CULTURE
The Intergalactic
Space Chronicle
Nano-Play-doh Monster on the Loose
By Goldy Fox
Play-doh has gone awry!! What is one to do when their child loses control of his playdough?
Sparks nearly flew out of his remote neuro connection cap, as the poor child frantically tried to gain control of the bright red, unruly nano-mush.
A malleable beast was now pouring everywhere, further expanding, fueled by the child's anger and frustration. The Play-Doh was bubbling gradually, gaining monstrous features, threatening to swallow the child's siblings, chasing his parents through the halls of their home.
The child’s family ran and hid in the bathroom. Meanwhile the panicked boy nearly screamed his head off alone with the monster and the family task-android in the living room. His mother, Penny Paddle, cursed the day she bought advanced computerized Nano-Tech Play-Doh for the kid as the blob banged on the bathroom door.
In a heroic burst of ingenuity, Tik, the family task-android, started singing musical tunes and dancing for the young boy. As the child calmed his nerves, the pudgy creature changed from a threatening blob to a jolly teddy bear. The child rejoiced as he sang his favorite song: “The anti-gravity wheels on the hover-bus go round and round. . .” The Teddy Bear Play-Doh turned into a bus, and the child rode it all through the house.
The child’s parents and siblings heard the celebration and finally felt safe enough to leave their bathroom cell. They watched the ambiguous fun with great trepidation, as Penny examined the box of the toy came in with confusion.
