Lab #6: Alchemy's Quick Circle Energy Output (Advanced Alchemists Only)

Materials: White chalk

Hypothesis: Because an Alchemist can control Alchemy processes, it is possible that the Alchemist is able to redirect the energy from the air particles in a different direction. In the very first lab experiments done by Alchemists, energy within the Alchemy Circle would go in a downward direction as it flows in the direction of gravity. As more labs were done, it was discovered that the Alchemist could wield the energy, and redirect to specific objects within the Alchemy Circle.

Purpose: To prove that an Alchemist is able to redirect small amounts of energy from within the Alchemy Circle to the environment outside the Circle.

Procedure:

Draw an Alchemy Circle about 3-4 feet in diameter. The Circle should be able to encompass an Alchemist.

Draw another Alchemy Circle roughly about 3-4 feet in diameter. The Circle should be able to encompass an Alchemist. Warning: Always do this experiment with another Alchemist who knows how to do the Alchemy's Quick Circle Energy Output Procedure. Never do this lab experiment alone.

Set up 10x10x10 ft of clay around the circumference of the circle.

The Alchemist must step into the circle before the circle of fully enclose with the blocks of clay. Do not step into the middle of the circle yet. The second Alchemist not within the circle will enclose the last block of clay.

The first Alchemist must proceed to the middle of the circle. The Alchemic process should start automatically. If not, check if there are any flaws in the circle.

The first Alchemist should try to focus all the energy to be directed to only one block of clay. Dents will indicate which block of clay received the most energy from the Circle.

Should anything happen to the first Alchemist, the second Alchemist must quickly step into his/her own circle, and quickly perform the Alchemy Quick Circle Energy Output to propel themselves upward and enter the first Alchemic circle enclosed in clay blocks and take the first Alchemist out. The second alchemist must enter the first Alchemist's circle when the exerted kilojoules are at the maximum of 400 kJ. Any value of kilojoules that exceed 400 may result in harm for both alchemists.

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"The results say that the lab was a success, and the second Alchemist was never needed," Ed said.

"But, if something happens to you, I can't help you. I can't be the second Alchemist," Al looked at Ed worriedly.

Ed looked at his little brother, then tried to think of a safer way to do this experiment. "What if we don't enclose the circle with blocks of clay? What if we just leave the circle without anything encasing the Alchemist?"

"What about the energy being redirected? How will we know if you really are redirecting the energy?"

"We'll put just one block of clay several inches away from the circle and I'll try to redirect it in the direction of the clay," Ed said confidently.

"But there's got to be a reason why the Alchemist who wrote this lab specifically wanted blocks of clay all around the circle. Not to mention 10x10x10 foot blocks. Those things are thick! Maybe it's for safety reasons. You don't know how much energy you will be redirecting. Maybe the clay is acting like a safe barrier between you and the environment outside the clay," Al cried a little more. Ed could tell that his brother really didn't want him to do this experiment.

Ed answered back, "What if the clay is not there for safety reasons? Remember our lab to figure out the Limited Potential? We used clay to figure out the number of kilojoules that we exerted. What if the clay is just used to scale how much kilojoules there are in the experiment?"

"But Ed!" Al yelled. "This Alchemist didn't even have calculations of the lab. He didn't record the number of kilojoules." Al took the lab book from Ed's hands and flipped to the conclusions part of the experiment. "See? It says right here that "The experiment was a success. The first Alchemist was able center the energy and focus it on one piece of clay." That's it. No calculations. It's a safety barrier."

Despite Al's worry over his brother's safety, Ed still wanted to do this experiment.

In the end, Ed had told his brother that he trusted him in being the second Alchemist and to successfully pull him out of trouble if he encountered any. They didn't care about the 400 kilojoules part of the procedure because they did not know how to figure out at what time 400 kilojoules would have been exerted. Al knew that even if the kilojoules exceeded 400, he would still help his brother anyways.

Al had a stopwatch with him. They agreed that after 60 seconds, Ed will have to end the redirecting energy.

They set up the 10x10x10 feet of blocks around the circle, just as what the lab told them to do.

"Becareful," Al said as Ed entered the circle. Before Ed could say anything back, Al had enclosed the clay block to seal Ed within the circle.

"Ready?" Al's voice yelled through the thick blocks of clay.

"Yes!" Ed yelled back.

He went into the middle.

There, he felt of rush of energy blowing downward to the floor. Carefully, he lifted his right arm to point in the direction of one of the clay blocks. He concentrated on his will to have the energy redirect to the clay. As he concentrated, the energy lifted, and he began to feel energy flow towards the block of clay. He saw the first blow, then the dent became deeper. Ed started feeling dizzy. He suddenly could not breathe very well anymore.

"60!" he heard Al scream through the thick clay walls and the small tornado Ed thought he was experiencing within the circle.

Ed collapsed in exhaustion. A true Alchemist can control the Alchemy process, and Ed had controlled the process, and ended it.

Al took the blocks away and dragged Ed out of the circle. There, he could see several bruise marks on his face. The vessels of his body had been under pressure. As Ed laid there breathing shallowly, Al looked at the circle once, and wondered, if the energy was exerted out of the circle, that would create a vacuum within the circle, since the circle creates a closed environment. This vacuum environment would have killed Ed, but he wasn't sure why his brother had survived it.

After Ed had revived, they calculated the kilojoules exerted by measuring the dents of the single block of clay. They figured out that at 10 seconds, Ed had directed 80 kJ, and at 60 seconds, it was 500 kJ.

With this, Ed was able to figure out that at about 59 seconds, 400 kJ was exerted.

To see his calculations, scroll to the bottom of the page for the address link.

Al took a sticky note and wrote "59 seconds – 400 kJ" and pasted it into the lab book. "This way," he said as he stuck the note on the page, "no one will have to do the lab to figure out when 400 kJ was exerted."

"The Alchemist should have given us the calculations first. We had to do the lab to figure out when 400 kJ was exerted," Ed said as he used bandages to cover up some of his big bruises.

"Mom will think you fought with someone," Al said looking at the bandage.

With that, they brought the lab book up to their room and slipped it into their bookshelf.

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I actually did the calculations because I wanted to give more of a realistic view into this lab. The numbers of kilojoules were made up, but according to the made up statistics, the 400 kJ was really about 59, which fits the 0 to 60 second range I made.

I know it's not artwork, and no one wants these calculations, but just in case, don't link these calculations anywhere else please. Thanks.

(And if anyone does look at the calculations, I'm sorry that my writing is so sloppy and hard to follow. I have the calculations as to how I got the formula "kJCekt", but I didn't bother to write it up because I was lazy. If you want to see those, just post it in a comment, and I'll write up the calculations and post it in the next chapter.)

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I can't post address links here, so just go to my profile, and there should be a linkat the bottom of my profilefor the calculations. Sorry.