Next Post »
« Previous Post
+ Show First Post
Total: 247
Posts Per Page:
Permalink
Katie looks at it.

She licks her finger.

"It's sugary," she says. "Sugary and flowery."
Permalink

"Flowery?"

Permalink

"It tastes like flowers smell. And sweet."

Permalink

"...Okay," says Chris. "I did not expect that."

Permalink
The hole in Katie's finger appears to be done leaking nonblood.

"What does it mean?"
Permalink

"I'm... not completely sure," says Chris. "Mostly because I can't think of an explanation that makes any sense."

Permalink

"I don't look like a flower," says Katie.

Permalink

"You don't!" she agrees. "You look like a person. But most people bleed blood, not... sugary flowery stuff."

Permalink

"Well..." Katie ponders this. "Why do you do that? Maybe something got in the way of my why."

Permalink

"If something did, I have no idea what or how or exactly what it would've gotten in the way of," says Chris.

Permalink

"Evidence seems to loosely suggest that you're a plant, because those don't have heartbeats and do leak sweet flowery stuff if you poke holes in them. But I have no idea what that would even mean, because as far as I know, plants aren't the kinds of things that get up and walk around, or think or talk or come in people-like shapes."

Permalink

"How do you tell for sure if something is a plant if you don't know?"

Permalink

"I'm going to have to think about that one," says Chris.

Permalink

"Okay... I wanna go outside."

Permalink

"Okay."

Permalink
Katie grabs her notebook and goes to sit out on the front steps and write.

In a patch of sun.
Permalink

Yep, that does appear to be a thing.

Permalink
Katie sits out there writing for a long time.

She'd probably be sunburned by the time the sun went down if - well, if.
Permalink
Yep.

That does appear to be a thing.
Permalink

Katie comes back in at sunset. She has strawberries for dinner, leaves and all.

Permalink
On one level, it seems obvious that she is a plant.

On another level, it seems like obvious nonsense that she could be a plant.

But it's also obvious nonsense that she has no heartbeat and bleeds sugar water, and at least that nonsense and the plant nonsense fit together in an obvious way. The fact that it's a silly explanation doesn't mean it's not the best explanation.

So... until she comes up with a better one, Katie is apparently a plant.
Here Ends This Thread
Next Post »
« Previous Post
Total: 247
Posts Per Page: