Status Updates From Red City (The New Alchemist...

Something that has come to mind. Sam is basically better at alchemy. I just realized that Ari has been secretly learning alchemy since he was a child, and it took that long, and Sam learned it at age 15, and got that far. Now I get why Diamond called her a prodigy.

Sam's money increased from 8000 to 20,000 a month. Now I get why the summary mentioned it x meeting the Godfather. So Sam is now closer to a caporegime of some sort.

So it seems like Sam is officially in the syndicate. Ari is with the Lumines, and Sam is with Grand Central. Now this is turning into a Mr/Mrs. Smith's situation with them not knowing they're part of the same world, but different agencies.

So they can basically do the deed, and it seems that they get transmute hormones as well, and basically remove the refractory period. Nasty.

I went back and double checked, and yep. She's much older. When we first meet her, she's described as an older girl with blond hair on page 18. On page 31, she's teaching or reviewing the lesson with a class. Yep, bro is doing the deed with the teacher.

"Back at Isla's apartment, they leave the lights off." HE'S 19. Um, but how old is she? Was she the teacher, or just a classmate? I'm not sure.

"You know what else they say bioalchemists are good at."
She leans over to murmur in his ear. "They're fucking amazing in bed."

He's 19. Also, isn't she his teacher or something?

Okay, no Ari is nineteen. Noted.

Interesting differences. Sand makes Sam more invisible and Sand makes Ari more noticeable, which is bad.

Wait, Sand damages an alchemist's soul? Then why does Sam's group take it so much? She even received a whole box of it.

oh I’m so locked in

Nothing good ever happens in this book

"Other workers and staff pass them, nodding at Will while disregarding Sam completely.

What, exactly, is sand enhancing her into?"

Invisibility foreshadow?

This is some twisted magical mafia Romeo/Juliet

Okay, so Will is an elementalist, adept at transmuting air, fire, water, and earth

Dang, Sam almost caught a body.

"And somehow, beneath her horror at what she has done, she feels a hint of something else. Satisfaction, perhaps. Vengeance. Most of all, a strange, dark joy lingers even as other alchemists arrive on the scene. She hears its voice in the back of her mind, finds herself both shrinking from and leaning into it." Hold up. Are we the baddies?

"A white-hot shiver jolts down her spine, and her eyes dart down to her desk. But the gaze is so brief that a second later, when she looks up again, heart hammering against her ribs, he's already gone, the door closing in his wake." Ayo. WTF? I'm assuming she's 18 now, since she's a senior, but still. WTF!?

So they're in senior year now. So she must be 18 now.

Sam is making that bank now.

"The rivalry between syndicates is not some kind of friendly game, and we take the leak of secrets very seriously. Grand Central is our enemy. When transgressions involve them, there will be no mercy from us. So let this be a lesson to you." Hoho, who's gonna tell them. Yep, I knew it. Sam and Ari are not only on opposite sides, but on the direct opposite side.

Dang. Ari saw Mr. Rudra catch a body. Who is Mr. Rudra, truly?