"Whoa. You're in full bloom. What happened last night?"
"Oh nothing. Just made use of some water. And gel. Mostly gel."
"Lookin good."
"Damn straight."
"Crap. Humans. Act natural."
"What the hell's more natural than me?"
"Lu."
"What?"
"Lu. You can barely notice him."
'That's because he's dead. Or dying at least. Down to his last petal."
"Wow. Wait. He looks fine to me."
"That isn't Lu. That's Janice."
"What?"
"Yep. You're on your last legs too if you can't tell them apart."
"The Sun was in my eyes."
"So was Janice apparently."
"Damn. Lu's dead?"
"He subtly diverts. He's withering to be exact but yeah, credits are rolling."
"Always wanted to make it out of here, you know."
"Lu?"
"Yeah. Said you don't die right after you're plucked. If you're lucky, you could make it in some human's living room and--"
"Die a few days later is what you were going to say."
"No it wasn't."
"Well it's what happens. Being plucked is like the worst way to go out."
"No it's not. You get to see new places."
"Yeah and die, next to a bunch of randos. Death by bouquet they call it."
"Beats dying like this."
"What? Next to family?"
"Next to the sinking feeling of a predictable life."
"And what's so sad about that huh? I like to know what's in my soup before I eat it."
"You don't eat soup though."
"It's an ana-- you're messing with me, aren't you?"
"You walked right into that one. Say; You think Lu's gonna make it?"
"Maybe if the Sun stops taking steroids."
"You think we're gonna make it?"
"So much for predictable huh."
"If I could see the next day, that could change you know."
"Or it won't. And I'll have to watch you become Lu."
"You won't be Janice forever either."
"You wanna bet?"
"On what?"
"Who dies first."
"It's clearly gonna be you. Peackocking all of a sudden. It's a human mating season you know."
"It's always mating season with them."
"Bet your cocky attitude is why you're gonna get plucked though."
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Just karma; doing the dishes real soon."
"Can't you speak any louder?"
"I'm an enviromentalist. Any louder and I'm aiding and abetting sound pollution."
"Well I heard that so you must have been dissing me before."
"Me? Noooo."
"Incoming. Shhh."
"Just breathe. They won't notice you if you just blend in. And breeaathe."
"Thought you wanted to get plucked."
"Shhh. Half the time I don't mean the crap I spew."
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"Damn."
"Right?"
"Gone too soon."
"RIP Janice."
"She's going to a better place."
"Not every plucking goes like Lu described you moron."
"It should've been you."
"What?"
"Nothing. Just humming some song I heard recently."
"Oh."
"It really should've been you."
"I'm always next to you. How have I never heard that tune?"
"I don't know. Maybe you're tone deaf. Beats me."
"Yeah I don't like metal anyway."
"What the heck do you have against metal?"
"Well first, it's annoying and loud, like you in the shower."
"Rain does really bring out my vibrant side."
"It wasn't a compliment. Secondly, they have no imagination. So many metal bands are just out there, stealing our names."
"What? You don't even like metal. Bet you can't name a single band."
"Really? A single band?"
"Okay, five."
"Guns N' Roses. The Stone Roses. The Black Dahlia Murder. Tripping Daisy. The Snapdragons. The Gin Blossoms. The Daffodils. The Tulips. The--"
"I get it okay. You're jealous."
"What? Did you not hear--"
"The sound of jealousy? Hacking away at my sanity? I heard it."
"You. Never mind."
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"Know what? You're right. I am jealous. I wish I had hands."
"So you'd what? Pick up a guitar?"
"Maybe. Then smash some human's face in."
"Tsk, tsk. All that because you didn't get plucked. Get over yourself."
"Do you know, how much it sucks that we can't even pick stuff up?"
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"Most days, I ignore it. It's the days that oversized slobs, wasting their own possibilities walk past, that really get it out of me."
"Isn't that like, every day though?"
"Could you just, let me finish, Steve?"
"I'm not even here."
"If reincarnation was a thing, I'd most definitely be an awesome human."
"Heh. I mean, yeah. Yeah, you would."
"Ugh. I'd be famous man. I mean, I'd run circles around them. Anything they'd do, I'd do ten times better."
"You sure this full bloom thing isn't getting to your head."
"The possibilities. I'd see the world. I hear it goes on for miles or whatever. And I'd be able to go there. To just move man. To just move. I'd probably walk around all day."
"Hey uh, Bob. Inc--"
"Can you imagine that? Being able to experience a world beyond a street that never changes?"
"Incoming. Bob. Shut the hell up."
"Of course you wouldn't. The best you could dream up, is some human's living room. Sad, sad--"
"Ah--"
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"Damn. I tried to warn him."
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"Yeesh. Plucking petals already."
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"Godspeed Bob. You were one of the good ones, you arrogant little--"
"Ahaha. Guess I won the bet."
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"Great. Now it's just me and you, Lu."
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"Yeah, I'd probably save my breath too."
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"Hey Lu. You wanna hear a joke?"
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"Why'd the human cross the road?"
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"Heh. Coz Bob couldn't shut up, that's why."
"Ah. It's raining."
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"We might make it after all, Lu. We just might make it."