Lab Work

After dinner Dr. Jackal excused himself and followed the maid to the lab he was assigned to work in. The maid was holding a wooden box in her arms as she led Dr. Jackal to the door of the lab. She used her key to unlock the door and opened it for Dr. Jackal. Then she turned on the lights on by adjusting a dial on the wall. Dr. Jackal then looked around and saw that this was an elite lab which was far better than the one he had before his accident.

Maid: Well Doctor. As you can see this lab is fully functional and should have everything you may need to do your work. Should you need anything else lease let us know and we can put in a request through Mr. Sung and Lady Elizabeth. In this box you will find a syringe that was recovered from the sewers by the orc named Cronk.

Jackal: Ah yes thank you.

The maid then put the box don on a counter and excused herself. Dr. Jackal took a moment to explore the lab in order to know where everything was for future use. Then he made some simple signs with paper and pen to label the lab in order to help him find everything. Once he was ready he organized his equipment and wrote his plans to begin his research on the syringe as well as the samples the Order managed to acquire through various means.

Dr. Jackal then put on a lab coat, some gloves, a mask and goggles for safety. He wasn't really worried about this formula killing him, but he didn't want to transform into a demon during his experiment. With careful methods he managed to salvage the remaining serum in the broken syringe into a sterile test tube. Then he used a pipet to get a drop of the serum on a glass slide to examine under the slide. After some serious examination he made a list of notes concerning the features of the serum and some test he planed to run with the limited amount of serum left. Since Dr. Jackal already knew the ingredients in his original serum he was able to narrow the possible components that were used. So he listed his original recipe and marked the ingredients that would most likely be substituted.

Dr. Jackal's Formula:
1/3 cup pure distilled white sugar.
2/3 cup hot distilled spring water.
1 cup cold electrolyte water.
2 oz. butterfly pea flower extract.
1 pinch (1/16 tsp) fine crushed sea salt.
1 pinch (1/16 tsp) citric acid. Can use juice of half a lime.
3 oz Jackfruit extract in liquid form
1 oz Komodo Dragon Pepper extract
1 oz fine powdered Uranium dust
1 Demon Blood Crystal

Since the Demon Blood Crystal was impossible to get, Dr. Lemaire would need to substitute it with many other ingredients. Since it was easy to get some of the ingredients, Dr. Jackal only tested for the rare ingredients since it was harder to obtain. He ran a series of tests to check for the presence of butterfly pea flower extract,

To his surprise the butterfly pea flower extract was present, the Jackfruit extract was not present, the Komodo Dragon Pepper extract was not present and the fine powdered Uranium dust was not present. It barely triggered off the Giger Counter device. This meant he needed to see what was used for a substitute for the Jackfruit extract, Komodo Dragon Pepper extract and fine powdered Uranium dust.

After a few simple test that measured sorted by heat in Scovilles he was able to see that Dr. Lemaire used Ghost Pepper all peppers since they were easier to get. Sadly they were not the correct ingredient which left the acid of level. Then after adjusting the Giger Counter he was able to figure out that Dr. Lemaire used the weaker Radium metal which was less reactive than Uranium and easier to acquire.

However in order to find the substitute for the Demon Blood Crystal he ran a few marker tests to see if it reacted to any of the chemical markers. oddly enough he recognized the protein rather quickly as a Hippopotamus brain, since he used it in an earlier failed experiment in the past. Now all that was left was to test for the substitute for the Jackfruit. Sadly this was rather tricky since there was no reaction to his marker test. He ran a few more tests to narrow down the type of ingredient if it was animal or plant then he narrowed it down to a small plant. At this point he was tired and needed a break so he stepped away to clean up and take a break. His eyes were tired and he was at a loss for what the crazy mad scientist named Dr. Lemaire was doing with his research. It was clear Dr. Lemaire was not an accomplished man of science since he not only stole Dr. Jackal's work but failed miserably to make it work. The nut job could not even follow the recipe and only substitute one ingredient.

Moments later their was a knock on the door and Dr. Jackal opened it to see the maid had brought him some coffee and biscuits. Dr. Jackal found it amusing that the brits called a cookie a biscuit. Regardless of how long he had been living there he was still adjusting. Even the language was slightly different since there was American English and the Queen's English. Then Dr. Jackal sipped his coffee as he said, "God Save the Queen," as he held up his cup to the maid. She made a smirk and shook her head at him as her white frills wiggled on her head cover. Then like a bolt of lightning Dr. Jackal had a thought as he downed his coffee and put the cup down before he put his safety gear back on. The maid excused herself as the good Doctor went back to work with an idea or hunch.

