<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/19/59/d5/1959d5a89df588d70e329492b8e6ff84.jpg)</div>When the bell rang, Professor Merryweather looked over the class.  "Your homework is to read Chapter 1 of the book Understanding Potions and Elixirs.  I don't expect you to memorize every reagent listed, but you should be able to name a few and recognize the concepts therein.  Class dismissed."<br/><br/>Much of the class rushed out in a desire to leave, and Professor Merryweather went back to her laptop to take various notes while they were still fresh in her mind.  If anyone desired to speak with her, she would be easy to reach.  Otherwise, the schedule had her listed office hours, as well as her e-mail address of merryweather@nevermoreacademy.edu if they wanted to contact her.<br/><br/>Alundra Volkira would receive a message to her school e-mail:<br/><br/><strong><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>Dear Alundra Volkira:<br/><br/>I prefer not to discuss any information with students in class unless that student has volunteered the information.  However, after checking over your records, I want to give a private suggestion for the Flash Flood in a Flask spell.  It's a variation on the old Tempest in a Teapot spell, except that the old teapots would leak and crack, actual rainstorms are of less use indoors.<br/><br/>A Flash Flood in a Flask is created by collecting three different types of falling water in a single flask so that the flask is at least three quarters full, often with the use of a funnel.  Rainwater, a fountain, a waterfall, a hose, tears, even a sink can all work for this task, but reagents work best when collected by one's own hand.  As such, if you're interested, I suggest not using the store's collected Niagara Falls reserves for this specific practice; it's best saved for things like water elementals.<br/><br/>When completed properly with the magic words, the flask will pop open when heated to boiling, spraying the entire room with water.  This has problems all its own, of course, but is easy to carry around and to chuck into a fire in an emergency.<br/><br/>You now have my e-mail if you have further questions you'd like to remain private, and my office hours are listed.<br/><br/>Sincerely,<br/>Professor Merryweather<br/></tt></strong>