Jocasta watched as Sigismund began to increase in height, hitting nine feet in a moment, tearing his military fatigues, his under suit stretching to accompany his body. Sudden increase at such a rapid rate meant one thing...

She prepared her weapons and pointed them towards her king. She was going to have to use her super tranquilisers for this job. But just as she was about to fire, the rage monster spoke?

"Oh? Well this feels... Different." The king then looked around the room. "Colours look more vibrant. Oh?" He suddenly spoke, his voice soft, melodic upon looking upon her.

"Jocasta, would you be a dear and turn those away? I hate the weeks worth of super shits after you stick me with them."

"*Binaric squark?* My King?" Jocasta asked, putting her weapons down instantly. "Are you sound of mind?"

Sigismund nodded. "Oh yeah. I’m the bee’s knees. This stuff is great. My emotions are seriously heightened hence the sudden growth, but my limbic system feels like it is getting a gentle massage squashing the rage. Much more pleasant than a big ass needle damaging it I can tell you for certain. This is some serious shit right here." he said, rattling the inhaler in his hand

He then turned to Hailey. "Is this how it was for you, dear? I feel like I’m floating on a cloud. I haven’t felt this relaxed in... Fuck, I’ve never felt this relaxed. That is seriously depressing."

Sigismund grew half a foot after he said that before shrinking back down as his emotions stabilised. Hailey then shook her head. "No, my experience was nothing like that. Here, I will show you."

Hailey then took an inhaler and took a hit of her own. Instantly she became silent. Aware. Even in his happy state. Sigismund’s mental faculties were still perfectly intact. He noticed the sudden tensing in Hailey’s body. The alertness of someone that knows how to kill. That is watching their surroundings at all times. Yet the sudden increase in her capabilities came with no drawbacks? No sudden spike, no rush. No rage.

Sigismund let out a chuckle before turning to Jocasta. "So much for your pill regiments and lobotomies Jocasta. I’ve never felt so in control since my awakening. Hailey, how long until this wears off?"

"An hour give or take." Hailey spoke faster than usual, her thought process reacting just that little bit faster. Sigismund now could see the drug’s value even clearer than just on himself as something about his power was influencing its effect differently.

That extra second or half a second could save a life.

Jocasta then walked over to the desk and picked up the pill that had been opened by Sigismund. She then began scanning it with everything available to her and asked. "Hailey, what are the other effects of this pill?"

"I do not know, but Apollo left some paperwork that I put in the case and-"

Jocasta snatched up the papers and began reading through them like a crazed woman. Half way through she reached into the case, pulled out a syringe and injected it straight into her head.

"Hmm~ As I thought. I feel something in my brain, but not nearly as intense as you two since I think my metal connected to it is affecting it.. Clearly the more biological you are the more effect it will have. Makes sense. Ronnie, come take a pill."

Ronnie rushed forward without hesitation. He would drink poison if Apollo told him to. Taking the pill he swallowed it and simply closed his eyes, basking in the effects of outer family genius.

Ronnie felt his mind clear, but not just Ronnie felt the effects. Inside his Mindspace, the parasite inside his Origin, derived from Sophia’s poison, was taking in the effect of the pill and the effects were a state of awareness mixed with a soft, lingering pleasure across its body, which in turn was felt by Ronnie as he began to let out a quiet hum of appreciation.

...

Sigismund was impressed and stayed that way for forty minutes until the effect of the drug wore off on its own at which point he was left with a frowning face as he shrunk. Those few moments of bliss made him temporarily forget how tedious his emotions actually were.

The others were still affected by the formula though, so he spoke to Jocasta. "How is the science behind it? Is it ethical?"

Jocasta rasped her fingers across her faceplate where her mouth would be before nodding her head, not even turning towards the king as she continued to read.

"Actually, yes... Very ethical. Just chemicals really. It looks like Apollo did splice in some artificial human genome. Not sure why he did that, it’s not my field or expertise, but I think with a designated team of biologists and chemists, the formula could be made quite easily... Although..."

Sigismund knew Jocasta’s line of thought. "Euc 6 will not be happy with this, even if it’s a Sentinels creation. Having a drug bought from a Psionic being... Atropa is going to go on the warpath and I can’t be fucked having to sit down with that woman again."

Jocasta then added on. "That , plus the fact that new science scares the shit out of them ’Oh no. You can’t do that, we have been doing blah blah for thousands of years why would you change-’ Yeah, blow it out your arse you miserable *squarks*."

Ignoring the fake argument Jocasta was having with herself, Hailey spoke up. "Do not buy it with your Kingship title then. Buy with your personal funds and set it up for military production only This way you have full control of the production line. the Institute of science will have no claim to it and your troops will get the product they need without the piece of shits like the Atropa’s doing human experiments first to see how far they can attempt to take my love’s creation and ruin it. Heck, from the stories Althea, an acquaintance from the college, has told me, the fuckers give out false medications all the time. Imagine them doing that to your soldiers. Imagine them-"

*Tssk*

Sigismund took another inhaler and breathed in, prompting Jocasta to yell.

"-Will you stop inhaling the drug until I have done more trials! I trust the princess and Apollo, but for goodness sake, my king. Think about what happens if something goes wrong!"

Sigismund shook his head. "If I expect my troops to take this drug, I must first be willing to put my body on the line. I’m no pussy king like the fat shit on Euc 1" He then quickly turned to Hailey. "Oh, no off- Oh wait hahaha! You probably agree with me."

Hailey smirked and simply nodded, prompting the king to laugh again before his thoughts suddenly got him thinking. "Wait, there are no side effects to taking them back to back right?"

Hailey shrugged her shoulders. "Apollo said he had taken four back to back when he tested it with us. All it does is improve your body’s internals to produce more chemicals and hormones and reduces your pain receptors and the bio locks that prevent you from using your entire strength. There is no outside influence going into the veins like the Lyssa."

"That appears to be very true, from what I am reading." Jocasta chimed in.

Sigismund nodded his head. The sentinel continued to impress. A smart young man with a warrior’s head on his shoulders with the brain capable of doing something like this? He made the right call.

Walking over to his ripped fatigues he reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of reading glasses and balanced them on his nose before addressing Hailey "Right then Hailey. Should we come to reasonable terms and get your boyfriend a very fair deal for the rights to his creation?"

...

College of Psionics:

A group of bodaciously beautiful babes were sitting in the middle of a field having a picnic. The sight of them all naturally had men and women take extra glances. Some even outright stopped to gawk for a while.

None approached however. The aura coming off the most beautiful one there screamed ’death to those who dare approach’ so a respectable distance was being kept.

The beauty in question, Orchid, growled in her throat before asking, not for the first time. "I don’t get why we have to sit out here and be watched. I would rather stay at home."

"W-well if you aren’t enjoying the sunny day, perhaps we should go back to yours?" Evanthe suggested, as she was wearing so much sunscreen in order not to burn with her complexion.

"Nuh-uh. Apollo told us to behave and act like normal people while he was gone. This is what normal people do. Sit down and have a nice lunch with their friends. You know if I snitch when Apollo comes back that you have just been moping around the house the entire time, he will be mad at you right?" Janine said and smirked in victory when Orchid turned and flashed her a terrifying look.

A look that used to scare her, but after seeing the woman literally begging Apollo with the cutest face ever to shoot his load down her throat... There wasn’t anything she could do to scare her at this point.

The group resumed idle chit chat for a while before the sunny day suddenly turned very dark? It was at that point, the group realised two men in trench coats and fedoras had made their way over to them.

"Good afternoon ladies, apologies for the sudden change of colour this wonderful day, could we speak to an Orchid Lambdason please?"