voice, @Doc Knock

[paintjobs]

A quick question — does anyone among us have any background in synthesizing? I know the finer points of the science are probably a little beyond your evolutionary pay grade, and I’d usually know better than to run this by a bunch of humans and humans lookalikes, but, well… desperate times, as they say.

I’ve heard from the Qorral Mayor that their species hasn’t had much success with synthesizing argecite, but synthetic materials just so happens to be one of my specialties.

[ And sure, he’s had disastrous results before, but they were still results! He probably won’t accidentally make any vampire zombies here, it’s fine. ]

If any of you think you’d be of any use to efforts to engineer an artificial compound to replace argecite — synth-ar, you could say — feel free to speak up. The only hitch being that this backwater planet doesn’t have much in the way of laboratory equipment. The local blacksmith has been told to expect us stopping by with equipment requests, but I have to wonder if even that is enough. This is a ground-up operation if I’ve ever seen one.

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voice; un: redlion

[secondnature]

[That was ... a lot of bad puns. At least, it seems like a lot of bad puns.]

I stole some of the argecite a while ago. I'm gonna guess that you already have your hands on some, but if you're gonna do this, I can give you what I have?

[Keith has no idea how to do the rest of this stuff so he's not touching it. It's something he's wanted, and he's glad that someone's looked into it. Relieved, really.]

[paintjobs]

[ excuse you they were great puns ok, he's just getting into the spirit of things ]

That would be a good start. Bring it by.

[secondnature]

Where am I bringing it to...?

[The blacksmith might be the place to go, but something tells Keith that's counterintuitive.]

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Well well, doc. Glad to see you joinin' us.

[He doesn't have any judgment in his voice, but by god if he has to play hero then you should too.]

no real science skills in me, but if you need somethin' else, be happy to help.

[paintjobs]

Considering I've already got one offer of stolen argecite to reverse engineer, I might be good for now. But a man of your talents, well, I'm sure I can find some kind of use for you down the road.

[fateality]

That I don't doubt. My services are at your disposal.

[heritors]

While I don't have a background in synthesizing, [ Her specialties include beating things up with a sword and inspiring people. Neither things are even remotely useful.

But—! ] I do wish you the best of luck in your endeavors.

If you require any assistance with anything else [ aka, anything but Science Stuff ] please let me know. I'd be more than happy to help.

[paintjobs]

[ there's kind of a pause here, because this is the third person to offer help, and that's kind of
really weird??

a little hesitantly, like he's expecting her to spring a catch on him: ] What do you have a background in?

oops audio | un: lucina

[heritors]

[ Helping people is !! Important!! ]

Nothing to aide in the ... er, more technological side of things. I'm a soldier, primarily. [ And a princess, but again, not useful. ] If you require any grunt work to be done, however, I have plenty of experience in that.

voice | un: southpaw

[reverseengineer]

I haven't made any artificial compounds before, but I'm good at building things. I could make the lab equipment.

[paintjobs]

That will be helpful. Starting more or less from scratch like this, there'll be a lot of that ahead of us before we can even get started on the interesting part.

Care to stop by the blacksmith with me? We may as well see what we're working with.

[reverseengineer]

Sure, I've hung out there a few times already. The technology here is fascinating.

voice; un: urahara

[predomination]

[synthesizing... yes. he sure has some... experience with that...

hahaha.... hah.]

Well, I can't say I've ever synthesized a mineral before, but I think I can be of assistance. Seems like an interesting challenge.

[paintjobs]

You can, can you? What sort of experience do you have?

[predomination]

[one time I was just trying to strengthen the spiritual power of shinigami and i made a sentient magical item that some jackass almost used to destroy the world.......?]

Oh, you know... This and that. I promise my credentials are up to snuff, but if you really need me to list everything we'd be here all night.

VIDEO | un: p.parker

[webdesigned]

( is... is this robot talkin shit rn

he needs to focus and he can't focus because not only is there a robot he's also talking shit damnit how is he supposed to stay on top of this!!! )

Biochemistry is my wheelhouse. I can help, or at least do my damnedest at trying. The lack of equipment is something I've definitely noticed, but if they're refining argecite themselves, surely they've got something we can borrow?

( he genuinely means borrow. he's a summer child. )

voice

[paintjobs]

[ that is exactly what it is, and there is really no end to the shit talk ]

Trust me, if there was a way out of the hard work I'd have found it — I examined the options thoroughly with the Mayor. This is just a tragically under equipped mining colony, I doubt if they even do the refinement here.

[webdesigned]

I'm a tinkerer at heart, and ... maybe I can make something, but that time would be better served trying to actually replicate argecite.

Maybe ALASTAIR can beam us down something? It's worth a shot, right?

text; un: jakku

[forcevisions]

What kind of equipment do you need?

[paintjobs]

A lot. Everything. I'd provide an itemized list if I thought you'd understand much of it.

[forcevisions]

Don't patronize me. I'm trying to help you.
If you can tell me the necessary steps you need, the function of the equipment, I might be able to rig something together for you.

audio; [un: ironman]

[hyperverbose]

[ perdition's rest has not been kind to tony stark, and he's spent a lot more time holed up with the local moonshine than he'd care to admit, particularly since pepper vanished. those who know him might have noticed his extended silence and started to be concerned about him, but there's one announcement over the network that certainly catches his interest.

so much so that he listens into all the results, backreading through the dossiers casually as he does so, the wheels turning as he grasps onto something that he feels like he can have some sense of control over: science.

he opens up a response channel and sounds almost more like he's musing aloud to himself than actually responding, his voice almost annoyingly casual. ]

What kind of process were you planning, exactly? Flame fusion? Czochralski? We're not exactly in a position to stimulate flux growth, let alone hydrothermal. Pretty sure we could cook up a homemade Vernuil furnace and supercharge it to fit the bill. [ you can all but hear his shrug ] Might not be crystalline, but we're basically doing the Chopped synthetic challenge, so we'll have to work with what we have.

[paintjobs]

[ whoa now, talk about your unexpectedly promising reply. he listens to this ramble with growing interest, and there's a short pause, then: ]

Hang on. Who are you? One of the humans? [ why do you actually sound like you know your stuff?? ]

text | un; sieglindesullivan (icly backdated)

[grunehexe]

You must forgive the lateness of my reply, as I have only just returned from a solo mission.

I am Sieglinde Sullivan, also called the Green Witch.

Creation of the new is a realm I have much experience in. I may be able to be of assistance.

[paintjobs]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't witch imply magic?