Week 1 The Frey Grant Collection

LIQUID PERFUMES

by Thingie

METRICS
Start Height > Cycles > Cost
Latency > Cost > Area

REAGENTS
Hydrated Copper
Aerated Copper

PRODUCTS
No.016, "Star Tide"
No.017, "Leaden Sea"

NOTES
Start Height is the height of your solution at cycle 0, any height that is swept over after the solve starts running isn't counted for this metric.
Latency is defined as the amount of cycles to the first set of outputs. The 5 remaining products are still required to be outputted for the solution to qualify for this metric.

Frey Grant was one of the most prominent perfumers of the era. Immediately coming into prominence with No.001 ("Hint of Magic") during the Van Tassen ball, his creativity and his ability in evoking scenes with a perfume were paralleled by few. He dedicated the entire career to Van Tassen, leading to his demise during the attack on the great house perpetrated by House Colvan.

Pictured here are his last creations, made in small quantities inside the alchemy lab as the Van Tassen ball supposed to feature it never came to realization. Even though the newly developed powdered fragrances were gaining popularity among the nobility, Van Tassen, as is characteristic, was one of the last holdovers in using liquid perfumes.

The ball was supposedly to have a naval theme, themed after an overcast, stormy sea right after sundown, and a tranquil night ocean under a clear sky. The room themed after the overcast sea would have several machines hidden at strategic places, quickly producing and releasing puffs of scent on an interval - adding to the impression of unpredictable waters. The details for what the "Star Tide" room would have looked like are less concrete - but apparently there was a plan for the engine itself to be a centerpiece, with parts carrying out the transmutation, decorated with golden stars, folding in and out of a central pillar.

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