Professor Yu
October 26, 2014 6:48 PM
<i>Furnunculus</i> reverso (Years 1 & 2) by Professor Yu
They had already been back at school for two weeks but the occurrences over the break were still bothering Diana. Her family had been denying the sexuality of her brother Stephen for the past decade but this year Stephen had brought his friend Henry home for the holidays and all hell had figuratively almost broken loose. Diana supposed that the blow-out could have been much worse but for her family it was as bad as it could have gotten. She and her two brothers had been raised to respect their parents and growing up there had never been many fights. However, this year she couldn't help but feel they were all in a silent fight and that, Diana felt, was much worse than yelling and getting it all out in the open. She just couldn't handle the way their parents liked to cover things up and act like everything was fine. She knew that they knew that Stephen knew that everyone knew that Stephen was gay and Diana just didn't understand why they couldn't come out (she laughed derisively at herself for the pun) and say it.These thoughts were weighing heavily on her mind as she opened the Beginner's Potions class that afternoon because of a heated Floo call she'd had with her other brother's girlfriend, Sara, who was of the same opinion as Diana and the stress came into her voice as she introduced the potion for the day. "Although we all know to respect each other," she said, frowning. "Sometimes we can't help but get angry with those we love. Sometimes we even hurt them. One thing that we should never do is curse or jinx those we are arguing with. That is stooping to a new level that is wrong." Diana wished her family would just jinx each other and get it over with so they could apologize for that and get down to the real discussion like Sara had explained her family did. "Anyway," Diana cleared her throat, realizing that her lecture had gotten somewhat off topic. "There are certain spells that are painful and have no counter-curse. One such spell is Furnunculus, which produces unsightly, painful boils to break out across the victim's body. In order to clear these boils, we use the Cure for Boils potion which has two equally successful recipes. You can find them side by side in your books on pages 246 and 247. The reasoning behind this is in case the potion needs to be brewed in an emergency and certain ingredients are unavailable."
Diana thought the whole thing was ridiculous and her family had always kept a well-stocked medical cabinet with such potions inside in the case of an emergency. Besides, if one didn't have an ingredient there were stores all across the wizarding world that could be easily reached with a simple apparition or floo. "The recipe on page 246 is somewhat easier and so I would like the first years to try that potion and for the second years to try the slightly more difficult potion on page 247." She reached over and flipped the chalkboard to reveal the side she had written out the potions on. "I realize that not all of you have the same editions of the book and so I have taken the liberty to write the two recipes up on the board for each potion in case your book does not have your potion in it." She gestured to the left side of the board. "The recipe with snake fangs, horned slugs, and porcupine quills is for the first years and the recipe with pungous onions, flobberworm mucus, ginger root, and shrake spines is for the second-years."
OOC: The reasoning behind the two different potions is the wiki page has two different recipes. If you wish to use the page as a reference you can find it here. First years should pay attention to the potion from Magical Drafts & Potions, and second years to the potion from Book of Potions. If a first year believes themselves to be excellent at potions or wishes to try a challenge assume that if they had asked Diana for permission she would have given it to them if they truly were capable of doing so. As usual have fun, follow general posting rules and creativity will be awarded with extra points and tag Diana if she is needed.
Subthreads: Once more unto the breach. by Joella Curtis, Pecari with Aiden O'Neil, Teppenpaw
Bad is an Understatement by Theo Dashland, Crotalus with Professor Yu, Clark Dill, Aladren
Right, Wrong, and Hypothetical. by John Umland, Aladren
Off to work I go. by Lionel Layne, Pecari with Uzume Shinohara, Crotalus
*Cue Mission Impossible Music* [Tag: Lena Westley] by Liac Reinhardt, Teppenpaw with Lena Westley, Aladren
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Olivier Westley, Crotalus
December 04, 2014 4:43 AM
Feral cat got your tongue? by Olivier Westley, Crotalus
OOC: Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed herein by Olivier Westley are not those of his authors who would like to take this opportunity to apologize ahead of time for his behavior.He had only turned his back for a few minutes (to go grab some extra shrake spines as he had felt that the amount the twins had between the two of their potions kits was not enough) and this happened. Random wizards in the year below them were waltzing up to his sister like they owned the school and asking her out on dates. Out of respect he waited for the little twerp to leave before approaching the situation but honestly, the audacity of that cretin to suggest Lena spend the night of the ball with anyone other than himself. Logically speaking, of course, there was no way for Reinhardt to know that the twins had decided to spend the evening star gazing in Labyrinth Gardens. However at the moment he was not thinking logically, as he was filled with blinding anger.
