Alkahest Academy RP thread

[FenixZero]

Amadeus stretched his arms up over his head, feeling the satisfying pops and cracks as his tensed muscles slowly unwound. He was seated cross legged on the floor of the library, surrounded by his notes. Hills and valleys of paper were strewn everywhere around him, almost obsucring him from vision. The papers looked almost like alchemic symbols drawn on sheet music. To the untrained eye it was chaotic mess of scribbles and margin notes, but to Deus, it was art.

To his mind music and alchemy were basically the same thing, take the individual components, alter them as you see fit, then combine them together and make something totally new.

Pushing a large leatherbound book out of the way, Deus fished around in his pocket for his best friend and closest companion. His harmonica.

The small instrument had been a gift from his adopted father and mentor, and it never left his side. Wetting his lips with his tongue, Deus brought the harmonica to his lips. Taking in a low breath through the instrument, he produced a low mournful moan, barely audible with the mountains of books surrounding on all sides.

Smiling wide, Deus pulled the pen from behind his ear and added a symbol to his notes. Even feeling the metal on his lips made him want to tear into a rift on his blues harp, to open up his heart and pour out the pain in a way that only the blues could, but this assignment wouldn't wait.

Deus half hoped someone would come in a distract him. Homework was a bore and a half.

 

[Mephistophelily]

"uh- Vivian. Its- its short for Vivian." Vi gave a soft smile, trying ot take in his full name. *Well that's going to be fun to remember...,* she thought, the smile unwaivering.
Her hand still in his, she gave a soft twitch as he started tracing in it. It tickled... yet felt.. strangely soothing at the same time. "Ah- yes. Professor Hartwell was-IS- my father." Another student with connections to her father's side project? What had he been hiding from her? "I was actually hoping to find out more on that exact project of his..."

She suddenly gave a soft yelp as he stopped the movements on her palm, a sharp burning pain running from that spot string into her head- but it was quickly replaced by a great exhileration. She sucked in a sharp breath, gasping it out as she looked at him. "What-?"

"Like flying isn't it. I majored in chemistry. it does wonders for surgery. I hope to do some of that."

"Hm." She rubbed her palm with her other hand, looking at it with a frown before realizing that she yet again been left paces behind him as he called out, following over to him. The large gothic building stood before them, a gargoyle resting on the peak that stared ominously down on them. "Ah... thank you, Diego."

 

[chronicle_tenko]

"uh- Vivian. Its- its short for Vivian." "Ah- yes. Professor Hartwell was-IS- my father." "I was actually hoping to find out more on that exact project of his..."
"Like flying isn't it. I majored in chemistry. it does wonders for surgery. I hope to do some of that."

"Hm." She rubbed her palm with her other hand, looking at it with a frown before realizing that she yet again been left paces behind him as he called out, following over to him. The large gothic building stood before them, a gargoyle resting on the peak that stared ominously down on them. "Ah... thank you, Diego."

"Your welcome. I can look up and see what I know about your father's research. I really didn't have him much. He was interested in a different student, I'll find his name out for you. What do you need at the library?"

Diego looked at her. She was very pretty. Her colors clashed with his and he was drawn to her. *Like moths to a flame.*

"I saw your confusion. My name is Diego. The rest is some title and a million relatives who are quite dead. Just Diego. I have nothing to do these next few hours. My classes are very much at my leisure. As long as I produce results. Do you need someone to help you with a paper or show you around?"

 

[dragonrazor]

Feros headed to his dorm room, having finished lunch. He walked past the auditorium, and heard the usual noise coming from it. Then he went to the library, as he had forgotten to return a book that morning. He stepped into the library, and raised an eyebrow. "Still working, Deus?"

 

[Mephistophelily]

Vi laughed, waving her hand at him. "Oh, no, no papers for me yet. I've only been here... well, about an hour, really. I barely managed to find my room in that time."
She paused, hearing music coming softly from inside the library as well. "So much music...," She said softly, shaking her head. "The sound is so wonderful... but... I know that some alchemists have a secondary purpose for the notes."

She smiled, peering up at the gargoyle once again. "A tour would be great, though. Helps not to be so lost while in a new place. I already found the three main ones I'll be heading to- my dorm, the library... and the cafeteria." She laughed again, shrugging. "I'm known to have a rather bad sweet tooth."

