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[his handwriting is worse than usual]

My Captain,

Please contact me.

Admiral ZEX

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TEE ZEL ♥,

I think you still have my pipe. Should we arrange another meeting tonight so I can get it back...?

Admiral ZEX

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[this note is addressed to no one in particular]

I would be very grateful if some of you would be kind enough to answer a few questions for me.

First,
Has anyone encountered a humanoid creature on the second floor, near where the Sunroom opens up? She looks something like this.

My apologies for my poor rendition, I'm not an artist and my arm isn't cooperating today. She had long black hair, wide beautiful eyes, and did not speak, although I believe she was sentient. She also had the ability, somehow, to only appear visible to certain parties, and become immaterial at will. Someone described her as a "ghost", although she seemed alive enough to me, and she left behind evidence that she was there. Has anyone else spoken to her or encountered her? I would love more information, since I believe I provoked her unintentionally when we last met, so we weren't able to have a meaningful discussion...

Second,
Have any of you found any keys that have not yet been matched to a door? I would be interested in borrowing them to see if they can unlock the doors on the second floor, if you'd be willing to lend me them. They will be returned.
If you have found keys, where did you find them?

Third,
Can anyone tell me what "Ecstasy" or "LSD" are? I believe they are some kind of psychoactive substance. Do they have side effects? What do they do?

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Ecstasy: Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Stimulant as well as psychoactive. General feeling of euphoria -- fucks with serotonin levels. Watch for dehydration and hyperthermia.

LSD: Lysergic acid diethylamide. Psychedelic, makes you see things that aren't there. Can make you feel invincible, which around here is a good way to get eaten. Makes a hell of a painkiller.

Neither would be my first choice for safe clean fun. Not enough data, complex interactions with body chemistry.

-- S.T.

P.S. Do you have some?

I see. Serotonin is a chemical in the human brain, I take it?

So LSD induces hallucinations? Hmm. Can it be manufactured in mass quantities?

I don't have any at the moment... I understand this body had some at some point.

Yeah. Neurotransmitter. Which are chemicals used to pass messages from ~~neurons~~ the brain to the body.

You don't need mass quantities of ~~acid~~ LSD. It doesn't take much. Couldn't do it with what I've seen here so far, but any decent lab could make it given a supply of ergot (a fungus that produces the primary precursor).

-- S.T.

I see. So this substance alters how the mind works... interesting.

I don't want to manufacture any myself... it just seems that it could explain a few of the things one sees here if they were drugging us regularly.

It would explain a lot, but it doesn't feel right. And getting the dosage correct for this many people without our knowledge would be a bitch.

-- S.T.

There's also the little matter of the patients here who simply refuse to eat if they can help it. I've met one, and know of another.

That too.

-- S.T.

DO YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS?

Ergot and hydrazine. Going to the lab tonight -- I'll take an inventory. But they won't have ergot.

It's a mold. Grows on rye. Hallucinogenic as-is but the side effects suck.

-- S.T.

I REPEAT: CAN YOU DO THIS THING. CAN YOU GROW THE ERGOT.

DO YOU HAVE A FIELD OF RYE, PREFERABLY DAMP?

Or ------ Morning Glory seeds? Fuck, I was just in the greenhouse. Didn't look. Don't remember which varieties.