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339245 No. 339245 ID: 2222da

It's been a long time.

A long time since there was anything to see.
Or touch.
And the voices are going, now, too. Falling away into the silence.
One remains, and the quiet sound seems unnaturally loud in the Void.


They say that you can't take it with you. But no one believes that. So...
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No. 339246 ID: 2222da
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339246

Maybe you can take something. You have four left. But one is already out of your reach. Choose.
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No. 339247 ID: ad8acc

Take the one with the green symbol in the lower left.
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No. 339248 ID: 2222da
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339248

The closest.

Change.
To be able to adapt, to live on.
To forget, and lose who you are.

Is this your choice?
(Y/N)
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No. 339249 ID: a7a4e0

yes.

screw everything else without change nothing is anything
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No. 339250 ID: 1854db

>>339248
What is the furthest within reach?
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No. 339252 ID: 2222da
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339252

Two others are within reach.

Creation.
To bring into existence.
To bind and cage.

Destruction.
To break chains.
To break all.

Both rest equally far away.
But they are retreating.

Choose quickly.

[2 votes for Change. One more to claim.]
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No. 339259 ID: 213000

We shall CREATE our own world
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No. 339263 ID: b1f0e2

Vote: create

Q: What is the one that is no longer within reach? the top right one?
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No. 339265 ID: 2222da
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339265

Too far, now.
Pulled away from you.
Or Pushed.

Self.
To be.
To know.

[2 Change, 2 Creation. 3 to claim.]
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No. 339266 ID: eba49f

Vote: Create
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No. 339269 ID: 71de5b

Yeah creation is where it's at.
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No. 339272 ID: 0d095c

Create. If it's too far, be Yourself. But not creating is for wusses.

Is this the intro to Black and White?
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No. 339274 ID: 2222da
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339274

The choice is made.

You move, drifting through the void, and overtake your goal.

Creation.

[Use of Magic unlocked!]
[Mana unlocked!]
[Spell unlocked: Light!]
[Spell unlocked: Minor Resistance!]

The void...shatters. And slowly, the world around you slips into focus.
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No. 339275 ID: 2222da
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339275

"...lad you could come. I'm not entirely certain just what I've created, but it seems to be a sort of liquid-gas."

Noise is the first thing that returns. The overpowering rush of air, the immense creaking of aging timber, and above it all, the sounds of voices.

If only you knew what a voice was.

"Some sort of between phase matter, then? That's not that special."

"But the gas seems to hold together, you see. It bunches up. I've considered electromagnetic bonding, but I don't see how..."

Despite the immense volume of the voices, you notice they sound somewhat muffled.

Touch... you feel a smooth, cool surface beneath you, and your limited senses indicate that you rest in a circular, walled, but un-roofed container of the same material. Two other materials are nearby.

Well. How do you begin?
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No. 339278 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339275
It sounds like we're about to be experimented on. Without the ability to communicate, we'll have a great deal of difficulty doing anything about that, unless we've got significant physical abilities to go with our rather pitiful magical ones.

I suppose the obvious thing to do is subtly see how easy it is to move about and if we can move vertically. Don't move around enough to immediately attract attention from anyone nearby, just enough to know how fast we can move if we want to and if we can get out the top of this thing.
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No. 339280 ID: aa4528

expand your body. break the container.
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No. 339281 ID: 2222da
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339281

You begin to test the limits of your mobility.
You don't appear to have much strength, nor do you seem able to stretch very far. However, you are quite light, and even your small strength lets you move about fairly easily.

You also are able to slide along surfaces, by moving only those parts of you in contact with the ground.
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No. 339282 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339281
Well, that will have been pretty obvious to anyone looking. They haven't pointed it out yet, though... because they didn't notice, or because they're busy staring?

Either way, I'm inclined to not risk it and try to get out of this container. The walls aren't so high- if we move to the end of it and try to shove upward, moving ourselves along the material of the wall, perhaps we'll be able to ooze over the edge.

