Meanwhile, Barric, Quinn, and Akahana ended up near the shelf that contained quite the collection of mystery liquids. The demon looked it up and down with a sly fanged grin.
"Perhaps something here could get me drunk." She contemplated out loud. Many of the bottles were unmarked, while some had faded handwritten labels that were barely legible. Tough one seemed to catch Quinn's eye.
It was a tiny bottle full of purple liquid, simply marked;
"Lust Potion 9"
The cat boy started to get quite the mischievous idea as he quickly plucked the little bottle from the shelf and looked it over. He opened the bottle and gave it a little sniff before holding it up to Barric.
"Look what I found!" Quinn said, his hand covering the label as he offered the bottle to the King.
"Is it more alcohol?" Barric asked, simply trying to inspect what the cat boy was holding, but failing because his hand was covering the whole thing.
"Noooo, something even better!" Quinn assured him, as he pressed it close to this face.
"Well what is it?" The huge demon asked, peeking over Barric's shoulder.
Quinn narrowed his eyes and gave her a sharp look.
"Why don't you mind your own business!" He snapped at her.
She grit her teeth and reached over Barric, swiping at the bottle the boy held.
"How about you just give it to me then, you little brat!" She snarled.
"Hana!" Barric scolded. "You have to be gentle with Quinn, he's half your size." The King explained. The demon grit her teeth and then sighed.
"Yes Master, I understand." She said, as Quinn stuck his tongue out at her.
"You little!" Hana started again, but Barric turned to Quinn this time.
"And you!" He said, pointing at Quinn. "Don't be a little brat. Or I'll put you in your place." The King threatened with a grin, giving the cat boy's ear a little tug.
He whined a bit, but then finally showed Barric the whole bottle.
"I just wanted you to drink this." He said, now playing shy.
Barric and Hana both read the label at the same time.
"Perhaps you should drink it master..." Hana encouraged, grasping his shoulders.
"Yesss. It would make a boring night in this cabin way more interesting!" Quinn added.
The King raised an eyebrow.
"While I would usually never turn down such an activity, I'm still pretty sore from my match with the wolf Queen. Though... We could always save it for later." Barric suggested.
Meanwhile, Sylas continued to read through the notebook he had discovered, finding that its contents only grew more concerning.
"I believe I'm close to a breakthrough. My latest potion was so close. It started off as a simple enough lust potion, but now on its ninth iteration, it's the closest it's ever been to perfection. My partner and I tested it on the usual rats and found its effects to be quite potent. Once ingested it puts the subject in an almost feral state of arousal. The subject will then seek out others to mate with and in turn infect them with the potion's effects, thus creating a sort of horny zombie horde. The only weaknesses I've detected so far are, it doesn't seem to have the same effect on females, only acting as a mild aphrodisiac. And the effects of the potion seem to wear off once the subject is over stimulated sexually, usually from the result of multiple partners at once or for the lack of better terms, spit roasted. If not for these shortcomings the potion would once again be the perfect catalyst to start the spread of a mindless lusting horde that would surely spread throughout the lands. Debauchery of such a scale would produce the massive amount of pure lust energy needed to resurrect our Goddess back to our mortal realm."
The entry finally ended prompting Sylas to blink a few times and look up from the notebook to find the rest of the party. It seemed he was just in time to see Quinn pulling the cork from a little glass container and grinning slyly.
"Well if you won't drink it, no reason I can't try it!" He said, turning the bottle upside down and draining its contents into his maw.
Sylas reached out as if to stop him, but he was still all the way across the room.
"Quinn! Stop!" Was all he managed, but it was too late. The cat boy had already downed the contents.
Barric and Hana watched him with raised eyebrows as the cat boy licked his lips.