remove usage of and setting droplet number variable

while this doens't exactly feel like the Correct thing to do, there
is a benefit to not having to keep track of the state as much, and
just relying on the tags we've already set and use other places.

functions.sh

@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ machine(){
 
 	case $command in
 		create)
-			# read isn't used in these pipelines because of job control shinanigans
 			echo 'Creating Droplet...'
 			curl -s -X POST \
 					-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
@@ -195,10 +194,7 @@ machine(){
 			        "image":"ubuntu-24-10-x64",
 			        "ssh_keys":["'$fingerprint'"],
 			        "tags":["auto-mc"]}' \
-			    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets" |\
-					jq .droplet.id | read droplet
-
-			export droplet
+			    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets" > /dev/null
 			echo 'Waiting for droplet to be active...'
 			while sleep 5; do
 					machine show status
@@ -220,15 +216,15 @@ machine(){
 					curl -s -X GET \
 						-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 						-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets/$droplet" |\
-						jq '.droplet.networks.v4[] | select(.type == "public")'
+						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets?tag_name=auto-mc" |\
+						jq '.droplets[].networks.v4[] | select(.type == "public")'
 				;;
 				status)
 					curl -s -X GET \
 						-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 						-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets/$droplet" |\
-						jq -r .droplet.status | read status
+						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets?tag_name=auto-mc" |\
+						jq -r .droplets[].status | read status
 					export status
 				;;
 			esac