Dear Diary,
Kimi is mad at me for not having saved any of the drug rocks.
Not serious mad, more “dang it” mad. I think she was more upset about having spent twenty-two cycles not knowing that the cocaine rocks existed than anything.
Anyways, Admin 5 said she can't transport anything into the dungeon, so she can't just give me almond flour. But she said she can offer rewards to the people on her floors if they want to spend a couple hours making almond flour. So as soon as I write out instructions on how to make almond flour instead of just getting smashed almond mush, I should have a couple people give it to me.
Also, I found out I'm apparently kinda famous. She asked her NPCs if they know who “Nikki, the chef” is, and they were all like “yeah, duh”. It feels good to be recognized. I mean, I know everyone kinda recognizes me, but I thought they recognized the food more than anything. Like they recognized me because I had food, but without it they might not.
Oh, so we’re all silver this cycle. Silver has illusion magic. It’s been a little hard getting used to how to cast illusions, but Avi is a good teacher. I can almost conjure anything I imagine in under ten seconds. Although I discovered my imagination is lacking.
Like, Avi can wave his hands and suddenly we’re surrounded by flying, detailed butterflies. The most I can do is single-color butterflies that kinda… twitch. Like a very low frame rate video. Or maybe zombie butterflies, I don't know. Basically, they’re very obviously not real.
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He can also do trees that look real, and traps, and walls. Mine all kinda look like a kid made them out of playdough.
I think it’s making Avi feel good, having everyone in the group suddenly realize how hard his specialty is. Having everyone ask him for advice.
I mean, with fire or ice magic, all you really need to do is focus on an area and decide how much magic you want to put into the spell. Same with teleporting or sleep spells. But illusion makes anything you imagine appear. So it asks, how quickly can you imagine something super detailed?
The only person who hasn't had any trouble is Mika. She’s having the time of her life with it. I guess an artist would know what to do with illusion magic.
Everything around her is now shimmering rainbows. Like, she just exudes magic. It affects the ground and furniture and clothes, just everything. Even without her creating a specific illusion. It’s kinda amazing, really.
And, proving he’s an expert in illusion magic, it took Avi all of thirty seconds to figure out what she was doing and how. Y figured it out after a dozen or so tries. The most I know is it’s an AOE spell, but I don't know how to do the rainbow effect. Kimi managed to layer red over everything, but given how Mika and the guys shook their heads we guess that isn't the right track.
Oh, Lily was there. She said she knows how to do it, and that it’s easy, but she didn't provide a demonstration. So Kimi and I are pretty sure she has no clue how it’s done.
Actually… I'm gonna go try one more thing before I head to sleep.
Goodnight, Dungeon!
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