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By rosaliekempthorne
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It was my own fault really. I should have paid more attention to the instructions. The manual had been very clear on one point: do not overfeed.
But hey, I'm just not that sort of guy. I'm more the sort who dumps a couple of tablespoons of whitish-yellow powder into half a cup of water, stirs, pours, heads out the door for a night on the town.
And so I came home to the silhouette of a house, lumpy and out of shape; to the curling of vines and buds along the outline of my roof, stark against the ever-blue-purple of a city night sky. And to the sound of my neighbor: shrill, furious: “The roots are running all through my garden! You're going to replace that fence!”
My house was overgrown, a beautiful mass of feral vegetation. Lovely, rampant, impractical flora. Kinda cool in its own way.
Not that Mrs Carnarvon seemed to agree.
My state-of-the-art new HousePlant was sated on formula, ten times the recommended amount; and had blossomed into security mode. Branches had insinuated themselves into the walls, bursting through the cracks, bobbing with the weight of oversized red-and-green flowers.
What to do...?
And Mrs Carnarvon: “You'd better fix this right now, Mister!”
But wasn't it at least spectacular? The very latest tech: microscopic grafting of plant onto machine, fibers mixed with hair-thin wires, metals and plastics with living plant matter. And functional... “Yes of course, I'll get right onto that...”
No problem... This was still my house, I headed for the front door. As I reached for the keypad, two flower-heads floated towards me, hovering, opening their petals to reveal needle-thin knives and a crackling electrical charge. The latest titanium alloy glistening through chlorophyll and clear sap.
I backed away quickly - “Sorry, Mrs Carnarvon,” - to the shelter of a nearby bus stop. The manual would be on my phone, somewhere...,
How long until the hibernation cycle kicks in...?
Picture credit/discredit: author's own work
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Hahaha! Worryingly
Hahaha! Worryingly believeable!
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I love how after yoou write
I love how after you write about the kinda guy who pops white yellowish powder into his tea then the writing almost becomes haulsnagenic like " youve really drunk that tea ".
Really cool writing. Love the title fits proper.
Well done.
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