———Kenni———
“Well aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.” I sarcastically said with both of us staring at each other with a sense of tension perating through the air. It’s rather odd, we have no quarrels, but sothing about the scenario feels naturally tense.
“Guess we have the sa plan today.” Emmie said, resting the scythe on her shoulder with a rather bloodthirsty-looking smile.
“Then let’s not waste any ti then, unless you’re afraid.” I taunted her as I slowly moved towards the stairs to the second floor.
“Shouldn’t it be you who is fearful, jester.” She said while mirroring my movent. Are we turning this into a competition now?
———Lynda———
*Clank*
“Agh! Glery, backline support please!’ I said as I noticed that my axe isn’t doing the trick against this weird cube golem. How did Karra make it look so easy?
*Crackle*
“Raaah!!!” She scread out as multiple bolts of lightning struck the boss golem, all launched from the mouth of the snakes in her hair, managing to stagger it for long enough for a follow-up attack!
“[Strong Swing]!” I shouted out as I jumped up and hit it with an attack further enhanced by more magical power than normal.
*Crack*
I managed to cause a large crack in its body, but it is still functioning.
“Coming in hot!” Who the fu-
*Punch* *Crack* *Crumble*
What the hell!? Who just… Oh you gotta be kidding ! Why is she here!
“That was my kill!” Another person I didn't want to see shouted out as both of them ran to the sixth floor. What the hell are they doing!?
…Both of them didn’t even give us so much as a glance before they kept going. Just what the hell is with that disrespect!?
“Those bitches…” I said out loud, trying not to shout. We were so close to killing it too!
I look down in frustration and see a black feather…
*Stomp*
“Ugh. What a pain in the ass.” I said as I grinded the feather against my shoe, feeling more and more bitter.
“H-Hey. At least they didn’t steal our loot…” Glery said, trying to be more positive.
“Yeah, I guess.” I replied, even though it seems like that’s only the case because they were in a competition and doing all this for shits and giggles. “Let’s gather the stuff and get out. We’ll just get in their way if we sohow catch up.”
She silently nodded and we started gathering the shattered cores and the rewards that spawned in. With the two of us here it shouldn’t take that long.
“Would be nice if there’s another dungeon nearby, just so we aren’t all cramd into one place.” I can’t help but say, even if it also ans taking up more space and being a bit of an eyesore to look at. They don’t really blend in well with the towns and cities. At least this one protrudes out in an abandoned park that was quarantined due to… stuff happening to it. It’s a long story.
“Would that even happen again?” Glery asked, being rather skeptical that such an event could happen ever again.
“The best we can hope for is another eclipse.” I said despite not being sure if it even had anything to do with what happens. Like, was it just a good ti to do it or what? “We still don’t actually know why it happens. We probably never will.”
“It’s the source of everything, and yet…” She trailed off as she collected the last of the golem remains. “Looks like we got everything. Should we leave now?”
“Of course. Let’s get our chump change and go find a place to eat. Could use a nice al.” If your mood is bad then eating usually fixes it. Delicious food can solve a lot of problems.
Both of us grabbed our bags full of material and made our way back to the surface. Let’s not think about those two any further and take the rest of the day off.
———Karra———
“It’s been quite a while since I made a stream like this.” I said to chat as I walked along the main street. It’s still the weekdays and many are busy at work instead of roaming around randomly like I am.
{It’s scenic if nothing else}
{So are you just gonna relax and talk?}
{Got so stories to tell?}
“I wouldn’t call this stream a storytelling livestream. I’m just showing off the angles this tech can give .” I said while the cara moved from the side to above then below, moving around and letting people see from multiple angles. It then ended up holding the cara low and pointing up, with the chat mainly seeing my chin more than anything. “How does this view look?”
{Uhhhhh}
{It’s a no from }
Obviously that’s a shitty angle. I’m just ssing with them. Let’s put it back to a little above my head and pointing at from the side.
“That should be a little better. I still think we could use more height.” I said before looking for a good roof to jump to. Would anyone complain if I jumped up there? Maybe if they’re using the rooftop for sothing, let's look for one that seems empty… There.
*Leap*
“This will get a nice view of the small town.” I said while the arm slowly panned the cara around to see the town better overall. It doesn’t consist of many large buildings, very few are more than three stories tall.
{It’s not exactly rural tho}
{She never said that dumbass}
“It’s nice not having to use my actual arms to hold the cara. Completely hands free.” I said while showing myself holding my arms up. “I can sit here and relax without anyone bothering . Any of you in the chat got sothing to ask? Now is as good of a ti as any.”
{So how much do you get from going into the dungeon?}
“How much do I get from a dungeon… Well. I only did a few runs on it so far, and I didn’t put all my effort into it. Just going to the tenth floor for a casual run.” I said before shutting my mouth and trying to rember how much I was paid for… “It was like 6 bucks for ten floors, and that’s assuming you weren’t doing it with soone else.”
