[[SP- F10]] An Unexpectedly Dangerous Solution

[Mari 1]

The encounter had been an odd one; one that Mari still struggled to understand, at times the plague doctor seemed volatile - but in each of his actions, he had done no harm to her. The closest thing to harm would be his threat. A blade to her throat- but Mari didn’t take that to heart. They were both Pkers, it was a natural response. After that, he had even helped her. Dousing her in some form of acrid mob repellent. 

The weight of the floor, and its constant threat to crush her with its sense of foreboding meant nothing compared to the new challenge Mari had before her. A vial - so small and innocuous. She stood in the center of the tent that was her former ‘Alchemic Contagion’ store. Its floor covered in rugs, the pillows all pushed to the side to make way for an extra table. Above that table hung a near fluorescent light. It had been too long since Mari was excited to work on something.

Then this tiny thing just falls into her lap from some strange Russian doctor? She peered into the vial, the inside was viscous - and giving it a small shake - it almost looked like thread worms? “I can’t seem to identify this - so that means…it wasn’t made using the alchemy profession.” Mari mused. She had just three days to figure out what it was.

Mari gently shook the vial again, noticing that with enough force - the liquids would begin to separate.

Oh

…She’d need to make a fucking centrifuge.

 

 

 

Spoiler

Name: Mari
True Tier: 9
Level: 34
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 720/720
EN: 106/106

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 30
Accuracy: 3
Evasion: 2
Battle Healing: 40
Stealth Rating: 3
KEEN: 1
HB: 16
FLN: 8

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket:
- Darkened Bore | T4 Perfect | ACC I | Keen I | Fallen I
Armor/Trinket:
- Infernal Shadow | T4 Perfect LA | EVA II | Holy Blessing
Shield/Armor/Trinket:
-

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
- Rending Familiar

Custom Skill:
-

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Charge
- Energist
- Light Armor R5
- Polearm R5

Extra Skills:
- Survival
- Hiding R5
- First Aid R2

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Focus
- Precision
- Resolve
- Stamina

Mods:
- Meticulous
- Surpise Attack: Trickster
- Untraceable
- Vanish

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:

Housing Buffs:
- Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
- Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.

Guild Hall Buffs:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
- Alchemist[exp] R10
Gathering Profession:

 

[Mari 1]

It took the better half of the day to procure the equipment for it - it would have been much quicker if she didn’t have her orange crystal but…Mari didn’t think she’d have the time to go beat redemption then try to figure out just what was in the vial.

….Which she was still tempted to drink. No. No Mari. That was bad. Real bad. She couldn’t do that. Instead. Mari began to work on her makeshift centrifuge.  It wasn’t too hard really - She had a lazy susan which she had bolted to one of the corners of the table. On top of that, a large wooden plank - with small dowels to hold things in place. On one end, Mari had placed the vial - for good measure she had wrapped some string around it to hold it firmly in place - the last thing she wanted to do was to have it flung off and break.

“Okay…” She had tested it once with a bottle of water - but now was the real deal. Her eyes shifted to the strange vial then, she started to turn the lazy susan - utilizing a piece of string she wrapped around and around the base of it, all she had to do was pull hard and fast on the string till it spun. The wooden machination whirred loudly then slowly came to a stop.

The vial came to a stop, and the liquids began to settle, now two separate colours - a dark viscous purple, and sitting on top of it; a soft hue of pink - those same spindly strands that she caught earlier. “Just…” Mari thought to herself as her brow furrowed. “What are they?

If Mari were to recall her chemistry lessons - the spindly ropes did remind her of something…but - there was no way.

[Mari 1]

A feeling of pride welled up inside her- and Mari just had to message someone. How many people within Aincrad could say they built an actual centrifuge?? Not many, she chanced. There were few people she knew that would appreciate something like this. Mari didn’t have the name of the plague doctor - so she messaged the next best person.

 

Quote

To: Freyd.
From: Mari
Subject (none)
Guess who just made a fucking centrifuge!
Me. I did.

That was all the context she’d give the man. If he was curious - he’d ask.

Now…Mari peered curiously into the vial - the liquids would soon filter back into each other but for now. It was like a lava lamp. “How pretty…” She said to herself, almost mesmerized by how the spindly strands wiggled and churned within the liquid. “You surely can’t be what I’m thinkin’ of. That would make no sense.”

Mari yawned. It was late…she took a step away from the table, rubbing her eyes. They stung - partly from staring at the vial for hours on end, and partly from the acrid smell that still lingered. Sleep. She’d sleep tonight and figure out the rest tomorrow. She still had two days after all.

Vanity Tag: @Freyd