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70th of Zieliah, Year 698
Amplefort, Palace
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Eden looked to the small bowl of powder in front of her, the varied mix of containers and chemicals strewn across the table showed all the different formulas she had tried mixing to get the result she had now. The smell was strong and anyone entering the room would be enveloped in the chemical scent of sulphur's, charcoals and various other powders and chemicals. The girl removed the homemade helmet she had for mixing chemicals and smiled from ear to ear at the fruits of her labour. She poured the powder into a small bag, it mixed with more of the concoction as she quickly left for the Palace Gardens, taking a small tinderbox with her.

The sun was high in the sky, small clouds where beginning to form which provided enough shade to keep the day at a pleasant temperature. Eden skipped past the many different flower beds, each one from parts all over Odesh, but mostly from Flowerhurst. The tweeting of twitters could be heard all around the garden as Eden ran deeper into it, she soon made her way to a small clearing, the ground here was not filled with beautiful flowers like the rest of the Garden. The place seemed trodden on, the dirt covered in stains and singes from past experiments. No life could be heard here, as most animals had learnt to avoid this place entirely. It was Edens test grounds.

The girl poured a small amount of the powder in the middle of the clearing, then took a few steps back. She picked up a small bundle of dry grass and used the tinderbox to light the end, then she poked the powder with the flame. Heat flooded the girls hand causing her to drop the grass as the flame rose a foot into the air, White smoke puffed upwards and continued to rise into the sky. Despite the surprise of how big the fireball was, Eden was still smiling. "Brilliant" She thought as she began to pour more powder into the spot. 

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76th of Zieliah, Year 698
Amplefort, Palace
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Eden had done many experiments in the last few days. She had added and mixed more with her concoction and had even made small clay shells for them. The imperfect spheres of powder sat snuggly in a small satchel at her hip as she walked through the palace. Now that her father had gone, she hoped that her sister would beable to see what she had made and possibly put some investment in future inventions. She hoped that she could start inventing and producing items that could help leap Odesh into a new time of enlightenment. 
Eden began to whisper to herself "Hey Elle.... no no.... your majesty Queen.... no... errm... hello miss Whiteshorn" She practiced the way she would ask her sister as she walked through the long halls, adorned with paintings and tapestry's from far off lands. She finally got to Elle's office and still had no idea what to say. She knocked twice.
"Come in" A voice called from within the room.

Eden opened the door to a large mess. Elle sat at her desk, she was still in one of her silk nightgowns, and she was flicking through the papers in front of her. 
"You don't look like a Queen" Eden said out loud, walking towards the desk.
"Well you don't look like a princess" Elle responded meanly looking up and down at the girl. She wore pants and a shirt as if she was a lowly peasant boy. The pants had a light layer of dirt from messy hands that needed to be cleaned.

"Im not a Princess im an inventor, and if I could jus..." She was cut off by Elle
"I know what you are going to say and no, just as our father said, I can not fund any of your projects. "She responded in an annoyed tone, the work had been getting to her. "Why don't you just stop? None of your so called inventions would work and even if they did they would cost an entire workforce a year to build." 
Eden attempted to retort "This one I..." She was cut off again.
"This one is what? Different? Just like the machine that can make a man fly and the war wagon that could power itself, or maybe you are talking about how you plan on heating water to make giant wooden contraptions move and destroy our enemies." Elle spat the words, her voice even angrier now 
"Go now. You should begin studying for something useful" Elle looked back at her paper as Eden ran out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Tears began to streak down her face as she rushed off to her room.
Ignored once again. 
Nothing had changed.