{"id":1132,"date":"2021-08-05T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:22:37","slug":"the-alchemist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/2021\/08\/05\/the-alchemist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alchemist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The brawny rat in front of her turned blue for a moment, shuddered and changed back to its original form with a faint plop.<br>&#8222;Eeep,&#8220; said the tiny mouse reproachfully and wrinkled its nose.<br>Edwina sighed and scooped the mouse up.<br>&#8222;Come on little fella, you have earned a treat.&#8220; She transferred the hapless rodent back to its cage and put a substantial chunk of cheese in the feeding bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did she do wrong this time? The potion obviously worked. The subject shifted, but kept the desired shape only for a short time \u2013 2.3 minutes to be precise. Was more imaginativeness needed?<br>Edwina chewed on the end of her pencil. Finally she got up and emptied the last bottle of Unicorn Tears into the cauldron. The potion bubbled happily and \u2013 yes \u2013 it burped. Good! She owned more sophisticated equipment, of course, but she loved her cauldron. It was weirdly satisfying to stir the treacly liquid with a wooden spoon, watching ingredients going round and round until they dissolved completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time she would drink the potion herself and will her body to keep its new shape for as long as she wanted. She was hell-bent to rise like a phoenix from the ashes! Nobody would call her ugly ever again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog113_Archemistin-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Collage with picture of a young woman. | Collage mit historischem Foto einer jungen Frau.\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog113_Archemistin-825x1024.jpg 825w, http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog113_Archemistin-242x300.jpg 242w, http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog113_Archemistin-768x953.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog113_Archemistin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The eight collage in the series &#8222;A different life&#8220;. |  Die achte Collage in der Serie &#8222;A different life&#8220;. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Die Alchemistin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color\">Die vor ihr sitzende muskul\u00f6se Ratte wurde kurz blau, schauderte und verwandelte sich mit einem leisen &#8222;Plop&#8220; zur\u00fcck in ihre urspr\u00fcngliche Form.<br>&#8222;Eeep,&#8220; sagte die winzige Maus vorwurfsvoll und r\u00fcmpfte die Nase.<br>Edwina seufzte und nahm die Maus vorsichtig in die Hand.<br>&#8222;Na komm, du Winzling hast dir einen Leckerbissen verdient.&#8220; Sie setzte das ungl\u00fcckliche Nagetier in seinen K\u00e4fig zur\u00fcck und legte ein riesiges St\u00fcck K\u00e4se in die Futtersch\u00fcssel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color\">Was hatte sie diesmal falsch gemacht? Der Trank wirkte ganz offensichtlich. Das Versuchstier verwandelte sich, aber es behielt die gew\u00fcnschte Form nur f\u00fcr kurze Zeit \u2013 2,3 Minuten, um genau zu sein. Ben\u00f6tigte es mehr Vorstellungskraft?<br>Edwina kaute am Ende ihres Bleistifts. Schlie\u00dflich stand sie auf und leerte die letzte Flasche Einhorntr\u00e4nen in den Kessel. Der Trank blubberte gl\u00fccklich und \u2013 jawohl \u2013 r\u00fclpste. Gut! Nat\u00fcrlich besa\u00df sie auch eine moderne, technisch ausgefeilte Ausr\u00fcstung, aber sie liebte ihren Kessel. Es war seltsam befriedigend den sirupartigen Trank mit einem Holzl\u00f6ffel umzur\u00fchren und zuzusehen, wie die Zutaten im Kreis schwammen bis sie sich aufl\u00f6sten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color\">Dieses Mal w\u00fcrde sie das Gebr\u00e4u selbst trinken und ihren K\u00f6rper mit reiner Willenskraft dazu zwingen, die neue Gestalt so lange beizubehalten, wie sie es wollte. Sie war fest entschlossen sich wie ein Ph\u00f6nix aus der Asche zu erheben! Nie wieder w\u00fcrde jemand sagen, sie sei h\u00e4sslich!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"54\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wollmispel_Logo_mini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Alchemistin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,5],"tags":[32,33,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisransederdesigns.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}