The Classic Love-Potion Plot {OPEN}

[severussnape]

Plot: This is basically just a bit of fun, and not really meant to make much sense.
In essence, the Potion's Teacher has foolishly left out a huge cauldron of Instant Love Potion. Which, in case you don't know, is Amortentia with a twist.

Instead of the Potion only making the drinker fall in 'love' with the maker, the potion holds its spell between the drinker and the first human being they clasp eyes on. It does not differentiate between gender or age. (Midsummer Night's Dream eat your heart out.)

Our characters, slightly under the influence of Firewhiskey, are coming back from the annual Christmas Ball in the Great Hall. They come across the potion one by one.

Sooner or later, all hell will break loose.

Remember that on this board, your posts can be as short as they like - so don't worry about standards or muse - just have fun.


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Severus Snape traipsed his way down from the hall towards the Slytherin Common Room. He was holding his head in his hands as he walked, remembering vividly the face of the Gryffindor girl alcohol had persuaded him to... well... get a bit too friendly with.

He was almost there when he happened upon a strange and fragrant smell wafting out from the Potion's Classroom. Curiosity getting the better of him, he couldn't help but wander through the door in an attempt to locate its source.

No sooner was he in the room than source quickly became apparent. A literally gigantic cauldron was bubbling away on a desk by the blackboard. The steam rising from its surface was making Severus pour with sweat even from his position on the other side of the room. He was pretty knowledgeable about Potions, but he had never seen anything like this liquid in his life.

Edging nervously towards the cauldron, the smell was becoming stronger and stronger. Until finally he was leaning right over the side, staring into the myriad of pink before him.

Sev still isn't sure what made him do it, but at the time it seemed exactly the right thing to do. With one swift movement, he curled his hand into a scoop and used it to break the surface and collect a small pool of pink in his hand. With a steadying breath, he plunged all of it into his mouth.

[alanah]

((Harharhar... This is going to be hilarious.))

Alanah, still tingling from the Christmas Ball and the boy she had danced with, practically skipped back on her way to Ravenclaw Tower. Her long, silky black hair bounced up and down upon her back as she moved, feeling light-headed but still marvelous. Without the usual amount of heavy books on her back, her posture was straight and erect. Right outside the Potions room, Alanah halted, sniffing the air, caught by a somehow familiar but not familiar scent.

Her curiosity getting the better of her, Alanah peeked inside the room, the door opened just a crack. "Sniv?" The word escaped her mouth before she could stop it; unknowingly, she had given her position away to one Severus Snape. Alanah groaned quietly and walked inside, figuring she might as well give as good as she got.

It was only then she noticed the pink, bubbling cauldron set in the middle of the room. The Ravenclaw clasped a hand to her mouth and looked from Snape, to the potion, and back again, and the truth hit her as though a light bulb had gone off.

"You drank it?" Alanah asked incredulously. "Boy, Sniv, I knew you weren't big on brains, but really..."[/color]

[severussnape]

Severus shook his head vigorously as the effects of the potion began to sink in. His eyes began to cross and a strange tingly feeling spread all over his body. As soon as the feeling had come upon him, it was gone.

He gazed around the room, his black eyes vague. His pupils, camouflaged by their irises, dilated and expanded unseen. Until, they set eyes on what was on the other side of the room.

"Alanah!" He gave a strangled cry, and began to make his way clumsily over to her. "Angel - fallen from heaven itself!"

So fixed was he on the sight of the girl who had been, just moments ago, his enemy, he didn't spare much thought for the stools and chairs that littered his path. With one last desperate lunge to get closer to Alanah, his feet were whipped from underneath him and he fell literally head over heels.

Landing flat on his face, he gazed blearily up at the Ravenclaw in front of him.

"Alanah!"

[megazostradon]

((Hm, no potion left over for Sirius to drink...? I'd love to join... >3 But I'm not quite certain how... XD))

[severussnape]

((There's a whole cauldron-full! C'mon Sirus, you know your character's always had a thing for Sev deep-down ^^

Anyway, just drink it, more people are bound to turn up soon.))

[alanah]

((Ha, Alanah's going to have two love-struck boys chasing after her. I knew Sev would one day announce his love for her. ^^))

[severussnape]

((Excuse me, I think it's obvious that Sirius would fall for Sev's charms over Alanah's any day. He's all mine ^^

C'mon Sirius, we're off to Madam Puddifoot's!


Anyway, I don't see any real posting happening here. I want to see what happens next!))

[Andromeda Black]

Annie wandered down the corridor, a little tired from the Christmas Ball but essentially still having a bit of energy left and being curious as ever. This curiousity got the better of her as she heard voices coming from the potions room.

