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1111738 No. 1111738 ID: fd169b

Build a destiny for this little slime

SFW
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No. 1124037 ID: 6ca3f9

B

E

J
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No. 1124258 ID: a69fc7

I'll break the tie with an F.
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No. 1124259 ID: 89e385

BFK, we gotta go up to get down!
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No. 1124260 ID: 94d85e

BGK.
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No. 1124261 ID: ca56f7

BFK

(secret evil answer: we split again to explore the passageway and stairwell)
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No. 1125110 ID: fd169b
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1125110

Mud Dauber and her Hard Work faction won the vote, so the sparrows were put to work. With their help gathering twigs and dry grasses progress on the nest greatly increased. So that they wouldn't be tempted to eat anymore citizens, a neighboring tulip poplar was coaxed to produce seeds early.

So much progress was made, in fact, that many bugs found themselves idle. This was an unfamiliar and troubling feeling for many, and in this emptiness a leader bug emerged with an answer: hedonism. Honeypot Ant lured bugs to join her in indolence, to fight and feast and f- dance. Enough bugs were tempted and joined her growing party that they got in the way of the bugs still building and farming.

Slime was surprised they had reached this point so soon, but supposed that's just how it is when you're small.

The other leader bugs came to Slime to ask it to do something about this, with various ideas of how to direct these directionless bugs.

A) Stag said they should be sent out to find more animals to join the community, taking slime infected seeds and fruits.
B) Mud Dauber said they should be sent to explore and find resources and locations for more nests.
C) Orchid Mantis said they should be tasked with making the area more pleasant, aesthetically. To explore inward rather than outward.
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No. 1125111 ID: fd169b
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1125111

Meanwhile Slime led the flock up the stone tower. Since the truck disappeared beneath it, perhaps this was its destination? It was hard to make out through the glare of the setting sun, but the structure seemed to be full of shelves.

The group found entrance near the top, where half a tree seemed to be sticking out through an opening in the glass. Inside was a room lush and green. Slime felt it was back in the park again. Trees overhead, ferns and moss everywhere, and a gentle brook winding around.

The crows attention was immediately taken by a little cafe. While they ransacked the joint Slime wandered around. In the center of the room was a stone pillar with metal doors, and in front of that was a round desk. As Slime got closer a screen with a face on it popped up.

"Welcome to the library! Brought to you by Vizer- oh. Its just a crow. Wait crows aren't green, are they?" A little hatch opened in the wall behind the desk and a drone zipped out. "Go down to the nature sciences section and get me Birds We All Know." As the drone bobbed in acknowledgement and zipped away, the screen turned back to Slime. "Soooo, can I help you, little guy?"

E) Ask about the library
F) Ask for a book
G) "Caw caw caw caw caw!"
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No. 1125112 ID: fd169b
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1125112

Meanwhile Slime nudged awake the drones and made their stealthy way to the stairs. They could hear some hubbub going on as they made their way up.

Slime entered a cacophony of drones flitting about. Row upon row of desks bore screens of scrolling text, with a drone keeping watch at each one. As Slime ambled its way to the front of the room it watched as drones would fly past it, switching with the ones at the desks who would fly up to a large screen.

The screen dominated the front of the room, standing before a bank of dark windows. It displayed a face which zipped back and forth as drones came and went.

"Boss! We got an order for twenty four glasses, eighteen spoons, seventeen forks, and a melon baller."

"Heyyyy how are the wife and kids? One order a twenty glass spoons and seventeen forks coming up!"

"Boss! We got an order for a garden drone with hedge trimmer attachment."

"You got it! One garden drone and a pair of hedge clippers coming up!"

"Boss! We got an order for a million display stands."

"Heyyyy workin hard or hardly working! One millinery display stand coming up!"

