Dear Diary,

Velociraptors are not the best pets in the universe, but they come pretty close. I mean, how many pets out there like to cuddle on your shoulders, then jump off and eat anything that tries to hurt you?

Not that all that many things try to hurt us. Sure, there are carnivorous plants and mimics and such, but we can avoid them pretty easily.

Also having a raptor pet makes Avi happy. I don’t need anything more than that.

Staab doesn’t really like the velociraptors. They keep chewing on him. I think it’s one of those “you think this animal is dangerous so it acts dangerous” things. Like with dogs. If you think a dog is gonna bite you, that automatically makes the dog 80% more likely to bite you. Staab thinks the raptors are gonna bite him, so they do.

He asked why we don’t ever kidnap the wolves on Floor 7, like we’d planned a long time ago, and that’s a good point. We’ve kidnapped the raptors enough, we should change to kidnapping wolves. At least for a cycle or two. That’d be a fun change of pace.

Anyways, we’re making it through the dungeon pretty fast. We’re already at Floor 46, with nothing exciting having happened. It’s just been a nice stroll through the dungeon.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

…I’m gonna have a horrible time if we ever have to act like real players. I like strolling through the dungeon! I don’t want to fight anyone!

Sometimes I kinda want to write the Admin and ask that he not send me to the next dungeon, but that would leave me all alone. I want that less. We do have 52 more cycles to get ready, it’s not like we’ll be going anytime soon. I think I won’t worry about it until Cycle 85. Fifteen cycles should be enough to prepare mentally.

And who knows, maybe by then I’ll have changed how I think about things! I doubt I’ll change too much, but it might be enough to be ok with being truly player-like.

Although the Admin does want us to act like ourselves, not real players. So I guess I shouldn’t change at all.

This cycle the kobolds are going to have a furniture-making contest. There are five teams, and they’re going to make a full dining room set, then bedroom set, then living room set. Just to see who makes the best furniture, I guess. Then anyone who wants new furniture will know who to ask for it. They had one way back in Cycle 10, before we got there, mostly to get everyone furniture. Now everyone has houses and furniture, but we have access to a whole lot more stuff than we did 38 cycles ago.

For us catgirls, our houses came pre-furnished. If we didn’t like something, either we stole a replacement from the inn or asked Mika if she could fix it. She gave my dresser a lid that can open instead of just being all drawers.

I might ask the kobolds for a couch or something. Something to stretch out on that isn’t a bed. That’d be nice.

But I’d wait until all the kobolds get their stuff, just to be polite.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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