second pie [BBS]

[piechemist]

_{[Cissie's been gone long enough for Rorona to realize her only apprentice has gone home, but she's been busy pouting in private and making pies to say anything about it. Now, though, it's time to see if she can't find anyone else to teach alchemy to.]}

Is there anyone who wants to learn alchemy?? I'm looking for possible new apprentices! OR just an apprentice.

Anyway, if you're interested, lemme know! And... I'll interview you!

-- Rorona

Comments

[vestigiaflammae]

that depends, what's alchemy do?

is it like some kind of magic?

- lea

[piechemist]

Ummmm some people might see it that way, but it's not really! It's like... you combine different things to make something completely new! ♪( ´▽｀)

-Rorona

[vestigiaflammae]

so like chemistry or something? what kinds of things do you combine?

[piechemist]

Anything! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ You can combine anything to create lots of stuff, like pies!

[vestigiaflammae]

wait.

isn't that COOKING? i mean not like i'd mind learning to cook but alchemy sounds so much cooler. false advertising!

[piechemist]

You can make food with alchemy, too! It's not cooking! ヽ(；▽；)ノ

[vestigiaflammae]

combine ingredients to make pies?

come on, how is that NOT cooking?

[piechemist]

It's just not! You don't put a Ruby Prism into an oven!!

Ahhhhh just come by my classroom if you wanna see!!!!!

[vestigiaflammae]

you make PIES out of RUBIES? somebody's gonna break a tooth....

okay i'll come by and see! this just sounds way too weird.

where's your classroom?

[tortileghostwriter]

[alchemy? like, transmutation, lead-into-gold classic medieval alchemy? okay this is too good to pass up.]

youve acquired my attention
consider this an expression of interest in your excellent and most intriguing offer

-tg

[piechemist]

_{[it's more like tossing random ingredients together to make a pie, in Rorona's casez]}

Really? That's really great to hear! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

I was hoping people would be interested!!

- Rorona

[tortileghostwriter]

[...good enough for him.]

yes i am absolutely interested
thankfully it would appear that my dearest sister has already voiced any questions and concerns i might have had so i do believe things are set to go

[thorny]

That depends entirely on whether or not we intend to produce items which will become attractive target for unscrupulous people hundreds of years down the line. I'm not certain that my strong moral compass could stand such a possibility.

[SECRET GEEK MODE ACTIVATE. Rose saw alchemy and just couldn't help making an oblique reference to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]

[piechemist]

_{[Sadly, Rorona doesn't get it!]}

Ahaha, um... I don't think so!! (・∀・)

[thorny]

[this is excellent. it means Rose won't have to explain herself.]

I'm immensely glad for that. There's enough potentially dangerous objects floating about that contributing to the market would only result in oversaturation rather than any useful alchemical feat.

[piechemist]

Ummmm... yeah, exactly!! (；ﾟДﾟ) _{[Rorona stop agreeing with things you know nothing about.]} That would be really bad.

[thorny]

Indeed it would. How terrible it would be to go down in history for single-handedly destroying the economy of a hardworking profession through the inability to see when goods outstrip the demand by far. I'd rather not have that catastrophe be my first alchemical endeavor.

/slides in here...

[tortileghostwriter]

oh i certainly hope not flamel would be aghast
though of course i imagine he would be rather more aghast at that ghastly series of glorified ya penny dreadfuls that couldnt even settle on a proper title for the artifact it was so keen to ascribe to him

[yeah he caught that. it's not like he hasn't caught onto Rose's closet bits of geekery before(and really, knowing his Rose, it's not hard) but this is just too good. low-hanging fruit.]

get out of here david leave rose to her wizardry

[thorny]

[OH FUCK YOU

seriously going for the easy blows now are we. she knew that you were lazy, but this is just sad.]

The books and their author had practically no hand in the way their titles were localized - you certainly can't blame a publishing company for pandering to a country's inability to recognize anything remotely approaching foreign. Sales are paramount in their industry, after all.

no never

[tortileghostwriter]

[YOU'D LIKE THAT WOULDN'T YOU

low-hanging fruit, okay.]

and this refutes my point how exactly

just you wait until she learns the jelly legs jinx you'll be sorry then

[thorny]

[VERY MATURE

what's the matter, anything not falling onto your head too far above your skill level?]

By stating that those 'penny dreadfuls' of yours had no more the ability to standardize their titles than we do. I thought that was abundantly obvious, my apologies.

yeah yeah

[tortileghostwriter]

[hardly, the height simply makes it all the more tempting]

mine
really now dearest sister of mine you and i both know that when cast in an unironic context theyre distinctly your area and brazenly so

you will wobble right off a great height and it will be glorious

[thorny]

[i hope that it's rotten and gives you a week's worth of the most horrible case of food poisoning you've ever had in your life]

I have no stronger affiliation with that series than I do with any other work of fiction. Considering that you were the one to initially bring it up in this conversation I believe that my assignment of responsibility is apt.

[werepanther]

Lost your apprentice huh? :( That's lame.

You think you could make me some pie sometime? I'd totally make it up to you.

- Tom [Hey, Rorona's an instructor too; he doesn't need to deal with the formalities here.]

[piechemist]

It's really horrible!! This 'time compression' thing's really mean. ( ; Д ; ) ／

Pie? Okay!! I always like making pies, so it's no problem!! （＾Ｏ＾☆♪

[werepanther]

tell me about it :/

well I'd still want to make it up to you!! should i bring some fruity drinks over?