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Pressure-Based (Vacuum/Hydraulic)

Filaments (Standard)

[Ibid Straydrink]

Something large enough to jostle us is surely large enough to eat us! Flee, and find something to jostle!

[Tidal]

Turn 3

     You quickly reach out toward where the sugar's scent is coming from and nab six glucose molecules. Using glycolysis, you ferment one to convert it into useable energy. Fermentation is a bad way to get energy, but it is all you have for now. Something again bumps you and you quickly decide between fighting and fleeing. It might be big, but it could also be competition. And how better to deal with competition than to nom on it? You send out tiny pseudopods to feel around for it, but you can't touch it. A chemical trail leads away from the sugar. Should you follow it, or stay here?



As you contemplate, you find one Amino Acid and one RNA molecule drifting around.

Spoiler: Cell Status (click to show/hide)

Cell Basics:
Common Name: Lifespark
Scientific Name: Vitascinti basus
RNA: 6
Amino Acids: 4
Glucose: 5
Energy: 6
Sentience: 1/10

Cell Stats
Defense: 1
Efficiency: 1
Structure: 1
Movement: 1
Detection: 1
Production: 1

Cell Organelles:
Basic Membrane (Defense +1)
Basic Cytoplasm (Efficiency +1)
Basic Cytoskeleton (Structure +1, Movement +1)
Basic Chemical Detection Proteins (Detection +1)
Basic Ribosomes (Production +1)

Location:
Mineral-rich ice water.

Nearby:
A chemical trail leading to something and a crystal of simple sugar.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Stay here and enjoy the free eats. No point in needlessly expending energy chasing the unknown. Sure, the magical trail of sugar could be a trap- but don't worry- we're not smart enough to think of that! 

[Tidal]

Actually, the trail is more the chemicals left behind by (what you presume) is the other cell. Some of the sugar scent got pulled away as it moved.

[peglegpengeuin]

We want to compete. The best way to compete is to get bigger right now. Eat. Protein propeller can speed that up. Small bacteria might be roaming around here too. Let's see if we can turn them into our organelles. Besides that, this should be a slow turn.

[ashton1993]

Chase the jostler! Who wants to break down all that sugar anyway? The glucose may waste our time when there ae better sources of food

[Ehndras]

Follow the chemical trail, for !!SCIENCE!!

...We have enough energy for now. We may bump into something useful!

[Sinpwn]

Follow the jostler, we must have revenge.

[peglegpengeuin]

The jostler has no source of energy right now. We do. Eat up, so we are stronger when we meet up again.

Don't count this as two votes for staying. Just trying to convince others to change their's.

[ashton1993]

The jostler has no source of energy right now. We do. Eat up, so we are stronger when we meet up again.

Don't count this as two votes for staying. Just trying to convince others to change their's.

The Jostler is the source of energy, not anything it's found silly 

[Ibid Straydrink]

Actually, the trail is more the chemicals left behind by (what you presume) is the other cell. Some of the sugar scent got pulled away as it moved.

By "trail," I meant the stream of sugar that we are at.

The jostler has no source of energy right now. We do. Eat up, so we are stronger when we meet up again.

Don't count this as two votes for staying. Just trying to convince others to change their's.

The Jostler is the source of energy, not anything it's found silly 

If I understand Edio correctly, and to make sure we're on the same page, we are at a little "flow" of sugar, i.e. potential energy. The stream of chemicals is what jostler in question is the source of, and leads away from said delicious and suspicious sugar flow.

[Tidal]

It's a sugar crystal that is partly dissolving in the water, leaving bits of sugar flowing everywhere.

Yeah, the chemical stream shows the path of a cell and tells you where it is, because you can't really see or feel very well yet.

[peglegpengeuin]

I suspect that the jostler is a mitochondria. Not worth the risk of go after. Anyway, there should be plenty more where that guy came from. Or better yet not.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Layman's question, purely out of intrigue- albeit it the semi-lazy, preoccupied intrigue that can't be bothered to figure it out for itself- is this "historically accurate?" Do organelles just flit about in the primordial soup like sub-cellular nymphs and fairies, waiting to be hunted down and had their way with..?

[Tidal]

Turn 4

    That cell has no right to push you around like that! You hesitate briefly as you decide whether or not to go after him. It is decided that you will go after the Jostler after you are a little stronger- of course, he also could come back seeing as you are near an incredibly energy-rich zone. You detect a change in the water's makeup and reach around experimentally. The pseudopods feel something squishy and small. It appears that several simple bacteria (none of which seem to pose a threat to you) have come to the little "oasis" that you inhabit. You quickly engulf and digest them using the Energy from the water around you. You gain some Amino Acids and some Energy from the sugar. You also obtain a piece of RNA from each of them, and you feel a little more intelligent. With all of your goodies, you decide to create a flagellum to make you quicker! Using eight Amino Acids and some fermented glucose, you craft a Basic Flagellum.

    With your new propeller, you are ready to ride. Do you want to stick around any longer or keep exploring?

Spoiler: Cell Status (click to show/hide)

Cell Basics:
Common Name: Lifespark
Scientific Name: Vitascinti basus
RNA: 9
Amino Acids: 12
Glucose: 5
Energy: 7
Sentience: 2/10

Cell Stats
Defense: 1
Efficiency: 1
Structure: 1
Movement: 3
Detection: 1
Production: 1

Cell Organelles:
Basic Cytoplasm (Efficiency +1)
Basic Cytoskeleton (Structure +1, Movement +1)
Basic Chemical Detection Proteins (Detection +1)
Basic Flagellum (Movement +2)
Basic Membrane (Defense +1)
Basic Ribosomes (Production +1)

Location:
Mineral-rich ice water.

Nearby:
A fading chemical trail leading to something and a crystal of simple sugar.

(Not all organelles are free-floating. Some (like mitochondria) are. Of course, you may be able to improvise or go without.)