December 29th, 2019

When I woke this morning, Volodymyr was gone. I knew he had business, but I expected at least something from him - some instruction or note… Stumbling around the small apartment, I realized something… This can’t be Mastro’s apartment.
The walls of the apartment are covered in maps, but no two of the same location. Bookcases overflow from every corner and from even the briefest view, its clear everything has a certain order to it. Some might call it ordered chaos, but I feel the love and pride that their owner had in organizing their collection. I could believe the pride as coming from Mastro, but the love? This isn’t his home, or even one of his homes. But... if thats true, then where did the owners go? Are we... squatters?
I spent an hour this morning going through everything I could, but nothing jumped out as a ‘clue’ and I’m left with the general unease I woke up with. I don’t have time for this. Six days till he’ll be back, and I need to have that potion made. Alum. Its just aluminum right? But the Alchemic Formula calls for pure powdered Alum which means I can’t just get it from the Fred Meyer’s down the street. I know there’s got to be an underground market for this sort of thing - if I was still in Seattle I could just go to the Olympic Court and buy it from them. Alas. We’ll see what I can dig up this morning.
Success! I was able to source some Alum, but only enough for two potions worth. I hope it lasts. Next is Sulfur. I’m sure I can do this again, right? Even though my funds are running a little low now.
Ugh. Chalk that entire afternoon up to a wasted effort. I couldn’t find anything related to the Sulfur I needed, and I lost the rest of my easy spending money on transportation and… well, there were the attempted bribes. Where can I get Sulfur of the quality I need? While pondering this, I spent the rest of the night studying the textbook that Mastro gave me, De Occulta Philosophia.
It was at the very end of the night that I realized… there’s a university here. I bet their chemistry department has Sulfur… And it should be empty now, so close to the New Year. Yeah. That’s what I’ll do. New Years Eve I’ll break in and steal some Sulfur.

Today in the Occult

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Lunar Phase

New Moon - 11% Waxing

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Solo-RPG Rolls

• Spent the morning investigating this apartment - Investigation check Failed (90//63). Learned nothing about who lived here before me
• Mundane Acquisitions for Alum - (An Hour updated to an Afternoon for +20%) Alum is Common (+25%) plus Acquisition: (21%)
• Success! (30/66) for... 2 (on 1d4) Alum.
• Mundane Acquisitions for Sulfur - (An Hour updated to an Afternoon for +20%) Sulfur is Common (+25%) plus Acqusition: (21%) minus 10% (one acquisition roll already)
• Failure (62/56). Afternoon is wasted.
• Spent the rest of the night studying De Occulta Philosophia (Alchemy check): Success!