Shinespark throws caution to the wind and creates a blueberry that holds an infinite amount of juice. What could possibly go wrong?

This is my fourth story for Juicy July this year, based on these prompts by @staticscreens.bsky.social! It's a rather short one, only two pages if you read the PDF. Don't worry, I'll make up for it next week!

The thumbnail is an edited version of this artwork by @painttherabbit.bsky.social.

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"Finally, after so long, my labors bear fruit... in the most literal way."

A bunny with sky blue and white fur, two fox-like tails, and yellow-colored pawpads & inner ears stood in his house's kitchen. He'd turned the place into a makeshift laboratory, judging by all the scientific instruments scattered about the countertops. In his right, gloved paw, he held what appeared to be a normal blueberry, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

"I, Shinespark, have created a scientific masterpiece... the Infiniberry!"

Shinespark moved next to the sink. "This blueberry contains an infinite amount of juice inside it," he noted. "All one has to do to extract the juice is agitate its container." As if demonstrating to an invisible audience, he squeezed the berry above the sink. A large amount of dark blue fluid emerged from it, sliding off his gloved paws and falling down the drain. "The berry will never burst, no matter what abuse it suffers!"

The rabbit was absolutely ecstatic, and not just because he'd scored the greatest achievement of his life. He was a chemistry professor at a highly esteemed college, Julian University. Six months ago, he'd tried to obtain a research grant so he could create the Infiniberry with the help of some of his students. But his superiors denied his request for funding! They claimed the concept was "too dangerous!"

"Those simpleminded fools," Shinespark said. "If only they could have seen the bigger picture! I have, in my paws, a solution to world hunger! 'Oh, but we don't know what would happen if someone ate it,' they told me. Unlike those cowards, that was a risk I was willing to take!"

"And now that I've achieved my goal without their financial backing," the bunny cackled, "I'm going to head back to Julian University and rub my success in their faces! Then I'll sell my Infiniberry to a humanitarian relief organization and rake in the cash and fame! Mwahahahahahahaha-"

What happened next could only be described as a cruel twist of fate.

Shinnespark got a little too invested in laughing like a mad scientist, and started to cough. On instinct, he put his paw up to his now-open muzzle to cover it... and let go of his grip on the Infiniberry by accident. The rabbit's eyes went wide as he felt his life's greatest work leave his paw with such velocity that it soared straight down his throat.

"NO!"

The bun let out a cry of despair for three reasons. One: His superiors at Julian warned him about this, and he was angry that they were right to do so. Two: He'd just lost his ticket to fame and fortune. Three: He knew what was about to happen to him, and he was not looking forward to it.

Shinespark's stomach acids couldn't break down the blueberry. It was designed to be invulnerable, after all. So instead of being digested, the Infiniberry started producing juice... and lots of it.

All of the rabbit's fur turned a dark shade of blue in a matter of seconds, and then the swelling started. He clutched his belly with his paws as it pushed out from his torso, feeling his cheeks do the same with his rear end. The bloating bunny ran out the back door to his house as fast as he could, just barely fitting through the doorway as his entire body started to round out into a sphere.

Shinespark's backyard was devoid of obstructions, which was good, because he had a feeling he'd need all of the space and then some. He waddled to the center of the yard, his increasingly ball-shaped build subsuming his limbs and making it harder to move. The bun then felt his footpaws leave the ground as they were sucked into divots, along with his handpaws. The professor had now fully turned into a big, round blueberry, and he still wasn't done growing.

As the boundaries of his body continued to expand, the berried bunny felt something wet touch the inside of his navel. No, now it was coating it. Did he just feel a liquid start to trickle out of his belly button...?

In truth, Shinespark was swelling with exponentially higher amounts of juice. So much juice that it couldn't all be contained within him. Some of it had started to leak from his navel as a result.

Over time, the flow of juice from his belly button increased from a drip, to a flow, a stream, and then a torrent. The grassy soil shadowed by his body was stained a deep blue as it struggled to absorb all the liquid. All while the former professor continued to grow to ever-larger sizes.

It had only taken a minute after Shinespark unwittingly consumed the Infiniberry for him to become immobile. At two and a half minutes in, the bunny was now approaching the height of his own two-story house. As he kept bloating with juice and expelling it from his navel, he could only hope that someone helped him before he outgrew or drowned the planet. If his mental math was correct, it wouldn't take long...