Dominant Culture

Story created by FeverDreamer ∙ 14 April 2024

A government experiment to create intelligent microbial life fails, but a small sample is taken home and is eaten by an unsuspecting civilian.

Story concept blatantly stolen from When The Yoghurt Took Over.


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  • Dominant Culture

    Chapter written by FeverDreamer ∙ 14 April 2024

    A government experiment to create intelligent microbial life fails, but a small sample is taken home and is eaten by an unsuspecting civilian.

    Story concept blatantly stolen from When The Yoghurt Took Over.

  • I want to believe that it’s not my fault.

    It is - it totally is - but I didn’t do it on purpose.

    And while, if you had asked anyone ten years ago, “Hey, would you like your body and civilization to be hijacked by this psychic hivemind of hyper-intelligent yoghurt?” they would have obviously said no, there’s nobody alive today that would ever want things to go back to the way they were.

     

    But I’ve skipped ahead, so let’s rewind for a second.

     

    It started in a lab, in a country, funded by a government. Not that any of them exist anymore. I’d managed to sneak my way into a high pay, low responsibility position thanks to a doctored resume and a friend of a friend shuffling some files around.

    The team I was assigned to had just completed phase one of their latest project: Genetically engineer intelligent life. And by complete phase one, I mean get greenlit and funded to actually start work.

    I couldn’t tell you the exact science going on behind the scenes - like I said, high pay, low responsibility - but what I did understand was that they wanted to start with a microbe that was easy to cultivate in an environment hospitable to humans and didn’t pose any poison or toxicity risks.

    Why microbes? Well, the plan was to have each cell be part of a larger network, kind of like how a single ant is pretty stupid but an entire nest is apparently much smarter. At least that’s how it was explained to me, and I was willing to take their word for it.

    Anyway, we started with lactobacillus; the yoghurt bacteria. Yes, just like in that one episode of that streaming anthology. And frankly, compared to how things went in that story… Well, I’ll let you judge for yourself.

     

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    I wasn’t stupid enough to take a sample home with me. Not straight away. I was getting triple what my last job had paid and most of the time I just needed to show up to work and fetch the occasional rack of test tubes. No point in jeopardising a cushy number like that for some funky milk.

    The opportunity arose close to the end of the project’s first complete round of testing: Results had been a categorical failure and there was already talk of which strain …

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JJ97TSF ∙ 16 April 2024

Super hot, like usual! Can't wait to see how this goes

RT101 ∙ 01 May 2024

Loved the start of this! I can't wait for more.