Rorschach took out his belongings, including the contents of his Storage Ring.
First was Balan's Pearl. After its revelry in the Shadow Land, it had become a bit overactive, which Rorschach considered a potential hazard.
'If I advance to Great Mage, suppressing it should be a piece of cake.'
Next was a bottle of sticky, murky liquid. This was a sample of the Living Water Body collected from the Semi-submerged Area. Rorschach had never forgotten to feed it. Back when conditions were poor in the Shadow City, he fed it frog's blood, and now he was feeding it white sugar and Fanta soda.
Since it wasn't in running water, the substance in the bottle had become increasingly contaminated, turning it murky.
Rorschach carefully separated a small amount with Mage's Hand and dropped it directly into a newly opened bottle of soda. Instantly, all the bubbles inside fizzed and were released.
He made up his mind and wrote a letter to Master Humboldt of the Tower of Forest:
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