Ecstasy

Ecstasy appears as a party drug that Steef both recommends and supplies, first in an offer to Eva and later in a brief exchange with Peter outside a concert. The two scenes give the drug a practical role in their relationships: Steef presents himself as experienced and dependable, while Peter accepts a pill without a settled reason for doing so. The passages establish how Ecstasy enters their plans and is taken, but do not describe its effects afterward.

Description and Intended Use

In conversation with Peter, Steef contrasts marijuana, which he describes as his daily means of relaxing and getting through difficult periods, with Ecstasy, which he associates with parties and club-going. He characterizes it as producing heightened sexual desire and an expansive sense of affection, including toward oneself. His account presents the drug as part of a social occasion rather than as an everyday remedy; he also mentions occasional cocaine use, distinguishing it from both marijuana and Ecstasy.

This characterization is Steef’s own account, offered while he is rolling a joint and discussing his conduct as a police officer. He tells Peter that drug use is not unusual among officers and that they are people like anyone else. The exchange places Ecstasy within a broader discussion of Steef’s private habits and his way of managing himself, but does not establish how other officers use it or independently verify his claims.

An Offer to Eva

When Eva says she would like to try Ecstasy sometime, Steef readily agrees to arrange it. Rebecca responds with sudden enthusiasm at the mention of the drug and proposes that Eva and Peter come to her and Steef’s home, so the four of them can take it together with music, food, and drinks. The proposed setting is explicitly presented as familiar and shared, rather than as an impromptu decision made at a club.

Rebecca also warns against buying pills at a discotheque, describing such supplies as unreliable. She says that she knows a source for what she considers good Ecstasy and that she and Steef have experience with it. These assurances help turn Eva’s tentative interest into a concrete suggestion for a future gathering. In the cited material, however, this proposed four-person occasion remains an offer; no pill-taking by Eva is shown here.

Pills Outside the Concert

A later scene brings Ecstasy into a different setting. After Peter and Steef have walked among discarded cups and food packaging, they buy hamburgers at Febo and eat on the curb while watching the stream of people. The quiet pause ends when Steef searches his pockets and carefully unfolds a small piece of paper. It contains two small pink pills. He offers one to Peter, explaining that he cannot take it inside the concert venue.

Steef identifies the pill as Ecstasy and urges Peter to trust him. He breaks one pill in half, and Peter accepts half; Steef takes the other pill whole. They share the last of their bottled water. The division is specific, but Steef cautions that halves may not be equally strong: the material may be distributed unevenly within a pill. He estimates that the effects will take about an hour to begin and reassures Peter that he will stay with him.

Peter’s Decision and the Limits of the Scene

Peter’s account emphasizes that his decision is not grounded in a carefully considered purpose. He wonders whether every foolish act needs a good reason, and connects his choice to not wanting to seem like a killjoy or an ordinary, cautious person. He swallows the half pill despite that uncertainty. The scene therefore contrasts Steef’s practiced confidence with Peter’s ambivalence: Steef names the substance, portions it, explains the delay and possible variation in strength, and offers companionship, while Peter follows without claiming certainty about why.

The two encounters establish a pattern of assurance around Ecstasy. Steef first offers to arrange a controlled, familiar setting for Eva and Peter; later, outside a concert, he provides a pill and frames his presence as reassurance. Rebecca’s warning about unknown pills and Steef’s assurance that he knows a reliable source both make trust central to the drug’s presentation. Yet the cited scenes stop before showing what happens after Peter takes it. They document the recommendation, the proposed gathering, the pink pills, the unequal portions, and Peter’s choice, not a subsequent physical or emotional outcome.