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@senku
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My Self-Summary

I'm Senku Ishigami.

My Future Plans

I want to find out as much as I can about the resort and how we got here. If there's a way back home, I was in the middle of some pretty important things when they brought me here.

Since it looks like we're stuck here for a while, I also want to explore Game 52. Hit me up if you want to help me experiment.

My Talents

I'm a scientist.

Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and Food

My favorite book is whatever is most useful to me right now. My favorite food is ramen. I don't have any particular favorites for the other two.

My Ideal Partner

I'd like a mutually beneficial relationship.

Height 171 cm/5'7" Body Type Nothing impressive Smokes No Drinks Not really, but I can distill alcohol. Drugs Not the kind you're thinking of. Sign Capricorn, AB blood type if you're into that one - I don't believe in any of it. Education Never graduated high school Occupation Scientist and Village Chief Income I made up my own money so I don't have a good answer for that. Children The ex-wife and I never had any. Pets None Hobbies Science

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01. WINE OR BEER

WINE

.02 CLOWNS OR MIMES

CLOWNS

.03 SHOWER OR BATH

SHOWER

.04 PIRATES OR NINJAS

Do I need a pirate or a ninja more at the time?

.05 TITS OR ASS

I'm sure yours are fine.

.06 COFFEE OR TEA

COFFEE

.07 SPICY OR SWEET

SPICY

.08 SUMMER OR WINTER

WINTER

.09 LEATHER OR LACE

LEATHER

10. ROUGH SEX OR GENTLE SEX

I'll let you know when I've had some.

Personality Type
ISTJ-A

ENERGY

58%

Introverted

MIND

70%

Observant

NATURE

52%

Thinking

TACTICS

78%

Judging

IDENTITY

97%

Assertive

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Comments

[senku]

You're not wrong. By the time I woke up there were more than a few people who needed to be put together like a jigsaw puzzle. [He points to the lines on his forehead.] Even those of us that were revived had scars from spots that were slightly eroded.

Heh, I know it sounds like a ridiculous claim, but I was. Every 800,000 seconds, my consciousness threatened to fade, but I fought it off. I was determined to stay alert because I was sure letting myself go to sleep was certain death.

[His mouth feels dry again. Is it from talking, so soon? Or something in the drink? If it's something in the drink, it's an ingenious setup because the only thing to do is take another sip.]

The solution was nital - nitric acid and ethanol. It needed a crazy precise mix, but it could revive anyone.

[apothecrazy]

[ Her drink is all but forgotten about while he tells his story. With this new information, she's even more confused. She thought this was just a cacoon of stone but now he makes it sound like they were solid stone. ]

I need some clarification here, everyone turned to stone, were they solid stone all the way through or something akin to a cocoon?

[senku]

When I woke up, it was like busting through a shell. Heh heh, if I was more for metaphors, I'd call it some kind of rebirth.

But looking at other people, they were stone, through and through. The depetrification process just seems to work from the inside out.

[He feels that urge to quench his thirst again, but holds back.]

You should try this one before I drink it all. It hasn't made me ragingly horny yet, but I can feel something going on.

[apothecrazy]

I see. So you were in something of a cocoon but others were solid stone. [ That makes more sense to her. ] However, if the depetrification works from the inside out, how is that the concoction worked?

[ When he offers the drink she takes it, sniffing it first before taking a sip. It's too sweet for her but there is something else there. Something that instantly leaves her mouth drier than before. She makes a soft 'huh' and passes the drink back before taking a drink of her own. It's far from quenching but it doesn't leave the same dryness behind. ]

Would you like a sip of mine?

[senku]

It seems to be a chain reaction on a molecular level. It must work its way down to the deepest layer of stone and then push the transformation outward until the final layer of stone cracks away to reveal the flesh.

Of course, even with what I've witnessed and figured out on my own, I still have so many questions about the process. When we find the person who made the petrification device, I'll finally get answers to all the whys and hows.

[It probably sounds like wishful thinking, adding the impossibility of not even being in that world anymore with the original difficulties of finding the creator of the device while also hoping they will be forthcoming with any details he might want.]

