Dr. Jackel & Mr. Snide

Save Jackel Sano's brother from himself.

Characters

 * Warlic
 * Jackel Sano
 * Dr. Valen Jackel
 * Lucretia

Guests

 * Boog
 * Mulb

Dialogue
(In Ethereal Realm)

Player: Hello Warlic! Jackel Sano, thanks for teleporting me over here. It's always nice to visit the Etereal Realm.

Warlic: Hello, Player! Thanks for arriving on such short notice.

Jackel: I realize it would have been easier for you if I'd just teleported myself to Battleon, but I am currently involved in some off-world duties...

Player: Oh?

Jackel: I have to remain in the Ethereal Realm for at least several weeks in order to anchor my consciousness while I use my FarSight power to scout the farthest reaches of the universe.

Player: Wow!

Jackel: The WrapForce asked for some help. There are some things-- well, MANY things-- that even the mightiest scientific devices cannot see.

Jackel: Hehe... In strange way, that leads me to why I've asked you here. I need your help dealing with ANOTHER scientific problem.

Jackel: I have a brother, Jackel Valen. Well, he's known as Dr. Valen Jackel on Lore. He never liked our ancestors' traditional naming conventions.

Jackel: My FarSight has shown me something very troubling about my brother. He never wanted to be an Archmage... or even learn any magic.

Jackel: In his quest against his upbringing, Valen searched high and low for someone he could learn from.

Jackel: First, he came upon the Drakel. But their science was tainted by magic... magiscience they call it... and therefore not pure enough for Valen.

Jackel: Valen researched the work of Dr. Voltabolt, and managed to learn much of scientific method. But ultimately it took a fateful discovery of an abonded laboratory to the west.

Jackel: It belonged to someone who could be considered a pure scientist, one who disregarded the paths of magic and alchemy.

Jackel: Using the equipment he found there, Valen began his expirements. His goal was to find an elixir for health that did not rely on magic...

Jackel: --something that could be made by anyone, anywhere, only using the proper ingredients and not requiring someone to know magic.

Jackel: He devoted so much time to his efforts that he was too removed from the rest of humanity...

Jackel: Fearing that he was wasting too much of his life, he soon ventured out more, and fell in love with a beautiful woman in Granemor.

Jackel: But, unlike me, Valen has very little in the way of... shall we say... people skills. Try as he might, ha could not get her attention in the way he wanted to.

Jackel: And now he has turned his attentions to finding a way to change his personality. He's trying to develop a formula... What I might call a POTION... to change how he thinks.

Jackel: My farsight has allowed me to examine this formula, and I fear it will do more than simply alter his personality.

Jackel: Can you journey to his secret lab and try to convince him to not use the formula?

Player: Quite a story. What do I do if he refuses though? If he really, really likes this woman, I might not be able to convince him.

Jackel: If he refuses, you'll have to first find 3 compoment ingredients I have identified that can make an antidote to his formula, and then get it to him before HIS formula takes effect.

Player: Well, I'm not one to rfuse to help two of Lore's finest. It looks like I'm off to see the wiza-- er, scientist!

(In front of Lab)

Player: Hmm... Not hard to find for a secret laboratory. I wonder if I should knock?

Player: ....................

Player: Naaahhh.

(In lab)

Player: Sorry-- I let myself in! The door was ulocked... after I picked it. My name is Player. Is there a Dr. Jackel here?

Dr. Jackel: Nice to meet you, Player. Now, I don't get many... ANY... guests here. I must sumrise then that you were sent here by someone.

Dr. Jackel: And the only "someone" I know who could have ascertained my location, and would care to know it, would be my brother. Am I correct?

Player: Well, uh, yes. I'm here because he can't be, at the moment. And he's-- conserned about you.

Dr. Jackel: Oh, he IS now, Is he? His mind is usually not on planetbound matters, let alone on FAMILY matters.

Dr. Jackel: You know, I have scientifically proven that being an Archmage prematurely grays your hair.

Player: He did say you were quite the scientist. This laboratory is quite a discovery!

Dr. Jackel: Everything was in very good repair when I first found it. It belonged to a scientist named Lim. From what I can tell, he moved on to another location.

Player: So, your brother told me all about his potion you were making to change your personality.

