>>5833025It takes some doing, but you manage to squeeze yourself through the narrow passageway into the Dusty Cellar. As the name implies a thick layer of dust covers most surfaces. Other than a few ancient cobwebs there's no signs of life in this place, just empty shelves, barrels and dusty metal implements of unknown purpose. Occasionally there is a distant noise from above followed by a gentle shower of dust drifting from the ceiling. At the far end of the room is the start of a spiral staircase leading upward.
You find a cozy barrel, bring yourself and the grimoire into it, and settle in for some well deserved rest. Do slimes sleep? Do slimes dream? You ponder the question for a moment, then promptly fall asleep.
You awake to a particularly loud thump from above you. Your empty stomach gurgles. You're going to need to find some food, but there's a nagging feeling that you need something else. A purpose.
> Revenge! Somewhere a human used you and your kind for experiments, then left you to die! Find that human and make them pay!> Dignity! They called you a pest! You're a dignified sapient and you'll make sure they know it!> Purpose is for humans! Eat! Cause mayhem! Acquire power for its own sake! Or maybe nothing really feels right yet. 