As the lid falls from the package, you can sense a soft greenish glow emanating from within along with the faintest aroma that reminds you of freshly-baked apple pie, one of your absolute favorite desserts. The source of both, you quickly find, is a lump of some kind of gelatinous substance about the size and color of a ripened lime inside the box that jiggles slightly with each subtle movement of your hand.
"That's odd," you mumble to yourself. "I wonder what this is?"
Walking back to the living room, you set the box onto the coffee table and take a seat on the nearby leather sofa to ponder this. Who would send you... whatever this is? What even is this goo? And why does it smell so damn good to you?
"Eep!" you gasp as you glance up and yet another question is suddenly thrust into your mind: why did the box suddenly move by itself on the table??
After the initial shock of seeing the tape-covered package slide just slightly toward you, your curiosity gets the better of you, and you once again peer into the top opening of the box at the green blob inside. This time you're not holding the box, but you can still see the slightest wiggles that you had previously attributed to your hand movements. Is this thing alive?
The logical side of your mind tells you to get that thing away from you as quickly as possible, but you've always liked a little bit of exploration and excitement, and nothing else around here is even close to providing either of those to you. Slowly and carefully, you reach your left hand into the box toward to curious creature. The slime recoils slightly when a finger brushes against its surface, and you withdraw your hand slightly much as you would when trying to befriend a skittish kitten.
"I'm sorry," you coo to the thing in the box. "It's okay, I won't hurt you."
Your gentle voice seems to get through to the green blob, and you try again, easing your hand back toward it. Unsure of how to treat such a strange life form, you simply run the tips of your fingers along the smooth surface, again as if petting an animal. The slime seems to enjoy your caress this time, for after a few moments it moves closer to nestle itself inside the curve of your palm. To your surprise, the blob feels very warm against your hand, almost body temperature if you had to guess. With each stroke of your fingers, the greenish glow pulsates, which you interpret as a sign of appreciation. You also notice the apple pie aroma growing steadily stronger around you.
"That's it, little one" you continue, unsure if the slime can even hear you. "I have to admit, you're kinda cute, actually. You've really grown on me."
For the first time, you scoop up the blob into your hand and lift it out of its box to get a better look at it. As soon as you pick up the slime, however, it begins squirming around like crazy. You don't sense any distress from the creature, rather it seems more like jumping for joy. You smile and chuckle at the lump of jiggling gelatin in your palm. If you were paying more attention, you might have realized that you were starting to feel a bit lightheaded from the now intense apple-pie-flavored vapors, but your concentration is focused squarely on the creature.
"You need a name, my friend. Since you're so green, how about... Jade?" The blob wiggles up and down, which you take as a sign of approval.
"Alright, Jade it is, then!" Your smile grows wider, and your opinion of this strange gift changes from reproach to thankfulness now that you essentially have a new pet. Speaking of which...
"Hey Jade, do you know any good tricks?"
Not wanting to disappoint her new master (you insist on thinking of it as female despite not knowing how to tell the gender of an amorphous blob), Jade wobbles in place in your hand for a bit, seemingly straining to do something. Within a few moments, you see your new slime pet begin to change, morphing her shape into something else...
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