Kimi followed Y into the diner's kitchen. Nikki and Avi were standing over a bowl of pudding, debating what to do.

Nikki saw them and smiled. "Y! You're not afraid to poison yourself in the name of Science, right?"

Y smiled back. "Not usually. What type of poison? How strong is it?"

"We don't know," Avi said. "It must be something specifically made for the chocolate."

"It's not salmonella," Nikki added, offering spoons to Kimi and Y. "That would have boiled out. But the notification keeps popping up that I'm resisting 'River Poison' when I take a bite."

"When it enters your mouth or when you swallow?" Y asked, moving to look into the bowl.

"Swallow."

"If you boiled it down would that have made it stronger?" Kimi asked.

"That's not how it works with potions," Nikki shrugged.

"It is something from a different Admin, though," Y mused. "Different rules may apply."

"True."

"Does it taste strange in any way?" he asked.

"No."

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"Doesn't smell off, either," Avi added.

Y pushed his glasses into place before digging into the bowl with his spoon. "For Science…" He took a bite. "Tastes amazing, absolutely worth being poisoned…"

Kimi waited. They all watched as Y swallowed the pudding. He paused, looking a bit confused before turning red.

"Ah. I… wasn't aware that qualified as a poison." He took a step back. "Don't worry, I'm not about to die. Kim, you would do better at explaining, I need to be elsewhere. Good-bye." Y teleported away.

Kimi frowned. "Ok…"

"Weird," Nikki said. She held the bowl out to Kimi, shrugging. "Want to try it?"

"Why not." She dug in with her spoon and took a big bite.

The pudding was amazing. Rich and creamy, with just a hint of raspberry under the chocolate flavor. Momentarily forgetting it was poisonous, Kimi took another bite.

And then it hit her. She broke into a cold sweat, a shiver running from her toes to the top of her head. She swallowed hard, and her ponytail briefly turned into flames.

"Oh."

"What is it?" Avi asked.

Kimi took a deep breath and let it out slowly in an effort to calm herself. "It's an aphrodisiac."

"A what?"

Nikki immediately pushed the bowl at him, trying and failing to smile innocently. "Nothing dangerous, you should try it!"

Another shiver went through Kimi, and she put her hands on her knees. "I don't know, might be too strong for an innocent little dewdrop. At least explain what it is first."

"He's not-"

"Nikki, I've had these before and flipping hell this is a whole new level."

"Spicy drugs?" Avi guessed.

"Maybe you feel it super strong cuz you had two spoonfuls," Nikki said.

Kimi's hair caught fire again. She grabbed the bowl. "Nope, this is mine now. Giving it to Avi when you're immune would be mean. I have to go find my husband." She ran for the inn.