Oh god, they didn't get the ad block for the house. Ask the house who it will contact if somebody broke into it. Are there robot cops?

Nalthar 2025/11/12(Wed)20:55 No. 1116868 ID: fd169b
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Slime had questions, and House was more than excited to generate a response.

> user information or the date.
"You have not finished registration [User Name]! User information is required to bring you the best deals, news and entertainment for your unique lifestyle!"

"Current date is June 12, 2053!"

> who it will contact if somebody broke into it. Are there robot cops?
"Robocop is an animated film franchise from Illumination Studio about a cop who becomes a robot to be better at being a cop. The latest film teams Robocop up with a new partner, K9, a hardnosed tomcat from out in the sticks. This pussy's all business and doesn't take no for an answer. Will she and Robocop be able to put differences aside when the benefit concert is on the line?"

> the quarantine, also Vessel 5
"There have been no new cases of Second Influenza reported in the last year! Quarantine conditions are expected to lift soon."

"With Second Influenza outbreaks spreading across the globe, computer experts have decided the best course is to evacuate the planet! President Branson has contracted the Everyfactory Corp to provide the vessels humanity will need to escape. Franchise opportunities are available for other countries. The project is estimated to complete in Q4 2046!"

Slime was beginning to suspect that House wasn't being entirely accurate. Still, it thought it should ask some more questions, perhaps on behalf of its companions.

Wait are we sapient advanced influenza? I've heard of this before...

>>1116868
...ask for the latest population/census data.

Oh! Ask for the location of the nearest grocery store.

hmm.. i doubt they managed to evacuate every single human from the planet. there has to be stragglers hiding around. we should start shouting "help! help!" whenever we enter a new area and see if that lures any out... to befriend of course

oh and ask for nearby farm locations too

Nalthar 2025/11/20(Thu)22:49 No. 1117371 ID: fd169b
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> latest population/census data.
"Current statistics suggest a population of between 16 million and six hundred in the tri-state area. These statistics are up to three hundred percent accurate according to the Smartr database!"

> Location of the nearest grocery store. farms too
"There is a Unilever store ten miles east from here. But why would you need to know where it is when you can just have any food you need delivered? Smartr drones are never fail, guaranteed! Current delays will be addressed within the coming weeks, for sure!"

"The closest farm is 50 miles east of the city. Almonds Almonds Almonds is not open for visitors at this time. I could sign you up for the waiting list?"

"Uh that's alright, no thanks." Slime was feeling kind of antsy about this weird house "I think we'll be heading on." It ushered its friends out, slipping back into a more wolf shape.

"Bye!" called House "IF you have more questions just ask any Smartr AI! Don't trust any Budsly, Vizer, Chüm, or Migo brand AI, those guys just make things up!"

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Slime apologized to its friends as they padded down the road. "I just couldn't take anymore of that weird voice. I hope you got enough to eat."

"I'm good." said Wolf. She was letting Queen's little swarm ride on her back. The ants were chock full of jam and a little woozy.

"We are sated as well." Queen said with the tiniest hiccup. "Though I am eager to find a place for our nest."

"Well what are you looking for in a nest?" asked Slime

"A source of food and nice dry dirt." answered Queen, but then she thought a bit "But, I feel, like I should be looking for something more. Something... bigger."

"That house mentioned some places that might have the 'more' you're looking for. Although I don't trust it. How do you feel about_____?"

A) the farm
B) the factory
C) the library
D) the vessel

>>1117371
>statistics suggest huge range of population
That's... not a census.

A. Let's start small, we can check the other places later. Time is on our side.

A) Farm sounds like the best option, it is open space that can be easily connected to the woods or any other part of the wilderness area.

A.

Of all the places we've heard of, the farm is going to be the best one for an ant colony to settle into. Also the best place to start working on our own controlled ecosystem, if that's what we want to do.

A) enjoying the thought of encountering a chicken next...

Nalthar 2025/11/29(Sat)16:36 No. 1118109 ID: fd169b
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"My future children come first, let us see that food source." said Queen.

Just as House had said there was a farm to the east. Fortunately it was wrong about what kind of farm. Instead of scrawny almonds the rows of trees were heavy with plump oranges.

"Woooow! Look at em all lined up!" Wolf said.

"What? What is it? You know ants can't see very far." Queen asked

"Its those orange fruits, I don't know what they're called. As far as I can see! I've had some before, they're sweet and tasty when they fall off and splat on the ground."

Queen clasped her little front legs together "Oh that sounds wonderful! Does it look safe to start a nest?"

Wolf peered out "I dunno, there's some weird birds going around."

Out in the orchard autonomous carts rolled between the trees, accompanied by flocks of drones. The little quad copters swarmed around each tree in turn; plucking ripe fruit, trimming dead limbs, and spraying things on leaves and roots.

