@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.]

Comments

Text;

[heir_conditioned]

I know that aloe vera plants works on burns, I can identify those, but I'm not sure about pain relief methods for things like surgery recovery. I can offer knowledge on the use of hot and cold to lessen lesser pain from swelling in reference to it maybe.

What brought this on, Bakugo?

[An injustice, yes, obviously, but something had it on the man's mind.]

@duke, text

[frostfist]

You really did it.

[ not that he thought Bakugo wouldn't, but that sure was speedy ]

text; @Goldilocks

[likemybooks]

We use magic to numb severe pain where I'm from, but I know there are some gases that if you breath them in, you loose a lot of your sensation to touch.

@pochita

[nutkick]

are you okay?

[ he didn't read that long wall of text. does he need to do something or you're just smart-talking with other people, kacchan? ]

@hearse

[wheft]

I'd be surprised if you could even find plants like those just blooming on the wayside. The world is wrecked enough as it is and there is a paper shortage, after all.

un: fallen_angel

[peripheries]

You mean it isn't supposed to hurt?

@bot

[enkefailin]

Just 'cause something isn't a pain reliever doesn't mean it won't help out, either. Figure you might be able to get your hands on stuff that'll at least get you a little more out of your mind for it... I bet you it'd expand your options 'til you figure something out.

Can't help with the rest, though. We used to manufacture something that'd be useful for this back home, but there's no way to make it here.

@greatvalue

[newphew]

Pain is just part of the process.You get used to it after a while.

bUt I'll see what I can find out about those plants.,.

@sanda

[thundercrashes]

You actually got one of the implants here?

[And yet you gave us shit for getting the style chip recently...]

Which one?

@ambrosia

[picky]

I'm a mage. In my world, I spent a lot of time researching the major causes of illnesses and injury and worked to develop treatments.
But that was mostly using magic. I can't say if this place carries the same remedies or herbs that we had at home either, but I can come with you and see if I can identify anything.
There is a way to use magic to block off people's sense of pain. I knew someone at home who did this whenever she would heal someone.
But I can't really condone that... It's too risky to mess with pain receptors. Plus, I'm not sure if LILITH would let Outsiders into the operating room.
I'm not sure if this helps, but I figured I should mention it.

@rubber ducky

[curingidiocy]

[ What? LILITH wasn't using anesthetics?? He hadn't realized because the initial implant surgery had been done before he even woke in this world.

He's aware of the supply shortage the world is facing, so this is where his knowledge comes in. He'll have to figure out something somehow. But working with herbs and plants... it's rather primitive, but perhaps that's the only option they have. ]

It would not be difficult for me to compound analgesics, provided we have the proper components to do so, but it will be important to examine the herbs you bring back for any mutations that may change or lessen the efficacy of their effects.

I have not been able to locate studies on the effect kaijus have had on the planet's environment, so it would be wise to tread carefully. Pharmaceuticals are not something one muddles in lightly.

text; un: joker

[1797]

any ideas on where you'll start looking?

text; @CURSE

[gimu]

i will go. i have an old encyclopedia of local flora and fauna loaded for this very purpose.

text @rabbit

[seaurchin]

I'll come with you. The Divine Dog can help us with tracking if we can find a scent for him to use.