01 💻 text : anonymous

[rootaccess]

Greetings citizens of Xistentia, I come to you under the mask of anonymity to ask a question:

If there were a seedy underbelly where one could purchase things that usually exist in a legal grey area, where could it be found?

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[helical]

( not AT ALL. )

Don't you have other things to be doing than looking for counterfeit clothes and drugs or food? You probably already know youre not about to find weapons lying around

text ; anonymous (permanon unless otherwise stated)

[rootaccess]

But I wanted to be the flyest in all the land, where else was I supposed to look?

Other things to do? Yes, but this one is at the very top of my list today.
Look at it like a good deed, I'm keeping a promise to a very dear friend.

[helical]

You're in another world. Don't expect to find the same brands you'd have back where you're from.

A promise to track down drugs?

[rootaccess]

I'm sure there's a multiverse equivalent.
Louis Xuitton? Gixenchy? Balenxiaga?

Is that so hard to believe?

[helical]

Yes. Why would you promise someone drugs? You're not helping them.

[rootaccess]

How do you know I'm not?

Trust me, babe, they'd be like an entirely different person without them.

[ Actually, they'd be literally an entirely different person without them. ]

[helical]

Addiction doesnt help anyone

You might not find the kind you need, or as much as you need. they might need to go through withdrawal anyway so you might as well help them with that instead

( somewhat touchy subject. his sister's had some troubles. )

[rootaccess]

Sometimes it keeps much worse monsters at bay.

Tried the withdrawal thing once before, things ended up a hell of a lot worse.

[ Their entire plan going belly up kind of a lot worse. ]

What's your deal? Why are you so concerned with what someone else does?
I'm not helping out some junkie. Doesn't this whole Captain Righteous shtick extend to people who are important to you?

[helical]

Its worse for a while, then it gets better

Im concerned because this place is small and under threat. Im concerned because someone with addiction issues could mean trouble for others

[rootaccess]

We're fighting the same fight here.

[ Sorta. If you squint. ]

Let me try to explain it a little better.

Say you know someone, someone you've known your entire life. Someone ultimately harmless.
Now, let's say that this person sometimes has moments where they become someone else. Moments they don't remember.
And sometimes this other person they become does somewhat questionable things. Like, very bad questionable things.
Now, what if there was a combination of drugs that could help this other person from taking over so often, maybe even ever?
Wouldn't providing them with it be the safest route to take?

[helical]

That
Complicates things.

Is there no other way?

[rootaccess]

Tell me about it. Complicates things is the understatement of the year.

If there was another way, I'd be trying it.
Aside from letting himself become that other person entirely, this is the only method he's found that keeps things.... balanced.

[helical]

The medicine here
It's a lot more advanced. Maybe they can do something to help.

[rootaccess]

I've heard the hospital is a good place to start. They might be willing to hand things over without too many questions.
Back home they're not too generous with the narcotics.

Maybe. I suppose I can ask, as long as they don't threaten to haul him away to some rehab.

[ She's not going to go any amount of time without her brother again. The near three months while he was locked away was already too long. ]

[helical]

With good reason but this place is different. It usually gets us what we need within reason.