Within a pond, a torquiest gem gleamed. Around it, koi lazily swam, underneath lily pads and fallen leaves. Almost unnaturally light, the gem seemed to glow with it’s own light. And, indeed, it did.

Welcome Core! You have been Created! Please select a starting class/spieces (This cannot be changed later; choices may be available later, but that is unlikely):

Dungeon Core: These cores are focused on building a dungeon to be as painful to adventures as possible. If spawning monstrous creatures, making traps and causing death is your thing, chose this class!

Creator Core: Often mistaken for Dungeon Cores, Creator Cores are focused on making beautiful, thriving ecosystems, instead of building a ‘dungeon’ for the whole purpose of killing adventures! If you like building, peace, and beauty, this is the choice for you!

Wild Core: Wild Cores have the sole goal of destruction. Focused on obliterating all life but the horrendous creations of their own, these cores are truly horrible. Like other Cores, they create, but the creatures and places they build are twisted monstrosities. If you are an insane psycho, this is the choice for you!

Sentient Crystal: A mostly unassuming choice, this spieces is a Crystal… with sentience. Different from cores, this allows you to become powerful creatures such as the Crystal Golem and Crystal Dragon, or even the Onyx Snake.

Magic Gem: Magic Gems are… well… non sentient magical gems that can, later, achieve sentience as a magical sword or other weapon or creation, but otherwise have no perks.

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Warning: Your choice will drastically change your path. Chose carefully.

The gem pulsed uncertainly. It had only just came to be, and barely understood anything displayed before it. What was a ‘sword’? Or a ‘gem’? What even was a ‘core’? It did not like the ‘Wild Core’. Mostly because, to its base understanding, ‘wild’ and ‘killing’ were bad. It did not want to be a gem, and immediately crossed out the last two options. Then, seeing as the word ‘killing’ in the description of ‘Dungeon Core’ it chose ‘Creator Core.’

Creator Core chosen! Please select a starting animal/plant:

Koi: Large, pretty fish. Mostly ignored, these seemingly unassuming fish have a draconic bloodline of the purest kind, and often become dragons if they survive long enough.

Lillypads: Lillypads. Pads that float on water and grow lilies. Can turn into carnivorous plants.

Slime: Easily changeable, the slime can turn into many, many things. Even the most far fetched things, like unicorns.

Warning: This choice will drastically change your path. Chose carefully.

Again, the gem considered its options. It didn’t want lily pads. It discarded slimes, as it, somehow, knew that ‘slimy’ was bad. And so, it chose koi.

Koi chosen! You can now spawn ‘Koi.’

You are now a proper Creator Core. Your path from now on is your own. Best of luck, and may the stars light your path.

The core was confused about the strange farewell, but soon tossed it aside to create its first koi. Koi! It thought. Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! Koi! I want koi! For every time it thought ‘Koi’ a new koi fish appeared. Now, twelve new koi floated in the pond, which was almost too small for them and the older occupants.

The core’s koi were varied in appearance - some were red, some were white, some were gold, some were blue, some were purple, and some were a combination. The gem delighted in the colors of its creations. Delighted, it watched the fish for a while, before tackling the question of what do I do now. Now… How do I expand this pond for more koi?