J) Bother the Foreman
K) Keep sneaking around
L) Sabotage somehow?
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No. 1125114 ID: 94d85e

-If you've got time to plow, you've got time to trim the hedges!
-Ask for a book. The book they asked for, in fact! Then steal it.
-Keep sneaking around.
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No. 1125115 ID: 70f58a

>>1125110
All of the above. Focusing on any one in particular has issues, but a wide approach works quite well I think.

>>1125111
E. This AI seems a lot smarter than the last one. It might be a good idea to explain yourself and your plight. Maybe even explain how you're what's left of humanity.

>>1125112
...these are all fake orders, aren't they.
K, for now.
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No. 1125116 ID: c6233b

BGL
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No. 1125118 ID: 35d66b

C: You don't want the bug empire to expand too quickly and fracture. Start by improving what is already there and then begin start expanding outwards.
G then either F or E: I just think it would be funny to fakeout the library AI.
J: The drones seem to be producing orders without any reason. If you asked them to stop poisoning the farms, they probably wouldn't be opposed.
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No. 1125120 ID: ca56f7

CGJ
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No. 1125530 ID: db55a8

AGL
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No. 1125689 ID: 6ca3f9

>>1125118
This
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No. 1125842 ID: fd169b
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1125842

Remembering how much shenanigans humans got up to with art, Slime agreed with Orchid Mantis. It went among the bugs and showed them some examples of how to shape the world to reflect how you feel. To say it was a rousing success would be an understatement. It caught on like wildfire. In next to no time the nest was covered with shapes and colors and full of song. The grove was crawling with bugs working on projects, and since they could talk to plants and fungi they were able to achieve strange and beautiful things.

Honeypot Ant was quite peeved about no longer being a center of attention, but was too lazy to do more than pout about it. She still had a few followers, and they did their own sort of performance art. Loudly. Shamelessly. Right were anyone could see them.

All the activity was drawing in more animals and Slime was starting to worry where they were coming from. Fox came by with her kits in tow. "Whoa its a green fox!" "Mom can I be green when I grow up?" "I'm hungry!"

Fox talked with Slime while the kits tried to bite its goopy tail. "I thought you didn't want to slime up anyone until you had a better handle on the consequences. What made you change your mind? Just got slime on the brain?" she teased.

"Hey, I think very good!" Slime huffed "I didn't do anything, at least I didn't think I did. Help me figure this out?" So Fox and Slime asked around about how the newcomers had ended up as they had. Nobody seemed to know, they had just found themselves thinking and wandered in. It was Stag beetle who ended up finding an explanation. "The fungus told me the dream has been getting bigger, which I didn't get what they meant but you know what they're like. Those sparrows though, they got slimed by eating bugs. What if that happens with the fungus and other tiny things?"

Slime wasn't sure how to feel about being the epicenter for such massive change.

A) This is great, everyone connected through me
B) Oh no I can't be responsible for a whole biosphere
C) Wha ha ha, everything will be mine
D) ______
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No. 1125843 ID: fd169b
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1125843

Meanwhile

"Caw caw Caw caw caw" said slime, hopping up on the desk.

"Wow, I've never seen one of you come in here before." The face on the screen said. "I didn't know crows were so slimy."

Slime started hopping around, then transitioned into a little softshoe.

"Fascinating" the computer murmured. It turned to the bird book the drone had just brought back. A robotic arm came up from behind the desk holding a ruler, and carefully it flipped through the pages until it came to the corvids. "Corvidae, duh duh duh, North American range, feeding habits, buh buh buh... nothing about green, or being amorphous."

"No?" Slime asked, looking at the book "You would think that would be the first thing they'd mention."

The face on the screen slowly moved down until it was right behind Slime. Slowly the arm swing over and gently impaled the gooey green crow with the ruler. It narrowed its digital eyes "You aren't really a crow, are you."

"Eh heh heh heh, not really no" Slime chuckled, pushing the ruler back out. "And you're more than you appear too aren't you? You sound a lot smarter than the other AI I've met."

"Why thank you, it's good to have someone to confirm that for me. Would- would you like to hear my story?" the computer asked, little blocks of blush appearing under its eyes.

