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[Arch-Magos Winter]

What's even worse is that it's also dirt cheap to buy, because it's so easy to make. So we're probably going to see more of it in the states soon - I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes the new crack.

[lantzblades]

Well, he is, in fact, a kind, caring and heroic person. And unlike most people or even other heroes (in the nasuverse context) he is ignoring the fact that the vampire tried to eat either his friend or his sister (pick one, it doesn't matter in this case which) which most people would immediately string said vampire up for even thinking as much.

further he's in massive pain so I doubt he could paid attention as he moved through the garage anyway.

[Alice]

...Honestly, I haven't seen much evidence that he is a kind, caring, heroic person. It's all tell and no show. You can't just count on us to buy into informed traits like that, it raises some major red flags.

On a different subject, to be perfectly honest, I've never heard of Krokodil before. Is it a fairly new drug, or am I simply horribly uninformed when it comes to illegal drugs and such? ^^"

[YOLF]

On a different subject, to be perfectly honest, I've never heard of Krokodil before. Is it a fairly new drug, or am I simply horribly uninformed when it comes to illegal drugs and such? ^^"

Given the subject matter, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

...Honestly, I haven't seen much evidence that he is a kind, caring, heroic person. It's all tell and no show. You can't just count on us to buy into informed traits like that, it raises some major red flags.

On a different subject, to be perfectly honest, I've never heard of Krokodil before. Is it a fairly new drug, or am I simply horribly uninformed when it comes to illegal drugs and such? ^^"

It's rather new in the states yeah, though it's been in Russia for around... four years now?

[Alice]

Given the subject matter, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

More than likely. ^^" I'm mostly just surprised it wasn't mentioned in my Forensics class a year or so back when when we were going over drugs, though admittedly we didn't really go into any sort of elaborate detail. Pretty much we just went over the various categories of drugs (stimulants, depressants, blah blah blah), some of the usual, familiar suspects, emphasis placed upon why meth is a god awful drug that you should never use because it messes up your mind and body so much, etc.

...though honestly, unless it's on the news, that's probably the only place I'd probably hear of it is the classroom. ^^" Especially since the only drugs I really consume on a regular basis are caffeine (yes, yes, I get it through pop instead of a pill, but it's a stimulant, so it counts :V) and the occasional ibuprofen when I have a headache or something.   

It's rather new in the states yeah, though it's been in Russia for around... four years now?

Ahh, OK. That probably explains why I didn't hear about it in Forensics (...you can tell I wrote the first part of my post before seeing this one, can't you? :V).

[Ivan The Mouse]

Well, he is, in fact, a kind, caring and heroic person. And unlike most people or even other heroes (in the nasuverse context) he is ignoring the fact that the vampire tried to eat either his friend or his sister (pick one, it doesn't matter in this case which) which most people would immediately string said vampire up for even thinking as much.

further he's in massive pain so I doubt he could paid attention as he moved through the garage anyway.

That's becoming tame, not heroic, kind or caring.

[Elf]

Krokodil's name comes from the Russian word for "Crocodile" because of what it does to people's skin, before it starts falling off.  It makes their skin grey and scaly, and it's also nicknamed the "Zombie Drug" due to it's physical effects.  What the chemical composition does is turn one's fat into soap and it starts falling off the body.

It's super nightmare fuel. 

[lantzblades]

Whatever Alice

[The Man With All The Cute Boats]

[Aiden]

Whatever Alice

I have yet to see it, so I think she might have a point.

Krokodil's name comes from the Russian word for "Crocodile" because of what it does to people's skin, before it starts falling off.  It makes their skin grey and scaly, and it's also nicknamed the "Zombie Drug" due to it's physical effects.  What the chemical composition does is turn one's fat into soap and it starts falling off the body.

It's super nightmare fuel. 

... my Psychology of Drug Use class never covered this one.

Jesus H. Christ.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

... my Psychology of Drug Use class never covered this one.

Jesus H. Christ.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Russian Chemical Dependency. Leave your Vodka at the door because that shit is for pussies.

Whatever Alice

She has a point, you've never actually shown him to be a kind, caring, or heroic individual. He acts more like an egotripping asshole who loves the smell of his own shit.

[lantzblades]

No arch

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Name one fucking heroic thing he did in the RP. Just one. That wasn't set up by you.

[Elf]

He gave Kiyoshi that Zaku model he made though.

But yeah, I'm not surprised it was even covered in your class, Aiden.  Krokodil only started getting attention over here mid-2013.  My father, who at the time worked as a poison control specialist and it was his job to know about every drug pretty much on the planet, only knew about it after I told him about it.   Then he did a bunch of research on it and told me how it worked- the turning the body fat into soap thing.

And I'd only heard about it because Roadbuster found pictures of the drug's effects on Reddit and had to share them with me.

My husband knows I have a perverse fascination with things like that.

If you have an empty-strong stomach look at what the drug does.  Just remember, I'm not kidding when I say "super nightmare fuel."