Potion #77508

 

On the Shelf:	Behind the Counter:
₵$23 Ghost Tobacco (20)	₵$310 Four Pack of Beer
₵$20 Bloody Mary	₵$20 Democracy Honey
₵$50 El Dorado Green (1/4)	₵$20 Level Up Fig
₵$8 Black Meat (g)	₵$87 D.C. Datura
₵$1 Slut Root (kg)	₵$89 Sex Doll Goon Sack
₵$30 Marital Aid Potion	₵$49 START HERE
₵$5 Quetzalcoatl Feathers (doz.)	₵$173 Fireball Thrower
₵$5 Blue Roses (doz.)	₵$125 Blue Angel Mushroom
₵$28 Mythril (oz.)	₵$134 Bux. Semp X Cannabis (One Plant)
₵$4 BZTCN	₵$20 Shiraz of Maybe Electrical Damage

This Week's Special:

Magdalene knows that she has been drinking a bit much, which she attributes to boredom. It is not overstimulation but under-stimulation and she yearns for something beyond the skinner box of algorithm's servings, which box her. The world of imagination sprawls on multiple frontiers and Magdalene resolves to meander with purpose. An alchemist, she brews Potion #77508 just to do something she has not done before

Magdalene's potion shelf is overfull. A stain on kitchen floor only glows during waxing gibbous moon, which tactical postponements have hidden from rental agent. Magdalene is perfectly open to giving Potion #77508 away to someone who, friendly, is liable to give something in return. Gift economics?

Potion #77508 instils a particular effect on the drinker for three to six years. By this time, the imbiber will have forgotten habit - it is a very specific addiction cure. Specifically, it stops potion-taker from texting YouTube, of obscure songs, to people.

The probable market for Potion #77508 does not have social media. They are liable to get intoxicated and/or high on their lonesome, or left alone to devices whilst intoxicated and/or high. They are in their thirties, when shitfaced get-togethers are stymied by their peers' habit of spawning. They have a smart phone.

That market is Kristy.

Kristy was standing in a field. She was approached by a cow, walking bipedal so that it towered above her. Kristy's eyes and smile widened.

The cow asked: 'Are you cooking?'

'I'm in no state to cook. This is my third.' Kristy indicated her wine glass. 'Also, some hallucinogens.'

'Ah.' The cow understood. 'I'll send you something.'

Tofu Which Pairs Perfectly With Your Wine is Exactly What It Says on the Tin, or wrapping. Also on the wrapping are instructions:

1.    heat shallow oil in frying pan

2.    throw in the cubes (of tofu)

3.    poke 'em around for three minutes or four drinks, whichever comes first

4.    flip tofu cubes

5.    add dash of the wine which you are drinking

6.    fry for another minute or two drinks, whichever comes first

7.    place tofu on eating surface

Optional: turn off heat

Following these instructions with splash of merlot imbues the tofu with flavours best suited to merlot, within tofu's limitations. A splash of tawny converts this tofu into the silken dessert variety, leaking its own caramel sauce.

Kristy received ice-packed delivery on her doormat, thirty-six 350g packets of TWPPWYW (pronounced 'twip-wee'). Kristy is allergic to soy. So the market is the wine pairer, the lush hiding alcoholism behind questionable gastronomy.

That market is Magdalene.

 

* I decide the price of Fine MRE Spice by counting the serves of bread I had in the previous month. One serve (two slices, or a roll) = ₵$0.5