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A bead of sweat rolled down the man's cheek as he slowly poured liquified lead into a large round vial containing quicksilver. There was a slight hissing sound as the molten metal touched the mercury and the two began to mix together. The man than pulled a switch and a electric rod was lowered into the mixture to charge the mercury in the concoction. The hope was that the mercury would transfer the charge to the lead mixture before it had a chance to cool down. The man took the moment to pull the linen cloth away from his mouth and nose allowing him to take a deep breath of fresh air for the first time since the experiment started an hour ago.

Andrey stretched and looked around his lab at the various pillars of bound leather books, the high vaulted ceiling and diagrams of the human anatomy and alchemic symbols hung from the walls. This particular experiment had to take place at a far corner of the lab as it involved some of his hazardous materials. It was time for the rod to be removed from the mixture as the lead was starting to cool off and solidify around the quicksilver. 

[color=8882be]"Now if this is right. It should have received some of the conductivity from the mercury which could transfer over to an alteration in the chemical makeup."[/color] The scientist muttered to himself as he looked over his hand written notes on his transmutation experiments. [color=8882be]"Introduction of another kinetic energy should be the tipping point that should start the change into gold."[/color] With these famous last words, Andrey grabbed a powder horn of black powder and poured a good helping into the vial. He than inserted a fuze into the neck of the vial before stepping behind a metal barrier as he ignited the fuze. Andrey closed his eyes and covered his ears as he waited for the impeding explosion. 

The scientist cracked one eye open with some confusion as he no longer heard the hiss of a fuze nor an explosion. He blinked and took off his tinted work goggles as he was suddenly not in his lab anymore but in the middle of a stone archway that lead to a long walkway. Releasing some profanity in his confusion as he wondered how he had gotten to this strange place. There was no scientific explanation for this place unless he had been knocked out during his experiment and this was all a dream. Though it was so strange that it felt so real.

Deciding it was better safe than sorry, Andrey drew his personal pistol from its holster and made sure it was loaded before making his way down the walkway. There was no way this anywhere within the Commonwealth as there were no old stone ruins on any of the islands and there were to many strange figures. He soon came to a large open area wth a single man sitting on a throne underneath a large floating chest. [color=8882be][i]This has to be a dream. There is no way that large casket can be floating in the air, unless it is a large example of diamagnetism like the islands to the North.[/i][/color]

He quickly saw a group of people gathering at the base of the dais that all seemed to be dressed very strangely. He put away his weapon but make sure it was ready at a moments notice as he rolled down his sleeves to cover up his tattoos except the twin Ouroboros tattoos on his hands and fixed his tie before he approached the group. He stayed to himself as he started biting his thumb as he tried to figure out what was happening as it all started to continue feeling more real. 

All of a sudden the robed figure sitting on the throne suddenly stirred and stood up to address the group. His words didn't make much sense as the laws of the world did not seem to pertain to this place which was hard for Andrey to accept as a person of reason and science. It was with a sense of defiance that he realized that this was no dream and seemed to be real meaning that his entire world could no longer be calculated. There were many questions that rose toward the end of the man's speech but before he could speak his mind another person got up onto the dais and started spouting more nonsense about good people, quests and rewards. 

Andrey didn't see himself as a good person inherently and found it weird for someone to just assume the kind of person that he was. [color=8882be][i]This guy must be some sort of idiot, part of some theatric troupe by the way he is dressed. None of the stuff he is saying makes anymore sense than the other one.[/i][/color] He gave a sigh as he started to tune out the strange man and turned away from the group as he tried to remember which walkway he had appeared from.