Home Medicine

[cloningblues]

[Not so long after the anti-PRAYER action, Asagi's in the Sakihama Base kitchen, picking ingredients and consulting a printed paper he obviously got from a web page (it even has the website's layout and everything). Fresh cabbage. A banana. Cayenne pepper. Milk.

And now he dumps all this stuff into a blender and turns it on! This results in an unappetizing-looking liquid, which is quickly poured into a glass. Asagi engages in a staring contest with it for a moment, and then suddenly chugs it down.]

...It tastes worse than I thought.

Comments

[majestic_keiki]

That's pretty impressive.

[And, of course, there's a teammate there to see the absurdity.]

What is it?

[cloningblues]

Stomach ulcer medicine. The site swears it works instantly...

[majestic_keiki]

Wouldn't it be better to talk to a doctor?

[cloningblues]

It'd take a lot of time too. And I'm trying to keep my choices open. Normal pills don't always work that well.

[star_of_sad]

Umm...

[Setsuko only came to the kitchen for a snack. She's not sure what's going on here. It's not a suicide attempt, is it?]

What are you doing?

[cloningblues]

Trying to stop my stomach ulcer from killing me.

...It's not working very well.

[star_of_sad]

You have ulcers at your age?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't be nosy.

[cloningblues]

Try not to have ulcers when your life looks like mine.

[feurig_gungnir]

Never thought I'd see someone make and down a spiced cabbage banana smoothie.

[cloningblues]

I never thought that either.

I don't recommend it.

[feurig_gungnir]

I could have told you that it was a bad idea before you drank it.

Why are you even trying a recipe like this?

[cloningblues]

I'm not doing this for fun. I knew it will taste bad from the start, just not this bad.

...I have a stomach ulcer. I'm trying to calm it down a bit.

[gold_four]

Rule of thumb: If its 'healthy' and from the internet, it tastes horrible.

[Ataru gives a slight jab to the ribs.]

But hey, at least its not field rations.

[cloningblues]

I think field rations might taste better than this. And it's barely helping...

[Poking someone who just drank something horrible? Bad idea. Asagi's face gets all weird.]

Urk...

[gold_four]

Ack!

[Ataru grabs a nearby bin, prepared for the worst.]

Did you never consider consulting a professional?!

[cloningblues]

I did...

[Asagi exhales loudly. Sounds like emergency is averted for now!]

But the medicine they give me isn't always 100% effective. And their advice is useless for me.

[prismphantom]

[Doo doo doo, a little robot's working on making an entire Continental Breakfast in the kitchen all the while. He was perfectly content to mind his own business, but when Asagi finally samples his concoction...

[Elma quickly examines Asgai's workplace. There's the bananas peel in the trash and there's the milk... so at least two ingredients accounted for.]

Oh? What exactly did you have in it?

[cloningblues]

Cabbage, bananas, peppers, milk. All the stuff that's supposed to help on stomach ulcers.

[prismphantom]

Ah, I see...

[And the little robot's going to go over to the fridge and looking through it.]

All those foods definitely will; they have low acidity after all. And flavoring can be addressed with other foods like that too!

[The little manipulator arm reaches out and grabs hold of a container of vanilla extract before returning to Asagi.]

Maybe this can help.

[modern_ancient]

Now THAT'S a drink to put some hair on your chest.

[Doesn't sound like he wants to drink some, though.]

[cloningblues]

I don't need hair on my chest. I need my ulcer to stop killing me. That last operation was too much.

[modern_ancient]

And that's supposed to help your ulcer, is it?

[monophonic]

[Gonna stare at you now, Asagi. She's downed some pretty horrible stuff by normal standards (like raw eggs and such) for the sake of training, but this is a first.]

...Will you be alright?

[cloningblues]

Depends what you mean by alright. Drinking this thing doesn't make it worse, if that's what you're asking.

[monophonic]

That's good.

The first few times are always the worst when it comes to concoctions like these...no matter what the reason you're trying it out for.