Section 3: What an Ugly Color of Green
The two bottles didn't seem to differ except for color of the potions inside. Scarlet stared at the potions and tried to decide which one she wanted. Either one would probably be fun to play with. She didn't want to spend all day in Hojo's lab so she decided to leave it up to chance. Scarlet closed her eyes and grabbed one of the potions. Scarlet lifted it up out of the box and held it up to the light. She was mildly disappointed that she picked the green one.
Scarlet murmured, "What an ugly color of green."
Before she could change her mind Scarlet put the small bottle in her purse. She then carefully placed the box back where she found it. Scarlet looked over at Hojo and saw that he had started to bring out some odd equipment. She decided to make herself scarce before he 'accidentally' used it on her.
Accidents happened more frequently than anyone cared to imagine. Scarlet had heard stories of Hojo using interns as guinea pigs because they brought him the wrong type of coffee. She had also heard rumors that a Turk had been the victim of one of Hojo's experiments. Scarlet wasn't sure about the last one. She couldn't imagine that the Turks would let Hojo live if they caught him doing experiments on one of their own.
Scarlet hurried out of the lab and called the elevator. As she waited for it to reach her she took out the potion and examined it. On one side was a small yellow sticky note. Scarlet had to reread it a couple of times before she could decipher Hojo's handwriting. The note read, "Love Potion. Instructions: Put in liquid and have victim drink. Victim will fall in love with the first person seen. Effect lasts an undetermined amount of time."
Scarlet frowned. She didn't need a love potion to make men fall in love with her. Yet, the potion did have promise, Scarlet thought. She could make someone who hated her fall in love with her. Scarlet giggled. There was something thrilling about that thought. If she was feeling particularly sadistic she could always break his heart.
Scarlet wasn't interested in using the potion on most of the men in the company. It might be interesting to use the potion on the President, but he tended to have the Turks execute those who messed with him. The Vice-President wasn't in Midgar at the time so he was out. Scarlet didn't want to use the potion on Heidegger and Palmer, they were annoying enough as it was. Hojo was also out. At the moment Scarlet could only think of two acceptable candidates. The first was leader of the Turks, Tseng, the other was the Head of Urban Development, Reeve.
The doors to the elevator opened and Scarlet walked inside. Her hand hovered over the buttons. She didn't think she had enough of the potion to use on both men, so she had to choose one or the other.
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Who will Scarlet chose?
Will Scarlet choose Reeve, the geeky yet oddly attractive Head of Urban Development? Go to Section 4: What, uh, do you Want?
Or will Scarlet choose Tseng, the seemingly emotionless yet handsome leader of the Turks? Go to Section 7: Would you like Some Tea?