Episode 2: Sid and Molly

consumed:

150 micrograms LSD (approximate)
300 milligrams MDA


Immediately following the Hippy Flip, Swim and the group at the Rave Cave had a series of much smaller misadventures mostly involving alcohol and cannabis (both in extreme excess) until a couple weeks later, when the group had caught word of a 'rave' to be held out in the woods. This sort of thing was gaining popularity in the area and being as Swim and Bike had talked about hosting such an event themselves, they figured it couldn't hurt to check it out. Coincidentally one of Swim's fellow coworkers had subtly mentioned that he had a relatively large amount of 'sassafras' (being codeword for refined MDA crystal) that he had just picked up from the West Coast. Having an abundance of money at this point Swim decided to get a couple grams. Swim's coworker warned of the potency of the stuff which only made Swim more excited. The crystals were off-white to amber colored and were hard crystals that needed to be crushed to powder. In the next couple hours prior to the show Swim got the word out about his new acquision with much interest to his friends. The couple grams Swim had bought practically sold themself leaving Swim with only a few points which his buddy had assured him would be more than sufficient. In the process of getting rid of the rest of the 'sass' Swim managed to trade a point to a buddy for a tab of acid. Now normally this wouldn't be anything altogether special, however this was Swim's first time doing either substance and he was planning on both, assuring Swimself that The Hippy Flip was adequate preparation.

Just prior to leaving for the event, Swim parachuted a point of the sass along with the tab of dose and then jumped in the full car to ride up. The driver had also parachuted a point assuring everyone he was experienced with molly and sass. Within a half an hour, he was second guessing himself and his driving ability, and Swim was in a technicolor world Swim had never imagined existed. Now let me just say for anyone questioning the differences between mushrooms and acid, mushrooms take you to very dark, though incredible places, acid on the other hand, takes you to a brightly neon flavored alien world where the scariest part is how crazy everything is. Pure MDA also has hallucinogenic properties which potentiate the effects of LSD.

The setting we arrived in was set up perfectly for what Swim was experiencing, the only light through the woods between stages was that of glowsticks wrapped around trees, and the ravers walking to and from the stages, giving the distinct impression that invisible people with glowsticks were walking around. As the neon lights warped Swim felt Swimself go into a mode where everything around Swim seemed to connect perfectly and Swim started dancing uncontrollably. Music sounded so good, and everything felt so good, especially head massages from random rave girls. The cold mountain wind felt like refreshing pool water on a hot summer day, and lollipops tasted like festive explosions of fruit flavoring. Not to mention the taste of menthol cigarrettes which was nothing short of smoked candy to Swims pallette. Truly, Swim never wanted to come down, and if Swim had known at the time how bad the comedown would be, Swim would have felt even more inclined to stay up. But inevitably the show ended, and we headed back, in a short period of time Swim started to develop what many fondly call 'E-tardation' where my serotonin levels had been depleted to such an extent Swim could hardly formulate my own name. In the recess of the event we gathered at the Rave Cave to roast a few bowls and go over what had happened, everyone remarked at the potency of the sass Swim had gotten and Swim replied with an inquisition to my mental state, "How long is this going to last?" Swim asked. The group of experienced rollers laughed and replied "A day or two", and also added that there was this miraculous easily acquired substance called 5-HTP which was a natural precursor to serotonin that actually replaced serotonin as it was being depleted, and that if Swim took 100 mg before and after rolling that Swim could altogether avoid this 'E-tardation'. Well, this was certainly a learning experience.