<strong>Dining Room - A rather bored Marco Xantelli -</strong><br/><br/>The experiment of eternal hunger was something he had never tried before. Perhaps he was getting more like Maria, but he didn't like all the work required of keeping his power through several inflection points of her body to absorb any food material she took through her stomach and digestive system. She would remain empty when he removed the tapeworm effect but now she could begin filling up on food once again. At the same time, he tampered with her metabolism so that her cells would burn energy rapidly. The effect would be she would need to eat more during the course of the day to maintain the same weight, as simple and subtle as that. She could now fill up and ease her hunger pains.<br/><br/>Marco smiled at Kiara to acknowledge her presence, then turned to Enzo, "She seems to rather sensitive to certain aspects of our Island culture," he laughed, "Be careful she doesn't pass out. Better yet."<br/><br/>Marco smiled as looked to Melody, she would feel her heart beating faster as he conducted a major change to her metabolism. In order to have energy, Melody would have to have alcohol in her blood. A lack of it wouldn't kill her, but she would become lethargic, prone to pains and headaches, and eventually paralyzed if she stopped drinking. On the other hand, alcohol would no longer impair her motor skills or her speech as he adjusted her cellular structure to utilize it differently. She would no vomit or pass out from drinking too much and could drink hard liquor nonstop, in fact, she would have to function. Though Marco had been thoughtful enough not to take the buzz away, she would still get the high as if heavily buzzed. He even improved the lining on her stomach and esophagus to last under heavy and habitual drinking.<br/><br/>Granted, a change such as this sometimes had unintended consequences but Marco would simply withdraw the changes and lose the game if his calculations were flawed.<br/><br/>"Kiara, this is Melody Fitzgibbons. She is here with us to eat, drink, and be merry!" Marco said, "I love a girl with good judgment on aesthetics and men, don't you Enzo?" He looked at Melody, "You look like you can really put it away my dear, perhaps you need something a bit stronger. Have you always been a lush?"<br/><br/>Marco clapped and called for the Rum, a very potent blend that had been distilled on the island to 180 proof. The bottle, a long neck bottle with clear glistening liquid was presented to Melody. The moment she took it in her hands, Marco turned it to pure alcohol. It would absorb some water the moment she opened it, but what she had in her hands would be the closest one could get to 200 proof. It would certainly have a kick on the way down if she chose to try it.<br/><br/>"I bet you can't drink that," Marco said to Melody with an amused grin.<br/><br/>His attention turned back to Kiara, as he was amused despite himself.<br/><br/>"What do you say Kiara, do you think she can handle our special blend, the one even I can't stomach? Would you like to place a wager?" he teased.