Fourth Transmutation [Video]

[thebloodseal]

Who: Alphonse Elric and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Vanquish, if you really want
When: February 4th

[When Al turns on the communicator, he has several smashed, liquified, and otherwise disassembled gumballs on top of a sheet of wax paper on the Vanquish's kitchen table. Hey, he didn't want to make a mess while he did science.]

I'm not sure if it's because I don't have the ingredients quite right or if these are made of something different... but I haven't been able to completely break these gumballs down with alchemy. I'm sure people have tried eating them, so is there anything different about the taste or smell? That's one area I can't do anything in, unfortunately...

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[brainiest]

[ Um.

This is exactly what she had been trying to avoid, actually... ]

I'm not sure if there's any way to directly copy the formula for something like gumballs, since they must be made up of dozens of additives and sugars that we'd never be able to guess.

[ Huff. ]

We were supposed to leave them alone.

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[thebloodseal]

I think that might be why I'm having trouble, yes. I didn't know something so simple could have so many different ingredients.

[Al gave a half shrug at that.]

I got some from another ship- I at least haven't touched our own.

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[brainiest]

Oh. Then maybe that's alright.

[ Maybe. She's still not particularly pleased, arms crossing over her chest. ]

That's what sweets are like. They have to have something for the colour, the sugar to make them sweet, the taste and some sweeteners to make sure that's right and it appeals to children... It's almost impossible.

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[thebloodseal]

Mmhmm- all to make it an appealing product. It doesn't help that we didn't have sweets like this back home, so I'm a bit lost.

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[brainiest]

Muggle sweets are probably about as complicated as wizarding ones. I doubt you want to imagine what blood flavoured lollipops or moving chocolate frogs are made from.

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[thebloodseal]

... blood-flavored lollipops? Seriously? Does anybody actually eat them?

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[brainiest]

... The vampires?

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[thebloodseal]

I've never heard of vampires before...

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[brainiest]

Not even in stories? They're undead men and women that need to drink blood to live.

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[thebloodseal]

Wow... I actually find that to be pretty plausible, though. Nothing is impossible where I come from.

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[brainiest]

It's the same for me, most of the time. Coming from a world of magic makes things a little more believable, for the most part. Some of it is still nonsense, of course.

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[thebloodseal]

And our verison of alchemy does the same for me. You're right about nonsense, though... there can be a lot of it to sift through to find the truth.

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[brainiest]

I suppose that's something that'll be true for most worlds.

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[thebloodseal]

I like the challenge, at least.