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[nadine_he_loves]

Hi. It's Nadine again, the healer in Cadens.

A couple of months ago, I got funding from the Cadens Academy of Medicine to work on developing new medications utilizing a combination of local ingredients and floral ingredients from my own world that I've had magically grown here. It's a project I started before I got official funding, but things have gone a lot quicker since I had the money and lab equipment I really needed.

Long story short, I have a few things that have reached the testing stage. And I need volunteers to test them out.

Obviously this is easiest if you're in the Free Cities, but I can meet anyone in Nocwich. You can try it out and contact me with your feedback.

The three things I'm ready to do more testing on are:

A topical oil for muscle and joint pain. Three levels of potency - minor, moderate, major.

A concentrated syrup to be taken alone or mixed into a beverage. Three varieties to treat a variety of ailments - physical pain, digestion distress, or insomnia.

Bathing powder for use of treating minor to moderate joint and muscle pain.

Okay, time for the disclaimers. At high potency levels, there IS a psychoactive effect. Like a lot of heavy duty pain medication, you'll likely feel sleepy and a little out of it. Or a lot out of it. Or euphoric. Or paranoid. Music will probably sound a whole lot cooler and you'll find your appetite stimulated. And I can only guarantee those possibilities in humans. I have no idea how this will effect anyone who isn't or isn't entirely human. That's why I need to test this stuff.

And for anybody from Earth thinking 'those effects sound familiar', yes, the floral ingredient from my world is cannabis.

I can compensate you for your time.

If you're interested, just let me know what you'd like to help me test and if you're local or from Thorne or Solvunn.

Comments

[earthborn]

[Bless you, Nadine]

Sign me up.

I've had a bum shoulder for years, and I've got a high drug tolerance. Think you can accommodate?

[nadine_he_loves]

Yeah, I think I can help you out.

You're local, right?

[earthborn]

That's right. I'm Shepard— I've heard a little bit about you from Garrus.

[She's sure that'll stick out in Nadine's memory, if nothing else. Say one thing about Garrus Vakarian: he's distinctive.]

Seems like you do good work.

helping

[princessvegas]

It's cannabis. What she's not saying is that it's cannabis.

Being a guinea pig is the ONLY way to get it.

Unless we like you.

[nadine_he_loves]

I said what it is! Once, in small letters. In the middle of a lot of other information.

But I'm pretty sure we ARE the only place in the world to get it.

[princessvegas]

Yeah, which means you're gonna be the lady Jeff Bezos of Cadens.

We should look into two-day shipping.

[stations]

Hi
I think I might make a pretty okay test subject for the insomnia thing. Like, the strongest possible variant you can make.

Are either of the other two things good for phantom limb-adjacent pains?

[nadine_he_loves]

Are you sure you want to start out with the strongest?

I'm honestly not sure, but that's something I'd like to know.

[doubledead]

I haven't been sleeping well since the winter holidays passed. I will try your insomnia potion.

[nadine_he_loves]

Okay, great.

Where are you located?

[itookashot]

I am excited to be a test subject and be extremely high for you, Nadine.

[nadine_he_loves]

Oh, Jesper. Hi.

I guess...if it's in the interest of medical research...

Sorry, it's just the teacher in me is really struggling with the idea of giving a teenager drugs.

[unwings]

I'm happy to provide non-human testing, but I doubt cannabis from Earth will have much effect on me.

How did you manage to get marijuana here?

[nadine_he_loves]

It's blended with herbs from here, if that would make any difference. But I get it if that sort of thing just doesn't effect you.

My boyfriend has magic plant powers.

[enduringkestrel]

I'll help. I. Might be a decent subject for the insomnia aid. It's been some time since I've slept well.

[Over five years, now.]

Or restfully. Or much at all, truly.

[Part of that is by choice. The nightmares are... unpleasant. She avoids sleep as much as she can. Which isn't nearly as much as she'd like. It's unavoidable, sadly. But if this could help...]

[nadine_he_loves]

Okay, I can give you the mild sleep aide and we'll see how it does.

[satanicpanics]

so you said a lot of things there
but "cannabis" really stood out for me and that's all i need to know

sign me up

oh and i sleep like shit if that makes me any more of a contender

[nadine_he_loves]

I did. I'm working on a line of medical marijuana products.

And that does help. I'm not the weed police but this IS an actual medical study so I can bring the results to my department head and justify them giving me more money.

Where are you? And who are you?

[thearchangel]

Speaking as a fairly obvious "not human"... I feel like I should volunteer.

[nadine_he_loves]

It would be really great if you did.

[rinwell]

Is it common for medicines from your world to have those sort of effects?

Um. I'm not volunteering. But I am curious. I hope that's okay?

[princessvegas]

Depends on the medicine. Stuff for pain usually has some trippy side effects because it's basically just tricking your brain into not registering the pain. But a lot of those are really addictive.

This stuff is considered one of the best natural remedies in our world. Lots of people use it for pain, for mental issues like anxiety, insomnia. It's also real popular just for fun, cause it's pretty harmless. Like, it's impossible to kill yourself with it if you take too much. So it's safer than even alcohol.

[nadine_he_loves]

Like Julie said, yeah, it's pretty common for really strong medicines in our world to make you feel sleepy and fuzzy in the head. They have to, to stop you feeling pain. And a lot of medicines here are the same.

And of course it's okay.

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[ushiri]

I'm in Thorne, so I'd be willing to meet in Nocwich.

But I have allergies to a type of weed native to my world. Do you think that could be a problem?

[ He hasn't seen anything like goatweed here, but it's worth bringing up. ]

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[nadine_he_loves]

I guess that depends. Do you know exactly what you're allergic to?