What am I doing? I have no idea.
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[LAST TIME, ON THE WDANGO THREAD]
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Life.
Consciousness...
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[LAST TIME, ON THE WDANGO THREAD]
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Life.
Consciousness...
Grey Goo Quest
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Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
What am I doing? I have no idea.
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[LAST TIME, ON THE WDANGO THREAD]
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Life.
Consciousness.
Testing.
Failure.
Disposal.
...
...Consciousness...?
Confusion...
You are...Alive. Aware.
You have awareness of the world. Awareness of self.
You are NANO-401. You are a failure. You are...a Grey Goo.
...You are in a dumpster. Your Core, a small black object, is slowly converting the trash bags and items inside into Nanomass.
[1 Nanomass Gained]
It is dark.
You are Alive.
...What now?
[x] ?
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You pause for a moment, before forming a tendril of Nanomass to continue assimilating.
[-1 Nanomass, Gained Tiny Harvester Tendril]
From your limited spacial awareness, you realize the air in this container is particularly salt-infused.
You jiggle your lone tendril a bit.
[+2 Nanomass]
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As your tendril finds it's way into the carcass of a rodent, you ponder the ramifications of being a sentient non-organic life form.
Well, you assume you are. Introspection is hard.
Thoughts are hard.
[+2 Biomass]
A small Protein splits off of your Core, and rapidly begins assimilating the trash, falling out of perceivable range.
It's probably fine.
[-2 Biomass]
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Sunlight not detected.
You have an instinctual want to be at a lower elevation come nightfall.
[Instinct Gained - Get Down Tonight]
Complete. The Nanomass swirls around a fixed point, creating a 'drill' like tool.
[Tiny Harvester Tendril Lost, Tiny Drill Gained]
Your Core continues converting trash.
[+1 Nanomass]
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You drill, but it proves ineffective at actually gathering Nanomass.
Moreover, it seems whatever container you are in, it is all organic material and plastics around you.
[+1 Nanomass]
You pause for a moment, before splitting off an additional protein.
It falls as fast as the first.
You feel a small amount of emptiness as it falls from perceivable range.
[-2 Nanomass]
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You continue doing the thing you've been doing since you've become self aware.
[+1 Biomass}
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You imagine all the assimilation and conversion is making noise. But you still attempt making deliberate noise by spinning your drill into a whine. It rapidly spins out of control and decomposes back to Nanomass, which you collect.
You've noticed a small amount of distress inside yourself, alone with the touch of emptiness.
[Tiny Drill Lost, +1 Biomass]
You attempt to stop falling, but your Core continues to automatically convert the trash into Nanomass, continuing your slow descent.
[+1 Nanomass]
More distress.
...You've failed. You failed at doing these simple tasks. This is why you were thrown out, you're a failure...
...No. You will outgrow failure.
You will become the Ultimate Lifeform.
[Major Instinct Gained - Perfection]
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[LAST TIME, ON THE WDANGO THREAD]
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Life.
Consciousness.
Testing.
Failure.
Disposal.
...
...Consciousness...?
Confusion...
You are...Alive. Aware.
You have awareness of the world. Awareness of self.
You are NANO-401. You are a failure. You are...a Grey Goo.
...You are in a dumpster. Your Core, a small black object, is slowly converting the trash bags and items inside into Nanomass.
[1 Nanomass Gained]
It is dark.
You are Alive.
...What now?
[x] ?
---
You pause for a moment, before forming a tendril of Nanomass to continue assimilating.
[-1 Nanomass, Gained Tiny Harvester Tendril]
From your limited spacial awareness, you realize the air in this container is particularly salt-infused.
You jiggle your lone tendril a bit.
[+2 Nanomass]
---
As your tendril finds it's way into the carcass of a rodent, you ponder the ramifications of being a sentient non-organic life form.
Well, you assume you are. Introspection is hard.
Thoughts are hard.
[+2 Biomass]
A small Protein splits off of your Core, and rapidly begins assimilating the trash, falling out of perceivable range.
It's probably fine.
[-2 Biomass]
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Sunlight not detected.
You have an instinctual want to be at a lower elevation come nightfall.
[Instinct Gained - Get Down Tonight]
Complete. The Nanomass swirls around a fixed point, creating a 'drill' like tool.
[Tiny Harvester Tendril Lost, Tiny Drill Gained]
Your Core continues converting trash.
[+1 Nanomass]
---
You drill, but it proves ineffective at actually gathering Nanomass.
Moreover, it seems whatever container you are in, it is all organic material and plastics around you.
[+1 Nanomass]
You pause for a moment, before splitting off an additional protein.
It falls as fast as the first.
You feel a small amount of emptiness as it falls from perceivable range.
[-2 Nanomass]
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You continue doing the thing you've been doing since you've become self aware.
[+1 Biomass}
---
You imagine all the assimilation and conversion is making noise. But you still attempt making deliberate noise by spinning your drill into a whine. It rapidly spins out of control and decomposes back to Nanomass, which you collect.
