in the castle that speaks Mermish?"
Guess there was no choice but meeting with that person.
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Anna remained still and quiet as both the professor and her friends questioned Myrtle. She had a few questions she'd like to ask, as well, but she was interested in hearing what the reply would be to the recent questions from Professor Kazimeriz. She admired the manner in which he went about asking the questions. He was very careful not to offend Myrtle or make her feel unworthy in any way. Then again, so were the questioning tactics of her friends, too.
...but then, a few moments later, the ghost was yelling and seemed highly upset. Anna widened her eyes and bit her bottom lip. Well, this was it...she was surely a goner. Sure enough, a few seconds later, the ghost darted from the room. Gone. Anna sighed softly, then turned to the professor. "At least we learned something very important. The sounds she's been hearing are quite possibly Mermish," she recalled.
Plymouth tossed the ingredients aside and went searching for the instructions. He had to mash something or stir or some such. "I don't get why he asked you. I guess you are kind of sneaky. I'd have asked for a mustache." Plymouth shrugged.
"Read me the steps, Pern. Be useful. I want to get out of here. I have stuff to do."
.... "Tino ... I ... don't trust him. I like him, but I do'nt trust him."
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"I don't like him OR trust him," Copernicus sulked. "He hurt those girls. He hurt himself. He told me I could kick him. You know... painfully. But I'm not really into the whole violence as retribution thing."
He sighed. "I can give you a mustache. If you want one."
CALMING DRAUGHT
*STAGE 1*
1 pint water
6 drops fluxweed oil
Inner membrane and fluid from 3 bloodroot stems
* Add 6 drops fluxweed oil to warm water.
* Split the bloodroot stems lengthwise with your knives and scrape out all fluid and fibrous material from inside the stems. Crush with mortar and pestle into a fine paste and add to the cauldron.
* Stir slowly until a light steam rises from the cauldron, alternating clockwise and counterclockwise stirring.
**STAGE 2**
1 Valerian root, minced
1 drachm calendula pollen
3 skullcap leaves
1/2 drachm powdered root of asphodel (scant)
1 Hyacinth flower, whole
1 ounce slime from the belly of a sprightly frog
1 sprig of peppermint
4 drop glumbumble fluid (take care not to overuse!)
* Mince the Valerian root and add it to the potion.
* Add calendula pollen, stirring three times clockwise.
* Shred the skullcap lengthwise, and slowly add it to the potion
* Bring the temperature back up until the steam is rising again, stirring clockwise slowly. It should be a light blue-green at this stage.
* Professor's note: Remember your intent-- concentrate on being calm and infusing your work with a calm, deliberate result.
* Add asphodel -- you should see a bright blue flash of light in your cauldron
* Add the Hyacinth flower; the potion should stop glowing
* Allow the potion to steep while you collect the frog slime. For best results, do not harvest the frog slime until this time!
* Add the slime and a sprig of peppermint and bring to boiling, stirring in alternating clockwise and counterclockwise stirs once again.
* When the potion thickens and turns deep indigo, add the glumbumble fluid.
* Continue stirring in a clockwise motion until the solid ingredients have all disintegrated and the potion is a thick, syrupy indigo fluid that smells of lavender, warm sugar and sweet mint. There should be a light purple-pink sheen in the steam that rises from the potion.
* Take a sample of your potion and bottle it into a phial.
"This is going to take all day, Copernicus. Just... act calm, okay? We'll act our way out of here. You can act cool, right?" Plymouth gave Copernicus a doubtful look. How cool could he really look when he was crying and yellow?
"If anyone needs a calming drought, it's Tino. This is bogus, right?" Totally was. But, Plymouth was best good buds with Kazimeriz, so.... potion brewing, potion brewing.
He was totally pumped to play with the hyacinths, so at least there was that. "I'm going to grow one. Your dad, he'll show me how." Plymouth reached up to rub his face.
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"Yeah?" Copernicus felt his own slightly rough cheek... except it wasn't. It was downy soft... FEATHERS! Cope sighed and lit the cauldron fire with his wand. "I think you'd look cool with a mustache, actually. Like... you could twirl it, right? Do girls like those, do you think?"
"Merlin, you look so ridiculous right now. If only I had a camera." Plymouth stopped everything he was doing to stare at Copernicus. Really... really ridiculous. Plymouth sighed and minced some root. Mince Mince Mince.
"Here. Add this. And then stir... err... this way," Plymouth moved his hips around like he was hoolahooping - clockwise.
"I don't know what girls like, Copernicus." Clearly.
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Copernicus did exactly as he was instructed, watching the color of the potion change slightly. He stirred the potion vigorously in exactly the direction that Plymouth was demonstrating.
He did perk up a bit at Plymouth's admission... false admission. "You do SO know what they like. You told me you had that date. Who... will you tell me who it was with?"
"Two dates," Plymouth corrected. "Well, one and half. Daphne says I tricked her into saying yes. I didn't, but... or maybe I did. Didn't mean to."
Shredding was kind of fun, but Plymouth was kind of methodical about it so they were going to be there for a while. He pulled and tugged evenly, tossing all the UNEVEN bits over his shoulder.
