The Cure (part 2)reynardoApril 11 2020, 17:22:27 UTC
Except for one of the students, who had watched him when he taught. Who had listened when he spoke. And who knew where he kept his potion books. She went to them, read through them, and made such copious notes that it was quite the surprise that there wasn't a shortage of parchment for the next five years.
Finally, she had it, or so she thought. She calculated that a careful mixture of Felix Felicis with the Wiggenweld potion would help. Alas, she never did find the potion that could put a stopper on death. And the Felix was supposed to brew for six months, and they didn't have that long. But she brewed it anyway, wiping away the tears that kept threatening as she artificially matured it with a measure of Ageing Potion, then slowly dripped in the Wiggenweld. Slowly, because just one drop caused the resulting mix to start bubbling and fuming like a batch of nitro-glycerine in a curious student's bathroom sink. But if she added the other in single drops, with the entire flask buried up to its neck in crushed ice, and let it stand for
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RE: The Cure (part 3)too_dle_ooApril 12 2020, 10:46:07 UTC
I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH!!!
There's such a sweet familiarity in families with their well-worn stories, the tales of family lore that are told over and over again so that everyone knows all the details but they still want to hear them anyway. And they way you write this storytelling (i.e. 'Once, a long time ago, there was a wizard who gave up everything' and 'But his evil plan had not worked') is EXACTLY the way we tell stories to children.
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Finally, she had it, or so she thought. She calculated that a careful mixture of Felix Felicis with the Wiggenweld potion would help. Alas, she never did find the potion that could put a stopper on death. And the Felix was supposed to brew for six months, and they didn't have that long. But she brewed it anyway, wiping away the tears that kept threatening as she artificially matured it with a measure of Ageing Potion, then slowly dripped in the Wiggenweld. Slowly, because just one drop caused the resulting mix to start bubbling and fuming like a batch of nitro-glycerine in a curious student's bathroom sink. But if she added the other in single drops, with the entire flask buried up to its neck in crushed ice, and let it stand for ( ... )
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What a great story! No wonder Jean wanted to hear it on repeat.
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There's such a sweet familiarity in families with their well-worn stories, the tales of family lore that are told over and over again so that everyone knows all the details but they still want to hear them anyway. And they way you write this storytelling (i.e. 'Once, a long time ago, there was a wizard who gave up everything' and 'But his evil plan had not worked') is EXACTLY the way we tell stories to children.
Marvelous! Thank you so much for sharing this.
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