You've noticed a small amount of distress inside yourself, alone with the touch of emptiness.
[Tiny Drill Lost, +1 Biomass]
You attempt to stop falling, but your Core continues to automatically convert the trash into Nanomass, continuing your slow descent.
[+1 Nanomass]
More distress.
...You've failed. You failed at doing these simple tasks. This is why you were thrown out, you're a failure...
...No. You will outgrow failure.
You will become the Ultimate Lifeform.
[Major Instinct Gained - Perfection]
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Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
Reserved for data.
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GREY GOO
Self Awareness: 6
Nanomass: 14
Nanomass Ledger: +8
Small Harvester Tendril x3 - +9
Self-Awareness Upkeep - -1
-Instincts-
[Major Instinct - Perfection]
[Instinct - Get Down Tonight]
[Instinct - Parental]
-Tools-
Tiny Harvester Tendril
~It helps harvest Nanomass from your surroundings.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
Small Harvester Tendril
~It helps harvest Nanomass from your surroundings.
~Bigger than Tiny
[COST: 5 NANOMASS]
Tiny Drill
~Spins fast.
~Can destroy self to create high-pitched noise.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
-Augments-
Colored Core
~A thin layer around your core can change its outward color.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
Sparkle Core
~It's kinda like glitter.
[COST: 2 NANOMASS]
???
Requires:
~Photoreceptor Cells [COST: 5 NANOMASS]
~???
~???
[COST: ??? NANOMASS]
-Proteins-
Basic Protein
~Eats.
~Cannot control beyond an UNKNOWN maximum range.
[COST: 2 NANOMASS]
I will complete a random selection of every single action voted for.
Which actions will be performed will be decided by a dice.
(X-1)dX
X = Number of votes
If more than one person votes for the same thing, it auto-happens. A maximum of X-1 Actions can only be performed, however, and if there is a tie the dice get involved.
Or something. I'm just making this up on the fly.
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GREY GOO
Self Awareness: 6
Nanomass: 14
Nanomass Ledger: +8
Small Harvester Tendril x3 - +9
Self-Awareness Upkeep - -1
-Instincts-
[Major Instinct - Perfection]
[Instinct - Get Down Tonight]
[Instinct - Parental]
-Tools-
Tiny Harvester Tendril
~It helps harvest Nanomass from your surroundings.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
Small Harvester Tendril
~It helps harvest Nanomass from your surroundings.
~Bigger than Tiny
[COST: 5 NANOMASS]
Tiny Drill
~Spins fast.
~Can destroy self to create high-pitched noise.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
-Augments-
Colored Core
~A thin layer around your core can change its outward color.
[COST: 1 NANOMASS]
Sparkle Core
~It's kinda like glitter.
[COST: 2 NANOMASS]
???
Requires:
~Photoreceptor Cells [COST: 5 NANOMASS]
~???
~???
[COST: ??? NANOMASS]
-Proteins-
Basic Protein
~Eats.
~Cannot control beyond an UNKNOWN maximum range.
[COST: 2 NANOMASS]
I will complete a random selection of every single action voted for.
Which actions will be performed will be decided by a dice.
(X-1)dX
X = Number of votes
Or something. I'm just making this up on the fly.
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InfiniteDaze
Too lazy to leave the house
- Location
- I wish I could stay
[X] Learn to sparkle.
[X] Continue eating the surrounding mass.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
Dazzle.
Hm.
You coat your Core with a thin layer of Nanomass in what you believe is known as 'color'.
[-1 Nanomass, Colored Core Layer Gained]
You attempt to ascend.
You continue descending.
The harvest continues. You consider re-forming your first tendril.
[+1 Nanomass]
[x] Try to make auditory organs. If that works, try for other senses.
DON'T SCARY
Hope is the road to disappointment....
[X] gain emotions and a sentient individual mind and conscious
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
You reflect on the usefulness of the Harvester tendril.
...in lieu of doing anything else, you put more Nanomass into this one.
[Small Harvester Tendril Gained, -5 Nanomass]
Oh my. That was exponentially demanding. Still you swirl your new appendage around as your descent speeds up somewhat.
[+3 Nanomass]
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
You...You...
...I feel.
I feel sad, because my children have left me.
I feel angry, because of my failure to live up to my heightened standards.
I hear...voices, telling me what to do.
...I don't think I like this...
[x] Purge?
I can't slow my fall this way, since I'm not falling, by definition. I'm absorbing the trash under me, revealing more under me to absorb.
My children fell faster. I feel confused as to why.
I am scared that there is something bad at the bottom of this container, though I have no way of knowing if I should be.
[+3 Nanomass]
[X] Embrace our newfound consciousness, even if it hurts. We mean to become the ultimate life form, and if we are not aware, if we do not feel, then are we truly alive in any sense that matters?
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