>>43283924
You groan and try in vain to shift the weight sitting atop you. It’s way too late, late enough that it could be called early without much trouble. You’ve just gotten back from what turned out to be an unnecessary mission to rescue Hiss and Liss but your work is far from over. Old Bart is apparently out there and his magical constructs have already struck once. You can’t waste time sleeping now, no matter how tired you feel. You have to be getting ready, preparing to fight a wizard who doesn’t know when to die.

There’s just one thing obstructing you. Hiss has just fallen asleep more or less on top of you so it’s going to be hard to do anything. You feel like she hasn’t been entirely honest with you about what happened or why else would she need the Serpentbane? But now you can’t ask because she’s both asleep and incomprehensible even if she woke.
You’re going to have to move her. But waking her up could be a bad idea, she likes to get bitey sometimes.

> Shove her off you.

> Try to brew without moving her.

> Ask for Rock’s help.

> Try to put her to bed.

> Use a potion to help deal with her.

> Call for help

> Wake her up

> Other

>>43283935
>> Use a potion to help deal with her.
Potence also mix up a restoration brew.

>>43283935
> Ask for Rock’s help.
> Try to put her to bed.

>>43283935
> Use a potion to help deal with her.
Use potence to move her just out of the way but still in contact with us.
>Start brewing

>>43283935
> Pet the snake
Put her at ease before moving her
> Try to put her to bed.

>>43283935
>> Ask for Rock’s help.
>> Try to put her to bed.

>>43283935
> Pet snake.
> Try to put her to bed.

Always pet snake.

>>43283924
Isn't Shoggy posting tonight?

>>43283935
> Try to brew without moving her.

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Rolled 5 (1d6)

Looks like a three-way tie, which is a wee bit unusual. 1-2 for using a potion, 3-4 for enlisting Rock, 5-6 for tactical snake-petting action.

>>43284266
Hiss a cute, and getting petted.

>>43284121
>>43284160
Isn't petting her just more likely to wake her up?

>>43284323
Yeah, but it won't startle her, which is what makes her bitey

>>43284266
>Pet snake
>Try to put her to bed

You feel a little awkward but you start at the head and make your way down, Hiss first yawning and then squirming with pleasure. She doesn't seem to wake up all the way but she starts to latch around you.
You do your best to ease yourself upwards while keeping hold of her, allowing you to stagger forward and place her on the bed.

She moans and so you keep it up for a little while longer. You have to admit to feeling pretty frustrated yourself in that area. She'd teased you an awful lot before just falling asleep. Now there's not much you can do about it. You button her tunic back up before backing off and letting her rest.

But that's enough of that, you need to distract yourself with other things. Maybe find some cold water but you have a bad feeling that that'll be in ample supply very soon.

> Start brewing.

> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.

> Talk to Oster and Aashenpreet.

> Talk to Eugene, this is wizard business.

> Mess with Hiss.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>43284636
> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.
> Talk to Eugene, this is wizard business.
He can watch us brew some antimagic and dispel potions too

>>43284636
>> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.
> Talk to Eugene, this is wizard business.

>>43284636
> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.
> Put Oster to work on that too
See how the restored soul and familiar ground work for him.

>>43284636
> Start brewing.
> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.
Make enough dispel and antimagic brews for everybody in the house to have one each.

>>43284815
Oster is no good at fighting or detecting magical enemies.

>>43284636
> Start brewing.
This should be our first priority. We can talk to everyone afterwards.

>>43284869
Gathering intelligence was his original purpose, and Bart found out where we were and hired a thug, which means there's people in the city who have information about him

>>43284636
>> Talk to Eugene, this is wizard business.
eugene guys

>>43285090
I like him but I think we should talk to him after we're prepared for another attack.

>>43285090
We should start tracking bart first

>>43284636
> Start brewing.

>>43285121
Why on earth do you like him?

> Ask Rock to see if they can track anything down.
> Talk to Eugene, this is wizard business.

