Challenge #01423-C328: Avoid The Greens

People discover, quite by accident, that aliens and spicy food don’t mix, and that capsaicin is considered a deadly toxin by most species. – @yizukikhons

[AN: Yeah sorry I’m late. I had to mind Miss Chaos through an exploration of QUT and some of the courses available there.]

Lynn had been trading with the Hyracont for some time. After years of setting up blind trading arrangements, she got to know a brave few. In their own livesuits, of course. There was never any telling which diseases from which species would become the next Black Plague. Or Influenza Pandemic. Or Mauve Blight.

They were cute little cogniscents, and Lynn insisted on calling them ‘Fuzzies’ only in the privacy of her personal journals.

And then the Py'than arrived. They threatened the Hyracont both directly and indirectly, and the only vessel standing in their way was Lynn’s ship, The Unseen Adventure.

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Training up the Baby Tongue

Okay, so I will admit to having a diet free of anything slightly burn-ish. The spiciest thing I cook is chilli con carne sans the chilli, and with a moderate amount of ginger instead.

Trouble is, everything everywhere is full of hotter spices than a splash of ginger.

And I often can’t stand it.

I need to train up to withstand the spicier stuff. And I need to do so in such a way as to not turn me off the whole endeavor.

Any hints and tips as to how to evolve my baby tongue?