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Vi laughed, waving her hand at him. "Oh, no, no papers for me yet. I've only been here... well, about an hour, really. I barely managed to find my room in that time."
She paused, hearing music coming softly from inside the library as well. "So much music...," She said softly, shaking her head. "The sound is so wonderful... but... I know that some alchemists have a secondary purpose for the notes."

She smiled, peering up at the gargoyle once again. "A tour would be great, though. Helps not to be so lost while in a new place. I already found the three main ones I'll be heading to- my dorm, the library... and the cafeteria." She laughed again, shrugging. "I'm known to have a rather bad sweet tooth."

"There is a small cafe then. If you'd accompany me there I'll escort you. They make Excellent Biscotti. It's the un-official cool hang-out. Though I just love some of the blends they make. Coffee's that taste like actual chocolate, Or strawberries. They do some good tea's. And they bake all their own goods fresh in the morning."

Diego held out his hand again.

"Well Miss Hartwell? I can take you to the Auditorium after. That's where I usually like to stay when I have nowhere else to be. And I have no-one to go to the cafe with."

 

[Mephistophelily]

"Sounds wonderful." Vi slipped her hand onto his, smiling. "I'd really love to try one of those coffees you were talking about... and the music was quite beautiful." She paused, glancing to the training arena. "Maybe... you could show me the ropes of that as well? I've used one with my father before, but never with that many different elements. Ours was just basic sand."

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Diego.

"Sounds wonderful." "I'd really love to try one of those coffees you were talking about... and the music was quite beautiful."

"Maybe... you could show me the ropes of that as well? I've used one with my father before, but never with that many different elements. Ours was just basic sand."

Diego waited. A gentleman always letting the woman finish. her hand slipped into his and He linked his arm as well. he walked slow. Matching her pace completely.

"I'm sure they'll make you whatever you desire. My treat of course."

He bumped himself into her side Softly to brush while he avoided another person.

"the alchemy I'd be pleased to show you. However I don't change elements so much as amplify or alter them. really what I'm doing is no more than a chemical change. Sand is glas. Well superheated sand will become glass. So the alteration into a bird is merely detail in your heat and creation. you may have noticed the bubbles in the bird. Enough of them were oxygen for a heat effect More were helium. Lighter than air. causing it to simply float away. the glass was very thing. And the helium easy to mkae. It's a subtle change and it'a ll around us in the air. Since the air was heavier there the glass floated. I doubt it flew very far. The heat was Sulphur still in the air and in the sand. Also the smell was as well."

They turned a corner as diego spoke. he was losing himself in his theories again. Simple property changes. So few people realised that one thing was the other.

"I'd be happy to help you draw out a more complex circle. Or teach you better visualisation techniques. Really all in all that's all that's required."

 

[Mephistophelily]

"Ohhh, I wouldn't go as far as to ask them make something special for me. That order could get way too complex," Vi laughed, pausing as he brushed in closer to her.
"My circles don't seem to be the biggest issue. Dad had me get this a few years back.." With that, she rolled up her sleeve a bit, showing him the transmutation circle tattooed on her arm. "It was one of the main circles he used. Visualization, though... I guess that is probably it. I know what I plan to do... but- well, unless I've pulled it off well before, I can't get anything too advanced to come out as I hoped."

 

[FenixZero]

"Still working, Deus?"

Deus raised his eyes from the book he was buried in and grinned wide at Feros.

"I've just worked out the exact resonant frequency of the wood and stone this building is made out of. " He replied eagerly. Holding up his papers for a moment, Deus rose to his feet, arching his back to work the kinks back out. He was careful to not show Feros the papers for too long. Deus knew all too well how quick Feros could be, and this discovery was all his.

Folding the papers and placing them into his back pocket, Amadeus felt his stomach growl loudly. "And speaking of loud noises"

Chuckling, Deus hooked his thumb in the direction of the exit. "Got time for a quick match on the transmutation fields? I've got something I've been meaning to try out"

 

[chronicle_tenko]

"Ohhh, I wouldn't go as far as to ask them make something special for me. That order could get way too complex,"
"My circles don't seem to be the biggest issue. Dad had me get this a few years back.."

Diego listened politely finding oddly he was interested in what the girl would have to say. Not merely waiting for his turn to talk. That was odd. Somethin about her intrigued him. Maybe it was that she was Hartwell's daughter. She talked about the coffee giggling, then her circles. She rolled her arm to show him a very high quality circle tattoed on her ar. That must be why the drug change worked so well. Hm.

