As for Jake… well, a little alchemy had never hurt anyone, so he briefly popped by the laboratory. Also, joke’s on Miranda: Even if Jake couldn’t run off to his laboratory all the time, he could still do alchemy stuff outside his lab when she wasn’t looking.
The next day, he did as promised and headed off toward the Fort to meet up with Arnold. With a Pulse of Perception, he also confirmed Sandy was there, chilling and eating stuff, he reckoned. The arrangement the two had found was kind of funny but definitely mutually beneficial, as Arnold used Sandy as inspiration for better spacefaring inventions, and Sandy used Arnold as a vending machine that also provided free housing accommodation.
Teleporting to Arnold’s place and sneaking his way in didn’t take long. The place had naturally gro