This is more your field. If there is something in my drink, is it better for me to stick with that one drug or take a chance on piling them up?

[apothecrazy]

I see. [ She has a hard time imagining how that would work, but it makes sense somehow. ]

In all likelihood, they use the game aphrodisiacs in everything they put them in. While there are a few different types with varying strengths, I don't see why they'd use something different in every drink.

Now the food, on the other hand, might have something different in it if they spike it.

[senku]

Then I'll try some of yours, too.

[In continuing to go all in on the "will we get drugged?" mystery game.]

Did drinking mine make you want to instantly drink more? I'm not feeling any other effects yet, but that has to be intentional.

And I saw you sniff it. Did anything smell off? The problem for me in figuring out if anything tastes or smells strange is not knowing what the base ingredients taste or smell like in the first place.

[apothecrazy]

[ She watches him drink, waiting for any kind of reaction from the spicy drink. Even if her drink isn't drugged, the spice mixed with alcohol alone should be enough to get one's blood pumping. ]

It did dry out my mouth a little, I can't say if that's due to the alcohol choice or some sort of other drug. [ Because alcohol is a drug, after all. ]

Not that I could detect, but I've found the aphrodisiacs I've been playing with can be difficult to detect. They seem to be odorless, or nearly so, and the sweet flavor is so subtle it can be easily covered up.

[senku]

[Her drink has a definite kick, and he makes a face after he swallows.]

It's clearing out my sinuses, I'll say that much. Give me a minute and I'll tell you if that vasodilation spreads anywhere else.

Heh, I guess it's reassuring that they know their stuff. No bargain basement aphrodisiacs from this establishment.

[The server walks up with Senku's appetizers on a platter right as he says that, but talk of aphrodisiacs doesn't even merit a reaction. It would take something like actual nudity to make him falter even a bit in efficiently placing the small plates in front of them.]

[apothecrazy]

[ Maomao lets out a soft sound of amusement. ]

It is good for that, I would like to know the recipe so I can make it for myself. [ She's made a similar drink in the past. She gave it to Jinshi to help roughen his voice for a disguise. Although, that drink had been much spicier.

She's not surprised by the lack of reaction from the server. She's certain they're used to such talk and likely more. ]

Those look good.

[senku]

[Senku spears something that looks like an elevated pig in a blanket.]

If the sausage one is the one that's full of sex drugs, I'm going to be disappointed in them for being so obvious.

Don't wait for me. Take what you want.

[He takes a bite of his (given the comparison he just made - ouch) and the waiting game continues.]

[apothecrazy]

[ Maomao hums at that. It wouldn't surprise her if they went that route. ]

Thank you. [ She takes one of the sausage rolls as well and bites into it without a second thought. She thoughtfully hums as she chews. The dough is rather bland but the saltiness of the sausage certainly makes up for it. ] Not bad. [ She decides. ]

[senku]

Agreed. At least if they don't drug us, we're getting a decent meal out of it.

[One of his other choices was a plate of potato croquettes, and they've arrived as perfect spheres. As he pops one in his mouth, he thinks it's another shape that's a little too obvious.]

So I think I covered the most important parts of turning to stone and depetrifying. Do you want to hear about the actual device that caused it?

[apothecrazy]

Nothing from your drink just yet? [ She knows it can take up to thirty minutes for the aphrodisiacs to take effect for some people. In her experience, even a sip should be enough to feel a little something once it hits.

Speaking of, she takes a drink before taking up one of the croquettes. Yet more food she's only come to know since arriving here as potato isn't a common ingredient back home. ]

They certainly made some choices with the food shapes. [ It's almost laughable. ]

[senku]

What, you're saying this doesn't put you in the mood?

[He spears one of the wrapped sausages with a fork, but instead of eating it, places it between two croquettes to close the circle on the sexual imagery.

Starting to eat had distracted him from the dryness in his mouth, but when he focuses on it, he can feel it again. Underneath that, though, is there an added warmth? A bit of a tingle under his skin? Or is it all power of suggestion and he's feeling nothing more than the basic effects of drinking alcohol?]

