You practice
the wand movements of the Flipendo a couple of times, just to be prepared. When
you feel confident enough you select the only option on the display: “Ready”.
It takes a couple of seconds for the magical barrier to dissipate, but it
eventually does and only the fact you already have you wand at ready allows you
to cast a strong Flipendo on the medium-sized Bouncing Bulg coming
towards you. As the plant is temporarily knocked out, you quickly collect it
and set it back in its vivarium before making sure that all the latches are
properly secured.

Now that you are safe
from the plant, you have more time to examine it. The Bouncing Bulb is a nice
shade of purple, shaped like a bulb with several green leaves sprouting from
its top. You know they have the ability to grow to the size of doorways and you
desperately hope that this one doesn’t get any bigger or you’ll have to learn
the Incendio spell and, well, fire and plants don’t really
mix.

You look at the conditions display and it says “Fair”.
Wondering what could be wrong with the Bouncing Bulb’s environment, you do the
spell to show the pH level. A 7.0 appears over the vivarium. Knowing that the
plant needs a neutral soil, you confirmed that this is not the problem. The
area is also relatively bright, so your best bet is that the plant needs
watering. You go back to the front to get some Centaur Tears and rain it down on
the Bulb. The conditions display go from “Fair” to “Good”. That’s a job well
done!

Feeling
proud of yourself, you move to the next the next magical barrier and check what
the riddle is this time:

“I am the
false green onion used to ward off evil.”

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If you
answer “Shallot”, go to Chapter 108.

If you answer “Gurdyroot”, go to Chapter 109.