If we can't get out now, they might add a lid. That would suck.
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No. 339283 ID: 3bad4c

Light eh? Time to start glowing! For no reason!

Something will definitely happen, most likely good.
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No. 339284 ID: aa4528

blink your light in a rhythmic fashion.
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No. 339285 ID: 2222da
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339285

You move to the edge of your confinement, and begin to crawl over the side. The noises continue unabbated.

You decide to make use of one of your abilities, and begin to glow gently. But your lack of eyes means you have no way of telling what effect this yields.

[Mana: 19/20]
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No. 339286 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339285
Continue crawling until we've moved all the way over the wall, then reassess the situation.
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No. 339287 ID: 2222da
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339287

You arrive on the other side of the wall with some difficulty. The surface now below you is rough, with many valleys, all flowing in the same direction. It is also porous, though not enough to admit your passage through it.

You begin to sense a new object in the direction of your travel.

[Mana: 18/20]
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No. 339288 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339287
Well, move for the object. Since we're obviously motile at this point, do so as swiftly as we can- there's no point in being slow.

If we're draining our mana by keeping that light going, we can shut it off. No sense wasting what may or may not be an easily renewable resource.
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No. 339289 ID: aa4528

yeah, turn off the light and grope that naughty disc.
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No. 339293 ID: 2222da
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339293

You stop your glow, and move towards the disc. The material feels quite smooth after the rough surface... And there is something else.

A liquid rests on part of the surface, invisible to all but touch, and within, it contains...something. Tiny flares appear within to a sense you didn't know you had, and you begin to absorb them.

A large object coated in the liquid rests nearby.
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No. 339297 ID: 1854db

Climb all over the object.
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No. 339298 ID: ad8acc

Engulf the object
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No. 339299 ID: 2222da
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339299

You slide through the liquid, and engulf the object, though your meager strength does not allow you to reach beneath it. After a few seconds, you notice it beginning to dissolve, and the smallest fragment of its mass being added to your own.

The liquid, however, dissolves quickly. The flares you felt with your unknown sense are now followed by the liquid itself. Where you touch, all that remains is a fine powder.

[Mana:19/20]
[Mass: 22]
[MSP: 20/100]
[Bonding: 45/100]

A few seconds later, you notice that the voices are getting louder, and are accompanied by regular, dull thumps.
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No. 339302 ID: 3be3e0

Try to get back where you started before the voices get there
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No. 339304 ID: 2222da
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339304

You somewhat reluctantly leave the plate, and glide back over the smooth wall, slightly slower now with your increased mass.

As you settle into position, you pay attention to the noises once more.

"...k for yourself. I really don't know what I've made here."

"Fair enough, fair enough."

The noises increase dramatically in volume.
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No. 339308 ID: 2222da

And then the quest ended for the night. Just to annoy you. Yes, you. Specifically. Sleep may also play a factor.
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No. 339314 ID: 3be3e0

>>339308
Wouldn't be the first time someone has done that
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No. 339315 ID: 1854db

>>339304
Wait for it...
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No. 339376 ID: 2681a2

Try exhibiting some odd properties, but nothing too crazy. Like if they swirl you around then spin a bit extra in the container or something. Maybe flatten out and reform if shaken.

There will be time to play around later.
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No. 339380 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339304
Act inert. We will already appear inherently strange enough without providing more evidence of our strangeness. Hopefully there will be other opportunities to act.
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No. 339457 ID: 2222da
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339457

As the noises get louder, you find yourself torn between acting inert, or demonstrating that you are more than a substance.

"...ee what you think of it."
"Yes, yes."

You decide on a compromise, and do nothing, deciding that your increased mass may be enough to gain notice.
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No. 339461 ID: 252e1b

>>339457

Eat the dish and then make yourself form a circle, a line, a triangle, a square, a pentagon, and a hexagon in sequence.
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No. 339470 ID: 2222da
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339470

"This is it."
"Doesn't look that impressive."
"It doesn't have to. It's a liquid when it should be a gas."
"What's it made of?"
"Really? Whatever I could find. I get bored sometimes and just chuck things in."

