The Golden Compass

Dalene
"Right arm... hmm, I'm not sure."

Seramic
"Possibly they gave her a shot to knock her unconscious?" I suggested.

Dalene
"That sounds right. They'd give her that red stuff."

Seramic
"Red stuff?"

Dalene
"The gobblers have a medicine called Methylprednisolone Isotretinoin Succinate, which allows them to be able to... be able to do something which we're not sure what, we're still investigating. We think it's connected to daemons though."

Seramic
"You don't know? It could be dangerous!"

Dalene
"We obviously don't know that much, they're doing a plenty good job covering it up. We suspect it traces their location, but our ship is untraceable, with the witches' help, so they shouldn't be able to track us."

Seramic
"Then... I guess we have to leave Cephei here?"

Cephei
"I'm not leaving you! I don't want to be stuck on a ship with strangers!"

Dalene
"We may have to stop to get some more supplies, and we'll find something to reverse it then."

Cephei
"I do hope so." I said quietly. "I feel funny inside."

Dalene
"We'll be stopping in about 10 minutes. Can you handle it till then?" I asked kindly.

Cephei
I nodded.

Seramic
"So wait, if it tracks down the daemon, should we leave Ceph here for the time being or not?"

Dalene
I nodded. "She should stay here until we can find something to reverse it."

Seramic
"Cephei, is that fine?"

Beat
"I'll stay with you, don't worry!" I said.

Cephei
"Fiine. If Beat stays."

Dalene
The ship came to a stop at a crowded bay. "Some of us will go out and get supplies, and we'll see if we can find something that will reverse what happened to you, Cephei."

Cephei
"Okay." I said.

Seramic
"Should we come?"

Dalene
"If you want."

Seramic
"Alright. Beat, stay here with Ceph." I said, following the leader of the Gyptians.

Iris
"I'll come too!" I followed.

Dalene
Once everyone was outside the ship, we got some supplies.

Iris
"So where can we go to reverse the spell?"

Seramic
"Is there an herb?"

Dalene
I nodded and pointed at a small shop, and entered it.

Shop Owner
"Anything you would like, ma'am?"

Dalene
"Do you carry Lobelia inflata Campanulaceae?"

Shop Owner
"Sure thing ma'am!" I handed the herb to her. "Will that be all?"

Dalene
I nodded and paid her.

Seramic
Once Dalene returned with the herb, I looked at it. "What do we do with it? Mash it up, make it paste, and feed it to Cephei?"

Dalene
"Exactly that. It has a bitter taste, so she'll need water though." I got some and we headed back on the ship.

Kimi
"Oh! You have the herb!" I said. "I'll mash it." I said, taking it. I was back in few minutes with the paste.

"I think Cephei will be reluctant if any of us try to feed it to her, so can one of you do so? She needs to eat all of it."

Iris
"I think she's closer to you, Seramic." I said, handing it to him.