IN> June 1, 2001

[Moe Lane]

Carni-culture

It's... troublesome to contemplate a healing potion created by
Vaputech.  "Troublesome" being shorthand for "a involuntarily-entered
into state of raw, fully justified panic and fear at a level normally
associated with Lovecraftian elemental terror at its finest".

All one word in Angelic, by the way: Helltongue, too.  Almost the same
word in both, in fact - and, yes, they were derived from the closest
celestial analogue to the word "Vaputech".

Anyway, Carni-culture is not in itself that bad.  Created by
Vaputech's Department of Medical Research and Mad Science (Biological)
(motto: "They laughed at us at University, but we'll show them...
what?  It's been taken already by Mad Science (Electrical)?  What
about 'IT'S ALIVE!!!!!  IT'S ALIVE!!!!!... Mad Science (Necromantic),
huh.  Anybody take 'Moo-Hoo-Bwah-HAH!!!!!' - right, of course, the
Prince's Own Bottle Washers and Marching Band.  Look, just write down
something.  Anything.") the stuff is actually pretty straightforward.
One bottle cures 3d6 Body Hits.  It tastes disgusting, to the point
where a successful Will roll is needed in order to ever drink the
stuff again, and taking it more than once a week will only cure 1d6
Body Hits the second and further go-rounds (most of the healing oomph
is spent in curing the resulting shock to the system that comes with
multiple doses), but still worth it.
\If you're a celestial, that is.  A human who drinks Carni-culture is
going to have problems.

The central issue is that Carni-culture is pretty much designed to
work on repairing vessels. Bodies usually treat the substance as
foreign, which means that it will cause an additional Body Hit instead
of curing any.  Worse, Carni-culture has a better high than heroin,
and is roughly twice as addictive.  Worst of all - and this is the
side-effect that makes it not widely used by Hell - every use of
Carni-culture by a mortal will give a permanent, cumulative +1 to all
rolls to resist a resonance.  This represents the burning out of the
portions of the human brain that are affected by resonances, not an
improvement in the strength of mind of the victim.

Generally speaking, Carni-culture is kept out of the hands of humans
whenever possible, despite the objections of Servitors of Drugs and/or
Death.  Some demonic Tethers will have it in stock, but only as part
of the emergency ration pack.  As for the Host, they're looking into
it, more or less.  It seems not entirely worthwhile to bother.  Half
of the appeal of Carni-culture is that you don't have to trust
somebody else to perform a Song on you - and it's a rare angel indeed
that can't find one True friend.

I mean, after all.  You know.  Heaven.

Point Cost: 3 per bottle


-- 
Liber Licentae Moeticae
http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html
Last Updated 01/16/06 - now with non-IN material