That was what I had pushed out yesterday? I had laid eggs. Eggs! I’m too young to be a parent. I was born like, three days ago so there's that.. I paced back and forth, glancing at the I woke up the next day at around noon. With the strange pressure gone I stood up, ready to start my first day as lord of the mud flats, ruler of the skinks, emperor of the world, and god of money.

Today’s plan was simple: I would continue digging out the tunnel that would soon become my throne room. I giggled to myself as I started walking towards the tunnel but tripped on something.

I grunted and looked at what I had stepped on. Why is there an egg in my lair? I looked around and noticed that there were four, strange. I stared at the eggs for a few seconds before gasping. “Holy shit I’m the father!”

Should I just dump them outside? I mean, that's what my parents did. I turned out great! Although I did just have children as a three day old. I stared at the eggs for a few more seconds and sighed.

No, I won’t abandon them, they were my kids. I would treat them with love and tell them about money. No child didn’t deserve a father. I would be a great father! I could already imagine it, giving them everything they could ever want.

Wait, does that mean I need to spend money on them? I grimaced at the thought but shoved it aside. I would worry about that later. For now they should be safe in my lair. I needed food, like now.

Laying those eggs had consumed all my food supply. So it is time to hunt! No more accidentally running into stuff, I am the ruler of these mud flats. I exited my lair and marveled at how much easier it was to exit it now, how fat had I been last night.

My new tail was perfect, almost twice as long as my body and pretty powerful. I grunted and looked around, I hadn’t really explored any of the mud flats. So now was the perfect time to do so!

I began walking along the shore of the pond, enjoying the early morning air as I looked around for anything edible. I felt pride begin to swell within me. I owned all of this! No one actually knows and respects that but still.

Actually are there even any humans in this world? I mean it’s just been a bunch of animals but bigger. And floating words that help you get stronger. Why am I not freaking out? I had kinda just gone with the flow but wasn’t this entire situation pretty messed up?

Eh, money could solve all of these problems. Also I’m pretty sure I am a freaking dragon! Who cares if there are humans. Also I have children now for some reason. That might be a bit challenging to deal with.

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I hadn’t really been paying attention while I was walking so when I heard a “crunch” from underneath my foot I got a bit worried. I lifted my foot up and saw that I had stomped on a crab. A normal sized crab.

You have killed a level 1 Mud Crab

I poked it with my foot but having most of its body smushed must have killed it. Oh well, free food! I began tearing into it, eating the crab shell and all. My stomach is a beast! And it actually tasted good.

I quickly looked around for more of these mud crabs. Why did all of these animals have such boring names? Mud is not my defining personality trait! Money is, I should be a money skink.

After giving myself my new unofficial title I went back to looking for food. Unfortunately there weren’t any more crabs that I could see. Oh well back to patrolling. I walked around for about an hour but didn’t find anything else other than a few snails and a weird fish looking thing that teleported away the second it saw me! Rude little thing.

By now the sun had risen far enough in the sky that I felt like I was slowly getting cooked. So I went for a swim! I hadn’t explored the lake yet and this was the perfect excuse to do so. I walked over to the shore and waded in, the cold lake water cooling me down as I flopped onto my belly, my tail swaying from side to side as I smiled happily.

Life was pretty damn good. I let the tip of my tail dip into the water as I just laid there. The lake water wasn’t exactly the cleanest but I had been walking around in mud all day so I couldn’t complain. Soon I would own a bath but for now this was the next best thing.

Just as I was about to get out I felt something bite the tip of my tail. I quickly flung myself out of the water taking whatever had bit me along for the ride. I slammed into the mud with a wet “spalt” as I glanced over towards the fish that was now flopping on the shore.

It was the color of mud and was the size of my head. I stared at it for a few seconds before suddenly being struck by a genius idea. Fishing! I didn’t have to risk my life fighting horrid monsters to feed myself.

I could simply use my tail as a lure and once a fish bit me I could throw it onto the shore. I am so freaking smart. I walked over to the fish and crushed its head with my new powerful jaws. Evolution is great!

You have killed a level 3 Mud Minnow

Another animal named after mud! Who is naming these things? Why would they be so unimaginative? Who is the one controlling the system? Oh well, at least they had made me a dragon.

I picked up the now dead fish and headed back to my lair. If I’m gonna have a buncha mini version of me running around I need to fortify, childproof it and make sure I have somewhere to keep them.

So after dropping the fish by the eggs I got to work. I quickly dug out more of my lair, digging it deeper and using the now displaced mud to reinforce all of my previous plugs. I also made a small mound to store the eggs in.

After almost an hour of digging and packing mud I collapsed next to the eggs and stared at them for a few seconds. They were the size of my head and each had its own distinct color. There were four of them.

The largest of the eggs was a mottled brown color with little flakes of red. Two of them were dark brown and one was pale brown. Okay so maybe the colors weren’t that distinct. Actually what color am I?

I glanced at myself and saw that I was a pale brown with small flecks of gold. I had gold scales! Yes! I am a god! I flexed a few times and posed before flopping onto the ground. I continued staring at the eggs for a few minutes before hopping up and saying to myself. “Alright, time to go find some money.”