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"Vayne!" Said boy turned around, seeing Jessica at the alchemy pot synthesizing something; never a good sight.
"Yes?" He asked, terrified of knowing the answer.
Jess requested, "Can you get me some dunkelhite?"
Vayne sighed. "Sure." He retrieved some of the ingredient then handed it to her. She thanked him and went back to stirring the mixture in the pot.
Because of his past trauma from the girl's previous synthesises, Vayne shied away until he was out of the room without being spotted by the psychomaniac. He sat outside the workshop out of harms way but close enough to run in and check on his friend if anything went wrong. After a moment of sitting there he began absent-mindedly stroking Sulphur, who was curled up in his lap purring.
Then Nikki rounded the corner, and noticed Vayne on the ground. She bent down next to him and guessed, "Jess making a synthesis?" The silver-haired boy nodded. Both teens waited patiently for the pink-haired woman to finish creating whatever horror she had thought of, straining to hear anything out of the ordinary.
Suddenly, they heard Jess scream, and they rushed inside to check on her. The scream hadn't been one of terror, but one of triumph. The girl had actually made something on her own without blowing up the workshop. She grabbed a vial and scooped up the blueish clear liquid simmering in the alchemy pot.
Jessica skipped over to her friends and offered them the vial. "Wanna try some?" Nikki immediately turned down the offer, but Vayne hesitated.
"What is it?" He questioned.
"Medicine." Jess answered, the look on her face suggesting that he should've known that already.
Vayne stammered, "Well..I really don't need any medicine right now..."
"Can you just try it?" Jessica pleaded.
The boy sighed. "Fine." He took the vial and examined it for a few seconds, then sipped a little bit. He handed it back to her. "It's not bad, but doesn't taste very good either."
Nikki asked, "What does it do?"
"Well..." Jess started. ''...I actually don't know." She laughed weakly.
"WHAT!?" Vayne and Nikki both yelled at once.
Vayne cried, "For all you know you could've just given me poison!"
"No!" Jess reasoned. "Last time I tried to make poison it exploded!"
Nikki and Jess continued fighting over the potion, while Vayne leaned into the wall. He was starting to feel lightheaded. "Um..guys..?" He whispered as his legs began feeling weak. "I don't feel so well..." Vayne's legs collapsed underneath him, causing the boy to fall to his knees. The girls tried to catch him before he face planted into the ground, but just as their hands made contact with his body he turned to smoke; passing easily through their fingers.
"VAYNE!" They screamed together.
