@Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight --- [text]

[blastedass]

[He normally doesn't bother with network posts. But this was a fairly long time in coming.]

Who here knows about painkillers, anesthetics, or other analgesic drugs?

Most of us have gone through surgery to get additional implants or modifications, or know someone who has, and every fucking time it's the same damn story: "This won't be done with any anesthetics as it's an elective procedure and LILITH is saving anesthetic drugs for life-saving medical procedures."

That's bullshit.

If they're cutting into us to do surgery, it's a damn life-saving medical procedure because we're the ones saving their fucking lives! The least they can do is knock our asses out or numb it before digging in and shoving more crap into our bodies! It's odd as hell a place with this much technological advancements doesn't have a way to create or access a steady supply of painkillers, so it's probably just not on their priority list.

I'm not a botanist or a chemist, but I know medical pain relievers started with plants before it became chemicals derived from them. Coca, thyme, clove, poppies, and curare are some of the original bases. I'm leaving the city next week to try to locate some of these in the wild and bring them back for cultivation. If you want to come with me, meet me in front of the base at dawn next Tuesday.

In the meantime, if anyone has knowledge about this, share it. Just cause they won't help in this doesn't mean we can't.


[ooc: for the record, i'm no botanist, chemist, or medical practitioner myself, but i'm happy to do some research if we wanna go down some kind of rabbit hole with this. feel free to mingle and interact further to share information or ideas if you like. hypothetically, if this succeeds, it would make future reward surgeries less burdensome on the outsiders... unless LILITH's just doing the pain on purpose.]

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[blastedass]

I'm not gonna tell people to do shit I wouldn't do myself.

[If it's, you know, useful.]

If we can compile a list of ingredients, plant or mineral or even medical, we can use that to streamline a search.

[frostfist]

We'll need a place to work. I can see if I can find a location off-base.

[blastedass]

Apparently secret labs do well under theme parks.

[frostfist]

You're not worried about LILITH keeping tabs on the labs there? Though I suppose the park's plenty big to find a different underground lab of our own.

[blastedass]

Hell no! I want them to watch.

Maybe they'll get the bright fucking idea isn't not that damn hard and they should've been doing this shit all along while we've been training and doing their other dirty work.

[He was being petty and mocking with the theme park reference. But it's not a bad idea? Just he doubts underground is a suitable place for growing plants. Though there are a shit-ton of flower beds and grassy areas above ground for planting and cultivation...]

[frostfist]

I think it'll take a little more than that for them to care, honestly. Maybe if you yell a little louder, they'll finally hear you.

[ he's mostly kidding. ]

[blastedass]

I already blew up the fucking immigration office lobby for fucking with me.

[Don't think he won't pop a few off in the hospital if it means forcing the medics to take the anesthetics for other Outsiders' surgery.]

[frostfist]

[ ........... ]

Did you actually blow it up?

[blastedass]

OF COURSE I DID! BAKAMI PISSED ME OFF AND THEY WERE DELIBERATELY MOCKING US!!

[Basically this. RIP his class' dorm.]

[frostfist]

[ he is so tired ]

And did it actually change anything?

[blastedass]

I didn't have to submit anything an eighth fucking time.

[So yes, it did.]

[frostfist]

[ Damn. Alright. ]

Noted for the future.

[ Anyway, back to the original topic at hand.... ]

Let me know when you're heading out next week. I'll come with you.

[blastedass]

They were deliberately trolling us. I don't regret a thing.

Tuesday at dawn. I'll have everyone back before nightfall.

[frostfist]

[ At dawn....eugh, his beauty sleep. ]

Got it. I'll see you there.

[blastedass]

[Deal with it.]

Yeah.