Torvallis! can be heard exploding . . . again . . .

[Torvallis!]

"Okay, Bartholomew, keep an eye on that acidity test. Me and Cyanide are going to try and boil off the substance and see if the condensate is interesting . . ."

About a minute later, a loud 'BAMF' can be heard all the way down the inn from the forest clearing where T! is setup.

"Okay, okay, that was a bad idea. But look at this way: Thanks to Malva, we tested a very small portion of the explosive potion and only slightly injured two fingers and a thumb. Stop Judging me."

Torvallis! looks over at a rat, who is curiously watching the proceedings.

"You too! No judging!"

[Mo'chi]

Mo'chi, hearing the bang, decided to check it out. Quietly. In case it was dangerous. when he saw that it was just that.. chef? brightly coloured person? he relaxed. Torvallis! was their name, right?

Moc'chi cleared his throat and wrote down "What was that noise? Danger?"

[Torvallis!]

Torvallis! whips around in surprise, and takes a moment before they register the chalkboard.

"Oh, uh . . . no. I was just rending an explosive as a practice in rending potions. I mean, I already know what's in explosives, so it should be good practice, right?"

[Mo'chi]

Mo'chi tilts his head before breaking into a large smile.

"Explosives? You can do those?" He wrote. They always seemed dangerous... but exciting in a dangerous way. Not like- well, didn't matter right now.

[Torvallis!]

"YES!"

[Mo'chi]

If he had a long tail, it would be straight up in the air. "TEACH ME??" is very quickly written in all capital letters, before being quickly erased and replaced with "I mean the recipe. I don't have it!"

[Torvallis!]

"Oh yeah, sure, I share it with everyone!

So the basic ingredients are yellow sulphur, black phosporous, some fire mana, the herb devil's brush, and some of the blackest tar you can find.

I think you're not quite a good an alchemist as I am? When you get a little better, we'll brew a batch together, eh?"

[Malva]

(OOG: You should really be sharing recipes over private message, unless you're announcing them in front of literally the whole town. I can think of one frequent forum reader this would certainly be a spoiler for.)

[Mo'chi]

Mo'chi quickly writes the recipe down in a second book he carries, before pulling out the chalkboard again.

"Is that the correct order?" He nods enthusiastically at the second comment, letting out a "Mhm!" in agreement.

(OOG: I fully expected a PM lol)

[Torvallis!]

"No, no it is not.

When you are appropriately skilled, come see me and we can brew a batch together. There's more to it than simply order of ingredients, unless, perchance, you like having your arm blown off."

(OOG: Torvallis! doesn't ask people if they would like to know the boomy recipe, they ask people 'May I tell you the boomy recipe?" :p But in general, I'm not concerned about people who read forum threads they're not involved in and spoil information for themselves)

[Mo'chi]

Mo'chi nods again, letting out a sound of affirmation. He didn't like the idea of his... arm being blown off. But making bombs? Fun!

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