Admin 6 had fourteen scans running on his recently-completed city. He thought it was good and done, but one of the scans might come up with a glaring issue.
“Hey, 6?” Admin 5 called, her voice hesitant.
“Yeah?” he asked, leaning back to look at her.
She moved her chair away from the desk. “One of your players messaged you.”
He blinked. “And the Director sent it to you?”
“No, the player sent it to my account.” She cleared her throat, reading. “Says, ‘Hi Admin 5. This message is for my admin, Admin 6. He messaged me through your message thing last time, so I don't know if his is broken or whatever, but I figured I should message him through you now. If you don't mind, could you show this to him? Thanks’.”
Admin 6 smirked. “Let me guess, Nikki?”
“Umm… Yeah. How-”
“She has a distinct style,” 6 said, moving over. He saw the screen and stopped, eyes going wide. “Oh, damn.”
That got Admin 4 to look over. He whistled in amazement. “Do you think she’s figured out your account is monitored?”
“No, she…” Admin 6 paused, thinking. “She looks at what ought to be a twenty-step problem, guesses an answer, and it’s almost always correct. And if it’s incorrect for everyone else, somehow her answer gets flagged as correct anyway.”
“That sounds dangerous,” Admin 2 said, walking over to check the screen. “Holy-”
Admin 1 followed him over. “That’s… certainly a list of questions. Will you answer?”
Admin 6 grinned. “That would be illegal. And seeing what she’d do with the information would be…”
“Amusing,” 1 filled in, grinning back.
6 turned to 5. “May I borrow your station again?”
She laughed. “Be my guest.”
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The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.
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Dear Diary,
The Admin replied! He answered all my questions!
He didn't answer them all helpfully, and he didn't go into a lot of detail, but he did answer them.
First off, he said he’d ask about getting us recorders and cameras and the shape-changing belts. But a cycle where we have OP bikini armor again isn't going to happen.
That’s like, the easiest thing to get out of the way. Not the most important.
Well, that and when I asked if there was anything similar to the chocolate in the lake he said we should try eating the rocks in the Floor with no gravity. Admin 5 made those Floors, and he said that since he was using her account it was safer if he didn't tell me why.
Which kinda already implies an answer.
The most important thing he said was that there will be slimes on the new world, but they won't be anywhere near where I'm going to live. I am very happy about that.
He also said that magic colors will be permanent, but race and gender might be changeable depending on the Admin who gets put in charge. When I asked if the first place prize is getting to run our own kingdom because the Director thinks players will be good rulers, his answer was “absolutely not”. Which… is interesting. Why is it the prize if she doesn't think we’ll do a good job? Maybe I should ask that next…
On the sadder side of things, he said all our names were changed to emphasize that we aren't who we were before. Our old lives are permanently gone, and there’s no way of getting them back. Our memories are being faded away on purpose, but it doesn't matter. He said when we get to the new world, we’ll have to forget everything that happened here.
Which… sucks.
But as long as I’m still with Avi I’ll be ok. And he said we’d all stay together, so that’s good.
Oh, he said the Director used to be an Admin like three hundred years ago. And she’s close to a thousand years old. No wonder she’s a little out of touch.
And no wonder she’s never had pizza before.
…I've started a lot of sentences with “and” this entry. I shouldn't do that.
Anyways, there were a lot more questions, but that about sums up most of them. Of the questions I had, at least.
Today was our last beach day, and it had more of a party vibe than before. We had plenty of time to relax and play, so today was for dancing and partying.
It was fun, but I'm tired now. Tomorrow I have to finish the stupid logic test, so I should get some sleep. I just wanted to write about the Admin’s letter before I forget about it.
I guess, since we’re all going to finish the test tomorrow, this will be my last entry this cycle. Unless someone decides to not finish. Or is too dumb to be able to finish. But, come to think of it, no one said we couldn't share answers, and Kimi's finished hers already...
I wonder if it would be illegal or whatever to borrow her book...
We'll just have to see!
Goodnight, Dungeon!
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