You'd like to get an early start on brewing but there's a few other things bugging you first. You can brew later. Right now you need to make sure other people are doing their part.
Rock is still floating about near the ceiling, pointedly ignoring you and Hiss together. You get the impression that she still thinks your relationship is a bad idea but if they do, the spirit doesn't mention it anymore.

"Hey Rock, can I ask you something?"

-Certainly. What is it?-

"Do you think you could fight a wizard if you had to? On your own?"

-No.-

You blink. That hadn't quite been the answer you were hoping for.
"But you can take their constructs and stuff!"

-Cennen, constructs are a childish toy for wizards. They are used for preying on non-wizards and non-spirits, they won't be used against me in a direct battle. And even that can come down to a direct contest of magical strength if he is present and that is a struggle I cannot win-

"Would you have more strength if you were still a mountain?"

-Naturally. But it would still not be enough. The shadow-man had enough innate strength to place him above the majority of all spirits. Unless this wizard is weaker than him in that regard?-

You think back to your first encounter with Old Bart, the man who'd first stopped a river and then had rode it into the sky.
"I think he's a lot stronger. But shouldn't he be weakened? He's just a staff...or something."

-I do not know enough of his circumstances to know for sure but that does not feel like a safe assumption. It would be for the best to assume the worst.-

You get it. You don't like it but you get it.
"Well I won't ask you to fight him but can you try to track him down? Through magic or whatever? I don't really know how it works."

-This is possible. I will return soon.-
Rock dissolves into a stream of sand that flows through the crack between window and windowsill.

1/2

>>43285148
He's just a likable weirdo I guess.

>>43285148
not that anon, but probably for the same reasons i like Hiss.

A combination of power, awkwardness, and weird tragedy.

>>43285271
Right. Now if this really is wizard business, you happen to have an expert on hand.

You find Eugene in the corridor outside, examining the broken window. He's weaving a chain of dandelions all strung together, petals scattering beneath his fingers. The window is already wreathed in several other flower chains, reminding you of nothing less than some strange sort of memorial. But to what?

"Eugene! What's good?"

"Hi Cennen," he mumbles, sounding quite distracted. "How goes the brewing?"

"Haven't started yet. So uh, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like?," Eugene snaps, a suddenly angered tone to his voice. A moment later however and he's back to the same dope as always.
"Another wizard broke into my sanctum. I'm erecting a scryguard so that he won't be able to detect us while we're in here."

> "But he already knows we're here."

> "I might need your help soon."

> "How good are you at fighting other wizards?"

> "How's your mother?"

> "How does this work, exactly?"

> Other

>>43285442
>> "How's your mother?"
>> "How does this work, exactly?"
> "But he already knows we're here."

>>43285442
> "But he already knows we're here."
> Tell him all we know about Bart

>>43285442
> "But he already knows we're here."
> "How good are you at fighting other wizards?"
> "How's your mother?"
>Met this one before, name's Bart, he's a water wizard.

>>43285442
> "How does this work, exactly?"

> "I might need your help soon."

>>43285442
> "I might need your help soon."
> I'm doing what I can to track him right now.

>>43285442
See if he has any ideas for a potion that might boost his abilities. Magesight? Magic booster? We have skills, but we need to know what HE needs and how it works.

>>43285590
Actually since we're still technically a plant he could use his magic to give us some buffs or something I bet

You scratch your head, thinking over what he just said.
"But he already knows we're here."

"Pardon?"

"I mean, he knows where we are. He just broke in a few hours ago"

"Oh."
Eugene seems to visibly deflate right before your very eyes.
"I don't know why I didn't think of that. But still! Now he can't look further!"
He drops his flower chain in disgust.

"It can't hurt at least. So how does all of this work exactly? I didn't think protecting against scrying was a dandelion-related magic."

