Chapters tagged brain slug

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 27

> This city belongs to the HIVE > —Graffiti on Seacouver International Bridge No jacket. Antonio's shoes slapped the pavement, and he huddled against the cold breeze. The jacket was back in the apartment. So was his phone. He kept his head down, shoulders slumped, hands in hi...

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Chapter 28

> Do not touch the brain slug. The outer membrane is sensitive to pressure, temperature, and various chemicals; it can easily survive rain and even full immersion in water if the host bathes or swims, but physical contact will often trigger stress vocalizations, and damage can ta...

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Chapter 30

> Brain slugs do not love. They do not understand love. They understand extraction, pleasure, and reciprocity. > Many struggle with the concept of cuddling, at least at first. > —Slug Sutra, Chapter 1 Mel's foot ached. Step after step. He had been awake too long, and his se...

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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 33

> On their original homeworld, hive minds bred their hosts for a variety of reasons, both to increase their numbers and to enhance specific traits. Hive minds sometimes competed for especially prized studs and breeders, or developed sharing arrangements. It wasn't until the brain...

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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 41

> Brain slug eye spots are weak optical sensors, useful for navigating their native temperate rainforests based on the intensity and location of their local sun, moon, and stars. Human eyes are much more prominent and critical sensory organs. When integrated into a human host, th...