Poison is an unnamed toxic substance given to the inspector on day 20 by an EZIC messenger. It is intended for poisoning Khaled Istom before he can interfere with EZIC activities.
The poison is inside a small package, over a film. Opening the package will reveal the poison with the warning "do not touch powder."
Gameplay
The poison can be applied on any passport or temporary visa slip by opening the package by clicking on the arrows three times (revealing the instruction "push hard to affix") and then aligning the poison anywhere on the passport or the slip and clicking on the film or stamping the passport with the Poison. If the Inspector touches the powder before it is applied to a passport or a temporary visa slip, he dies instantly, ending the game.
If the inspector hands over the poisoned passport to Istom, two events can occur, both leading to the same long-term objective (helping the EZIC order):
- If Istom is allowed entry, he will vomit blood on the passage on the right of the booth and then die. A guard (never Sergiu or Calensk) will go to check him out and will also collapse.
- If Istom is denied entry, he will collapse at the sidewalk near the other entrants waiting in the line; most of the people in line will then run away in panic.
In both cases, the inspector will help EZIC, which counts towards ending 19 but completely prevents getting ending 20. Poisoning will also trigger the headline "Mysterious poison hospitalizes several" in the next day's newspaper.
If the poison was never used, it will not be in the booth after day 20.
It is possible to poison any entrant on day 20. They will collapse, the day will end and this will count as having failed the EZIC task. This does not trigger the newspaper headline. If you wait until the day is over without using the poison, you can still trigger the newspaper headline. However, poisoning a person who would be detained does not trigger the poisoning.
If you apply poison to a randomly generated bomb smuggler's passport and grant their entry, they will not die from the poison and instead commit a suicide bombing.