You take off your backpack and pull out your trusty acetylene torch. You place the first marshmallow in a crucible and apply the flame. Chanting an incantation that has been passed down through generations of alchemists, you stare into the glowing crucible as the marshmallow melts into a cauldron of orange flame. As the fiery light coalesces into the shape of a coin at the bottom of the crucible, you turn off the flame. You remove a mysterious small wooden box from your backpack, open it, and remove a ceramic coin mold from inside. After placing the mold in front of your feet, you carefully pour the molten metal into the mold.
Time passes, and the coin solidifies as it cools.
You gain 1 gold coin.
You decide to play it safe and repeat the process a few times. Who knows how many coins the high-score currently is or how many you will need on your adventure?
The creation process gets quicker and quicker each time you practice the ancient art of alchemy. Your skills improve. However, on the fifth run, the coin has an air anomaly in its centre.
You hold the malformed coin up to to light and study it moving backwards and forwards - studying its imperfection - a ring like shape.
Looking through the hole, the air shimmers, giving the other side a hazy appearance. The objects on the other side appear to be vacillating, as if they were breathing.
You slip the ring over your finger and ...
A polar bear suddenly appears and charges towards you
you close you eyes and recite Buzz Lightyear's "To infinity and beyond!"
quickly decide to take the ring off and try using its unknown powers later