That is definitely the case. A bad trip is not about a spoiled or tainted mushroom, it's about the user's readiness to accept the experience.

If you can think a better way to motivate your players I'd love to hear about it.

I enjoyed the first 2 or 3. They get worse as they go. The last book in the series feels like the author went through a checklist of loose ends and wrapped them up whether it fit the story or not. It was a disservice to the first few books.

So did you end up abandoning your big city movie career and settle down with the home town hunk on the filming location? Develop a love of baking while wearing festive knitwear?

When I discovered Post Malone it was digging through my trashcan for skinny jeans. I shooed him away with a broom. I think he wrote the song Circles about the experience.

Markers use solvent as a means to transfer ink. Depending on the type of tape, marker, and plastics involved I would suspect marker solvent damaging the plastic. Many types of plastic are not very solvent resistant.

By careful selection of your marker, your tape, or your type of bags you could probably avoid this but a "no markers on plastic"rule accomplishes the same thing without requiring much technical know how.