SOMA | The Meme Dump
NICK
Runes, bitch!
ISO
Cryptic phrases such as Open the Third Eye, One Earth, One Consciousness and bizarrely The Christ was a Mushroom.
Children should be taught to avoid the colourful bundles if found.
The video cuts back to the local musician.
LOCAL MUSICIAN
The drug war is nonsense! We’re all on something. Caffeine, valium, oxycontin, viagra. Pick your poison. At least Soma’s organic. 100%, right? I hear it’s grown in town, which is cool. You know that’s the real reason for the crackdown, right? The powers that be don’t want The Mycelium changing the game.
NICK
Amen! That’s our customer. That's our fuckin' customer.
Nick chews on an ice cube.
ISO
Modern shaman or drug kingpin? Police warn The Mycelium may be dangerous. If you have information on his whereabouts, tips can be submitted anonymously to tipoff.com. This is Judy Punch reporting.
NICK
Holy shit, LeoNard! That’s first class. You're a puppetmaster!
Masterfully improvised. It probably works better without Levon! We don't even need him to come back.
LEONARD
We tried to make our fictional version more charismatic than real thing.
NICK