Dear Diary,

Yeah, we’re gonna be stuck trying to beat lvl 97 for a while. We only killed like half of them today, since now they know our tactics. They spread out way more, so aoe spells had less of an effect, and one group immediately made it their goal to kill the healer. So, me.

After that defeat, we decided to only go down every other day. That way we have a day to level up our spells, and don’t have to go through the whole dying thing every single morning. But we had to tell them, which meant we had to go down again. They were super surprised when we showed up after lunch, but didn’t instantly attack us, so yay. We told Lewis we won’t be coming every day, and everyone was happy about that.

Not that they mind fighting us, or don’t like it, but they have their own things to do, y’no? Like we have our marble races, they have their own traditions and stuff to occupy them, that our showing up is taking time away from.

Aya says we need to be ready for the last couple levels, too, and told us everything she knows about them.

Lvl 98 is a flat, rocky area full of bug swarms that are basically flying piranhas. There are also giant spiders. Kimi doesn’t have Raid or any type of bug repellant in her shop, so we’re mostly going to rely on thick clothes and lots of fire. Mika and I kinda wonder if the reason Kimi doesn’t have bug spray is so she can set fire to more things.

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Lvl 99 is an ice level. Our bug-proof clothes are warm, so that’ll help us there, too. Apparently there’s a type of yeti that rides polar bears that live down there. Aya isn’t sure how many there are, tho, or if they’re willing to talk.

And finally, lvl 100 is a giant dragon lair on top of being a puzzle room. The dragon is only agro’d if someone touches any of her treasure, or pushes the wrong button.

Yep, I said the wrong button. Everyone knows that the reset button is green. But what not everyone knows is, in the center of the floor is a ring of six green buttons. Only one of them is the right one, while the rest of them unleash various horrible things and also wake up the dragon.

So, yeah, that’s gonna be fun.

But, we don’t have to worry about all that yet. Right now, we just have to focus on beating the kobolds and our marble races.

If today’s race is any indication, Mo is a good, fast marble. He won gold, which I’m super happy about. Mika won silver and Staab got bronze. Lilly’s marble (I don’t know her marble’s name) came in last, by like three seconds. Which is horrible. She gave her a stern talking-to, so hopefully tomorrow she does better.

I still don’t know what to do with the ranch dressing. I really, really wish I’d gotten pancake mix instead.

Oh well, hopefully next cycle…

Goodnight, dungeon!

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