I woke up one summer morning, but the light coming through the window wasn’t the same: it was greenish, and the searing heat of the sun was replaced by cool air. I jumped on my feet and opened the window, and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing: the small seeds I had planted just a couple of days before were now big, beautiful bushes full of colorful peppers, hanging ready to be harvested. Was summer time really THAT good to grow peppers? At first I didn’t know what had happened, but when I found my way to the greenhouse after jumping out the window, I found the weird spray bottle I had bought the day before. The logo on the bottle was shining. Magic. To my surprise, thinking I was still dreaming, a little creature in the shape of a weird fruit came out of the bottle and waved at me. Shyly, it introduced itself as Noiuh, then it apologized for messing with my crops and promised to help me take care of the peppers. I was delighted, and explained to it that this was actually way better than waiting for months for the plants to grow, no need to apologize. The thing is, Noiuh became so excited by this it began spraying the peppers even more, making them grow enormously. This summer I’ll try to stop that fruit guy so he doesn’t destroy the greenhouse with oversized vegetables. Yay. 1. The references I used to create Noiuh were the mangosteen, the kiwano, the dragonfruit and buddha’s hand, some fruits I learned about after reading articles about “weird fruits”: http: everintransit.com exotic-fruits https: foodfornet.com 66-exotic-fruits-from-around-the-world-with-pictures 2. The spray bottle came from those “life hack” videos on Facebook showing how to grow your own veggies. They use spray bottles to moist the soil. 3. The giant peppers idea came from fantasizing about my future garden, but I guess playing Stardew Valley a little too much influenced the decision. 4. The greenhouse was kinda inspired by Stardew Valley, too. 5. I’m trying to grow peppers in real life, so that’s where the peppers come from.