You hear a rumbling groan from the taller figure.

"That isn't exactly helpful."
"Yeah, yeah."
"So why do you think it should be a gas?"
"Because it's mainly hydrogen chloride."
"...Do I want to know?"
"Probably not."

The taller figure rumbles again.

"Well don't breathe any in, and you'll be fine."
"Yes, yes..."

The figures move away. It appears you are once more unobserved.
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No. 339472 ID: 2222da

>>339461
And that's why I should refresh before updating. :I
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No. 339477 ID: b1f0e2

you seem to be developing sensory organs receptive to light, that is a good thing. For one, it revealed another chunk of delicious food to the left. When the humans are gone go and eat it.
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No. 339480 ID: 1854db

>>339470
Let's move further along the table to see if there's anything else on it besides the dish.
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No. 339493 ID: 3be3e0

What exactly can we eat? Time to experiment!

Leave the dish and try to dissolve the table.
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No. 339544 ID: 2222da
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339544

After the noises fade, you once more crawl out of your confinement, and slide again over to the object.

You continue to soak up liquid, and your continued presence begins to significantly dissolve the object, releasing yet more liquid.

An emotion, your first, passes through you. You desire more of this liquid, and the object.

It is quickly followed by a second, that of curiosity. You begin to slide off the dish, moving further along the bench. As you do so, you briefly attempt to consume the bench itself, but cause little damage to it. It would take some time to consume the substance it is made of.
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No. 339545 ID: 2222da
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339545

As you slide further, your increased mass allows you to sense more of your surroundings.

[Mass:32]
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No. 339546 ID: 9c538a

>>339545

He seriously left a glob of weird liquid gas right next to his steak lunch? What a rube. See if you can stretch up to that shelf up there with the other dish.
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No. 339551 ID: 3be3e0

See if you can talk, if so, when the voices come back say "Feed me Seymour".
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No. 339552 ID: b1f0e2

you left some uneaten steak, finish it all off before moving further.
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No. 339553 ID: 2222da
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339553

You decide to pause for a moment to consume the rest of the object, adding its mass to your own.

Once this is complete, and the dish is clear of liquid, you move, crossing a few other objects before reaching upward to the other bench.

Your increased mass allows you to reach, but you are not sticky enough to get a solid grip on the surface.

Frustrated, you attempt to make a noise of your own, but succeed only in releasing a bubble of air.
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No. 339554 ID: 2222da

Updates are now slowed due to spilling noodles on my keyboard and breaking it. :I
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No. 339555 ID: b1f0e2

on this shelf are a fork and a knife, but they appear different from each other. Can you taste them to see if you can make out what the difference is?
Also examine the book object more closely.
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No. 339556 ID: 3be3e0

Check to see if we are dextrous enough to use the fork and knife as climbing implements, if so Grab one of them and shove the pointy end into the wall halfway up to use as a step, see if the extra height helps
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No. 339560 ID: 1854db

>>339553
Examine the other objects on the table we can reach.
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No. 339565 ID: 79e9e0

there's just some books up there. books are for nerds. screw that, let's jump down.
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No. 339566 ID: b1f0e2

we could, after reading through the book, close it and move it over to use as a ledge to further extend our reach.
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No. 339570 ID: 3be3e0

>>339565
The books might be edible, more food means more mass which means more mobility
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No. 339575 ID: 7d72aa

>>339570

or we could eat more steak instead.
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No. 339579 ID: 2222da
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339579

Having determined that the high ledge could not be reached without assistance, you turn to examine the bench for something that could help.

The object with the thin sheets reminds you of the bench. It is stained by another substance, but that quickly warps and is absorbed by you. The sheets also seem as though they would be absorbed quickly.
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No. 339580 ID: 2222da
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339580

You move to the two odd-shaped objects. Both seem to be made of similar materials, but they still react differently to you. The more pinkish one seems easier to consume, though it would still take a long time to absorb. The second one...
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No. 339581 ID: 2222da
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339581

As you come into contact with the second one, you feel all parts of you retract violently, and feel yourself become much denser.

