Lure Pills

"Monsters seem to like it. Maybe I should try."

The Experimental EX095-2LUR "Lure Pills" are a consumable and throwable item in *In Sound Mind*. They are obtained by Desmond in Tape 3 at Mayer Distribution, previously known as Minos Quarry in Milton-Haven.

## Usage

Despite being pills aimed specifically at livestock luring, the pills grant Desmond minor health restoration, along with highly increased movement speed, and full stamina restoration alongside a brief period of infinite stamina.

Desmond can carry 6 pills at a time, and can choose to either throw the pill (most commonly used to detonate pools of Agent Rainbow, like the pool in-front of Lucas Cole's Door in the Apartment Building), or consume the pills to benefit from its effects. Upon consumption, Desmond will remark with various statements regarding how the pills taste and how they make him feel- all mostly positive.

After Tape 3 is completed, the Pills will begin to show up around the world for collection.

Throwing the pills while undetected by Inkblots will cause the creatures to approach the pills for a brief moment of time.

The pills also have an effect on both Max Nygaard and Lucas Cole's psychological 'monsters'. The Bull will quickly approach the pill and turn passive for a moderate amount of time- shown by his eyes turning green. At the end of Tape 3, The Bull can be lured and eventually 'tamed' with the pills due to their calming effect on livestock. During Tape 4, The Flash can be distracted with the pills, and will take aim and fire several times at any pills thrown, useful for granting Desmond time to seek cover.

## Composition

Details regarding the medication's specific composition are found on Floor 3 of the Mayer Distribution site in Tape 3. The ingredients include unspecified quantities of the following regents:

* Bo'lepo pheromone mix
* Triptocybin Mushroom extract "Ricordea" *(Principal Psychoactive constituent of the Triptocybin Mushroom)*
* Triptocybin Mushroom extract "Reekus" *(Naturally-occurring psychoactive chemical compound within the Triptocybin Mushroom)*

*It is likely that "Triptocybin Mushroom", a fictional mushroom in the world of In Sound Mind, is a reference to the real-life psychedelic Psilocybin Mushroom**, also referred to as "magic mushrooms".*

The medication inherits its calming effect on livestock due to its combination of ingredients. The included Bo'lepo pheromone mix holds aggregation effects on several species (including cattle, possibly including humans as well), the "Ricordea" Triptocybin Mushroom Extract holds innate sedative-hypnotic, depressant and hallucinogenic psychoactivity, while the "Reekus" Triptocybin Mushroom Extract is a powerful neurotoxin, and is a non-selective glutamate receptor agonist. The specific combination of the Bo'lepo aggregation pheromone mix with intense psychoactive ingredients found in the Triptocybin mushroom seems to suggest that Mayer Pharmaceuticals aimed to promote calming, reproductive and herding behavior within livestock. The luring quality of the pill is due to aggregation pheromones naturally attracting both sexes of a species to *meditate the formation of a group of individuals*, and the calming quality shown by The Bull's positive reaction to the pills is likely due to both the pheromone mix and the psychoactive Ricordea and Reekus extracts.

## Production

The pills are currently undergoing production at Mayer Pharmaceuticals Distribution Site in Milton-Haven, and can be infinitely processed by Desmond after supplying the Fabricator with all three ingredients and a pill bottle.

It should be noted that the Lure Pills share a parallel with Mayer Pharmaceutical's secretive and illegal production of fear-based chemical weapon Agent Rainbow. As shown by a Material Requisition Form, research regarding the combination of Agent Rainbow Residue and Triptocybin Extract was began by the Ancillary Research Department of Mayer Pharmaceuticals. It is likely that the proposition made by researcher Rosemary James could have been the reason behind this combination of products- one that led to discovering Agent Rainbow's higher potential.

The pills also trigger an explosive reaction with Agent Rainbow in its liquid form due to the highly volatile chemicals within Agent Rainbow and the included Bo'lepo Pheromone mix within the Lure Pills. This reaction is showcased when Desmond throws a pill into a pool of Agent Rainbow, and is also hinted at through documentation in-game.

1. ↑ https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Hallucinogenic\_mushrooms
2. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/aggregation-pheromones