June 23rd, 2028, Palo Alto CA
Julie, Hillary, and I all woke up with the sun and were greeted warmly by our host, Dr. Kevin. “Good morning, Derrik, Julie, Hillary, did you all sleep well? I’m sure after your first violent encounter with a hostile species you need a good night’s sleep. Then, all three of you gaining five or more levels all at once, I’m sure it was not too difficult to get some much-needed rest.” I responded, “Thank you Dr. Smith, we are all feeling much better, I’ve been thinking a lot about our encounter yesterday. How do you think they knew to find us here?” I asked respectfully.
“Mr. Rinn, the fact that you are the first living organism in over 1 Billion years to have an intact Arcturian bloodline. Your wife is the closest thing this planet has ever seen to a home grown Terran Matron Mother, and your daughter is clearly exhibiting traits inherent in both of you which is going to make her an amazing specimen indeed.” Kevin said and went on to say.
“These things have made your presence very well known to certain “powers” that be. Derrik you were a well know Cannabis cultivator before the reset, it would only make sense for you to come by here at some point. I am however surprised at the accuracy of their timing.” Kevin responded.
“Either way, we are here, let’s get some training in and learn a little bit more about the changes to the chemical properties of our local flora, and learn what we can about all of the new plants we have seen growing since we left Catalina.” Hillary added.
“You are correct a good number of species thought to be extinct here on Terra are coming back and a few species that are not from this planet that have already found their way here, mostly via meteorites, they then lay dormant for up to a million Terran years, the Aether then starts to flow and off world flora starts to thrive. So far, I’ve seen mostly low-level plant life returning to this planet, sooner or later we will start to experience more sentient plant life. Dryads, Nymphs, Wood Sprites, Brownies, and Forest Sylphs will all start to make themselves known as the ambient Aether levels rise over the next few days and finally in about a month after the Aether flow has been at its peak for a couple of weeks they will take on their roles as the stewards of the new Aetheric forests all over Terra. We will need to gain their trust and do our best to always help them and never interfere with their sacred duties to the forest.” Kevin instructed.
Over the following three weeks we stayed inside the time dilated space of the training hall, the food printers that were available to us were amazing, they could create almost any food you could think of. The elemental stone was also greatly appreciated, we must have created two tons of black vomit and sweat over time we were there with Dr. Smith. Kevin took the time to explain the new properties that a number of common plants now had.
One such amazing plant was Mint. Spearmint for example can be used to create a tonic that will completely clear the body of harmful toxins and leave you feeling refreshed and renewed and will completely restore your stamina. Ginseng root is another example of a positive change, quality ginseng will restore all stamina, health, and will fix broken bones in an individual, depending on the grade there are a number of other positive side effects. Julie was very happy to find that Lavander could help her learn telepathy, so we could communicate better as a group. I of course was much more interested in trying some Psilocybin mushrooms, Dr. Smith told us that if we dried them out correctly, we could create a tea that would allow us to communicate with entities from across the galaxy and once we had opened those pathways in our mind we could communicate with entities across the entire known universe.
While all of that was fun and could probably come in handy at some point, I was much more interested in creating Health Potions, Stamina Potions, and Life extension pills. I brought enough cannabis to choke a cow, so we had plenty to work with. I was expecting we would be using a cauldron like they do in the books…... But, yeah, not so much. There is a machine called an Alchemic Combinator that takes the ingredients, mixes them and aligns everything just perfectly to create the purest form of the ingredients. The machine will also provide you with a list of ingredients to add together to create the desired concoction, potion, or pill. I loaded 38 grams of my Platinum Cookies strain, 12 grams of fresh ground ginger root, and oil pressed from twelve garlic cloves all into the combinator, after 45 minutes of pressing, cooking, and pressing the pill was finished.
As crazy as this sounds, this was a recipe from a video game I had played as a young boy (minus the cannabis I added 38 grams because 38 is my lucky number). I opened the door and took the pill; it was cool to the touch and smelled very herbal. Hillary examined the pill with her Examine skill and she was astonished! “Dad, we created a pill that will extend the life of the user by over 50 years!! This can’t be right!!” Hillary exclaimed. Dr. Smith Examined the pill as well, he found the exact same thing.
