Learning by doing, or not

[traaaaaash]

WHO: Eda Clawthorne and YOU, mayhaps
WHEN: End of June.
WHERE: The Pariah.
WHAT: Hands-on learning.
WARNINGS: Minor explosion.


[ It hasn't been long since Eda got Hermione to lend her her book on potion-brewing in this world. Eda promptly took plenty of notes from it and has been studying them, but ever the impatient one, she has decided it is time to do less reading and more doing.

So, she has snuck into the kitchens and nabbed a small pot, probable ingredients and some kindling and also procured a fire-safe surface to light her little cooking fire on.

Now she's chucking stuff into the pot while poring over her notes at the same time, and rats, was her handwriting always this messy? She thinks that says 9 drops of squid ink, so she adds that to the pot --

And it explodes in her face.

Luckily, it's only a small explosion, but enough to produce quite a bit of smoke, making Eda cough profusely and desperately wave her hand to get rid of it. ]

So I guess that said five.

Comments

[intermingled]

Yes, I concur. To live for a single other person's expectations is illogical just as making decisions purely to spite them is.

[ A small pause. ]

Though I admit that when my decision caused him to believe I was doing it out of spite, there was a sense of gratification for that. I would not make a choice purely for that feeling, but it was satisfying.

[traaaaaash]

Nothing wrong with that! Spite can be a great motivator.

[intermingled]

[ There's a pause as Spock considers that. He doesn't like to allow his feelings to motivate him, but he cannot deny that it happens at times. ]

You are not wrong.

[traaaaaash]

Of course not! I rarely am!

[ Not one to brag whatsoever, this one. ]