#journal of the alchemist

[aestheticallysadghost]

lim·i·nal /ˈlimənəl/ : the state of being between two worlds, such as the living and the dead, the natural and the supernatural, or the mundane and the magical. - A tarot ttrpg where you play an alchemist trapped in a decaying mansion. FREE DEMO Use tag #sadghostLIMINAL to share your writing! I'd love to read what horrors you faced and if you survived the mansion

#aesthetic #horror #ttrpg #ttrpg horror #ttrpg journaling #tarot ttrpg #tarot #alchemist #alchemy ttrpg #witch ttrpg #liminalttrpg #free demo #indie ttrpg #new ttrpg

[lolchat]

can an animal use alchemy... like if i drew an alchemy circle on the ground and put an animal on it would it activate it. can my hamster do human transmutation

#fullmetal alchemist #fma #fmab #yes im tagging this post bc im actuallycurious #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #journal txt #anime

[kagamemearts]

Got some fun colored paper from daiso so I decided to draw a character matching the color of the page! Heres 3 random characters that hold a special place in my heart ❤

#my art #artists on tumblr #fanart #mine #traditional art #fullmetal alchemsit brotherhood #fma #fullmetal alchemist #roy mustang #ai the somnium files #iris sagan #danganronpa #kirigiri kyoko #ill keep posting these in 3 i guess?? as i get through the journal lol

[bees-and-spice]

(come and see the angst)

#Maria talks #journal comic #fma fanart #fma #fullmetal alchemist #safe fma #hey looks it’s me and E #digital #described

[alexlibris-bookart]

Triquetra leather journal...

#bookart #leather #book #etsy #bookbinding #handmade #journal #medieval #leathercraft #wicca #pagan wicca #wicca aesthetic #wiccan #triqueta #triquetra #Vesica Pisces #magician #magic #occult art #alchemist #fantasy art #fantasy #the magicians #alexlibris

[dndtreasury]

Herbalist's Journal by Griffon's Saddlebag

#griffon's saddlebag #herbalist's #herbalist #journal #magic items #tools #uncommon #books #book #nature #plant #plants #botany #herbology #herbalism #tome #tomes #alchemist #alchemists #alchemy #medicine #medicinal #earth #earthen #elements #elemental #druidic #healing #health #potions

[triflesandparsnips]

hey hey guess what it's time for

Update 4: Return of the (Soap) King

For those who haven't been following along, I've been having a nice time doing experimental archaeology and recreating cosmetics/household goods that are historically plausible for local idiot pirate Stede Bonnet to have had around.

Figure 1. Me, addressing my kitchen appliances.

So far we've had successful lip balm, yet-to-be-completed Oil of Lavender, the terrible tragedies that have so far befallen the pearl face cream, and, finally, the unending journey of the one household item actually mentioned on the dang show: the lavender soap (with updates 1-3 and several mini-updates).

Did this all secretly derive from my researching period-appropriate medical horror? Yes. Am I still going to write about it? Of course come on now I can't just keep that enema information to myself--

But TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY.

Figure 2. One very excited ship's surgeon who will unfortunately have to bide his fuckin time.

Nope, today we're on the next iteration of the lavender soap, because we're still at the "fuck around and find out" portion of this experimental process-- and so, behold:

Version 3.0 7 oz. dried soap 4 oz. ground orrisroot 1 oz. ground whole cloves 1 oz. ground benjamin 10 drops lavender essential oil oil of lavender, q.s. rosewater, q.s.

You may notice that I have, tragically, only added enough of anything lavenderish to allow myself the honesty of still calling this "lavender" soap -- as previously discussed, lavender essential oils (as we know them today) were not really a Thing, and the Oil of Lavender (...which is not an essential oil, but rather an infusion of lavender flowers and olive oil) is not quite ready for primetime scent vibes, so I genuinely don't think these are comparable to actually just grinding up and shoving in the dried flowers.

But for the sake of Science, I needed to find out if removing the flowers would help with the browning issue of previous versions, so-- out went the lavender. For now.

Figure 3. Oh no, I-- oh man, don't cry, I'm sorry, I'll put it back omg.

