Kazeraikou in training!
Dec 28, 2008 3:39:57 GMT -7
Post by Marii K. Kazeraikou on Dec 28, 2008 3:39:57 GMT -7
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The female begun to read the description that was written under a photo of a so-called saddilia. ‘Cut off all the leaves and the seeds from the plant. Make sure that there are no dead leaves or injured seeds’ read Marii and begun to peel away the leaves with the smallest scalpel she had. The seeds seemed to be inside some bud-like things that had to be opened, which was a bit tedious for the girl. After a little more than 5 minutes or so, all of the leaves and seeds had been removed and it was time to check if any of them were dead or damanged.
There were only 4-5 leaves and 5-6 seeds that were dead or injured, so it was not too bad since it was 20 of each. ‘I better take a look on the next herb I should extract. It looks like the serapias turbith is the next one on my list’ thought the Chuunin and looked up from her book. The said herb was right in front of her, how did her teacher do this!? ‘How should I extract this one...remove all the leaves before you boil them in warm water for about 5 minutes to be sure that there are no germs on them’ thought the female before she begun to pick away the emerald green leaves.
She found a bunsen burner and poured some water into a medium-sized glass container that could be used for boiling. The brunette laid the leaves in the hot water and saw them move up and down with the bubbles. Five minutes later, the leaves had been extracted and she emptied the glass before she laid the leaves in a small plastic box so her teacher could approve her work. ‘So far, so good...time to extract the sheperd’s purse’ thought the Cloud kid and looked at the medium-sized plant with grayish-green leaves. ‘Remove all the dirt from the plant and let it lay in boiled water for 4 minutes if possible...DAMNIT!’ thought the girl and facepalmed.
She re-filled the glass thing with water and boiled a new portion of water while she removed the leaves. It was quite many, so it was a rather tedious process for the teenager. Ten minutes later, the leaves had been boiled, cleaned and laid in a box for approval: none of them were dead, damaged or anything like that, so she had been lucky there. After the female had checked the book, she had found out that the next herb she had to extract was the ur. ‘Clean the leaves’ was all that stood in the book.
The Kazeraikou picked up a rather small pair of tweezers and begun to clean the leaves. The plant she had got was a bit dirty, and it did not made it better that most of the dirt on it appeared to be lice and mud. Those two things were rather hard to get away from leaves and you also had to be careful so you did not damaged the leaves as well. To cap it all, the plant had rather many leaves on it too, which did not made the girl very happy. But after almost fifteen minutes, nearly all of the leaves had been cleaned and were ready to be checked.
‘Please let the next one be a little easier!’ prayed the blue-eyed ninja and turned the page while she crossed her fingers. ‘My next herb will be a valerian huh...I have to clean the stem. Phew, to clean a stem is probably a lot easier than to clean a bunch of fragile leaves’ thought the female and looked at the twigs with white flowers that laid in front of her. She turned on the tap and held the plant there for about ten seconds or so before she removed it and checked it for dirt. It was only some mud on it, so Marii begun to pick them away with her tweezers.
A minute later, the valerian had been cleaned, pruned and was ready to be approved. The girl looked back down in the book to find out what the next herb on the list was this time. ‘Vinuk? I have never heard about that herb before, but it is probably a bit rare though. All I have to do here is to remove the root of this plant’ thought the Chuunin and picked up the amount of grass that had been laid in front of her. The roots were long and sinewy, but it was not the worst case she had seen.
The female laid the grass on the small piece of wood in front of her and begun to remove all the roots that were there. It was harder than she thought, since the roots seemed to contain some sort of liquid that smelled like a mix of dead flowers and some sort of oil that her father used to smear on bicycle chains that had rusted.
The female begun to read the description that was written under a photo of a so-called saddilia. ‘Cut off all the leaves and the seeds from the plant. Make sure that there are no dead leaves or injured seeds’ read Marii and begun to peel away the leaves with the smallest scalpel she had. The seeds seemed to be inside some bud-like things that had to be opened, which was a bit tedious for the girl. After a little more than 5 minutes or so, all of the leaves and seeds had been removed and it was time to check if any of them were dead or damanged.
There were only 4-5 leaves and 5-6 seeds that were dead or injured, so it was not too bad since it was 20 of each. ‘I better take a look on the next herb I should extract. It looks like the serapias turbith is the next one on my list’ thought the Chuunin and looked up from her book. The said herb was right in front of her, how did her teacher do this!? ‘How should I extract this one...remove all the leaves before you boil them in warm water for about 5 minutes to be sure that there are no germs on them’ thought the female before she begun to pick away the emerald green leaves.
She found a bunsen burner and poured some water into a medium-sized glass container that could be used for boiling. The brunette laid the leaves in the hot water and saw them move up and down with the bubbles. Five minutes later, the leaves had been extracted and she emptied the glass before she laid the leaves in a small plastic box so her teacher could approve her work. ‘So far, so good...time to extract the sheperd’s purse’ thought the Cloud kid and looked at the medium-sized plant with grayish-green leaves. ‘Remove all the dirt from the plant and let it lay in boiled water for 4 minutes if possible...DAMNIT!’ thought the girl and facepalmed.
She re-filled the glass thing with water and boiled a new portion of water while she removed the leaves. It was quite many, so it was a rather tedious process for the teenager. Ten minutes later, the leaves had been boiled, cleaned and laid in a box for approval: none of them were dead, damaged or anything like that, so she had been lucky there. After the female had checked the book, she had found out that the next herb she had to extract was the ur. ‘Clean the leaves’ was all that stood in the book.
The Kazeraikou picked up a rather small pair of tweezers and begun to clean the leaves. The plant she had got was a bit dirty, and it did not made it better that most of the dirt on it appeared to be lice and mud. Those two things were rather hard to get away from leaves and you also had to be careful so you did not damaged the leaves as well. To cap it all, the plant had rather many leaves on it too, which did not made the girl very happy. But after almost fifteen minutes, nearly all of the leaves had been cleaned and were ready to be checked.
‘Please let the next one be a little easier!’ prayed the blue-eyed ninja and turned the page while she crossed her fingers. ‘My next herb will be a valerian huh...I have to clean the stem. Phew, to clean a stem is probably a lot easier than to clean a bunch of fragile leaves’ thought the female and looked at the twigs with white flowers that laid in front of her. She turned on the tap and held the plant there for about ten seconds or so before she removed it and checked it for dirt. It was only some mud on it, so Marii begun to pick them away with her tweezers.
A minute later, the valerian had been cleaned, pruned and was ready to be approved. The girl looked back down in the book to find out what the next herb on the list was this time. ‘Vinuk? I have never heard about that herb before, but it is probably a bit rare though. All I have to do here is to remove the root of this plant’ thought the Chuunin and picked up the amount of grass that had been laid in front of her. The roots were long and sinewy, but it was not the worst case she had seen.
The female laid the grass on the small piece of wood in front of her and begun to remove all the roots that were there. It was harder than she thought, since the roots seemed to contain some sort of liquid that smelled like a mix of dead flowers and some sort of oil that her father used to smear on bicycle chains that had rusted.