Mari took a calming breath and buried her fingers into Nuit's fur, that entire event had been exhausting and nerve-wracking. "Something I'm going to have to get used to I guess," She sighed.
"Right, I-I guess I should go back to floor 2," Mari switched the table over to the second floor and winced at the appearance of The Peak. "I really did end up rushing in the end, this needs some work."
With that said Mari set Nuit down and pulled up the editing page for the island, however this time instead of changing any of the text she clicked on the image of the island, and when the hologram of the island appeared in front of her she reached out and began to sculpt the island with her hands.
Sculpting the islands was something she had discovered when making the Summer Island, but she hadn't felt the need to experiment with it as she wanted the islands to look as natural as possible and knew if she started to change the shape would lose that.
Several minutes later Mari stepped back to look at the new version of The Peak. It now looked like a large needle sticking out of the ocean with stairs carved around its sides. She made it tall, so tall the tip couldn't be seen from the bottom.
Next, she made 4 large edges at different points around the spire, on the first she grew tall trees and covered them with snow and ice. In the end, she had Winter, Summer, Fall, and Spring each with its own ledge.
On the very top of the spire, she made a flat platform then grew a large tree trunk, and carved a small circle in the center. This would be where the Warriors would need to place the collected Heart Pieces.
"Hmm," Mari hummed and looked over the finished project. "I like it," With that, she saved the finished island.
"Now, the lore. After that..." Mari looked around, "Where did I put my notebook I had made a to-do list didn't I?"
Nuit barked from on top of her bed, next to her was the notebook. "Thanks Nuit." Mari flipped through her notes and sighed, "As expected, my thoughts make no sense." She groaned and flipped to a new page.
"Let's see, what have I done? I have made 5 out of my 10 islands unique, the quest calls for all of them though so I'll mark it as halfway done." Mari scanned her previous notes quickly.
* Every Island is unique! +100c - 50%
"Next let's do the lore..."
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* Create a Lore for the Second floor + 600c - 0%
"Then the Warriors Quest," Mari sighed then shook her head, "Wait no, I want to check out the Inhabitants thing first..."
* Inhabitants tab
* Create a quest for the Warriors + 100c -0%
"After that, the Monster quests,"
* Create 5 new monster blueprints + 200c -0%
* Have 2x the monsters of the first floor. +100c -0%
"Okay, what else was there?" Mari paused and tilted her head thinking. "Right, actually making an Inhabitant."
* Create your first inhabitant. +300c
Mari nodded and took a look at the finished list she would have to remember to keep to it and update it as she went through it.
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* Every Island is unique! +100c - 50%
* Create a Lore for the Second floor + 600c - 0%
* Inhabitants tab
* Create a quest for the Warriors + 100c -0%
* Create 5 new monster blueprints + 200c -0%
* Have 2x the monsters of the first floor. +100c -0%
* Create your first inhabitant. +300c
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"Let's get started on the Lore now." Mari flipped to the next page and began to jot down her thoughts. First, she wrote down, Forest Heart, Star Lady, The Peak, and Seasons - Forest.
"When the Heart of the Foret shattered, it broke into 5 pieces. There was the piece the Star held onto, which held the most power, the other four pieces each held the essence of the forest of a different season.
Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall.
The only way to free the Star and fix the heart is to collect each fragment and bring present them to the other stars.
With their help, everything shall return to as it should be."
Mari sighed and bit her lip, it was okay, but something was missing. It didn't feel as good as the first Lore she had made.
Mari paced a bit and reread the Lore, finally, she sighed and sat back down on the bed to rewrite it.
"In the aftermath of the Heart's destruction, the once balanced ecosystem of the Forests was shattered. Each fragment of the Forest Heart embodied the essence of a different season, Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall.
The Summer fragment radiated the hazy heat of the sun and was vibrant with life and energy, but without its other parts, the power struggled to find balance and burned too bright.
The Winter fragment, encased in ice and frost, held the chilling ache of solitude, longing for warmth to thaw and return to a whole.
The Spring fragment, bright with blossoms pulsed with the promise of new beginnings and growth, though it too was unstable and yearned for a return to stability amidst the cycles of life it prosided over.
The Fall fragment, cloaked in the colors of fading leaves and gentle winds, found no more piece in tales of nostalgia and acceptance, it sought the harmony it remembered from when it was whole.
The only way to free the star and restore the heart is to gather each fragment and bring them to the Peak, there as night falls the stars still in the sky shall gather their power and restore the land to what it should be, and free their fellow star."
Mari nodded satisfied. "I like this version, okay I guess that means I should go and do that." Mari stood and brought her notebook with her as she walked towards the blue shimmer on the wall that would take her to the second floor.