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Ununnilium: This reminds me of Sideboarding. In Collectable Card Game tournaments, you get to bring along a certain number of cards that don't go in your deck. These are your sideboard, and the idea is to swap these cards in in situations where they'd be useful — thus, counteracting the Antidote Effect by giving you a special inventory just for antidotes.
Mantid: This happens at least once in a while in real life. In fact, I stopped carrying a purse because I'd keep the following items in it:
- Lifesavers (because I once knew a diabetic)
- Extra Shoelaces (VERY handy... in my mind, anyway)
- 3 pens and 3 pencils (that's a minimum)
- a Mylar emergency blanket (Why? I don't know.)
- Powerbars (past the expiration date, but still technically edible)
- bandanas (useful in case of gratuitous bleeding)
- flashlights
- a small first-aid kit (that includes Ace bandages and a snakebite kit)
- two wallets (one completely empty in case of mugging)
- a hunting knife (I later learned that that's illegal in my state)
- pop tabs and paperclips rescued from the sidewalk (Never had a use for these, but they were just too shiny to pass up)
- other sundry items, but almost never keys or a cell phone.
