Shashu stood alone at a mixing table in one of the deeper rooms of the Sileo, a climate controlled room filled with meticulously labeled racks of various plants, fungi, bacteria dishes, and the occasional mineral sample. It was a pretty good sized cavern too. There was ample room for workspaces amongst the equipment, extra care had been taken in its construction to make sure that no outside contaminants could make their way in. The overall impression reminded one of a medical storage facility, but no med-nin would mistake it for such. Each and every sample filling the shelves was hand-picked to harm, not help; whether it be lethal, hallucinogenic, crippling, or simply pain inducing, each and every one was a poison chosen for its deleterious effects on the human body. This was a room every ANBU was expected to be familiar with. Even those who did not directly utilize poison could benefit from the wide selection of antidotes. Shashu, however, knew it more intimately than most.
She finished mixing a vial of clear fluid and studied it for a moment, looking to make sure it had settled properly. Any particulates in the solution would lower its efficacy, and while there were times when a weakened poison was useful that wasn't what she was here for. Once satisfied she scribbled a few notes down and emptied the vial into her mouth, then hit a timer. After exactly fifteen seconds she spit it into a bucket and scribbled some more notes.
"Blech. Still too weak," Shashu muttered, her face screwing up in disgust as she rinsed the poison from her mouth. "Foul too, even worse than the last batch. Must be killing the bacteria." She sighed. "Well that sets out serpentstone then. Hmm...what to try next..." A pencil tapped idly against her lips as she pondered. What to try next indeed.
[WC: 310]
She finished mixing a vial of clear fluid and studied it for a moment, looking to make sure it had settled properly. Any particulates in the solution would lower its efficacy, and while there were times when a weakened poison was useful that wasn't what she was here for. Once satisfied she scribbled a few notes down and emptied the vial into her mouth, then hit a timer. After exactly fifteen seconds she spit it into a bucket and scribbled some more notes.
"Blech. Still too weak," Shashu muttered, her face screwing up in disgust as she rinsed the poison from her mouth. "Foul too, even worse than the last batch. Must be killing the bacteria." She sighed. "Well that sets out serpentstone then. Hmm...what to try next..." A pencil tapped idly against her lips as she pondered. What to try next indeed.
[WC: 310]