17 The Zondora Soul Part 2

"So that means that we are just walking flowers. That's got to be wrong." She sits down in disbelief.

Zander spins around and faces her. "No, it just means that we can use the flowers properties to mimic your Soul. What does it look like here on Zondora"?

She pulls up an image of a beautiful bell shaped, white flower with purple down on the inside. It's beauty is descriptive.

He pulls up a map of the building they are in. Looking over all the names of the rooms: lobby, office, file room, recording equipment room, testing room, laboratory (you're here), doctors lounge, and the ones he's looking for apothecary. Seeing how close he is, he grabs her by the hand and runs out of the room.

Upon entering the room labeled Apothecary, he can see rows upon rows of shelves stocked with vials of liquids, pills, and rows of planters. Jessee's jaw drops as she looks around the room. Zander uses his inspection skill to help him identify everything in the room. He walks over to the planters and speaks to Jessee, "aloe great for acne and burns, burdock for aging, skin conditions, and gallbladder. Oh, garlic, blood purification, cholesterol, colds, flu, heartburn and more. Jackpot"!

"What is it?" She walks over to him.

"Oregon Grape Root. This stuff is AMAZING for fighting toxins." He pulls a bunch of this and puts it into his inventory. He grabs Burdock, ginger, and others. Walking over to the next planter, he sees mugwort for concentration, wormwood great for repealing bugs, belladonna deadly nightshade, and white mandrake used for inducing sleep. He pockets some of each. Walking over to the last row of planters all he sees is datura stramonium aka jimsonweed. He stops in his tracks causing Jessee to run into his back. They both look in awe.

Jessee is the first to speak "do you think... he was behind the disappearances"?

"I'm thinking so. You wouldn't need this much stuff if you weren't planning something big".

Zander bends down and inspects them closer. 'How much do you think this would make Kris'?

'You woke me up for this you jackass. Grab a few and find out for yourself. I don't have all the answers'.

'Oh did I wake the sleeping bitch? I'm so sorry. Really Kris, quit fuckin around and tell me, please'.

'Okay, enough... to at least immobilize 300 give or take 20 fully grown females'.

'Would you say that this Dr. Blacksoul was behind all these women disappearing and mysteriously dying'?

'Which items in here genius. Did you even look at the walls? It's a fuckin wonder your still breathing. Oh, would you hurry up and get it on with Jessee. She's your type and very hot'.

Zander scans all the shelves and finds a few interesting items. He grabs down a few vials of purple liquid known as [Elderberry Syrup] and takes those. He opens one and chugs it licking his lips afterwards.

He tosses one to Jessee and tells her to chug it like a whisky shot. He then puts a few in his inventory. Continuing down the rows he takes a few vials of everything trying them all.

After a half hour.

[Hidden Quest Completed: Consumer of Herbs]

[Rewards: 1000 EXP, New title: Dumbass Lab Rat, New Skill unlocked Apothecary Level 2, +2 Stat points]

<Title: Dumbass Lab Rat: great job on trying a ton of unknown lab items. The fact that you didn't die is impressive. +1 level in all things pertaining to laboratory testing>

Going to the small table in the back of the room, Zander sees four vials of a yellowish blue liquid. His inspection skill can't tell him what it is. Pulling out the empty vial of the soul substance he compares them side by side. 'Kris, is this what I think it is'?

'Zander just drink it and find out. Oh wait, you forgot that your new skill is better then your inspection skill you dumb newbie. Hahahaha'.

'Shut up bitch. Sometimes I hate you.' He throws one of the vials back like a shot of whiskey, gagging a bit as it goes down. He falls to his knees and Jessee runs up to him. He drops the now empty vial on the floor as it rolls to a stop at Jessee's feet.

-2hp

The pain gets worse. "What the... in... the Sam fuckin hells... is this shit!" Zander clutch's at Jessee's bare feet and trying to grab the vial while in pain.

-2hp

<50/60 remains>

[New Quest: Find an antitoxin]

[Rewards: Hidden]

[Failure: Death]

<20/60 remains>

'Can't think straight. You're really going to let me die Kris'?