Eugene contrives to look offended.
"As much as I loathe to go against theme, I can do non-dandelion magic you know. This is just a Sight gimmick. It's like alchemy, not proper magic. It's not restricted to my Domain."

"So why use flower wreaths?"

"Well uh there needs to be a physical medium and I'm the Dandelion Wizard you know? It still has to be flavored. I'd bet you anything that this other wizard is using his own element to scry us as well."

"Water."

"Eh?"

"We've met him before. He's a Water Wizard. Name's Old Bart."

Eugene groans.
"SOMEONE was quick on the draw, I see."

"What do you mean?"

"He's got a prime element. That arsehole. I mean, not that I'm unhappy with dandelions but..."
You wonder how much Domain-based jealousy drives wizard interaction.
"There's only so much magic to go around," Eugene grumps. "And it sounds like he got the good part. Scrying is easy for him then, he probably only has to use a pool of still water. Have you ever tried to see the future in a flower? It's hard."

"You sound jealous."

"I'm not. And it's more than that."
He declines to speak further on the matter.

"Uhuh. Well I might need your help soon to deal with him, alright?

"Absolutely."

"Where's your staff? You might need that."

He pats his walking stick affectionately.
"Staffs are so traditional. Blazing new styles with my reservoirs."

1/2

>>43286097
Too bad we can't use the plant grow on his staff to increase or multiply his reservoirs. Or soul mend? We don't know enough about magic

>>43286097
You peer at the stick. You suppose it's a little more incognito than the usual get-up but you don't think being unnoticed was ever Eugene's intention.
"Looks a little like Liss' one."

"You think so? I won't lie, I actually chose this to show solidarity with her, her sister is such a sweet girl. And a very good maid. My room's never been cleaner."

As you recall, Eugene lives in the basement here and was never prone to personal tidiness so appreciating a maid makes sense. You're more surprised that Aina is still in one piece after cleaning up his trash.
"That's nice. What does she think of it?"

"You know what? I don't think either of them have noticed."
He actually looks a little forlorn. You try not to chuckle.

"How's your mum? I haven't seen her about yet."

He flicks a hand dismissively.
"She's doing fine. I don't like to talk to her much."

You think you remember that.
"Why not?"

"It's complicated. And awkward. She stays out of the basement and that's good by me."

> Tell him about your own plant nature and if he can help you.

> "Can you make flower golems or something?"

> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.

> Tell him about your own mastery.

> Leave and go find someone else.

> Leave and go brew.

> Other4

>>43286309
> Tell him about your own plant nature and if he can help you.
> "Can you make flower golems or something?"
> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.
Start brewing antimagic and dispel brews as we talk

>>43286309
>> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
>> Tell him about your own mastery.

>>43286309
> "Can you make flower golems or something?"

> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.

> Tell him about your own mastery.

>>43286309
> Tell him about your own plant nature and if he can help you.
I really don't want to tell him about this but we must.
> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.

>>43286309
> Tell him about your own plant nature and if he can help you.
> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.
Golems wouldn't be useful against another wizard anyway

>>43286309
> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.
> "Can you make flower golems or something?"
> Describe to him what we've seen of Bart's magic

>>43286424
I really don't want to tell him about this but we must.

We really don't, not yet anyways.

If anything we might insult him by lumping whatever we are in with his theme.

>>43286309
Get our lab and begin brewing while he watches and then
> Tell him about your own plant nature and if he can help you.
> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.

>>43286502
It was his own magic that made us into a plant. Nothing offensive about that at all.

>>43286374
>>43286424
>>43286461
>>43286568
There's no way telling him about our plant nature will end well.

>>43286590
plant+human=/=dandelion

>>43286606
He made the brew that gave us a plant nature. We're likely his only friend, I trust him with that info.

Sorry about the delays, I have heartburn and have been feeling pretty shitty.

> Ask him about his own brewing attempts.
> Tell him about your own mastery.

