Dear Diary,

I’ve been making food for the Director when we get to catgirl floors. Because everyone needs to try fried cheese sticks at least once in their life. I don’t know if the Director agrees, but the catgirls say the food is vanishing, so at least she’s taking it.

Obviously I would never force anyone to eat chicken nuggets or Gin’s version of mac and cheese, but I want them to be available for her. Tasty food should be something everyone has access to!

The Director hasn’t said anything about it, tho. She hasn’t said she likes or dislikes anything. Which probably means she doesn’t hate it. People who hate things usually let other people know.

I should make her an energy drink, those are pretty hateable.

I should make linguine. That’s pretty basic. And I’m sure she’s had it before, so she can see I’m capable of making things she’s familiar with!

Pies! I should make pies! I haven’t really made any desserts, other than cupcakes. Kimi has been living off cupcakes the last few days.

…I think the stomach ache she gets from all the sugar makes her feel better emotionally. In some way. I don’t know, it’ll be good when we finish the Cycle and she gets back to Y.

Oh, Avi and Mika are ahead of us by like five Floors. I've lost count of how many times we've all pushed the button. I guess we just need to try our best to get there first? At some point there should be an announcement about how many button pushes we all have, so I'll just wait till then to find out.

I don't know where anyone else is specifically. We don't really keep track of each other. Which feels sad, in a way. But I guess that’s just how life is sometimes. We’re all adults with our own relationships, and we have priorities when it comes to who we talk with.

I should ask the Sams if they get to talk to Samantha, like a phone call. I know they can and do message, but being able to hear someone’s voice is better than just reading words on a screen.

It would be good if they can call, but I wouldn't be surprised if they can't. I get the feeling dungeons are their own dimension or something, and communicating between them directly is impossible.

But that's just a feeling.

So I should ask!

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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From: Athena To: Gigi Subject: (empty) I was told you knew the group of players who won the first cycle. A group that consists of four men and six women, with no color repeats? One happened to be carrying a full cake in her inventory?

From: Gigi To: Athena Subject: Re: Sounds right. I know someone who likely always has a cake in her inventory, at least.

From: Athena To: Gigi Subject: Re: Re:

What can you tell me about them?

From: Gigi To: Athena

Subject: Re: Re: Re:

Probably a lot. What do you want to know?

From: Athena To: Gigi Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Were they catgirls?

From: Gigi To: Athena

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Yeahhh…

I guess players can’t tell, but one catgirl can always spot another, right?

From: Athena To: Gigi Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Absolutely. How did they change? And what do you know about the yellow and purple girls?