Servitium (mind control route)

Violet handed me the flask, a strange pink iquid swirled inside, giving the appearance of a hypnotic spiral. "This," she said, "is Servitium. Now drink, please."

The please at the end was almost insulting with how little emphasis she placed on it. I took the flask and examined it closer. No particulates that I could see, nothing to give me any sense of concern, except for it being something that Violet made.

"Just a sip?" I asked.

"Indeed," then she grabbed her notebook and began to write. "In fact, only take one sip. The rats that took a higher dose had some... unintended side effects. So I think we would both be better avoiding those."

She never looked up at me once when explaining this. It occurred to me that I was probably nothing more to her than a lab rat that could talk. But this was how it went, Violet being the master of my fate. And most of the other students probably had more exciting things to do on a Friday night.

Might as well add some kind of excitement to my life, right?