Chapter 18

Absolutely. Nothing. Happened.

I was so freaking ecstatic about these new chem mushrooms, that it slipped my mind that the compounds in them were at such low doses that it would have been more surprising if anything did happen.

But nothing really outlandish happened. The predator walked up to my mushroom, ripped my chem mushroom from it stalk, leaving a jagged stem behind. That damn brute chewed the chem mushroom for a few moments and then stomped off. It didn’t fall over and die and it didn’t have any stomach issues. Just ate the damn thing and left.

Im not saying im pissed, but I am saying im annoyed. More at myself than anything else. I should have tempered my expectations. All the half-remembered lab experiments from high school should have given me some idea that this wasn’t going to be done in an instance. I guess I was so used to having my needs met almost immediately, as a human. Was I hungry? Order some pizza. Was I bored? Theres this new video on youtube. Sucks to suck I suppose.

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But I’m getting off track, I need to up the dose on this next one. So I took even more of the same substance from the hub and directed it towards the same site.

I tried my best to memorize the imprint pattern of this particular beast. That way I would know if the chem mushroom was something they would seek after or something they’d rather avoid. Thought it did fully consume it as I didn’t feel land on top of my mycelium sensory network other than its footsteps. And if it didn’t enjoy it I couldn’t see why it would swallow the chem mushroom. All this was preliminary information I wouldn’t see some actual results for a while.

Hmph, what a let down.

In the mean time I was going to brainstorm some names for my pet plant. Lets see… Timothy sounded cool. Or how about something less human? Like Spyro? It obviously wasn’t a dragon but I absolutely loved those game growing up. Oh I know how about bud, since its actually budding? Too on the nose? Yeah maybe.

I think I’m just gunna settle for something inane.

I’ll go with Buttons, for now.

if anyone touches my little guy they will rue the day!

Huh I guess naming something really does make you more likely to get attached.

I’m still gunna fuck anyone up who messes with my buddy buttons. Maybe sic em with a few chem mushrooms. Though that only works if it eats it hmmm.

Woah hey there’s an idea can I bind the compounds I get from the hub to my spores?

Ohohoho I’m such a genius.