...but Bushroot's happiness was short-lived. For a few days, Daisy and Gosalyn were interesting companions who had a lot of good ideas when it came to spreading the GICU2 formula and turning the city -- and maybe the whole world -- into a race of plant creatures. But as time passed, their minds became foggy and their appetites increased. All they cared about was gorging on as much Tasty Paste as possible, and growing ever larger as they did so.
Bushroot was baffled. "I stabilized the formula, so this shouldn't be happening," he thought to himself, "except... I didn't take into account that my subjects would overdose on the formula. Gasp! I made it TOO tasty!"
He was rudely interrupted by Daisy, who grabbed the beaker from his leafy and and gulped it down, demanding more. She was getting so large that she was physically intimidating. Bushroot scampered off to bring her another load of paste, grumbling to himself...