You figure you should probably change the subject to something less awkward. You're still not sure what's between Eugene and Lady Trebain but it's probably not any of your business. At least, not right now.
"How's your brewing been going mate? I wasn't able to give you that much instruction."

Eugene's face lights up and he turns away from the window.
"Fantastic! I must admit, I keep making mistakes. There is a certain discipline to this alchemy business, isn't there? Half the time it seems like I end up making something I don't intend."

Oh that's just what you need. More of his rejects. He grabs you by the hand and pulls you forward.
"Come down here, I'll show you how I'm going!"

You let yourself be pulled to the stairs.
"Looks like we've been both making strides. I'm a master now, you know."

"That's nice," he says, sounding only a little patronizing. "That must have been very hard. Now come check this out!"

> Go with him.

> Get your lab first.

> "Sorry but I have other stuff to do first."

> "I still have one of your old rejects with me actually."

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Flee

> Other

>>43286908
> Get your lab first.
Did mentioning our plant nature not get enough votes?

>>43286908
> Get your lab first.

>>43286954
Unfortunately when everyone just votes in a mostly interchangeable mass, I usually just do the most popular ones or all of them.

>>43286908
>> Get your lab first.

>>43286908
> Get your lab first.
It's funny how you always apologize about delays when you still update much faster than nearly anybody else

>>43286908
Get lab, tell him we have one of his rejects and that it is super valuable in the Empire.

>>43287031
treebrew wasn't one of Eugene's rejects.

>>43286998
It had over half the votes in favor of it, maybe just make it an option again sometime later?

> Get your lab first.

"Woah, hold on. Let me get my lab and pack first."

"You have a lab?"

"I know, right? Let me just bring it down, I'll be back in a moment."

Your tear yourself out of his clammy grasp and make your way back to your room. Hiss is still curled up on your bed, doing that weird thing where she tries to coil up while still human. You think it's adorable but you'd never tell her that.

You grab your pack after making sure that your lab is still properly miniaturized. Looks like you've got everything ready.
But what sort of impression are you trying to make?

> Go back with your pack and don't say anything while he shows you around. Eugene doesn't need to know anything more right now.

> Show him the reject you still have first.

> Show him your plant nature first.

> You want to show off a particular brew!

> Maybe it's time you told him about snake reagents.

> Other

>>43287300
> Show him the reject you still have first.
> You want to show off a particular brew!
Heal all

>>43287175
The problem was that all of those votes were for different things. I just went with the options that everyone wanted.
If I went to write all of the options that had about at least half support then I'd have to write ALL of the options which is fine, that's what I actually do most of the time this comes up. But I'm not feeling fantastic so I went for the one that was easier on me.

>>43287300
>> Show him your plant nature first.

>>43287300
> Show him your plant nature first.
> You want to show off a particular brew!
> Treekin
Maybe he could do something cool if he had a plant nature of his own

>>43287379
This.

>>43287351
No worries, I can definitely understand how tallying votes like that would be a pain.

>>43287300
> Show him your plant nature first.
Maybe show off the potence and regen brews too? I'm starting to wish we could make soul brews that didn't require snake blood.

>>43287300
> Go back with your pack and don't say anything while he shows you around. Eugene doesn't need to know anything more right now.
Let's see what he's been up to first

>>43287512
We really ought to branch out and make some more brews that don't use snake ingredients.

>>43287300
>> Go back with your pack and don't say anything while he shows you around. Eugene doesn't need to know anything more right now.

there's going to be another delay on this one, haven't started writing yet due to bad toilet-related experience

>>43287868
Seems like you've been afflicted by a particularly nasty QM curse

>>43287379
You mean he could use his dandelion magic on his own body? That might actually give him an advantage over other wizards even with such an oddly specific and harmless domain

>Show him your plant nature first.

As you rejoin Eugene on the steps, he leads you down to the ground floor and then around the hall to the basement. As he does so, you think it's time to tell him what he had accidentally inflicted upon you.
Or well, what Hiss had inflicted upon you. But it had been his invention.
"Hey, can you uh, sense plants? Dandelions?"

