The next day, Theo wakes Scarlet up to eat breakfast with him. When they go to the kitchen Theo shows the girl a dress that Trystan brought her in the middle of the last night. Then takes her to the room with strange jars, that scarlet saw when she woke up the other day.
There, Theo asks the girl to sit in front of a mirror and tell him how she wants to look like.
"Hmmm, I'd like to look the opposite of how I usually look"
"I'm sorry, I can't make you look ugly, even if I tried"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing.... I can make you look like a fairy, with pointy ears and wings and of course change your hair and eye color"
"Ok, do that. I want long blonde hair with bangs and brown eyes"
"Sure, what color do you want your wings to be?"
"Transparent"
"Alright, I will go to take some ingredients from the kitchen, be right back!"
"Ok!"
While Theo is at the kitchen, Scarlet quickly changes in the pretty dress that Trystan left her and tucks away the skull bracelet in one of it's pockets. "God, thanks for the pockets, Trystan knows my taste in dresses" the girl thinks while looking at herself in the mirror.
Theo enters the room and stares a few seconds at the girl that hasn't noticed him yet. Scarlet feels someone watching her and turns to the door, there stands the grey elf with slightly darker cheeks.
"Hey Theo, are you going to finish that potion or...?"
"Right, I just have to mix these and add some water then I'm done"
"Cool, can I see how you do it?"
"It's really not big of a deal, but sure!"
Scarlet peers over Theo's shoulder, watching with interest how he prepares the potion. Suddenly, Theo's hands stop moving and he just stands there looking down. Scarlet looks at his face, he looks troubled and his cheeks are darker again so she figures that she is making him uncomfortable so she backs away.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable"
"It's ok, anyway, the potion is ready" Theo puts the strange violet liquid in a cup that he hands to the girl.
Scarlet smells the potion, and to her surprise it doesn't smell bad at all, it has a faint sweet smell.
"I put a little honey in it, so it has a better taste" the elf says smiling to the girl
"Thank you!" and with that, Scarlet brings the cup to her lips and drinks it all in one go
After that, she gives the cup to the elf and goes to look in the mirror, at the beginning she doesn't look any different nor does she fell something. But suddenly she fells like her eyes are melting, her scalp is itching but the worst pain is in her back, after a few moments the pain disappears but she still looks the same so she turns to Theo.
"Why doesn't it work?"
"It does work, you look completely different but you can't see it. This is how the potion works"
"Oh...So, how do I look?" the girl asks while striking a ridiculous pose
"You sure don't look like yourself, but you're still very lovely" the elf says without thinking
Scarlet is a little shocked by the compliment coming from Theo that has been acting strange all day but she still smiles at it. Theo realized too late what he said and the way he said it but he brushes it off hoping Scarlet didn't look too much into it.
After that, the two of them discuss about the plan and Theo instructs Scarlet how to follow the map since it's written in another language. Finally the elf takes his leave, wishing the girl good luck.
Now it's Scarlet's turn to wait until the night comes, to put their plan in action.