#7 - Boathouse Blues

It was a particularly nice day, the sun appeared high and the wind felt cool. Kaspian saw it as a perfect opportunity to do some ingredient hunting. He originally planned to do the hunt with Lucky, but his friend was currently unavailable with Hufflepuff Quidditch try-outs. Kaspian couldn't let that slow him down though, concluding that he'd find a couple ingredients by himself. He recalled Lucky was only pursuing the Potion's Kit to hang out with him anyway.

Kaspian was already headed to the Boathouse, his goal to collect a usable amount of red spider eggs. He already had a potion he wanted to make in mind, but before he could brew that one, he was going to acquire a Slug Breath Potion first. It was an endeavor he planned to see through -- with or without the help of his best mate. Kash was nothing if not determined.

He arrived and entered the shed along the Black Lake, immediately taking notice of the docked boats. He wondered if anyone ever attempted to steal them. Kash shrugged at the thought and looked over his ingredient scroll, reading that spider eggs were preserved inside pink sacs. He wasn't afraid of spiders, but the the thought of sacs and cobwebs kicked his instincts into gear, and he slipped on his pair of gloves. He wasn't going to risk getting bitten by an angry insect.

As exciting as all this was, he was feeling dispirited. One would think he'd be in high spirits after making the Quidditch team, but he was instead brooding over if the team captain was annoyed by him or not. Kash didn't know why he cared. He only spoke to Nyx a few times in the past, but all of a sudden found himself wanting her to like him. Was it because they were teammates? He didn't know what he was feeling, but he would try and figure it out later.

Kash approached the sides of the Boathouse, searching the inside corners and higher level areas for any old cobwebs. He'd need to find one of those if he wanted a chance at the eggs, but he'd presumably see the pink sacs before anything else. Things were too dark for his liking, so he retrieved his wand to better his search. "Lumos!" Maybe all he needed was a little light.