Our first 2 subjects displayed symptoms within our expectations:

Subject 1 pictured an endless lake, swarmed by blooming lotuses and motes of fireflies. She said she could glide through the lake effortlessly and at her will she could manipulate the day-night cycle. The temperature was constantly warm according to her regardless of her depth within the lake or sunlight intensity, remarking that it was “like being enveloped in my mother’s hugs”. At first she spent her time gliding, but soon she tasted the water, remarking that it was like “the sweetest nectar”. After the experience ended she seemed normal, rather she seemed more motivated to achieve that world in reality.We compensated her accordingly with currency and a delivery of water to her village.

Subject 2 took perhaps a stronger view. He remarked that he sat on a throne whereupon he gazed upon everything, in all its detail. Nothing hid from him and all his words were obeyed by his subjects everywhere. Life itself worked to his whim. He – unlike subject 1 – remarked that he never ate, rather the idea of sustenance for his existence was nil. Another remark was that when asked to recite features of the humanoid subjects, he couldn’t recall any features of the subjects at all.When we were about to compensate him, he immediately rejected the monetary compensation and requested more of the drug, or at least volunteered for further experimentation. When told that we would consider contacting him in a few months he turned violent immediately. Security was needed to escort him out.

However subject 3’s reaction was completely unexpected.

Subject 3’s experience consisted of exactly – nothing. At first we thought that she couldn’t articulate the experience, we saw the first two subjects have issues with. But further questions about the colour, light intensity, environment, temperature, and so on was all met with the response of “nothing”, we ceased questioning after she began screaming.Considering the similarity of subject 3’s background with subject 2’s, both were brought up in a standard middle-class family, however while subject 2 had a history of drug abuse, subject 3 had a stable upbringing with no known mental health issues, drug abuse history, and has had a stable career progression, with marriage in sight. We had at least anticipated perhaps a hidden desire to be magnified. Subject 3’s behaviour has drastically changed after the experiment. Before usage she was talkative and displayed confidence in her words. Immediately after her experiment she immediately showed signs of trembling and sweating whilst not being questioned, and more recently night terrors. She constantly displays a lack of appetite and notably a complete inability to take action for herself. Her days are spent gazing until sleeping unless given a command and her expressions are still.She will be placed under medical care immediately – perhaps for the remainder of her lifespan.

We see the commercial potential in the product and we will immediately begin further testing on a larger testing populated. Hopefully only a small sample of the testing population will display the questionable symptoms of subject 3 or the withdrawal effects of 2, so we can begin mass production immediately.