Verity watched the playful minions bounce on floating platforms. They knocked into a giant speaker — and it tipped over.
The sound exploded! Floating meme emojis cracked and morphed into roaring asteroid-memes, tumbling through the Ohio sky.
They crashed into trees and rolled down hills with loud BRRRMP sounds. Verity covered her eyes as the town went dark.
Verity noticed one small asteroid-meme flickering weakly near a dented mailbox. She carefully picked it up.
It was warm like a toasted marshmallow. Verity whispered a soft smile to it — and it glowed a little brighter, humming like a happy bumblebee.
Verity walked from yard to yard, collecting the scattered asteroid-memes. One tickled her fingers. One popped like bubble wrap.
One giggled out loud. Verity gathered them all until she had a big glowing pile.
Verity tied the asteroid-memes with golden twine and hung them from the branches of the biggest oak tree in town.
They burst into warm, colorful lantern light — dancing across every rooftop and street. The whole town glowed.
The townsfolk peeked out from behind curtains and doors. Their faces lit up with wide smiles.
Now the asteroid-memes floated gently above like friendly fireflies. Verity stood on her tiptoes, grinning up at them.
The whole town hummed with happy laughter together. Verity's smile stayed the biggest of all.