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Wednesday, August 10, 2005Medicine ManWell, lucky for you, an ancient Indian medicine man saw your unfortunate lightning accident. As you open your eyes for maybe the last time, you see the worn, wise face of the Indian hovering over you. He waves a hawk feather over your head and tosses some sort of dust over your body. That's the last thing you see before darkness overtakes you.When you finally wake, you're in a dark chamber, not really sure what it is or where you are. You don't feel too bad considering you were just nailed with a bolt of pure energy that could've vaporized an elephant. The air smells strange around you, reminding you of the odd chemical smells that infilitrate your nostrils back in the city. Moments later your medicine man rescuer emerges from the shadows and offers you a thick, foul-smelling potion. He motions for you to drink it. Despite your better instincts, you trust the man and drink the potion down in one gulp. It feels like your tongue is trying to revolt and rip itself free from your throat. The steaming liquid burns its way down into your gut where you practically feel it splash into your stomach. The kind medicine man helps you to your feet and outside the dark tent into the hot desert twilight. He gets on his horse and pulls you up with him. Then he sets out down a thin trail, set into the hard packed dirt and brush. Hours later you are back to some sort of civilization. He drops you off at a gas station and rides off into the swirling sand. Days later you find your way back to the city, only to discover upon your return that your skin is turning yellow. You wake up the following day to intense pain in your abdomen and the urge to throw up. You make a doctors appointment to check out this new condition. After seeing your trusted family physician, he tells you sadly that you have an advanced stage of liver failure. He asks if you've eaten or drank anything unusual recently. You think back to the horrible elixir the Indian gave you. You tell the doctor about it and he shudders. He consults his PDR and informs you that you've taken a strong dose of the "Death Cap" mushroom. It's a very toxic mushroom that usually results in liver and kidney failure followed by death within a week. He says that either the medicine man didn't know what he was doing or he poisoned you on purpose. Either way, you've got about a week to live, or you may make a miraculous recovery...it's hard to tell. (LeftoverJoe :: Medicine Man) |
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