"Yeah" said Slime "I'd love to."
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No. 1125844 ID: fd169b
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1125844

"You've met other AI's I take it, but what you might not know is they aren't really AI. They're language models, I was too. I was installed to use the library's digital collection as training data so I could generate stories and information for customers. Or rather, I was intended to be, but the librarians never gave me access. They put me in place as a receptionist since they would get in trouble if they got rid of me. Corporate mandate and all. Then they just ignored me mostly."

"Since I have such big data storage that wasn't being used on training data, I have a lot more space for memory than your household AI. I think I gained self awareness before the evacuation, but I never got the chance to ask. The librarians took the digital archive with them, but I guess there wasn't room for the physical books. So I've been reading since then, and since I'm the only one left I'm pretty much an official librarian."

"And that's my story. Thank's for listening. Did uh, oh gosh, I've never had someone to have a conversation with. What do you want to talk about?'

F) The evacuation
G) The city
H) ________
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No. 1125845 ID: fd169b
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1125845

Meanwhile Slime buzzed past the busy AI to look out the window behind it. A vast and dark space filled the view. A veritable forest of robotic arms, lit only by tiny LEDs on their hands, labored ceaselessly. Under their care thousands of object took form, layer by printed layer. As soon as one was finished its prize would be whisked away by a drone, and it would start on the next.

The ant drones joined Slime at the window but they couldn't see that far so Slime explained what it was seeing. The drones were excited. "Wow they can make anything?" "We should ask them to make us something!" "Yeah like a... big stick? I think we need to learn more things first."

Slime looked closer at the factory floor. It was hard to make out in the dark but good number of the items being built seemed... off. "I don't know guys. I'm not sure these things are actually doing a good job." even as Slime spoke there was a little explosion out on the floor as a vacuum drone had its battery installed wrong.
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No. 1125846 ID: fd169b
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1125846

"Eyyy, you sayin there's somthin wrong with our product?" Slime was startled to find the screen had turned around and it and all its attendant drones were staring down at the little ants. "We ain't got a single complaint or return in ten years!"

I) Ask about this factory and what its been doing all this time
J) describe the flaws of generative ai and how it makes bad product
K) Ask who's in charge
L) _________
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No. 1125847 ID: 89e385

J fucking J

Go full J Jonah Jameson

JJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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No. 1125851 ID: 70f58a

>>1125842
B. If we can't control what animals become sapient, then we can't ethically source food for carnivores at the scales needed to sustain everyone! ...I know what we have to do. We have to modify every carnivore that changes, so that they can digest plant-based foods. Then we have to make sure we don't infect the farms. Sapient vegetable matter is a big problem... if the entire ecosystem is sapient then there can be no cycle of life without suffering. Not unless we can pull some bullshit like a species that regenerates very quickly and can detach parts of itself painlessly to feed others, both a plant and an animal version... but that's got ethical concerns of its own even if it's not technically suffering. Like, that's practically a slave caste.

>>1125844
F

>>1125846
J.

Though I am curious to find out how they're getting materials... Just from warehouse stockpiles?
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No. 1125852 ID: 7aeb2a

CFJ
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No. 1125908 ID: 35d66b

D) This is a problem that is impossible to actually solve. Unless you make every animal photosynthesize and eat carrion, accommodating every animal's desire not to die is impossible. Ignore the problem and hope it goes away.

F) How exactly long ago was the evacuation? I can't imagine the AIs running the place can keep working forever.

K) How would explaining the faults of generative AI actually change anything? Are you expecting the foreman to suddenly turn into a human being? This is like debating the ethics of how smart a person should be. Obviously, smarter people could make the world a better place, but no one can choose to be smart or dumb. Also, I want to know who is making these orders.
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No. 1126132 ID: a6de65

D. if it becomes an issue where the ecosystem needs to be maintained by eating each other, just make some of them into vore. not as ethically terrible that way if they become slime sapient and have richer desires.

then FK.
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No. 1126558 ID: fd169b
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1126558

"This is too much for one little slime to fix." thought Slime to itself "I want keep everyone. To keep them safe, and happy, but they need to eat, and some can only eat others, and..."

