001 — Text — UN: SHINIGAMI

[mikoshi]

[ Text only from the guy who hates calls and/or being recorded. ]

Got it — that gold-red fern that only opens up during the day? Tobacco like.

Gives you a headache first time you smoke it, but afterwards? Smooth sailing.

Bring me samples of the leaves, drier the better. Found rolling papers.

Or don't. I'm not your mom.

[ Yet despite saying that, attached comes a picture of the aforementioned plant (Sun's Lace), two samples in view: one healthy, the other dried up. ] So you gonks don't poison yourselves toking up the wrong herb.

You're welcome ᝰ🚬

Comments

un: ward

[coherer]

On a scale of 1-10 how bad is the headache?
Like it won't stop me, but I don't like pain bc it's painful

1/2

[mikoshi]

4 if you rawdog it

2 on the second one

0 once the third one hit

2/2

[mikoshi]

And I like pain cause it's painful

We are not the same

[coherer]

No
No we are not the same
The only favour God's ever done me, hallelu

Anyway a 4 on the brain Richter scale might be enough to make a baby cry so
Bring it on

[mikoshi]

Damn right, I'm one of a kind. Think the big guy's done you more favors than this though

This a good time to confess I'm the last guy you want brain advice from regarding pain? Cause before coming here, had a brain tumor [ Who he's now dating. It's a long, sordid story. ]

Day I woke up without blood in my mouth, or it pouring down my nostrils, was a good fucking day

un: thelastsamurai

[rebelsamurai]

Put a better disclaimer on this shit, Vince! I still feel like I'm fuckin' hungover after trying it.

[mikoshi]

Cause you quit cold turkey but now are back on it. Equivalent of getting punched in the face

[rebelsamurai]

More like a punch in the face and a roundhouse kick to the gut. I feel fuckin' queasy.

[mikoshi]

Does my beautiful princess want me to rub his tummy? Sana, sana, colita de rana. Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana.

un: hotpotfan

[flavourtown]

When you say 'headache', what kind are we talking? A dull pain all over? A tight pain in the forehead or behind the eyes? Any stabbing or sharp pains? Any dizziness?

[mikoshi]

[ Hot pot fan... ]

Okay, so, had a brain tumor before coming to this place. So my baseline is fucked to say the least

Johnny said he felt queasy. Gonna guess it's more or less the same side effects you get first time your body gets a shot of nicotine

[flavourtown]

[ Jiaoqiu stares at the words 'brain tumor' and firmly tells himself he is no longer a practicing doctor. He does not need to ask follow-up questions. He does not need to pester this man about his former brain tumor. ]

Nausea when exposed to nicotine is certainly normal; headaches are on the more unusual side, but as long as they don't last for more than a day, I suppose there's no real concern.

Still, please do alert someone if you experience any other side-effects. When dealing with unknown alien plants, quick medical attention is vital.

[mikoshi]

[ Jiaoqiu could, instead, question the brain tumor himself. ] Only lasted a couple of hours. Had quit cold turkey til then. Guessing it was that

Will do [ He won't — this is the guy who puked blood and walked it off. ]

audio;

[justamobster]

Good man. Glad one of us hit gold, yeah?

[mikoshi]

Wasn't hard. Not the first time I've had to scavenge for cigarettes. Deserts are hella good when it comes to nightshades

[justamobster]

So long as it don't taste like fuckin' cotton candy or some other bushwa. Sick of stinkin' like a sweet shop. [ Because your usual ashtray-made-out-with-a-campfire scent is so much better. Sure, Ladon. ]

Guess I'll see if the shit I been workin' on is better for gasworks. Got a feelin' it's closer to hop anyhow.

[mikoshi]

It's peppery. Earthy

un: umbreaker

[shredder]

oh HELL yeah man
i knew rooting for you this whole time was gonna pay off
but be fr: how many plants did you have to smoke before finding the one

[mikoshi]

Just this one. Back home, in the desert, where we couldn't trade for smokes cause we were in the middle of fucking nowhere, we'd forage for similar plants — desert and coyote tobacco

Doesn't taste the same as the tobacco everyone's used to, ain't as strong. But it'll do in a pinch

Like it more, sometimes. Smoother, peppery

[shredder]

you've gotta work with what you've got
i feel that
gotta say tho it's still kinda badass you knew exactly what you were looking for
not many people know their plants where i'm from

[ Aside from, like. Fake flowers. ]

and ykw after sucking in all this clean air something peppery sounds like the perfect way to wind down
you gonna be posted up somewhere later? for special deliveries?

[mikoshi]

Foraging is one of the first things nomad kids get taught — teaches you a lot about the dangers of the desert, and we can squeeze into smaller spaces than adults

[ He doesn't think it's badass — just practical — but he'll take the compliment anyways. ]

Yeah, watch out for all the silica. Bad for your lungs
Tent and ship farthest north at the camp, bright orange canopy. I'm also wearing orange

un: reliant

[blyat]

hell yeah
finally some good fucking info

thanks

[He's gonna go smoke this shit.]

[mikoshi]

いいえ

[blyat]

uh
?
what's that mean

[mikoshi]

Oh shit, is the translator not working for ya?

Means 'no problem'.

Sorry. Was on a different keyboard, didn't want to switch back. Thought the translator would handle it