in response to my recent postings on material science, i recieved a letter from a certain Critelli, Z., detailing a material he had been experimenting with over the past few weeks that he had excitedly dubbed "plastic". various handwritten diagrams cover the front and back of the paper, some partially covered up by an ornate title that remains unreadable to me.

of particular interest was his claim that the material uniquely resisted universal solvent, and *that* of all things would make it a prime candidate for use in my studies. well, i'd be no researcher if i didn't try things... but as expected, an engine with a plastic frame is fragile as dust and useless as shit - it shattered the moment a triplex bond was made. i suppose he quite misunderstood the roadblock i had faced?

but besides that, i decided to put his real claim to the test. indeed, it took an almost embarrassingly large volume of alkahest to produce any visible change, even requiring me to restock my vials; though eventually it was reduced to but elemental dust, as Tolemeo's Conjecture mandates. taking a closer look at the underlying reaction: it *does* produce an immediate change, as you'd ordinarily expect, but only into a smaller form of itself with nigh-identical properties. that "micro" plastic then breaks down into an even smaller "pico" plastic, before finally dissolving. a genuinely interesting material! just kind of not what i need.

reproduced here is a formula that describes the effects of alkahest on this compound, without emptying your supplies. it's... not the best construction, i'm aware. the picoplastic is indicated by the Glyph of Disposal.

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