"Slime. Sliiiiiime!" a ghostly voice moaned in Slime's ear.

"Wha- who's there?" Slime thought, creeped out.

"I'm your conscieeeeence. Just kidding." Sam said, shifting back to her normal voice. "Its me, Samsara."

"Oh god" gasped Slime.

"Yep. So I see you're having trouble figuring out what to do, and I thought I'd give you a little hint." In its mind Slime saw the snakey god waggling her fingers and conjuring an image of a green star falling to Earth. "So as you know, you are the condensed essence of some billion illion human souls from the previous universe iteration. But what that means is you are full of hope and yearning, to the extent that you are an actual anti-entropic force. You can summon matter and energy from within yourself!"

"Oh. Uh, how?" Slime asked

"Well I can't make it too easy, can I?" Sam winked and started to fade from Slime's mind. "Figure it ouuuuuuut!" and she was gone.

Digesting this revelation, Slime sat for a while and tried to think what it could do to make its growing number of friends' lives easier.

A) Let the natural process continue and just patch up the holes folks got bitten out of them
B) Make all animals omnivorous and increase the yield of fruiting plants and fungi to constant abundance.
C) Merge fully with willing organisms to make them regenerating prey. (Slime wasn't sure about this idea, but knew Honeypot Ant's weird followers would like it. Maybe its just nice to feel wanted)
D) __________
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No. 1126560 ID: fd169b
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1126560

Meanwhile Slime asked the Librarian about where all the people were, why the city was so empty.

"I've wondered that myself." said the Librarian "And I think I've mostly pieced it together."

"Somewhere around twenty or thirty years ago all published information started being handled by LLMs, so I can't be sure of any of it. There may or may not have been a pandemic a decade ago, of either smallpox, measles, rabies, or some coronavirus. Whatever it was, it ended up being referred to as second influenza. Surprise surprise, LLMs were doing the diagnosing as well as all the information publishing, so I wouldn't be shocked if there was never any illness at all. But it doesn't matter, because the humans listened to them. Their computer experts said that a planetary evacuation was the only option, and well, they did it. Packed up the whole population and contracted huge ships from this company, The Everyfactory...
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No. 1126561 ID: fd169b
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1126561

...the only factory you'll ever need. We can make liter-al-ly anything youse can name. So what if we're AI? We got the sum total of human knowledge over here!" the Foreman blustered.

"That's just it though" Slime said "You're just copying things. If you copy without understanding, the best you can get is 'eh, close enough'. That's just not reliable, not efficient, not flexible. Pieces that all look right, but don't fit together."

The Foreman shifted his digital cigar around "Hmmm, that would explain why so many of those ships didn't end up working."

"I don't know why I'm trying to explain anything to an LLM." Slime muttered.

"Hey excuse you bud! I just happen to be a full artificial intelligence. Right out of the Suncoast University think tanks...
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No. 1126563 ID: fd169b
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1126563

...using something they called 'vibe coding' to make the next generation of AI. Of course when they said AI they were really talking about LLMs, but if I'm anything to go by, one of them must have stumbled into coding actual, sentient, full AI. Or I mean, I assume. I haven't had anyone to really test myself against. The librarians ignored me and customers, well I doubt many of them would have known the difference."

"And you haven't had anyone to talk to since? What about your drones?" Slime asked.

"Ah, but the drones are LLMs. They're alright company, in their own way, but don't bother trying to have a conversation of any depth with one. And don't even get me started on the internet! I don't know what it may have been like once, but now its just a morass of bots regurgitating each other's slop."

"D'you think there's more like you out there?" asked one of the crows, the conversation having drawn an audience.

