7.11 - Fluff, Pitch, Expand
They arrived back at the lab just in time for the essences to finish brewing. For testing today, they were going to create potions based on the Pitch, Expand, and Fluff properties. While the alchemist didn't have much faith in these properties providing powerful effects, he was excited to see what kind of wacky things they would produce. Salire was waiting for him on the third floor, organizing everything and preparing for another run of the restoration essences.
"Just in time for the fun stuff, huh?" she asked. “Leaving all the grunt work to me.”
"You're the apprentice, aren't you?" Theo asked. "Nah, I'm just kidding. If you want to go up and talk with the gods in my stead, you're more than welcome."
"I'm good. Very content down here where things are easy to understand." How did your meeting go?
"I think the system likes me," Theo said, questioning his own statement. "It's really hard to tell. She's basically this floating crystal lady. And once again, I'm reminded that she is neither a woman nor a man; she's just a system."
But everything was ready for Theo to get started on the items. He assessed the quality of each essence and determined that they were excellent, far better than the stuff they had been producing. When the lab first started running, they had brewed each essence at the second tier, and still had no plans to run third-tier essences until they could get that technique down. For testing potions, Theo always preferred to run them at the lowest possible tier.
"Oh, are we starting with fluff?" Salire asked, bouncing with excitement next to Theo.
"What could the Fluff property possibly produce?" Theo asked, laughing to himself. "I really need to know."
Theo got to work brewing the potion. He took only a few moments to appreciate its 98% purity before getting to work. It took to the enchanted water and the iron shavings very well, creating a bubbling mixture that gave off the smell of hot sand. But the amount of vapor produced was minimal, and the fumes didn't seem noxious. When the potion finished brewing in the vial, they both stepped in to inspect the result.