[Mass: 35]
[35/(0.34-(-0.45))= 44.3]
[Bonding: 45(+44.3)/100]

After determining that you are still able to move, and realizing that your sense range has been greatly reduced, you study the second object. It seems tougher than the first to absorb, though it seems to be reacting with certain materials you previously absorbed.

After a moments experiment, you attempt to lift the second object, and find that your increased density has much improved your strength, allowing you to easily move and carry the item.

Finally, you glance over the edge of the bench, but your now much-curtailed senses give no clue as to how far the fall would be.
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No. 339582 ID: b1f0e2

>>339575
>Eat book
This makes me sad :(
>>339581
Cast minor resistance.
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No. 339584 ID: 7d72aa

...are we metal now? nevermind. use minor resistance and jump down.

and try to shout CANNONBAAAAAAAAAALL
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No. 339587 ID: b1f0e2

Did the 2 increase of mass come from tasting book or from touching the metal fork? Take both fork and knife with us. carry them inside you to be digested slowly as you move.
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No. 339830 ID: 2222da
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339830

>>339587
[Mass Absorbtion Analysis: Bench-like substance: 0.?%, Staining substance: 0.?%, Slow-to-Absorb: 0.?% & 0.?%]

You decide to take these two objects with you for later absorption, and move towards the edge of the bench.

>>339582
On a whim, you cast minor resistance.

[Bonding: 45(+44.3/2)/100]
[Resist all: +15]

>>339584
Finding nothing of interest left to you on the bench, you cautiously slide over the edge.

As you do, an odd thought arises unbidden...
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No. 339832 ID: 2222da
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339832

CANNONBAAAAAAAA-
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No. 339835 ID: 2222da
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339835

-Impact.

Your entire body deforms as you strike the ground with a wet slap. Despite the combination of your increased bonding force, and the resistance spell you cast, a large portion of your mass has severed from the whole.

[Mana: 16/20]
[Mass: 26]

Luckily, you managed to keep your grip upon the two difficult-to-consume objects as you fell.

Your limited senses reveal little in this area. A hole in the bench support is the only thing on note. Touch affords you much more data. The ground is covered in small items, which you may easily absorb, though they are small enough that you see no benefit in doing so. Dried samples of the liquid from the dish are also present, though they lack the "flares" that you previously sensed. You hear no significant noises in the area.
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No. 339841 ID: ec0bf5

Well, eating everything sounds fun, but let's go explore the hole.
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No. 339842 ID: 1854db

>>339835
It would've been wiser to fall upon the stool instead. Oh well, too late now.

Get in that hole.
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No. 339844 ID: 253a7f

that hole was made for you.
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No. 339850 ID: 2222da
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339850

Still dragging the two objects, you move to investigate the hole. Your senses detect frantic movement within, and dust grows thicker beneath you as you approach.

The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.
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No. 339852 ID: 2222da
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339852

As you enter the hole, the movement stops. From what you are able to sense, there appears to be a series of twisty passageways through the support.

You do not know where the movement was coming from.
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No. 339855 ID: 3fd4fb

>>339850
>The discarded part of your mass begins to slide off at a leisurely pace.
Dammit, we need to recover that before it gets away! We don't have enough mass that we can afford to lose it, and we can't guarantee that our severed parts will keep to secrecy.

Though a half-eaten book certainly won't help, either. Damn.
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No. 339858 ID: 253a7f

first, go and reabsorb the thing that came off of you. you can't just leave pieces of yourself crawling around like that.

then crawl further into the hole and use light.
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No. 339893 ID: ec0bf5

Oh no! What if it goes off to become your greatest rival? Get it!
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No. 339896 ID: b1f0e2

>>339855
Yea, chase it down and reabsorb it!
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No. 340075 ID: 2222da
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340075

[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 9]
[Bonding: 97]

-eah lets do this! ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!

