Eptul is more than a little startled by the sisters' new hairstyle.

Umm. Heh. This kind of alchemy is quite new to me too. I was a munition alchemist to west. Making special ammunition and joining with certain covert missions. I've worked mainly with metal transmutation with the military. Although personally I have always enjoyed gem transmutation, some say I have a gift for it.

He pulls out a cloth with complex transmutation circles written into it in deep red ink, which wraps up some dull lumps of metal and a few smooth pebbles.

I was going to do this later, but I'd like you to see.

He claps and presses his hand over the circle and the components inside it.

FLASH

He picks up the transmuted object and inspects it.

Hmm. It's turned out much better than usual. Your beauty must have rubbed off a little!

He passes the opal gemstone to Henik. It is a clear pale blue colour, although running from one end to the other and two intertwining glittering strands, one of gold the other deep red.

You can keep it. Perhaps we could learn a little more about these evil Homuculi together? Purely for acedemic reasons, of course.