EVERYTIME THAT I SPEAK ☆ science time

[ARVID R.]

Oh, quite a few people had come over to see what he was doing, huh? He supposed he had asked for it, but he still couldn't help feeling momentarily overwhelmed, simply staring at those that crowded around him. After taking in a deep breath, however, he seemed to calm. He focused on Astraea first, his tail wagging behind him as he answered, "An experiment is something you do to test a hypothesis. Basically, I'm doing this in order to see if what I think will happen actually happens. For example, what's supposed to happen here is that I will be able to form small gel... well, gummy worms, essentially. The mixture I have here is a mixture of fruit juice and sodium alginate. And sodium alginate is a substance that will react with the calcium in the solution in front of me." He gestured at the small tray in front of him, his gaze moving between the syringe he held and the tray. "It's a bit hard to explain what will happen, but... just watch." His last words were directed at the entire group, rather than just Astraea.

Carefully holding the syringe in his maw, Arvid lowered his head to inject the fruit juice mixture into the calcium water, watching as the juice slowly solidified. Some of the fruit juice became like long gummy worms, while some simply formed small edible "orbs" of juice within the water. As he placed the syringe aside, the dire wolf said with a grin, "It worked! See how the juice isn't liquid anymore? It's more like a gummy. And since none of the things involved here are inedible, we get a little snack out of it..." He carefully reached a paw into the tray, pulling out the gummy strings and putting them carefully down on the platter nearby. He pushed the platter forward, towards the others, before he continued, "Here, all of you can try it. And don't worry, the sodium alginate didn't do anything to the juice except make it firm up like that. So, no worries about getting sick or anything." That was said specifically towards Ruven, considering the other had been asking about what was involved in the various mixtures.

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