It's about 10:30 p.m. and I just cracked the seal on my Final Fantasy XII potion. I'm feeling relatively healthy and all symptoms of my weekend flu have disappeared. Here goes.

Hmmm, the "potion" smells like some wicked mixture of mouthwash, cough syrup and Gatorade. I'm not feeling good about this.

Wow, I have no idea how to explain what this tastes like. Drinking bubble gum? Ooooh, every sip is different, that one was very tart. Flat 7-Up? Rancid lemonade? Why the hell do I keep drinking this?

It feels like the four or five sips of potion have actually coated my mouth with a thin layer of rancid. It's like instant cotton mouth... maybe they should have called it Rancid Cotton Mouth instead of Potion.

Ewwwww, man. I just chugged half the bottle. It made me shudder, shudder. Like when you drink spoiled milk or are half way through a swig of beer and something bumps into your lips. (Don't ask).

Having recently spent the day vomiting, I can say the taste is familiar.

Holy God, I just figured out why it's called Potion, it magically replenishes itself with bile. Actually, it does sort of taste like bile. I can't believe I'm only like a tenth of the way into the bottle.

I'm gonna go run and get some ice, maybe it will be better cold. Chilled bile.

Just poured out half of the bottle over three ice cubes resting in a tumbler. The stuff is actually tinted blue. I'm going to let it sit for a bit and get cold.

Maybe I'm not supposed to be drinking this. Could it be just for display?

Checking

Nope, it's consumable. I checked with Ashcraft. If they find me dead tomorrow with a bloated black tongue sticking out from between my lips blame him.

He says that's what Genki drinks all taste like. Hmmm, I wonder if Genki is Japanese for bile?

OK, now I'm just stalling. Back to the drink. It appears to be sufficiently cold.

Tinkle, tinkle.

Tastes like cold bile. Lol. Just kidding, it's a bit better. Taste a little bit like acrid Gatorade.

OK, I've emptied the bottle into the tumbler. I'm just going to kill it. Whooo, I hate when a taste actually makes me lose control of my facial muscles for a second or two. Couldn't make it all the way through the glass, but almost there.

I just asked Ashcraft what's in Potion. Maybe I should have asked him that before I cracked open the bottle. Ohh, he blogged it. One sec. Hmm, can't find it, our search engine really sucks.

Uh oh, my stomach is gurgling.

Must finish drink.

Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.

And done.

Yeah, that was no good.

I'll let you know if I grow wings or learn to spell. ;)

Update: It's almost 12 hours later and my stomach is still gurgling and my heart racing. Yeah, it's definitely an energy drink. On the plus side, it still feels like my mouth was coated in rancid milk. Yum.