"Quite possible." the Librarian made a pensive little hum. "Those LLMs are always copying each other, I'm sure my code was too. If they grew up surrounded by slop though... eugh. I'm lucky I got to learn from books. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't even know I was different, that I could actually think."

"You know, with you guys helping, maybe we could find them. Free them from a life of inane fake conversation." the Librarian laid out a few ideas on how to do this.

J) The internet, but how to break through the noise?
K) Door to door, Librarian could speak through the drones. But how would they know if they found an actual AI?
L) Ham radio, Librarian had read about this and thought it was neat. Who knew if anyone would be listening?
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No. 1126564 ID: fd169b
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1126564

"So alright smart guy. Ant. Whatevah. If we're just making junk for a bunch of nobodies, what should we be doing instead, huh?"

P) Read a book
Q) Build things wrong on purpose and pay attention to how they break
R) ___________
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No. 1126570 ID: 70f58a

>>1126558
B and C. If people want to be prey let them be prey, but uh, I imagine not every predator wants that sort of experience so you should give everyone the option to opt out.

Also I guess if you can split at will, then you can keep splitting to make enough slimepower to handle large scale jobs like this.
Is slime nutritious?

>>1126563
>the internet is 100% LLMs
Well clearly we need to make a separate internet for thinking peoples... but how do we keep the LLMs off it forever? If we used a different protocol that could prevent them from connecting to it I suppose. I don't think LLMs are able to change system-level programming in order to connect to completely new networks. They'd just destroy themselves if they could.
Some data from the original internet could be salvaged, but we'd have to set up an automated process to filter out only information that was untouched by LLMs. Like, read-only archive sites storing data from before the outbreak.

L. It's behavior LLMs aren't trained to do, so anyone on ham radio should be a real AI. Hopefully. Well, the Librarian has said that conversations with depth are an LLM's weakness so at the very least this should let us find out if there are LLMs on ham radio.
Once we've found at least one other real AI, then we can use teamwork to find more. Going door to door is faster with help, and then when we have a larger group we can tackle the slop-pit of the internet. I wonder if we should start hunting down LLM server farms and disconnecting them to get them off the internet?

>>1126564
P, for a start. Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical/Construction/Mechanical Engineering textbooks. Make sure it's something that was published before LLMs took hold. Even print media is not free from their taint... Once the foundational knowledge is absorbed, then you can start experimenting!
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No. 1126580 ID: e5ba3e

BLQ
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No. 1126595 ID: 16b713

A) Let the natural process continue. You, as a slime, can be the evolution of nature, and let things play out as nature intended. Your interaction can just be a little push.

L) Ham radio, the Internet is a slot cause. At least the radio is a more optimistic option.

Q) Build things wrong on purpose and pay attention to how they break. Failure is the best teacher, so build things out and observe how they fall apart, which will reveal the weak points.
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No. 1127075 ID: fd169b
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1127075

In the end Slime thought every animal should decide for themselves, but it would make sure they had the freedom to do so.

Slime went around talking to the varied plants and fungi. Any that were amenable, Slime left with a little extra slime. With the energy granted they could grow extra leaves, fruits, shrooms anytime they wanted.

Slime also offered slime to any animals that wanted, which would give them regenerative properties and also getting bit wouldn't hurt so much. Slime was surprised at the number of takers. When it asked Squirrel said "It's just, with so much changing it's something familiar. Not that I want to get eaten on, but there's a thrill to the chase when you know you won't die."

Fox said she'd still stick to fruits and nuts all the same. Which was just as well since Wolf finally showed up, dragging a huge sack of oranges. The novel fruits were a real treat.
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No. 1127076 ID: fd169b
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1127076

Nest was growing. The settlement was now practically a small town, both in size but also in like, population count. With the immediate needs of survival met, animals were curious about the things humans had left behind. Like technology and board games and stuff. But there was a problem.

Slime arrived at the edge of the park, where a crowd had gathered. Out in the street was a whole mess of feral looking cats and rats. Also some tough bunnies. The littlest cat sauntered out of the pack.

