<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Alchemy on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/alchemy/</link><description>Recent content in Alchemy on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/alchemy/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Doll House</title><link>/stories/2012/10/30/doll-house/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2012/10/30/doll-house/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;A Halloween Special 2012 Tale&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;What are you doing!? Stop it! Stop it!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pregnant woman rubbed her belly in that absent-minded way expecting mothers do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m going to fulfill my ancestor&amp;rsquo;s legacy, thanks to you, professor - and the girl.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The girl lay naked on a wooded table. A large, glass jar, kind of an inverted tub, enclosed her. The room was straight out of Dr. Jeckyll&amp;rsquo;s laboratory with shelves of oddly-shaped jars full of strange-looking content. A flame flickered beneath a beaker. Bubbles rose through a spiral tube, green liquid dripped into a flask. There were no windows. The only sign of modernity was the fluorescent lamp hanging overhead. The professor, sensibly dressed in slacks and a pale green, fluffy sweater was fastened to the heavy wooden chair. A thick leather strap encircled her throat, another her chest, a third her waist. More straps secured her wrists and ankles.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>