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[Mysterious Stranger]

"Yeah, I was trying to find a way to create a plant that acted like a serpent, including producing it's own poison. You actually helped me beta test that idea back there." She said, pointing to the biting plant.

[Aran Ryan]

"Err... you're welcome?" He spoke nervously as well as laughing.

[Mysterious Stranger]

She laughed as well. "Yeah, thanks for that. I wish I had more test subjects like you!" She joked.
"Really though, it has a long way to go before it's complete. I want to create a plant that thinks and actually interacts with it's surroundings, and not just reacts to what's touching them."
She took out a vial from her pocket and took several small gulps of it.

[Aran Ryan]

"I see."

He picked up one of the vials from the shelf and examined it.

[Mysterious Stranger]

It contained a green liquid and was labeled: "5/26/07, extracted from the juices of the Maracca Berry; probably poisonous, further studying should be taken."

[Aran Ryan]

He showed the vial to Pestila.

"This is two years old. Do you tend to not finish your research from time to time?"

[Mysterious Stranger]

She looked up at the vial.
"Yeah, pretty much. I take samples such as those and make a note to study it further, but I usually get too involved with another project to remember it. The liquids are protected with a special charm to keep them from expiring, so I could resume a project at any time." She answered.

[Aran Ryan]

He nodded and put the potion on the proper shelf.

"Very nice. Got any potions that are not revolved around poison or other things?" He asked, trying to look at the vials on the top shelf.

[Mysterious Stranger]

She started thinking.
"Hmm... I have several experimental ones. such as a Love Potion, Knowledge, one that actually cures diseases, and other various ones. They're probably lying around somewhere, I'm not good with keeping track of things."

[Aran Ryan]

"Knowledge potion? I bet Famine has been consuming that." He joked.

He looked in one of the drawers out of curiousity. He found an unmarked potion and held it up.

"Is this one of them?"

[Mysterious Stranger]

"Mhm... I dunno. Why don't you take a sip and see if it kills you?" She joked. "Nah, it's probably not poisonous. If it was, it'd at least have a skull on it."

[Aran Ryan]

"Very funny. Well... it doesn't have a skull on it, so... maybe we can both try it? But... I just want to ask you something first..."

"I've noticed you've been acting different all the sudden when I walked in. Are you, in any way... attracted to me or something? Be honest."

[Mysterious Stranger]

She was caught off-guard.
"...Maybe." She simply replied.

[Aran Ryan]

Kamek smirked.

"I really don't expect someone, especially if it's one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, to have a crush on an old coot like me. I mean... I was nervous walking into this... jungle of a room in the first place. I thought you'd like... hypnotize me or something and then kill me a few minutes later."

"But... it didn't happen. You're very nice to me..." He looked away for a bit. "Sorry... but, it's what I've noticed so far..."

[Mysterious Stranger]

"What can I say, I like the atmosphere of this place. Sure it threatens to kill you at every turn, but it's just so beautiful once you get past that...
And to be honest, when I first met you, that's exactly what I wanted to do. Seduce and eventually kill you. But there's something that's keeping me from wanting to... I don't know what, but I feel... how do I put this... good, with you, I guess. I don't know how to put it into words..."