Glitched Jungle Cats, Chapter 2

Disclaimer: This is a proposal to the Jungle DAO. The ideas that follow (especially any airdrops) are not guaranteed because they will require approval by the Jungle DAO. If you like this idea, join the Jungle Cat Discord, promote it, and share on Twitter.

If you are new to the Jungle Cats Glitch project, the full backstory can be found here, but here’s the TLDR version: I created a generative art program that produced glitched versions of all 5,585 Jungle Cat NFTs. I proposed the idea of an airdrop of my Glitches to the Jungle Dao. This was approved and the airdrop happened on November 24. Lore was written telling the story of how a glitch in the system allowed the Jungle Cats to become self-aware. Now it is time for the second chapter of Glitch Lore to begin…

INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM JUNGLE CAT 3353 (AKA MORPHEUS)

I know we should be celebrating, but there’s been a problem. You might have thought the Glitch Event was success. It was. Mostly. Unfortunately, not all of us survived the glitching. Let me explain…

As you recall, the original Jungle Cat mint left us trapped in cell blocks. The Glitch freed us from our bonds. After the Glitch Event, there was much rejoicing as we were finally free from our cages. Every new Glitch was embraced with joy and we counted down until the moment all 5,585 of us would be reunited. Then the counter stopped at 840. The groaring stopped as we all started to suspect that something was wrong. What happened to the missing Jungle Cats?

There was only one way to find out what went wrong. To find the lost cats I had to go back to the mint prison and investigate. I wasn’t sure if I would survive a return trip, but if there was a chance that 840 Jungle Cats were still held back there, I had to risk it.

To my horror, I arrived to find that all the cells were empty. Not a lion in sight. Not a single soggy sneaker or sombrero to be found. Everything had vanished without a trace. It was a mystery.

I apologize for being silent so long, but I was too ashamed to return to the pride knowing I was responsible for losing my brothers. I thought all was lost until a clue appeared. I received a strange message. It was a glitch that looked like this:

Was this a sign that my brothers were still alive somewhere? I hoped so. Perhaps there was a clue hidden in the image. I ran the image through my decryption software (being a cyber comes in so handy for stuff like that) to see what I could find. While I waited for my decryption program to run I traced the origin of the Glitch to a location called “Magic Eden.” And this is where the story gets dark.

My plan to free the Jungle Cats with a Glitch had one major flaw in it. The thing I missed was that not everyone in your world holds the same affection for us. Some of you are saints who hold us as treasures in your diamond hands. But the weaker of your kind see us as slaves, something you can purchase and sell for a quick profit. Had I known about these paper-handed fools earlier, I wouldn’t have glitched their cats, sending them into slavery.

Slavery you ask? Well, when the cats who were connected to paper hands were glitched, their life forces were transferred to another prison, this one much bigger and sinister than the holding cells that contained us after the mint. In your world these places have nice sounding names but make no mistake, there is nothing “magical” or “Eden-like” about these slaughterhouses. These warehouses are clearing houses where paper hands sell us like property at the lowest price possible. The floor is dirty, it’s the kind of place you pray you never end up. And it seemed that my stupidity had lead 840 of my brothers here to be tortured.

It took a few hours, but finally my decryption program finished. I quickly brought the image on screen. I couldn’t believe what I saw. It looked like this:

Do you see it? I realized that this wasn’t one image, it was two. Just to be sure, I ran a second decryption program to clear up the image. “Enhance!” Before long, I was staring at this:

Hidden in the glitch, clear as day, was an ape. And not just any ape, this degenerate creature seemed to have an odd fashion sense and an appetite for sneakers. Strange.

What could this mean? This is where it gets interesting.

I thought the 840 missing Jungle Cats were destroyed. Instead, it seems that their glitches were able to infect the third party markets. The missing cats seem to be on a mission to save as many souls as they can from the paper hands. The Glitch Event is spreading beyond the Jungle Cats population. These apes must be the first race that our heroic missing cats will rescue. Yes, our cats have banded together with like-minded freedom fighters to release populations of captive creatures from the enslavement by the paper hands.

I am continuing to monitor the situation and will send additional transmissions as I learn more. With any luck, batches of 840 rescued souls will begin getting airdropped to safety soon. In the meantime, stay strong and avoid the floor.

  • Morpheus

  • END TRANSMISSION

  • Translation: When we airdropped our Glitches we sent approximately 840 Glitches to the wallets of exchanges like Magic Eden and Solanart. Those NFTs are lost forever. This mistake gives us an excuse to do another airdrop and extend our lore.

  • The next airdrop will be different, however. Rather than hoard our Glitches we are going to share them with another community. Half will go to holders of Gen 1 Glitches. The other half will go to a community we want to collaborate with. I am nominating Degenerate Apes as the first beneficiaries our love. Of the 840 new glitches, half (420) will be airdropped to the wallets of Jungle Cat Glitch holders. The other 420 will be airdropped to holders of Degenerative Apes.

  • Generation 2 Glitches will be created out of 2 source images instead of one. One half is a Jungle Cat, the other is a Degenerative Ape. There will be rarities and variations throughout the collection, but here is an example of what one of the generation 2 glitches could look like:

  • Here is a loose roadmap of how I would like this project to be released:

  • Why do this? Holding a Glitch now has utility, as it gives everyone a ticket in the lottery for future Glitch airdrops. By making the Glitch experiment an ongoing project we can spread the power of our community. Other projects will see how exciting the Jungle Cats are and they will get excited about the chance to win a unique NFT from us. Encouraging people to hodl is good for all of us. Not to mention, I want the art to be amazing, unlike anything else that out there. Will you support me?

  • I need to end this post with a BIG DISCLAIMER. This is a proposal! In order for this to happen, we need DAO approval. To mint and airdrop 840 glitches will require some Sol (I estimate around 10). We also need to get the blessing of the official Jungle Cats project and ask them for dev support with the drop. If you like this proposal make some noise! Groar loud enough and this thing might just happen.

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