Jack thought for awhile, before choosing [Controllable Slime] “This one seems the most open ended of the bunch.” Clicking on it brought up its description s/ With this ability, control your slime in any way you see fit, be warned though, it requires training to do much. s/ “Well, here goes nothing.” Selecting Mutate, Jack feels a burning sensation all across his body and head, as if his skin and brain was on fire “WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HURT!?” “AAAAAAAAAAAAA-”

Finishing his transformation, it almost feels as if he has a second layer of skin, slowly moving around him, the feeling it in becoming fuzzier the further it got from him “Woah.” Holding out his hand in front of him, he concentrated on the slime in his palm, where it had laid unnoticed ‘til then, and was able to slowly bring it up, forming a small hill of slime on his palm “Wow, they weren’t kidding when it said this needed training, it’s wearing at my brain just doing this little thing.”

“I suppose I should at least check out the evolutions for it; it would be weird to start learning a new thing after I finally get this figured out.” Tabbing to Claim Rewards, he quickly claimed one of his starting missions –Reach 10 Meters- and selected [Controllable Slime], up came four options: Increased Range, Increased Precision, Increased Density, and Decreased Density. “Huh, not as monumental of upgrades as I thought they were going to be.” “I don’t think I wanna mess with density just yet, and I don’t see a good use for range just yet when I have my atomic breath for long range.” “So uh, I guess this one.” Tapping his claw on Increased Precision, he underwent the transformation, which felt like a less intense version of the mutation, as if he turned the shower’s heat up a little too much. “AAAaah…?” “That wasn’t as bad as I was expecting.” “Huh.” Pulling his claw up to his face once again, he tried again to control it, creating another hill of slime, but this time the slime moved much slower, if at all. “Well, that’s hardly noticeable.”

“Well, nothing better to do, might as well train it.”

Hyper-focused on his training, an entire day had passed, it was near sunset till Jack noticed it. “Oh!” “Wow.” “I guess I don’t need food then… but that was a risky way to find out…” Jack’s training had borne fruit, He was now able to somewhat control the way his slime flowed around him, able to still, quicken, or reverse its flow around him, and also make a small ball of it move without touching him, even if it couldn’t go very far until it drifted apart in the surrounding water. “Well, progress is progress.” Checking his status, he checked his size, noting it still didn’t increase “Mmmm, well, I can drea- wait no I can’t- I can hope though…”

“Eh, doesn’t roll off the -uh- tongues… as well.”