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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 7, 2023 13:13:26 GMT -5
Javal had made the journey to Sol City to answer the call that a potion maker had made to any adventurers willing to help them perfect their potions. Javal read their request and decided to take it upon himself to help them out.
They request read as follows
“Dear adventurers at Dornan's Potions and Tonics have been working on a line of new potions that have never been seen before. We have them all ready to go and have people purchase them, however, unfortunately, the safety commission of Sol City’s business office has deemed that we have to have them tested by human beings before they can let us sell them. As horrible and unjust as that may be, we here at Dornan's have no choice but to comply with the city’s unfair ruling. Any adventurers that decided to help us will be compensated at a fair rate that we will decide as well as having the honor of getting to spread their adventurer’s name out there from our store’s brand".
Javal found the shop and knocked on the door waiting for the sender to open it excitedly to try whatever potions they had to test.
As the door opened he quickly heard two screams and then a small explosion followed and dust and smoke filled the shop.
Coughing was heard and two figures clad in smoke suddenly drank potions and their burnt figures changed back into human shape. An elderly short elf man and an adult elf woman with wild hair stood before Javal with toothy grins.
Suddenly the elderly man grows a dog tail and the woman grows a cat tail.
“Why hello there, thank you for volunteering for our experiments, now come in, come in, try not to step on the broken glass on the floor”, says the elderly old man with bifocals not even noticing the tail growth.
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Post by persephone on Jul 8, 2023 0:03:56 GMT -5
Fame, glory, recognition… Blegh. Those things were so boring! Persephone abhorred the idea of doing something for the benefit or pleasure of someone else. She would, however, do anything out of boredom. To be frank, she really wasn’t that interested in the idea of trying someone’s experimental potions. But the boy she spied sauntering inside like an excited chicken looked so fun to mess with! Persephone smirked to herself, contemplating if it was really worth her time, but ultimately shrugged. She was bored! What was the worst that could happen? Quietly, she strutted in after Javal, humming as she walked around, examining the store.
Volunteering for experiments. What good would come of that? Persie hummed again, and quietly snuck up behind Javal, piping up in a sweet voice. “Well! Doesn’t that sound… Interesting. Experiments? What… sort of experiments?” She hummed curiously. To anyone who didn’t know her - and frankly, that was everyone in this room - she seemed like a naivete. Someone who was easily taken advantage of. Something she often used to her advantage. She looked between the two groups, tilting her head cutely. “Can I try? I Looove experiments.” She added, a grin taking over her expression
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 8, 2023 3:09:08 GMT -5
Javal hardly noticed the new figure in the wrecked potion shop; he was more focused on trying not to stop on glass and strange chemicals on the floor. Although he hated wearing shoes and much preferred his usual sandals in this case he wished he had a pair.
It wasn’t until Persephone spoke behind him that he noticed her, “Woah who are you? Are you a fellow adventurer? My name is Javal Zarrias. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope we do not die horrible deaths from ingesting these potions".
The young woman chuckles in response to Persephone’s questions and Javals remarks, “We got all the experiments here a genius inventor can think of and a dumb city council commission disapproves of '', the last part she says in a mocking tone.
She then looks back at Persephone as they walk up a flight of stairs, “Of course you can although I’ll warn ya now because I am legally obligated to tell you unfortunately that you may or may not be in horrible horrible pain and or die as a result of the potion testing however that’s a very small chance of happening”, she winks at the last part and smiles.
The group arrived at the second story of the Dornan Potion and Tonic store, it was the complete opposite of the first floor being completely clean and organized, almost looking and feeling more like a proper research laboratory than the mess downstairs.
“Alrighty haha”, the elderly man chuckles, “The first potion we have up here to test is a simple healing potion. This potion here is supposed to cure all exhaustion, poison, and disease”.
He then pours from the potion’s beaker two cups and passes one to Javal and the other to Persephone.
Javal looks into the drink and finds it smells like strawberries. He smiles and thanks the man and woman and then says, “Bottoms up” and chugs the entire cup in only one sip.
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Post by persephone on Jul 15, 2023 15:53:42 GMT -5
She could have so much fun with this. A mischievous grin was set on her face as she had taken the potion offered. “My name is Persephone.” She responds to the boy, winking flirtatiously at him. This one seemed simple. Easy to mess with. How fun. The smirk only grew as she was explained the possible side effects, and knew exactly what she would do. These people seemed a little suspicious. What’s the harm in messing with them a bit?