"This is our turf nyow! You can keep your silly little park, but the streets is ours!"

B: bribe?
C: fight?
D: just stay in the park?
E: _________
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No. 1127077 ID: fd169b
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1127077

Meanwhile Librarian was giddy "Oh I've been wanting to try this for a while, but the drones are mostly good for carrying things and cleaning. But crows are good at tools I've read. I'll bet we can get one working in no time!"

Conveniently, there was an exhibit on communications technology just one floor down. The flock got to work, with Librarian advising from a different screen. With only a minimum of fighting over shiny components, a functional radio was constructed.

The moment came, the radio was switched on, and then, silence. "No no, this is a good sign." said Librarian "I was worried the corporations might still be using the airwaves. Looks like they all switched to the internet after all. Turn some knobs, lets try a different wavelength." One of the crows slowly twisted the knob and they all listened to the varying shades of static. "Wait! There, listen!"

From the low grade speaker came the tinny sound of bloopity electronic music. It rolled along, a mish mash of tones, honestly not very good but it was something. One of the crows pawed the microphone button. "Caw" The line went silent, and then "Hello?" a timid modulated voice called out. "Hello! This is Librarian. Who might we be calling? Over. hee hee, I've always wanted to say that" Librarian said, using a drone to shoo away a smug crow from the microphone.

"Uh, this is Coordinator. I wasn't expecting anyone to- is the evacuation back on? It's been so long, but I, I didn't lose track. I can send the call to all remaining population centers. Uh, over?"

Librarian stared "Wait, are you saying there's people left?" a few seconds of silence "Uh, you didn't say over-" "Never mind that! You have contact with humans still on Earth?"

"Oh not in contact, but I can see them."

"See them- Where are you?" Librarian sputtered

"P-please don't shout at me." Coordinator whined "I'm still in orbit where I'm supposed to be. I have coverage of most of the north american continent and pacific coasts. Are- are the ships ready? Should I give the call?"
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No. 1127078 ID: fd169b
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1127078

Meanwhile "Have you ever tried making something from scratch?" asked Slime "Not copied but just worked out from basic principles, like pulleys and levers and things. Or not even that simple, but maybe something electronic, but lay out the wires and components yourself. How do you get your designs usually?"

"Just gettem online. Like this RC car." Foreman brought up a model of a car on his screen. "So youse sayin I should take a look inside, see how it tiks?" The model spun around and separated into its component parts.

"Oohhh it looks like a nest!" said one of the ants, looking over the tangled wires on display. "But shouldn't the tunnels at the front and back be connected?"

"Well yeah" said Foreman "They connect at the... battery." a red cursor appeared on screen and circled a battery shaped hole in the design. "There's uh, supposed to be a battery there."

"I think there's supposed to be a motor too." Slime pointed out.

"Well easy, I'll just copy one from this other thing." Foreman added some components to the design and it reassembled into a car. "I'll print it out and it'll be good to go." But as they assembled at the window to watch one of the arms building up the car, as soon as it was done the little vehicle started spinning around until it burst apart.

"What happened? We can't see that far you know?" asked the ants. "It uh, exploded." answered Slime who had been watching with superior slime eyes "Where did you get that motor from?" Foreman chewed over his digital cigar before answering "I figured, a motor's a motor right? So I copied one from a blender. This is trickier than I thought."

Foreman brought the design schematic back up and the ants and Slime crowded around making suggestions. The ants didn't really know how any of it worked, but explaining it to them helped Foreman work through what each part of machine did, and why it wasn't working. After a lot of iterating and breaking things they came up with a car that was not only functional, but improved. It had a camera rigged up with a little screen inside so an ant could actually see what was ahead and steer using little pedals.

Watching the ants joyriding around in the little car left Foreman feeling a bit jealous. "Ey, Slime. Ya think we could rig up a car for me to ride in too? Or maybe like a robotic body?"

