Oh, hello! Welcome to 'Elementary School!', the show that puts the Mental in your Elemental!
Today's episode will focus on stimulation. No, it's not that sort of video! We'll look at how molecules react when they are stimulated with heat, or suffer from the lack of stimulation that is extreme cold. Then, with a mild detour, we'll look at a different kind of stimulation, discussing how the body reacts to a stimulant!
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Title: Freeze
We all know what it is like to feel cold, we start involuntarily shivering and our teeth start to chatter. What you might not know is that those conditions affect our body because movement creates heat. Our bodies move involuntarily to warm up. This, however, also works the other way around. When non-living things become cold, the very make-up of their form - their molecules - slow down. Take water for instance, as a liquid, its molecules are forever, slowly, moving. Bring its temperature down, however, and the molecules come to a near halt, freezing it. In Elements this is represented by the frozen creature, or weapon, being unable to move. And if your tongue gets cold, the water in your saliva freezes (stuck tongue) aand 'ou caan' moove i'. (and you can't move it).
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Title: Cremation
In elements, cremating a creature releases Quanta, the elemental equivalent of energy. This has a basis in scientific fact: burning fuel releases energy - you should know this by the fuel you put in your car. But OH! You exclaim! My Gnomish Gemfinder is not made of petrol! How can he release energy? The answer is simple, more things than you think contain energy. Take a piece of bread for example. You know it contains energy, in the form of carbohydrates and calories. You can actually test how much energy is stored in something by how long it burns. If I was to set a small sweet on fire, for example, it would burn for a long time due to being made mostly of sugar. This piece of bread will also burn, releasing its energy in the form of Light and OW OW OW (get burnt, throw bread in the sink, suck thumb) Heat...
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Title: Adrenaline
Adrenaline is a stimulating hormone that is naturally produced by your body in times of need. Stress, fear and shock all provoke a production of adrenaline, which increases blood flow to muscles, increases blood pressure and heart rate, widens bronchioles allowing you to take in more oxygen, and forces fatty tissue to release fat (and energy into the blood). It basically prepares you for physical action. This is represented in elements by creatures dealing damage faster and harder. Allergy sufferers hold on to Epi-Pens, which are self-injectors of Epinephrine (a medical name for adrenaline). In the event of a severe allergic reaction, adrenaline constricts blood vessels and allows the body to methodically deal with the unwanted chemical reactions shutting down the body. You wouldn't want to do this without suffering from a reaction however, as the massive dose of adrenaline could cause your heart to beat so fast it stops! All you do is remove the safety cap, and inject it in a stabbing motion into your thight (drops pen, looks like hit self, eyes widen.
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