Potions Competition Explore the Wilderness

Elara stood near the cauldron with her hands resting at her sides. She looked around at the other students, wondering what they had brought with them for the competition. When Headmaster Albrecht began explaining the rules, Elara turned her attention towards him. Three hours to find the ingredients and brew the potions. She looked at the cauldron in front of her, then towards the wilderness beyond the competition area. It was a lot to do in three hours. Hopefully, that's enough time. She checked her bag before leaving. Once she was ready, Elara headed towards the trees. She had no idea where the ingredients might be, so she started by looking at the plants growing nearby. Some were familiar from Herbology. Others were not. She stopped beside a few of them, trying to remember if she had seen them before. Nothing came to mind. She moved on, walking a little further into the wilderness. The ground was uneven, with fallen leaves and small branches scattered across it. Elara stepped over a fallen branch and glanced between the trees. There were bushes on one side and taller plants on the other. She took out her notebook and wrote down a few things she remembered from Potions. It might be useful later. I should probably start with what I know. Elara put the notebook away and continued along the edge of the trees. She checked beneath a few leaves and around the roots of the nearby plants, but nothing seemed useful yet. She stood up and looked further ahead. Maybe there is something there. Elara adjusted her bag and continued along the trees, still looking for anything that might be useful.

| Date: September 24th, 2026 | Time: Morning | Location: Uagadou | Participation: OPEN |
| Mentions: @Bella Light @Elara Whitlock | Song: ˜”*°•x•°*”˜ | Outfit: ˜”*°•x•°*”˜ |

𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜—𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝—𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜.

𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊, 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝. 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐.

“𝙾𝚑,” 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. “𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝙸’𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝!”

𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍, 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚙𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜.

𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑. 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙾𝚛, 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚠—𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗.

OOC Notes:
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.|Stamina ★ 5 | Evasion ★ 6 | Strength ★ 3 | Wisdom ★ 8 | ArcPower ★ 7 | Accuracy ★ 6 |. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.

Date: 24 September 2026
Time: Morning
Location: Uagadou
Weather: Fair
Storyline: Explore the Wilderness Arc
Word Count: 256

Rosamund didn't really know what made her sign up for the competition—she never even liked competing in anything—but she would be damned if she didn't put her best effort to it.

At least she already knew how to brew the Forgetfulness Potion. They've already covered it in Potions, and she did make an effort to have extensive notes on it; she's pretty sure it would just be poetic irony to forget about something like a potion that would make you forget.

The real challenge, as the professor said, was the foraging of the ingredients needed.

Luckily, she made the fortunate decision yesterday to cover as much grounds as she could within the accessible areas. She wondered whether it was intentional to have them trek the areas freely knowing that some of them would be signing up to basically locate potions ingredients out in the wild. How clever, she thought.

She recalled whether she'd seen mistletoe berries or valerian sprig yesterday. Based on her path yesterday, she decided that her best bet would be the western areas where the giant heather trees were located and the southern areas where the bamboo forest was. She'd take her chances with the denser, foggy forest due north when she's exhausted those areas.

And not more than one and a half hours of foraging too. She still had to brew the potion correctly, and she'd want extra time for that.

Strategy in mind, she immediately took off to the west as soon as the professor gave them the go-ahead.

Stamina 3 | Evasion 7 | Strength 3 | Wisdom 9 | ArcPower 6 | Accuracy 7

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Stats: Stamina: 5 • Evasion: 7 • Strength: 1 • Wisdom: 10 • ArcPower: 6 • Accuracy: 6	✰	Abilities: Seer - Intuition • Sixth Sense

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As Emery explained the rules Diana stood quietly amongst the other competitors with her attention fixed onto the cauldron and heating tools which waited for them. Three hours. Find the ingredients and return and then brew the potion. It sounded straightforward when he said it that way but Diana suspected that the wilderness would have other ideas, just like how it did when Diana was at Castelobruxo last year for the Capture the Flag tournament. She glanced down at the list of ingredients which she had to memorize. She needed Lethe River Water, Valerian Sprigs, Standard Ingredient, and Mistletoe Berries. The potion itself was familiar enough. She had studied the Forgetfulness Potion last year and the brewing instructions were something she'd worry about later. For now her problem were the ingredients. Diana adjusted her bag and started away from the competition area the moment they were given permission to begin. She didn't rush blindly into the wilderness instead she took a moment to look around and allowed the first wave of competitors to spread out ahead of her. Uagadou's surroundings were still unfamiliar and she didn't want to overlook something useful simply because she was too focused on moving quickly. She followed a less crowded path into the trees while her eyes moved from the ground to the surrounding vegetation. Some plants were familiar from Herbology while others were completely foreign and most likely native to Uagadou. Diana crouched beside one particularly unusual cluster of leaves and studied its shape and color before deciding it wasn't anything that she recognized from her Potions notes. She continued onward and carefully checked beneath leaves and around exposed rocks and along the edges of bushes. Every so often she paused to listen to the sounds around her. The wilderness was far louder than Hogwarts gardens and was filled with unfamiliar rustling and distant calls which made it difficult to tell what was harmless and was wasn't. Diana still kept moving. There was no point in panicking over everything which she didn't recognize. She simply needed to continue being observant and remembered what she knew and hope that somewhere ahead there was something useful. With that in mind she continued deeper into the wilderness and kept her eyes open for anything that might help her complete her potion.

