Storytelling

For once, Isla was not at the Atheneum in search of medical texts. She thought she had found everything there might be on them in the library, and almost all were in a language she couldn't possibly understand. It was true that she was able to discern some things from diagrams, and that had been infinitely helpful in its own way, but it wasn't a written explanation. No, today she slipped into the dusty halls to find something monstrous. Or specifically on a particular kind of monster. The antivenom she'd been attempting to create was going slowly at best, given the lack of medical or scientific equipment. Remi's aid in recreating her tools had been vital, but it still wasn't enough to cure poisons. As she ducked inside, a lantern held aloft for light, she couldn't help but spot Celosia already perusing the stacks. "Find anything interesting?" she asked with a polite smile. Isla the flesh is weak