<14/60>

"ZANDER, what's wrong? What can I do to help"?

<8..6..4..2..>

Zander pulls out the Chlorella tablet and swallows it.

Zander goes unconscious.

...

Lola appears before Zander. "Hmmm. You're still not dead my little toy." She shows him an evil smile.

"Wait. What in the fuck is going on here?! Lola"!

Lola grabs him by the head. "Watch this. This is going to be great".

Zander's body is shaking while his head is in Jesses's lap. Next thing, his body leaks fluids from his groin area. Lola LAUGHS at Zander. His body stops shaking finally and he looks like he's resting peacefully in her lap.

"Now that's some funny shit"!

"What the hells wrong with you? That's not funny at all. You made me piss myself".

"You're the dumbass that drank the vial. The fact that you're not dead yet has me speechless for once. Do you even know what you took"?

"Yeah. I drank a piss potion meant to kill me you bitch".

"Hahahahhaahhaahbahahaha! Zander you make my day." She continues LAUGHING.

"Know what? Fuck you. Don't tell me what it is".

"Your mortal body couldn't even handle a minute of sex with me. I'd kill you from sheer pleasure. Now, do you want to go back or go tit for tat"?

"Fine. Send me back. Why'd you even bring me here"?

"To show you how close you came to dying. I was kinda hopping for a new play toy, but at last I'll just have to wait for you to kill yourself for real. Oh, and go get laid already. You know you want her".

"Why does..."

...

[Quest Completed: Find an antitoxin]

[Rewards: 2000 EXP, Poison Immunity Level Max, Inspection Level 3]

"...bitch!" He sits bolt upright spitting out the last words. He gets a SLAP across the face. He rubs his cheek. "Damnit. What was that for"?

"For trying to die on me, you Bitch." She winks at him with the last two words. "Now, do you even know what you drank"?

"No. A yellowish blue liquid that looked just like your Soul Substance. Why can't I move"?

"Umm yeah, about that. I might have done a few things to your body to bring you back." She goes red in the face. She tells him what she did to him after he pissed himself. His jaw drops. "Lay me down please hun". She lays him down.

'Kris, what's my hp at sweetness'?

'Awe, I'm touched by you. You're hp is currently sitting at 04/60 hotshot. Now I'll be nice back and give you a one time boost. I mean after all what she did to you was amazing. You should probably take her out to dinner. There you're now sitting at 30/60. I'm sure if you massage my feet I could give you more hp'.

'Kris, you're in my head. How can I do something to you if you don't have a body stupid'.

'Fine. Massage Jessee's feet and I'll return you to full hp this one time. The look on her face will be priceless'.

[New Quest: Massage Jessee's Feet]

[Rewards: Full HP restore, and one HP restore vial]

[Failure: 01/60 hp and a trip back to Lola]

'Really Kris. Hahaha Lola. Very funny you guys'.

"Jessee this is going to sound weird; however, If I'm to restore my health fully I need to massage your feet, please".

A big smile appears on her face. She gives him her feet and he massages them. There is a pure look of happiness as the tension in her body leaves. This goes on for a bit of time.

[Quest Completed: Massage Jessee's Feet]

[Rewards: Full HP restore, and one HP restore vial]

[HP Restore Vial]

(Elite Level. Golden Red in color. Will restore up to 200 HP. Side effects are -2 strength for 2 minutes. Created by Lola and given out by Kris. Good luck trying to synthesize this).

Using inspection again this time this comes up about the vial he drank.

[Anti-Zondora Soul Substance]

(Elite Level poison. Yellowish Teal in color. Will reduce strength and energy by -50 points. Will reduce HP -10 every second until consumer is dead or 20 seconds goes by. Antitoxin will nullify the permanent debuffs. If consumer lives, he suffers paralysis for 2 hours. Created by Dr. Blacksoul)

"I think Our crazy doctor was experimenting with much worse then the Nero Toxin." Holds out the vial he just drank to her.

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