Lilial/Stories
Amateur alchemist Lilial drags the party off to the Garden of the Sprites for a resource gathering trip thinly veiled as a picnic.
Lilial: AAAAALK! I need you to pack me a lunch!
Alk: Huh? Why, are you going somewhere?
Lilial: Yup! I'm out of components, so I can't do any alchemical experiments.
Lilial: I've gotta go get some more before I die of boredom, and I figured if I'm gonna be out in the forest, I might as well have a picnic!
Alk: Oh, all right. If you're okay with leftovers, I'll go toss something together for you.
Lilial: Works for me! Thanks, Alk! ...Oh! And make sure you pack enough for all four of us!
Light: For all four of us? ...We were just thinking of heading out to a new world.
Lilial: Aw, that can wait a day, can't it? Your mind is most creative when it's at play, y'know! You've gotta have fun if you wanna get some ideas cookin' up there!
Lilial: Back me up, Stella! A picnic in the Garden of the Sprites totally sounds fun, right?
Stella: Yes, it does sound like a nice idea.
Lilial: See, Light? Stella wants to go! PIC! NIC! PIC! NIC! PIC! NIC!
Lilial: Whew! This looks like a good spot!
Alk: F-finally... *pant* I can't feel my legs...
Lilial: Ahaha! Sorry, Alk! I guess I went a little overboard resource gathering.
Alk: Let's go on a picnic, she said. It'll be FUN, she said... What've you got in here?! Rocks?!
Light: Alk has a point. Herbs shouldn't be that heavy.
Lilial: Oh, um... Ahaha...ha... You're a good guesser Alk! It's got r-rocks...
Alk: Rocks?! Wait, you're serious?!
Lilial: W-well, yeah, but they're special rocks!
Alk: Special rocks?
Lilial: Yeah, iron ore!
Lilial: I mean, alchemy was born of the desire to turn common metals into gold! Everything starts from iron, Alk!
Alk: For a second there, you almost sounded like a real alchemist.
Lilial: I AM a real alchemist!
Stella: Alchemy typically does not end in explosions.
Lilial: Sure it does! Experimentation is the most important part of science! Fail a lot, then fail better!
Light: That sounds great in theory, but I worry you won't blow up the whole village. You've already reduced half your room to cinders…
Lilial: It'll be fiiiiine! Besides, I haven't found any mushrooms yet, so there's not much I CAN do.
Stella: Mushrooms? What about those red ones over there?
Lilial: What? But those are EVERYWHERE! See, with alchemy, the rarer the inputs are, the cooler the end-product is.
Alk: What exactly are you trying to make anyways?
Lilial: That's top secret! You'll have to wait and see!
Alk: ...Right. Well, if you ever need mushrooms, there's—
Alk: Um, Lilial?
Lilial: Look.
Lilial: Look at that mushroom!
Lilial: Wow, I can't believe it! Look, guys, there's a mushroom man!
Lilial: Hey there, buddy! Have you ever heard of ALCHEMY?
Shroombo: Cha-cha! Challuaaaa!
Lilial: Okay, now just hold still while I— Hey!
Stella: This is the first time I've been on a picnic this exciting.
Alk: You can say that again...
Lilial: WAAAAAIT! C'mon, just let me have a little piece—it'll grow back, right? For scienceee!
Shroombo: CHALLUAAAAA!
Lilial's stuck on an experiment, but when Nimbus scolds her for blowing random stuff up, she realizes that's exactly what she needs to do—forget theory and start chucking things in a cauldron until it works!
Nimbus: What was that?! Somethin's at the World Flipper!
Alk: Relax, it's just Lilial, up to her usual experiments.
Nimbus: Huh?
Lilial: Aw, man, I totally thought I had it this time.
Lilial: Grrr, I'm all out of ideas!
Nimbus: Hey! The hell happened over there? *sniff* Something smells burnt.
Alk: "Alchemy" happened. *sigh* I don't know what she's trying to make, but all her experiments end in explosions.
Nimbus: What, you mean she blew something up?!
Nimbus: She nearly blew my eardrums out! So much for my afternoon catnap…
Lilial: Oh, c'mon, that was just a little one! Imagine how boring alchemy would be without explosions—they're what keep the long experiments fun!
Lilial: Also, I've got competition. There are rumors in Palpebra of an alchemist who blows up everything they touch— and I'm not gonna sit by and let them take my throne!
Nimbus: You're competing to see which of you sucks at alchemy more?
Alk: Just don't go TOO crazy, okay? I dunno what you're working on, but it doesn't seem to be going well.
Lilial: Yeah, I'm kinda stuck.
Lilial: The theory all looks good on paper, but nothing's working in practice. Argh, I just KNOW I'm overthinking something, but I don't know WHAT!
Nimbus: So you're just blowing random stuff up hoping it'll work? You're joking, right?
Nimbus: What if you accidentally blow yourself up?
Lilial: If I... Wait, that's it! You're a genius, Nimbus!
Alk: Huh?!
Lilial: I'm gonna go blow random stuff up until something works! All this time, I was too worried I'd get caught up in the explosion, and was holding back!
Nimbus: You're gonna go WHAT?
Lilial: Blow random stuff up! Seeya!
Alk: Oh, this can't end well—
Nimbus: W-what was that?! Lilial!
Lilial: Ahahaaa! That was a good one!
Alk: Stop, stop, STOP! No more experiments for today! You'll hurt yourself!
Nimbus: Hmph. She looks like she's having a blast.
Lilial: That was the biggest explosion I've made yet! If I'm getting different results than before, that means I made it a step in the right direction!
Lilial: I thought too hard about what to use and whether it'd blow up in my face that I unconsciously held myself back —and gave up on ideas without trying!
Lilial: Go big or go home, right? No more ruling out possibilities 'till I've chucked 'em in a cauldron and tried it!
Lilial: This breakthrough's all thank to you, Nimbus! Now, I've got alchemy to get back to! Later!
Nimbus: *sigh* Shoulda kept my mouth shut...