How about 1, 18, 27, and 36 for the emeto this or that!
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1. Stomach flu or food poisoning?
Hmm. I'm gonna say stomach flu, simply because I've never had food poisoning and so don't feel at home trying to imagine it, if that makes sense
18. Word โtummyโ or โbellyโ?
Kinda depends on context? I tend to be a big fan of characters who are too embarrassed/fancy themselves too dignified ever to say "tummy," but I do also like the intimacy, the sorta homeliness of the latter. Pretty much always prefer for third-person narrators to write "belly" (or "stomach") though, except in free indirect discourse where they're cleaving real hard to the perspective of a character who would think "tummy"? And those are rare, imo. Like, if your viewpoint character is the sick one then "tummy" usually sounds weird to me in narration.
27. Going extremely quite before throwing up or panicking?
Going quiet, but that doesn't preclude panic...! Eyes unfocusing, ears ringing, limbs going so numb their fists ball up--that kind of panic I like best on a quiet character. Though the kind of quiet where they fall asleep, among friends or at work, then wake up gasping as their stomach starts to snarl and clench, with no time to do more than register what's about to happen--yeah, that's good too. For more on which see below!
36. A simple โI donโt feel so goodโ or โIโm going to throw upโ?
Definitely "I'm going to throw up." I love when characters have like, a last-minute flash of clarity and self-possession, when it's too late for that to help since they don't have time to find anywhere better to throw up than a bush or one of those tiny mesh trash cans
