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[rimuru]

[ Video starts with a blob. There is a blue blob in front of the communicator. And after a couple of seconds, the blob squirms and a voice is heard ] Oh! This is on! That was easier than I expected. [ yes, the blob is talking ] Hello, I'm Rimuru Tempest: a slime! [ the blue slime hops once, swaying from side to side for a moment before he continues, excitedly ] Don't worry, I'm not a bad sliiiiime!!! [ well. Maybe people in this world know Dragon Quest, maybe they don't. This place reminds him of his own Earth a lot, with some crucial differences like Superheroes, but if he is lucky, there will be others from the same place as him.

In any case, slime introductions were made, and suddenly the ball bounces and suddenly reshapes itself into a boy (girl? Who knows.) and Rimuru finally stands in his human form, hands on his hips. He sees no need to continue playing super-cute, so he calms down, but he is smiling ] I think you'll appreciate it a lot more if I look like this.

It's not the first time I was pulled into a new place, though it's still weird. I kept some of my powers, but not all. [ he looks down at his hands and then crosses his arms, with a thoughtful expression on his face ] I'm missing my Unique Skill. It's a bit lonely. Will I be able to get her back? Can I level up in this place? [ level up... well, sure, he will use that expression, it's easier. ]

In any case, this seems like a really interesting place. I hope we can be friends. [ and he smiles wide again before he cuts off the feed ]

Comments

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[pullsheavendown]

[Whoa. That's...kinda gross, but also kinda cool?]

You've been to other worlds before?

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[rimuru]

Not a lot of them, but more than a normal person, I'd say.

This is my third.

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[pullsheavendown]

That's still pretty cool. I've been to a bunch, but I hardly ever meet other imPorts who have.

What's the skill thing you said you lost?

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[rimuru]

You have? How come? [ were they reincarnated too? Summoned? ]

Oh my skill. She is called "Great Sage". [ how to explain his skill? ] It's like a supercomputer inside my head that explains everything I need to know. Very useful

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[pullsheavendown]

It was kind of my job. I used to get around them easily on my own, before I got stuck here.

So...it makes you really smart? That would be useful, wow.

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[softheartedshizun]

[Shen Qingqiu is peering at the camera, his expression is of unsure suspicion and is in contrast with his immortal cultivator image as if he had just stepped out of a xianxia.]

Transmigrated into a slime?

[That is the first thing he takes from this, it had to be. Who else makes a Dragon Quest reference, talks about leveling up and has experienced changing worlds like it was no big deal!

Though, to be quite honest he was quite delighted that he was not the only one! Well, assuming his assumptions were true.]

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[rimuru]

Ehhh- I call it "reincarnated". [ since he died.

BUT ]

Do you know about that sort of thing?!

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[softheartedshizun]

Same thing.

[Maybe slightly different tropes. Though now that he thought about it, they all covered a vast array of stories. All that mattered was the person died and ended up in another world or time.

But more importantly!]

A brother!

[In this moment he realized he did miss the presence of Airplane Bro, at least a little bit.]

I am quite intimately familiar with the process.

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[rimuru]

[ now Rimuru is excited ] You as well?! Most people I've met were summoned, they didn't reincarnate! [ and honestly,. it's great knowing other people went through the same. Not that the situation is any fun, but at least it means he isn't the only one who reincarnated in another world! Good, that's good! ]

Finally someone understands...! [ IT HAS BEEN... SO LONELY... ]

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[rimuru]

[ waitasecond


wait

a moment ]

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[rimuru]

....

did you also get a new body, or did you keep yours?

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[softheartedshizun]

Of course not. I'm not so lucky to be the protagonist of such clichéd wish fulfillment stallion novel bare minimum plots.

Not that I am interested in a harem in anysense to begin with.

[Useless losers called reincarnation when they get to keep their body and items! That's not reincarnation or transmigration that's just falling into another world! Don't misrepresent your specific flavor of trope!]

However, I took over someone elses....

[Because that was the common difference in transmigration and reincarnation, waking up in an already established body.]

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[chainlinks]

[Oh wow, a level 1 encounter - wait never mind.]

Don't worry, the slimes I ran into were far less cuter than you.

[Like some in the nsfw territory.]

I've played my share of video games myself but I don't think you can really 'level up' in this world like that. Unless it's an ability of yours?

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[rimuru]

[ he is way over level 1!!

But Rimuru takes that first comment as a compliment! He smiles wide, pinching his own cheeks ] My slime form is very cute, isn't it? Squishy too!! [ a lot of people love using him. Kinda like a squishy cushion ]

But... the file they gave me didn't say anything about leveling up either. So that means I can't, right?

What a pain...

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[chainlinks]

[Oh god, THAT kind of using.]

Probably not but, humans in my world don't really level up.

[He did tho, technically. He's not going to say that out loud, however.]

Why not just make your own goals? That's like leveling up on your terms.

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[rimuru]

No, it's different from how I know "leveling up" to be. [ because whenever he leveled up, he'd gain extra skills and extra power. Here that isn't going to happen ]

I will still help with what I have, but the powers I've lost were much better for that sort of thing.

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[walkontwolegs]

[ A young girl is on the screen, her hands clapped together and her expression one of excitement. ]

Are Slimes a type of Ditto?

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[rimuru]

Er- no. Slimes are like... [ how to describe this to a child ] jello. That is alive.

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[walkontwolegs]

[ She gets a curious look on her face for a moment... Then eventually nods. ]

I think I understand. Ditto are more like pudding that's alive.

[ This is probably not as helpful as she thinks it is? She's doing her best. ]

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[rimuru]

Uh, then i guess slimes are somewhat like dittos in a way. [ probably much less resourceful ]

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[walkontwolegs]

[ She smiles at that, happy to have her theory confirmed. ]

Your transformations are much more believable than a Ditto's! They can't speak human languages.

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[perfectlyhuman]

[ Well, you had him at little slime thing, and now he's just fascinated. ]

Whoa. That was so cool.

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[rimuru]

[ rimuru smiles wide. It's great that kids enjoy this trick.

Hands on his hips, he laughs ]

This is a pretty neat body!

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[perfectlyhuman]

Which one's the real one? The slime?

[ Maybe it's rude to ask, but, hey, he's just a kid. ]

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[rimuru]

Hm! I'm a slime.

But I have a skill that allows me to copy forms. So I am able to look human, but my body is still of a slime. [ he rises his arm which turns blue and jello like for a second, before it looks human again ]