Dear Diary,

Good news: the players have keys that they use to get through the barriers. Actual, physical keys. So if we get one, we can leave the floor.

Bad news: the cycle ended before we found out about the keys. So we’re going to have to wait to get one. And then wait even longer to use it.

Staab found out about the keys somehow, and told Lilly. She was super happy about it. We all were. The only thing we wonder about is, will it let us go up. I mean, before, we couldn’t. I guess Staab saw someone pass the key from the “down” side to the “up” side, so he thinks it should. If it doesn’t, we’ll just have to figure out a way of getting Staab a key.

But before we can do that, we have to get a key.

We’ve been trying to figure out a way of stealing a key from a player. Kimi doesn’t have keys in her shop, so players must get them automatically.

Mika and Kimi think we should force a player into giving us a key. Via and Lilly want to figure out how to open a player’s inventory while they sleep. Aya wants to look into duplication spells, and I… I don’t know. I really, really, really wish teleportation worked. I’d feel bad about stealing, but I don’t see any way around it.

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Thankfully we have time to figure out the best plan possible.

In other news, I have tacos now! I have corn tortillas, taco seasoning to go on ground beef, chorizo, cilantro, three types of hot sauce, pico de gallo, guacamole, limes, and two types of shredded cheese. All the other vegetables and stuff I already had. Oh, except jalapeños. Mika told me that if I ever spell jalapeño without the squiggle over the N, she will murder me with a rusty saw.

And, since I guess it’s a sin to eat tacos without alcohol, I got three types of beer, two types of wine, and a couple different harder liquors. Kimi had whiskey before, but that’s the only alcohol any of us had. I don’t really know what to do with them. I mean, I know people drink whiskey straight, but do they do that with vodka? I didn’t get any instructions, so I guess I’ll have to experiment with them. Which, I don’t like alcohol. Not that I have anything against it, and I won’t judge anyone for wanting a beer now and again, but I don’t want to drink it. It burns. And then it makes you stupid. And I don’t care how great being drunk is, I’ve had one hangover in my life and never want another one ever again.

I asked Kimi about it, and she said she never drank anything mixed. Lilly was there, and said she only ever drank red wine, because it has lots of health benefits. I hope one of the other girls knows more about alcohol.

I’ll go ask.

Goodnight, dungeon!

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