It was the last little box sitting in the display on the counter. The small, rectangular package was red and pink and covered in hearts, no doubt a leftover from Valentine's Day. He was not usually a big chocolate fan, but Lars felt bad for the lone survivor.
When Slimes first appeared in the aftermath of The Shadei Uprising in 1983, infection by their cells and being turned into an amorphous Gelkin was a death sentence. Now though, twenty years later, medical advances which protect sentience as the transformation progresses and prevent transmission of the virus to others allow Gelkin to continue leading normal lives--for the most part anyway. There are always surprises when one becomes something else...