Organic Fiction

In the ominous, muggy heat of the Texas sun, Austin hid a spectral oddity, a cybernetic organism birthed from the remnants of forgotten metals, a specter from the near future: The ReLeaf "Greenspeed" bike. Bizarre and eerie in its uniqueness, it was an aberration, a disturbing confluence of rust-stained scrap metals and eerily vibrant plant life stowed within its cargo, which took on an uncanny semblance of an alien life form.

Remy, a shadowy figure ensnared in ReLeaf's environmental crusade, was perched on his ghostly steed at the heart of Austin, amid the ancient limestone facades of The Driskill Hotel. His cargo, a grotesque symphony of Strawbactus - a chilling ReLeaf chimera combining the resilience of cacti with the succulence of strawberries, destined for a monolithic green structure lurking in the underbelly of the East Side.

The Strawbactus were confined within a macabre artifact — the "Post-Life Crate," a twisted delivery box made from wood that once formed parts of forgotten buildings, decorated with the haunting images of phantom flora. A box that encapsulated the haunting ethos of ReLeaf’s mission to raise life from the ashes of the discarded.

Under the watchful eyes of the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue, Remy launched his spectral procession through the sunburnt veins of Austin. The Greenspeed took on an otherworldly glow, its aura pulsating with each revolution of its cursed wheels. The chilling spectacle of the Strawbacti was not the only sight that stirred whispers among the onlookers; it was the knowledge that each part of this eerie contraption had a dark past and was now a part of an even darker future - a testament to survival, mutation, and the unnerving metamorphosis of the discarded into the bewitching.

Finally, Remy's procession halted at the towering, green monolith in the East Side - a haunting and lonesome silhouette against the backdrop of the city's skyline. The site, teeming with otherworldly green life forms, was fitting for the arrival of the Greenspeed and its ghastly payload. As the Strawbacti were extracted from their Post-Life Crate and integrated into the garden, a spectral symbiosis was achieved, each organism assuming their role in the grand horror opera of ReLeaf's mission.

With the eerie spectacle of the vertical garden imprinted on his retinas, Remy, astride his haunted Greenspeed, slipped back into the labyrinthine network of Austin's streets. His mission? To continue his spectral dance with the enigmatic ReLeaf, the Austin Yellow Bike Project, and the city's denizens, weaving a dark, eco-conscious narrative through the city's veins, forever changing its pulse to a greener, albeit disturbing, rhythm.

W.A.S.T.E.: Words Assisting Sustainable Transformation & Ecology