Chapters tagged roommate

by Zeebop

Chapter 21

> A hallmark of North American brain slug hives is coordinated activity. In pre-industrialized settings, it is theorized that this allowed the hive to effectively undertake community projects like rearing structures, digging wells, and managing factory-line style physical labor....

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Chapter 22

> The North American brain slug is still finding its place in the complex ecosystem of Earth. Their survival is not guaranteed. Interaction with humans remains the leading cause of for brain slugs and their hosts. > —National Geographic Field Guide to Extraterrestrial Spe...

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Chapter 23

> When dealing with the North American Brain Slug, the most important thing to remember is that, as a hive organism, injuries and insults inflicted on individual brain slug hosts will be communicated to every other host. The hive remembers those who hurt it. > —National Geograp...

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Chapter 24

> Imagine a video game where you control a group of simulated people in a simulated environment, going about their lives. At any moment, you can jump into them and see what they see, feel what they feel. Taste the food they eat. Feel the heat of their desire as they make love. Ex...

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Chapter 25

> Ramen began as a variety of Southern Chinese noodle dishes in the Chinatown of Yokohama, Japan in the 19th century. It was the food of the poor and dispossessed, adapting what they knew to a new place with new ingredients. After World War II, the inexpensive dish gained mainstr...

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Chapter 26

> Humans process sexual response in a number of areas of the brain. Each individual brain slug connects to its host's brain in a unique way. As a result, some brain slug hosts experience a heightened sexual response compared to others. The "brain slug slut" is a reality, although...

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Chapter 31

> Brain slugs do not have a word for love. They have a complex biochemical marker for the addictive properties of specific neuropeptides and hormones that the host brain secretes. Oxytocin is a hell of a . > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 Mel lay on his bed, unable to move. The ma...

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Chapter 32

> A koan: If two brain slug hosts have sex, is that masturbation? > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 When Mel arrived back at the apartment building, he saw Jordan, clothed, in the hallway between 501 and 502. The police tape was gone. The apartment manager was there, and the two made s...

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Chapter 34

> First contact between brain slugs and homo sapiens occurred through intermediaries. On their homeworld, brain slugs could explore a new area swiftly by bonding with a local organism, immediately gaining a viable form evolved for the environment and incorporating relevant knowle...

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Chapter 35

> In hindsight, giving extraterrestrial parasites condemned criminals as their first introduction to humanity was not the best idea. The individuals involved were often charged with , sexual , acts of heinous , and pathological deceit. It exposed the hive min...

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Chapter 36

> The second wave of brain slug hosts, before the government restricted the practice and while the legal status of the hosts was still being litigated, were selected based on several criteria. They were predominantly involved in the periphery of the Pacific Northwest BDSM communi...

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Chapter 37

> Those first volunteers to be brain slug hosts were explorers into the unknown. Astronauts on a one-way trip. They were told, in no uncertain terms, that there would be no way back. That the bond was permanent. Their lives as they knew them would cease. The brain slug had no emo...

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Chapter 38

, By the time you read this, it will be too late. I'm sorry I couldn't bring myself to tell you in person, but I knew you might have stopped me. You're the only one who would have. But this is what I've chosen. I've finally found acceptance. I love you. Please remember tha...

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Chapter 39

> As a consequence of their initial human hosts, brain slugs gained an understanding of dominance, submission, and leverage. These acquired attributes interact oddly with the brain slug's natural desire to mark its property and potential hosts. Sometimes, to affirm their relation...

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Chapter 40

> Most brain slug hosts possess excellent hearing, and brain slugs are fluent in the same languages as their hosts; brain slugs whose hosts are in contact with one another can share understanding or rapidly teach new languages. Initial integration strongly affects the host's abil...

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Chapter 42

> Face the brain slug directly. Conversation should begin with eye contact, just to make sure you have their attention, but their eyes will drift as you begin to sign, as they follow the movements. If it is helpful to you to speak aloud while signing, do so. Remember that most br...

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Chapter 43

> Just as a brain slug's eyespots complement the host's vision, the brain slug's chemoreceptors complement the host's sense of smell and taste. Most brain slugs emphasize connections to these sensory organs and their processing structures in the brain, which can make them very se...

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Chapter 45

> In humans, taste and smell are closely interconnected. Brain slugs tend to focus strongly on these senses during early development. Part of the cultural acclimation is getting brain slug hosts to stop licking people to find out more about that. > —*How To Talk To Brain Slugs...

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Chapter 47

> A brain slug host knows its own strength and is not afraid to use it. > —*How To Talk To Brain Slugs*, Chapter 4: Touch The apartment was quiet as Mel and Rachel came in, as it often was when there was no one but the brain slug hosts present. The bathroom door was closed; pr...

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Chapter 48

> Popular rumor says that brain slug hosts are always wet and dripping to the touch. There is a kernel of truth to this. During the second stage of brain slug integration, the nervous endings in erogenous zones (nipples, clitoris or penis, and anus) increase in sophistication and...