"It was one of the main circles he used. Visualization, though... I guess that is probably it. I know what I plan to do... but- well, unless I've pulled it off well before, I can't get anything too advanced to come out as I hoped."

I see. Visualisation is an important tool. It seems silly but look at your hands. If you can't see beyond them and what they do, You'll never make what you want. The real point is looking at the end. Not how it gets there. Of course you have to mkae the right circles use the proper ingredients but truly it's the ends you achieve. And that is visualisation."

Diego bit his lower lip. A distinctly unmasculine sign then stopped and sort of bumped himself closer to the young woman.

"So other than your family and alchemy, what does a girl like you do for fun?"

 

[Mephistophelily]

Vi looked down at her hands, thinking over what he had said... It made sense. "Yeah.. I'll have to try that...." She glanced back up, surprised as he stepped into her. "Oh- ah..."
She smiled at his question, a soft laugh coming to her throat as she saw him being slightly... nervous. That seemed odd from what she had seen of him so far... "For fun? Hmm... well, between practicing and reading up on things... I like music, shows.. even just some time in nature to let myself find my element base. It seems so... relaxing."

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Diego.

"Yeah.. I'll have to try that...." "Oh- ah..."
"For fun? Hmm... well, between practicing and reading up on things... I like music, shows.. even just some time in nature to let myself find my element base. It seems so... relaxing."

"Hmm. Well we have an excellent auditorium. Many people do practice. Amadeus is a treat to hear. He is excellent at manipulating sound with his alchemy. He works hard. I like nature myself. So few people realise what's around them. I think though, that the coffee shop has an open mike right now. We could stay and hear some local talent. Would you like that?"

He let his arm drift around her. His body closer. One more corner together he walked with her then stepped out of her grasp to open the door wide.

"We're here. Bittersuite."

 

[dragonrazor]

Deus raised his eyes from the book he was buried in and grinned wide at Feros.

"I've just worked out the exact resonant frequency of the wood and stone this building is made out of. " He replied eagerly. Holding up his papers for a moment, Deus rose to his feet, arching his back to work the kinks back out. He was careful to not show Feros the papers for too long. Deus knew all too well how quick Feros could be, and this discovery was all his.

Folding the papers and placing them into his back pocket, Amadeus felt his stomach growl loudly. "And speaking of loud noises"

Chuckling, Deus hooked his thumb in the direction of the exit. "Got time for a quick match on the transmutation fields? I've got something I've been meaning to try out"

Feros shrugged. "I suppose so, yeah. But shouldn't you eat first? My mother always told me never transmute on an empty stomach."

 

[Mephistophelily]

"From what I heard in the halls, it seems there's quite a number of students with some musical talent," Vi said with a smile, glancing at his hand as he placed it about her... though she wasn't upset by it. They arrived at the cafe a few minutes later, Diego holding the door as she stepped inside. The place smelled wonderful.. and he was right, a man sat in the corner of the cafe with a guitar, playing it softly. "This place seems great, Diego.. I'll have to keep it in mind."
She ordered one of the coffees he had told her about and a muffin, settling down at one of the tables with him. She reached into her pocket to get her little notebook- then gasped. "Oh, no!" She dug around a bit, taking out the intended book, but she was now hunting for her gloves. They must have fallen out at some point...

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Diego.

"From what I heard in the halls, it seems there's quite a number of students with some musical talent,"

"This place seems great, Diego.. I'll have to keep it in mind."

"Oh, no!"

"We are a big school. And we accept only the best. Many are talented in many schools of thought." He took his own coffee and paid for both. His tasted of Cinnamon. He quite liked the spicy flavor, and the smell.

He sat next to her as she spoke again. Taking her muffin apart. A man with a guitar strummed a few soft chords.

"I like it here. it's nice and calm. A place to sit and read. Talk with new friends. What are you looking for? Did you lose something? Can I help?"

 

[FenixZero]

Deus considered for a moment then nodded with the same eager smile. Dusting his hands, he tucked his books underneath an arm, folding his pages of notes behind the cover. His hand fell to his pocket instinctivly to feel the familiar weight of his harmonica. It was almost an obsessive compulsion but Deus just liked the thought that it was always where he left it.

"The cafe sounds pretty good." Heading outside, side by side with Feros, "Individual evaluations are coming up in a couple weeks. Do you know what you're going to do for your demonstration?"

