A writing prompt by yours truly.

Feel free to use it if it fits any of your original characters. Just credit me somewhere if you do.

"Congratulations! You have been poisoned." Character A said with the utmost sincerity of a man who genuinely believed poisoning meant hitting jackpot.

"What are you saying!" Character B took two steps back dramatically.

"Relax! This is a story worth telling your grandchildren. A heroic tale. That is, if you survive." Character A, for reasons unfathomable to humankind, thought it was a good consolation.

"And if we don't?" Character B shrieked.

"Then I will tell my grandchildren about you. A cautionary tale." Character A assured him. "Either way, you will be a legend among future generations."