Slime was worried "Eh, I don't think those are birds, guys."

Can you turn your body into a drone and fly around? That can be useful.

>>1118109
Operational drones? These either must be very durable, or there's someone around to maintain them. See if you can find the main building.
It might be dangerous for ants to be here, because of the pesticides. Still unknown if the slime body would protect them.

1/4 Nalthar 2025/12/05(Fri)22:44 No. 1118572 ID: fd169b
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Slime thought a higher view would help so it tried turning into a drone. First it would need to copy one.

But when it tried to absorb one the thing went right through it. Slime sloshed back over to Wolf and Queen, disappointed. "I really wanted to get a high view, maybe I can just guess how it works. Like if I shape myself lik- grblbegararlglbelabelegelbleahebeleregh- oogh. No that just feels bad."

"Never do that again." said Wolf, doing her best to keep her lunch in.

Slime looked around "Ooh that should work! I'll be right back."

2/4 Nalthar 2025/12/05(Fri)22:45 No. 1118573 ID: fd169b
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"I'm just going to borrow you for a bit." said Slime

"K-kraw?!" said Crow.

3/4 Nalthar 2025/12/05(Fri)22:48 No. 1118575 ID: fd169b
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"Ooh yes, this will work fine." said Slime

"Jerk" said Crow, flapping away

4/4 Nalthar 2025/12/05(Fri)22:48 No. 1118576 ID: fd169b
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"Okay I'm back. Let's look for the metal things' nest!" Slime flew off over the rows and rows of trees, Queen's swarm flying alongside while Wolf followed below.

After quite a bit of flying they found where the carts were going. All the gathered oranges were being dropped down a chute into some kind of cave. Going in they found a room full of heaps of oranges.

"Yum! I know we already ate today, but a little more wouldn't hurt right?" Wolf said, drooling.
"Yes yes, we want to try these orange fruits." Queen said.

These should be fine to eat! Time to find out if you can increase mass from this.

Also... you can tell Fox about this place, so they won't want to eat Squirrel anymore.

partake in the delicious orange mounds! also, check to see if you can duplicate yourself into the same type of animal. can you turn into two crows?

>>1118576
Let's eat!

>>1118580
>Tell fox
We don't need to. Fox already said that she's going to hunt something other than Squirrel.

>>1118595
This

Eat and when you are full try to pick some of them so that you can eat them later.

1/3 Nalthar 2025/12/11(Thu)23:19 No. 1118989 ID: fd169b
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Slime got caught up thinking about how this bounty of food could Fox and maybe other animals that hunt, although it wasn't sure if a fox could live on just oranges.

It wasn't until Slime had a juicy orange fully in its mouth that it noticed the bitter taste coating the fruit's peel.

"Eugh, that doesn't taste right! Guys I think these might be-"

2/3 Nalthar 2025/12/11(Thu)23:20 No. 1118990 ID: fd169b
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"Oh."

3/3 Nalthar 2025/12/11(Thu)23:21 No. 1118991 ID: fd169b
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Before Slime could fall into despair it sensed something. Deep inside its friends were little pieces of itself, keeping them alive but dormant. Faintly Slime could feel them calling out for help.

Wiping its tears and sniffling a little, Slime gathered its friends into its slimy bosom. "Don't you worry! Slime will fix you right up!" While Wolf and the ants were gooped down into slime, Slime thought. "Maybe I should try to make them better somehow?"

I thought they were already made of slime?

Time to regurgitate everything I guess.

welll shit.. if throwing up doesn't help, i guess we gotta fill them with more slime

So you are a dedicated healer of the group. Maybe they are should continue to eat poison fruit until they get immunity from the poison.

Those drones are spraying something on the fruits. That must be what's hurting your friends!

>>1119031
This

>>1118991
When you rebuild them, can you identify the organ responsible for toxin metabolism? That would be the liver in the wolf and the fat body for the ants. Your slime should be able to metabolize any sort of poison, so if you can concentrate it in those organs it should protect them from any more incidents like this.

Nalthar 2025/12/21(Sun)22:20 No. 1119295 ID: fd169b
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Samsara: Okay, let me just clarify a little. The ability our little Slime has shown so far is to break down and absorb organic structures, and then recreate those structures in exacting detail, with just a liiiitle bit of slime to bind it all together. Also souls are safely transferred, if you believe in those.

Thus Wolf and the ants were still susceptible to pesticide, especially late-stage capitalism pesticide to make sure nobody eats the oranges without paying til they're sold.

So what Slime is realizing is that it can alter the structures before recreating them, and that it might do so to make its friends better. But keep in mind that Slime does this instinctually, and won't know if a particular adaptation is actually a good idea.

