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Sydney's reaction here is because her Trope Savvy brain is starting to realize the potential of the Atmorb<sup>TM</sup>. There's still a shitload to learn about it. Can it create just gasses? Can it create any element on the periodic table? Can it create isotopes? It seems to be able to create a mix of gasses, because presumably when she's used it for life support, it output an Earth Atmosphere mix; roughly 78% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, 2% other stuff.

Even if it can only create... I almost typed in "Noble Gasses" then decided to double check, and realized that Nitrogen is not, in fact, a noble gas. It is extremely nonreactive though. I'd always assumed it was noble because of that. Apparently it's just an "Other Nonmetal." Honestly, the periodic table really tweaks my OCD. The column of Noble Gasses is nice, and next to it is the Halogens, but then there's Hydrogen, which is an Other Nonmetal, but it's hanging out way over on the other side of the chart from the regular wedge of Other Nonmetals. Next to that is sort of a diagonal line of Metalloids, but part of it is diagonal, and part of it is down one then over one, like a Bishop and Knight were taking turns leaving tracks for hunters to follow. If Aluminum and Polonium were Metalloids, it'd be a lot cleaner, but it's like God got distracted halfway through organizing it. (Here's a pic of the table so you don't have to google it.)

I changed Sydney's exclamation like six times while I was drawing the page. It started off as "Holy fuck tunnels" but while that's about as funny sounding to me as the other things I came up with, I started to think that maybe it's slightly too rude? Like, Sydney's cursing is intended to be amusing, improbable and slightly non-sequitur, but "fuck tunnel" kind of sounds like something a dude would call a chick in a porno while he's slapping her face. I dunno, I probably over thought it. But then, "fuck bubbles" sounds potentially a lot grosser, like, if you think about it too hard, and that makes it slightly funnier to me.

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Madcat6204

Some creatures breathe water (sort of). Could the orb create water? Better question: now that she's done this, can she change it back to not poison herself next time she needs air?

Simon Magid

If it can change the atmosphere at this point, maybe it can start doing elemental transmutation once Sydney has put more points into it? That's... scary. O.O

Sharien

i wonder how many dings this day will yield XD

Jeremy Matt

RE: nitrogen, a bit of a nit-picky note: it depends on the the form. Organic nitrogen is extremely reactive. To the point where it's used to make explosives. That's where the 'nitro' in trinitrotoluene (TNT) comes from. However, you are correct that atmospheric (elemental) nitrogen, which is in the form of N2, is very stable.

Jeremy Matt

As a related note, I highly recommend Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager. It's the true story of the Jewish scientist who fueled the Third Reich by figuring out how to extract reactive nitrogen from the air.

Andrew

I hope there’s at least an “are you sure” prompt in all caps if you program it to output crazy stuff like hydrazine.

James C

At least she has the little rebreather thingy from Deus to use when she has her shield up and needs to convert the air to something inert like nitrogen.

Nematrec

that is extraordinairly dangerous. If it can put out a fire, it can suffocate a human. And the thing about air is that we can't tell how low the oxygen is, our need to breathe is based off the co2 content, so we wouldn't even be able to tell that we're asphyxiating in pure nitrogen.

Corey Molloy

Nitrogen is very reactive, its that dangerous bit in fertilizer. N2 gas where nitrogen is bonded to itself is very stable however.

Michael Obert

African Edward James Olmos is both pissed and not impressed lol

Stephen Gilberg

To me, "fuck tunnel" sounds like a Tunnel of Love after hours.

Adam C.

Can she create plain old water with it?

Bass Bunny

I'd like to request Holy Fuck Bubbles as the next Patreon exclusive...

ValsheaM

I'm adding 'fuck bubbles' to my personal lexicon

Thed Preston

There are some periodic tables that put Hydrogen in its own special chamber separate from the other elements. It has properties similar to the Group 1 metals and properties similar to the Group 17 halogens, but ultimately it has a crapload of special properties that no other elements have.

Erin Palette

Yeah, I'm pretty sure one of the unlabeled upgrades is increased intuitive understanding of the orbs. Otherwise, she got *extremely* lucky when picking a random, untranslated sigil to press.

Thed Preston

Aluminum and polonium are sometimes classified as metalloids. Per Wikipedia, aluminum at 8-10% and polonium as 40-49%. The problem is that "metalloid" has no formal definition.

Justaguy

I figured it'd be the atmorb and non-reactive gasses. Woot me? I guess. 😅

Tim Malmström

They really need to test that one in a lab setting, 'cause there's a lot of gases out there that are equally bad for fire AND humans.

LucasTheLost

"By my sacred fuck tunnel!" Just as crude and profane, but lacks the bite? Ooh ooh! "By Grapthar's fuckhammer!" Hurray for vile Galaxy Quest references.

Ian Marsh

Holy fuck muffins for the win!

BJ

Ooh, clever move Sydney.

Kensai

Level up fast approaching?

D.A. Lamont

I can't wait for Sidney's rematch with the terror titans. I hope she snaps and goes full crack-squirrel Rambo on their titanic asses. 💪😈

eddi_TBH

Add Elementalist to Sydney's résumé. And that can be one Captain Everything power with some knowledge and practice.

Marc Vun Kannon

As a non-violent way of subduing an enemy the atmorb has great potential. But in this case she also has to deal with the residual heat, otherwise the fires will just start back up again.

Polysanity

somehow, reading this again, i feel like she discovered an "evacuate atmo" button. FWUMP sounds like air rushing back into place, to me.

Lee T Boswell

If she can do more complex mixtures, I can't see Sydney not choosing to fit Nitrous Oxide in her repetoir, for giving scarey villains squeeky voices.