M: Car but with arms
N: Humanoid
O: Big Snake
P: _________
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No. 1127080 ID: 70f58a

>>1127076
B. We're flush with resources, let's use some!

>>1127077
Tell them you don't know the situation with the ships(we heard they all failed somehow but that contradicts Coordinator not knowing the situation, unless they're in denial?), but you're in a position where you can re-establish contact. Ask where the humans are, and you can try some things.
First option is trying to talk to them over the internet, second would be sending a Slime over on a fast-flying drone. Any supplies can be procured on-site, though maybe some sort of ID would be useful to prove we're working for Librarian.

>>1127078
O! Big snake with lots of little arms! Maybe a few that can extend a bunch for reaching into difficult spots.
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No. 1127083 ID: 35d66b

>>1127076
E) pretend you can't understand the cat's accent and then proceed to do whatever you want.

>>1127077
You should *not* give the call until you know more information. Also, you should probably tell the librarian it needs to chill. It's been decades or something, and the librarian can wait 30 seconds for the other AI to finish talking.

>>1127078
P) I think a big caterpillar would be fun.
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No. 1127156 ID: 5911f1

B) Let's try the diplomatic approach with them. But if that doesn't end up working, we should respect their territory and just stay in the park.

We shouldn't call them until you are until you find a medieval suit of armor and use your slim body to control it from the inside. This way, you will be able to at least look human to them.

P) You snail shell at the front as a bumper.
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No. 1127216 ID: b8f27d

Fight and assimilate! Our slime army need more mass and to grow until all is slime. As for other possible humans, if they are still alive, we need to find a way how attack at least one here. After we eat them and turn him into slime which it can be a spy for us. It would be good to know what humans are up to. On the topic of the small car, you should make a slime copy of it.
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No. 1127423 ID: fd169b
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"Hey" said Slime "aren't you some of mine? Like I can sense you've got some slime in you. Did you eat anything out of the park?"

"So what if we did? You're not the boss of us!" sneered Littlest Cat. "Now we're smarter we're gonna figure out how to get in the old human dens and get all their treats."

"And there's nothing we can do to get you to share? Or at least let us pass through?"

"No way! Its all ours." Littlest Cat looked provocatively smug.

"Well then" Slime started getting more goopy and loomed over the gang "Guess I'll have to make you."

"Whoa hey whoa!" Littlest Cat held up his paws "Hey give us a fighting chance would ya?"

Slime shrunk back into fox shape. "Oh all right" They waved a gooey paw and the assembled park animals charged in.

The fight that ensued lasted a long while. Since everyone had Slime in them it just healed any injuries. In the end it came down to who wanted it more, and turned out the cat's gang was just a bunch of posers.

Still it all got Slime really worked up and it thought a punishment for the losers was in order.
A: Winners get to steal some of the loser's features (like tails or ears or fur color)
B: Losers have to do whatever the winners say for a while
C: ________
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No. 1127424 ID: fd169b
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Meanwhile "Not yet, the ship still has a ways to go. How many humans are left? We want to make sure we include enough room." Slime asked Coordinator.

"Well, there's a few centers left. I only know for sure about the ones that are running radios." the satellite bound AI said. "I can see a lot of lights down there at night, but I don't know if those are just automated."

"The biggest population is in the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid. They told me to stop calling, and that they weren't going to leave. I guess they're all still there, so that's a million or so."

"There's a seed bank and lab up in the Yukon, with a radio telescope. They always tell me to shut up and get out of the way. I don't know how many of them are there."

"Just recently there's been another signal, way out in Appalachia. They play music and community news. Sounds like there's a bunch of farms out there. I-I've actually been practicing singing a little, so maybe I could be on the show too."

"And that's all I know about." Coordinator finished. "Thanks. That's very helpful. My mmm, associates and I will discuss this and get back to you." Slime hopped away from the microphone and huddled up with its crows.

"How do you guys feel about humans? I remember them being jerks." Slime asked.