Eugene stops, looking puzzled.
"I can and I can do more than that. But why?"

"So how do I feel?"

He narrows his eyes at you and then after a moment, they widen again.
"Wait that's coming from you?"

"You couldn't tell?"

"No, I have a lot of dandelions around!"
He shakes his sleeves for emphasis, several dozen flowers spilling out of them.
"There's a certain amount of dandelion background radiation occurring here. What happened to you?"

You give him a brief recounting of what his own potion did to you, something he'd apparently never noticed the first time.
"I'm a plant now. And it works with other magic like my tree-growing brews."

"So that's why you grew taller right before the ball."

"What, you never thought that was strange?"

"I don't know how you people work. Your girlfriend did it too, is she a plant as well?"

> "Yes."

> "No, she's different."

> "No, she's an alchemist of her own remember?"

> Distract him by changing the subject to a certain brew.

> Ask him to try magic on you.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>43288403
> Distract him by changing the subject to a certain brew.
Treekin. Tell him he can make himself a plant too and ask what he might be able to do with that.

>>43288403
>>43288475
Second

>>43288403
> "No, she's an alchemist of her own remember?"
and this >>43288475

>>43288403
>>43288475
This

>>43288403
> Ask him to try magic on you.

>>43288403
>>43288475
This

>>43288403
>> Ask him to try magic on you.

> Distract him by changing the subject to a certain brew.
>Treekin

You'd really rather Eugene not knowing about Hiss' true nature. The less people who know about snakes the better. Not just for secrecy but because you know Hiss could get really pissy if you gave away her secrets for no reason. She'd certainly never do it herself.
Which means it's time to change the subject once more.

"Check out this new potion I made while I was away!"
You pull the bottle of Treekin out of your bag, a potion that you have never used since first inventing it.
"It doesn't change anything about you but it makes you essentially count as being a plant for magical stuff."

Eugene doesn't notice your sudden change in topic, his eyes fixed on the bottle in your hand.
"So anyone who drinks this? What sort of plant?"

"A plant."
You don't actually know. Does it have a specific type? You'd never had to think too much about it but now that you consider it, his magic would only work on dandelions specifically. You know his reject potions likely made you into a dandelion but would this?
"To be honest? I have no clue, never really used this."

Eugene strokes his ill-advised beard.
"We'll need to test this out. Find me a test subject."

> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"

> Drink it. You're not sure if it'll work on you though.

> Suggest a test subject (Specify)

> Other

>>43288881
Liss, maybe being a plant can help her healing.

>>43288881
> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"
> "I usually test them on myself, but in this case we wouldn't know the difference. I don't like asking others to do it but..."

>>43288881
> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"
Imagine what you could do if you were a part of your own domain! We can fix it if something weird happens and I could use your old defect brew and a demorph brew to recreate my own plant nature

>>43289038
*dandelion nature

>>43288881
> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"
or you could just take your old magic potion and mix it in.

>>43288881
> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"
It only lasts a day at most and I could undo its effects immediately if necessary

>>43288881
This was made using a treebrew and snake blood. It likely wouldn't reside in his dandelion domain. Lets use his reject brew and a demorph instead.

>>43289203
Well it has to make us into some specific sort of plant right? Maybe it would be dandelion out of sheer luck.

>>43289302
Well treebrew works on all plants so maybe it would count as a dandelion soul as well as any other specific plant

> "Why can't you just drink it yourself?"

"Why can't you just drink it yourself? I'd have drunk it myself but it probably wouldn't do anything to me."

"What? You drink your own potions to test them?"

"...Sometimes. A lot of alchemists do."
You neglect to mention the number of alchemists who your old Master had told you die from poison or acid ingestion every year.
"I can undo it if needs be, don't worry about it."

