*Her mouth hangs open for a second while she starts and abandons several sentences before deciding on:* Please don't take potions if you don't know who made them or where they came from.
Well, normally I keep inventory and the deputy headmaster brews it, although, I suppose the end of term is stressful for everyone. A bit surprisingly stressful. *Rosie is very diplomatic, but her smile does go rather thin at the edges when she's annoyed with someone she shouldn't be annoyed with.* Thankfully he'll make up some more, I'm a serviceable potioneer but bulk brewing isn't something I'm very used to.
Oh, I didn't think about him. That does make things easier, I guess.
He's had a rough couple of days. We've had some meltdowns in Slytherin. Mostly fifth years. Today a couple of kids in Slytherin were practicing potions in their dorm and their was an explosion. It was small and no one got hurt but there was a bit to sort out.
Oh no, that's rather bad, isn't it? You know, I completely forgot he's your head of house. *And now she feels terrible for being annoyed at him, poor man, he has to try to wrangle the Slytherins.* Everyone's agreed to stop trying to brew around soft, flammable surfaces, didn't they?
Not anymore. [He levitates a box in behind him.] Sorry. The last couple of days have been busy. I made a bunch though. It shouldn't be a problem for a while.
Oh, thank you! Right over here, if you don't mind. *She's cleared out room by the apothecary shelves, which she's completely moved around. Rosie hasn't been shy about neatening and rearranging, and in her opinion the infirmary makes much more sense this way.* It's been quite busy, hasn't it? Is it like this every year?
I suppose the body gets used to most anything. How long have you worked at Hogwarts? *Two spells, and she has the daughts sorting themselves on the shelf.*
Nothing shakes your confidence in your teaching abilities quite like children reacting to exams in your subject with the same degree of terror they might to a sudden influx of gossiping acromantulas.
Now, let's be fair, I'm sure quite a lot of their feelings come from facing two weeks of daily exams that cover, well, seems to me like everything they could think of and more. I haven't had anyone need a calming drought over your normal exams.
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Soooo if someone did have some, they'd be going at a premium?
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*Her mouth hangs open for a second while she starts and abandons several sentences before deciding on:* Please don't take potions if you don't know who made them or where they came from.
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What? Of course not! Grampa Fred would somehow know instantly and appear in the school to lecture me.
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Good! So he should. Goodness. Something else to worry about, I suppose. Not your grandfather, I'm sure he's a lovely man.
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Can you make more? Or do you buy them from somewhere?
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Well, normally I keep inventory and the deputy headmaster brews it, although, I suppose the end of term is stressful for everyone. A bit surprisingly stressful. *Rosie is very diplomatic, but her smile does go rather thin at the edges when she's annoyed with someone she shouldn't be annoyed with.* Thankfully he'll make up some more, I'm a serviceable potioneer but bulk brewing isn't something I'm very used to.
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Oh, I didn't think about him. That does make things easier, I guess.
He's had a rough couple of days. We've had some meltdowns in Slytherin. Mostly fifth years. Today a couple of kids in Slytherin were practicing potions in their dorm and their was an explosion. It was small and no one got hurt but there was a bit to sort out.
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Oh no, that's rather bad, isn't it? You know, I completely forgot he's your head of house. *And now she feels terrible for being annoyed at him, poor man, he has to try to wrangle the Slytherins.* Everyone's agreed to stop trying to brew around soft, flammable surfaces, didn't they?
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Not anymore. [He levitates a box in behind him.] Sorry. The last couple of days have been busy. I made a bunch though. It shouldn't be a problem for a while.
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Oh, thank you! Right over here, if you don't mind. *She's cleared out room by the apothecary shelves, which she's completely moved around. Rosie hasn't been shy about neatening and rearranging, and in her opinion the infirmary makes much more sense this way.* It's been quite busy, hasn't it? Is it like this every year?
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[He puts the boxes down.] It is, yeah. I'm used to it though.
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I suppose the body gets used to most anything. How long have you worked at Hogwarts? *Two spells, and she has the daughts sorting themselves on the shelf.*
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Nothing shakes your confidence in your teaching abilities quite like children reacting to exams in your subject with the same degree of terror they might to a sudden influx of gossiping acromantulas.
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Ah, yes. I should remember that other subjects exist and the children take them too.
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