"You're not very good at potions, huh?" Plymouth pushed all of his perfect little pieces towards Copernicus. "Don't touch those. I'll finish the potion. You work on the boogers." Plymouth got the potion to be the nice blue color it was supposed to be. Really, he WAS pretty good at potions. He just didn't do well with time limits.
"Which one? Well, no. The answer to either is no. No. Why would you ask that?" Plymouth made a face at Copernicus.
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"Hmm? Evolette kisses a lot of boys, but she's a nice girl. Very nice," Copernicus went back to his troll bogies and nargle eggs. Hmmm. They were really really nasty. GROSS.
"I'm actually very good at potions, but I just... it makes me sad." He sniffled.
Plymouth STARED HARD at Copernicus. He stared so long and hard that his potion started hissing. UGH!
Plymouth's intent was waaaaaaaaaaaaay off. He intended to keep Copernicus AWAY from girls that Plymouth LIKED. WHY WAS THAT SO HARD? Plymouth STABBED at his cauldron with the stirrer thing.
"Indeed."
Plymouth added the asphodel and... well it was SORT of blue.... purple... err.... Hmm.
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"Is this a nargle egg?" He held up a particularly crusty bogie for Plymouth to examine before returning his attention to the tray in front of him. "I like that you went out on a date with Miss Hopton. I do like that a lot."
Booger. Booger. Booger. Not booger. Hmm. "What did you do with her? Go to Hogsmeade?"
Plymouth took an extra moment with the Hyacinth flowers. He loved them. They were his favorite (most days), so he really hated to just throw them in a potion to be boiled away. Sigh.
"I haven't been out with her yet. And no, I don't think I'm taking her to the village." Plymouth was being a liiiiiittle short with his answers and knew it, so he added a more thoughtful, "Why do you like it?" to the end.
Plymouth sighed again and dropped in the pretty flowers. The potion was in mourning too, apparently, because it immediately stopped glowing.
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"Because she's a very nice girl and sometimes I think she doesn't let herself have fun," Copernicus put his face in his hands and considered the horrors the desk had gone through. SO SAD. "And you can't fail to have fun with a Plymouth, so it'll be perfect for her."
"Don't start the crying again, Perni. Don't." Plymouth slid one of the extra flowers towards him. Flowers made Plymouth feel better, so maybe they would Cope too. Doubtful, but maybe.
Frogs were next... Plymouth disappeared to get a big fat one and returned shortly after with Tom Toad (the frog) clasped in his hands. Frogs were okay by Plymouth.
"Mmmmm. I suppose. I don't really know what IS fun to her, but maybe I'll figure it out. I'm wearing one of the coats you got for Christmas. I think she'll REALLY like that."
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"Yeah? One of my coats?" Cope sniffed the flower before putting it in his feathery hair. His head went down on the table, but he was now watching Plymouth with interest. "I think most things are fun for her so long as you don't upset her sense of propriety. Do you know how to play croquet?"
Plymouth nommed on some of the peppermint while he scraped Tom Toad the frog. Minty fresh Plymouth. "Ummm.... no. It's the one with the stick thing? And the balls? You think Daphne would be into that? I'd let her win. She's a bit competitive, you know?" Hmmmm.
Slime IN. Plymouth popped another sprig of peppermint into his mouth.
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"If its like... something you're learning together, then maybe it wouldn't be all competitive? I haven't played it... just thought it looked fun chasing the little rainbow ball around and hitting it with a mallet. Like Quidditch beaters without the crazy violence and flying stuff."
He studied a booger up close. "What color is this?"
"The color of your golden ... feathers." Merlin, Plymouth was glad his mother didn't have to see this. AND REALLY glad that Albert didn't see. He would... probalby disown Copernicus full out at this.
"I don't know if giving her a mallet is a good idea. She likes to bat me away, so she might... mallet me away." Daphne Hopton always WAS batting, too.
"But the GERMS," Plymouth laughed. "Can't you hear her saying that?" Besides, that was the thing Plymouth liked about REGULAR zoos: there were cages between him and the man-eating... things. Petting zoos. "It's a good thing I'm taking her and not you, I think."
And so help Copernicus Kettleburn if he *EVEN TRIED* to take Daphne Hopton now .... Not that he would, but Plymouth couldn't help but feel a little ... paranoid.
Plymouth used his muscles to stir his potion. It was THICK THICK. And a little more purple-y than was probably right. But, it was smelling right! So, good for Plymouth.
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"Yes, right." Copernicus made a face at the bogies, which were getting all of his concentration at the moment. "She's a hard girl to please, perhaps, but as I said... I have no experience in the matter. I'm not really helping, am I?"
"She's not hard to please. The pleasing part is easy. It's the getting her to SHOW that she's pleased that is hard. I don't know WHAT she's afraid of, really. Everyone likes her anyway, you know? Especially me. My first Hogwarts friend." MMhmmm. "Remember the time we escorted her around after dismissing her... bodyguard butler person?" No, Copernicus probably didn't' because Daphne had dismissed him to .... the other group of lemur hunters.
Plymouth was a nice boy that would not say that Copernicus was not being any help. Copernicus... tried, but ... his help was hard to accept. "Get me a vial for this? Unless you want to drink right from the cauldron?" Plymouth figured Copernicus needed to take a bath in the potion.
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