Luca couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing through those old thick glass lenses. A couple days ago he was packing at the circus tent where he worked at, lost in the number of towns he had visited since embraced that business trip. He had to accept being separated from his wife and children because he couldn't support them.

The circus that was passing through his village was the only place where he could find work, even though it was for a few coins but enough to at least to feed his little ones.

It's been three years since he saw them for the last time. Now, being so far away, he could not stop dreaming of meeting them again, however he knew that it was just that, a dream. Lately he imagined himself with them handing them treats, and with his big eyes full of love he just kept admiring them until he woke up.

The old circus had several enigmatic attractions, but the most striking one was a large carnivorous plant, capable of terrifying the audience when it appeared on the stage, making them doubt whether it was some kind of machine or a real plant. Only the circus workers knew the reality because they deal with an elderly man who was the caretaker of the plant.

Luca used to talk to him every night and one time the old man told him that if he ever felt the imperious need to return to his family, he should look for him alone.

Luca could no longer bear the absence of his family. Confused but determined to know what the old man could do for him, Luca knocked on his door at midnight. The old man opened the strange entrance, while making a gesture with his hand to Luca's being silent.

There you could see the big plant asleep, snoring as if a big fat drunkard slept inside it. Just at the foot of the big pot, strange, brightly colored mushrooms were growing. Among insects and worms the old man took several of these mushrooms and handed them to Luca while escorting him out.

"These mushrooms are the key to see your family," the old man said as he said goodbye.

Back to his room, confused and desperate to see his children, Luca ate the mushroom. It only took a blink of an eye for him to find himself in a different world, Holly's world, A different place where every sound is interconnected with the chaotic forms of Yusaymon's strange world.

Luca started walking and it only took a few steps to see his beautiful childrens and wife. He could see them in this $RARE magical and perfect world where there was no past or future: only a space for a present without a how, a when, or a why.

• Artwork and Animation by Yusaymon
• Story Written by Yusaymon & DukeVicent Translated by Holly
• MUSIC BY HOLLY @beatsbyholly
• Series: Luca Fungus | Symbol: LUCA Year 2022