It was something of an overture, Peter.

Is it groovy

Is it smashing, baby

Is it shagedelic

Does it give you mojo

Boiled grain

Flatbread with various toppings

Flatbread wrapped around filling

Fried lean meat

Stew of fatty meat and starch

Fermented vegetable

Oily sauce

Aromatic herbs

Stimulant alkaloids

A redraw of an ancient image I drew back in 2013 of Kay and Twi talking in their human disguises. Kay is able to integrate and hide herself in the crowd pretty easily despite her hesitation! Twi, on the otherhand, sticks out like a sore thumb- Probably doesn't help that he's a physics teacher…

If you go without it you feel unwell in a way that you never usually feel unwell. Sweating, tired, sleepy, headaches, irritable, depressed, etc. For example when I was in opium withdrawal I got incredibly depressed in a way that I’ve never been before or since. When you quit caffeine you might get super bad headaches even if you never usually get any headaches.

Thoughts of it regularly bother you and the thoughts go away once you’ve taken it but only temporarily. Unlike with a food craving which usually stays away once you’ve satisfied it or distracted yourself from it.

You find yourself rationalizing with yourself why you should break your own rules about how much you can take and how often. For example you might only let yourself drink alcohol every four days but start thinking that three days is actually close enough to four days, right? Especially if this happens regularly.

You’re using it so often that you feel the need to lie about how much you use because other people might think it’s concerning

If the substance or activity is nearby it’s genuinely difficult to not consume it or participate in it in a way that’s really frustrating.

You feel bad when you’re not on it and your brain tells you “if you just take the thing you wouldn’t feel this way”

You can only feel “whole” or “normal” when you’re on a substance even though it’s a recreational drug

This is how I figured out that I was hitting addiction with Love Nikki. At first I was like, I'm gonna spend 15€ a month on this as a treat, I have a job, no problem. Then I upped it to 25€. Then I started to go, well, the 28th is basically a new month, right? And, well, I did 'refresh' my 'allowance' early, so no harm in doing it on the 20th?