Reviewing the list again while trying to guess which evolution would be the most powerful from the names alone, I noticed that it didn't say what would happen if I unlocked all three paths. A window appeared in response to my idle thought.
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Fulfilling the requirements for all three evolution paths will unlock: Titan Boa
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"Titan Boa, huh?" I did like the sound of that. It sounded strong. Powerful. It would also be more beneficial If I unlocked as many evolutions as possible, even if I didn’t see them through to the end.
"I guess that's what I'll aim for. The Titan Boa evolution."
I’d start with fulfilling the requirements for the Stone Python evolution, as It seemed to be the easiest to unlock. Also, it didn’t require me to move, which I still hadn’t figured out how to do.
Lowering my head to the ground, I opened my mouth and dragged it across the ground as if it were a shovel scooping up dirt. Then I tilted my head back and let the dirt fall down my throat. The loose grass and dirt I was eating tasted like crap, and hurt my throat going down, but I’d tasted worse in the army.
After a few minutes of this, I shifted my head to the side to pick up a stone and felt a tug from inside my stomach. Glancing back, I noticed for the first time that my body had been slowly swelling from the constant influx of “food.” However, before my very eyes the mass of “food” began to shrink. "That's convenient." Already, I could feel what I'd eaten being dissolved at a rapid pace. After watching my stomach shrink for several minutes a horrible thought occurred to me: At the rate my meal was being dissolved, I’d be starving again within an hour. So, I began to eat faster.
Every time I filled myself up, I simply waited for the food to be dissolved. During these brief periods of downtime, I gradually got used to my new body. I tried moving around some more, starting with the way I’d seen snakes move in the past. I twisted and swayed my body side to side as I slowly moved around the wide, shallow hole I’d found myself digging.
I also discovered that I could move like a caterpillar... unless I had something in my stomach; then it just made me sick. I continued to test out my new body; twisting, turning, swaying, until I felt my stomach was empty enough, then I resumed eating.
By the time a window appeared to tell me it was okay to stop eating dirt and stones, I was able to decently move around. I was slow as a slug in a puddle of molasses, but I could move.
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You have unlocked the following evolution: Gluttonous Stone Python
Would you like to evolve?
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"No.” The window disappeared. The gluttonous part was new. I wondered if it was because of the Gluttonous trait. That thought led to me wondering if the other paths also gained the trait. A window answered my question.
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Consume 50lbs of meat to unlock: Gluttonous Water Boa
Consume 100lbs of vegetation to unlock: Gluttonous Tree Boa
Fulfill the requirements of the other evolutions to unlock: Gluttonous Titan Boa
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"So, it appears they did." It also made me wonder what effect this had on the evolutions. Were they stronger or weaker because of it?
They were most likely stronger for it, I decided. The trait made it so I could eat more than a normal snake, which would most likely make it easier to evolve in the future. That thought inevitably led to another. "I wonder how many creatures have this trait?"
Deciding to forget about it for now, I crawled across the ground in search of my next meal.
"Should I go for vegetation or meat?"
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