100 Puppies and Dragons

Shades of Gray

Seto scowled and sighed. "Damn."

"What's wrong, dragon?" the blond asked, sitting down beside him. "What's goin' on?"

"This new spell. It's coming out all wrong."

Joey peeked into the cauldron and grimaced at the thick liquid bubbling and glorping in different shades of gray. "Wow. That is… wow." He tilted his head. "Er. Well. Maybe… Eh. Wow."

"I know. That's what Mokuba said." Seto paused. "…And Atem, too." He paused again, then covered his face. "And so did Ishizu."

"Ehm…" The blond laughed nervously. "What all did ya put in it?"

"Besides the base? A little ground up hen's teeth, some bat whiskers… I know I put in a troll tooth or two and then some gargoyle sweat."

"Hmm." Joey tilted his head and frowned. "Equal parts hen's teeth to gargoyle sweat?"

"That wasn't what the recipe called for. I'm not making a rage potion." Seto dipped his spoon into the pot to stir it, frowning when he felt the spoon grow lighter, then pulled it out in confusion. He blinked when he saw that the spoon had melted away. "…Hm. Quite caustic, isn't it?"

The younger man frowned. "What were you even trying to do?"

"…I was employed to make an aphrodisiac so strong that even dragons would react to the smallest drop."

Joey grimaced again. "Ngh… Maybe it's so strong that only dragons can react to it."

Seto dropped the rest of his spoon into the cauldron and watched it sizzle away. "Perhaps you're right. Go get the dead worms for me?"

The blond stood to go fetch the worms impervious to all magic so they could consume the potion and dispose of it safely. Normally, he'd tell Seto to go get them himself or at least say please, but that potion he'd made was just way too creepy.

And gross. Reeeeally gross.