Another bunny got me this afternoon. Help, someone?
Brenda looked from the book sitting on the table to the cauldron that was in front of her, checking that she had made sure to add all of the ingredients in the potion in the exact order.
"Okay. Stir three times counter clockwise twice?" She muttered to herself. Was that right? She thought that was what the book said but it did sound a bit odd. After a moment, she shrugged and started to stir.
Three times was a pretty magical number, she thought, so doing it twice would probably make the potion twice as strong. She smiled happily as she looked down into her cauldron. She couldn't believe her good luck to find the book she was currently using just lying in the hallway in front of Dr.
James's office. It was rather tattered and since it was handwritten, she was sure that it must be very old. And an old potions book was sure to have some things in it that would work. After all, it was time tested.
The potion book she had been using before definitely hadn't worked. Steg had acted affectionate for a little while but then it had wore off.
"Perfect!" She smiled as she looked into the cauldron and saw the purple mixture almost glowing back at her. Purple, that was a kind of romantic color and then there was the name of the potion, Deadly Passion,
just what she wanted. Suddenly, she frowned and pulled the book a bit closer. The handwriting was pretty terrible, especially in the title. She squinted to read it better. Was that Deadly Passion or Deadly Poison?
After a few minutes of staring at the book from every angle that she could think of, she still couldn't make up her mind.
Brenda picked the cauldron up, starting to dump it into the sink but she suddenly stopped. She had gone to a lot of trouble to make this thing and she hated to let it go to waste. And it looked harmless, after all.
Maybe she could test it on someone else first and then if they didn't die,
she could give it to Steg. With a smile, she sit the cauldron down and picked up a bottle to pour it into. She really, really hoped that it was Deadly Passion. That sounded like a whole lot of fun.
Several minutes later, Brenda wondered into the doctor's lounge,
the potion stuffed into her pocket. She glanced around the room looking for a likely target. She could just pour a bit into someone's food or drink or.... Wait a minute, no one in the blasted room was eating! They didn't have so much as a cookie! What gave with that? It was supper-time.
They all should have been munching away!
"I can't believe someone at all of the lunches," one of the residents said with a shake of his head as he drifted out the door followed by a nurse.
Brenda frowned on hearing this news. She had counted on having a wide range of possible test subjects, of maybe even feeding the potion to that obnoxious Hook. If it killed him, after all, she wouldn't exactly need Deadly Passion to get some action out of Steg. Now what was she going to do?
Just then the door came open and Dr. Havens came in with a cup of coffee. Brenda frowned for a moment. At his age, how was she going to know if he died due to the potion or old age? Beggars couldn't be choosers,
though. As Dr. Havens sat his cup of coffee down to open the refrigerator,
she quickly dumped some of the potion into it and backed away before he could notice anything suspicious.
"What happened to my supper?" Dr. Havens asked as he turned around, holding up an empty brown bag. His wife had sent him lasagna leftovers and a large slice of chocolate cake that he had been dying to eat.
"Who knows. So, got a lot of work to do tonight?" Brenda asked.
She should know where to check for the potential corpse later.
"An autopsy that has to be ready by tomorrow." Dr. Havens said with a shake of his head. "Guess I'll have to grab something from the machine. See you later."
Brenda smiled as he exited the room. She would just have to pop down to the morgue in a few hours and see if he was dead. And if he was by some chance, well, then she could just feed the rest of the potion to Hook somehow. Steg would be thrilled with her if she did that.
Brenda looked from the book sitting on the table to the cauldron that was in front of her, checking that she had made sure to add all of the ingredients in the potion in the exact order.
"Okay. Stir three times counter clockwise twice?" She muttered to herself. Was that right? She thought that was what the book said but it did sound a bit odd. After a moment, she shrugged and started to stir.
Three times was a pretty magical number, she thought, so doing it twice would probably make the potion twice as strong. She smiled happily as she looked down into her cauldron. She couldn't believe her good luck to find the book she was currently using just lying in the hallway in front of Dr.
James's office. It was rather tattered and since it was handwritten, she was sure that it must be very old. And an old potions book was sure to have some things in it that would work. After all, it was time tested.
The potion book she had been using before definitely hadn't worked. Steg had acted affectionate for a little while but then it had wore off.
"Perfect!" She smiled as she looked into the cauldron and saw the purple mixture almost glowing back at her. Purple, that was a kind of romantic color and then there was the name of the potion, Deadly Passion,
just what she wanted. Suddenly, she frowned and pulled the book a bit closer. The handwriting was pretty terrible, especially in the title. She squinted to read it better. Was that Deadly Passion or Deadly Poison?
After a few minutes of staring at the book from every angle that she could think of, she still couldn't make up her mind.
Brenda picked the cauldron up, starting to dump it into the sink but she suddenly stopped. She had gone to a lot of trouble to make this thing and she hated to let it go to waste. And it looked harmless, after all.
Maybe she could test it on someone else first and then if they didn't die,
she could give it to Steg. With a smile, she sit the cauldron down and picked up a bottle to pour it into. She really, really hoped that it was Deadly Passion. That sounded like a whole lot of fun.
Several minutes later, Brenda wondered into the doctor's lounge,
the potion stuffed into her pocket. She glanced around the room looking for a likely target. She could just pour a bit into someone's food or drink or.... Wait a minute, no one in the blasted room was eating! They didn't have so much as a cookie! What gave with that? It was supper-time.
They all should have been munching away!
"I can't believe someone at all of the lunches," one of the residents said with a shake of his head as he drifted out the door followed by a nurse.
Brenda frowned on hearing this news. She had counted on having a wide range of possible test subjects, of maybe even feeding the potion to that obnoxious Hook. If it killed him, after all, she wouldn't exactly need Deadly Passion to get some action out of Steg. Now what was she going to do?
Just then the door came open and Dr. Havens came in with a cup of coffee. Brenda frowned for a moment. At his age, how was she going to know if he died due to the potion or old age? Beggars couldn't be choosers,
though. As Dr. Havens sat his cup of coffee down to open the refrigerator,
she quickly dumped some of the potion into it and backed away before he could notice anything suspicious.
"What happened to my supper?" Dr. Havens asked as he turned around, holding up an empty brown bag. His wife had sent him lasagna leftovers and a large slice of chocolate cake that he had been dying to eat.
"Who knows. So, got a lot of work to do tonight?" Brenda asked.
She should know where to check for the potential corpse later.
"An autopsy that has to be ready by tomorrow." Dr. Havens said with a shake of his head. "Guess I'll have to grab something from the machine. See you later."
Brenda smiled as he exited the room. She would just have to pop down to the morgue in a few hours and see if he was dead. And if he was by some chance, well, then she could just feed the rest of the potion to Hook somehow. Steg would be thrilled with her if she did that.