Huh, I seem to be thinking a bit different from before DOH WELL WHO CARES LETS GO FIND THINGS!

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME, WE GONNA HAVE ADVENTURE~
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No. 340076 ID: 2222da
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340076

AND WE'LL FIND DELICIOUS LIQUIDS AND EAT THEM AND OHSHITHERECOMESTHERESTOFMEWHATDOIDO?
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No. 340077 ID: 35e1a0

merge.
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No. 340078 ID: b1f0e2

it is your other half, you broke apart, merge back.
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No. 340140 ID: b6ca92

>>340076
Looking at the coloration of the smaller goo, it seems to contain the majority of the metal we absorbed.
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No. 340182 ID: ec0bf5

Try to communicate with the rest of you. Tell it to wait, and ask it to participate in a plan. We need to make ourselves able to cling to walls, at least temporarily, and climb back up to the petri dish. Then we can try merging back together and leaving a part of ourselves back there so it doesn't look like we've escaped somehow. Preferably when we merge we make the remaining bit dormant so it doesn't get bored and try to leave.
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No. 340215 ID: 2222da
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340215

PerhapsIshouldmergebacksowecangoonadventurestogethr?

But if I do, then we only get one adventure instead of two!

I'll pause for a sec and try to talk to me. Lets see, maybe if I-

*Splat*

[Perspective Shift]
[Mass: 35]
[Mana: 8/20]

You feel the discarded mass rejoining once more with the whole. As it does so, you collect a brief glimpse of the time it spent away from you, though details elude you. Perhaps with greater control over your structure, you could make use of this function.

As it is, you have reclaimed your mass, and are ready to continue your exploration.
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No. 340245 ID: 35e1a0

cool, let's get back in the hole and check it out.
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No. 340275 ID: b1f0e2

>>340215
awesomesauce! You have discovered a new ability! You can bud off pieces of yourself to act independently and retain the memories of both if you merge back. From scouting to reproduction this has uses... just ones that not exactly suitable for the here and now where are goals are to rapidly gain mass and escape.

You should go back into the hole, it sounds like there is delicious meat in there.
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No. 340344 ID: ec0bf5

(What do the other suggestors think about the idea of leaving a bit of ourself in the dish so it doesn't look like we've escaped? If we do that they'll be preoccupied, but they might find something about our nature. If we don't they might get suspicious or possibly they will just assume we evaporated.)
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No. 340356 ID: 35e1a0

>>340344
we need to have at least 40 mass so we can be split into two sets of 20. otherwise the smaller blob could end up stupid.
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No. 340358 ID: b1f0e2

>>340344
I am against leaving any. they wouldn't think we escaped, they would think we were stolen or evaporated. Remember that he said we should be a gash but somehow behave like liquid, he will probably think that whatever bound us together wore out and we evaporated.
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No. 340611 ID: 2222da
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340611

You return to the hole, slightly delayed when the two objects you carry jam against the entrance. With some effort, you rearrange them and reenter.
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No. 340613 ID: 2222da
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340613

Some way of keeping better track of the items you carry seems in order. Perhaps later you will be able to see how long till you fully consume objects, too.

At any rate, you are now prepared to explore the tunnel system. How shall you do this?
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No. 340615 ID: 35e1a0

better turn that light spell back on.
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No. 340618 ID: 1854db

>>340613
Turn on light, and peer into the various passages one by one. Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.
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No. 340623 ID: b1f0e2

try to break the objects into smaller pieces, it would help carrying them and should make them digest faster.

>Discard the objects if they become too awkward to move around in here.
If that happens then we will notice it and make the decision then, rather then giving "if this that do that" orders lets see what happens.

>light
Agreed on turning on light spell.
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No. 340653 ID: 2222da
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340653

You momentarily attempt to crack or sever the objects in your mass, but have no where near the strength required to do so. You estimate this means they are quite resistant to your corrosive effects, as well as made of a strong material.

Filing this knowledge away for later use, you cast Light.

