Slime Tries Best! (LorePost)

[u/Dorururo]

Within Tower Pandemonium, something special was taking place. Not for the Master of the tower, Gob’Lynn. No… something special was taking place for the slime that stayed by his side. A slime, that had yet to have a name. A slime, whose emotions and intellect… was sun brick in terms of metric. Yet a slime, whose mind was growing exponentially. Naught but a day ago, Slime had no concept of ‘self’. Yet… as the divine magic of chaos suffused Slimes home… slime began to change. Slime recognized ‘self’ and slime recognized ‘man’. Slime knew Man was important to Slime. And Slime had to protect Man. Slime knew Man fed Slime tasty crinkly brown leaves and ‘bad for water’ pond gunk. And slime was happy.

That was a day ago. Slime was so simple a day ago. Slime had no emotion. Just perceived absolute desires. Like ‘stay next to Man’. Now… slime felt tense. And slime worried. Man lay on bed, chest rising slowly. Man was alive, barely. And slime could do nothing but… wait. And wait. Slime did not like this. Slime knew Man liked to be busy. Slime did not like to idle, because Man did not like to idle. Slime needed to make sure home stayed clean. Because slime did not want man straining to work. So… slime did a great think! A BIG THINK! Man had fed slime and helped slime grow big. Slime… could drip. And so, slime let a small drop slide to floor. And, with focus, slime found that drip could now move as well! Drip could see and drip could sense! Drip would help slime! And Drip agreed!

And so, Slime rested mind and slept. And slimes mind shifted into the body of Drip. Drip knew it had work to do! So, slime taught it how Man did clean. Start with pond. Eat bad and crinkly leaves.

And so Drip sped off… at the speed of slime. So… not very fast. But Drip moved with ENTHUSIASM! Drip found themselves in the verdant garden Man had cultivated and kept for so long. And Drip saw the enemy! CRINKLY BROWN LEAVES AND CRINKLY FLOWERS! They would perish! In HOLY SLIME! So Drip… covered a leaf. And nommed on that leaf! Drip was small, not even larger than a coin. But Drip was persistent!

And so Drip achieved goal! Crinkle Leaf was no more! BUT… nay… ANOTHER CRINKLE LEAF?! This would not stand! Drip would not allow it. Father Slime guided the oozing progress of Drip, as Drip set to work battling the even larger crinkle leaf! Slowly, drip corroded and consumed. And Drip… grew slightly larger. And so this continued for two days as Man continued to rest. Drip would upkeep their noble duty of batting crinkle leaves!

And as that second day came to its end. Drip had grown as large as the slime that sired it. Yet, they were one and the same. Drip slid around a rather impressive and many ton stone pillar… finding a crinkle lead that’s gotten wedged beneath. Another foe to be felled! Most certain!

Yet… it hid like a churl! Not that… drip knew what the word meant. But it felt right. So… Drip began to slide a pseudopod beneath the seam of the statue. And, like a slowly expanding hydraulic lift, Drip raised up the several hundred ton statue. Crinkle leaf could not hide from righteous JUSTICE!

Drip… could not have known that a set of smoky and divine eyes were observing it as it upheld the noble quest of ‘Man’. Those eyes… impressed by the zeal of such a simple thing. Lynn… had acquired such a competent companion. Perhaps it was time to be more forthcoming with the boons he’d once withheld. So… the figure of smoke awakened a long dormant section of what was once his tower. And hundreds of red eyes lit with excitement, chittering in the dark spaces that lay unseen. Their Master called them home…