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Curiosity always leads somewhere

Coded by: Avery Gray

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As Headmaster Albrecht explained the rules Latoya listened carefully with her attention shifting to the cauldron in front of her and the wilderness beyond the competition area. A potions competition was exciting enough on its own but having to actually search the wilderness for the ingredients made it even more exciting. This'll be Latoya's very first time brewing a potion outside of Tenūsa and despite her being Half-Veela she a muggle-born witch so she hopes to not mess this up. She glanced down at the list again. She needed to find Lethe River Water, valerian sprigs, standard ingredient, and mistletoe berries. She knew some of those from Potions though finding them out here was going to be a very different story. Knowing her, she might get sidetracked by all the nature around her!

Once the competition began Latoya basically happily ran toward the trees. She was in her element, she was in what she called her second home (Tenūsa is technically her fourth home because her actual home is her first home, second is nature, and third is the ocean). She definitely wasn't interested in rushing through the wilderness and hoping she'd stumble across something useful. There were far too many unfamiliar plants around her (which she'll take her time admiring) and she didn't want to accidentally pick something that looked like an ingredient. Instead she moved slowly but happily along the edges of the trees and occasionally crouched down to inspect the plants which grew near the ground. Her love for nature made the search feel almost like an adventure on its own. She carefully brushed a few leaves aside before examining the steams and berries beneath them before deciding they weren't what she needed. "Curu mai...""Come on..." she murmured before glancing at her list again. "E dodonu me tiko e dua na ka veivakayagataki e na yasana oqo.""There has to be something useful around here."

She continued deeper into the wilderness and kept her eye out for anything familiar. Valerian seemed like a good place to start since she remembered studying it in Herbology. Mistletoe berries would hopefully be easier to recognize as well as they are a common Muggle plant found during Christmas! Latoya paused beside a cluster of plants and studied them carefully before reaching for her notebook. Rather than immediately picking anything she made a quick note about their appearance. If she couldn't identify something then there was no point in taking chances.

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Potions Competition
Stats: Stamina - 6 | Evasion - 6 | Strength - 2 | Wisdom - 7 | Arcane Power - 4| Accuracy - 5
Action: Looking for ingredients
Open to interaction

Alfie didn’t like competing in contests he couldn’t win. So naturally a potions competition seemed like a good one to pass. His early performance in Potions class had been promising, but realistically he'd been at it for less than a month now. What hope could he have in a competition open to all ages?

Later, however, when he saw the sign-up list, he couldn’t help but notice how many of the names belonged to his own classmates, some of whom Alfie knew to be much worse at potion brewing than he was. (Owen? Seriously?) It was then that he had a change of heart about competing. After all, he didn’t have to win the competition to be celebrated among his peers. He only had to beat his peers. That set the bar lower.

On the morning of the competition Alfie arrived well rested and as prepared as he was able to be. Professor Lesmana was a stickler for preparation and punctuality as well as a bunch of other Type-A sorts of things. Luckily, Alfie was pretty Type-A himself. Unfortunately, he had a feeling that bush brewing would involve a lot more improvisation and creativity than Professor Lesmana approved of, not to mention a whole lot less cleanliness.

Alfie was relieved when he saw the brewing set up and read the potion that the younger students would be preparing. Forgetfulness Potion was the very first (and one of the only) potions Alfie had learned in Potions Class. Some of the ingredients were going to be a problem Alfie thought, but he had a hunch he knew where he could find some mistletoe. (At least he hoped what he’d seen was mistletoe.)

Word Count: 320

Mentions: @Owen Lochridge, @Lesmana Asmaralaya

Stamina 8 • Evasion 5• Strength 6 • Wisdom 7 • Arcane power 6• Accuracy 8
action: finding ingredients

The oppressive heat of Uagadou weighed on Denisse's back, glueing the dust from the brushy landscape to her glistening, sweat-moistened skin. Three hours was a generous amount of time for a simple forgetfulness potion, especially when she was used to preparing such a common potion in the comfort of a climate-controlled classroom-but "bush brewing" was an altogether different game.

Her cauldron was placed on the uneven ground, flames licking at its bottom, as she took two drops of Lethe River Water and gently heated it. Twenty seconds later she took the Valerian sprigs, spun her wand three times clockwise, and reminded herself to wait for the long brewing.

Round one was just set-up and gathering, but first round was loud and chaotic and from the get-go, it was a battle of focus. Shouts echoed in the clearing as the other students darted through the jungle line, desperately searching for missing ingredients and wrestling with tools they've never seen before. Denisse kept glancing at the jungle line nervously as the snaps of twigs and branches kept echoing through the jungle line. With her attention distracted from the mind-melting sound of the crowd and the crowd of other first round competitors, Denisse took a deep breath and focused her attention onto her mortar, expertly grinding the mistletoe berries and Standard Ingredient she'd picked up from the jungle line.

wc: 226
location: Uagadou