#6 - Down the Forest Path

It seemed like it wasn't going to be so easy to find whatever plant she needed to collect the good from. She happpened to glance over to the side and spotted a weird looking plant that she hadn't come across before.

They were golden and definitely looked like the could hold some good inside...

"What are tho -- Ugh!" MJ was certain she hadn't seen a plant like that before but immediately she was hit with the smell and recoiled. MJ gagged and quickly pinched her nose but it did little to stop whatever that was!

Reluctantly, she moved around to the left and then to the right as she considered her options with how to deal with it. She came to a standstill. Her mouth dropped open slightly as she took in the sight before her.

This wasn't going to be as easy as the bark shavings...

MJ walked closer to the plant but still kept her distance. 

Setting her bag down, she took out her Potions Kit and then an empty jar. MJ had a feeling this was going to be a very messy job so she rolled up her sleeves.

The smell was distracting but MJ tried her best to ignore it -- and the effect it was having on her stomach. There was no way she would lose out on collecting such an important ingredient!

MJ approached with the jar in her left hand and used her free hand to squeeze the plant.

She had hoped this would be enough to force the goo out but no, she would have to squeeze while moving her hand along the tubular part to coax out the part she needed. This made her think a little about squeezing a tube of toothpaste and she chuckled (despite the smell and everything else).

Trying again, MJ squeezed and slid her hand along the plant. She could feel the goo inside as it moved along but it spurted out unexpectedly.

"Ah! Wait!" MJ hurried to hold the jar under the glob of goo as it slowly oozed out. Some of it went onto the outside of the jar and over her hand which made MJ pull a face at the texture and she gagged again.

She really hoped she had a tissue in her bag...

The jar filled up and MJ pulled it away, glad to let go of the weird plant as well and hurried to secure the lid back on. She had a full jar of Plant Goo for her potion but she didn't feel very victorious.

Whatever the goo was, the smell lingered and now it was all over her hand too.

With a sigh after seeing she had no tissues, MJ was sad to use her robes to clean the jar up. The goo looked like a snail had slimed all over her school robe sleeve now... Hopefully it would be easy to clean up.

MJ tucked the jar into her Potions Kit, put it away and closed up her satchel. Her bag was slung over her shoulder and she made her way back to the path.

"Maybe it's time to pay Amara a visit -- if I can find her..." MJ mumbled to herself. There were other ingredients she could collect but she was worried about running out of time and not being able to make the exchange.

First, she would hurry back to the castle and clean up and then she would seek out the Slytherin Captain.

[OOC: Exit]