{6 bucks for possibly dying!?}
{That’s not a lot}
{Is that the average or highest you get?}
“It’s the highest I got from ten floors. It’s mainly to do with varying quantities of drops and monsters.” I said, seeing people’s dissatisfaction. If I end up making this whole deal look very unlucrative and not worth the risk, I can see Wiina getting pretty sad and disappointed.
I really don’t want to end up doing sothing that could ruin her mood, especially after what we did two nights back…
“Now you all are probably wondering why it’s so low, especially since monsters don’t respawn frequently in the first place, so it’s overall less gain for one dungeon than you may expect..” So might have already heard of this, but I should repeat it for anyone who might take all of this too harshly. “One. We need to carry a bunch of heavy materials back to the surface. You guys rember my return stream to the dungeon right? I had a large bag with . Two. Right now they forbid us from collecting anything that could spoil like monster flesh, which is a good deal of the monsters in this particular dungeon. Three. No one has a clue which is more valuable as far as material goes. They can’t slap a price for each item arbitrarily, not even the potions and weapons you get as rewards. It’s not like the economy is stable right now either, so they can’t really afford to pay much for an operation that might not work out.”
{But the fact that they even started it ans they know sothing right?}
“Hm? I guess that’s true, they wouldn’t do sothing so bold if they’re not confident of so sort of information they have. Still, like I said, it’s still a new territory and they need to tread carefully. Otherwise it’s just going to be another bubble that’s gonna pop.” I replied to a pretty reasonable comnt. I’m not trying to defend those guys, just pointing out things working against them. I’m being as objective as I can. “But I’m not really here today to be a conspiracy theorist. I’m just in a good mood to talk.”
{Guess you can’t say?}
{What could that be about?}
“Now then…” I said while making the cara get a good shot of a good deal of the town. “I think it’s ti for to log off, unless you guys have sothing else to say.”
———Kenni———
“How the hell do you have so much stamina?” I asked as both of us slowly walked down the stairs with way less vigor to it.
“A lot of work.” She said with a rather creepy smirk. “Now then, I’ll be the one to kill the next boss, you can stay in the back like a squishy little mage you’re supposed to be.”
“How the hell can you categorize soone who rams into people and claws their eyes out as squishy.” I said with a sneer. “If only I check for stamina potions…”
“Go get it for all I care. I can kill the next boss no pro-
“What the hell are you two even doing here?” Huh? Oh. It’s her. I kinda forgot she actually does enter the dungeon from ti to ti. She isn’t exactly needed for anything, and nothing to prove against these monsters. She’s way above them. What is she doing standing in the middle of this floor? “Thirtieth floor and below are already cleared by . You two should go back ho and recoup your stamina.”
“Is this a joke?” Emmie said with a clear showing of hostility. I know you know that you can’t hurt her even if you tried, but that attitude is gonna be seen as real questionable if it was with anyone else. “Ugh. Why do you even need to be here of all the ti? Go find sothing else to kill.”
“I still have so things to do down here. It’s none of your business. We can call it a bad coincidence and leave it at that.” She calmly explained. Shouldn’t she be hanging out with Karra right now? Surely they have more fun things to do together.
*Dash* *Swing* *Grab*
“Is that really wise?” Wiina asks as she glares at Emmie who has brandished her scythe against her. She looks unfazed even though Wiina caught it with her bare hand. “I have taken you for more than a barbarian wearing maiden’s clothing. Where has your mind wandered off to?”
“Tch. What a killjoy.” Emmie said as she retreated. Looks like she doesn’t like being lectured like a child. Honestly what did you expect when you tried to attack soone unprovoked, even if you know it’s not gonna do jack.
She doesn’t have the sa information as I do, but everyone did get a sense that Wiina wouldn’t do anything out of line even if she was slighted.
“Whatever. If you’re going to block my way anyway, I’ll just go back up to the surface.” Emmie said before walking back up and leaving the two of us by ourselves.
“Emmie, am I right?” I said jokingly.
“She was never this aggressive before, so I wouldn’t say that.” Wiina comnted.
“It’s a new her, so I’d say it counts.” If this is how she is now, then that’s that. “She was always rather reserved before anything that interested her gets her pumping, this is just a more extre version of it.”
“Hopefully she doesn’t get in trouble for it.” She said while looking directly at . I know full well what that stare ans, no need to play coy.
“Hmph. Am I that troubleso?” I said with a slight grin on .
“You’ll be a bigger problem in the future, at the very least.” She ominously said. “But enough about that. Do you want a quick ride back to the surface?”
“I’d love sothing like that.” I quickly replied. Unfortunately my ability to fly isn’t very valuable in a dungeon where it is basically a bunch of basents stapled together with stairs.
“Very well then.” She said while holding her right hand up.
*Snap* *Zoom*
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