Tags: [riding] [kissing] [edging] [some aftercare]

It’s been a few months since the incident that nearly resulted in the world’s destruction and things are finally getting back to normal, or as normal as they can get all things considered. Many of the monsters are much less aggressive and the amount of monsters actually harming humans physically have gone done. This has made things much easier for you since you’ve taken it upon yourself to clean up the stream that flows through your village. You’ve cared for the stream since you were little, it was challenging at first because of the slimes who lived near the stream but after a while they started to leave you alone because you were helping them out. Little by little you began to notice that the slime population was starting to rise again.

One day while you were wading in the stream trying to remove some trash that had been thrown in there, you slipped on a smooth stone and were knocked off your feet. It’s not like you couldn’t swim, but the sudden surprise of being knocked down combined with the fast-moving water made it hard to recover. You didn’t know which way was up or where you even came from. You tried to guess when you were partially above water so you could breathe but after a few mouthfuls of water you began to grow weaker.

Suddenly everything stops, the water is calm. You try once more to get your head above water but are too weak to do so and then you see a face looking down on you from above the water. She was a slime but different. Her features were more defined and on her “skin” was tattoos wrapping around her body. Hey eyes, however, were the most different. Most slimes had eyes that had the same or a similar color to their body, but this one had crimson eyes that matched the core that was on her head. One of her eyes were covered, usually for a slime this meant that they were giving the illusion of an eye being covered by changing the way they look with their slime but given how detailed this slime made herself you knew that there was indeed a second eye. In your oxygen deprived mind, you understood everything that this slime had. Intelligence, power, danger.

You felt as you were lifted out of the water though she did not use her hands to do so. Once you were free you began to cough up water and the slime girl just watched you, though watch wasn’t the right word, more like studying. Not once did her expression change, not once did she move, she had everything figured out and was not willing to let any of it potentially be exposed. Without warning the slime suddenly grabs your arm and you feel as a slimy tentacle is forced down your throat. It doesn’t hurt not does it feel uncomfortable, it was just surprising. You watch as water is drawn through the tentacle, and you realize that your lungs had been aching before she did this. Finally, she withdraws, and you can breathe much more easily.

You’ve heard of people drowning on land because of water getting stuck in their lungs, but was that something a normal slime would know about? You doubted that normal slimes could drown themselves so how would a slime know about something as uncommon as drowning after being dragged from the water? No, this was no normal slime, not by a longshot. She had sentience, not that the others didn’t, but whenever you interacted with the other slimes they were fairly similar to each other, for example all blue slimes liking fish and boomerangs. In fact, most monsters had similarities that were found amongst the majority of their populous, yet this monster was almost human in nature, and this terrified you.

Whatever happened after the incident to cause most monsters to start acting friendlier to humans, it was a change that was easy to do for most because they tended to grow off of each other, form tight communities, see what the others were doing, but a monster with intelligence such as this? While you knew the days of being taken and drained or absorbed were far from over you thought that it wouldn’t happen as often, especially by a slime.

The slime noticed your fear and a smile grew on her otherwise stone carved face. The smile sent shivers down your spine. And then you noticed the water. The flow had stopped completely, and you were lying on the riverbed, it was dry, as if the water had been removed. You looked up at the slime and tried to ask who she was, but your tired body couldn’t make any words. The slime seemed to anticipate your question and without moving her mouth you heard echo through your mind,

“I am Erubetie.”

Explanation: Erubetie is the strongest slime in existence, she is close to Undine, the water spirit, and as a result can control water. Erubetie is more than just a slime, she has tens of thousands of consciousnesses in her body all held together by her iron will. Most of these consciousnesses were gained through absorbing willing women and monsters, though she has been known to attack on a whim so it’s safe to assume some of them were less than willing. As a slime, she cares greatly for water found in streams and rivers, unfortunately these are often polluted by humans resulting in her despising them and even wishing their destruction. Eventually she comes to accept that without humanity monsters won’t be able to survive so she pushed for coexistence by trying to find ways to reduce and reverse the effects of pollution. She is very dangerous and though her consciousnesses form into one central mind, she can quickly turn from a stoic strategist to an enraged irrational mindset.

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