Attired in standard faculty robes, Stephen Maturin stands behind a long table at the head of the potions classroom, waiting for the class to come to order. He is in no great hurry, but when one or two conversations trickle over into the silence that otherwise falls over the room, he gives the assembled students a look that raises a "shhh" from the
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But when Stephen announced what they would be brewing, Lily froze. Shite, bugger, fucking bloody piss in a hole. Oh, this was going to be fun. If by 'fun' one meant 'completely should skip class for the first time ever'. Glancing up, Lily wondered vaguely if she could make for the exit before anyone realized she was leaving.
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In fact, there were a number of people in the room who had abused sleeping potions, if only Stephen had known it. Since it was not actually an opiate he was teaching about, he saw no problem with it whatsoever. In truth, he might not have scrupled to teach about laudanum either. After all, it was a sovereign panacea when used judiciously!
He did notice that Miss Evans appeared somewhat distressed, however, and recalling their conversation of some weeks ago, wondered whether she was upset he was not teaching about ECR, evil clowns being serious business and all.
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A nasty grin spread across his face, and he leaned back in his seat, folding his arms behind his head. "Say, Doc," he called out to Stephen, "do~ we get to keep the final product, this time around?"
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Turning to Sirius, she held out a hand. "Let me have your flask, Black," she sighed. "Mate in need and all that."
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Sirius held out an empty hand back at her. "Sorry, Evans. Haven't got it." Remus had asked Sirius not to use alcohol as a way of escaping his problems, and Sirius, not being sure if he'd be able to stick to that considering that his problems tended to be very all encompassing at the moment, had pretty much laid off alcohol in general. He figured he'd partake again at some point, but for now, as he tried to sort out a lot of things in his life, he had decided to refrain.
Unfortunately for Sirius, he also interpreted Lily's discomfort with the potion assignment as being related to his addiction to the Dreamless Sleep Potion. As such, he said, "Anyway, you don't need to worry, Evans. I promise I won't drink the potion."
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Waving at Yang, Lily nearly physically seized on the distraction. "Oh! Cristina! Wonderful, excellent, glad to see you. The telly you sent works great. Sirius and I even charmed it to fly. Let's talk about that. In detail."
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"Well, now," he replied loudly, "I~ re-heally think we should be talking about the potion, Red, seeing's as how this is potions class. You don't want to get points off, do you?" He grinned broadly at her.
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"You can conjure alcohol through your wand, you know," he said to Lily. "Don't tell me James never showed you that spell; he was the one who invented it with me. But class just began. I mean, you're pushing my record at this point." He gave Lily a half-amused, half-quizzical look.
Cristina Yang had been quite pleasant at her Sorting, and Sirius greeted her with a cheery wave. "How's life at the house with the bar, Doc?"
Finally, he turned to Cox. "Hey, baby - or should I say, ( ... )
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It took a moment, but Yang finally figured out who "Ginger" was. And she was greatly amused by this revelation. "And hey to you too, Dr. 'Ginger'. What brings a big, important man like yourself to class?"
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At Sirius' question her hand stilled for only a half a second and then she smiled softly. "Ah, right. I'd forgotten. What was the incantation, again? I have the feeling I'm going to need a stiff drink here shortly." Giving Cox another look, Lily dumped the shredded root into the mortar and started to grind it with the pestle.
She snorted softly at Sirius calling Cox 'Ginger' and outright laughed at Yang's use of her nickname for him. Head bowed slightly over her work, silent giggles shook her shoulders. Oh, yay! Distraction!
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Turning back to Lily, he drew his lips back against his teeth as if challenging her, rolling his shoulders back. "Say, Red, if you're worried about dreams, I could go ahead and ask the Doc if we could try making Dreamless Sleep Potion instead. I~f that's what you're interested in, I mean. What do you think?"
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And...yikes. Apparently Sirius had picked a bad day to hang out with Cox and Lily. Well, it wasn't his business to meddle (nor, apparently, was it his business to do anything related to the class, because so far he was contributing nothing to the making of the potion), so instead, he leant over towards Lily and said in a low voice, glancing over to make sure Stephen wasn't paying attention, " ( ... )
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She slammed the nutmeg onto the table and began grating it. "Funny how I knew that off hand, isn't it? Well, apart from the fact I'm a sodding good Witch and know these things, perhaps it's because I did some research into all the various sleeping charms and potions."
At Sirius' words her expression softened slightly. "Thanks, love," she grinned. "And I'll take from your stash if I like. Cheeky bugger." She was still furious, but she recognized the fact that Sirius and Yang had nothing to do with this. Actually, it was because they - specifically Sirius - were ( ... )
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