Other changes in this version are:

store-bought ground orrisroot (...listen, Thomas is but a wee lad, and not yet hearty enough to wreck regular orrisroot as hard as it needs);

store-bought ground benzoin (because it was cheaper to buy in bulk that the solid resin from the woo-woo shop);

increased the amount of orrisroot from 1 ounce to 4 ounces, in keeping with some other recipes, to try and bulk up the myristic acid content (i.e., the thing wot makes olive-oil based Nabulsi soap actually produce a bubbly lather)

I should at this point say that typically the scientific process recommends making only one change at a time when conducting Experiments, so that one may know what exactly affected a change in a positive, negative, or neutral manner.

Consider, however, that I have no patience. So fuck it, we ball.

Show us the soap, trifles

To get to the soap, you must first suffer through mortifying ordeal of process photos.

Figure 4. The ground orrisroot on my tiny digital scale (that actually measures grains, which itself is a holdover from apothecary measurements!)

Wait wait wait actually look at my tiny bullshit scale, I love it, look at its little one-gram calibration weight:

Figure 5. A baby.

Figures 6 and 7. An ounce of whole cloves (left) and the results of young Thomas's efforts thrown on top of the orrisroot and benjamin in the mortar (right).

I should note that rather than grinding the cloves in my granite mortar and pestle first, I put them straight into Thomas's maw-- I don't know if that led to how intensely clove-oily these grounds are, or the fact that the lavender flowers were not present to soak it up. Previously I got a grey-green powder out of grinding the both together, so this rich, wet clove-color did not bode well for my "can I stop this from being brown?" soap plans...

Figure 8. ...Or maybe it'll be fine? I added the dried soap, and now look at them all mixed together!

As a note, I had to actually use a whisk at this point rather than just rely on my pestle to do the work -- my mortar is Too Small for these shenanigans, and the four ounces' worth of orrisroot did not help matters. I won't say how much of this mix ended up outside the mortar and on my clothes, but it was... it was a non-zero amount.

Whatever, thought I. This is Science. This is me experiencing the divine art of creation across space-time with my alchemical forebears, and also this is why I should not be allowed in other people's kitchens.

Notably, the upped powder content meant that I had to add a lot more splashes of rosewater to get to a dough-y state where the soap could be hand-rolled, and I had to work significantly longer with the pestle-- while version 2.0 was, per my notes, about 8-10 minutes' worth of work, I would call this a solid 20 minutes at least of beating the ever-loving shit outta this mix until everything was incorporated.

And once it was, well--

Figure 9. Hello, brown.

As you can see, the soap mix does form up very nicely, though it still requires a spatula to clear the sides of the mortar and pestle.

At this point, remembering that the last time I hand-rolled wash balls my palms came away Very Brown, I donned some latex gloves before I commenced my rolling. However, because (and again, I cannot stress this enough) I lack patience, I threw in another change: rather than leaving them as balls, I squished them slightly between my palms to flatten them into slightly more traditional soap shapes.

Figure 10. Cookie dough or falafel: you decide.

A note regarding the scent: Whether it's the relative lack of the lavender, or the big bump to the orrisroot (or some magic alchemical combination of the two), the soaps, while still smelling strongly like spice cookies, now have an oddly-unfamiliar-but-fascinating scent profile, similar to what I found happened when I made the lip pomatum. There's no good reason why this should make me believe that I've come closer to a "real" recipe, but the feeling is there nonetheless -- and it's definitely interesting.

Finally, and because the flat sides of these soaps looked too innocent, too pure, I decided to try that octopus stamp again. For future reference, stamping immediately after making these? Not a great idea. The soap stuck to the stamp like a motherfucker, and so a lot of detail was lost. But regardless--

Figure 11. Spice cookie kraken soap cakes, holy shit.

And now, I actually do have to wait a few days before I can try them out, or they'll fall the fuck to pieces. Keep watch for mini-updates, though, as I check out how they dry and probably do more unfortunate stamp experiments on them.

