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Not burn, MELT, like butter on a hot pan.
Ashton turns off the hot plate. "huh, didn't think it would be that easy." The flesh quickly cools down now that the hot plate is off. After about five minutes, it solidifies into a thin layer of flesh. She pokes at it with her scalpel and she easily cuts into it with her scalpel.
Okay, simple weakness. If you spot one of those guys again, you'll simply light them on fire. Excessive heat seems to destabilize the structure of their flesh which means, well, they'd be a lot easier to kill. You could probably make some molotovs with the android's wine now that you think about it.
You ask the <span class="mu-b">Man</span> what was up with the baggie. He answers that, oh, it was cocaine. You balk at what he said. Did he say that right? Cocaine?
He nods. It's pretty shoddy cocaine so it was made by an amateur but that doesn't change what it is. He recommends that you DON'T use it. Sell it or use it on an anomaly, he says, he's pretty sure it's been cut with something bad.
>MYSTERY BAGGIE updated! (You have a good idea who would want this. Can be used to bribe ARC higher ups.)
>3 HUMAN FLESH SAMPLES left!
Ashton narrows her eyes at the bag. "keep it. i don't want that entering contraband." You were going to ask her why but you remember that, yeah. Junkie guard. It's probably best you keep it.
Now all that's left to research is the CHERRY MOLD and BLOODWINE. To be honest, though?
>1 SUCCESS!
None of you could really figure out what to do with the CHERRY MOLD. Checking it under the microscope revealed no obvious difference on a molecular level and no one felt brave enough to eat it, so you'll have to shelf that until you learn more about NOWHERE'S SOMMELIER.
The blood wine? That's easier to figure out. The <span class="mu-b">Man</span> narrows his eyes at the sample. He already knows where you got this from. You harvested it from Colt's blood, right? You give him a thumbs up, much to Ashton's confusion.
He wonders what happens if it was exposed to more blood. You turn to Ashton. "Rock, paper, scissors. Whoever loses has to get their blood drawn."
"alright! i'll try to go easy on you. best of three." The two of you get ready to play Rock Paper Scissors. Three matches past by in a blur and...she beats you all three times without even trying. Your face turns neon red with embarrassment. God, you're a loser.
The <span class="mu-b">Man</span> tries to comfort you after watching that pitiful display. Your loss will help out science AND it might pad out your wallet. Try to think about that instead of losing.
Ashton sinks a syringe into your vein and fills it up with your blood. She dispenses a small amount of blood into one of your many beakers. The <span class="mu-b">Man</span> pours an equal amount of BLOODWINE into the beaker before he tosses the sample back to you.
Your group huddles around the beaker to see what reaction happens. The BLOODWINE bubbles and crackles once it is exposed to your blood. The way the blood almost boils is almost mesmerizing.