The two of you enter the basement together and you note that the place is indeed much tidier than before. Aina must take her job seriously. You can't help but feel your eyes drawn to a shelf filled with a variety of glowing yellow rejects.
Eugene downs the potion, grimacing at the taste.
"I don't feel any different."

"You're not supposed to. Can't you sense anything?"

"I can't sense myself. That'd be absurd. How am I supposed to know?"

> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."

> Check out his rejects.

> Set up and start brewing right now.

> Ask him about what potions he's been able to replicate successfully.

> Other

>>43289534
> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."
When that fails give him the reject+demorph combo and try again

>>43289592
This

>>43289534
> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."


> Check out his rejects.

>>43289534
> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."
A spell for growth or healing

> Check out his rejects.
> Ask him about what potions he's been able to replicate successfully.

>>43289534
> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."

We should check out his soul with a soulsight. Might give us some clues on why his personality changed when he became a wizard.

>>43289534
>> Set up and start brewing right now.
it would probably be a waste of time to create a a potion that identifies people as a plant or not a plant.....

>>43289878
Also we'd see what his plant soul looks like

>>43289534
>>43289878
Supporting this

> "Why not cast some sort of spell on yourself? I don't know, this is your field."

You shrug.
"Just a cast some magic on yourself man. I don't know, this is your field."

Eugene starts to sweat.
"But what if I mess it up?"

"CAN you mess it up?"

"I don't know but I'm not sure if I want to find out."

"Oh man up. Sometimes you just have to take stupid risks for no real reason."

Eugene groans and then waves his stick in a figure of eight along the ground. A strange glow settles around him for a moment before fading.
"It worked!"

"What did you do?"

"Just a minor Invigoration, nothing special. But do you know what this means? You can turn anyone into plants! You have to teach me how to make this potion."

> Try to teach him.

> "No." You're not sure you trust him with that.

> "Your own potions already do this, you know that right?"

> Use Soulsight.

> Just get to work brewing. You've wasted enough time already.

> Other

>>43290182
> "Your own potions already do this, you know that right?"
It only lasts a day. I think yours are permanent. Didn't you learn the identification brew?
> Use Soulsight.
> Just get to work brewing. You've wasted enough time already.

>>43290182
> "No." You're not sure you trust him with that.
FUCK NO, it also uses snake blood, tell him we made it with some rare quedeshi plant.

> Use Soulsight.

>>43290182
Tell him if he modifies the reject brew he gaveus he can do it better himself. Issue it as a challenge/learning experience. Our brewing methhods don't work the same for him.
> Use Soulsight.

>>43290182
> "No." You're not sure you trust him with that.
I ran out of materials also only last a day.

> "Your own potions already do this, you know that right?"
> Use Soulsight.

>>43290388
This. We could also give him the treebrew recipe at least.

>>43290265
>>43290388
>>43290413

> You can turn anyone into plants!
Sounds like he's already thinking of the possibilities, are you sure we want him to know this?

>>43290265
I'm pretty sure that's the recipe we gave him before we left last time right?

>>43290545
Poor guy deserves some useful applications of his magic.

>>43290182
>> "Your own potions already do this, you know that right?"
you must never use this power for evil

> "No." You're not sure you trust him with that.
>Use Soulsight

You shake your head.
"Can't, sorry."
In truth, you just don't want to. You don't trust him with this power and you sure don't trust him knowing about snake reagents.
"It uses a very rare ingredient and I don't have anymore right now. It's from overseas."

Eugene looks downcast so you decide to cheer him up a little.
"But don't worry, I'm sure you can figure out a replacement with your reject brews. Consider it a challenge!"

"I guess so," he says glumly, all previous enthusiasm gone. While he's distracted, you start to dig around in your pack for a Soulsight. It's time to finally get some insight into just what a wizard is!
Only you used your Soulsight before and you still haven't replaced it. You're going to have to brew another one. And to do that, you're going to need some fresh blood.

