If you can read this, hit yes. Message will time out in twenty seconds. Yes

Bear the dire wolf tilted his head at the strange blue thing. It stayed put.

Next to him, Balto barked. Bear turned, and the blue thing followed. On his other side, Siri whined and pawed at the air. Bear looked at her, and the blue thing followed again.

He got up, sniffing the blue thing. It backed away, quite rudely. He couldn’t smell it.

Balto kept barking.

Suddenly the blue thing vanished.

Balto stopped barking. Siri sniffed the air. Bear went back to eating breakfast.

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If you can read this, type “YES” in the box below. Message will time out in twenty seconds.

Cynoe the yeti frowned at the box and keyboard. Was the Admin… trying to figure out how many people in his dungeon could read? Why?

Shrugging, he typed “nope, can’t read” and waited for the box to time out.

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Dear Diary,

Well, the velociraptors tried to attack the wolves, but we were able to stop them. They didn’t really like looking at them, so we left pretty quick.

Tim and Lex were sad that they won’t be coming with us. We gave them extra treats to make up for it. Extra treats always help.

Oh, this morning apparently the Admin asked if everyone in the dungeon can read. Or, he asked all the NPC’s. We didn’t get the message, but we’re players. I’m pretty sure all the players can read. If they can’t… If they can’t, that’s just sad.

Anyways, the novelty has worn off and I think I don’t really like being a goliath. It’s fine, but it’s not me. I don’t want to be big and strong and scary. I’m fine with not being big and strong at all.

Becoming a goliath made my kawaii stat go down by ten points. It stayed at 100 for every other race, even goblin! And goblins aren’t really all that cute.

Which just makes me wonder, how do stats, like, work? I know, I know, I do stuff and they go up. Until they reach 100. But what exactly is it that goes “hmm, yes, you did a thing and get a +1”? Is it like a computer program? An AI? I’m pretty sure the Admin is the only person watching us, and he absolutely isn’t who decides we’ve done good enough to level up in something. Especially not minor skills, like burger flipping or whatever.

Oh well. It’s magic. I just have to accept that it might not make sense and I’ll never understand it.

Oh!!! So!!! Aya (still Aya, not Ty), was somehow convinced to wear the bikini armor thing this cycle! And yes, she has muscles. It’s not just a Ty thing, Aya looks like she could wrestle a bear. And win.

I mean, I knew she used to be a gymnast back in high school, so obviously she had some muscle. But she’s maxxed out her strength stat, and under that loose hoodie that she always wears is a body that… well… I’m gonna stop writing before Avi comes over and decides to read over my shoulder.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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P.S. Also the Sams have made it 100% absolutely clear she is Not Available but anyways.