THE 23RD ACCOUNT: PIONEER DES AND HIS LOYAL CREW 11

HE WHO IS CALLED QUACK! 5

The next day, I had prepared my mind and my body for the pain that Ojoz might have thought of for my initiation. But, I was so wrong. My initiation was the simplest of all. All I had to do was help him organize his chemicals and herbs.

"Follow me to the laboratory," he said. I followed without a word. I do not want to put him in a bad mood. Not that I was afraid of him. It was just that it's a hassle to feel pain after I've already relaxed.

There were two rooms in the second deck that had the sign KEEP OUT on the door. We went to the first door and he explained to me that he requested this laboratory when they were able to acquire Pioneer DES. Ojoz made me wear a mask for protection before we started. He wore a transparent one. He has several chemicals and herbs. Some of them I was familiar with because of my travels and some were used by the palace's herbalists whenever one of us royals were sick.