Week 8: Orange Vitriol

ORANGE VITRIOL

METRICS
Cycles > Cost > Area
Cycles×(Arms+Track) > Cost > Area

(Cycles×Arms, but every hex of track counts as an arm. This metric is usually called "tarcles". It sounds complicated, but you'll figure it out faster than you think.)

REAGENTS
Elemental Silver
Elemental Fire (×2)

PRODUCTS
Orange Vitriol (Sinister)
Orange Vitriol (Dexter)

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TOSA: I’m sorry for getting snippy with you when you suggested projecting our ores.
JOCELYN: That’s okay. I understand why, now.
TOSA: Really, it’s more viable at scale than I like to think. Alchemical engineers are myriad now, and if whatever trick you alluded to works for large quantities of quicksilver...
TOSA: What’s going on is more complicated than just prices being down. But I think I’ve known that for a long time. This is just a clearer reason to proceed with the plan.
JOCELYN: Mmm. It is.
TOSA: You know something, don’t you?
JOCELYN: I do. I’ve figured it out.
JOCELYN: It took me a while. I only put it together when I was writing out to the foundation how confusing everything was…
TOSA: Confusing, yes. I take it you understand the mystery project, now?
JOCELYN: Not completely.
JOCELYN: But I’m a lot less shy about using the Glyph of Triplex-Bonding than if I didn’t.

[click here after solving puzzle to reveal post-solve flavortext]

JOCELYN: So this should give enough of the vigorous spirit of flame to the catalyst, so it can do…your plan, with the light all twisted together, if I understand right.
TOSA: It’s all coming together.
TOSA: They’ll never see it coming.

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download: OM2026_W8_Orange_Vitriol.puzzle (where do i put this?)