Clouding Thoughts

If there is one thing in this world you should never try it is the Clouding Thoughts. It is a substance most vicious, for you will not feel it's effect while under the influence, you will just miss it when it's gone. A single drop is enough to change your life forever, and not for the better, no matter what you think.
You see, the Cloud is stealthy. It sneaks up on you, gently taking over your thoughts and your feelings until nothing is left. You think nothing, you feel nothing. Nothing can bother you. You don't even notice this, everything is blank, even though you're still awake.
And then, when the drugs wear off, everything comes back with full force. Screaming as if they need to make up for the time lost. Every thought is a thousand times louder, every feeling a thousand times stronger. This effect remains for days after you took the drug. Just hope to the gods that you don't experience any negative emotions during this time as even the slightest pain is enough to drive anyone insane.

Clouding Thoughts, or just Cloud for short, is one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs known to people. It is highly illegal in most places but of course it is still possible to get it if you really want to.

Production

Cloud is not easy to make, which is why it is seen as a somewhat new invention even though rumours say it's been around for hundreds of years in certain parts of the world. It is distilled from three different plants, all that have their own "interesting" properties on their own.

The difficult part isn't to get a hold of these plants but to make the decoction perfectly balanced. The exact method is hard to learn as the people who know it doesn't happily share their knowledge, but it is of utmost importance to have the measurements of each ingredient right, as well as the right temperature during the whole process.

The result is a clear, lightly green fluid that smells strongly of alcohol and damp buildings.

Effects of long time use

Cloud, when used for a long time, completely erases a persons mind. After a while the person stops thinking and feeling much at all, except when going through withdrawal, which gets worse very quickly with use. Most people who use cloud more than a very few times end up either dying due to starvation or other negligence while high, or to suicide.