LEGEND OF MAYFIELD IV: The Piped Patio Pruning Party!

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[ACTION - A (Anywhere in Mayfield, Moring/Afternoon, OPEN TO ALL)]

[Getting into the wintery time of the year can lead to problems with the plumbing! Whatever trouble you might be having in your household, it's a good thing that Mayfield has people in the city who've been assigned to be plumbers. Right?]

[So you shouldn't be too surprised to find

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Pipes?

[Bazett wonders what the strange man outside is talking about.]

Uh...none of use here smoke tobacco.

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Are you sure this is acidic? For all we know, it can be basic. At certain pH levels, strong bases can also be highly caustic.

[monk_of_keyfu]

Verily I admit to lacking such perspicacity into the persuasions of hydrogen!

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So how do you suggest we test it? Remove a sample and see how it reacts with baking soda or vinegar?

[Provided they can find something that will not melt to take a sample with.]

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[Key-Fu raises a pointed finger into the air.]

I heartily endorse this experiment!

[Sounds like he's on board for that! pH strips would probably dissolve in something that can eat steel.]

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Is there anything that we can take sample with? Things that won't dissolve in it?

[After thinking a bit, she runs into the kitchen, grabs a glass goblet from the cupboard, and runs back into the restroom.]

Try this. Glass should be unreactive.

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[Key-Fu's been busy putting on some protective gloves while Bazett was away-just in case!]

Splendid! Let us begin the toxin trapping!

[Key-Fu dunks the goblet into the toilet and pulls out a sample of the mess. So far ... it doesn't seem to be eating away at the glassware. Fingers crossed!]

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[Well, it's good to see that her hypothesis is correct and glass can be used to store the material. Maybe she will find a way to use it as a weapon after all.]

I'll get the baking soda and vinegar.

[Not only does she grab that, but she also grabs two steel spoons to test if the gunk will become less caustic.

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[That goblet's still intact by the time she gets back with the testing supplies. Though Key-Fu is currently kneeling with his head tilted to the side, watching the funky, colorful vapors steaming off of the goblet. If it can't be weaponized, maybe it could be made into modern art!]

[Aware that Bazett's returned, Key-Fu jumps back onto his feet.]

I suggest we first unleash the baker's soda fountain upon this technicolor travesty!

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Just be careful not to inhale any of the fumes. And step back quickly if it explodes.

[She hands him the baking soda.]

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[Key-Fu promptly sprinkles almost a cup's worth into that goblet, but before he can even finish, the mess is already starting to seethe and bubble as the baking soda reacts with the acid, setting off the chemical changes that release carbon dioxide.]

[Which in this case, means more colored vapors!]

Behold! A volcano of science!

[answerer_sword]

So it is acidic after all. Has it become less corrosive?

[She wants to go try with the spoon, but she decides to wait until the colored vapors have passed.]

Your call on what happens to the spoon? :D

[monk_of_keyfu]

[It's hard to tell, but Key-Fu seems rather entranced by that colorful vapor. It's like being on an acid trip without actually having to do the acid. Or like playing a game of Earthbound.]

I shall decussate my digits in anticipation!

Re: Your call on what happens to the spoon? :D

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[She steps forward and dips one of the spoons in. Within a couple of seconds, it has started to melt.]

Perhaps we should try stronger bases.

[Lye, for example.]

[monk_of_keyfu]

Goodness! We are faced with quite the stubborn slagging sludge!

[Key-Fu glances down at the bottle of drain cleaner he has.]

I believe I may prossess the juice of lawyers!

[Yeah, he really did say "prossess."]

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[She places the goblet on the ground and backs away. She wants to keep out of the way of any explosions that may happen as a result of the reaction between the sewage and the drain cleaner.]