R. T. Jenkins

Thank you, it was a fun bit to play around with and also helped me inject variety into the culture’s cuisine that was seeming like it would just be meat, eggs, and goat milk products

…is that the vapors of this alchemical process at its best are highly flammable and potentially outright explosive.

…There is also always the final possibility that impurities in the solvent make their way into the final product, which at best would potentially be a nuisance but at worst might make a quickdust that makes people incredibly sick or poisons them. One final piece to keep in mind about all of this…

So, there’s a few different routes for purity here, as a fairly insufficient is likely just going to lead to a more inert product or a product that is not as high quality, while an alternative possibility is that the process cannot finish and fails to extract enough of the psychoactive chemicals…

...creation of the end product, which must themselves be created or obtained. This, of course, only applies to the alchemically created quickdust, as the naturally occurring quickdust in Avenad mostly achieves a similar effect through heat and pressure over many years in Avenad.

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3: For the production of quickdust in Karnassia (co-created with @jmaxwell-author.bsky.social), there is not necessarily an intermediate good. However, in addition to the main raw plant materials (more on that later), several alchemical solvents, including alcohol, are used in the...

...trickster god Aetal.

...about them. A more detailed fungi fact is that the religion of the Valestrals which insists on religiously carnivorous diet allows the consumption of mushrooms, due to their belief that mushrooms are not plants but are actually animals pretending to be plants that were created by their...

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3: In Karnassia (co-created with @jmaxwell-author.bsky.social), there are bioluminescent mushrooms that exist beneath the desert of Avenad in the various tunnels there (some of which are known as "mushrooms that cause visions"), but I haven't gone into a lot of explicit detail...

Oh, thank you!

Total eclipse of the full blood moon is tonight, in case you haven’t checked in on the doom portents lately.

Yeah, the ideal use for the Avendral military is often enough that they will be used to the nasal inflammation and not be bothered by it, but not so frequent to cause significant sinus damage, which is maybe not always achieved when it comes to that latter part…

…much more muted compared to insufflation. Finally, at the present time, burning and inhaling quickdust tends to be more wasteful than anything else, which much of the psychoactive chemicals destroyed in the process.

Quickdust is typically inhaled in dust form through the nostrils, with an initial dose being administered to achieve a desired effect and then smaller, maintenance doses added to keep that effect going. It /can/ be ingested orally (either eaten or dissolved in a liquid), but the effects are often…

Yeah, it’s a very pretty flower with very awful effects, with some historians of the Vizrani Empire theorizing that it led to the fall of the Empire in its largest form due to the near loss of a generation as a result of the proliferation of its use (though this is a matter of debate)

...occurring psychedelic with mild depressant properties), but I will try my best to just focus on quickdust throughout this month and only include the others when interesting or relevant rather than when I just want to yap (no promises).

...such as nonezine (an alchemically synthezied stimulant with empathogen properties), slothinorphin (a synthesized depressant and analgesic), ergozine (a synthesized deliriant), the blood spotted lily (a naturally occurring stimulant, empathogen, and aphrodisiac), and samsleaf (a naturally...

...the military members during extended campaigns. Its proliferation in other areas of the continent tends to bring more frequent difficulties with these types of issues, especially when it is used in a more recreational and unrestricted manner. When appropriate, I may reference other substances...

...Carnival of the Wastes celebration, showcasing various arts, crafts, and entertainment in the center of their desert nation that happens every summer. Most are able to use this dust within the culture without issue, though difficulties with misuse and dependence do still occur, especially among..

...mostly going to focus as its the first substance that leads to the original organization's success. This is a naturally occurring substance in the deserts of Avenad, which is a potent stimulant dust, that is harvested and used by the Avendrals both as a tool of war and to fuel their annual...

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2: For this month in Karnassia (co-created with @jmaxwell-author.bsky.social), I am going to focus on various psychoactive substances that are the main source of income for two criminal organizations: The Silent Hand and its splinter organization Time's Loss. Quickdust is where I'm...

...grows freely throughout the Empire, but owning one that has been prepared in any way for consumption will likely put you on the wrong side of the Vizrani Inquisiton.

...in the Vizrani Empire for several decades, though use while pregnant tends to lead to really challenging birth defects that raise the risk of infant morality and complications in the pregnancy pretty astronomically, which was part of what facilitated the outlawing of its use. The plant still...

...the plant can be consumed for its stimulant properties, though the leaves and flowers have additional empathogen properties when eaten, and the flowers in particular have rather potent aphrodisiac properties. Consumption of the flower was all the rage among the wealthier, more opulent classes...

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2: In Karnassia (co-created with @jmaxwell-author.bsky.social), the blood spotted lily is a white flower with red spots that has numerous psychoactive properties in the leaves, with each area having different concentrations of chemicals having different effects. Any part of...

I think flexing scope for optimal answering and enjoyment is /exactly/ what I’ll do!

I think I will do /at least/ quickduat AND as many others as make sense and can reasonably fit!

Can’t wait to hear more, between the load-bearing/plot-facilitating tech AND neo-noble infestation AND potential dispute between corporate players and labor/trading/transport faction(s) (may be an assumption on my part)!

...(like samsleaf and the blood-spotted lily). So short answer, is I probably should pick one, but I'm worried that I will run out, and if I try to do them all, I'm going to be scattered as hell all month lol

...but I worry that picking that one drug in particular might limit my yapping and that it might be helpful to include all of the other drugs that need some degree of alchemical manufacturing (slothinorphin, nonezine, or ergozine) or even some of the naturally occurring psychoactive that are sold...