An active, character-driven Hogwarts experience set in the early 2000s. Unique items, plots, and features. Non-canon; this isn't Harry Potter's story, it's ours.
Post by Alice Jane on Mar 30, 2022 15:13:54 GMT 10
After her search in the cold weather, the greenhouse felt much warmer. This environment was for the plants to thrive, but she was the one thriving right now.
She went towards her plant. Only yesterday, she had planted a seed here. But there were some full-grown Moonurk Berries in its place. She carefully harvested all those berries, wondering how good quality they had become. Even Professor Snape has to agree that these are good qualities berries. Although, probably he wouldn't.
After finishing the harvest, she took out some more seeds from her backpack. She had five pots and enough seeds to distribute into those pots. She spread the seeds in those pots and filled them with a good amount of soil. Then she placed it in slots 31-35.
She stood up from the spot and looked at them once before speaking, "Aquamenti." A jet of water came out of her wand, with which she watered all of those garden pots. Now, it's time to get back to the castle.
Alice Jane-- for future reference, please await a mod's response before proceeding with harvesting any of your plants, as there are different tasks and conditions required (per type) for a successful harvest. As you only harvested a Moonurk plant, this is a one-time exception; your berries were harvested and placed into your inventory.
Everything else in your post was great. Keep up the good work.
Post by Lindsey Bryce on Mar 30, 2022 22:12:25 GMT 10
Lindsey walked in after breakfast, a little frazzled and worried. Was her muggle family a target? She felt her hands shaking a little as she re-read the prophet for the third time since leaving the great hall. Still nothing that could indicate who or what areas had been a target. After the third read, she let out a sigh and leaned against the greenhouse door frame before looking inside. She had plants that needed harvesting...
So, she headed towards her area with her needed supplies and looked at her plants.
Stems of the berry plant were strong, but simple to deal with. A charm or some nearby sheers would help snip the ingredient free, even as the plant's leaves tried to make it harder to spot the berries, but sometimes a hands-on approach worked just as fine too.
Sheers and spells weren't any use against the Furpod plant. It kept wriggling out of the way, surprisingly fast and flexible. The only option was to do battle with it, seizing the twin bean and yanking until it came free. Breaking the stem that way wasn't hard, no -- the hard part was grabbing it fast enough.
The mushroom-like plant was rather unsightly. The main Puris pod was the goal to obtain a viable ingredient, but its musty stink increased with proximity. It was as marshmallow-soft as it looked, making sheers and spells too risky. It tore off easily enough, but released a sour gas when grabbed -- causing blurry vision and light-headedness, which would soon fade. The broken stem oozed stinging sap that needed to be gently cleaned off.
Taffen Hide gloves would protect the skin from contact during picking. Without it, any skin exposed to the plant or its sap would be left with sensitive marks, which would last a few hours. Once picked, its skin-contact risk was subdued.
The dark, leafy plant was unremarkable and could easily be overlooked in an ordinary garden -- a factor which would prove dangerous to an unsuspecting gardener. Once the plant sensed its company or was in any way disturbed, its leaves became coated in a pale green juice.
Firemint lived up to its name, with a minty odour filling the air -- another feature that was deceptively harmless, as the juice itself was like corrosive acid. Taffen Hide gloves were necessary to protect the skin / fabric / organic matter from contact while tilting the leaves to drain the juice into a jar. Without it, the substance was highly dangerous and excruciating.
Post by Arthur Hocking on Apr 1, 2022 4:17:38 GMT 10
Arthur was excited to use his new Advanced Gardening Pot. He entered the Greenhouse in a good mood and promptly placed his Advanced Gardening Pot down on slot 01. He looked between the seeds he had collected, deciding which ones he would like to plant first, and decided on the blue seeds. While whistling, he planted the seeds in the pot.
Arthur pulled out his wand, ready to perform the water-making Charm. "Aquamenti" he said, and a small jet of water flowed from his wand. Satisfied with this, Arthur realized that he didn't really have many plans for the day. Though he didn't really want to, he decided on heading to the Black Lake for his next move. It didn't snow or rain every day, after all, and what if he ended up needing wintercress on a sunny day?