Experiment Expert

[Van Helmont]

What do you want?

I'm busy!! Don't

bother me and get

on your way.

Now, come on...

You'll never get

any research completed if you just slack off. Go out and learn all that you can.

Reading science journals and performing experiments. That's what Alchemy is all about. Now, let me get back to work!

Just a little...

A little bit more...

Nooo! Just a little

bit more and it

would've been done!

Why...?!

Why, another failure?!

My calculations were

all correct! W-Wait...!

Perhaps, if I capacitated the thermal flux by using the neutronic gradient, it just might work...!

Arrrrgh...!

Why isn't this formula working? What's wrong? In theory, it's all correct, but there must be an error in the formula somewhere...

I pour it in here, and it should stop. Wait, this is the wrong solution! How could I make such

a dumb mistake?! When did these

get switched?!

Okay, okay...

I just need to fix this part.

No need to start over. I just

need to fix it... But wait. Wait...

.................

Um...

Who are you?

Hmm...?

What, did you just want to watch? Fine, fine, but do it quietly and leave right when you're done.

Stay out of my way and don't go around touching stuff. There might be some volatile materials, so it'd be dangerous to have any accidents.

You...?

An Alchemist?

What a funny Merchant.

Well, that's nice, but I have very urgent experiments that require

my attention, so don't get

in the way.

Argh...!

Didn't I just tell you not to bother me? What's so hard to understand about that?

Fine, fine. I'll give you an assignment. Learn something

new and come back. Let's see.

What would be good...

Okay, I got it.

Go learn how to make

a Counteragent and Mixture

from Molgenstein.

You don't need to bring anything. Just go watch him at work and have him tell you how he makes those solutions. Got it?

Well then, see you later.

You'd better get going as

soon as you can.

...

......

So if I recalibrate the combustion rate of this compound, that should negate any cohesive tendencies in this particle flux...

But what am I going to do

about all of this spontaneous

crystallization?! I can't very well remove this matrix, I need it for the catalyst to reach the triple point.

Damn!

What am

I going to do?!

Alright, if I make an incision here in the Tentacle, and add a Jellopy and Sticky Mucus solution into the... Where the hell did my Medicine Bowl go?

Did I use them all at a time like this?! I wonder if Nicholas has any left. Ugh, what a pain. Wait. Wait a minute...

Ah, of course. The Merchant from before. So what did you learn from Molgenstein? I didn't just send you there for fun, you know.

Let me ask you

some questions to

check what you've

learned.

Which item is not

necessary to make

a Counteragent?

What item is not

a Mixture?

Weren't you listening to Molgenstein at all? Maybe you

have to watch him make it again.

If you can't tell the exact items that you need in an experiment,

you might end up hurting yourself!

Good, you've learned well.

Okay, now you know something about experimentation. You're done here, so now I can continue with my experiments.

Go out and find the room next

to this one and talk to Nicholas. He'll continue your training.

What are you

still doing here?

Go! We both have

more important

things to do!

What item do

you need to make

Be honest. You don't know, do you?! Didn't I say to go to Molgenstein and have him teach you?!

Don't even think about coming back until you talk to him! Now stop bothering me and get out of here!

What...?

I thought I told you to

talk to Nicholas next door?

I need to continue my research,

and you need to finish becoming an Alchemist. Come on, get moving!

all correct! Wait...

Perhaps, if I capacitated the thermal flux by using the neutronic gradient, it just might work...