Victor 4.18 - Minor Revision

Hey all,

I had a RR reader point out that I completely forgot about some loot Victor got back in book two, lol. That would bug me as a reader, so I figured I should clean up those loose ends. I mean, it's two books late, but if someone is a loyal reader, they'll get the payoff, amirite? :)

So, remember the alchemist, Shouza? Here's a bit I added to Victor's visit with her:

“Good! Here, let me get your poison resistance drops.” She turned and walked further back through her stock, and Victor pulled out a sack of beads. “Hey, do you have one of those counting things? I mean, for beads?”

“Yes,” Shouza said, returning with two tiny, dark-green vials. “Just tilt these into your mouth, hold the liquid under your tongue as long as possible, and you’ll have the best results.”

“Right, thanks,” Victor said, putting them and the regeneration potions into his storage ring. Shouza used a magical rod to count out his payment.

“Hey, I have a few old potions and things that have been gathering dust in my storage ring. Mind looking at them for me?”

“Sure! I love seeing treasures and mysterious mixtures!” She leaned forward with a new gleam in her eyes.

“Okay, um,” Victor dug around in his ring and produced a leather bandolier holding five green flasks—he honestly couldn’t remember where he’d gotten it. “Here,” he said, laying it before her. Shouza plucked out one of the vials and popped the cork, lifting it to her nose and nodding.

“As I suspected—poison. Not a particularly strong one, either. Still, if one were to consume this or coat a blade with it, it would make someone with a rather low vitality quite ill.”

“Oh,” Victor nodded, then took the bandolier back and slipped it into his ring. “One more,” he said, then he took out the large, wax-sealed jar of, what he’d always assumed, was blood that he’d looted from the ghoul champion so many months ago in the dungeon by Greatbone Mine.

“This is more special!” Shouza said, leaning close and sniffing at the seal. “I can read its Energy density from here. This . . . I’d need to run some tests on this, but I think it’s meant to be consumed and will be quite beneficial; this may be an item like we were just speaking about, something that will boost an attribute or two.”

“If I leave it with you, will you identify it?”

“I will. Depending on what I find out, there will be a fee.” She grinned, unashamed.

Victor laughed, then turned to look out the window, wondering how long he had to wait for Tronk. He was surprised to see the giant already there, sitting on the stoop, too large to come through the door easily. “Sounds fair enough. I guess I’m off—I’ll see you in a few days.”