UncreativeNovice's 100-word story for May 5, 2025

UncreativeNovice wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 5, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Today's challenge is a good one. I'm all for the hard stuff, but painting this?! It's going to take a good bit of effort on my part to make these peppers look real. Textures, hues, and shades all have their challenges and if I want to to past this test, I better get my rear in gear. This years art competition is going to be one for the books! They're looking for the next cover of Time Magazine and it's my goal to make it on at least one. I can do this, easy has never been in my vocabulary!

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