A Strange Liquid

They both emerged, almost colliding in the dingy passageway outside. "Is your water... well, not water?"

"Yes. It's some yellow stuff. I take it that yours is the same, Fred?"

"Yes... Attendant!"

The bath-house attendant appeared. "Is everything to your liking, Sir, M'Lady?"

"What is that stuff in the baths?"

"Lord Reaibn arranged it specially. It's much better than ordinary water. Not only does it get you extra clean without the need for soap, but it has miraculous properties, including ensuring long life and fertility."

1. Reluctantly, Fred and Astra take their baths in the strange liquid. Anything's better than their currently filthy state. And indeed, soon they are clean and feel refreshed.
2. Reluctantly, Fred and Astra take their baths in the strange liquid. Anything's better than their currently filthy state.Anything's better than their currently filthy state. Or so they think, until they see what effect the liquid is having on them.
3. Reluctantly, Fred and Astra take their baths in the strange liquid. Anything's better than their currently filthy state. Soon they begin to feel very drowsy. Do the fumes from the liquid have a narcotic effect?
4. Fred and Astra refuse to bathe in the liquid.

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