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A cactus isn't a plant for stage greetings, much less for studio appearances. Sure, it might bloom on someone's desk, laden with love and affection, or in a hallway you pass by. But that's where the problem begins.
All the cacti in TV World are fake.
Even if there's a shy cactus, it can't blossom into life. But that thing lying in the corner of the flowerpot! Clearly! A living flower! Why on the dark is it here? Well, I was just bored and this came out right time. I should branch out into other hobbies. I keep thinking about Mike, Mike, and I feel like my head's not working.
...Perhaps is this has something to do with the Mike?
I've kept all the flowers collected so far, separated and stored in zip-lock bags. Marigolds, Lavender, Gerberas, Cardamom, Violets. I found them all in unexpected places. Me and cowerkers quickly cleaned and gathered them up, all rolling around in a corner. These guys who willingly joined me in my hobby seem curious too.
“Didn’t da boss talk about flowers da other day?”
"You should have remembered sooner! Even your rubberbrain can be useful sometimes!"
"Which part of da remote controller is rubber?"
"🖲️🔘▶️~"
"Dat's right. Silicone buttons."
Even that Zapper has experience acting as a Mike, They comes in handy occasionally. Based on recent 3 months of the valuable information, Three of us dug into it whenever we had time. When we were losing hope, wondering if I should expand the search criteria, we found it on the XX/XX 06:05 tape in Never Says! As expected, who listens did it! I could barely make out "flower" and "bloom", but where was this? The fact that the discovery location was getting closer to the boss's office seemed to support my inference. Now, all I had to do was wait for an opportunity to ask or secure evidence... Since the other guys weren't good at this, I decided to share the results.
Our boss is really strange. He can manipulate reality at will, and now growing flowers from his nose? Tenna seemed depressed, so I told him a story from the past. The boss, unlike when he was working, seemed relaxed and reminisced. He's quite happy, but then suddenly stopped! Overcome with emotion? Or crying again? What I expected didn't happen.
His nose swelled and then burst open like a tulip. Yes, he was literally in full bloom!! He said, "Oh my, it's been a while. Do you remember, Mike?"
Are you kidding me??? Who would expect something like this??? When I was delayed in replying, he said "It was so long ago that you'd forgotten," and his antenna drooped. I broke out in a cold sweat trying to appease him. Anyway, the conclusion is this:
1. When Tenna is happy, flowers bloom from his nose.
2. There are many different types of flowers.
That real Mike guy, did he always make Tenna happy? What on the angel did make him laugh so hard?? Left after receiving so much love??? There are days when I can't work with a boss like this... But you know what, this time it wasn't Mike who made Tenna bloom, it was ME. Give Motormouth an extra 500 points! Mi-hi-hi-hi-hyike!
Sigh... I guess I should add to the related board. It's not unrelated to Mike, and so refreshing to have my head cleared elsewhere!
Now the last audience had left, there was no reason to laugh anymore. The white magnolia blossoms were crushed in his palm. The petals deprived of their magic twisted black and disappeared.
Even that Mike could be fooled, anyone can be fooled. Only the genuine emotion the screen conveys is all that matters. The stage filled with laughter and tears, must be never ends.