Laughing Gas
When beings of Altairus refer to laughing gas, they are not referring to nitrous oxide, as we know it. Rather, they are referring to an organically-produced gaseous chemical that serves as the primary mechanism behind Lethal Joke, the Fragment of Darkness.
Properties
Material Characteristics
Laughing gas most often takes the form of a greenish cloud that spreads and fills a room quickly. It has a mild sweet scent, much like spring blossoms or cotton candy.
Physical & Chemical Properties
When inhaled, laughing gas travels straight to the brain. This causes dizziness, confusion, and uncontrollable laughter. The mindless giggling it produces also drives out any wendigoes that it comes into contact with.
Laughing gas is also highly flammable.
Origin & Source
Laughing gas is produced by a certain species of bacteria that inhabit the digestive tracts of gremlins, harlequin gremlins in particular. When these bacteria ferment food in the digestive system, they produce laughing gas alongside other gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.
History & Usage
Everyday use
Before The War of the Wendigoes, laughing gas was commonly used like dry ice in the The Circus of Shadows. Used in minute quantities, it served to enhance viewer experience during the show.
Perhaps laughing gas's most infamous use, though, is as a weapon. The Dark Fragment, Lethal Joke, launches grenades filled with laughing gas at attackers. Since wendigoes despise laughter and enjoyment, this makes the gas highly effective against them.
Distribution
Storage
Laughing gas is contained most often in containers made of glass or insulative metal. This is to keep it from igniting at random.
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