Albinia

[oi_theoi]

Albinia Science, Responsibility, Ice	❧ Played by Sair
Appearance: As a human, she’s a grown woman, with pale skin, long light colored hair, and light blue eyes. She will never smile and either has a distant look or disapproving look most of the time. Characteristics: Stern, serious, cold, reserved, scientific, socially awkward, rational. Likes: Order, rules, responsibility, self-control, logic, science (Of all kinds, except mad scientist science.), scientific method, ice, frozen goods, ice sculptures (the one form of art she really enjoys), her sister, and she shares a joy of balance, dichotomy, and most importantly, popcorn with her sister. Dislikes: Chaos, rule breaking, lack of control, irresponsibility, idiocy, mad scientist art, spicy food, hot drinks, most other forms of art, most things Kalidas likes, people who do not like popcorn, her sister, people messing with her sister.
Shrine: An ice sculpture of a circular archway. The ice never melts and it’s cold to the touch, though people won’t ever get stuck to it. (Unless they lick it, in which case, they’ll be stuck there for an hour at least.) Ritual: To summon her, the person needs to put their hand on the statue and list off some science type fact. (It does not necessarily need to be correct, just be something sciencey.)
❧ Will Take	❧ Will Give
The heart of any beast The roots of plants Science experiments of any kind Things for doing science with - plants, metals, things that create flame, glass, etc. Acts of responsibility, and self control. Frozen food stuff Ice sculptures Ice made in ways that did not come from the freezer. Something presenting balance or dichotomy. Popcorn Bubble wrap. Scientific information/discussion People volunteering to be her guinea pigs People helping her research her experiments Teaching others to be responsible. Caring for a pet, a sick person, or a family member/child.	Experimental Mediciations - All medication in pill form, sleeping pills, pain pills, acid reducers, anti-depressants, etc., but there is risk of side affects if paid for cheaply. Science supplies - Beakers, tweezers, magnifying glass, flashlights, nothing too fancy. Chemicals - Think chemistry set level at this point. Condoms and Chastity Belts. Weird Medications - Not normal pill stuff. Ice Girly drinks - Really weak alcohol. Ice cream, popsicles, frozen food, popcorn, saltine crackers, chicken soup and bouillon for broth. Lab coats, working gloves, glasses, safety goggles. Clipboards, pens, paper. Will teach people SCIENCE things. Classes. Plant domestication.
❧ Exchange Rate
Items to Units Worth Offering 1-2 Units Roots Sub-par ingredients Scientific info Small act of responsibility/self control Easily gained science items 3-4 Units Heart Small science experiments Larger acts of responsibility/self control Made ice Harder gained science items Items of balance/dichotomy 5 Units Good quality ingredients Heart of ridiculously dangerous beast (like Red Lizagons) Large science experiments Acts of responsibility in taking care of others Teaching others to be responsible Higher Units require personal touches because Albinia is finicky like that. Units to Items Cost Reward 1 Unit Ice Food Items 1 Pen 1 Notebook 2 Units Condoms Learn a science thing 1 Chastity Belt 1 Girl Drink 1 Clipboard 3 Units 1 Class 1 Lap coat 1 Pair of Glasses 1 Pair of Work Gloves 1 Pair of Safety Goggles 4 Units Weird medications (consult for first purchase) 5 Units Good quality medications (no side effects) NOTE: For those who are approved to be assistants or guinea pigs, you basically get a unit pay. Assistants (teacher): 3 Units per class. Assistants (experiments): 7 Units per experiment session Guinea Pigs: 10 Units per time you’re being tested on NOTE 2: If there’s a high chance your character will be dickish to her/does terribly irresponsible things that hurt other people on a regular basis/is one of those guys who murders people, it would probably be better to actually thread that out because Albinia is finicky.
❧ Journers
Expectations and Powers of Journers

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Day 35, late afternoon

[reallyburnsmeup]

[Doesn't place her hands on your shrine]

Scientific facts, is it. Normal human body temperature should be 37 degrees. My body temperature, however, is currently burning at 2803 degrees, and that is after I was cooled down with magic. It's more than normal humans can survive and more than enough to melt your shrine if I were to touch it.

[Day 35, evening]

[inhiselement]

[reading over the shrine and then awkwardly placing his hands on the shrine]

Err...Rigor mortis begins within two to six hours of death, starting with the eyelids and moving down the face.

[...wait, why did he pick such a morbid fact? argh.]

Day 37, late night

[silverbulletkun]

[welp. may as well bite the bullet.

he's still nature'd up but whatever. Placing his hand on the statue and- oh right he has to say something sciencey. Uhh-]

...Apoptosis. The process of programmed cell death in multi-cellular organisms.

