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Given a set of eight exotic ingredients, Apple Bloom is tasked by Zecora to identify the underlying alchemical properties by each. Her friends will assist in her endeavor, but at what cost? And will the young alchemist-in-training be able to figure out the puzzle presented to her before serious harm befalls somepony?

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But what's a spock?

Tracking this. I think I've got this first puzzle solved, but I'll wait until you post the next chapter to check my answer.

Well, I did solve it. I found it was easier to think of each label as a binary numeral, from 0 to 7. That way, they took up less space in my brain when I was checking to see which labels I'd already used.

I wasn't able to solve it myself, but I see that I had neglected to make connections that I should have made. Your reasoning is sound, and the puzzle was well constructed. Well done, Coyotek.

And did AJ actually _rhyme_ at the end there? Was that deliberate or accidental?

One typo, though:

Since it combines with phoenix feather to make anti-vitality, it has to be either NPP, NNP, or NNN … but it can’t be NNP, since that would combine with phoenix feather to make a speed potion, not an anti-vitality potion. So it has to be either NNP or NNN.

Clearly you meant to type "NPP" for that first "NNP", yes?

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The rhyme was coincidental; the other thing was a typo that I just fixed. Thx for pointing that out!

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Uh...you fixed the wrong one. The logic is "but it can’t be NPP, since that would combine with phoenix feather to make a speed potion, not an anti-vitality potion. So it has to be either NNP or NNN."

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Yeesh ... OK, I think I fixed it *right* this time!

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