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[manifestering]

Hello
If we have not met my name is Octavian
I am an alchemist and as always I am accepting small amounts of blood for a personal project

But that is beside the point

[Just, you know, getting it out of the way that he's always on the hunt for blood samples to save, anyway—]

The point is during our mutual excursions to maintain the integrity of this world
In the ruins I was set upon by a manner of vision
Very abrupt
not entirely welcome
In the water I experienced memories that were not my own
Something about a breed of serpentine people
Where are they
?

The recollection suggested they were not always serpents but perhaps once like us
A group brought to this place and changed
Was this previously known
and
has anyone else experienced these visions
?

[ooc; totes encourage threadjacking for sharing purposes!!]

Comments

[manifestering]

Only one way to find out

[melnik]

I don't know if you're interested, but you're in a unique position to be able to scout the area out. If you decided to accompany me, I might be willing to donate to your... personal project.

[ The request for blood. That one. ]

[manifestering]

Oh
Bribery
My unique circumstances do lend themselves to danger it seems
Would not call it strong interest but
I would attend

[So, the bribery works--]

[melnik]

Call it what you will. That is good enough for me. I don't need much time to prepare so let me know when you'd be willing to make the trek.

[ Er... if you can call it that to a ghost. ]

I guess I might as well ask now what it is I've agreed to help with.

[manifestering]

Let us give it time
If our present stability is temporary it would be prudent to wait and see

That said I would like a blood sample

[melnik]

That is reasonable.

I understood that much, but what are you planning to do with the blood?

[manifestering]

Making a vessel
Not a clone or anything so gauche
Blood is merely a nonspecific material
People tend to assume something nefarious about it

[melnik]

A vessel for what?

[ Because as he sees it, there are two potential options. ]

I know very little about alchemy as a practice. It was my understanding that it was an antiquated science. However, people do not usually look kindly on experimentation needing materials sourced from humans.

[manifestering]

Myself
As previously established during the operation I am a spectre
I plan to one day feel the sun again on my face

So with respect I do not personally care about kindly regards
I have respected every refusal
This is my limit

[melnik]

[ It was less a personal judgment of his own and more of an attempt to explain the assumptions. However, it gave him the clarity he was needing, so he doesn't need feel the need to say this. ]

Very well. That is good enough for me. How do you want to collect it?

[manifestering]

In a vial

[Ha ha. Japes.]

If you would prefer to draw it yourself I do not mind
Or I will do it for you

[melnik]

Very funny, but does it not matter what state it arrives in?

[ Because, look, he doesn't know the first thing about drawing blood in the clinical sense, but he does at least know that it will clot. ]

It's probably better if I just leave that to you.

[manifestering]

Oh
Refrigeration
Yes in that case it does matter
I thought it was implied
Sub-optimal blood will not work
I have tried

[melnik]

I don't know that much can be implied in this instance. But very well. Hopefully it will prove to be a fair exchange.

[ What counts as sub-optimal blood... guess he'll find out. ]

[manifestering]

Less than I imagined it seems
But thank you
At your leisure you will find me at this address

[Address ping sent! It's on the outskirts of town, not associated with any particular neighborhood.]