Dakker: *hic* Got a straight, fellas.
Parsone: Oh for goodness' sake, Dakker!
Raymond: This is bullshit. You've been winning non-stop the whole night!
Dakker: They say I have the Devil's luck for a reason, don't they?
Dakker: Besides, I was o-*hic*-ne of the Right Baron's players once.
Raymond: A cheat is what you are, you bloody dimwit.
Dakker: Now, now! No need for hostilities!
Dakker: Tell you what. Next round's on me, as a bit of consolation.
Raymond: Absolutely not, go fuck yourself. I'm cashing out.
Raymond: And I ain't coming back to this bar just to fill up your pockets even more.
Parsone: I believe I've got to get going as well...
Dakker: Well, if youse change your mind, I'll be waiting *hic* here!
Dakker: And remember, Ray, you still have a debt to settle... Heh heh.
Raymond: ...What an insufferable prick.
Month 1 - Odd Beverage
Odd Beverage
REAGENTS
- Destabilized Mors
PRODUCTS
- Odd Beverage
How Disjoint Molecules Work
A disjoint molecule is a molecule consisting of parts not directly connected by bonds, but working together as one molecule nonetheless. This week's input and output are an example of disjoint molecules. Disjoint molecules can be difficult to understand in image form, so a common method for higher clarity in puzzle previews is putting equilibrium glyphs in the gaps of disjoint molecules and avoiding putting regular molecules adjacent to each other.
Disjoint molecules do not behave like multiple separate molecules, and vice-versa. By grabbing any part of a disjoint molecule, you can rotate, pivot, and do pretty much any movement as if all the parts were connected. Due to this, disjoint outputs cannot be artificially created and must be made by reconstructing the given disjoint inputs to retain the disjoint connection between required parts.
A disjoint molecule, however, can, in fact, be divided down to its components - atoms and previously bonded molecules. To separate the parts of a disjoint molecule, remove any bond in said disjoint molecule. This behavior comes from the fact that the game recalculates bonds when debonding, thus separating the parts it now realizes have no connecting bonds.
A possible way to think about disjoint molecules is to consider all their parts to be connected by a fragile veil, which breaks from the destruction of any bond in that molecule. The main difficulty comes from tracking which particular atoms are parts of the disjoint molecule. Below is an example of a disjoint puzzle to showcase the process.
1 - U0lMRU5U
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download: AFH1_OddBeverage.puzzle (where do i put this?)