Dear Diary,

New cycle! Cycle 28! We’re getting so close to the end!!!

We’re neko this cycle, which is always good. And we’re in pairs, so I get to be with Avi! Yay! He’s still banned from silver magic, so he’s got lilac hair and tail. All good things.

Mika still has silver magic. I wonder what she did to get it permanently. Like, there’s supposed to be a reason to get it; illusion magic is a prize or whatever. Maybe the Admin was just so impressed with her artistic abilities, he insisted she be allowed to keep it. She’s happy she has it, and Avi is glad she uses it, so I’m glad too. Plus, she uses illusions to give herself epic rainbow hair, which I 100% approve of.

Her ears are kinda rainbow, too, because they grow out of her hair. She hasn’t changed her tail color. I don’t mind silver tails. Like, it’s not… I don’t know. I don’t associate silver tails with old people.

Anyways. Kimi and Y asked if we wanted to race, and the Sams heard them, and then Aya and Mika heard, and we’re all kinda doing a speedrun this cycle.

The other groups might know we’re speedrunning, given that we all literally ran to the exit. But we haven’t seen any other groups around. Like, at the campsite it’s just us, Kimi and Y, and Aya and Mika. The Sams were here, but they went down one extra floor. And Staab says he’s behind us by one floor. So we’re all pretty together.

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Wait, no, that wasn’t the point of that. The point is, there’s no one else here. I should ask Staab if anyone’s back with them. I really don’t think anyone’s ahead of us, so I don’t have to ask Samurai.

I could ask Fire where they’re at. And if there are any other people around.

Oh yeah! The NPCs were asked what type of place they want to live in! The ex-zombies were talking about it. They say it was just “city or town” and “beach or mountains” type questions, but that’s still good. It’s good they’re being asked where they want to live.

I’d choose town and mountains. For some reason, I feel like I lived near a beach. Or close enough to one to visit a few times a year. The idea of living by the ocean again doesn’t make me super excited. But mountains are pretty. And I’d obviously prefer to live in a tight-knit community than a big city.

I haven’t thought about it in a while, but I really don’t remember much about the old world. I’m aware I lived there, and I had a whole life, but it’s hard to remember things from before I became a catgirl. Anything. And I know I should care about the memory loss, but it doesn’t seem as important as whatever’s going to happen in two cycles. The future will be fun and exciting, and the past… happened. Probably.

I don’t know, it’s like a tooth cavity. There’s something missing, and that’s not good, but it doesn’t hurt, so I’m not gonna try to fix it yet. If it ever hurts I’ll probably get worried. But until then… there’s just a hole. Not good, but… fine.

Anyways, we have a lot of running to do tomorrow, so I need sleep.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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