#lavender soap #spice cookie kraken soap cakes #our flag means death #ofmd #history #stede bonnet #and his historically possible cosmetic collection #lotta ridiculous research #experimental archaeology #stede bonnet's theoretical library #stede bonnet's theoretical self-care extravagances #the historically inaccurate shop #trifles the amateur history enthusiast strikes again #funky little alchemist with funky little interests #eagle eyed viewers will see the SOAP OF NEROLI post-it sticking out of my process journal #THAT DAY IS COMING

[ghostyolive]

Happy holidays @27th-beeping-hedgehog! I was your secret Santa for the @fmasecretsanta event this year. I was really excited to receive your prompt as someone who is also a big fan of Devil's Nest gang shenanigans, so I hope that you like this comic I drew. It's a bit long, so I put most of it under the read-more :)

~The Snake, The Comb, and The Journal~

#fma #fmab #fullmetal alchemist #greed the avaricious #devils nest gang #dolcetto fma #martel fma #bido fma #roa fma #greed fma #devils nest fma #my art #to be clear greed keeps the journal to help him remember all of the people he's met and what he likes about them :) #this accidentally ended up being 30 images which is really good considering the 30 image desktop limit #and hey! coincidentally got it done on christmas day!

[amethysworld]

#journal #journaling #art journal #notebook #scrapbook #journal entry #bullet journal #amethysworld #bujo community #bujo ideas #bujoblr #fullmetal alchemist #anime journal

[toadeyes-miqote]

I may have saved us all

I know I'm usually uncomfortable with praise. But in calming Meteion, I may have saved us all from a life time of vile tasteless bread and variations of anything carrot. This one time, I willingly accept the praise.

If I were to meet Fourchenault and he brings up food again. I would have to remind him he owes me big time.

What have you Sharlayns done to yourselves?

Imagine if you will. a life time or even generations of folks eating something like Archon bread and washing it down with carrot juice throughout their lives.

This might even cause a mutiny if Namazu were to be slaughtered for the sake of variety in taste. Or the Loporrits. Or even any of the bird folk who chose to flee with us.

A life time of everything carrot. Fourchenault. I saved us all from a worse fate than Meteion but no one will know of it. Unless you somehow figure it out from the plates of carrot nibbles constantly being sent to you.

Everything carrots

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Congrats Fourchenault somehow you triggered her vindictive and petty nature.

#cooking meowmeow #Shokugeki no FFXIV #Tracking Hylnyan #Post EW Follow up quests #studium deliveries #Full Miqo'te Alchemist #my fics #Notes of Hylnyan's journal #Feast that ended well enough #This feast is under radar but still counts as therapy

[rexscanonwife]

I started a new job today at a cute little coffee place, and this is my first barista job so here's what I've learned so far: making coffee is the same as making potions

#jane journals #not self insert #i love the guy doing my training today he clearly knows his stuff about coffee!! #but there's a lot more chemistry that goes into it than i imagined?? 😂😂 #especially making the pour-over like ooooooo im a silly little wizard or alchemist making potion of WAKE TF UP #oh yeah theyve been pumping me full of coffee today too so im lowkey like WIRED lmao #i feel good tho!! about the job #i think im gonna like it :3 #new job new city its all very exciting

[aestheticallysadghost]

lim·i·nal /ˈlimənəl/ : the state of being between two worlds, such as the living and the dead, the natural and the supernatural, or the mundane and the magical. - A tarot ttrpg where you play an alchemist trapped in a decaying mansion. FREE DEMO Use tag #sadghostLIMINAL to share your writing! I'd love to read what horrors you faced and if you survived the mansion

#indie ttrpg #ttrpg horror #ttrpg journaling #art #horror #ttrpg #aesthetic #alchemist #tarot ttrpg #tarot game #tarot cards #tarotblr #liminal #ttrpg community #indie rp #indie games

[jubi-draws]

Bit of a WIP, a TES alchemist journal I’m making for a friend for a friend.

#elder scrolls #tes #skyrim #morrowind #alchemy #journal #traditional art #fanart #alchemist jouranl #jubi: TES #jubi: fanart #i have so much more page staining to do #ask me about TES flora i feel like i know them better than IRL stuff at this point

[animelionessmika]

how about we make true crime shows about historical serial killers that have been dead for centuries instead of ones whos victims families are very much still around and have to deal with this shit

#like that french alchemist lord who killed over 100 children #or that german guy who according to historical texts kept a journal of his over 900 victims #delete later #true crime

[mothsantics]

journal 31: 10/03/2023 LETS GOOOOOOOO

#moths journal #art #journaling #october 3rd #fullmetal alchemist

[dndtreasury]

Alchemist's Supplies

#phaylen's journal of extraordinary items #alchemist's #supplies #tools #toolsets #toolset #common #alchemy #alchemist #resource #resources #crafting #downtime