Trask potions

  Tanu rummaged in his satchel. "Time for me to earn my keep. " He pulled out a bunch of small plastic cylinders capped by little rubber stoppers. "These are the closest I could come to creating dragon insurance. For three hours after swallowing a dose, we'll be fire resistant and have some protection against electricity. There is also some liquid emotion in the mix, a jolt of courage to help against dragon terror. I have a second dose for each of us in case three hours isn't enough. "

  "Fire resistant?"

  Seth asked. "How about fireproof?"

  Tanu shook his head. "Against dragon fire, resistant is the best I can claim. "

  "Fire is the most common draconic breath weapon," Gavin said. "But the guardians of the Dragon Temple may not be very common. "

  "Protection against fire is better than nothing," Trask said, accepting a cylinder, uncapping it, and downing the contents. The others followed suit. Seth found that the clear liquid tasted sugary at first, then spicy hot, then cool and tangy.

  "Anything else?" Seth asked.

  "A gaseous potion for each of us," Tanu said. "As a last resort, chug it and try to drift away. Use it wisely. As a gas, you'll move slowly, and a direct blast of dragon fire would probably sear you into nothing. " Tanu handed a small bottle to each of them.

  "You have the smoke grenades?" Trask asked.

  "I was getting to them. " Tanu pulled out small glass bulbs full of purple fluid. "This liquid turns to smoke when exposed to air. The vapors will smell nasty to us but much worse to creatures with more highly developed olfactory senses. Like dragons, for example. The fumes should basically blind their noses. Trask and I will take charge of these grenades. "

  "Call back Mendigo," Trask prompted Seth.

  "Mendigo!" Seth cried. "Return to us!"

  "I can turn two of us into giants," Tanu said, holding up a pair of crystal vials. "I vote for Trask and Dougan, our two most tested fighters. Any objections?"

  "Makes sense to me," Gavin agreed.

  Trask nodded and accepted a vial.

Chapter 21