Chao Patties

Ficbit • Ultima VI • PG • gen

None of them had ever seen a pink potion.

The ever-handy Guide to Potions made no mention of it, and no matter how many times Shamino flipped through the volume, a page concerning this odd draught still did not materialize. Jaana and Mariah took turns sniffing, squnting, and swirling, and both ultimately gave up trying to figure out just what this was.

"Well," Selece finally sighed, eyeing the odd liquid, "someone's just going to have to drink it."

Safety tip: when drinking a strange potion to see what it does... don't drink the whole thing.

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None of them had ever seen a pink potion.

The ever-handy Guide to Potions made no mention of it, and no matter how many times Shamino flipped through the volume, a page concerning this odd draught still did not materialize. Jaana and Mariah took turns sniffing, squnting, and swirling, and both ultimately gave up trying to figure out just what this was.

"Well," Selece finally sighed, eyeing the odd liquid, "someone's just going to have to drink it."

"It could be poison," Iolo warned.

"I've got antidotes," Selece offered. "Any takers?"

Silence. Naturally.

Selece sighed, picked up the vial, uncorked it, and drank it dry. Truth be told, it wasn't bad at all. Sort of sweet and spicy and--

And quite suddenly, for the first time in twenty years...Selece could see her shoes. "Great!" she exclaimed, oblivious to the gasps of shock and horrified faces that came in response. "Potion of Breast Red...uc...uh..."

It was then that Selece realized exactly what had brought on the collective gasp and gape. Her voice. Her quite suddenly deep...booming...manly voice.

Cautiously...ever so cautiously...Selece poked one hand down the front of her leggings...and jerked it back out with a cry of "DWAH!!!" She--he-- dropped to her--his-- knees and scrabbled through her--his--pack for an antidote. This she--he-- quaffed in one mighty gulp, and the rest of the party watched this with mingled fascination and horror.

No change. None. Things that had gone remained gone, and a thing that had grown remained grown.

"...did you have to drink the whole thing!?" Shamino finally whimpered.

"Well..." Selece sighed, resigned to his fate, and stood up. "At least I can pee standing up now..."

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