[Mana: 7/20]

You're not entirely sure what the purpose of this is, as you do not currently possess any way of perceiving light yourself. However, casting the spell triggers some movements within the hollow support, and this time you manage to pick them up via your as-of-yet-undefined sense. There are three areas of movement.

What do you do?
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No. 340656 ID: 3fd4fb

>>340653
Completely fill the entrance to the area just above us, then move upward and engulf whatever's moving there.
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No. 340675 ID: 07416a

>>340653
Yes, do this. Then just wait there for a while and digest.
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No. 340690 ID: b1f0e2

>>340656
Yes.

>Light has no use since you can't see.
Doh! ok turn it off if it is just advertising our presence.

>Mana
I wonder how we regenerate that, it seems quite low so maybe it isn't all that fast.

>Break
Try to brace both tips against something at a 45 degree angle and then apply the force directly to the center. It will give you a massive torque advantage.
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No. 340746 ID: ec0bf5

Try and squeeze together to get the one above you first.
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No. 340755 ID: b1f0e2

I just realized something... there are little antennae! 3 pairs! each one must be a delicious roach! om nom nom!
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No. 340845 ID: 2222da
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340845

You briefly attempt to break the objects by leaning them before applying force, but the lack of room within the hollow means this is impossible. You think it unlikely that you would succeed with your meager strength anyway.

Having done this, you move to cover the entrance to the small acclove above you, aiming to prevent any escape of creatures within. As you once more extend your senses, you cover more of what you believe tobe antenna, to see...

That it is in fact a leg. One of seven in the hollow, attached to a creature you have never seen before. Your approach has also revealed a number of strands geometrically woven in the hollow, ending at the creature.

It appears to be aware of your presence.
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No. 340849 ID: 3bad4c

Dissolve the spider.
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No. 340854 ID: 3fd4fb

>>340845
Engulf this creature and the geometric construct; discover if they are edible. Devour if so.
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No. 340858 ID: 2222da
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340858

You reach upward into the acclove, as the creature prepares to attack you.
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No. 340859 ID: 2222da
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340859

Unfortunately for it, your bonding is not strong enough to allow it purchase, and it slips into your mass.

[MSP: 40/100]

Reaching upward, you touch the construct. It seems surprisingly sturdy, but dissolves quickly at your touch. You notice that some of the strands are also quite sticky, as you consume more.
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No. 340860 ID: 2222da
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340860

[Stickiness: 5/100]

There appears to be nothing else in the acclove.
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No. 340861 ID: 3fd4fb

>>340860
Then let us proceed forward until we can get a full sense of what's in the next chamber. If it's another one of those creatures and constructions, move into the chamber, block both exits, and absorb everything.
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No. 340862 ID: 3bad4c

>>340861

Exactly this, food eating rampage until a real problem comes along.
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No. 341161 ID: b1f0e2

>[Stickiness: 5/100]
Nice, lets get more of that.
Can you focus on digesting a specific portion of the creature you caught? let us call it spider (btw, I noticed on carefully looking that the spider had the stump of an 8th leg. It isn't a weird 7 legged spider its just lost a leg).
Anyways, try to focus digestion on a specific portion (the head) to kill it. Also try to rapidly kill your catch by breaking it apart to ensure it does not escape and to accelerate digestion, break the legs off one by one.
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No. 341185 ID: 2222da
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341185

You secure your catch in your center, and proceed along the passage. As you do, you attempt to break apart the still-struggling creature within you. Though your meager strength does not allow you to rip it apart, you manage to halt its movements, and widen the gaps in its protective exoskeleton enough to start digesting it from within.

As you move towards the end of the passageway, you notice movement immediately in front of you, moving upwards and away from you. You also sense another some way up the structure.
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No. 341211 ID: 1854db

>>341185
Why don't we try smacking the next one with the fork.
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No. 341509 ID: b1f0e2

>>341211
heh, funny... do that
Say "Fork you!" when you attack.
Hopefully we are strong enough to do so.
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No. 341548 ID: 2222da
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341548

A thought comes to mind: you could use your objects as weapons. Although a quick attempt shows that there is not enough room to swing in the tunnel, you can stab. Your meager strength makes this a questionably useful manover at best, but being able to attack from a distance could be a significant advantage.