“What was that all about?” he asked quietly to his twin, hoping that the imbecile first year hadn’t bothered Lena too much. After all, Reinhardt was the worst kind of person, an overconfident buffon-- the kind that could be found in both the pure and non-pureblood circles. Half-blood scrum, Pure-blood jerks, Mudblood posers, they were all the same, all far too below Lena to be worthy of her company. Even Olivier who never felt he was undeserving of anything sometimes felt an inkling of unworthiness. The Reinhardts were idiots and that’s all that mattered. If the obnoxious Reinhardt had been an upstanding member of pureblood society, Olivier would have found a way to spin that negatively. As it was, the quieter Reinhardt was pureblood and of at least a semi-good stock, but still fell into the category of peers who were probably too stupid to be of any use to Olivier at all later down the road. What kind of eleven year old wizard couldn’t talk?
If his ears hadn’t deceived him then Lena had actually said yes to Reinhardt. Although, if he knew Lena, he was sure that Reinhardt would have bowled over her wishes until he inevitably got what he wanted out of her, the scumbag. Taking advantage of his sister when he wasn’t around. However Liac was only half of the party at fault. Lena being such a smart girl, should have known that a blunt rejection is best when it comes to these types. Yet she had hesitated, or worse, she had actually wanted to go. Oliver felt a mixture of annoyance and...disappointment? Although he would do anything for his sister, being her date was something Olivier just couldn't do. He figured she could have at least told him she wanted to go so he could help her find a somewhat worthy date, but she had chosen to stay silent.
As school dances really weren’t something Olivier planned on liking and he really didn’t want to have to spend the night listening to some annoying witch prattle on about meaningless things like love and who wore the prettiest dress, he contemplated not going at all. Until he realized that he would have to go just to make sure that quiet Reinhardt didn’t pull anything funny. He considered his options carefully and turned to Lena. “Guess I’m going to have to scrounge up a date too then, huh?” he said with a playful wink.
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Lena Westley, Aladren
December 04, 2014 5:27 PM
Worse, it captured a reply by Lena Westley, Aladren
"You don't have to pretend." Olivier didn't want a date, this was serious business and she couldn't let him turn it into a joke. "I didn't want to go," she started "I just got confused by the questions. Really, I definitely prefer your company. Star gazing with you is much more enjoyable than sitting at a table and being talked to. I really regret it, Olivier, I really do. I’m sorry I was so careless." The uncharacteristically long "speech" just now was sure to reach him, it must. Her brother was her rock, she wanted to be reassured that he understood and told he would sort things out, that their plans were still possible. She knew, though, that even Olivier couldn't take back her answer and going back on it would be beyond inconsiderate and slightly cruel. No, she was going. His joke now seemed the only real solution.After a moment more of silence she faced him squarely. "Please come." There was nothing more she could think of to do than beg his forgiveness and to ask that he seriously consider getting a date and join her.
Lena thought about what it would be like, seeing her brother with a date. Soon enough her brother would be interested in girls but he hadn’t shown interest yet. Lena loosely suspected he was preoccupied with managing her. She didn't want him to be lonely, but she couldn't imagine him losing himself in another girl's company when Lena would be, hopefully, right next to him. With her date. His bristling reaction now wasn't likely to be completely settled by the time the actual ball took place. Especially not when that night was supposed to be spent together sharing twin-time in Labyrinth Gardens. It would be a constant dig to see them together, she imagined. At least it would to her, seeing Olivier in the environment she suspected he most detested and knowing she put him there. Hopefully she was wrong, maybe he could enjoy himself. If she weren't there with Tobi. . . No, this evening would simply be awful. She couldn't see any way it wouldn't.
Maybe he hadn't been joking in the first place. Not really."Olivier is always too good to me," Lena thought. "how can I ever be as good a sister? She usually didn't think about things like this. It was true that Lena was largely the one doted on and Olivier the more considerate. She had many faults but unlike Olivier she didn't hide them well. She never had to. He was there to protect, distract, and, when necessary, eradicate all harms, perceived or real, that threatened her almost solitary lifestyle. She wanted for nothing socially because she was socially invisible. Or had been.
Who was this Tobi? Her guilt was not overcome by curiosity but sudden resentment at him having noticed her. And then cared enough to ask her to the ball. That went beyond noticing, that was. . . that was. . . problematic. She lost the ire that had recently kindled and the fight went out of her. She didn’t feel guilty, either, she was simply tired.
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