Dr. Jackel: FORMULA! It's a formula, not a potion! ...And yes, I have made such a solution It's going to make me a better man, give me what I've lacked all these years.

Player: I think you can do whatever you want to, without using some formula to do it for you. And besides, your brother says that the formula might do more than you expect.

Player: It could be harmful... Who knows? Is it really worth the risk?

Dr. Jackel: I have used logic to deducate that I must take the formula to know what its effects will be on me.

Dr. Jackel: And for ME, the reward far exceeds any risk. Now, I need to go. No one is going to stop me from changing my life for the better!

Dr. Jackel: You may want to leave behind me... Staying here can be dangerous if you don't know which rooms are safe.

Player: Why??

Dr. Jackel: A number of monsters, mostly energy creatures, haven taken up residence here. Lim's power supplies haven't yet run out.

(Dr. Jackel leaves)

Player: Wait! I--

Player: Hmf. Well, I KNEW that wouldn't work. Now I have to find 3 ingredients to make an antidote to Valen's formula:

Player: Ester of Aerinide, PU-235 and Jaborium Sulfate.

     <<<   Navigation, Healing Kits: 6   >>>

Player: Now on to Granemor! I wonder just WHO Dr. Jackel is going to try and impress with his new personality...

     <<<   Battle   >>>

(In Granemor)

Player: Mulb! What happened??

Mulb: Some fancy-pants -wearing young man came by here with a bit of an attitude, actin' like he OWNS the place!

Mulb: He was a LOT more AGGRESSIVE than he looked like would be-- So much that he seemed a little dangerous. So I tried to stop him from going into Lucretia's shop, and--

Player: I can see what happened next. Jackel Sano was right, then. This could be bad. Mulb, go get some help.

(Enter Lucretia's Apothecary!)

Dr. Jackel: You're going to be MY girlfriend, Lucretia! And that's that!!

Lucretia: Valen, I already told you how I feel. I like you as a FRIEND. But that's all. Why are you acting so strangely?? You used to be so... NICE. This isn't like you!

Dr. Jackel: You're wrong. This IS me, The NEW me!!

Player: Valen, that formula you took is turning you into something you're not. You already hurt Mulb. We don't want anyone else to get hurt...

Dr. Jackel: From now on I'm going to DO what I want! And TAKE what I want!!

(Boog and Mulb enter)

Boog: Sorry, Valen... But Lucretia already told you how it's gonna be. An' Boog 'ere thinks that you need to respect her wishes.

Dr. Jackel: You can't threaten me! NO ONE threatens ME!!!

Choose:
 * Battle with Boog
 * Battle with Mulb
 * Battle alone

Choose:
 * Add the antidote to your equipment!
 * Don't use antidote! (Challenge Battle)

     <<<   Battle Dr.Jackel   >>>

Dr. Jackel: I-- I'm so sorry. I didn't realize what the formula was doing to me until it was too late.

Dr. Jackel: Thank goodness you were able to put together that antidote...

Player: You can thank your brother the next time you see him, Valen. That IS a pretty impressive formula, though... if maybe not in social situations.

Dr. Jackel: I'll happily give you my notes if you want them. I certainly won't be making any more of this. Can you ever forgive me, Lucretia?

Lucretia: I forgive you already, Valen. I think you should visit Granemor more often. Meet more people and make frw friends. It will help you.

Lucretia: It always helps to get out and do something when you're feeling down.

Dr. Jackel: Thank you. Thank you all. I promise to make up for the trouble I've caused. From now on, I will do whatever I can to help!

Player: Let me be the first to mention this... If, by change, you are even remotely thinking of MAKING yourself a girlfriend using some kind of weird science, just don't do it.

Player: It sounds like a prescription for trouble.

Dr. Jackel: Hmmm... I abmit that WAS on my to-do list BEFORE this formula fiasco. I'll be sure to remove it when I get back to my lab...

misc

 * Snide Transformation Formula


 * KiloSnide Transformation Formula


 * MegaSnide Transformation Formula Z


 * Guardian Snide Transformation Formula


 * GigaSnide Transformation Formula


 * TeraSnide Transformation Formula


 * PetaSnide Transformation Formula