Question times regarding place creation!

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Sooo, I've been poking and prodding around and I realized that if Arha here doesn't get her daily allotment of spice, she shall go into withdrawal and consequently die over a very long and painful period.  For Fremen and Bene Gesserit who have a steady intake of spice melange in their diet, there is no 'weaning' off the spice, just...well, the most painful death imaginable.  As spice melange is a mind-expanding narcotic, I though it best to ask if I can recreate a small sietch with a decent expanse of desert and rock that will contain enough spice for Arha to remain comfortable.  (Which she would do in her quest to 'find the seaocean'--which will just fail miserably anyway.  SEAOCEAN.  WANT. :o )

...asking for a Shai-Hulud to maintain the spice might be too much, even if it were a small one, but I'll ask anyway.  They're pretty dangerous, but the one I'd ask for would be juvenile.  As per Dune, the weather would be very hot and very dry with intensely cold nights.  The winds will stir an electrical charge, which will produce a blue lightning, and intense sandstorms--which means taking shelter is imperitive if you don't want to die.  I was debating on when to establish this, but wanted a little feedback before I did so.  Since...getting people high on spice is probably not awesome, I could restrict the effect to Arha and Dune universe characters?

8D?

Comments

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

An alternate idea, in case yours isn't allowed: You could use the creation stuff from the wildlands to make the spice directly?

It's been too long since I watched the movie (and never read the book), so I don't know how much spice you need to get by XD; ))

Also, the bird room service could probably deliver spice melange.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

It's definitely a possibility. I'm just not sure where the birds would get it...and I think I'm being too realistic again. :x All that's mentioned in Dune canon is that without spice melange, a Reverend Mother will die an excruciating death. They do need a daily dose--so, technically, it could be considered medicine. For a Fremen, spice is everywhere, in the air, in the sand, in each morsel of food they eat. Wild game consume spice as well, so...it's everywhere.

I'd guess Arha could minimize her intake of spice to the lowest levels--though she'd probably find herself in pain--and just try to tough it out for awhile. My guess is that she'd burn through her existing saturation, hit empty in about a month to two months, and start to die. If she slows her body down she could probably stretch herself further. It might make an interesting plot point to explore spice melange withdrawal (Herbert says there's not such thing as withdrawal, only death).

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Not to speak in place of the mods or anything, but I swear I recall them mentioning in the FAQ somewhere, either in it directly or in a comment to someone, that should a character require a substance to live, it would be brought to them.

But it's probably a good thing to check with them?

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Exactly why I wanted to post here. :D

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

1) The snakes will drop by and give Arha the spice she needs, possibly by biting her and injecting it in the form of modified venom.
2) However, if you want to go ahead and create a mini-Dune-style desert area, that's fine too. No spiceworms, since yeah, that opens up a...can of worms...but it could be a small but dangerous stretch of desert and rock akin to what's found on her homeworld.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! Awesome. It'd be pretty cool to let other people see a bit of Arrakis. And that makes sense! Thank you.