I couldn't resist.
I own nothing.
Vander walked into the kitchen to find Zen and Kaleb silently working. While Zen could cook, Kaleb burned water. Xally had nearly died laughing when perfectionist Kaleb forgot to check the water while peeling and cutting up potatoes.
More than that, half of the herbs from the potion cabinet were on the counter. Kaleb was using so much force to crush whatever herbs were in his mortar that it looked like he might break it.
"Whatcha doin'?"
"Be quiet. I'm concentrating," Kaleb said through clenched teeth.
Vander turned to Zen who looked like he was trying to keep from laughing.
"He's trying to prove that a Tech can learn traditional magic too. He's trying to create a new lust potion with only what was in our cabinet."
"And you?"
"Attraction with a hint of lust."
"Uh huh…" Vander bit his lip and looked between Kaleb and Zen with an arched eyebrow. "You two do know that you could go up to virtually any woman or man and ask them to share pleasure and they would, right? I mean, don't get me wrong. Lucy's hot, but isn't this a bit much?"
"No," both men said.
"You two have heard enough horror stories from Bix to know what she'll do to you when she finds out you slipped this to her, right?"
"That's why were making ones meant for us. To intensify her attraction towards us," Zen said.
"Oh…I can already think of half-dozen different way this is gonna go bad. I'm gonna go find Farron to see he can talk some sense into you."
When he found the oldest Pradesh man, Farron said he'd already tried and failed to make them see sense. Deciding that, for once, it was his turn to be the voice of reason, Vander hung out in a shadow in the kitchen until Kaleb managed to successfully make a potion that didn't register as toxic.
Before either of them could drink their potions, Vander popped out of the shadows, stole both cups, and gulped them down. Immediately, he felt really hot. "You know, I should've just dumped those." Then, he giggled and Void jumped before either of them could catch him.