> Just stay down here and brew other things.

> Ask Eugene about his rejects.

> Show Eugene a different potion (Specify)

> See if you can get some blood from Hiss.

> See if you can get some blood from Aash.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>43290588
I'm just saying, this might end up being too useful

>>43290646
>> See if you can get some blood from Aash.

>>43290646
>> Ask Eugene about his rejects.
> Just stay down here and brew other things.
show him Bunyip.

>>43290646
> Ask Eugene about his rejects.

>>43290646
> Just stay down here and brew other things.
Time to stop getting sidetracked. I do wanna see his rejects eventually though.

>>43290646
> Just stay down here and brew other things.

>>43290646
>> Just stay down here and brew other things.

>>43290705
We can't really explain the shapeshifting brew. Maybe we could use bunyip to show off the strength granted by a potence brew though.

> Just stay down here and brew other things.

You set your lab up, shaking each piece of glassware to restore it to its normal size while Eugene mulls over his reject shelf. You don't know how long you have left, it's time to get brewing.

> Brew a potion you already know (Specify)

> Experiment with Treebrew

> Experiment with Journey Brew

> Experiment with reagents.

> Experiment with something else (Specify)

> Experiment with Eugene's potions.

> Other

>>43290985
> Experiment with Eugene's potions.
Looking for a plant based thing that can suck up a lot of water.

>>43290985
Brew a dispell and do some experiments with it, like a gas-based anti magic effect or something

>>43290985
> Brew a potion you already know (Specify)
4 antimagic and 4 dispel brews. We've already got one of each and I want everyone in the party including Eugene to have one of each too

>>43290985
make dispels.

>>43291061
I like this idea, but maybe Eugene could work on it while we make more antimagic and dispel brews?

>>43291143
It would have to turn it into oxygen and glucose quickly too otherwise Bart could probably still control the water while it was in the plant

>>43291143
We should totally collaborate with eugene to make it after we make our other brews. Make it a root-shield type thing. Eugene might actually be able to do this without brews, just using his wizard magic.

>>43290985
>> Experiment with Journey Brew
might come in useful, lets not forget we have to make a good faith effort with this.

>Antimagic and Dispels!

Considering that you're up against a wizard, the choice seems obvious. You brew up four Dispel Elixirs and follow them up with four Antimagic Potions.

Meanwhile Eugene has taken to pacing, waving his stick about in a rather dangerous manner.
"Water...water...I think I can help with that?"

"Oh?"

"Dandelions drink water. I can work with that, I think. I just need to get some practice in."
He starts bouncing a flower between his fingers.

"Like a giant flower golem or something?"

"Not really, no. I can't control it directly."

"Why not?"

"Anything you can control directly is too complex. If you're not with it, another wizard can subvert it. And even when you are, they could just cut its strings instead. It has to be autonomous."

The door creaks open as the two of you talk, prompting you to look around.

It's...

> Hiss

> Aashenpreet

> Oster

> Aina

> Liss

> Rock

> Lady Trebain

>>43291407
>> Liss

>>43291407
> Liss

>>43291407
> Oster

>>43291407
> Rock

>>43291407
> Aashenpreet

>>43291407
> Aashenpreet

>>43291407
> Liss

>>43291407
> Liss

> Liss

You're just bottling your last Antimagic potion when Liss steps in, huffing for breath. Going down those stairs must have been hard for her. Eugene glances up at her for just a moment.
"Please leave Aina, it's too busy to clean right now."

Liss just gives a tired sigh, her walking stick clutched in one hand.

"Hey there Liss, you alright?"
She certainly doesn't look alright. Not that you're surprised, she was just kidnapped not that long ago. She should be sleeping.

"Do I look alright?," she says, echoing your own thoughts.

"Maybe you should get some sleep then before the sun rises. You look awful. Er, no offense."

"Thanks Cennen."

"Are you out of heal-alls? You should have sent someone else, you don't have to come all the way down here."

