"Then these shall do nicely. I can have sketches for you this time tomorrow, with estimates of construction time and mana cost. I have shop on Tuesday."

Marcy asks, "What are the other three conditions?"

"Poison, contraceptives, control."

"Intriguing. Do you have a lead on what kinds of substances would work as agglo contraceptives?"

"Nope. I'm going to start by asking the nurse to give me one of everything in case it works on a symbolic level."

"Makes sense. If the nurse doesn't have everything I bet there are seniors with some almost-expired plan B lying around."

This really seems like an adult type project but maybe she's hoping to turn it into some kind of awesome graduation weapon and just doesn't want to talk it up too much before knowing if it pans out.

"Oh, good idea."

"Are you planning on getting lab credit for this? That would be neat."

"I'm definitely going to try to get shop credit for the tanks."

"It's probably more a mal studies credit than anything, but it's not really geared toward that, I just think it should be tried and can't be as sure as I'd like that there will be plenty of time to go try things in London's agglo farm. I might need to pay you in installments, if that's all right, I can't afford too much outlay into a side project."

"That will be fine." Glance at Marcy. "Though I would prefer to get the mana for the spells when I cast them. It will be easier to measure the correct amount."

"That's totally legit, and I've established with my clavemate that she'll loan me mana as long as I pay her back with interest, so if you need to be paid faster I can do it that way."

"That sounds good. I think that's everything that should be settled before I have plans drawn up, yes?"

"Yep!"

"Then I will see you tomorrow."

"Pleasure doing business with you."