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Started August 06, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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"Really?" Matthew tilted his head some. "A lot of people enjoy the effects of the plant, but if you think you shouldn't use it I won't push."

"Well, I know people like it, but the effects of drugs can be addictive… if you take too much of them, you can lose control of yourself or even overdose and die from them. People have done a lot of bad things under the influence of drugs in my world."

"Oh… that does sound bad," Matthew agreed. "Most people don't usually eat this plant more than once or twice a year, but I'm glad no one has gotten addicted."

"Yeah… they can be really bad for you if you take too much of them, and I don't wanna be responsible for that. What about these other plants?"

"Well, the leaves on this plate are sour," Matthew said, looking over the plants remaining. "And the bulbs of this one taste really savory, especially when made with the stems. Oh, and this plant here, the petals are covered in tree sap to make sweet and sour treats for children."

"Hmm… alright. I guess I can experiment with some of these." Rowan sighed softly as he looked at the plants. "I'm not entirely sure how, though… I've only ever made coffee."

"Well… that's just it, it'll be experimenting. We'll try a lot of different things, and see what works!" Matthew smiled some.

"Yeah. Hopefully we don't poison ourselves or anything…" Rowan sighed softly.

"Well…" Matthew hummed, thinking a moment. "We could stick with things I know are safe to prepare certain ways, and then when we get back to the village I can talk to my cousin. His abilities let him work with poisons, so we could figure out a system to figure out if something is poisonous or not."

"Oh, okay… what's his ability?" Rowan asked curiously, shakily and unsteadily getting to his feet with the plants bundled up in his arms.

Matthew stood as well, gently putting an arm around Rowan to keep him steady."
"He can manipulate poisons and venoms. I'm thinking, if he can control something we make, then we probably shouldn't serve it."

"Alright. I guess he'd be willing to do that for us, then?" He asked softly, keeping a firm hold on the plants while he walked. "I don't exactly have any money I can pay him with…"

"He will be," Matthew assured. "I'll ask him to do it. And no money needed! We don't really use it in the village accept for goods."

"Interesting." Rowan hummed thoughtfully to himself as he slowly walked along, still pretty unsteady on his feet.

Matthew kept his arm around Rowan, helping him to walk instead of picking him up as they headed back to the camp.
"So, while we work, how does breakfast sound?"

"Yeah, sure… what are we having for breakfast?" He asked curiously.

"Bread, again. Hopefully some fruit as well, if we have any left." Matthew hummed, leading Rowan back to camp and his mother.

"Alright… sounds fine." Rowan yawned a bit and sat down once they got back to the camp.

Matthew moved over to the remains of the fire from the night before, stoking the flames back up as he looked in the bag for breakfast.

Rowan looked through the plants he'd come back with and hummed softly, tasting the leaves of one of them.

The leaf had a soft texture to it, tasting sour when resting on Rowan's tongue but sweet once he started chewing. Hopefully he'd remembered which leaves Matthew had said were okay to eat…

"Hm…" Rowan hummed softly to himself and set the plant he'd tried over to one pile. He tried the leaves of another one, which tasted very sour and bitter and made him feel queasy. "Ugh…"

Matthew looked over, blanching some when he saw what Rowan stuck in his mouth. The avian reached into the bag, quickly getting out their water.
"Rinse your mouth out," He instructed, hurrying over. "Did you swallow?"

"U-Um, a little, yeah… why? Is that bad?" Rowan asked nervously, taking the water so he could spit out the rest of the plant in his mouth.

Matthew's lips pressed together, and he nodded some.
"We need to induce vomiting, then, if the plant doesn't do it itself."

Rowan paled a bit, definitely not looking forward to that. "O-Oh, um… I… I don't know how to do that…" He stammered.

Matthew was serious, looking around.
"I don't have any medicine that can do it… We have to do it the hard way." Matthew turned to Rowan, raising his hand.
"Open your mouth," he instructed, trying to keep calm for Rowan's sake.

Rowan paled further, seeming very reluctant, but did as he was told. He had started trembling by this point, tense and ghostly white, and he was already feeling nauseous and dizzy.

"It'll be over quick, I promise." Matthew reached up, putting his fingers in Rowan's mouth. He reached back until he hit the skin hanging down from the back of his throat, then pulled his hand out as Rowan's gag reflex kicked in for him to puke.

Rowan choked and gagged, shaking violently and coughing for a couple of seconds before he threw up. "Nngh…" He coughed again and rubbed at his mouth, tears stinging his eyes and rolling down his cheeks.