The narrative is about a young woman named Steph who, while high on mushrooms and absinthe, scares a woman in a Mazda Miata. The incident occurred during a gathering at her friend's house, where they were experimenting with different substances. The woman, Steph, was so high that she didn't realize she was scaring the woman in the car until it was too late. She tried to ask the woman a question, but the woman was terrified and drove away. Steph was left standing in the street, feeling like she was missing for years. The experience left a lasting impact on her, causing her to develop an AIDS phobia and fear of being seen by strangers. The narrative ends with Steph reflecting on the incident and the lasting effects it had on her life.
1. The narrator is a woman named Steph who is from Canada and was in grade nine at the time of the events.
2. She hung out with a group of friends who were also heavy drug users.
3. They would often get high and engage in various illegal activities.
4. One specific day, they decided to bring some mushrooms and absinthe to their friend Steph's house.
5. The group started getting high and had an argument about the smelling motion in science class.
6. The mushrooms and absinthe started kicking in, causing everyone to get angry and trip out.
7. They were so high that they started lighting the shots on fire and taking them.
8. The situation escalated to the point where they needed someone to break the tension.
9. The narrator decided to go outside to the street at two in the morning.
10. She was so high on mushrooms that she felt like she was a woman who had been missing for years.
11. She was standing outside in a wet condition, waiting for a car to pass by.
12. She approached a car and asked the woman inside for a ride.
13. The woman was terrified and thought she was going to be harmed.
14. The woman's son was also in the car and was scared of the narrator.
15. The narrator asked the woman a question but did not receive an answer.
16. The woman thought the narrator was going to harm her and her son.
17. The narrator then got into the woman's car, a Mazda Miata.
18. The narrator did not get the answer she was looking for and walked back inside.
19. The group decided to watch a movie called "Kids" which was about AIDS.
20. The narrator had a dream that she had no legs and felt something in her back all night.
21. She woke up to find a dildo in her back that had been there all night.
22. The narrator had to leave the house because her friend had left her dildo on her couch.
23. The narrator was so scared that she would see the woman with her son again.
24. The narrator apologized for the events and asked for the correct pronunciation of "waft" or "waver".