By when they were finally finished with trawling through the confusion, it was already noon. After a quick lunch, Val and Adrien went to sort the materials they'd selected and set them up how they wanted - the part of their endeavor that Adrien had been most looking forward to.

The room that would become their alchemy laboratory was in the north tower, one staircase above the practice room. It looked to have once been a bathroom; however, all that was left of its previous function was an old stone sink by one wall. It was no issue for Val to quickly arrange the furniture around the room - just a flick of his fingers, and tables and shelves and chairs and stools took flight and landed in their proper places; however, he suggested that books, ingredients, and tools should be set around the room manually, so that both him and Adrien would be able to find them easily around the room. Adrien happily took on his request, but his task was considerably slowed by how he couldn't help himself from inspecting each piece of equipment and leafing through each alchemy tome. He'd caught himself several times, but Val had told him to continue indulging his curiosity - "We are not in a hurry", he had said with a bright smile.