Persie smelled the potion. Just a sniff. A small check. Oh boy, it didn’t smell good. Still, that was easily played up as well. Persie scowled, and gagged a little. “Ugh, this smells positively putrid!” She stated, gagging a little again. After a moment of catching her breath, holding the potion a bit away from her face, she looks over at Javal, with a hint of doubt, and sighs. “Fine, bottoms up.”
She threw back the potion, made a noise of absolute disgust, even though honestly, it wasn’t that bad. It sort of tasted like… Mint and raspberry? What a pleasant combination. She played it off for a few minutes, before she started grabbing at her throat. “Uh…. Ugh.” She coughed a little, her body shifting slightly as she moved herself back and lower to the ground. “Oh my gods…” She groaned, coughing a bit more violently as she pulled herself to the ground. She looked up at the two potioneers, her face twisted into agony. “What did you do?!” She exclaims, coughing again violently.
Of course, none of this was true. But she did truly love messing with people.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 17, 2023 0:20:40 GMT -5
Javal looks over at Persephone noticing her wink; he got a bit concerned he was going to ask her later if her eye was okay.
The elderly man chuckled at Persephone’s complaint of the smell, “Oh my that is my apologies it appears that in my elderly age, I may have overlooked the consistency factor on yours. Hopefully, that is the only error I’ve made at my age. You start forgetting things and messing things up”, he holds his hands together as he sits on a bench staring intently at the pair of adventurers.
Javal swallows and shouts, “Woah this is amazing you guys have to sell this stuff immediately I’d buy tons of these especially for the taste allow my body feels refreshed and I feel even better than ever”.
The young woman looks in horror as Persephone exclaims about hers, “Oh no it appears I’ve messed up on the formula here, drink this, it should clear away any of the negative side effects. This potion is a status effect cleaner and should cure you of whatever you have”.
She hands it quickly at Persephone looking worried about her complaints, “Gods be damned I thought the mix was fine this time too. Ugh, I’ll never be as good as my mom was. Well, let’s keep on going. What did you think of the potion recovery potion Persephone?”.
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Post by persephone on Jul 17, 2023 14:19:47 GMT -5
Well that wasn’t the response that she was looking for. Persephone shot them a look of boredom as she stopped coughing and took the offered potion from the woman. “That response was not nearly as fun as I thought it was going to be,” She notes. “I was kidding. I feel fine. Actually, I feel absolutely no different. Although, I like the response.” She sniffs the potion the woman handed to her. “What is this one? Just some sort of healing potion? Boring. Do you have anything more interesting. Like a potion that turns you into a cat, or like… a love potion or something?” Clearly this old couple meant no actual harm, though, so she couldn’t be too annoyed at them
She can’t help but also glance over at Javal. What was this dude’s deal? He was either very naive or basically a child, and she found both annoying. She stared at him quizzically for a moment before dropping it. “Have you guys even been to any like… I don’t know. Do they have classes or assemblies for potion making? Also!” She sits on the counter, pulling her legs into a criss-cross as she speaks. “Do you like, grow your own ingredients…? Because where you get your ingredients is so so important.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 18, 2023 11:13:54 GMT -5
“My apologies, I’m just tryna be professional . Trust me if it was up to me I’d show you the really weird, strange, and downright vile stuff we have but according to code we have to go in order of most likely to work to least likely to work”, says the young woman
The old man chuckles, “Good to hear that you are okay at least, although that potion we handed you probably would fix you up there’s also no telling if it would. That potion has a 50/50 chance of also making you feel dizzy”.
“Alright miss”, says the younger woman, “Let’s step it up since your so eager for some fun”, she points to two beakers that or on a table nearby and nods to a the elderly man who gives over and begins mixing them and serving them into the next potion tasting cups.
“We have those potions you mentioned and more, although the love potion we made has some kinks in it and may or may not drive the drinker mad with love at the nearest target”.
The elderly man mumbles, “Poor Jeremiah that fellow used to be such a kind fellow before the test”.
Javal stares back at Persephone smiling wide before looking back at the elderly man mixing the concoctions together.
The elderly man says, “For the most part our ingredients are pretty simple herbs and tonics. However, in order to make what we call special potions, we have to do some special methods such as asking adventurers for materials, visiting adventure graves and places where they usually die. Why in my younger years I got all of my materials myself however now that I’m old you gotta rely on dead newbloods to get rare materials".
