Her friend had told her all about it.
The young woman from 17b was told that the ‘triple shroom’ experience was the best ever. It was definitely the experience of a lifetime, she was told. Her friend told her she’d been to a number of parties where it had been the main event. Her friend knew a lot about this stuff. She said there were lots of different psychedelic mushrooms, too many to count. She explained that the ‘triple shroom’ was a special mix of three of them. Because the taste can be quite bitter, she said the best method, after chopping them up into small pieces, was to boil them up to make a tea that could be drunk. It was easy then to mask the taste with herbal tea bags while it was on the boil. The young woman from 17b was intrigued and was invited round to her friend’s place to have a private ‘triple shroom’ session.
When the night came, they were sitting in her friend’s kitchen watching the saucepan while it bubbled away. Her friend said that it usually takes a few minutes for it to take effect and it can last up to six hours. When it was ready, two mugs were filled and the woman from 17b was quite excited as they waited for their drinks to cool. Her friend was telling her what she could expect. She said that most people entered a whole new world of unimaginable experiences and self-discovery; a world that enables them to attain a whole range of superior spiritual states, all accompanied by a wonderful sense of euphoria.
Unhappily, this wasn’t the case with the woman from 17b.
She was dead within seconds.