Finish up.

Another waitress suddenly grabs you by your arm. "What the hell did you do to Bibi, huh?"

You jump. "I didn't do anything!"

"Oh sure. She's come to talk to you a few times, and she's never been this... lewd! You poisoned her mind somehow. You used some kind of dark magic."

She's not completely wrong, but. "This was all her decision."

Your party heads over after seeing the conflict. "Is everything all right?" Alice asks.

"I overheard, and I do not believe Mr. Warren would have done such a thing," Amara says.

The waitress grumbles. "Fine. Maybe she's just feeling extra brave today, but it's... Well, it's too much! I think she showed someone her panties earlier. And it's made her so much in tips."

Yeah that's wasn't her panties.

"Jealous?" Niki says with a grin.

"Hardly!"

Bibi makes her way over. She embraces you tight, much to the surprise of the others. "Thank you so much, Kyle. You really helped me out today. I'll never forget this. And now I know my true potential!" She giggles. "Can you take it to her for me? I should have more than enough now."

In one day... "Yeah of course. We'll come back and say goodbye before we leave, when we're done in this down. But we need to get moving now."

"Bye, Kyle~!" She smiles bright.

After that, your party departs the Sparrow's Swallow. It's time to make another trip out to Dixby's cottage, and hopefully she'll have something made to help you on your quest. It isn't going to be easy taking down the Vampire Queen herself. You already know she has many lesser vampires under her control as well. So all you can do is put faith in your party and the alchemy stills of a strange gnomish girl.

Once again, you reach the small door of her cottage. After knocking, she opens it up and beckons you all inside.

It's as you remember it--a mess. Though, she stands proudly on a table in the center of the room with a fancy glass flask sitting in front of her. The curvy bottle contains a shimmering cyan liquid that seems to flicker with light as it sloshes around to the shaking of the table beneath her footfalls. Though, she looks to you with a hand extended as if waiting for something.

"The money. Right," you say and place a large sack of coins beside her.

"Zounds." Dix peeks inside. "You really did it. I just assumed she spent it all on something dumb and her secret was going to be exposed. Looks like you did good by both of us, huh? A deal's a deal. I make your potion."

Eva leans in. "What is it?"

"Want to drink more of my potions, hm?"

"No way!"

She giggles. "This is only for you, Kyle. Drink it before you face those vampires. It will instil the holy power of that water into your body, and hopefully the gift will save you from a sticky situation. This is the best I can offer. Pretty pricey potion though, and all you needed to do was shake a girl down for some money."

"Please don't say it like that," you say.

"All I'm saying is I'm very generous. You really didn't pay anything."

"I didn't say I wasn't grateful for it. Thanks." you lift it up and slip it into your pocket. "How long does it last?"

"Should be more than long enough, but still wait to drink it. Do it when you're close to your destination."

"I do have one more weird question." You reach into your pack and pull out a tied up squishy bag. As you hold it out to her, she pinches her nose and gives a disgusted expression. "Can you tell me what this is?"

She peeks inside. "Ew! Why do you have a bag of swamp mud?"

"Someone gave it to me. It must be important."

"That's just some swamp goo, dude. I don't know what to tell you."

You lift it back up and stare for a moment. "Huh? It really is just mud? It isn't like, some kind of magic slime, or a monster in disguise?"

"Did you hit your head or something?"

"Are you serious?! I was holding onto it thinking it must be important somehow."

"I think the person who gave it to you just really likes the swamp."

You deadpan stare at your gift. "I refuse to believe you," you mutter. "I'll find a use for this somehow."

"You do you." She shrugs. "So are you going vampire hunting right away?"

"We are."

"Is that really a good idea?" Eva says. "I'm just a little--"

"Scared?" Niki laughs.

"I'm not scared!"

Alice speaks up. "Kyle is correct. We must not give Mistress Catherine a moment to plan for our attack. One of our few advantages is that she may have no idea we are coming. Her over-confidence may be her undoing."

"That's right." You sigh. "As much as I don't want to die, we need to do this now. We're storming the castle of the Vampire Queen today while the sun is still up. If we're lucky, she still has the necklace. If not, I guess we'll just have to hope we can overpower her together."

Bloody Tears. Vampire Killer. It's time, though you unfortunately don't possess a flaming whip.