USER #030066

[passio]

Hello, everyone. It's Dextera.

I've recently come into the possession of a potion that allows me to speak with animals. It's limited in both quantity and effective time, but with everyone coming in recently, I've noticed that there are a lot of new animals running around the town. If anyone has very strong feelings about learning the emotions of their animal companions, please let me know. I'm willing to use the last of the potion to ask.

Additionally, it seems that the thoughts of the creatures in the forest are as distorted as their bodies. I could understand them, but I couldn't "understand" them. I did learn that the geese are very angry. For those of us who have been investigating the forest, I thought this would be of interest.

Thank you for your time.

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#DC666E

[apocalypticist]

[ Color! ]

I see. And you're certain you didn't ingest a hallucinogen?

[ He's seen some strange shit lately so a potion that makes it possible to talk to animals doesn't sound like complete bullshit anymore, but a healthy dose of scepticism is a good thing to have. Sometimes the answer is drugs, not magic nonsense. ]

[passio]

[ ryo, why must you be like this! dextera was sure the potion was normal, but now he's doubting himself because ryo makes it sound like it was the obvious answer all along. ]

I have a high tolerance for hallucinogens. I don't think it was.

[apocalypticist]

[ Oh, so he's built up a tolerance for hallucinogens through frequent use of certain substances... or he's just got a natural tolerance for them. ]

Has anyone else tested the potion?

[ aka did Dex do the smart thing for once and let Guren sample the potion first. ]

[passio]

[ the former :( ]

I asked Guren to try it. He didn't feel any side effects, and neither have I, so far. I really think it's safe and straightforward.

[apocalypticist]

[ It's okay, indulging in vices is a human thing to do. ]

If both of you were able to speak to animals after ingesting it, then it's unlikely to be a hallucination; even if multiple people were exposed to the same hallucinogen, they wouldn't see the same thing.

[passio]

Right. We understood the same thing from the animals, too, so the results are too consistent to be a coincidence. I think.

[apocalypticist]

Agreed. We can safely conclude that the potion really does let you speak to animals.

It's curious that the forest creatures have such distorted thoughts. I have to wonder if they were always that way, or if something happened that twisted them.

[passio]

The latter seems more likely to me. In my world, distortion a natural consequence of being alive.

I know this isn't my world, but it's what's familiar to me anyway.

[apocalypticist]

You should tell me about your world sometime. It sounds interesting.

[passio]

"Interesting" is one way of putting it. I would be glad to answer any questions you have.

[ "glad" is maybe not the appropriate word, but if ryo asked, there's likely no secret he wouldn't spill. ]