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During the year 2004, grad student [NAME NOT DISCLOSED] discovered twelve listless Chemies (categories Plant, Animal, Insect and Ancient) in the main corridor of the Academy.
They reported this incident to a supervisor, only for the Chemies to recover within two hours.
This first sighting happened in February, but further reports from other alchemists came in during the following seven months.

Following the dismissal of a junior-level alchemist (over an unrelated misconduct incident), all reports of listless Chemies ceased.

Review of the incident revealed that this particular alchemist used cardamom frequently to season their food, and regularly smelled of the spice. It was further uncovered that the listless Chemies were ones the alchemist in question interacted with frequently.

An additional incident occurred that December, when someone [NAME NOT DISCLOSED] brought in an exotic fruits platter as a Christmas gift. Five Chemies were later found behaving erratically (chewing on non-food items, attempting to perch on walls not designed for such, attempting to 'swim' on the ground).
It was discovered that the Chemies had eaten the contents of the fruit platter; determining the exact source required pointed experiments, but it was later deemed that no further punishment would be necessary.