Dear Diary,

We almost had it. We’d come up with a plan that was so smart and ingenious, that we thought for sure it would work.

We found a potion of wallclimbing in Kimi’s shop.

Since all the sharks are in the water, they shouldn’t have been able to reach the ceiling, right? Right? Well, almost right. It took them a couple minutes to figure out how far to launch themselves out of the water to be able to grab us.

Let me tell you, seeing a shark faceplant into a cavern ceiling a few inches away from you is equal parts terrifying and freaking hilarious.

Other than yeeting sharks, we had the issue of kraken tentacles to deal with. What they lacked in finesse they made up for with annoyed flailing. And then, when it was down to Mika and me, we found out that the ten-minute timer on the potion is not nearly long enough to get us to the other door. We fell into the water, and were promptly eaten by sharks.

So, our plan for tomorrow is this: 1, take the cheap raft to the edge of kraken agro area. 2, teleport as far as I can manage, landing us next to a wall. 3, chug wallclimbing potions, and run as fast as we can for the door. 4, as soon as I can teleport again, grab everyone and do so. Hopefully that will get us to the door.

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It’s kinda complicated, but it might work.

One thing I’m hopeful about is, our stats don’t reset when the cycle does. Player stats get knocked down by 4/5ths, so that they don’t become OP, but they feel like they aren’t losing absolutely everything on a reset. We aren't players, so that’s how we have lvl100 in so many things. After a cycle or two, I might be able to just teleport everyone straight across the whole floor.

It’s OP, sure, but no one is meant to get that high a level. At least, not if they want to win.

Other than that, the marble race today was stupid close. Usually everything stretches out, until one marble is the clear winner. But today, Mimo was in the lead, and then in the very last section bounced off the walls a couple times while Razzy (Kimi’s marble) went straight down. They got to the finish line at the same time. We don’t have a camera or anything to get a photo finish with, so it devolved into an argument about who had won. Finally we decided to run a tiebreaker lap, and Mimo won. Kimi is still slightly annoyed, but I made her food and that calmed her down.

It’s not the first time we’ve fought, but it was the first true argument Staab has seen us get into (yes, he’s still around, he basically lives here now), and I think it kinda scared him. Like, we’re usually a pretty cheerful group of, well, catgirls. We can be serious, but he’s never seen any of us angry. And to be angry over a silly little marble race…

Yeah, it spooked him. Maybe I should make him food, too. Tell him we’re still friends.

I’ll go do that.

Goodnight, dungeon!

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