[Life Extension - one pill – LEVEL – 5; EFFICACY / 50 to 70 Terran years]
In addition to extending life within normal established parameters this pill will cause the taker of said pill to return to their optimal physical and mental state for the duration of the pill’s efficacy
“Well, if that is your first attempt, I am surely excited to see what you can do once your skills have improved. I would say the outcome of our experiment has much to do with the quality of the Cannabis used to create this pill.” Kevin mused. “These pills will fight off any disease any of you had within your bodies currently, in addition it will realign your DNA to optimal modern human levels, constantly, for the 50 years or so. Essentially reversing your aging process and restoring you to your most perfect version of your physical and mental selves. These are not properties usually found in most life extension pills, according to Dr. Smith. He thinks the additional effects are a result of my natural ability to manipulate the Aether unconsciously, through my Arcturian bloodline. I have been doing it for years with the cannabis growing in our farms, this is why the cannabis growing in our farms is already imbued with so much Aether and such a high amount of the various active components, such as THC or CBD depending on the strain.
Dr. Smith went on to explain if we had a purer source of ginger root(we used pickled ginger) and fresh garlic(we used very old garlic that was picked long before the reset) that was growing after the reset and Aether explosion. He estimated if we were using fresh ingredients, we could make pills that would extend life up to two or three hundred years at the early levels!! I was experiencing the same measure of success with my Health potions and Stamina Potions. Adding 23 grams of Aether imbued Honey, 8 grams of Jesus OG, 8 grams of Turmeric, 3 grams of Ginger Root, and 9 grams of Cinnamon all into the combinator after the machine did its job, I was left with an Elixir of Life.(23 MJ basketball jersey, 8 lucky number, 3 other lucky number, and nine is 3x3) once again the measurements were pretty random but made sense to me.
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[25 grams of liquid - Elixir of Life – LEVEL – 5; EFFICACY / 2000 HP – Cell Optimization]
In addition to restoring health points this miraculous elixir will also restore the cells of the taker to the most optimum levels possible for the users current level
“Mr.Rinn, I have never since my rebirth, ever even heard of an Alchemist of any rank other than Grandmaster, that could successfully compose an Elixir of Life or an Elixir of anything!! You have not only created an Elixir that restores health, but it also restores all cells to optimal performance levels. Like, optimal, for any race! You have no idea what you have done.”
“Elixirs are the very rarest of the concoctions made in this plane, I myself am an Alchemy Master and have yet to concoct a stable Elixir!!” Was Dr. Smith’s reaction to my first attempt at making a Health Potion.
Turns out my first attempt at a health potion, created an Elixir of Life, which I guess, is something that was lost to the ages. No one has seen an Elixir created in over 20 million years, since the Hyperboreans left the planet, the Hyperboreans were the last of the Grandmaster Alchemists, they moved on to the upper dimensions millions of years ago, never to return.
My attempt at a Stamina Potion, after reading and asking an enormous number of questions about different herbs and compounds, was another accidental miracle. I added 420 grams of fresh Spearmint, 8 grams of ground Platinum Ginseng, 8 grams of pure THC-a crystals, 9 grams of Jesus OG, and 38 grams of Aether imbued Honey, and 8 oz of aged American Bourbon. I then put all of the ingredients in the combinator and waited for it to do the dirty work.
I could not have been less prepared for the outcome. The ingredients all sounded like they would help with Stamina, Mint & Ginseng seemed to be helpful in that regard, and the Honey and Cannabis could help incorporate those into a cohesive compound with more beneficial effects than either compound alone. Well, that was my thought process, but, what the fuck do I know?
[45 Grams Liquid – Tincture of Revitalization – LEVEL 10; EFFECACY / 3000SP – Vitality 100%]
In addition to providing 3000 Stamina Points, this tincture will also restore 100% of the taker’s vitality leaving the taker feeling refreshed and full of vigor
“Once again, Mr. Rinn You have created a miracle in a bottle. What made you decide these measurements of each of these ingredients were correct for the effect you were seeking?” Dr. Kevin asked most respectfully.
“I’m not really sure, the measurements were a mix of old video game recipes and my lucky numbers worked around a bit, with more time and experimentation I’m confident we can find even more powerful combinations. We do need to get back to Talos sooner than later. We have been here with you for 22 days and I feel like I have learned a great many things. I have much to meditate over and I am excited to come back to study more and unlock the secrets of the alchemical world here on Terra. I feel like, I have found my calling.” I replied.
