Of Classes, Potions and Point Loss...

[snarkypotions]

Who: snarkypotions and all the [STUDENTS]
Where: Potions classroom, in the dungeons
When: Monday, October 17th. Potions Class.
What: The students really get to know one Professor Snape, Potions Master.
Rating: PG

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[snarkypotions]

[Once he's done going over the Shrinking Solution. Snape waves a wand at the storage cupboard, unlocking it and setting the students about the process of making that particular potion as he starts prowling through the aisles, dark eyes sharp and watchful.]

[snarkypotions]

[Snape's steps are quiet as he strides through the room, pausing every so often to watch a student brew the potion. He knows just where to stand too. Slightly behind the student, out of their line of sight, yet close enough for them to realize that he is there. Oftentimes, the Gryffindors receive various levels of snarky comments while the Slytherins are passed by without comment, or in some cases, a pleased nod.

Lelouch, on the other hand, makes Snape pause for longer. His precision of laying out the equipment and ordering the ingredients is eye-catching, not to mention something that Snape approves of quite a bit. This student had the organizational skills of a Potions Master, at least. Though that frown...]

Is something wrong, Mr. Lelouch?

Double Potions | Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw

[steuerparadies]

[Double Potions in the early morning was still all right for Liechtenstein, waking up early for breakfast and then a bit of self-revision (more likely some advance reading beforehand) before heading to class. She recognises a few students she had met, and greets them before taking her place near the front of the classroom.

She is still flipping through her text book when the professor enters, and she closes her book and listens to him with rapt attention. Which is a lot harder when Professor Snape carries such an intimidating aura around him. Even the entire classroom suddenly feel a lot more daunting and pressing than it seem. Why had she chosen to sit in front?!]

[snarkypotions]

Miss Liechtenstein.

[Snape's voice is quiet, yet that doesn't mean it's not demanding.]

Give me the ingredients needed for the Shrinking Solution.

{OOC: Anything in particular you wanted to play out?}

[steuerparadies]

Ja, professor.

[Instantly sitting up straighter and snapping her gaze up toward Prof. Snape. The Shrinking Solution? Liechtenstein had read about it not too long ago, so the memories are still fresh in her mind.]

It requires daisy roots--chopped into equal sizes; skinned shrivelfig; sliced caterpillars-- [She swallows the discomfort of the remaining ingredients.] --one rat spleen; and a dash of leech juice.

[Should she elaborate more? Not unless the professors asks her.]

[ooc: Anything is fine~ Perhaps her not getting the right colour for the potion, even if she got the ingredients right. OTL]

[snarkypotions]

Daisy roots or stems?

{OOC: Okay! He'll probably also see if he can trip her up or something.}

Ravenclaw | Third Year

[wheretothestars]

[Rose seats herself in the middle of the room and sets up her station meticulously. She's heard people talking about this Professor and she would rather not do anything to warrant his attention, good or bad. Her book is flipped open on the table before her and in the margins are notes she's written herself. Of all the classes she has prepared for, it is this one she's put the most time and effort into.

When Professor Snape enters the room, Rose stiffens. He seems exactly as described: like a nasty man in a career he hates. Unless he enjoys intimidating his students and looking miserable. Still, she copies the notes, keeps her mouth closed, and widens her eyes appropriately when he pauses after mentioning the potion capable of stopping death. Beyond that, Rose attempts to be as invisible as possible.]

[snarkypotions]

[Unfortunately for Rose, she doesn't seemed to have mastered that particular skill yet.]

Miss DeWitt Bukater, what has happened if your Shrinking Solution is orange?

{OOC: Anything in particular that you wanted to play out?}

ravenclaw/hufflepuff - second year

[no1troll]

[Snape is really intimidating. There, he can admit it. He is basically terrified of of his professor. It's not just that Tavros's homeworld had no adults, so meeting one face-to-face is nervewracking, although it helps. It's more because everything about the man yelled 'UNFRIENDLY' and Tavros wasn't sure how to feel about spending three hours a week in his presence. This was not going to be enjoyable at all.

Like Terezi, Tavros wasn't willing to give up his shirt in favour of the robes required for class. He's found a compromise by slipping on his black tee-shirt with its brown Taurus sign on over top of everything else. It looks absolutely stupid, but he can't just not wear it. That's crazy!]

[snarkypotions]

Mr. Nitram... I suggest you fix your wardrobe so as to follow school regulations before you lose five points for Hufflepuff.

{OOC: So... How many points do you want him to lose in total?}

[no1troll]

{As many as Snape would take, I guess! Go wild! ;D }

Ummm. This is because of the shirt, isn't it?

[He looks down at it, and then back up at the professor. Oh god. The last thing he wanted to do was get noticed by this professor.]

[snarkypotions]

How perceptive of you.

Gryffindor/Slytherin 3rd year

[zeros_requiem]

[While Suzaku was having trouble in other areas of magic, this, at least, he could easily wrap his head around. He mentally likened it to pharmacology, an art which would require precision, less you want to poison someone.

Some of the instructions struck him as a bit strange, he didn't really see how stirring something clockwise vs counter-clockwise would make a difference, but he wouldn't question it. He could follow instructions like a well-trained monkey. Though he figured Lelouch is probably loving this class. He just had to put aside all distractions and do the work.

His measuring for everything was accurate, though with some slight errors. A bit too big of a pinch of this here, not quite enough of a dash of that there, perhaps stirring just a touch too quickly. Nothing egregious; all things that, to the casual observer, would appear to be on point. But to the rather discerning and discriminating eye of Severus Snape?]

Re: Gryffindor/Slytherin 3rd year

[snarkypotions]

[Unfortunately for Suzaku, the Shrinking Solution had a nasty tendency of turning orange instead of the bright acid green it's supposed to be if too much of something was added, so even someone without Snape's discriminating eye...]

Tell me, Mr. Kururugi, what color is your potion supposed to be?

Re: Gryffindor/Slytherin 3rd year

[zeros_requiem]

It's supposed to be green, sir.

[He looked perplexed at the potion, then back at the listed instructions. He was sure that he had the right amounts of minced daisy roots, peeled Shrivelfig, sliced caterpillars, rat spleen...]

Did I add too much leech juice? [It said a dash, but he did give it a good shake when he had added it.]

[snarkypotions]

I believe 'too much leech juice' is an overstatement when it comes to describing how much you seemed to have added. Ten millilitre from the looks of things, instead of a dash, which means ten points from Gryffindor.