Required A Phoenix Down

(I have multiple geeky (in a good way) friends. One day, one of those friends brings in two potions that he made by following recipes in a game. One of those recipes call for dead fish, and we named that one ‘the dead one.’ A bit after, he doesn’t come into school for three weeks, and we’re all worried about him. This is the conversation when he comes back.)

Me: “[Friend], why were you out for three weeks? You missed so much homework!”

Friend: “I drank ‘the dead one’…”