The Centre Cannot Hold » Mike Carey http://thecentrecannothold.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happy Pills http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/happy-pills/ http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/happy-pills/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:30:20 +0000 Loki http://thecentrecannothold.net/?p=12372 Little is known of Happy Pills, a highly addictive drug apparently created by Shi’ar criminals. Indeed, it’s likely that Happy Pills is only a nickname for the drug.

What little can be inferred regarding the drug suggests that is a potent painkiller that induces mild euphoria – no doubt the Shi’ar equivalent of an [...]]]> Little is known of Happy Pills, a highly addictive drug apparently created by Shi’ar criminals. Indeed, it’s likely that Happy Pills is only a nickname for the drug.

What little can be inferred regarding the drug suggests that is a potent painkiller that induces mild euphoria – no doubt the Shi’ar equivalent of an opiate.

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]]> http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/happy-pills/feed/ 0 Pain http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/pain/ http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/pain/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:30:02 +0000 Loki http://thecentrecannothold.net/?p=5450 Made in the depths of Hell from the sufferings of the damned, Pain is a gray powder. It is treated much like snuff by the demons who take it, and usually stored in snuff boxes.

The effects it has on the demonic physiology are as many and as varied as those physiologies, although the two [...]]]> Made in the depths of Hell from the sufferings of the damned, Pain is a gray powder. It is treated much like snuff by the demons who take it, and usually stored in snuff boxes.

The effects it has on the demonic physiology are as many and as varied as those physiologies, although the two universal constants are that it enhances the pleasure of sex, and that, although it is possible to resist the drug’s effects, it is painful to do so.

When used by the damned themselves, it appears to intensify sensation to a painful degree.

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