Notifications; 134 new, 134 total Sorted by; time (newest) User log-in 'Welcome to your new life. Here's a quick overview of how to...' New objective 'Open all basic tabs (settings, status, actives, res...' New objective 'Survive the first 24 hours' 131 more... ...
I admit I have a terrible habit. I never check my email. Instead, I rely on other people to learn if there's something to be aware of. Unfortunately, that means I easily miss important messages. Though, in my defense, this is bullshit. There was basically nothing to tell me that this even exist.
Wait, no, I guess it's partially my fault for not experimenting with words enough. This system is basically a game. A lot of games have notifi- something like this. You know what else they have? Settings.
Loading Settings...
Alright, I'm not going to hold back. There's plenty of one-word things in games. And as a puddle, I need as much of them as possible.
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14 hours.
It's been 14 hours since I tried saying (thinking?) everything.
At least, that's according to the 'clock' aka the cooldown of clone. Because for some reason there wasn't any other form of time keeping I could use. You know what there is? A dictionary entry on moss. Not an encyclopedia, not a bestiary or anything, but a fucking dictionary.
Anyways, I think I found everything. I now have a proper gui! (sort of?) Starting in the top left, we have notifications pinned, as well as objectives. On the top right, we have a minimap! That only has the location of my clones relative to me, but still, better than nothing. There's also a few minor screens like 'hunger', 'thirst', and 'energy'. I don't know if they're all full or empty, but I don't think it matters.
Next, bottom left to right is where the important stuff is. Three bars; 'health' which is green, 'mana' which is red, and blood which is yellow. No, I can't change the colors anywhere. I hate it. Anyways, above those are important active abilities (Generate Clone) and passives ('Puddle'). On the left side are any effects affecting me ('Wet', which doesn't make sense). The right has my stats screen. I couldn't figure out what the stats mean though.
That's the quick summary. Honestly, I spent way too long on organizing this. Half of it isn't even useful; I'm still a puddle. Oh, but there is one major benefit to all of this. I no longer have to be careful of what I think! I can say research without self-censoring!
Anyways, back to what I was going to do before getting distracted... what was I doing again?
Current Objectives; Sorted by; Random Genetic Reader 2 Look at your own genome. Look at how weak it is. Look at how much you can improve it. Gene Swap Take the genes of one genome and put it into another.
Ah, right, 'Genetic Reader'. My key to progress. For sake of convenience, it's stored below the 'Research' tab.
Original Genome 6.3 Gbp Fly Genome 210 Mbp Dragonfly Genome 1.6 Gbp Moss Genome 443 Mbp
Let's start with my own, which I assume is 'Original Genome'.
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Error; Damaged Genome. Repairing...
Original Genome agtgctgaactaccgtacactgatatgactagcatc...
Oh. That's not exactly informative. Which is where 'Gene Locator' and 'Gene Decoder' comes in! These will help me find genes and learn what they're for!
Gene 1 Set eye color to blue Gene 2 Produce more sweat while stressed Gene 3 Extends melanin production of hair for 4 extra years ... ...
...do I need to organize genes to? Fuck. Where's the automatic sort setting?
...heh
Just kidding! 'Gene Locator' lets me look for specific types of genes. Big surprise, there's extra convenient functions hidden behind niche key words. What a big fucking surprise~
Objective Complete; Genetic Reader 2
New Objective; Genetic Reader 3
Alright, let's speedrun the rest of these objectives. 'Genetic Reader 3' wants me to look at other Genomes. I'll just look through all three other genomes and decode the genes real quick. Next, 'Gene Swap' wants me to take one gene and implant it elsewhere. And I know just the gene to test.
Dragonfly Gene 364 Eyes can view 30 distinct forms of light (colors, polarization, etc.) Dragonfly Gene 489 Enable eyes to see at 200 images per second
I don't know if these will replace the normal eye genes or simply add and improve upon what is already there. Either way, it'll be a major improvement. Probably. I wish my clones can talk. There wasn't anything about why the clones are in 180p. So that problem will require some more investigating.
Objective Complete; Gene Swap
Objective Complete; Genetic Reader 3
...No follow up objective? Alright I guess that part is done. Now, there's one last thing I want to try out. A 'major risk'... at least, for my clones. For me, it'll only cost me a day.
Dragonfly Gene 249, 461, 135, 198, 842... All genes related to wings
I'm not a biologist, but I'm pretty sure this won't work how I want it to. But there's no point in not trying!
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Pov; Clone 3
I want to say I hate clone 2. I mean, he did throw a rock into 'me'. And poked me when I woke up. And collected all of the moss already. And was terrible at miming instructions to me. And confirmed that clones do indeed bleed. Yeah, I hate clone 2.
However, and I hate to admit it, but clone 2 has also earned my respect. He voluntarily started climbing down the mountain. And then slipped and fell. I mean, points for trying, I guess. He's not dead yet; he landed on a ledge thing a few yards down. Though he definitely has some broken bones, judging from his agonized gestures.
Yeah, we have to wait until this rain stops. Luckily, I can see the end of the clouds in the distance. Unless there's such a thing as blue clouds in this world. (Disclaimer; I'm not a meteorologist, so I don't know if blue clouds do exist.) [What am I saying? I'm just talking to myself. Fuck, it's only been 3 days and I'm already losing it.]
Anyways, I have a new plan. Or I guess, time-waster. Stone tools. I have a lot of rocks, surely I can figure out how cavemen made those arrowheads and stuff. It has something to do with hitting a stone with another stone... yeah, this is going to take a while.
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It has been another day of misfortunate rain. I can see the end of it approaching, but the winds refuse to flow. The heavens are testing my patience. Yet I believe if I leave the moment it stops, I can reach the peak by noon. Soon this journey, no, trip will come to an end.
I simply hope the guardian of the fountain is weak. I'd hate to die so close to my goal.
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Pov; Original
Who the fuck is smacking rocks together? Clone 2 I swear if it's you I'm going to tear y-