User:Eugenius

Hunt for Lost Trinctures

I, Eugenius the Great, had a delightful conversation with a shady character only known to me as "The Stranger." In our conversation, the Stranger confessed to me that Alchemist from his land had recipes for Strength, Speed, and a mysterious concoction that was one produced in Egypt. The recipes (which he described as Documents) are lost at sea and may have washed ashore in Egypt. The Stranger was vague on details but the information I was able to get is as follows:

Documents contain recipes for Sun, Moon, Stars

Documents needed a sharpened stick to find

Since our conversation, the Stranger has appealed to me for help. I received the following message:

As it stands, I am to die soon in the future after the ingestion of the cocktail. But I long to see more days. If you know of a remedy please assist me. 
I am at my camp still and will try to create one myself, but i fear that time may work against me.

Since the details are sketchy, I continue about my tasks in Egypt. While fishing, exploring and in general attempting to unravel the Stranger's clues, the Stranger sent me another message:

I have found shreds of evidence that alchemy started within these borders. I need 357 of every type of ore there is on this land. 
Bring it to my camp with 2 cabbage juice 400 bricks and 48 boards.

This is getting strange. However, I am dealing with the stranger. Thanks to my friends (Basilius, Lazybum, WindSong and Khali) I was able to gather the necessary ore to meet the Strangers request. Now we sit and wait.

After waiting for a few minutes the Stranger arrives unannounced. The first bit of knowledge we gain from our talk is this:

The ores you have collected will complete the testing for stars. 
The moon is represented by edibles and the next challenge (collect 51 of all mushrooms) will take 60 days.
I doubt the documents will wash up on shore here as they did in my land.

Whew, that is nice to know. I can now stop scouring the shores. So, we get to know each other further:

But I have heard about inscriptions on pottery that was planted with saplings long ago. How to find them (is not answered).

At this point I scratch my head. Can this truly get any... well... stranger? The Stranger continues:

Have you heard of Setrak. He was from this land many years ago around the time of King Octec. He seems to be the mastermind behind
Alchemy. In the writing I found, he talked about three in water, which I can only assume are the stars, moon, and sun. And in water
I gathered it is a high purity of spirit made from (this) alembic. I must study why these ores are star based to better understand them.
I will be back no sooner than the 20th of Peret-III.   

And with that the Stranger disappears. I am scratching my head at this point. However, I must be about the task of collecting mushrooms. While searching for mushrooms I found one of the potted plants which the Stranger mentioned. I place the co-ordinates (2680 5350) on my growing collection of scribbled cabbage leaves. I must ask him regarding this plant. After wandering around for a few day, gathering 'shrooms and fish, the generosity of people began to show. Soon I had all of the 'shrooms I need and was ready to meet the Stranger yet again. After sending a smoke signal the Stranger appears muttering to himself and wound up tighter than an eight day clock. After the pleasantries were exchanged, we got down to business. The 'shrooms was correct but he was missing some items, namely spirits and .....

JUGS! I need jugs. Not ordinary jugs. It might look like ordinary jugs. I need jugs from the floor! Not crafted jugs! I need jugs!

As I wandered about I search ruins, vacant camps, and under every rock I could find, however, I count not find the jugs. I set my sight to the spirits. Maybe I am looking to hard. As the fame of our group spread, the spirits was secured at rapid speed. It seems our group is on the verge of discovering the recipes for the Assimilation Bath. After a day or two, a member of our group found the jugs unearthed from the desert floor. All 111 of the jugs we needed. I dropped what I was doing and stole a few chariots and made record time from Old Egypt to Memphis. As of today, I am ready to meet the Stranger again. But the Stranger has departed for parts unknown and we simply wait.