These thoughts drive you onward, as you stab towards where you last sensed the closest movement. However, the creature has moved, and you end up striking another construct. As you do so, you can sense the creature's new position above you.
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No. 341571 ID: b1f0e2

ok then... go ahead and engulf it, then try to break it like you did the other, then consume the web as well.
Try to make it come to you by pretending to be caught in its web (send out a tendril to rattle the web).

Once you captured this one as well:
Try to use the knife and fork to cut apart the spider once inside you, such as putting a leg between the fork's teeth and then spinning it.
Try sawing it apart with the knife's teeth.
Or use leverage there as well, place the spider on the ground, the fork between the joint but facing up, then apply force at the other end of it.

Also, try breaking off the fork's teeth against the hard surrounding. Or by placing the knife between the teeth and twisting.

After you are done with all those experiments leave the knife and fork behind as you can't take them further with you, you can come back for them later if need be. If you manage to break off the fork's teeth, take those with you.
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No. 341779 ID: 1854db

Hmm at this point I think we should just grab the construct. The creatures seem a bit hard to eat.
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No. 341783 ID: b1f0e2

>>341779
it costs us nothing to carry their corpses within us and they will be digested eventually. At our current state anything should be difficult to digest.
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No. 341831 ID: 2222da
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341831

You reach forward, and shake the construct with a tendril of your mass, in an effort to draw the creature to you. However, the creature has already turned, and is climbing through the construct in an attempt to flee.
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No. 341836 ID: 2222da
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341836

However, you are faster. Reaching forward, you manage to snare the creature's rear, your newly found stickiness allowing you to keep a grip on it as it struggles. Finally, something else's meager strength fails it, and it cannot escape your grip.

[MSP: 60/100]

You pull it inside you, and crack its limbs as you did the previous one. A brief experiment with the multi-pronged object allows you to widen the gaps, and so you apply this strategy to both of the creatures within you.

Your other experiments, however, fail to yield results. As well, you notice that the tunnel ahead is too small to bring the objects with you, and decide to leave them behind. As you prepare to drop them from your mass, you hear noises from outside the tunnel entrance.
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No. 341840 ID: 898f76

Let's stay where we are, hear that is going on outside and digest stuff. We are in no hurry.
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No. 341867 ID: b1f0e2

Stay awhile and listen
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No. 342061 ID: 2222da
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342061

You retreat slightly, and gather your mass, settling down to digest your new catch.

[Stickiness: 10/100]

You notice that you are feeling somewhat full; you may have difficulty moving if you continue with such large amounts of unabsorbed mass.

The noises from outside eventually become more clear. The dull rhythmic thumping of footsteps stops suddenly.

"Wait, where...? Uh..."

You hear a blunt grinding noise for a moment, before a grunt and the swish of fabric is heard. The footsteps continue, pausing periodically. After a minute or so, they cease.
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No. 342064 ID: 1854db

We're done here for now. Go back out.
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No. 342073 ID: 3fd4fb

>>342061
Well, let's settle into one of these caverns for a bit and digest. We're in no rush.
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No. 342074 ID: 3d3785

Sit here till something will be digested.
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No. 342120 ID: ec0bf5

I don't think we could get away with magically shouting "It evaporated" so you should probably just curl up into a corner and take a nap, if that's possible, or just rest and digest that stuff. Unless one of those weird magical things you can do includes putting suggestions into people's heads.
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No. 342122 ID: 35e1a0

rub the things against eachother to make them break apart faster.
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No. 342127 ID: b1f0e2

sit and digest until the spiders are fully consumed. At that point see if you can evaluate the amount of time remaining on the utensils and whether you are now strong enough to break them entirely or at least break the teeth.
Based on how that goes we will either abandon them to travel upwards and om nom nom more spiders. Or we will finish them and then go.
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No. 342247 ID: 2222da
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342247

You decide the best course of action is to simply wait till the creatures within you are digested. You untense, and slip lazily into one of the depressions in the rough tunnel.

