On the second evening, Sylutia sat on a rock beside the campfire, turning the grilled fish over on a stick. She sprinkled it with a little salt and spice, and the golden-brown flesh gave off a mouthwatering aroma.
Beside the fire lay several skewers of grilled mushrooms, dried out but just as tempting.
Sylutia took the cooked fish off the stick and placed it on a roughly cut wooden board. Blowing on it, she sampled a little, then ate some grilled mushrooms too. They tasted even better than Lining's usual dinners.
It was probably because they were something new. Lining was actually a very good cook; her specialty dishes just weren't to Sylutia's taste.
That afternoon, aside from taking a break to catch fish, Sylutia had been searching for a poison that could turn the tide.
She'd had some success, finding several kinds of poisonous plants and tree sap, but none were particularly potent. Even if she wanted to refine them, she lacked the tools for it.
In the end, Sylutia had to change her approach. She went looking for a special mushroom that wasn't lethal but could cause hallucinations. The red-capped mushrooms with white spots in the basket by her feet were the day's haul.
[Pleated Skirt Fly Agaric] (Nightmare): A poisonous mushroom that has yet to form a complete Aspect Power. Eating it causes severe nausea, abdominal pain, chills, hallucinations, dizziness, and blurred vision.
If she used the Blossom Method to release its poisonous spores, it would probably provoke a reaction from the Two-Headed Ogre. However, since the mushroom was wild and had not formed a complete Aspect Power, it would only take a few minutes for its Aspect Power to run out once released.
Turning these mushrooms into poison would probably weaken the Ogre by one or