 

[Mephistophelily]

"My.. my gloves..," Vi mumbled, looking around franticly, then gave a hard sigh. "I must've dropped them back at the academy... Ohhh, and I had wandered all over the campus too..." She frowned, taking a long sip of her coffee to calm herself.
"This is... really good," She said softly, giving him a weak smile, though she was still rather depressed about her gloves. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ruin this nice stop... Its just- Those were a gift from my dad. They're like all I have left of him... and I just lost them."

 

[FenixZero]

Fishing his hand into his pocket, Deus pulled his harmonica out. Holding the instrument to his lips, Deus slowly rolled into a lazy, low melody. The winds had picked up a bit and despite the sunny day the temperature was dropping. Raising his eyes skyward, he could see a few clouds setteling in across the horizion. The clouds seemed dark, almost angry and charged with a tremendous power.

"Looks like a storm is coming" He lowered his instrument to speak for a moment.

Something out of the corner of his eye caught Deus' attention. There was something lying in the path to the cafe. Kneeling down to inspect it closer, Deus cocked his head in suprise.

"Gloves?"

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Diego

"My.. my gloves..," "I must've dropped them back at the academy... Ohhh, and I had wandered all over the campus too..."
"This is... really good," "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ruin this nice stop... Its just- Those were a gift from my dad. They're like all I have left of him... and I just lost them."

"Hmm. Give me your hand."

She did though a little apprehensively, And Diego took out a knife. He made a small Run off her hand and then another. Very very precise.

"Now we need a candle, and this will be good pratice. When was the last time you washed them?"

"Hands and gloves"

 

[Mephistophelily]

Vi held her hand out to him, giving him a leery glance as he took out his knife. "Uhm- Wh-what're you doing with that?" She gave a soft squeek as he moved his knife against her palm. "Washed them? Um- my hands, before I left my room earlier... and the gloves- ah, I don't remember, last week I think..."

 

[chronicle_tenko]

Vi held her hand out to him, giving him a leery glance as he took out his knife. "Uhm- Wh-what're you doing with that?" She gave a soft squeek as he moved his knife against her palm. "Washed them? Um- my hands, before I left my room earlier... and the gloves- ah, I don't remember, last week I think..."

"Dust. Dead skin on your hands and Sweat from your hands Drys. Making Dust."

Diego began to heatt the knife over a candle set for ambience and to make a circle in wax. his hands were incredibly steady. One would almost think surgical.

"Now your gloves after a week have multiple traces. It in fact will be all over the inside. We'll simply Ask and visualise a beacon. It's hard But we can use your dead skin to find the rest of it. Now we'll be walking a while. And to be honest it'll likely lead us just to the lost and found where I'm sure they are. But It will take us to your gloves. However it involves a cut to whoever will see the beacon and a change in your eye temporarily so you see the Dust in a different Spectrum. That's how it works. I use it to find my watch all the time."

Diego finished the Circle a very simple looking one except the middle piece.

"Now do you want to be cut or should I do it?"

 

[dragonrazor]

Deus considered for a moment then nodded with the same eager smile. Dusting his hands, he tucked his books underneath an arm, folding his pages of notes behind the cover. His hand fell to his pocket instinctivly to feel the familiar weight of his harmonica. It was almost an obsessive compulsion but Deus just liked the thought that it was always where he left it.

"The cafe sounds pretty good." Heading outside, side by side with Feros, "Individual evaluations are coming up in a couple weeks. Do you know what you're going to do for your demonstration?"

Feros grinned. "I have a couple ideas, actually. I just have to figure out which one is more practical."

 

[Mephistophelily]

"A tracker beacon?" Vi watched him curiously, shaking her head slightly as he explained how it worked. "I have so much to learn," She sighed, laughing softly.

When he held up the knife again, waiting for her to decide who should have the cut in their hand, she whinced. She hated the idea.. but she really wanted those gloves. "I'll do it..." She held out her hand again, making a face and looking away.

 

[chronicle_tenko]

"A tracker beacon?" "I have so much to learn,"

"I'll do it..." She held out her hand again, making a face and looking away.

"Well sort of. It's really an alchemical adjustment of your eyes to certain things. If I'm right whatever you touch will glow faintly. But since there is so much dust in your gloves they will glow like a sunrise."

As he spoke he began looking in her eyes, He made a small incision. bBarely feelable as it went through.

"Now Let a few drops fall in the circle and imagine your hand in the gloves."

"Dust for dust is already exchanged."