You take a refreshing swig, a drink well
earned. Something's not right - the taste? Smell? You look in your vessel, and
see…
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What do you see?
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A pair of long, thin, white
worms. They writhe in your drink, and - damn does your throat itch - you can
see tiny teeth at either end of the things.
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2
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The surface of your drink is
acting like a perfect mirror, until you start to speak. The reflection just
watches.
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3
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Dozens of tiny white
spheres. The word ‘egg’ occurs to you. Breathing is becoming difficult.
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4
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Something like a weasel in
lurid colours leaps out of your vessel and quickly flees the scene. You feel
your pulse quicken significantly.
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5
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A twig of some unknown herb
of tree sits at the bottom of the drink. You’ve never seen the like before.
You’re sweating.
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6
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A small, unstopped glass
vial rests at the bottom. Some oily liquid is seeping out the neck. You feel
that the floor would be a great place to rest.
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7
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Your drink is frozen solid,
but it is not cold. There is not a drop of moisture in your vessel. You feel
warm.
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8
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Your drink is black as ink,
and you feel the residue of it all over your lips, tongue, teeth, mouth,
throat, stomach. It stings.
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9
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A fresh razor-blade is
suspended in your drink. A droplet of blood is diffusing in your drink. Your
tongue is bleeding.
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The drink smells of rot –
no, worse than rot. A thousand years of renewed decay bottled and distilled
and infused and enchanted and cursed and hexed and spoiled and sullied. You
feel the bile rising faster than is (demi)humanely possible.
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Well, that was horrifying!
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