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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:34 am
((Why do you think he kept wearing his plague doctor outfit? To protect himself from others and vice-versa. But it isn't working that well.))
"Correct. Now, was the red sulphur discredited for?" Caleb asked her, he pulled on his sleeves of his robe a little bit. "Are you well?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:47 am
Moé paused.
"Well, there's the debate among Muslim chemists, and, quote Avicenna, 'Those of the chemical craft know well that no change can be effected in the different species of substances, though they can produce the appearance of such change'. Is that what you meant? Or did you mean the beelief that it could make one immortal?"
Moé scoffed.
"My immune system is something to be envied by a hypochondriac! I haven't used an antibiotic in my life, nor have I had to go to the emergency room. My father raised me to stay fit and healthy, and since my parents are obviously privileged, I was given organic food as a child. In fact, concentrate and preservatives make me sickly. Excuse me for a second..."
She opened a small portal, and was handed a glass of orange juice; she drank it quickly, and handed it back to the hand in the portal, and closed the portal.
Moé beamed, somehow recovered.
"See? I'm perfectly fine now."
[[thankfully, Moé is super-fit, and her ridiculously-advanced cells delete viruses like a government firewall. She actually hijacks the cooking classroom to cook food from natural ingredients. XD
The only thing she's allergic to is preservatives and concentrate, as she said.]]
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:02 pm
what a debate wierd i hare debates
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:17 pm
[[Sasuke, you're outside with Rikku. Not in the class.]]
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:33 pm
"Good. That is what I meant." Caleb replied. "Now, a more 'ideal' theory is from Arab alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan. Who based it on the concept that metals like gold and silver could be hidden in alloys and ores, from which they could be recovered by the appropriate chemical treatment. And created the substance Aqua regia, which is a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:35 pm
Moé nodded, and waited for him to continue.
[[brb laundry, should take less than 10 mins.]]
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:54 pm
"Why would alchemists want gold?" Caleb asked her.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:58 pm
Moé paused.
"Besides the fact that its resell value hasn't dropped in eons? Uh, uh... is it because gold makes up a lot of compounds...? I don't know...!"
Her head drooped in defeat.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:07 pm
"Gold is an element, Au on the periodic table." Caleb said. "Now, gold was and still is treasured by alchemists because it will not rust, tarnish, corrode and so on like other metals. Incorruptible."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:09 pm
Moé paused.
"I heard it was really soft though. You know, like gold leaf."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:36 pm
"Gold is a soft metal. But that still does not change the fact that it is hard to weather like other metals." Caleb replied.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:39 pm
Moé nodded.
"Yes. And that is why all of the gold relics that have survived from historical times made it, since they were gold. Like Tutankhamen's mask."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:04 pm
"This is also why the Philospher's Stone is believed to bring immortality, since it turns corruptible metals such as iron into gold. It was believed it would have the same effect on the body." Caleb said.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:07 pm
Moé nodded.
"Because of the purification. Teacher, can I ask you something? ...What herbs and such do you use in your mask? I was curious..."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:17 pm
[sorry]
rikku u want to hang out in my room
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