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Quentin Smith, 23

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[pharmacy]

[ uh oh ]

are you okay?

[wrackful]

Yeah, I'm good. I mean, kind of terrified, but.

Did you ever get around to the snake milking? I need a poison or a venom or whatever.

[pharmacy]

you're fucking kidding me right?
I'm not helping you poison somebody wtf is wrong with you

[wrackful]

It's not like that.

[It's kind of like that.]

Were you there when Mavis and Ari fought? She told everyone there was a challenge and she needed witnesses.

[pharmacy]

I was here, but I didn't witness bc I didn't know them and it was fucked up

[wrackful]

Yeah, that's what I thought, too.

It's how they do things where Mavis is from. It's meant to show how much someone means to you. How much you'll fight for it.

[pharmacy]

okay??? who cares, I'm not trying to figure out Mavis and Aristaeus' inside out upside down philosophies, what are YOU doing?

[wrackful]

[There's a long second where he's so, so close to just saying You know what? Nevermind. But he needs to do this.]

I'm challenging them.

[It's the first he's said it. Put the idea he's been rolling around in his head for months to words. It's terrifying. It's liberating. So he says it again, for good measure:]

I'm going to challenge them.

And you're meant to go all out, use everything you've got. All your strength.

This is my strength. Figuring things out. Finding a way to win, survive, no matter what.

[pharmacy]

[ For all that he doesn't understand Mavis and Aristaeus and their brutal traditions, Quentin understands what this means: ]

You're marrying them

[wrackful]

If I win. Yeah.

[pharmacy]

[ There's a long quiet on Quentin's end as he weighs everything he knows. About Murphy's determination. About how Aristaeus and Mavis received Quentin's own attempt on Aristaeus' life. About Mavis showing off her insides to the whole town trying to make anyone understand her. Maybe Murphy finally gets it. ]



I think there's some samples left
You owe me replacements before Magda notices them missing
Deal?

[wrackful]

Deal.

Is there any antidote? For after.

[pharmacy]

nothing finished, mostly a bunch of notes House left behind that I haven't been able to decipher
The paralysis only lasts a few hours, though, if you play it right, it might be just fine

[wrackful]

Okay. Okay, yeah.

Thanks. This is really big, Quen. Means a lot. Thanks.

[pharmacy]

I'll get it ready for you in the morning
Good luck, man


And congratulations, probably
You got this