Most of the people here think alchemy is only for stories and ignorant people of old.
[Which is only funny the first handful of times, because as much as Root tries to ascribe him the mantle of wise old professor, he really does not have that much patience for explaining himself for ultimately no reward. Could people whose changed surroundings end in "pfft alchemy is fake and magic isn't real" just move on and not ask him anything, for god's sake...
Anyway. He agrees on that point, in any case. About the concepts. The aside about his parents earns a brief and small smile, an effort both herculean and automatic, then,]
I was never a master enchanter. But the ideas. Yes. I do remember my formulas. Most of me is enchantment at the moment.
It is not so different from chemistry, [ viktor says with a flat tone, like it isn't all that surprising that people are writing it off so quickly; it is very much what people do, in general, ] And as I have understood that magic exists in quite many worlds, that someone would combine it with the sciences should not be such a surprising matter.
[ but then, people also have limited understanding of even basic concepts. that is why, even though he wants to help people as a broad concept, he isn't, well. a people-person, by any stretch of imagination. ]
... I see. That makes sense, [ both that he would remember and that his current form is mostly an enchantment, now. carefully, ] Do you believe it could be taught, still? [ and because he's not the type to circle around a point, ] I do not have any hextech crystals here, right now, which means I cannot use the runes I know. But I wonder if I might learn to use yours, to a similar effect.
The synchronicity is an obvious conclusion, [yes, agreed, Viktor is so smart, unlike - um, teenagers who ask him questions he considers foolish. Never mind that detail.] Why should a discipline not borrow from another.
[He waves a hand, dismissing entirely everyone who has ever questioned him about alchemy and thinks magic and science are mutually exclusive. These people... would not be welcomed at his alma mater, he supposes.
But, enchantments, yes.]
I would show you. [And the "would" there is important, because he could show anyone, but the list of people he would show is countable on one hand. Congratulations.] If you will show me yours in turn. Inert or otherwise.
True discoveries are born out of the mixing of disciplines, yes? Chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering... it all comes together.
[ and alchemy is no different, of course — he may not be adept at it, but far it be from him to dismiss it entirely.
he considers the offer — and nods. ]
Yes, of course. [ he would hardly expect not to return the favour; besides, he has a feeling octavian will understand the workings of hextech, of how the arcane speaks through the runes. it is not an easy feat to get it all to work, but he thinks octavian may just be such a man who could actually work on hextech, too. ]
I can show you the principle, the runes, all of it... and if I ever get a hextech crystal, more than the principle.
Of course. [Of course, of course, if only everyone who ever lived could understand the basic understanding of disciplines as separated by only a thin mesh, and not, like, steel walls. Interdisciplinary works are the strongest kind...!
Like this, for example, mixing together whatever this "hextech" thing really is with his own understanding of alchemy and runes. If he were capable of looking more delighted, he would, but the ghostly dullness of his gaze does sparkle a little more. Yes, show him the crystals... somehow.]
That would be excellent. We will need space to compare runes. [A lot of chalkboards? Or perhaps just a lot of floor space, considering what he's done to his working half of this room. Which brings him back around to,] Shall we browse the local real estate now.
[ once he has found the appropriate space to work in, of course... and maybe manages to either obtain a hexgem of his own, somehow, or persuade jinx to part with hers.
but yes, time to get back to business — ]
Yes, let's. [ And Then They Browsed Real Estate! ]
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[Which is only funny the first handful of times, because as much as Root tries to ascribe him the mantle of wise old professor, he really does not have that much patience for explaining himself for ultimately no reward. Could people whose changed surroundings end in "pfft alchemy is fake and magic isn't real" just move on and not ask him anything, for god's sake...
Anyway. He agrees on that point, in any case. About the concepts. The aside about his parents earns a brief and small smile, an effort both herculean and automatic, then,]
I was never a master enchanter. But the ideas. Yes. I do remember my formulas. Most of me is enchantment at the moment.
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[ but then, people also have limited understanding of even basic concepts. that is why, even though he wants to help people as a broad concept, he isn't, well. a people-person, by any stretch of imagination. ]
... I see. That makes sense, [ both that he would remember and that his current form is mostly an enchantment, now. carefully, ] Do you believe it could be taught, still? [ and because he's not the type to circle around a point, ] I do not have any hextech crystals here, right now, which means I cannot use the runes I know. But I wonder if I might learn to use yours, to a similar effect.
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[He waves a hand, dismissing entirely everyone who has ever questioned him about alchemy and thinks magic and science are mutually exclusive. These people... would not be welcomed at his alma mater, he supposes.
But, enchantments, yes.]
I would show you. [And the "would" there is important, because he could show anyone, but the list of people he would show is countable on one hand. Congratulations.] If you will show me yours in turn. Inert or otherwise.
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[ and alchemy is no different, of course — he may not be adept at it, but far it be from him to dismiss it entirely.
he considers the offer — and nods. ]
Yes, of course. [ he would hardly expect not to return the favour; besides, he has a feeling octavian will understand the workings of hextech, of how the arcane speaks through the runes. it is not an easy feat to get it all to work, but he thinks octavian may just be such a man who could actually work on hextech, too. ]
I can show you the principle, the runes, all of it... and if I ever get a hextech crystal, more than the principle.
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Like this, for example, mixing together whatever this "hextech" thing really is with his own understanding of alchemy and runes. If he were capable of looking more delighted, he would, but the ghostly dullness of his gaze does sparkle a little more. Yes, show him the crystals... somehow.]
That would be excellent. We will need space to compare runes. [A lot of chalkboards? Or perhaps just a lot of floor space, considering what he's done to his working half of this room. Which brings him back around to,] Shall we browse the local real estate now.
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[ once he has found the appropriate space to work in, of course... and maybe manages to either obtain a hexgem of his own, somehow, or persuade jinx to part with hers.
but yes, time to get back to business — ]
Yes, let's. [ And Then They Browsed Real Estate! ]