Sialia said:I need a really good name for a potion of scalding hot steam breath.
It needs to be made up of recognizable English words, and not entirely give away what the potion does.
It might suggest that the potion users mouth and throat will not be wholly immune to the effects.
I've been toying with "Brief Horrible Moments of Sanity," but if I were an adventurer who found a bottle labelled that, I'm not sure I'd be tempted to drink it to find out what it does.
The genre is for something set in contemporary U.S.A. So fire away with the 19th-20th-21st century idioms if you like
Send me ideas.
tonym said:I'll take a crack at it...
A small piece of black paper is glued to the bottle.
Written at the top of the paper, and faded to the point of being almost unnoticeable, is the word "WEAPON" in sepia ink.
Beneath that, in silver ink: "Drink water until stomache full."
A simple reminder to drink water first, to avoid potentially fatal dehydration.
Tony M