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Underneath a 2012 Everchill Refrigerator.
Well, according to the user manual that came with the core. I was stuck here underneath this cabinet until I built a core room to transfer to. And the first quest I had to do was to build a core room.
The manual was a very thick imaginary tome that I could call up into my view within the core to look at without the need for eyes, or hands to turn the pages. The cover informed me that it was entitled “The complete idiot’s guide to building a Dungeon.”
While the book didn’t appear to be very thick. The index went up to Xenomorphic entities starting on page four thousand, three hundred and twenty three.
Then there were the appendixes that went on for another several hundred pages. And what was up with that title?
Right now my dungeon's reach was about three inches radius, or about three times the core’s size.
So, after reading up for a bit. I began claiming all the loose material within three inches around me. Just the loose stuff. For the moment I was going to leave the flooring below me intact as well as leaving the complex device above me alone.
I think I need a better idea of what the thing was before I tried ripping off pieces.
[ You have incarnated as a dungeon core. Reward 1BP ]
[You have discovered a sample of a Cat. Advance to Copper 3 to add it to your summoning list.]
[You have discovered a sample of a Human. Advance to Silver 7 to add it to your summoning list.]
[ You have a sample of a Cockroach. Do you wish to add Cockroach to your summoning list?]
[ You have gathered .27 units of undesignated material.]
“Well, doesn't that look familiar. Same old lettering right there in my face. What’s a BP?”
The Cat and Human samples seemed to have come from some of the hair I had gathered up, while the roach came from a complete if falling apart corpse. One of the dozens around me.
From what the manual says, I can add as many creatures below a rank of copper one to my summoning list as I wish. And a BP is a build point, which I will figure out the significance of when I get around to it.
Wait, there are ranks below copper? I never even heard of anything like that. Back home at the age of fifteen, you get a rank of copper one in your class. You are born with the Class of Infant, but it never gets ranked. it just changes its name as you grow up. With training and practice you could usually choose what your class was by the time you got your first rank.
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Right now I’m Base one, which I guess must be a rank below copper that dungeons could get. Or does everything get Base levels on this world?
In any case, I don’t want a cockroach for a creature, but since I don’t think anything better is going to come along. Done.
[ You have added Cockroach to your summoning list.]
Great. Let’s check what I got to work with on the default display
=Unnamed dungeon=
Base tier. Level 1 - 10
Magic 1 per hour
Magic pool 1 – 1
Reach - 3 inches
Build points 1 – 1 to the next level
Summoning
Cockroach
Materials
.27 units of undesignated
So, I guess Build Points are like experience points for dungeons? Then at least it’s even easier to advance in levels than the copper ranks. One times the next level rather than ten.
So. Now I guess I’m going to summon a Cockroach. And…
[You have summoned a Cockroach. Please designate it's job. Worker / Warrior.]
And there I go. A little blue summoning circle appeared and created a deep well of light going out of sight below me as a little black-shelled bug rose up from it. Then it just stood there as the circle disappeared.
[You have summoned your first creature. Reward 1 BP]
Woo hoo. I’m on my way.
So, since I’m not too worried about defending against anything that a Cockroach could deal with. So, Worker.
[ Cockroach #1 assigned as a Worker. Assign task. Gatherer / Builder / Reserve.]
I choose Gatherer. “Go get me some more icky stuff number one.” Gathering everything thing around me had at least cleaned up the place, all the way out to three inches away. So let’s improve the view farther out.
The bug saluted me with one of it's legs then began to gather up some of the dust bunnies around me. Lifting and carrying each one up close enough to me to let me absorb them.
Funny. The manual didn’t mention the saluting bit. Wonder what other surprises I got in store?
A long black fur covered arm suddenly reached under the fridge and slammed down on number one. Before it slowly began dragging itself back. It’s extended claws trying to drag my only minion out from underneath the device above me.
A cat. A stinking cat. A mad eyed, relatively giant, bedamned cat.
I hate cats. Alelan loved the nasty little beasts, but I had the last seventeen years nearly free of the nasty creatures. The ones I did have to suffer around the monastery were at best a distant sight, easily avoided.
Guess it was a good thing the old woman had kicked me under here after all.
Good old number one slipped out from between the beast’s claws and out from underneath it’s paw before running back toward me as the cat began frantically clawing at it again. Trying to recapture it’s prey.
“Serpentine, number one, run serpentine!”
I’m not sure if it could even hear me, or had enough brains to understand me if it did, but it did get out of the black cat’s reach. Minus a leg. And then he went right back to work.
Damned if he isn’t a good bug. I checked the manual and figured out how to rename number one “Lucky”, as well as limiting it’s assigned gathering job area to just a little too far back for the cat to get to him.
The cat pressed itself flat trying to get it’s head underneath the fridge with me to try to get some more reach. It also began hissing and yowling in frustration as it failed until the old woman came to investigate.
“What is it now Buttercup? Another mouse? Well just wait until it comes out again. That should be soon enough since it’s bedtime. Good hunting my little black mouser.” Then the great big light went out. Leaving me able to somehow still see all around me in a cold colorless sort of way. With a thin ghostly flickering light shining from the window and into the room.
First of all, Buttercup? She named that hell beast, who was still peering under the device at me, Buttercup?
Second. Mice?
Look like I need to make some Warriors, for all the good Warrior cockroaches are going to do me.