"Allanah! Angel - fallen from heaven itself!"

Annie froze. What? That sounded like...Severus...But then why was he? Did he like? What! She raced into the room, disbeliving. As her eyes took in the contents of the cauldron behind Sev everything registered in her mind. She grinned and smiled at Alannah's coment. "Yeah, you think Sev would know not drink the Instant Love Potion." Annie smirked, waiting to see how this would turn out. Subconciously she wandered over to the cauldron. Her eyes widened and she took a step back. She wasn't seriously think of-no!

It would probably wear off by morning...anyway, wouldn't it be interesting to see what it's like... Annie giggled. She stepped forward and dipped her hand in the potion, scooping up a tiny bit. No. She couldn't do this. What if? She poured the drops back into the cauldron and jumped back as though burned. Come on...It'll be alright...It'll be fun....Don't you want to be part of the action instead of just watching? She sighed at the arguments from the little voice in her head and took a step forward.

Slowly she reached into the cauldron. She withdrew her hand and turned to Alannah. "Come on, Alannah. It'll probably wear off by morning...It'll probably be fun...Imagine." She giggled. "Have some with me," she coaxed. Smiling Annie resubmerged her hand and pulled it up with a small handful of the shimmering potion. Was she ready to do this? Annie gulped and threw it down her throat.

[[eek sorry its so bad i just wanted to get Anni in the action but wasnt sure how to do it...sorry for the sucky post]]

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[alanah]

Alanah watched Sev turn around, see her, and then, as if in a trance, race toward her. She flinched and turned around, and was about to flee from the classroom before Annie stepped in. Nearly running into her, Alanah backed off, clutching her chest. Sev's next words nearly stopped her heart. She turned around, about to say something particularly nasty, when she noticed Annie walking towards the pot.

Alanah chased after her, halting beside the great, pink, bubbling mess, and sniffed it, thinking hard. This was obviously advanced magic. Her nose wrinkled. She couldn't think that clearly from everything she'd had at the ball, and now, she just watched, as if numb, as Annie took a drink from the cauldron. Somehow suspecting what would happen next, she ducked out of sight.

But it would wear off by tomorrow... Suddenly seized by a sudden daring, she stood up and scooped up a mouthful of the potion. I must be mad, she told herself as she took a sip. Blinking, a tingling sensation spread from the tips of her fingers to the roots of her hair, and Alanah turned around to face the door, as if dazed.[/color]

[severussnape]

((Ack! I was really enjoying this thread, time to do a little bit of reviving.
I've just sort of made up a rule here - each new dose you take gives you a new person to obsess about. ))

It was like being drunk, you knew you were acting strangely, but you just couldn't help yourself. Severus stumbled, as if in a dream, aimlessly around the classroom. It was actually quite a horrible feeling, a tunnel vision, with each object his eyes fell on, there came the inescapable thoughts that consumed his mind - why isn't this person Alanah? How can this thing help me find Alanah?

He just wanted it to stop, and so crashed over to the cauldron and took another great handful - if this didn't help - nothing would.

[Siobhan Saavik]

Would it be okay if I brought Ravenna in? She needs some fun XD

[gemma0avery]

[[OOC: Gemma to please?

[severussnape]

((Anyone can join at anytime! This isn't a regular roleplay.))

[gemma0avery]

“ BEER, BEER, BEER!” Gemma sang in a loud and off-tune, drunken voice “Tiddley beer, beer, beer!” she sang on, continuing with her drunken song. Yeah, she probably shouldn’t have had those extra glasses of Firewhiskey, but a whole 20 galleons had been on the line! And in the end she had won…

“A long time ago, way back in history
When all there was to drink was nothing but cups of tea
Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mops
And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops.” She continued on singing, still in that same drunken and off-key tone. With how much she’d had at the ball she’d most likely have a hangover of disastrous proportions, especially since Gemma was an amateur drinker, but for now she was drunk and happy and without a care in the world…

“He must have been an admiral, a sultan or a King
And to his praise we shall always sing
Look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer
Lord bless Charlie Mops the man who invented… beer?” the last word of Gemma’s drunken song came out in question as she came upon an empty potion’s classroom with people and a cauldron. Could it be another party? That could be fun…

Gemma tipsily twirled her way through the people and towards the cauldron, wondering what kind of alcohol based beverage could be inside the cauldron. She dipped her hand inside the mystery cauldron and brought its contents up to her lips, which were shaped into a drunk and merry smile.

Closing her eyes Gemma sipped at the fluid cupped in her hands. Then, her eyes opening Gemma turned to see….




[[OOC: Who will the lucky, and temporary, winner of my darling Gemma’s heart be? Any guesses?

[brett]

((hmm, to post or not to post that is the question))