Ascaria, Bascrete Polity, Hackenscran Region, Kamerslen District, New Navensburg City, Treban Tower, "Unidentified Secret Corporate Room"
327 AGU (After Global Unification)
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"So, how has the project been progressing ?" said the man in his formal black suit with red tie, wearing the Ascaria's flag as a lapel.
"Nicely," said the woman in opposite corner of him. "We had been researching immensely for this project."
"I hope this 'project' of yours bear the result that we want," said the associate of the man, who emphasize the word on "project". "We do not want to see the project as an underperforming failure. We have put a concerted tripartisan effort on funding on this project in the halls of parliament, and your company should not be a failure like the other corporations that we previously funded."
The woman raised a hand. "Don't worry. I can assure you that I am supervising this project personally. You have my word that this project will finish as late as two years, and I have created factories to produce these creatures by that time using a finished template."
She finished her words, before slurping out the tea in front of her.
"And how would you convince to us about that ?" said the associate.
The woman rose from the seat. "let just say that I can finish your orders in time if you can keep this agreement out of the public's prying eyes."
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She extended her right hand to the two men in front of her.
The man with the flag lapel stand and smiled. "This is the beginning of a great partnership."
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Outside a secret lab
328 AGU
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Darkness
All I see is darkness.
Who am I ?
More especially, what am I ?
All that I can feel is cold, watery darkness.
Forever
I waited, and waited, and waited.
Moments gone to past.
A long time has passed.
Suddenly, I feel like falling.
Movement
That's what I'm doing, right ?
The shape around where I felt the sensation is blobbery
Is that what I am ? A blob of mass ?
As I move around, I felt a mass
I interacted with the mass
Integrating with the mass
Slowly becoming the mass
The mass that I became always wanted two things:
Grow
Spread
Reproduce
Weirdly enough, I felt a ray of warm penetrating me. It felt...nourishing. However, the mass I currently am is static and sessile. Unmoving. I always wanted to move though. The desire to experience more surged within me.
Suddenly, I felt something slithered past my stems. I decided to clung to the slithering mass. I absorbed it.
I opened my eyes. I remembered. This creature recently devoured an unsuspecting rodent-like creature. A prey. I liked that feeling. Usually, this creature rests after the hunt, if I remembered correctly. However, for some reason, I started to feel hungry again.
Well, time for some hunting.
After searching for a prey using my thermal vision, I finally found one.
I waited for the right moment.
And then...I struck. I injected my venom into the unsuspecting prey.
Devouring it...felt good. Ecstasy rushed into me as I slowly consume my prey inside my maw.
When I felt the prey secured inside me, I searched a safe resting position.