Chapter 3

You continue to stare at the suspended body before Dr. Janobii notices where you attention is directed. She glances at the tube before bursting into laughter. “Oh no no no! Don’t worry about that, it’s just my attempts at making the perfect boyfriend. One day I will achieve the perfect Dylan Thomas.” You aren’t sure what to think about that but decide to let it go for now.

Dr. Janobii resumes shuffling through some drawers and you try to see what she is doing but she’s moving a bit too quickly for you to follow. You don’t have to wait long to find out the results of all the searching though. After a few minutes, Dr. Janobii produces a syringe and a beaker of green liquid. She grins at you.

“This is what I came to show you.” You give Dr. Janobii and unimpressed expression. “Now now! Don’t look at me like that. I promise this is better than the suspended body.” Dr. Janobii puts down the beaker and syringe and summons her banhammer. “So as you know, those of us in the senior staff can use banhammers. But recently we’ve had some very well disguised spambots coming in that appear as normal users. This makes them more difficult to detect and more easily able to advertise on the forums. Well, I’ve decided to take it upon myself to find out a way to detect them. The contents of this beaker are the culmination of my work. You see, the past few nights I’ve been injecting myself with it and while I don’t remember much, the amount of undercover spambots I’ve been able to catch is astounding! I’m going to present it all to the senior staff later, but my curiosity has been peaked. That’s the reason I asked you here.”

Dr. Janobii grins at you, a glimmer in her eyes as she moves the banhammer to her shoulder. “I need you to tell me what happens while I’m unconscious.”