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[fulmination]

Evening, everyone. If I may have a moment of your time I'd like to ask you two questions.

First of all, how many people here are familiar with the concept of alchemy? It's a fairly common thing in my world and it honestly surprised me when I discovered that some people have either never heard of such a thing or it simply doesn't exist any longer in their world. Whether it involve turning metal into gold or even tales fabled Philosopher's Stone, I'd very much like to hear about what you know and perhaps we'll even learn something new.

Second, I recently discovered that a former colleague of mine was in the city at one point; did anyone know a man named Alex Louis Armstrong? I haven't seen him in a few years so I'm curious as to how he was. He's an alchemist like myself so he may have even introduced himself with the title of 'Strong Arm.'

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[zelda_hylia]

Alchemy? Goodness, I haven't heard that term for a long time. We had a pair of brothers here awhile back who performed magic and called it alchemy.

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[fulmination]

Ah, I remember my younger brother calling it magic when we were kids. What kind of things did they do with it?

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[zelda_hylia]

They drew runes on the fountain and created impromptu water guns to shoot people with.

[They were young enough that it had just been cute to her, but honestly.]

The manipulation of matter is magic. There's no harm in calling it by that term. If you are an alchemist, then by my standards, you are a mage. And to you...

[Zelda holds out a hand, palm up, summoning forth a flower that she holds out to the camera.]

I am an alchemist.

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[fulmination]

_{[At least it wasn't nearly as bad as turning small pebbles into firecrackers.]}

Impressive! I've only met one other alchemist who could perform alchemy without a transmutation circle, but not to that extreme!

_{[And without clapping too, man. He is very very pleased with this.]}

To create something out of nothing, that is impressive.

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[iamnotacrook]

[She's chosen to wear the costume this time, not wanting to reveal anything to this man.]

Alchemy? It sounds like a myth.

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[fulmination]

It does seem a little far-fetched, doesn't it?

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[iamnotacrook]

Yes, perhaps...this would be better discussed in person.

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[crackpotcrocker]

[What's that in the background? It looks like a lab of sorts]

As I mentioned, I'm familiar with the concept and Nicolas Flamel, whom supposely was successful in creating the Philospher's Stone.

[fulmination]

He wrote a book about his research on the stone in my world. Do you believe that such a thing could exist, Mister Crocker?

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[crackpotcrocker]

He did? That makes perfect sense! Why not!?! [There's that crazy in his eyes]

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[beauchevalier]

A king I knew created an Alchemy Pot for me and my traveling companions to use during our journey, so I'm a bit familiar with the concept.

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[fulmination]

I've never heard of an Alchemy Pot before. What does it do?

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[beauchevalier]

You put two ingredients into the pot and out comes a stronger or better item depending upon what two items you mixed together. You can also recreate the item you lost in the pot by mixing items, it's quite a handy pot.

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[halfhearted]

[Vani makes creatures out of his

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELINGS.

But Kimblee knew that already.

Totally sneaking a yoyo inside of your window though.]

And what kind of colleague was he?

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[fulmination]

_{[Vani you can keep your weird feels. It makes him act funny.]}

Ah--I never did tell you about Ishval, did I?

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[halfhearted]

[Feel free to blow them.






The feelings. In their Unversed form. It'll just make him stronger.]
You haven't. [And he missed any conversation Kimblee might have had with someone else about it on the network.

He'll be quiet for a moment as he portals in to the kitchen.

He'll snag a box of cookies and replace it with the Yo-yo. Equivalent exchange, right?]

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[bethehugejerk]

THE ONLY ALCHEMY I KNOW IS PUNCH CARD ALCHEMY, AND I EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU BEFORE.
WHAT'S THIS PHILOSOPHER'S STONE?

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[fulmination]

Ah, Mister Vantas! Yes, I remember that conversation of ours. It's still very fascinating.

In my world it's simply something that enhances an alchemist's ability, so to speak.

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[bethehugejerk]

YEAH. I DON'T FOLLOW.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE AND JUST FLAT OUT ASK HOW YOUR ALCHEMY WORKS.

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[doormat_hikari]

Alchemy? I've only heard of that in history books.

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[fulmination]

That's all right! It is a bit of an old study even in my world.

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[doormat_hikari]

It was replaced by chemistry at home. Do you turn things into gold?

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[dotthedisconnect]

I'm getting the impression that what you refer to as "alchemy" and what the word meant in the history of my world are not the same thing. But to answer your question, no. Alchemy was the precursor to science, but most of its operating principles were based on outdated speculation, and it was entirely discarded when practitioners realized nothing about it worked. In my time, that would have been something like a thousand years into the past.

But it would appear that your universe had more success, I take it?

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[fulmination]

A thousand?

_{[Jeeze, and he thought being a hundred years in the past was something.]}

Ah... Yes.

_{[Just give him a few moments to wrap his brain around thousand years into the past.]}

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[dotthedisconnect]

[Was that really so surprising? Huh.]

It was fairly short-lived. Basically, the idea that matter could be converted into other forms of matter on the basis that they all consisted of various combinations of four primal elements. That theory actually goes even centuries further back into antiquity.