As you rest, you rub the objects together within you, and succeed in demolishing the tough exteriors of the creatures, allowing you easy access to the softer parts within. The two strong objects still resist your acid, but you notice that their surfaces are now extremely rough, especially the one with the prongs. With some effort, you attempt to pry one of the prongs off, but only end up bending it slightly. More smooth material exists beneath, and so you set to work removing the first layer to access the next.

For the first time, you begin to feel fatigue, as the constant motion of objects within you begins to wear you out. You spend some time puzzling over this new sensation.

During this time, a few noises are present from outside the tunnel, though nothing you can distinguish as anything other than thumps and bumps.

After an indefinite period, the creatures are completely dissolved. You are unsure how much time as passed, having no way of keeping track, and having been occupied with the experience of fatigue.

It is a somewhat unpleasant sensation, yet it pleases you that you have some other form of sense besides touch and your mysterious other sense.

Pleasure is also a pleasing sensation.
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No. 342248 ID: 3fd4fb

>>342247
Continue moving deeper into the tunnels, bringing the remaining objects with.
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No. 342250 ID: 607629

Sleep if possible, not a good idea to go around tired
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No. 342273 ID: 58a064

We need to move deeper, so we won't be seen from outside. Then we would sleep.
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No. 342299 ID: b1f0e2

lets catch a few more spiders before going to sleep, it is possible the digestion occurs while you are asleep and it would thus be more efficient to go to sleep while full.
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No. 342638 ID: 2222da
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342638

You decide to move deeper into the tunnels, wedging the two remaining objects in your mass as far as you are able along the passageway.

Your action is motivated by two thoughts. The first is that there may be more of the creatures within the tunnels, and indeed, you sense a number of things moving about above you. The second is the belief that resting may afford you some reprieve from your fatigue, and you seek somewhere to pursue this course unnoticed.
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No. 342639 ID: 2222da
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342639

While you are unfamiliar with the means by which other creatures sense, you reason that the creatures have only had overt reactions to your presence when there exists a clear space between you. As such, you mentally map the area that a being with such senses would perceive from the tunnel entrance.
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No. 342680 ID: b1f0e2

is that light?
... I think we just got found out.
Leave the utensils behind, move deeper into the tunnels.
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No. 342688 ID: 607629

It's not light, its the area we can be seen from the opening of the tunnel
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No. 342691 ID: b1f0e2

>>342688
that is good then. if that is the case i would wedge self and cutlery in the spot where we got the first spider, it is completely hidden from the opening. if it is light then vamoose
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No. 342873 ID: 2222da
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342873

Using your mental map, you return to the location you consumed the first of the creatures, wedging the two objects across the entrance. You settle somewhat uncomfortably, as the uneven surface requires you to hold on to prevent slipping. Luckily, your new-found stickiness helps to some degree, and while you do not untense completely, you maintain a comfortable enough position to spend no more energy on it.

After a time, you begin to feel a new sensation. This one reminds you both of the fall from the bench, and a far milder form of fatigue.
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No. 342876 ID: 2222da
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342876

As you slowly begin to lose track of the world around you, you form the opinion that this is a pleasant sensation.

With the last vestiges of consciousness, a word forms within you, the first word that you've ever thought.

Sleep.

[End of Chapter 1]
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No. 344292 ID: b1f0e2

>>342876
>the first word that you've ever thought.
Huh? I thought based on
>>339245
That you are something from <Outside> puppeting this thing and having had voices before.
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No. 344554 ID: c06764
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344554

>>344292
Technically, all you guys are the <Outside> doing the puppeting. But that voice? It wasn't talking to you.

Chapter 2 will begin once I've completed my mid-semester exams. :I
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