[b]"Damn it."

It was "One Night Ivy" after all. She should have guessed so, after the woman from earlier gave her that vial. The only good news about this situation was that Ella knew exactly how to cure that poison, and it was essentially pretty easy to take care of. Realizing her attitude was too sour for the situation, Ella looked up and gave Marken a reassuring smile, reaching over to lightly squeeze his hand.

"You have nothing to worry about," Ella told Marken softly, "Your mama was poisoned with something called 'One Night Ivy.' Since she didn't pass away overnight, it is fair to say she got a very small dosage, probably nonlethal. We could probably wait for the poison to work through her system at this rate, but it would be very painful."

Standing, Ella went over to one of the journals, pleased that all of the ingredients required to cure the poison were available in this country. That would make this job so much easier. She then made another list, this one only having four items on it: ginger, mint, basil, and fresh green onions.

"Marken, do we have these herbs in the kitchen?" Ella asked after making another list, this one only four items long, "Thankfully, all of these items are commonly found in soups, so we could just make an Oriental soup called curry and have her eat a little bit. She could be showing signs of improvement as soon as six hours later."[/b]