Beef Bandage
Have an injury? Just slap a piece of steak over that wound!
The Beef Bandage is when a character applies a raw (and sometimes bloody) slab of steak over a fresh wound, commonly a black eye. It is said that the steak stops the swelling of the wound, or successfully acts as an icepack if the steak is frozen.
The existence of this treatment is Truth In Television
Skin Tone Disguise
So you have a character who looks almost entirely human, but has an inhuman skin tone. It might be a clown who's not in a costume, rotting zombies, Human Aliens, or something similar. And for one reason or another, this character needs to blend in with a crowd of actual humans. So, what do they do? They disguise themselves with the color of a natural human skin tone.
The objective is generally going to be living beneath suspicion, whether because they just want to live their life normally without issue or maybe they're here to infiltrate human society and need to look the part. Losing access to their makeup can become a recurring conflict on its own;
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Episode 362: Quick Shot - Live A Live August 09, 2022