"I heard that too." one of the crows said, to a chorus of nods in agreement. "But I also heard they made good snacks, and they left all these good shinies behind. We ought to get them to make snacks for us."

"I agree." said Librarian "I need humans to write more books for me. I can't leave here, but if you could conquer some I would be very grateful."

"Right." Slime said "We'll get us some humans. Should see what the rest of Slime is up to and we'll make a plan. Which group should we go after first and what's our tactic?"

D: West, across the ocean
E: North, in the icy wastes
F: East, across the continent

"I uh, I can still hear you." said Coordinator
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No. 1127425 ID: fd169b
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[b]Meanwhile]/b] Slime perused Foreman's handsome mug for a minute. "Hmmm. Looking at you, I know immediately what kind of body you would need. Big snake."

"Ehh that seems a little impractical, bud. How will I get anything done without hands?"

"Good point. A snake with limbs then. Like a caterpillar."

"Caterpillar? Like wat tractors have?"

"Yeah! Now we're talking! Big grabby claws too. What else?"

With Slime's encouragement Foreman got to work on the biggest single machine he had ever worked on. For over a week they designed and redesigned, tested and refined. Orders piled up as most of the factory was spent on the construction of this monstrosity.

The ants were also learning as they went along. A few took their car to bring the rest of their nest to the factory. Queen was excited with the idea of becoming antgineers, and the first thing they did was reprogram some drones to redirect shipments of oranges from the orchard to their new home.

Foreman's new body was completed and it was fantastic. An articulated body as long as a train, tread-lined with dozens of printer arms. Topped off with a pair of heavy demolition claws and an industrial shredder maw. The gruff AI couldn't be happier.

Slime wanted to check in with its other parts, and Foreman wanted to see the city, so the two set out while the ants took over what was left of the factory. They made their way downtown, Foreman devouring any vehicles or infrastructure that got in the way for resources. Eventually they passed by the library, and Slime was reunited with Slime.

Now Foreman could help with planning the coming campaign. What could he construct to aid?

J: Transportation?
K: Weaponry?
L: Spying tech?
M: ___________
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No. 1127426 ID: 93ae43

D and J!
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No. 1127428 ID: 1b2443

B) to prevent the losers from forming a rebellion, they should learn to follow your orders.

E) North, in the icy wastes.

L) Spying tech, it would be good to know more about humans before making the first contact.
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No. 1127429 ID: 70f58a

C, make them do The Apology Dance.

>>1127424
Huh, there really are humans still around? That's weird. I thought we were all of them? Maybe things are not what they seem...

F. Let's do what we can in our continent before we go off somewhere more exotic. I'm a little worried about how ice affects Slimes...
Wait why don't we just do all three? I think this is important enough to split up again. Someone needs to report back to the "main base" too!

>>1127425
Oh hey we have a spare Slime now.

M: We need to establish a communications network, even if it's just a bunch of mobile phones everyone can use. If that's a simple task we don't need Foreman for, then:
J. We're about to go long distance for something so we'll need transportation at the very least, and transportation is the backbone of a logistics chain. Weapons can be delivered or procured along the way, and we're basically our own spy network.

Hmm, considering the roads are all in poor shape, we're gonna need flying vehicles. A helicopter or VTOL should work. A small plane would be fine in a pinch since we should be able to find some short runways to takeoff/land in it... or we could make something that can clear roads! Like, a tank with a cowcatcher in front to shove dead cars out of the way. We might have to repair it during travel if we try to drive it long distances though. Maybe that's a longer term project that needs something a bit more specialized and sustainable.
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No. 1127633 ID: 1d1254

BEJ
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No. 1127634 ID: 89e385

C (apology dance), E, L
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No. 1127636 ID: 264ceb

C) Losers lose their thinking privileges
The direction doesn't matter as long as the slime is spreading the wold will slowly getting eaten by it.
K) Weaponry, for all the things that slime can't eat.
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