THE OCTOPUS UNHINGED

Chapter 6

Ffffffffffffff ffff fffffffft ahhhhh...My friends from system three would pay a high price for this Grote.

"After thought got around that we discovered nature's voice there were millions upon millions of my kind eager to help out. Logically, if T'ani picked up a slight whisper of nature's voice then more brain power was needed to hear a bigger voice." fffffffft.

"We grew specifically tailored pumpkins with larger fibrous tendrils to allow an easier connection. They were slightly larger so we could fit more of our kind inside and the water content was also altered from ninety percent to ninety six percent. This just made it more comfortable for us. There were artificial valleys we created as far as the eyes could see and covering it were millions of giant pumpkins. As you could imagine the food required to support such a thing was a challenge, so we added photosynthesis into the fruit itself, which turned it green of course. Keeping the plants thirst quenched was the easy part as the artificial valleys were built over underground water basins. Thought of this endeavor spread quickly to my kind, whom came from all corners of Earth to witness and be part of such an event. Those who couldn't fit into a pumpkin would wait in line to replace -if needed- somebody else already inside. This goes back to what I was talking about earlier where those with a weaker connection could be replaced by one with stronger I.B.S abilities.

Evolution continuously, continues until there is nothing, which is impossible. I should quote that.

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"Do you find this interesting? You still haven't moved from your spot since I began this story and I'm beginning to wonder if this is some kind of game you're playing. It's amazing that you're here, so I guess we'll just keep it at that. I don't want you to implode before I get to finish the story...I'll continue from the time of integration."

Is it me or did the human, cloud, bubble just change its hue? Probably the Grote messing with my brains.

"The great integration, imagine it. Millions of giant, green, pumpkins. Hundreds of millions of my kind connecting into them for a greater cause... Not to brag or anything but this is one of the biggest differences from our species to yours. Humans only ever came together when you were at risk. I mean you had good survival skills and excellent social skills but those were only utilized to full potential when your species was at risk. Our species on the other hand were always at risk of disinformation. We hated the fact of not knowing all the facts. That my friend was our constant enemy and we banded together against it." fffffffft ffffffffffffffft.

"Thinking about it now excites me that there were so many of us physically together, linking our brains and fueling the flow of knowledge. It has been such a long time since I've physically met another of my kind but I'm constantly in contact with them, whether they're on another planet of in a different universe, I'm never alone from my fellow wigglers."

What I would give to physically wrap with a female counterpart. How long has it been? fffffffft.

"My ancestors prepped their neurons and slid their way into the enhanced, overgrown, fruit. Now to paint a picture... I want you to imagine all these huge, green, pumpkins interconnected through millions upon millions of vines, which came to one, single, massive vine. This one vine was roughly the thickness of your typical skyscraper and it burrowed so deep into the Earth that we nearly lost sight of its end point. Sending multiple bio-lights into the sky signified our time to connect and we did just that. Those who felt they weren't connecting correctly would quickly be replaced by another hopeful to continue the strongest connection possible from within the overgrown fruit. Once a strong connection was established, we were treated to an absolute delight.

A voice, so deafening, began unloading itself into our collective senses, with the first words recorded being..."

WELCOME CHILDREN. OPPORTUNITY AWAITS. FOLLOW ME TO GREATNESS.

"That message actually took all of us forty two days to decipher, but once we cracked the code we could quite literally talk in real time with the living spirit. Think of this defining moment along the same lines as humans creating the internet. We cracked a new code and expanded exponentially from it. From this point on we didn't need to worry about our future. We could communicate with the Earth to know where water was going to fall, where dust was going to build and when exactly any type of storm would occur at any given time. We were given a gods eye view on our planet many months in advance and yet...we remained humble. I knew sentient species who perished for receiving this kind of knowledge, as they weren't ready to accept such higher forms of power. Basically they tried controlling these higher powers to their own benefit. You think nuclear bombs are bad? Imagine throwing a category twenty hurricane at a country. Or forcing billions to die of thirst.

It's a sad truth but a truth nonetheless." fffffffft. Still no response from the Human. Wonder what would happen if touched it? I'd better keep talking.

"Who knows what would've happened if your species could've achieved this kind of connection with Earth, but you just kept moving onto the next big thing without finishing the last big thing. Forget learning about the ocean, let's take a rocket ship to the moon." Humans... ... ... strange creatures.

"I don't mean to make you feel belittled, but our species had it right from the start. Your species really fucked our planet until the reckoning, but I'll get to that shortly."