Story: Curse of the Human

 

Oh, our poor adorable little slime. Finding itself under the full attention of Glorious Crimson, the wonderful leader of the dungeon that she and generations of her family called home. Granted, slimes like here weren't exactly high on the totem pole, but they did their work fine. The idea that she might get eaten alive after such a dreadful, wicked thing happened to her, it burned her up form the inside!

"So, here's what happened," she said. Talking might save her skin a little. And how weird was that! She had skin! Actual, honest to goodness flesh! It was icky, gross and inflexible, much better to be made of that weird gelatine stuff she was normally made of. "There I was, minding my own business, patrolling the south side of the dungeon's borders, when suddenly..."

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What a beautiful morning it was to skip, frolic amongst and then devour whole the flowers in this field. Ah! How sweet! The perfect weather for a young slime to enjoy. Dark, gloomy, damp.Perfect conditions for a slime to flourish in! Was it any wonder this little blue orb was bouncing around, happy and content? Could anyone be surprised that it was enjoying itself?

Yes, actually.

Slimes are often thought of as the weakest of monsters, and for good reason. One poke with a sharp object, or one swing of a heavy object, and they tend to go pop or splat. They live such delicate lives, yet they are also a vital part of the ecosystem. That's why they tend to be quite nervous, but not her! No, not her. She'd resolved to enjoy her short existence in this world. She would enjoy the tastes of random things she found that happened to be weaker than her, like flowers or insects and certain kinds of rodents. She'd let the rain pour down over her, soak it into her gelatinous form, and puff herself out. What was the worst that could happen? She got squished? She got stabbed? Please! That was her fate anyway, so let's enjoy this moment while it -

"Gotcha!"

... Huh? Huh?! What the hell?! Was this some sort of cage? Where had this come from? She tried to squeeze through the bars - but something shocked her, making her recoil instinctively. Oooh, that was mean! Who was responsible for - 

Humans. It was a couple of cloaked humans crowding around her. Oh no! She was supposed to be on guard! She was supposed to be on the lookout for any humans trying to invade the dungeon, and she'd failed! If she'd been popped or splatted, then the dungeon would have been alerted, and then... They would have their defenses up! Now they could sneak in unmolested, and - 

"A slime, huh? They don't usually head out by themselves like this," one of the humans said. "It'll do though. Buggers breed like rats, but they're super hard to catch. Maybe we can use this one to create more test subjects."

"Yes, and this will give me time to experiment a bit," the other said. "You are aware of my hypothesis, yes? That all monsters -"

"Evolve from slimes, yes, yes," the other said, rolling their eyes. "You've only told a hundred times. Let's get back to the apothecary, last thing we need is stumbling onto something a bit meatier."

They were leaving the dungeon alone? It didn't sound like they were going to do anything bad, then. Maybe this wouldn't be so awful after all? She didn't know what an apothecary was, though. It didn't sound very nice. Either way, they took her back across the road by horseback, careful not to jostle her around more than needed in case she popped. Then, into the city, which was pretty scary as she'd always been told that's where all the humans lived. There didn't seem to be that many around though... Maybe they were sleeping inside those mini-dungeons she was seeing everywhere? Honestly though, they did seem kinda tiny to be dungeons, how did they fit in their traps?

Oh wait! Traps were meant for humans, maybe since humans lived here they didn't have traps?

Well, whatever. She soon got to find out what an apothecary was. It was a dark room full of potions, a desk, books - stuff she'd normally see Mimics try to copy generally. Thinking about it, those were probably the real deal, which explained why humans dropped their guard around them all the time. They were perfectly normal things for them to encounter!

Gee, she was learning a lot today! Neat! Now, if only this cage would stop - Bzt! Owies!

"If this works, we can be rid of our monster problem once and for all," one of the humans said, their tone eerie and ominous. They set the cage down in the middle of a magic circle, and then started casting a spell on one of the potions. "In a humane manner, no less. Imagine it, no more conflict between men and monsters! We can all live together in peace and understanding!"

"Yeah, yeah, stuff the hippy talk. I just want to see what happens."

The first of those humans seemed a bit put off by that. Oh, if only she was capable of telling them apart. They cast their spell - but then one of them sneezed part way through without noticing. He should probably take one of those health potions, huh?

Anyway, they poured out the contents into her cell, stepped back and - Oh! Oh gosh. She felt quite weird all of a sudden. Something very strange was happening! Her tiny little bubble like body was growing! Not just bigger, either. It was growing - what do you call them - Limbs! Arms, legs and, was this a head? They sprouted out of her normally tiny body until - Until!

