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George Rozas

George Rozas

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As tempting as it is to immediately start working on my next post for Vigil, I'll wait until Azi and Annie post before I do. I would also wait for Rainbow, but I'll admit I'm assuming Barda would still be having his cuddle-sesh in bed half an hour later - and there'll be more to respond to when I post next. I am Inferi.

23-Nov-2019 01:48:51

NotFishing

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Pink 4 Twink said :

To make it even deadlier, he was going to mix it with two other deadly poisons, and create a noxious poison that will kill anything it touches. If one were to find a antivenom for one of his toxins, they'd still need to identify the symptoms of the other two toxins. His plan flawless, if he played his cards right.


So I have to say: this isn't really how chemicals work.

Let's say Bardas has a vial that can hold 90ml of poison. He can fill that with Silent Agony, and that would probably be an extremely lethal dose. However, if he chooses to mix it with two other poisons in equal amounts, this would mean that he only has 30ml of each poison in the vial, which will be a weaker dose. In order to give the Silent Agony portion of his potion the same amount of strength that it would have on its own, he might need to use three times the amount of poison he would normally use in order to achieve the same effect.

And this is assuming that the three poisons mix and compliment each other perfectly, which isn't going to happen. You know how taking multiple different types of medication at the same time can have unintended results? The same applies to poison. Sometimes effects can cancel each other out, or spoil the concoction, or do something you never even intended. And some chemicals can have disastrous results when mixed together - explosions, noxious gases, stuff like that.

It's an extremely delicate process. It's not just "I mix this deadly thing with that deadly thing to make something even deadlier." It requires a lot of finetuning and experimentation - using just the right amount of certain ingredients to achieve the optimal effect, and finding out which ingredients don't work well together.

Plus, it just seems counterproductive. I would assume that with a poison like Silent Agony, your goal is to keep them alive, but also make them suffer. Why add something that will outright kill them too? Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

24-Nov-2019 03:38:36 - Last edited on 24-Nov-2019 03:43:52 by NotFishing

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