oi_theoi | Albinia

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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This is where I spend a lot of my free time. You could say it's my living space.

Our experiments will be here too, when we start them. [And she's looking through drawers and such now.]

Neat. Seems like a good place for training 'cause it's so cold.

[Pause.] I try to make it a more bearable temperature when people are in here, it's not too cold, is it?

[Pulling out a few bottles.]

[watching]

It's fine. It's just so hot all the time, the difference is more noticable. Easier to concentrate.

Ah, I suppose that's true. Kalidas always complains how cold it is even when I make it as high as I can.

Though her place is always hot.

[And coming over, looking over the injury closer with it elevated.[

[trying very hard not to flinch. the stiltwalker got her pretty good, but it could've been a lot worse. seems fairly clean. though deep and wide]

You guys hang out together a lot, huh?

She is my sister, after all.

[Puts her foot in a small pan thing. She is surprisingly gentle despite how stiff and cold she can be.]

This will sting a b-

...no, it will sting a lot.

[And for holes, just pouring the disinfectant is easier. Pan is for catching excess liquid.]

[grits her teeth, not quite withholding a yelp at the stinging pain, but at least keeping from jumping too hard. The nails digging into her thighs probably have something to do with it, but whatever works.]

[At least this wound will be completely disinfected by the time she's done. She doesn't half ass anything.]

[But she will, oddly, pat Maya's head at the end.]

It's okay, the worse is done now.

[...gentler than her usual tone, but she's always gonna sound just a bit cold.]

[cold or no, headpats and reassurances are pretty much exactly what she needed, and she nods gratefully nonetheless.]

Now just hold still. I'm doing the stitches.

Alright.

[and she does stay remarkably still, considering; she closes her eyes and folds her hands in her lap, seemingly able to focus better through this than the disinfectant.]

[Nods and gets to work.]

[But oddly...she doesn't use the normal stitching material. Not any kind of real then or even a metal needle. Instead, it's a flexible string of ice with a needle.]

[As she continues, where the stitches have been set a bit, the skin starts to go numb with the cold. And probably with the same magic that keeps the room covered in ice being a bearable temperature, so is the numbing cold affect of the stitches. It's enough to cause the numbing, but not be painful as would be usual with applying ice on skin directly without some container.]

[eventually, the fact that she actually can meditate so well makes her curious, and she opens her eyes to check it out.]

Whoa, that's pretty cool.

It seemed the simplest solution. I can control ice temperature and solidity with the price of a heart easily enough and the roots can make up for all the extra.

This way the injury will be numb, thus it will be less painful, infection won't occur, and you get these wounds closed. The ice will melt when the wound is healed adequately.

Really? For real?

Yes. But make sure you watch your step, being numb means you might not feel things that hit it.

[And the ice needle will vanish with the last of the stitches.]

Now I just need to clean these and wrap them for extra safety. [Getting those bandages wet. Will then freeze the liquid and just get all of that water and blood off.]

[why do you keep doing the most amazing things]

I'll be careful.

[Because it is EFFICIENT.]

And please don't deliberately put it by fire and extreme heat, that will just be bothersome to compensate for.

[And once it's all water free and dry, will wrap up your leg again.]

[when other people are efficient it's lame, though :|a]

That should be easy enough. No one really lets me cook, and Ashikawa's mainly got ice magic. I'll try to stay extra cold.

[Once it's done, she'll try standing again? taking care, since the numbness and all]

[Well, magic does allow it. =|a]

Just don't make yourself uncomfortable cold. I'm prepared for the normal outside temperature.

[Will help her get up.] Try not to walk on that leg much as well. [But will help her to the portal out.]

Don't worry. And thanks for all this.

[and right as she's about to step out, she turns back and gives Albinia a quick but warm hug]

[fsjoirfjesoirje]

[Just...goes rigid.]

[pulls away before it gets too awkward, clasping her hands and bowing instead]

Ah--sorry. But still thanks. I really owe you.

...you're welcome.

You should head back and rest now.

[And there is just...a lot of formal coldness.]

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