The broken syringe has the residue of the formula in it with Hemlock added to it.
Hemlock looks very similar to Queen Anne's Lace. Queen Anne’s lace, Daucus carota, Family Apiaceae, is a common sight in dry fields, roadside ditches and open areas. There are many explanations for the origin of this common name, including the flower’s resemblance to the lace that was fashionable around the time of the British monarch, wife of King James I. People thought it resembled Queen Anne’s lace headdress. In the 18th-century English courtiers used the flowers as “living lace” and supposedly because Queen Anne challenged her ladies-in-waiting to a contest to see who could produce a piece of lace as beautiful as the flower, but none could rival her own efforts. It is also called wild carrot because this is the European plant that cultivated carrots were developed from. It was brought to North America with the colonists as a medicinal plant and is now naturalized throughout the continent.

Then as the mental wheels began to turn Dr. Jackal realized that Dr. Lemaire was a third rate scientist so he would make this kind of mistake. Then Dr. Jackal tested the serum of the presence of Hemlock and got a positive result. Dr. Jackal sighed as his enemy was dumber than he was and would leave a trail of bodies with these half baked experiments.

Poison hemlock, a Class B noxious weed, is a widespread toxic biennial plant in the Carrot Family often found in open sunny areas, fields, vacant lots, and on roadsides. Eating even a small amount of any part of this plant can kill people, livestock, and wildlife. Poison-hemlock stems have reddish or purple spots and streaks, are not hairy, and are hollow. Leaves are bright green, fern-like, finely divided, toothed on edges and have a strong musty odor when crushed. Flowers are tiny, white and arranged in small, umbrella-shaped clusters on ends of branched stems.

In late spring, second-year plants reach 6-10 feet tall and produce numerous umbrella-shaped clusters of tiny, white, 5-petaled flowers. Flowering poison-hemlock may be confused with wild carrot (Daucus carota, or Queen Anne's Lace). In contrast with poison-hemlock, wild carrot has one densely packed umbrella-shaped flower cluster on a narrow, hairy stem, usually with one purple flower in the center of the flower cluster, and is usually 3 feet tall or less. Wild carrot also flowers later in the summer.

Poison-hemlock is acutely toxic to people and animals, with symptoms appearing 20 minutes to three hours after ingestion. All parts of the plant are poisonous and even the dead canes remain toxic for up to three years. The amount of toxin varies and tends to be higher in sunny areas. Eating the plant is the main danger, but it is also toxic to the skin and respiratory system. When controlling poison-hemlock, minimize exposure by wearing gloves and taking frequent breaks when pulling or mowing large amounts of plants. One individual had a severe reaction after pulling plants on a hot day because the toxins were absorbed into her skin.

The typical symptoms for humans include dilation of the pupils, dizziness, and trembling followed by slowing of the heartbeat, paralysis of the central nervous system, muscle paralysis, and death due to respiratory failure. For animals, symptoms include nervous trembling, salivation, lack of coordination, pupil dilation, rapid weak pulse, respiratory paralysis, coma, and sometimes death. For both people and animals, quick treatment can reverse the harm and typically there aren’t noticeable aftereffects.

Dr. Jackal was glad he figured out what Dr. Lemaire had done but was sad for his victims. They must have died in immense pain after being injected by this snake poison. Seeing as it was late and he had a meeting in the morning he documented his findings and made a copy for Mr. Sung. Once he secured his lab and cleaned up he closed the lab and headed back to the manor. He gave the maid a letter to give to Mr. Sung before he headed to his room.

Letter
To Lady Elizabeth and Mr. Sung,

I have managed to discover the recipe used by Dr. Lemaire.

Dr. Lemaire's Formula:
1/3 cup pure distilled white sugar.
2/3 cup hot distilled spring water.
1 cup cold electrolyte water.
2 oz. butterfly pea flower extract.
1 pinch (1/16 tsp) fine crushed sea salt.
1 pinch (1/16 tsp) citric acid. Can use juice of half a lime.
3 oz Hemlock extract in liquid form
1 oz Ghost Pepper extract
1 oz fine powdered Radium dust
1 Hippopotamus Brain

Sincerely,
Dr. Jackal

Once in his room he took a long hat bath and then turned in for the night. It had been a long day for him and he hoped tomorrow would be better.

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