Chapter 1: Scene 4: The Plot Thickens
Quentin takes a seat to drink a glass of wine and eat something with a lot of meat and not a lot of vegetables. "Relax." he tells Aeress "No one is coming before sunrise, we just make sure everyone willing to leave had left." He bites, chews, swallows and takes a sip. Lirian eventually says that people might come after midnight, but Quentin very much doubts it. "Bad news, Orin, not sure if they are news, is that the average life expectancy is about a week, with rather tight a distribution, and average mortality is, like, one hundred percent." He bites, chews, swallows and takes a sip again, while Orin has some time to consider consequences. "Good news is we are alive and maybe a little bit wiser... well, call it three little bits in case it helps. So trust us, we are actually working on the problem." Quentin then bites, and chews again, apparently just working on a piece of meat. He then swallows. "I want you to take a good care about the live rat I brought in. Feed it and stuff. I might want to run some tests on it in due time, or just observe the life cycle. It is dangerous, so have that in mind." He then devotes some more attention to his dinner and, when he's done with the meat, proclaims: "I'll want an empty table and a lot of light. For me, it's going to be rather busy evening." He finishes the wine with one last gulp and goes to fetch his belongings.
He returns with a moderately-sized bag, which he handles with ease and care. You soon learn why: the bag contains a lot of delicate glassware, mostly, but not exclusively, empty. He sets some of it on the table and starts some process including distillation of something. It seems like it is going to take some time. "Okay, this should replenish those fire breath potions and produce some extra. Now to our finds." Quentin turns his attention to the vial that should reveal... well, us, or something. He checks to make sure it is safe to drink. No known poison, not some acid or something. He does not expect it to be, but why not take some care? Assuming it's safe, he takes a small sip and looks around. "Well, then, I see what I see. You can look for yourselves, but I'm not sure if we will or will not need the rest of the concoction." He is prepared to describe what he sees if people prefer not to deplete the potion. Then he takes the mysterious syringe and starts running more fancy tests. Right off the bat, he is not going to inject himself or anyone, but would like to still have enough for one piglet, baby rabbit, normal-sized rat or, failing that, a normal-sized mouse. Making sense of the sample that he is thus left with does take some skill...
Taking an edge: Power Points
I guess a successful alchemy roll might tell Quentin a bit of what contents there are, while a successful healing roll after that might tell him what effects those contents should have on a recipient.
23:43, Today: Quentin Fox rolled 4,3,4,2 using 1d8,1d6,1d8,1d6, rerolling max. Alchemy and Healing on the contents of the syringe.
23:42, Today: Quentin Fox rolled 3,3,6,10 using 1d8,1d6,1d8,1d6, rerolling max. Alchemy and Healing on the potion.
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