Ymiden 3, Arc 720
Excerpt from Doran’s research journal.
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“Professor?” Plia Yishnai Velanar, a young woman of mixed Eidisi and Ellune descent with grey skin, black hair and black eyes, and one of Doran’s research assistants, asked tentatively and looked at the Mortalborn who sat at the desk at the back of the laboratory, garbed in one of his customary bespoke suits and a lab coat and rubbed his forehead with a hand as he poured over his notes, as if he were about to develop a headache. He had come to the conclusion that the amount of Ellune blood that was in the potion needed to be reduced. He was not entirely sure by how much he should reduce it though.
The current version of the potion contained ten drops of Ellune blood (he had decided on that amount since the adrenaline potion that he had finished the cycle before and that was based on Lotharro blood had worked best with ten drops of blood) in addition to the usual reagents that a potion contained, such as a primer (to prepare the base liquid for the reagent) and a binder (to make sure that the reagents wouldn’t negate each other).
Should he start the new series of tests with nine drops though – or would eight or seven drops be better? Or should he start with the smallest amount of blood possible and work his way up – and see if he could split the drops into even smaller units if that wasn’t enough?
He furrowed his brow for a moment, deep in thought as he considered the two options, before he finally looked up at his assistant.
“I have retrieved the reagents and prepared the worktable. We can start now”, Plia told him. He inclined his head fractionally and cast another glance at his journal and the entry that he had made the trial before, and then he closed it and rose from his chair in one swift motion.
“Thank you, Plia”, he told her, smiling lightly at her and walked over to the worktable with her, eyeing the setup with a look of contentment on his face. She had, as always, done an excellent job, but then again, he hadn’t expected anything else from her.
The young woman that had barely dared to raise her voice in class when he had first met her approximately two arcs prior had turned out to be a diligent and hard-working assistant.
Excerpt from Doran’s research journal.
Ymiden 2, Arc 720. Addendum. When Mister Shaw and I tested the newest version of my Ellune potion on the rats earlier to-trial, they did not seem to experience any ill side effects at first. When placed on ice and snow, they continued to behave normally. The sudden cold did not seem to bother them. When Mister Shaw returned them to their usual cages, they began to show symptoms of a heatstroke though. Interestingly enough, this did not result in any other deleterious effects, and the rats made a full recovery once the potion’s effects wore off.
That is, of course, encouraging. The aforementioned side effect will have to be reduced before we move on to testing the potion on humanoid volunteers and finally releasing it to the public though. Eliminating it entirely will likely not be possible, considering that heat intolerance is such a fundamental aspect of Ellune physiology, but it should be possible to decrease that sensitivity to heat while still retaining much of the desired effect (resistance to cold).
This can, of course, be accomplished by modifying the dose and using a smaller amount of Ellune blood which I plan on doing tomorrow. I will make another update with the results of those tests then […]
That is, of course, encouraging. The aforementioned side effect will have to be reduced before we move on to testing the potion on humanoid volunteers and finally releasing it to the public though. Eliminating it entirely will likely not be possible, considering that heat intolerance is such a fundamental aspect of Ellune physiology, but it should be possible to decrease that sensitivity to heat while still retaining much of the desired effect (resistance to cold).
This can, of course, be accomplished by modifying the dose and using a smaller amount of Ellune blood which I plan on doing tomorrow. I will make another update with the results of those tests then […]
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“Professor?” Plia Yishnai Velanar, a young woman of mixed Eidisi and Ellune descent with grey skin, black hair and black eyes, and one of Doran’s research assistants, asked tentatively and looked at the Mortalborn who sat at the desk at the back of the laboratory, garbed in one of his customary bespoke suits and a lab coat and rubbed his forehead with a hand as he poured over his notes, as if he were about to develop a headache. He had come to the conclusion that the amount of Ellune blood that was in the potion needed to be reduced. He was not entirely sure by how much he should reduce it though.
The current version of the potion contained ten drops of Ellune blood (he had decided on that amount since the adrenaline potion that he had finished the cycle before and that was based on Lotharro blood had worked best with ten drops of blood) in addition to the usual reagents that a potion contained, such as a primer (to prepare the base liquid for the reagent) and a binder (to make sure that the reagents wouldn’t negate each other).
Should he start the new series of tests with nine drops though – or would eight or seven drops be better? Or should he start with the smallest amount of blood possible and work his way up – and see if he could split the drops into even smaller units if that wasn’t enough?
He furrowed his brow for a moment, deep in thought as he considered the two options, before he finally looked up at his assistant.
“I have retrieved the reagents and prepared the worktable. We can start now”, Plia told him. He inclined his head fractionally and cast another glance at his journal and the entry that he had made the trial before, and then he closed it and rose from his chair in one swift motion.
“Thank you, Plia”, he told her, smiling lightly at her and walked over to the worktable with her, eyeing the setup with a look of contentment on his face. She had, as always, done an excellent job, but then again, he hadn’t expected anything else from her.
The young woman that had barely dared to raise her voice in class when he had first met her approximately two arcs prior had turned out to be a diligent and hard-working assistant.
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