Fortunately/Unfortunately

[AniX]

Fortunately, Thomas was born without a sense of taste and just liked the texture of duck pâté.

[StrangerCoug]

Unfortunately, Thomas got sick from the duck pâté.

[vonflare]

fortunately, he was saved from food poisoning by a passing magic user who cast Heal on him

[Aureal]

Unfortunately, the mage then demanded 200 gold as payment for the service.

[AniX]

Fortunately, Thomas was formally Thom As, of the Phrygian Ases, and his father being Mid As left him easily able to pay the fee.

[StrangerCoug]

Unfortunately, the mage hated the Phrygian Ases, and the price of 200 gold was an instance of price gouging.

[Aureal]

Fortunately, the evidence gained from this incident was enough for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pursue a case against the mage which ended up returning over 10k gold to people who had been price gouged over the years.

[AniX]

Unfortunately, the mage was a White Wizard Hat scammer whose bias were rooted in opposition to historical imperialism and the returned money quickly found its way into funding odious political causes.

[Farren]

Fortunately, none of the long-term political ramifications were going to have any further impact on Thomas's trip to the waterfall.

[StrangerCoug]

Unfortunately, Thomas fell down the waterfall.

[camelCasedSnivy]

Fortunately, the waterfall was 9 inches tall and he landed very softly.

[Aureal]

Unfortunately, the fact that people now thought the word 'waterfall' applied to a drop of 9 inches was a sign of the world's massive water shortages.

[Dannflor]

Fortunately, the world's leading scientists were developing a machine to artificially manufacture water.

[camelCasedSnivy]

Unfortunately, the scientists died of dehydration while making the machine.

[Farren]

Fortunately, the scientists had completed the design work and had left the actual manufacture to engineers.

[camelCasedSnivy]

Unfortunately, the engineers died of dehydration while building the machine.

[Aureal]

Fortunately, AI did not need water and the planet was soon ruled by benevolent robot overlords.

[camelCasedSnivy]

Unfortunately, Thomas was killed in the robot invasion.

[AniX]

Fortunately, the robots destroyed the jail housing the White Wizard Hat mage, who restored Thomas to life for a modest fee of 2,000 gold pieces

[Farren]

Unfortunately, Thomas was bankrupt due to having to pay the porcupine's medical bills.

[camelCasedSnivy]

Fortunately, Thomas had stashed 5000 gold coins from a chest he found inside of the waterfall.

[AniX]

Unfortunately, given the waterfall was so small, the gold coins were likewise and belonged to the King of the Fey Otherworld, who sought to extract their value back from Thomas

[Farren]

Fortunately, the King of the Fey Overworld could be bargained with for the price of a song.

[Gregor M. Silverclaw]

Unfortunately, Thomas has the musical capacity of an old, stinky boot.

[StrangerCoug]

Fortunately, Thomas had enough money left over to hire a street musician to play a song.