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Johan
Prompt: Day 6: Embarrassing mistake/calculation.
Entry:
"I think we've established that I don't make mistakes... so Mea, you should tell your story!"
"Hm?"
"You know. The mushrooms!"
"Uh... ah!" His frills flare out. "I forgot about that! It was a long time ago. I can't really recall it. Sorry."
"Really? Because I remember it like it was yesterday! You stay here while I get a refill- I'll come back and tell you aaall about it!"
Once again, the two are separated. Aechmea shuffles awkwardly.
"When I was younger and first getting into alchemy, I really didn't know what I was doing. So I found some weird mushrooms and tried using them in a brew and the fumes caused some minor, temporary side effects. It was a running joke for a while. That's about it."
Iris returns with drink and ice replenished. "I mixed some eternal snow into it," she whispers, "from the ground! I'm a genius, aren't I? Anyway, the mushroom story-"
"I already told it," he interrupts. "Is that the same snow dragons are walking on?"
"What? There's no way you told the whole story already! Did you include the part about how you sneaked into Slash's garden and she chased you out and you fell in poison ivy and then just kept running?"
"That has nothing to do with-"
"And you threw the mushrooms in your cauldron while she was chasing you and it took like ten minutes for her to catch up?"
"Well-"
"And we all had to evacuate the lair because of the fumes?"
"That's-"
"And everyone's vision was blue for a week? No other colors?"
"Iris-"
"And it took two whole hours to find a medic because no one could fly straight?"
"Plea-"
"And you had to replace most of the furniture in your room because it rotted away from the unstoppable fungus?"
"No-"
"And we had to take out all our belongings so the lair could be sanitized, but after that we got really bad mold?"
"The-"
"And most of that wouldn't have happened if you had just remembered to turn the burner off, and that's why safety procedures are so important!"
"You're drinking enchanted floor snow."
"Yes I am!" Iris swallows the drink and the ice in one gulp.
Her body scrunches up.
"C-cold! Serum not... strong enough..." Her snakes make a quick getaway. They settle for cuddling with the concerned-looking cat.
Aechmea hands her a bottle. "I packed enough to last weeks. This is the only dose left."
"P-p-point taken..."