Hello and welcome! I wanted to make this as vague as possible, but still good enough that you can see who I'm referring to. Trying a new writing style today!
Day 1: poisonous
The man stumbles down the dark, empty alleyway, not quite sure where he is going. He is nearly deliriousfrom poisoning but the one thought keeping him grounded is the need to get back to his nakama; they are one of his two reasons for living. Hopefully the doctor will fix the poisoning, which is slowly becoming a problem. He starts walking again, but crashes into the wall, knocking him to the floor. He cannot move, his eyes blur over and everything smells of almonds. His last conscious thought is, "Save me, Captain."
He wakes up to the sight of his doctor fussing over him. "You're awake! We thought you could die, that was severe poisoning!" He makes to sit up, but is pushed back down.
"No, you are staying in bed until we are sure there's nothing wrong with you," the doctor states, and the man can't find it within him to argue with him.
"HEY! WE NEED FOOD UP HERE! HE'S AWAKE!" The doctor screeches down the stairs, and the ship cook comes up with the meal, obviously worried for his nakama, even if he tries to hide it.
"Food's here. Don't expect anything posh, you idiot of a first mate!" He says, then leaves.
The 'idiot of a first mate' eats the meal up ravenously but freezes when he reaches the dessert. He couldn't smell it over the other mouth-watering aromas the main course produced, but the dessert smells clearly of almonds.
"Is everything alright?" The doctor asks, but is cut off by his patient scrambling away and falling off the bed he was sitting on.
"Not almonds... anything but almonds..." the man muttered to himself.
"Why not almonds?" The doctor asked.
"When I was first aware of the poisoning, the last thing I had eaten had smelt of almonds, and when I passed out, everything smelt of almonds!" The man shook. It was a shock for the doctor to see their usually strong first mate huddled in a corner. The doctor sighed. This was an irrational fear, but just to be safe...
From that day forward, no almonds were eaten on ship... where the first mate could see.
Hey folks! Sorry I haven't updated in ages, i am in the process of writing a one piece fic and it is taking up all of my time!
Sure, I'm two days out on this Inktober, but I can catch up soon enough!