Dear Diary,

New cycle! We didn't talk it over or anything, but everyone's a neko this cycle. We all individually chose it, which I think is kinda cool. Oh, Ty is Aya again, Kimi and Y are back to being Kimi and Y, and Miko is Mika.

The Sams... Ok, so, Samantha is Samantha again. I suspect Samuel and Samurai have stayed what they were last cycle, but switched colors. Just to see if anyone noticed.

Avi and I are in a party with them and Aya. I don't know them super super well, but that's something they would do. And their personalities are different. I can't say for sure, but I just suspect the one who is currently Samurai is the person who three cycles ago was Samuel.

Not confusing at all, nope.

It almost surprises me that Aya puts up with their shenanigans, but then they treat her like a goddess. Well, Samantha treats her more like a BFF, but the twins just about worship her. Y jokes about having a harem, but Aya's got a cult.

A part of me wonders how much that has to do with all the time she spent with them when they were ants. I mean, the rest of us spent our days hanging out with the kobolds, but she just about spent full cycles with them. They were a hive mind, so their individual emotions would have been felt by all three of them. If one of them fell in love with her, all three of them would have felt those feelings. And then when they separated, maybe they didn’t remember who the feelings originally belonged to. Or maybe all three of them fell in love with her, since she was their only friend.

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In any case, they’re all happy with the situation, so I’m gonna stop speculating.

OH! Larissa did it! She convinced Ox and Tig to be bikini-clad elven warrior princesses this cycle. (Larissa is also an elven warrior princess, but she’s wearing full armor.) Mika and I asked what they wanted to be called, and they chose Oxella and Tiggerina. Which, yes, those are names. Mm-hmm. Yep. Names.

…If I ever become a dude I’m just gonna call myself Nick. It’s, like, an actual name. And it makes sense.

Anyways, their group is now campaigning for everyone, all the players, to be bikini-clad elven princesses next cycle. They’ve got a list. About an hour ago Larissa messaged Mika and me saying eighteen people have signed up, and asked if I could get everyone in our parties to sign up, too.

The Sams, unsurprisingly, agreed instantly. Aya said she didn’t like being an elf all that much, but was talked into it within ten minutes. I’m signing up, because it sounds super fun.

Avi hasn’t decided yet. He’s not thrilled about the “bikini-clad” part of “bikini-clad elven princess”. I think he should just take a bikini and sew a bunch of frills on it. And I’m pretty sure it’s only the top that has to be a bikini, since there’s no item in the store called “bikini bottom armor”. The item called “bikini armor” is just the top. So the bottom can be a skirt if he wants.

I won’t push too hard for this, though. Unless Staab says he signed up. If Staab becomes a bikini-clad elven princess, literally everyone has to join. That’s like law or something.

If it’s not, I decree it law.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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