“I would be inclined to agree with you my friend, take the next two days to create as many Tinctures, Elixirs, and Pills as you can, and please come back as soon as you are able.” Kevin said. With that Dr. Smith left and returned after a bit, with boxes of fresh and top-quality ingredients.
“Here you are Derrik, this should take your concoctions to the next level, all of these herbs, spices, and honey have been in the dirt or in a hive since after the reset, good luck!”
Over the course of the next two days, I managed to make 300 liquid grams of the Elixir of Life, 1000 liquid grams of the Tincture of Revitalization, and 15 Life Extension Pills. We also managed to make them all at a Journeyman grade, with fresh ingredients, this was the result………
[300 Grams Liquid – Elixir of Life – LEVEL – 10; EFFICACY / 3500 HP – Cell Optimization]
In addition to restoring health points this miraculous elixir will also restore the cells of the taker to the most optimum levels possible for the user’s current level
[1000 Grams Liquid – Tincture of Revitalization – LEVEL – 10; EFFECACY / 3000SP – Vitality 100%]
In addition to providing 3000 Stamina Points, this tincture will also restore 100% of the taker’s vitality leaving the taker feeling refreshed and full of vigor
[15 Pills – Life Extension – LEVEL – 10; EFFICACY / 200 to 300 Terran years]
In addition to extending life within normal established parameters this pill will cause the user of said pill to return to their optimal physical and mental state for the duration of the pill’s efficacy
June 24th, 2028, Palo Alto / San Francisco, CA
After 24 days at Stanford, studying Herbs, how to grow them and how to find them in the wild. Then, learning how to properly harvest a number of different herbs and alchemical ingredients, and we also learned how to prepare them for the combinator. We must have tried 20,000 different combinations of different compounds. It seemed as though, if cannabis was not at least a minor component, my concoctions mostly failed.
On the other hand, if there were even trace amounts of my Cannabis, I was met with astounding results. It was interesting and confusing all at the same time, I am grateful that I was able to concoct the things that I did. I’m sure they will be a great help to Julie, Hillary, and I. We need to make sure that Shu, Cava, and Annika get one of the life extension pills if we are ever to meet.
“Dr. Smith, I wish I could give you one of the Level 10 Pills we made, but as I understand it, you couldn’t really use it. Could you?” I asked the Dr.
“Mr. Rinn, it is very noble of you to offer me such a treasure. You are correct, I could not make any use of it, nor do I have any need for the massive amount of riches I could obtain through the sale of said Pill. The mere gesture of graciousness and kindness is more than I could ever ask for. Also, the knowledge that there is a budding Alchemist out there, who I am familiar with has the potential to become a Sage level Alchemist(LEVEL 5000+), is payment enough. I look forward to seeing what you are going to become capable of as you grow and journey down your path.” Kevin Shrugged. “I hope you return, so we can continue with more experiments, you have been very worthy pupils. Thank you, Derrik, Julie, and Hillary Rinn.”
“It has been an honor and a pleasure to be here with you and learn so much, so quickly. We are all fortunate to have had the opportunity to have the privilege of your expert tutelage. We will make sure to send any Alchemists we find who are of the caliber you expect.” Hillary said to Dr. Kevin.
“Hillary, I would like to continue to work with you in particular, as you have a budding background in modern medicine. Please do get all of your errands done for the Pleiadeans, I have much to teach you. I suggest while you are at Mt. Shasta you seek out John Shastian, he is the curator of the archive there, and his archive specializes in Druidic Majik, and he possesses the only known Beastiary on Terra. This book will help your family navigate the different dangers found here on Terra once the door to the elemental dimension opens. You will of course have creatures indigenous to Terra, they are all mostly regional, as the doorways open in different parts of the world. The Druidic Majik will be of great help to someone with your skills and knowledge.”
“Thank you again, Dr. Smith.” Hillary finished.
“I would also like to thank you, Kevin, the things we have learned here will help us on our Path and will probably end up saving each of our lives many times over. We are all here for you, if you ever need anything we can help provide, just name it.” I said to the Doctor.