Day 38, morning

[jackoclubs]

[:|a places hand on shrine]

According to Howard Thurston, magicians only have three basic rules they need to follow to preserve the integrity of the profession. Those rules are: a magician should never reveal his secrets, a magician should never perform the same effect twice for the same audience, and a magician should never tell the audience what sort of effect he's performing before the show begins.

[. . . it counts. RIGHT?]

Day 38, morning

[cloakanddaikon]

[Touches the ice with no sign of discomfort at all, no matter how cold.]

The preliminary visual indication of the influence of darkness on an unaware living heart is an aura that surrounds the entire body.

Day 38, early evening

[larcenous]

[rattles off some weird 'science of Sabran magic' fact]

[Day 38, evening]

[whetblood]

[touches the shrine]

... Blood's red color comes from the iron molecules in the hemoglobin.

[leprous]

[ imperious sounding, this is very rote knowledge heard a million times, basic basic theory why should I have to waste my breath repeating it, and shooting frequent impatient glances down at his hand on the shrine, waiting for Albinia to show up ]

There are seven basic characteristics of life, used as a general classification to differentiate living organisms from non-living organisms.

OOC 40, morning

[pyxis_warning]

Trigger is looking for supplies for organizing a system of search parties to help with missing people. She'll be looking for at the very least a few clip boards, sheets of graph/lines paper and pens.

She has been spending a LOT of time out in nature, so could gather a number of small/easy level hearts to offer. Also, dedicating the organization to Albina is something she'd be happy to do if it was suggested. I'd also love to play out the thread of them meeting, I just wanted to get this OOC one up so that I can make the resulting orginization post sooner rather than later.

Day 40, afternoon

[bowplucker]

[ I DON'T KNOW SCIENCE ]

Force equals mass times acceleration...? Does it count if I'm still not sure what it means...

[dothewave]

[science goddess =x]

Oh geez. I'm really bad at this stuff. Um, for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction!

[Day 42, morning!]

[over_the_fop]

Albinia, my petulant popsicle! It has been exactly [Breakdown of the time, down to seconds ... based on an entirely different planetary rotation.] since we've last talked!

[Day 42, morning]

[canihavesome]

[some random gross fact about the human body goes here]

Night 43

[leprous]

I'm done. Or do you require more from me to get your attention!? Should I talk about confabulation theories, fundamental attribution errors, the Dunning-Kruger effect? I'm sure you're already personally familiar!

Day 42, Night

[besomeothername]

[Puts hand on ice as he tries to dredge up a science textbook that he stumbled upon long ago. ... Thinking thinking thinking]

In a closed circuit made of thin wire, the electro-magnetic force generated is proportional to the rate of change of the magnetic flux.

[Ssssshh. He only has old science to spout]

Day 42 morning

[dothewave]

[look who is back!! also invoked yesterday being responsible :x]

Albinia! Umm, water freezes at 0 celcius!

Day 43, Afternoon

[pencilpremonition]

The human body can last about three days without water or other liquids.

[She's got a large roasting pan from the kitchen under one arm, her other hand of course on the shrine.]

Late Morning, 44

[leprous]

[ looks like he's back sooner than expected. Not saying anything this time since she said it's unnecessary last time, just playing with his hair in his hand-mirror while he waits ]

[Day 46, late-afternoon]

[goldntriggers]

[considers touching the shrine]

Water freezes at thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit, and ice melts at thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit. An interesting balance, I think.

Day 52, afternoon

[confirmed_bachelor]

[hand on the sculpture]

One symptom of extended sleep deprivation is hallucinations.

Day 55

[nagaremono]

[touching the shrine and murmuring a science fact about plants]

I hear you're reviving extinct plants. Do you accept anything from out of town?

Day 63, Afternoon

[its_a_hobby]

[Touching the ice and rattling off something like the percentage of the human body that is made up of carbon :|a]

Day 60-ish?

[confirmed_bachelor]

[handwave handwave TIMING but Apt C-2 managed to bring down one of those ten foot eels! ... it has taken Watson the better part of a day to drag the damn thing into the shrine room. he lays one exhausted hand on Albinia's shrine.]

The earth goes round the sun. I assume that's the same here as well.

Day 64, early evening

[heroic_homemaker]

[Coming by with half a dozen snake hearts]

My hands are kinda full with these, so I can't touch your shrine. But, erm, water freezes at 0 degrees?

Day 64, evening

[devotedtothecore]

....

[ puts his (metal) hand on the ice. ]

Water pressure increases by 0.43 pounds per square inch for every foot of depth.