Dear Diary,

Kimi got here tonight! It’s been three days since I wrote last. Another player from Admin 2 got here, and someone from Admin 5. That makes seven people total who have pushed the button, so the cycle will probably reset tomorrow morning.

Aya, the Sams, Mika and Bacon are all between Floor 58 and 59. Kimi said she was a little ahead, then decided to push on without them to get to Y.

So yeah, they’re all happy.

Not much has really happened. Oh, Y and Fire removed all the oxygen from her bedroom in Admin 4’s building. It was, admittedly, interesting to watch. And then walking into the room was certainly an experience.

It kinda felt like a very strange anxiety attack. Like, there was enough air around me to go in and out of my lungs, but the air was wrong. It wasn't doing what air is supposed to do. And then I got dizzy and felt like I was gonna throw up, and Avi pulled me out.

Overall, I don't know why I did it. I wasn't even really that curious. Peer pressure, I guess? Everyone else was doing it, sooo…

Anyways, it’s a thing I never have to do again.

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Yesterday morning Avi and I had a talk about… things. We needed to make a plan for if we’re ever separated again. If either of us becomes an NPC, the other will get to our floor as fast as possible and just stay there. If both of us become NPCs and we’re sent to different floors, there’s not much we could do but beg our Admin to fix it. If one of us has our memories reset, well, I have my diary. I say it on the first page: Avi is the love of my life.

The only thing we don't know about is, what we’ll do if we’re separated when we go to the next world. I hope we’ll all be put together. If we aren't, we’ll spend our lives looking for each other.

And in the meantime, we’re just going to be together as much as possible.

I know none of those are particularly good or detailed plans. But they’re something.

I know that, obviously, Avi being randomly turned into a kobold made everyone freak out. No one knew what was going on and it was weird and scary and all that. But it was also scary on a deeper level.

I don't know, I guess it just never really sank in before how much my life… isn't mine. The Admin and the Director can really change anything about us any time they want, and there’s nothing I can do about it.

I really, really don't like thinking about it.

So I'll just pretend I don't know, and spend more time with my husband and friends. I'll just keep cooking for people and hope no one gets mad at me.

I…

I want to go home. Back to my diner on Floor 93. I want to go back to being a catgirl whose only concern is giving pep talks to marbles so they win races. I want to be bored. I-

I need to go be with Avi.

Goodnight, Dungeon.

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