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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Comments

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

History was never my forte, no.

You could try Henrietta if you're interested, but she's not the most talkative. Kain usually likes to ask a lot of questions than tell you facts.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

I noticed. He's kind of weird.

...his machine's pretty cool, though.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

He is odd, but he does promote thought. Which is an admirable thing to do.

And his machines can be entertaining to watch.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

I saw him yesterday, and the ball machine made a crane. He said I had to find out where the paper bird flies.

[Digs in his pocket for a rainbow origami crane.]

But mostly it just falls, so far.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

It would. Gravity is a hard force to overcome.

But paper is also rather light, so if he did mean something literal, then you should try where there's wind. Just don't go anywhere dangerous alone.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Don't worry. I told Aoi I wouldn't go out past the hall.

[I also told Aoi I wouldn't talk to the gods. And may have gone out yesterday, anyway, but. :x]

...I bet I can take it up to the treetops when I'm bigger. I'd have to make sure it didn't fall all the way down if it doesn't fly, though. Do you think vines'd make a good net?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

[Just so long as you're not alone!!!]

They would. If you used leaves to fill in the gaps, you wouldn't risk losing it through the gaps either.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Maybe I'll try it, then.

[Shuffles a little. :|a]

Hey, uh. Did you mean that about the ice cream?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

Of course. I wouldn't lie about what I offer. The information is enough for you to have ice cream.

What flavor?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Chocolate!

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

[Nods and there's energy gathering in the middle of the archway and she reaches in, pulling out a container of chocolate ice cream and holds it out to him.] Here you are.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Thanks!

[Yayyyyy ice cream. Man he sure is digging in his pocket for a chip of wood to use as a spoon and eating it RIGHT HERE.]

[OM NOM NOM, best breakfast. It is going faster than probably advisable, too. Wh-whoops, sorry responsibility domain.]

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

You are welcome.

You'll get an ice cream headache if you eat that fast.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

[TOO LATE.]

[But he is still going anyway. Someone hasn't been eating properly since he got here. :|b ...and is totally talking with his mouth full.]

's good though.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

[Puts a hand on his head again.] Then savor the taste over time. It won't melt that fast.

[Though noticing you do seem pretty...ravenous.]

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Cause it won't have time to.

[And yeah, if it was a smallish container, he is finishing it up about now.]

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

[=|a]

Would you like to bring more food back to your apartment?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

What kind?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

Most any frozen foods. Things you'd put in a microwave if you're familiar with those. I can also provide popcorn, as well as soup and crackers.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Well... we don't have a microwave, but I guess that other stuff would be good to have.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

Any sort of fire will do, but it's easier to describe that way what the range is.

Then would you like to tell me more about what science you know? That should be more than enough.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Okay. I guess I'll start with light refraction.

[Pauses again, like before, to let himself remember forward. :|a]

Refraction's the bending of a light wave when it enters a medium where its speed's different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two media. The amount of bending depends on the indices of refraction of the two media.

Snell's law describes how much it gets bent- but I guess here it'll have a different name, since someone else probly made it up. Anyway, Snell's Law states that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is equivalent to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media, or equivalent to the opposite ratio of the indices of refraction.

, basically.

Since the speed of light's reduced in the slower medium, the wavelength gets shortened. The frequency's unchanged; that's a characteristic of the source of the light.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

As light passes the border between media, depending on the relative refractive indices of the two media, the light will either be refracted to a lesser angle, or a greater one. The angles get measured with respect to the normal line, represented perpendicular to the boundary. In the case of light traveling from air into water, light would be refracted towards the normal line, because the light is slowed down in water; light traveling from water to air would refract the other way, instead.

Refraction between two surfaces is also referred to as reversible because if every condition's the same, the angles would be the same for light propagating in the opposite direction, too.

Snell's law is pretty much only true for isotropic or specular media like glass. In anisotropic media like crystals, birefringence can split the refracted ray into two rays, the ordinary one that follows Snell's law, and the other extraordinary one which might not.

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[oi_theoi]

[....man, I kind of want to keep you as a little kid. If you weren't such a rude, petulant thing, I might have really liked you. =|a]

[Nods.] Very good. And even the equation, especially for your age.

That should be enough for a proper meal's worth of food for your whole apartment. Would you like more?

Re: [Day 19, early early morning]

[byallmeans]

Well... technically, it's not at my age. I didn't learn it yet.