After the Scorpionfish was added to the left box the central image began to change. The once genderless humanoid form gained female features.

The upper body of a woman and a lower body resembling a venomous scorpionfish, a long, armored body and spiny fins radiating outward in shades of tan and rust.

The female half had tanned skin and long, flowing blonde hair that blended with the feathery fins cascading down her back. Her eyes are a captivating gold, giving her a distinctly inhuman quality to her face.

"Pretty, What do you think Nuit?" Mari asked lifting the fox so she could see. Nuit barked and playfully swiped at the screen. "let's see what's the total cost for this type of mermaid...750 credits," she sighed and scrunched her nose.

"Hmm, well I like how it turned out and the other mix is more expensive." Mari stared at her current credit count. With a reluctant groan, she purchased the mermaid, there would be time later to experiment with the other base forms, but for now, there were other things to do.

Once she bought the mermaid a new screen appeared with all the empty information about the new mermaid for her to fill out.

Name: Loria

Species: Merfolk - Scorpionfish

Role: Inhabitant

Role: Locked -500c

Level 1 [0%]

Traits:

* Camouflage

* Venomous spines

* Mesmerizing beauty

Personality:

* Fierce

* Patient

* Proud

* Cunning

Once she was done Mari nodded to herself and confirmed she was done with making the Inhabitant. It was unfortunate that she couldn't afford to unlock the second role, having a mermaid give out quests would have been cool, something to save for, Mari decided.

Only a moment after she confirmed her selection, a large white hologram appeared a few feet in front of her.

Mari watched in shock as the hologram seemed to come to life, the blonde mermaid looked around her hair swirling around her as though she was in water.

"Greetings Great Guardian," She bowed and then straightened her back, seemingly entering the mermaid equivalent to a soldier at attention.

"Uh, um, hello," Mari stuttered, all her social anxiety coming back in fierce waves. This was unexpected, although she spoke to Nuit it wasn't exactly a conversation as the fox couldn't yet speak.

What am I supposed to do, what does she want? Mari's thoughts were chaotic as she stood frozen watching the mermaid. Thankfully the forge was made to adapt to the user's needs.

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Loria

Role: Inhabitant

Current Needs: Home territory on Floor 2

Current Mood: Content, Curious

Mari struggled to hold in a sigh of relief and waved at the table. "Over here is the map of floor two, take a look and tell me where you would like to set your territory."

Loria turned around and examined the table. Mari kept a close eye on the little screen to monitor her mood, Loria seemed to be taking the decision seriously as she was swimming around the table slowly seemingly floating through the air.

It was several tense minutes later that she made her decision. "Here Great Guardian, this is where I shall create my home." Mari walked over curious, Loria had selected an area close to the summer island where there was a large coral reef.

Mari held her hand over the coral reef and as expected a new screen approached asking her if she wanted to give the territory to Loria, after selecting yes the mermaid holographic form seemed to glow brightly.

"I thank the Great Guardian and early await my second Role," With that her form shrank and entered the table map.

"That was exhausting," Mari sighed and leaned on the table.

Create your first inhabitant. ✔️

+300c

"Right, what's next..." Mair looked at the TV screen, the giant ship was now almost at the distant landmass she had seen when she had looked around after the storm. "I'm guessing that I have a while till my next visitors so I think I'll work on the other islands."

Mari walked around the table and chose an island at random. "I want to make an island whose purpose is to welcome the Warriors, so something like a port island."

Name: Port Island

Type: Simple Forest

Size: 1.5 acre

Creatures: Assorted Birds, Assorted Critters, 10 Wolves, 5 Bears, 12 Deer, 12 Foxes

Theme: Port Island is the first sight the Warriors get of the second floor, filled with vibrant resources, a large port with ships available to purchase, and foundations for a town.

Mari held off on publishing hoping the forge would catch on to what she wanted. She had purposely worded the Theme and for several minutes kept a firm hold on what she wanted in her mind.

Finally, a new screen appeared.

New Features!

Unlocked:

Credit System: When a Warrior kills a Monster or completes a quest they will earn credits that they can now spend within the forge.

General Quests: Until now all quests were special and needed a Quest Giver to hand them out, now the forge itself will generate simple quests for the Warriors, but these will never give anything but credits as rewards.

Upgrade Current Quests: All current created quests will receive an additional credit reward for the Warriors based on the difficulty.

*Unlocking all sorts of interesting things earlier than you should, I knew you were a good choice. Still, be careful the forge decided you were ready for new features but it hasn't been long since you started, remember what happened when you tried to do too much without its help?

"Yes!" Mari cheered. This was exactly what she had been hoping for, she quickly saved and published the island and watched as it began to change, the creatures appeared from glowing gold lights and a large port appeared on the left side of the island facing the peak and Winter Island.

A large clearing was made with several cut-down trees and a simple well not far from the port. "I guess that counts as the foundation of a town," She mused.

"Right that's 6 Islands that are now unique, I have 4 more left to finish the quest." With that said she got to work.