Challenge #03934-J282: You're Allergic to WHAT?

The Havenworlders meet a human who's actually allergic to chocolate. Quite the rarity. -- Anon Guest

There's an allergy for everything. Even amongst those raised on the same planet as the thing. One might easily believe that this is not a great survival tactic. Especially when the thing is really, really popular.

It can lead to some interesting times.

Solo Ships' Humans encounter no problems when it comes to curating their environment. They frequently have isolated kitchens in order to keep their heinous Deathworlder food chemistry away from their shipmates. This leads to a lot of Humans with food allergies choosing life as a Ships' Human. The problem with this occurs when either they gain another Human... or the crew tries to bond with 'love gifts'.

Either way, something not previously mentioned, or in the depths of a medical record, has its way of cropping up.

...or coming a cropper. It depends on your point of view.

This time, it was cake.

Covered in cream and frosting, it had seemed innocent at the time. Many such things do. When it came to the first slice, the distinctive colour commenced the alarm.

"This... you got me a chocolate cake?" Human Twm's face fell in growing alarm. They should have been happy. This was not part of the expected reaction.

"We can share, we checked," said Companion Ird the bird. "No need to concern for being selfish."

"That's... not my concern." Twm backed away from the cake as if it were radioactive. Their face was starting to swell. Their hands were already like balloons. "I'm allergic. Very allergic." They slammed their now-meaty hand onto a device on the inside of their upper arm. Something medical hissed and Twm started counting. "If thith doethn't work," they managed. "Ge' me to medical thtat."

Ird was already on the comms. "We checked us, I'm so sorry. We didn't check you."

The good news, such as it was, was that the emergency intervention worked. Once more, the importance of checking medical records and listing allergies FIRST spread out onto the greater Galactic Alliance info webs.

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