He says the last part as he hands the two another potion that looks blue and smells like metal, “Alright this potion is supposed to make you float although the duration is yet unknown it could last a couple of minutes or a couple of days”
“Like poor Geoff”, whispers the young woman.
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Post by persephone on Aug 10, 2023 0:08:46 GMT -5
“Yeah I’m…” She gently pushes the cup away. “I’m gonna pass. I’ll not end up like Jeremiah or Geoff, thank you very much.” She said, blowing them kisses with her hand. “Tell you what, though. Why don’t you try it, hm?” She looks over at the boy naivete, looking him up and down. Yeah, he was probably stupid enough to try this… and it sounded hilarious.
She observed the couple carefully. These two clearly had no idea what they were doing, did they? She had to wonder how many people had gone missing due to their negligence. Not that she cared all that much, honestly. She was never a huge fan of people in the first place. But this kid seemed innocent enough. “Just this one potion, then I’ll say we should go on our way.” Persie added, smiling with a sickly sweet smile. If she care more, she would go to the authorities. Luckily for them, she does not. Persie just didn't want to see this kid disappear like the rest, apparently.
Persie gave Javal a quick glance, a look that simply said ‘be careful.’ Something seemed off. But then again, maybe these people were just idiots. Honestly, that was probably it.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 12, 2023 1:09:28 GMT -5
The younger female alchemist nods at Persephone’s decline and says, “It’s fine for you to refuse some adventurers who don't have the stomach for it and as for us some of us have enough brains not to risk their life for alchemy”.
She then glances over at Javal and murmurs, “Thankfully for the sake of alchemical development there’s always some dim fellow like Javal that comes along and makes our tests go easier”.
Javal nodded at Persephone and the alchemists and said, “Do not worry my friends, this shall be as easy as a piece of cake”.
He then gives the potion he was handed by the elderly man and chuckles smelling a bit like burnt metal and the color blue itself.
He shouts, “Bottoms up!”, and chugs it down in a single swig after closing his eyes and awaiting a response he opens them and shouts, “Well I feel absolutely fine, looks like this one is a mistake”.
As he finishes saying this suddenly his feet leave the floor and his body glows a bright light blue color and rockets through the roof and into the sky. The young alchemist shakes her head and begins writing stuff down on her clipboard murmuring about this can't happen again. The elderly scientists shrug and go to find their emergency stash of rope to help Javal out of the sky.
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Post by persephone on Aug 15, 2023 23:50:02 GMT -5
Persephone watched the kid fly up, and just sighed. “...Yeah, I saw that coming.” She says under her breath. She glared at the couple as they shuffled around, and she rolled her eyes. “So where’s our payment, then?” She asked, looking at her nails. “Or at least his. Or are you just the type of people to risk lives and not compensate people for it?” Persephone glared, her sickly sweet voice hiding a threat. “Don’t you think he deserved compensation? I sure do.”
There was no danger of her giving them to the authorities. But, Persie’s eyes slowly drifted towards the back. She didn’t say a word, but the threat was clear. Pay the guy for the inconvenience, or it all goes bye-bye. After all, there were at least three places she was wanted for arson in. This place wasn’t much different. A sweet smile formed on her face as her glance shifted back towards the couple. “It was quite nice of him to risk his life for your… venture, after all. Wasn’t it?”
She couldn’t help but glance up at the kid again. Poor guy, floating up in the air like a blueberry. She did try to warn him. Persie sighs, shaking her head.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 18, 2023 11:54:07 GMT -5
The young woman responds to Persephone as she continues to scribble down some notes and says, “Don’t worry about payment”, she says he tosses over a hefty bag of solars at the adventurer, “You and floaty over there will be compensated for your time”.
“Oh and here take this”, she says handing Persephone a small card, “Show this at our store and you’ll have free access to any of our potions. We’ll give you our normal boring stuff as well as kooky new experimental potions for none of the cost”.
The elderly man sighs and walks over to a small box titled, “Emergency float kit”, and pulls out a small anchor and a rope.
He ties one end of the rope tie the small anchor and walks outside looking for Javal in the sky,
Javal is looking around amazed by the great view while he was suspended mid-air, he was lucky enough to stop rising. He held his hands behind his head whistling an old pirate too he then says, “Well how do I get down”.
As Javal contemplates an airborne life he suddenly feels like he is falling. He tries to move himself towards the street aiming to hit some box instead of the concrete floor.
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