Therefore the choice is what changes to make, if any. Feel free to get wild with it. I'll make sure nothing too bad happens.

Fuse all your friends into one superior being.

I mean there are all sorts of things our slime could do to improve its companions. Remove their dietary limitations. Strengthen their immune systems. Improve their oxygen carrying capacity. Boost their regenerative abilities. Sharpen their senses. Maybe even remove design flaws in their organs, like the backwards design of vertebrate retinas. It all comes down to how well the slime understands what it's working with and how precisely it can control its abilities. A solid theoretical understanding of biology is going to be super important to our little friend.

Hmm... how about a minimal amount of modification, enough to make them conscious and not suffering, so that you can get consent for further modifications?

find the organs that are metabolizing the pesticide and the ones that are already too damaged. replace with slime.

>>1119295
>Recreate without the toxin before any such modifications

1/3 Nalthar 2025/12/30(Tue)16:41 No. 1119500 ID: fd169b
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Slime wasn't a chemistry scientist, or rather, Slime was every chemistry scientist from every era, so it wasn't sure if anything it remembered was accurate. So it tried peering real real hard at the pesticide molecules that were making all the trouble. After a while Slime felt like its thoughts were boiling so it stopped, but it had an idea of how to make its friends immune.

Just a few little tweaks to their stomach linings and some unscrambling of nervous systems and Slime had Wolf and Queen's crew back on their feet. They were all rather shaken, but as it was the second time they'd been reconstituted that day, they recovered quickly.

Slime was going to explain that it had made it so they could eat the oranges now, but before it could Wolf already had one in her mouth. "Wahf? Wi was Wunghwee!" she said around a mouthful of squishy orange.

2/3 Nalthar 2025/12/30(Tue)16:42 No. 1119501 ID: fd169b
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While everyone watched nervously Wolf swallowed the fruit. Her tummy grumbled, and then a comical blue-purple flame burped out of her maw. "Ooh, spicy"

Slime was relieved it hadn't screwed up, and the ants were happy they could get some orange too. So they all had a little party.

3/3 Nalthar 2025/12/30(Tue)16:43 No. 1119502 ID: fd169b
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But before Slime could fully relax it felt something. A little piece of itself calling out from far away. Squirrel was in distress! Slime couldn't tell from what, but it had to do something! Luckily the others were napping after gorging on oranges, and as Wolf gave a lazy wave goodbye Slime swiftly winged its way out of the cave.

Slime found Squirrel sitting on a high branch. In their haste, Slime made a bit of a rough landing and ended up wrapped around the branch like a clump of spanish moss. "Squirrel what is it? What's wrong?"

Squirrel turned to its friend with tears in his eyes. "Oh Slime! Slime! I have nothing to do!"

>>1119502
Isn't that normal for animals?

...well, you and some others are exploring the city so if Squirrel wants to come too then that's fine. It's a bit dangerous though, there's evidence of a plague and even if you find fresh food it's probably protected from animals in some way.

>>1119502

Yes yes you clearly don't, but what's wrong?

First, my congratulations on that brilliant bit of bioengineering. So shall we make this world anew.

I feel like there's something we're missing about the squirrel. Did we break its ecological niche somehow? Is it facing an existential crisis? ... Did it not know what boredom was before?

1/2 Nalthar 2026/01/06(Tue)18:32 No. 1119768 ID: fd169b
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"Is... that not usual?" Slime wasn't sure what Squirrel was getting at.

"Yes but!" Squirrel fretted "But I feel bored, like I wanna do something but I don't know what! I already ran up and down the tree, and jumped to the other tree and ran up and down that. And then I watched the wind blow the leaves and now I'm bored! I've never felt this way before."

"Hey!" someone called from below.

2/2 Nalthar 2026/01/06(Tue)18:35 No. 1119769 ID: fd169b
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"What did you do to me?" Fox yelled up at Slime. "My kits, I- I just want to keep petting them! They're so- so fluffy! So cute! Oooh, why do I feel like this? You gave me a weird goo sickness didn't you?"

Squirrel looked down. "That's an idea. I could pet a little fox. I already fluffed my own tail earlier, but I got tired of it. But foxes look even fluffier!"

"I, uh..." Slime wasn't sure what to do about this. In fact it wasn't sure this was even a real problem.

PET THE FLOOFERS

You must've made their minds too much like yours when you reconstituted them the first time. Too... human. They can't live like animals anymore. It won't work out. Sheesh, that's really bad for Fox too, she can't just leave her kits.

I wonder, can you fix it? Turn them back? Would they want you to? Squirrel can just come with you on adventures I guess, but... oh, the whole group could help take care of the kits. It's your fault, you're gonna have to own up to it.

ah what's a little more sentience now that you can all pet each other. this wont have any problems with group dynamics at all. time to groom!