Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Reo: I’m starting to hate plants.
8:36pm
After being in the lab all day I needed a break. I feel like I just might pass out. As I open the door, I forget about my plants in the doorway. I trip over what I believed was a plant pot but it wasn’t. It was a…vine? I stand, dusting myself off, to find that the entire apartment is covered with these weird plants and vines. I never knew that any plant could even grow this much. It couldn’t have possibly been any of my plants I only had 15 in this room. But I’m way too tired to deal with this today so I simply went to sleep deciding it was tomorrows problem.
8:00am
Tomorrow comes and I have a headache and my throat is itchy. Like “I’m gonna cough up a lung itchy”. I go to the bathroom and cough into the sink. I look down to see what was causing such a itch and find a leaf. Specifically those of a sycamore tree. This of course sends me into a panic, as a normal person should react. But I’m starting to believe I’m not as normal as I thought I was. I mean, I’m just some scientist who just so happens to like plants, there’s no reason this should be happening.
8:27am
My phone begins to ring, it’s Quinn. I answer and they ask how my day has been, I quickly respond with “I-It’s been great, listen I’m kinda trying to recover from something extremely stressful here so-“ They cut me off, asking if they should visit I say no as fast as possible. I apologize for being so snappy then I hang up. I beginning to think maybe I should visit a doctor, but who’s gonna believe I’m coughing up leaves? I mean, if I was a doctor I’d send the patient out of my room.
9:02am
An hour has passed since the whole, coughing thing… I don’t know why but the leaves keep coming. It’s almost enough for a bush now. Despite this I still have places to be. I put on a mask just in case this is contagious and head to the lab. Eventually, I make it to my office and I feel as though I should look more into detail on this “sickness.”
9:28am
I feel as though I haven’t probably introduced myself. My name is Dr Reo Palamon I am a chemist and botanist of 7 years- now that I think of it, that might be related to this whole thing going on. On a daily I’m exposed to chemicals and of course tons of plants which both relate to my “condition.”
