Viktor was seldom home anymore.

With Storybrooke's curse broken, identities were being reassumed or reintegrated. Most could cope with two identities. They either chose one and ignored the other or literally merged them, choosing qualities from each to become a better person.

But a select few, those with such conflicting personalities, couldn't cope with the dichotomy.

Viktor was seldom home anymore because he spent most of his time in his lab in the basement of the hospital. He was trying to create a drug that would erase the cursed identity, but leave the memories of the last 28 years.

Viktor had utilized the knowledge gained from both his life and Whale's, taking into account the various chemicals in the human brain and their effects, as well as the effects other chemicals have on the brain.

After months of work, what had resulted was a serum that would, if his calculations were correct, target the part of the brain that housed identity, but wouldn't touch the memory center. Unfortunately, due to the magic of the curse, he wasn't fully sure it would work. Or if it did work, that it wouldn't wipe the memories also.

Magic had failed Storybrooke in that respect. Science was the only hope for these people now. And Viktor was sure his serum would work. The only questions left were:

To what extent?

And who was willing to test it?

One of the patients, Jaq, used to be a kind-hearted mouse and friend of Cinderella. His cursed identity was a bully at best. The things he'd done as James "Mac" McDonald were terrible in the eyes of the mouse. When asked if he was willing to be a test subject, he jumped at the chance.

There was the who. Now all Viktor needed were the results.

Viktor sedated Jaq and injected the serum. Now to wait.