Fenquexylin Fq

Color

Pale iridescent blue-green in liquid form; dries to a gray-violet crystalline film

Smell

Sharp, acrid, ozone-like with metallic tang — similar to burned electronics and citrus peel

Taste

Acidic, with a metallic copper bite followed by chemical bitterness (distinctive marker in poisoned food)

State at Room Temp

Liquid under standard pressure

Melting Point

48.3°C (118.9°F) — solidifies into fragile crystalline plates

Boiling Point

152.7°C (306.9°F) — vaporizes into faintly glowing gas under heat

Condensation Point

151.2°C (304.2°F)

Originally derived from Quinazaline compounds blended with fluorochlorinated halogens and exotic heavy metals during early deep-space neural experimentation.   Military Use: As a battlefield compliance agent ("soft lobotomized")   Banned: By the 3rd Corporate-Neural Accord, 83 years ago   Now produced illegally in street labs using derivative compounds and reclaimed industrial waste.

Originally developed as a military-grade neural suppressor, now found as a contaminant in street-grade SynthRoot 9.

1. Underground Gangs / Food Syndicates

Silent Control Tool: Slip low-dose Fq into loaves to keep communities docile, distracted, or dependent.
  “Soft execution” method: Used against rival dealers—makes victims appear insane, not murdered.
  Boosted Fq loaves sold as “vision bread” among junkie sects.

2. Corporate Espionage Units

Infiltration Agent: Microdose Fq sprayed into office HVACs to cause cognitive slippage in targets (e.g., auditors, whistleblowers).
  Sabotage Rations: Spiked ration packs deployed to hostile workforces to degrade labor performance subtly over time.
  Experimental Cognitive Control: Some black labs test Fq + nootropics to create loyal, thought-looped operatives.

3. Militant Cults / Techno-Gnostic Orders

“Mind Unbinding” Rituals: High-dosage Fq used to induce hallucinations during initiation rites—most don’t survive.
  Brain Looping Punishment: Converts used for spreading propaganda messages by trapping them in phrase loops.
  Transcendence Belief: Some cults think NSS is a gateway to “fragmented enlightenment” beyond linear time.

4. Warlords / Rebel Cells

Area Denial Weapon: Boil Fenquexylin into fog and deploy in tight corridors to disable enemy squads.
  Suicide Loaf Bombs: Hidden Fq-reactive catalysts inside bread—detonates with heat or pressure.
  Chemical Warfare Variant: Reengineered to become aerosolized in crowd-control drones.

5. Black Clinics & Underground Researchers

Experimental “Neural Reset” Trials: Microdosing used to erase trauma or memories (usually results in psychosis).
  Neuro-looping Prisoners: Used on test subjects to simulate brain hacking or memory loop training.

Illicit Synthesis Recipe (Simplified Street Version)

WARNING: This is a fictional process for worldbuilding/story purposes. Not real chemistry.

Ingredients (Scavenged/Black Market Sources):
 

Tools Needed:

Step-by-Step (Street Cook Method):

Yield: ~8–10 doses per batch

Failure Rate: 30% explode or release toxic clouds

Toxicology:

Lethal Dose (LD₅₀): 3.2 mg/kg (oral in humans)   Neuroactive Threshold: as low as 0.4 mg/kg for behavioral impact   Cumulative: Repeated exposure below LD₅₀ still causes permanent brain damage over time

Mechanism of Action:

Binds to myelin sheaths, corrupts the timing of neural signals   Creates feedback loops in the thalamocortical circuits   Reduces GABA uptake → increases synaptic "echo" activity   Causes NeuroStutter Syndrome (NSS) in extended exposure cases

Decontamination:

Neutralized by alkaline agents (e.g., baking soda slurry + activated charcoal)   Destroyed at high heat (>200°C) but produces toxic gas   Cannot be filtered by standard food-grade purifiers — requires ionized nanoscreens

Black Market Price List – Fenquexylin and Related Goods

Storage & Safety:

Highly reactive with organic matter and iron-based alloys   Must be stored in polymer-lined, vacuum-sealed containers   Stable in darkness, but becomes photo-reactive under UV light   Vapor exposure causes mild euphoria, followed by seizures

Possession of pure Fenquexylin is punishable by summary detention in most megacities. Some corp-zones issue shoot-on-sight orders for known distributors.