![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tehexile posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
100wordsTitle: Lizard Brain
Just when things were getting back to normal, the withdrawal symptoms began.
It was a nightmare. The temple was crowded to bursting. It reminded me of that time I accidentally bought that patch of potions with those poppies in them.
I'd heard of mind-altering magic being addictive before, even the really malicious type. On a subconscious level, people who are suffering have an urge to get all that responsibility taken away from them. There were no giant demon burrowing insanity lizards here, though, so people had employed certain types of mages on the black market.
The guards have been informed.
Fandom: Dungeons and Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun
Rating: PG-13/Gen
Tags: spoilers, post-game, abuse of mind-affecting magic, mentions of opiate abuse, roulette
Notes: Giant burrowing insanity lizards aren't bad enough. No. They have to turn out to be addictive.
Just when things were getting back to normal, the withdrawal symptoms began.
It was a nightmare. The temple was crowded to bursting. It reminded me of that time I accidentally bought that patch of potions with those poppies in them.
I'd heard of mind-altering magic being addictive before, even the really malicious type. On a subconscious level, people who are suffering have an urge to get all that responsibility taken away from them. There were no giant demon burrowing insanity lizards here, though, so people had employed certain types of mages on the black market.
The guards have been informed.