"Oh hey, she's really cute."

"... She was a slime a minute ago."

"Yeah, so?"

She was standing at roughly the same level as them. She lifted her hands up in front of her eyes, and stared at wiggling fingers in abject disbelief. What - what had they done to her? She experimented a bit with her body. Couldn't move it the way she used to be able to, but it also felt like it could do other things now.

There was a spider on the wall over there. She tried slamming her hand into it in an attempt to eat it, but - nope. It just went squish. Her exterior was now pretty solid. It could still move okay, but it wasn't nearly as flexible as before.

"What did you...?" she began to ask, no, rather demand of the two humans that had kidnapped her, but then she caught sight of them. Their faces underneath their robes. Then, she thought a word she hadn't thought before, even once in her life.

'Handsome'.

She felt flush all of a sudden. A strange sort of heat that extended down into... parts of her body she didn't have a name for. It seemed as though the lower half of her body was hungry for something. Ravenous for it. Something these men could give her. It had been a while since she'd eaten those flowers in the grove. Transforming like this into a bigger creature, it only made sense that she'd need to consume something, right?

But then, she caught sight of herself in a mirror, and saw how thoroughly and totally human she looked. Panic set in, and she fled from the apothecary on sheer instinct. Out into the city. Where was the exit - There! She'd been watching carefully from her cell, it was easy to retrace her steps.

"H-hey, wait a minute, get back here!"

"It's your fault for ogling her tits, idiot..."

"You were staring too!"

Oh, forget about them! You've got to get away before they do something else weird to you! The humans standing guard didn't stop her fleeing, they just stared in shock, only moving after she was a good bit ahead of them. Still, she could feel her legs getting a bit sore. Was this what it felt like for them all the time when they were moving like this? It was faster than she was used to, but you also get tired quickly. Maybe she should have had something to eat first?

Either way, she dove into some bushes and caught her breath. Maybe a rest would help? Yeah, that seemed about right...

But then a hand fell on her shoulder.

"Well well," a piggish voice snorted. She was whirled around and lifted into the air. An orc! "Delicious human woman! Always fun to have on the menu!"

"Eek! Don't eat me!" she kicked and thrashed, suddenly afraid for her life for the very first time. It hurt! This much pressure would normally be enough to pop her, but she hadn't burst at all! Would it hurt like this if she had? Would it - Would it - "Achoo!" she sneezed right into the orc's eyes. It was surprised by this, and loosened its grip just barely enough that she was able to slip away and -

Fuck it, she was running! Only trouble was, now she had an angry orc after her, which was the last thing she needed! Oh no, this was terrible! This wasn't how it was meant to go! Not at all!

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"And then things happened and I wound up here in front of you," the slime-girl said to Glorious Crimson, twirling her hair around. "Um... Pardon me, but I'm still really, really hungry. C-Could you arrange for me to have some human meat? My lower mouth is ravenous for it."

“Wait wait wait are you saying humans did this!?” A voice came from underneath Glored’s wings.

“Who’s that?” The slime girl asked.

Glored coughed, “Sorry my voice gets high pitched sometimes when I’m stressed. Sound like an entirely different monster sometimes!” As if to provide support to this statement, his voice got higher pitched. Mostly from Razz getting back to whatever she was doing down there.

“Oh I see… so do you know… ah..” Her hands slipped between her legs, “Do you know if there are any humans around. I feel like I really, really need to do something with them… have their leat, eat them out- err.. Up.”

It was getting really hard to think with Razz’s tongue doing the things that were clearly in no way sexual. “I can’t have you eat the humans I have prisoner, they’ll aaaaaaa need to be interrogated to find if they have any connectiiionnn!” 

“But the humans have to… know a way for me to be satisfied!” The slime girl pleaded, “Please my Lord! Let them eat me! I mena, eat them! I mean… fuck what’s the word I’m looking for?”

“I can’t saaaay… Perhaps if you swear not to harm then I can let them see if they… oh sweet Tiamat… know how to sooth your symptoms!”

“Oh thank the slimy gods Lord Glorious Crimson!” The slime girl did something that, if she was still a slime. Would be very dangerous. Hug him. Which somehow made him notice her chest. Her human like chest, very soft, pressing into his arm. For some reason with Razz… engaged wit him, that was very very noticable. “Thank you truly you are a great and fearsome leader!”

“Y-yes yes, now please go I have much to conciiiider!” Oh boy his voice just got as high as Razz’s right then.

The slime girl nodded, and was allowed to leave his office.