"No. No, it's not that. I think there's something I need to tell you. Or ask you? It's about Hiss."

> "I swear, she won't try to push you into anymore monsters."

> "Don't worry, I'll make sure she doesn't hurt you."

> See if you have any potions that might help her.

> Ask her to explain.

> "Oh no, what did she do now?"

> Use potion (specify)

> Other

>>43291835
> Ask her to explain.
lol why would you guys vote for her

>>43291835
> See if you have any potions that might help her.
> "Oh no, what did she do now?"

>>43291877
For precisely this scene

>>43291835
> Ask her to explain.

>>43291835
> Ask her to explain.

>>43291835
> See if you have any potions that might help her.
> Accompany her outside.
> Ask her to explain.

>>43291835
> Offer to help her back up the stairs
> Ask her to explain.

>>43291835
> See if you have any potions that might help her.
> Ask her to explain.

>>43291835
> Ask her to explain.

> Ask her to explain.

You get a sinking feeling in your stomach the moment she mentions Hiss. Damn it. And here you'd thought they'd actually been getting on well!
"Feel free to tell me all about it, I'll see what I can do."

Liss glances at Eugene.
"Can we do it somewhere else?"

It's apparently a sensitive matter too? Something doesn't add up. You briefly consider asking Eugene to leave before deciding that would be too rude.
"Here, I'll help you up the stairs."

You take her hand and lead her on, trying to help her back up. She flinches away from your touch for just a moment before accepting.

"So," you say once you're away from the wizard. "What's going on?"

Liss is clearly uncomfortable to say anything at all but over a small amount of time she tells you about how she had caught Hiss in her true form and had used some wishes. About how she had told her everything. Oh shit. So that's why she needed the Serpentbane.
"...and I was thinking, you've been in that situation a lot. What did you use your wishes for? How did you use them?"
She's still holding something back, there's an aspect to this story you still don't know.

You're not sure what to do, part of you is still reeling. Did Hiss really tell her everything? Fuck that's...dangerous. Shouldn't she have eaten this out of her head? As cruel as it sounds, that might be the best. Liss has had a hard enough time as it is without being wrapped up in your adventures further.

> "I only used my wishes responsibly and for what she wanted."

> "In hindsight I was kind of timid with my wishes."

> "I think it'd be best if you didn't follow us further."

> You need to get her memories eaten.

> She isn't telling you something. Probe for that.

> Give her a potion (Specify)

> Take her to Hiss. Get her side of the story.

> Other

>>43292171
> "In hindsight I was kind of timid with my wishes."
but it saved my life, so what're you gonna do?
> She isn't telling you something. Probe for that.

>>43292171
> "I only used my wishes responsibly and for what she wanted."
It was mostly during life threatening situations or for something that helped her in the end. It kinda feels wrong to take their free will away and use a wish for selfish reasons.

>>43292171
> She isn't telling you something. Probe for that.
Does she know about Aash and godhiss?
> "I only used my wishes responsibly and for what she wanted."
Most of the time

>>43292171
> "I only used my wishes responsibly and for what she wanted."
> She isn't telling you something. Probe for that.
Hiss used a potion to break the wishbond last night anyway. What did you wish for?

>>43292171
> "I only used my wishes responsibly and for what she wanted."
She is my princess.
> She isn't telling you something. Probe for that.

>>43292171
> You need to get her memories eaten.
Can anybody tell me why we're wasting time with this instead of preparing for a wizard who wants to kill us?

>>43292171
>>43292275

Seconding. It's the line of questioning I would go for.

Ugh, hold on guys. I feel really shitty and tired, probably due to that previous incident and because I guess 4 hours of sleep isn't quite enough. I'm starting to nod off while writing posts. Sorry. I'll do a Thread 63.5 tomorrow.

>>43292465
Thanks for running man, take care

>>43292465
Thanks for running!

>>43292465
Night Ouro.