I might feel the start of something. Is it better to try an antidote now or wait for the full effects to kick in?

[apothecrazy]

Certainly not.

[ The immaturity is slightly amusing, at best he gets a smile out of her. ]

It would be better to wait until you're sure. And I should warn you, [ because she can't remember if she did before, ] there is the possibility of it not work. In fact, it might make things worse.

[ And, oh look, her food has arrived. It's a large pasta dish with calamari in a creamy sauce, topped off with a few slices of truffle. At least two of the foods would be considered a natural aphrodisiac by some, but the question is do they add anything more? ]

So tell me about the device. [ She says as she works at dishing out a sizable portion for him. ]

[senku]

If you knew it was going to work, there'd be no point in testing it.

[And where's the fun in that?]

It took a few years, but we eventually found an example of the device that petrified humanity when we weren't even looking for it.

[How convenient that he has pasta now to serve as a visual aid. Senku pulls a noodle free and twists it with his hands into a reasonable approximation of the petrification device.]

I don't know if you have the same myths where you're from, but we called it the Medusa.

[If he's already been playing with his food, it's too late for manners. He sucks the remaining bit of sauce off his fingers.]

Good sauce.

[apothecrazy]

[ She's glad he gets it, though she didn't expect anything less from another science-minded individual. ]

A warning is only fair. [ She hadn't expected her first test to go the way it had. She hadn't expected it to work, true, but to boost the aphrodisiac's effects to such a point hadn't been expected. ]

Strange. [ A remark at the devices shape. ]

I'm not familiar with such a mythical creature, no. I don't think we have any such stories where I'm from.

[ Her father had told her some stories that he heard or read while he was in the West, but never anything like that. ]

[senku]

I can't replicate it with a strand of pasta, but the outside of it was smooth, even thought you could see a crazy amount of circuitry just under the surface.

[Its job done, the Linguidusa is unceremoniously picked up and dangled into his mouth to be eaten.]

In the stories, old lady Medusa had snakes for hair and turned men to stone when they looked at her. [So the grounds for comparison are obvious.]

That was the one thing this device had going for it; it took more than just staring at it to turn you to stone.

[apothecrazy]

I see.

[ Prior to her arrival here she would have needed an explanation of what exactly circuitry is, but she's since learned a bit more about those kinds of things. ]

That sounds useful. Do you think her snakes were poisonous? [ Of course, her thoughts go there. ]

How did it do it?

[senku]

We hadn't figured out the exact hows yet, but we've seen it in action and found out how to make it work. When it was activated, it gave off a petri-beam in a widening sphere with the medusa at the center.

[He demonstrates a widening circle with his hands. He's more occupied with talking than eating more food at the moment.]

And to activate it, you had to say a distance in meters and a time. In English. The distance became the radius, and the time was how long you had before it went off. So you could set enough time to high-tail it out of there if you needed to.

[apothecrazy]

I see.

[ The mention of another language causes her to pause. While she found it odd before that everyone could understand one another, it really seemed to sink in at that moment. How does that all work? ]

What language is English? As in the origin. [ She only knows Linese, a smattering of the neighboring dialects, and a little of a language from the West. She wouldn't be able to say which one unless she saw it written or heard someone speak it, however. ]

[senku]

English is considered a Germanic language. Indo-European if you're going even broader. In my time, well in my pre-Petrification time, it was used as a common language in science publications and discussion.

[Senku also has a moment of thinking how odd it is that they're discussing speaking words in a different language while possibly not even speaking the same language.]

Right now, I feel like I'm speaking Japanese. What about you?

[apothecrazy]

I see.

[ As places go by different names in her world she can't even begin to place where the places he mentions might be on a map. ]

Linese. However, I've been informed by a few people that where I came from would be considered China in their world.

[ The conversation is a nice distraction but she can't help but notice something of a familiar heat slowly building in her. ]

[senku]

If Lin is the same as China, Japan is to your north or northeast, depending on where you live. Any archipelagos up there in your world?

[The thought of constructing a map briefly crosses his mind, but he just takes another bite of food instead of using it to depict mainland China.]