Kimi heard a faint ding as she stepped onto Floor 93. She glanced at the blue dot hovering in her field of vision and decided to ignore it. Besides, if she opened it now it would just say “updating”.

“Finally, we’re home,” Mika grumbled, stumbling towards her shop.

“Think Nikki would mind if I used her kitchen?” Staab asked.

Kimi looked at him. “For what?”

“Kinda feel like something alcoholic,” he shrugged. “Might see if she has nachos or anything in there.”

“She wouldn’t have nachos,” Y said. “I know where she keeps the alcohol, though. Raid together, share the blame if she gets mad?”

Staab nodded. “Sounds good.”

They set off for the diner.

Lily yawned. “I think I’ll head home and upgrade my spells, maybe nap.”

Kimi nodded, waved, and went to her shop.

Once behind the desk she opened the notification.

New Item(s) Added to Shop Inventory!

She hit the notification again to see what it was. After a brief “updating” screen, she was shown her shop inventory.

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At the top of the list was a cassette-based recording and playing device. Second came extra cassettes. After that there were over-ear headphones, and last were earbuds.

Kimi stared. She checked how much money she had, and immediately bought fifty of each.

The items filled the counter and spilled off. Not waiting for them all to arrive, Kimi grabbed an armful and ran outside.

“Mika! Mika, you have to see this!”

*****

Dear Diary,

Well, bad news, the Admin read my diary. Which is kinda creepy. But, good news, he promised to not do it again. And he answered some questions!

He said the candy dungeon is horrifying, which, yeah it does sound kinda horrifying. I mean, the whole appeal of candy and glitter is that it’s something exciting you don’t experience every day. If everything was covered in it, the novelty would wear off super fast, and eventually your eyes would start to hurt and you’d die of scurvy. I feel sorry for everyone in Admin 2’s dungeon.

I wonder how many dungeons there are. Aya and Kimi said there were multiple, and “Admin 2” implies at least two admins. I wonder if our admin is Admin 1 or some other number.

It’s kinda weird to think about other dungeons and other admins. This dungeon is our whole world, it’s hard to remember not being here. It’s hard imagining other dungeons exist.

Oh yeah, we’re back home! And, even more exciting, we have recorders now! Like, music recorders!! Mika just about exploded with excitement when she got one. They’re available in Kimi’s shop, so everyone was able to pitch in and get one. We’re going to take them all down to the kobolds tomorrow, it’s going to be epic.

And, of course, there will be a party.

The yetis aren’t here, pretending to be rocks still. Or, again. I guess they would have gone back to their floor when the cycle reset. I wonder if they’re still pretending to be rocks. That would be hilarious and very, very sad.

Actually, tomorrow we’re going to be partying with the kobolds all day. I should run down to Floor 99 and see if the yetis are ok.

Nah.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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