"We have fatigue solutions," they could hardly not have them, "But we can get back to you on homework as well, and we'll be happy to trade projects for guidance to supplies, as said," Angie nods to Lily.

To Miguel, "None of us are alchemists- and we have better solutions for energy than coke, at keast for now. You'll want indies, upperclassmen, and older indies especially, for that, I expect. And I guess all the new blood, though they might not know they'll need it yet," she adds. 

"Don't need cocaine right now, but I'll ask around in lab," he offers. Man, it's like being back in Florida already. 

"I'll keep you in mind when talking to alchemists." 

"Seconded."

Well, that's not a disastrous outcome but it's not encouraging for the value of his trade goods, either.

She gives him a small smile - she's sure he'll be able to find someone, but it sounds like it won't be this group - and then looks around at everyone, "Alchemy labs next?" She pauses, "Are you up for another casting so soon, or should we just proceed without?" she asks Zed. 

"Up to you." She's the one in charge. And she knows it's mana expensive.

"I think... Well, it's pretty mana expensive, especially three times," she glances at Sara.

"Our power-sink isn't limitless," says Sara, unimpressed. "Why don't some of you frosh donate some mana, rather than powering it all off of my work. Or we can take our chances with the alch labs, give the kid a break."  

Yolanda shrugs, does half a cartwheel to get into a handstand, and starts doing handstand push-ups. She's still pretty new at doing those freestanding, so she gets a decent chunk of mana just from focusing on her balance.

Lily sits down and starts doing sit-ups. 

Nia bends and touches her toes and starts the process of getting deeper into the stretch; she can't get her hands flat on the floor yet.

Strictly speaking Alexei doesn't need to take part in this but a little extra can't hurt, really. With a heavy internal sigh, he starts doing some math problems in his head and shoving the resulting mana into his power-sharer.

(Angie, meanwhile, is actually still gaining a little mana just from carrying her pack around. Alexei is not wrong to be worrying about her, for all she's not showing the strain, rather pretty much just channeling it into her cheer.) 

Having established that nothing else is trying to eat them, Alexius finishes up. "Iiiii would rather not get in the habit of distracting myself with mana-building on supply runs, especially as the designated mal attractant. But I do in fact have a power-sharer and am entitled to draw on it as long as I pay it back, which I will once I sell my potions, which I will have more to sell if I happen to find a nice fat stock of mercury downstairs. Therefore..." and he siphons off some mana for Zed. 

Sara takes it, "Fair, kid," she agrees. "Pass it on, you all, and let's get going. Lexi, stop distracting yourself, you're on watch," she adds. The nickname causes him to make a face at her, but he returns to his former vigilance as told. 

Yolanda completes her cartwheel to get right-side-up and passes over the mana thus accumulated. 

Nia donates hers.

Lily stands, and carefully channels her stored mana into Zed's proffered sink.

Zed gathers all the mana and starts on the spell again, grabbing hold of the back of Alexei's shirt and nudging him forward through the door.

Nia writes an alchemical wishlist, though it's sparser than her school supplies one.

Lily takes up her rearguard position again.

Alexius heads towards the front of the pack again, ready to bodyblock for the others, and thinks about brewing station parts and memory potion ingredients. 

Yolanda is not super an alchemist so she mostly thinks about expensive alchemical trade goods. 

Alexei reluctantly passes them to Angie after a moment, not being the safest person to be following around. She holds onto their arm as they descend deeper into the school, keeping them from running into anything. 

None of them particularly need anything from the alchemy storage, though, so they're mostly just guarding and planning on taking whatever is there that piques interest.

...things that combine well with cocaine? Things that have high trade value? 

Safe, easily transportable, valuable compounds. Orichalcum powder - Orichalcum rods, she could draw those out into wire - citrionelle oil, eucalyptus oil, alum, lubanja, mineral oil, vitriol, moongold, platinum, coral, zafranum, ginger oil, mustard seed -