Bad Chemistry

**Bad Chemistry** is a story quest in *We Happy Few.* It is the first in a series of quests that involve Sally gathering the replacement ingredients for creating Blackberry.

## Objectives

* Visit the chemist
* Visit Harry Cavendish
* Steal Dr. Hughe's bag
* Give Harry the bag

## In-Game Description

i hope stewart adams has the ingredients i need. if i don't make some blackberry soon, the bobbies are going to freak out.

this is going to be a bit awkward. he thinks i traded up from him to anton v. i suppose i did in a sense. anton is brilliant. stewart would take a day or two to figure something out i said anton would get it before i finished my sentence.

still theres one chemist in town, and i need some very particular chemicals to make blackberry joy, now that my lab burned up. and frankly, he was always kind, something you'd never accuse anton of

i wonder how long fiona's been waiting to say all that to me? she's probably been stewing since i left.

i don't think i'm going to be getting any chemicals from stewart. how do i replace my ingredients?

harry still works at the labs, doesn't he? and he owes me a favour. if anyone can help me get mercury amalgam, it's him. he. him. whatever.

harry says dr. hughes' bag should have the notes i need to make mercury amalgam. oh, and to prove dr. hughes caused the accident that made poor harry blind.

it's back to old harry, and i hope he's right about the amalgam.

## Walkthrough

Get across the bridge to Maidenholm and then to the Apothecary, owned by Stewart Adams. Once there, Sally will notice that Stewart is absent. The counter is instead manned by Fiona Adams, Stewart's wife, who is furious at Sally for a past incident involving them. She refuses to give Sally anything, so Sally decides to head over to Harry Cavendish, an old acquaintance who used to work at Haworth Labs.

Walk to Harry Cavendish's house as shown on the map. Upon first meeting him after a very long time, Sally learns that he was blinded in an accident at the fault of Doctor Hughes, who blamed Harry for the incident, resulting in his dismissal.

Harry points out to Sally that Hughes' bag would not only have notes on how to obtain the mercury amalgam that Sally needs, but could also help clear Harry's name. So she sets out to the Hippo Club in town, the house where most of the Doctors live.

It is highly recommended to have some Sunshine or Mojo on-hand, as well as some Knockout Syringes, as the Doctors can sense if the player isn't on Joy if they get too close.

Go inside the house and travel up the many stairs while avoiding getting caught by the Doctors, or outright kill/knock them all out. Doctor Hughes' bag is on the top floor of the house.

After exiting the club, head back to Harry. Upon giving him the bag, he'll express his delight, and he give Sally a note detailing where to find Mercury Amalgam; this will unlock the hatch location to Ratholm.  He also hands Sally back the bag itself, which she thinks could be used to transport Gwen.

### Items the player will gather

* 45 RPM Record
* Axe
* 3x Bleach
* Blueprint: Mercury Amalgam
* 3x Cloth Scrap
* 2x Duct Tape
* 2x Empty Atomizer
* Flour Bag
* Frying Pan
* Lead Pipe
* Leather Scraps
* 4x Metal Bits
* Pie
* 2x Rotten Onion
* 2x Saltpeter
* Slice of Pie
* Tea
* Torch (Empty)
* 12x Tea Cup

### Containers the player can search through

* 2x Ashes
* 2x Chest
* 2x Cupboard
* 3x Desk
* File Cabinet
* Fridge
* Kettle
* 3x Low Dresser
* Safe
* 9x Small Dresser
* Stove
* Toilet
* 2x Wardrobe

## Transcript

### **Fiona Adams**

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Fiona: Well, if it isn't Sally Boyle. Himself is upstairs tinkering.

Sally: When will he--

Fiona: It's been weeks now. It's a ... device you left behind. Apparently it's quite clever and complex.

Sally: I just came to buy some chemicals.

Fiona: Over my cold, dead body.

Sally: Fiona--

Fiona: --it's not just borrowing my man while you were here. I could have got over that. It's the ambitions you put into him.

Sally: Fiona I'm sorry--

Fiona: He wants to be "more than a village Chemist." How's that, I says? Will you go to London to study to be a doctor? Will you take over Haworth Labs? She still wouldn't take you back, I sez. But you sold him the stars, and now he can't barely see where he's going.

Sally: Maybe he liked me \*because\* I thought he could be more, did you ever think of that?

Fiona: Get out of here. Get out, you witch, and don't let the door hit ye on the arse on the way out.

### **Harry Cavendish**

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Sally: Harry? It's Sally! Sally Boyle!

Harry: Just a moment! Just a moment, dammit! I can't get to the door as fast as I used to.

Harry: Sally Boyle! I haven't seen you in a dog's age.

Sally: What-- what happened to your-- eyes?

Harry: Oh, this little thing. Doctor Hughes miscalculated the brominating reaction, and it blew up in my face. Then he convinced Dr. Verloc it was my fault, so I got the sack.

Sally: That weasel!

Harry: Oh, you don't have to pretend you're interested in the tedious old lab. How's the glamorous life of an experimental chemist?

Sally: It's a bit clocked at the moment. Can't get mercury amalgam.

Harry: Did you know they vent gallons of it onto Ratholm? Oh, well, you wouldn't. You've moved on to greener pastures.

Sally: I'm sorry. I thought Anton knew what he was doing.

Harry: Oh, I don't blame you for leaving us all behind. When love fades, you have to move on. Well, I'm sure you'll figure out where to find some amalgam.

Sally: Maybe I will. Then someone's got to prove it was Doctor Hughes' fault you lost your eyes.

Harry: You know, you're right! He could hurt someone else!

Sally: Is there ... any evidence ... that it was his fault?

Harry: You know, now that you mention it. His lab notes. He keeps them in his doctor bag. I bet they're all the evidence I need. Oh, you know what? I bet he'd also tell me how to extract the amalgam you need out of the stuff the lab is piping onto Ratholm!

Sally: I'll get you his lab notes.

Harry: Here's where he lives. Come back and I"ll tell you where to find the pump outlet.

Sally: Don't go anywhere.

Harry: Wouldn't dream of it.

### **Return**

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Sally: Harry? It's Sally! Sally Boyle!

Harry: Just a moment! Just a moment, dammit! I can't get to the door as fast as I used to.

Harry: Did you get Dr. Hughes' bag?

Sally: I've got it.

Harry: Aren't you brillo. Well, here's the formula you'll need.

Harry: You can get to Ratholm via the maintenance tunnels. There's a code at the door, it's 1649.

Sally: I really am sorry about the accident. I  thought Anton had a handle on things.

Harry: Well, now we know. Cheerio.

## Trivia

* The name of the quest is likely a pun on how Sally doesn't get along with some people, such as Fiona.