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INTRUSION SCORE:
MORTALS ESCAPED: 3
NEW RESOURCE PATTERNS GATHERED:
PAPER (STANDARD QUALITY)
NEW CONSTRUCT PATTERN QUALITIES ACQUIRED/UPGRADED:
FOOD AND DRINK: D
SPELL SCROLLS & MAGIC TOS: F
PRINTED GOODS: D-
MANA ACQUIRED: 7, CURRENT AMOUNT: 56/56 (24 CONSUD BY CONSTRUCTS)
KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED:
UNCLASSED SPELLS: ILLUSIONARY DEMON
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When Lollyp wakes up in her hammock early the next morning, this ti she finds a very happy-looking Xenia waiting for her. Respawning from death is a little more disorienting than simply getting up after a good night's sleep, so it takes her a mont to restore her last thoughts. "Morning, boss. ...Ohhh, hey. Looks like soone's in a good mood. Things go well, I take it? ...What ti is it, even?"
Xenia gives a sowhat embarrassed laugh. "Uh, next day technically, don't think it's dawn yet. It uh...took a little while longer for the party to leave compared to last ti. But hey, I made you so presents while you were out!" She points at the wall behind her with her thumb, and Lollyp rolls herself out of the hammock to go take a look. As she does so she finds three new pinups gracing her wall - the paper they're drawn on isn't of particularly great quality, but the likenesses seem to be drawn quite well. On one a nude male elf stands, modesty provided only by his longbow, on the second, another nude elf lies down on the floor with an open spellbook placed in his lap, and the third features a naked dwarf woman, a double-sided axe held before her to hide her generous assets. "I woulda asked for their autographs, but I didn't have the paper until after they left. Though uh...let's just say there's a non-zero chance they could make a return visit. I assu you're a fan, given you seed to recognize em."
Lollyp almost drools as she looks at the pinups, a trail of sli hanging from her lip. "Holy shit. Things went really well, didn't they? And yeah, the Dungeon Fuckers are kind of notorious. We were never introduced but I did see em in person once. They've got a reputation for being caught fucking in dungeon safe rooms, you'd think every third party has a story of catching them at it. And maybe half of those have a story of joining in, though if you ask there's probably more that just don't admit it. I an, it's not like it's just them. Adventurers are a horny people."
"No kidding. I put together a special gift box just for them - did you know that sli lube goes for more on the market than most of the enchanted gear I can make!? It's cheaper for , mana-wise, but a couple bottles in there probably made it my biggest loot box yet." She grimaces. "Part of really, really does not want to get a reputation, you know? But the capitalist in is having a hard ti ignoring the untapped market, if you get ."
"I can tell how much you wanna tap that market, alright! Did you really just give em a box full of sli?"
Xenia turns away, blushing. "Maybe one or two of Cerise's toys too, and..." Xenia mumbles quietly. "...maybe I might've given em a non-transferable pass to head directly down to the core chamber on their next visit." Lollyp raises an eyebrow, then the other for good asure. "Hey, if they don't have to fight, then that ans you can stick around next ti! I did this for you, obviously."
Lollyp grins. "Obviously. My boss being an insatiable thirst monster has nothing to do with it."
Xenia Worthy, Insatiable Thirst Monster rolls her eyes. "Pfft, I've got nothing on that dwarf. Really surprised , honestly."
"Really? Everyone knows dwarves are the biggest sluts. Which I say in the most respectful and, indeed, impressed manner possible."
Xenia seems unconvinced. "Really? Dwarves are number one? Where do slis rank?"
"They were born from a god who fucked rocks. So, you know where they get it from." She raises a hand and starts counting off on her fingers. "But I'd say dwarves number one, slis second, succubi and incubi third. Probably gets competitive after that. On this continent, anyhow...you hear stories about so of the folks elsewhere, wouldn't wanna repeat hearsay though."
Xenia snorts. "Succubi are third? What is this horny world?"
"Hey, you're the one who watched three strangers who broke into your house fuck and then gave pictures of them. Though I do have room for a fourth pinup here...could even sign it yourself, hehe."
"Hrmph. I may have your precious paper now, but I think I better be careful about how much smut I start making for you. Wouldn't want to ruin an impressionable mind..."
"Hey, representative of the world's second best sluts, here. Better be nice or I'll start telling you more about how slis get things done..."
Xenia covers her ears and makes her way out of the chamber. "I've got work to dooooo..."
LATER THAT EVENING
Xenia stares morosely at her very-much-not-Skeletal-Slis as she sits in the third chamber of the new Floor Three. From what she's seen and Guy's told her, monster crossbreeding is very much a ga of random chance in the early stages. Once the source monsters are higher tier, or the spell's run enough tis on a certain set, she'll apparently be able to specifically force together certain combinations or traits. For the mont however, the spell has simply been running on the very broad categories of 'Sli' and 'Undead'. And so it wasn't skeletons the spell found a combination for first.
It was ghosts.
As she watches a blobby, half-transparent green form pass through a stone wall, leaving a large ss of sticky residue behind it, Xenia holds her head in her palms. "Slirs! I've reinvented Slirs! Guy, we've created a cody relief monster!"
Guy watches the floating monsters with a bit of confusion. "Codic? That's certainly the first ti I've heard ghosts referred to as being funny."
"I an, look at em! They're just floating blobs of goo! Yeah, they can make soone a real ss, but I already set up that whole thing with the sli webs. Doubling up on that isn't going to be earning any 'Most Creative Dungeon of the Year' awards, Guy."
Guy considers for a mont. "...I wonder if there is such a contest...? But ah, for the imdiate concern, well, let's look at their potential attributes, shall we? Hrmm...at higher tiers, ghosts gain the ability to Possess adventurers, which is certainly a very powerful tool. At their current level however, they're more known for their intangibility and their Fear powers."
Xenia tilts her head. "Fear powers? You make that sound like more than just being real scary."
"At F tier, that would be about the extent of it, yes. But we have at least progressed far enough to make it an actual form of Mind magic, if perhaps still a weaker version of what it could be. Now, while slis are perhaps also sowhat intangible compared to most monster types, the combination appears to be sowhere between the two - still able to pass through solid objects, but also still leaving a residue behind. So what we have to work with involves: fear, high resistance to physical attacks, although a low physical strength, and perhaps an ambushing style, what with passing through walls and whatnot."
The dungeon master sits in consideration for a few minutes. "Scary sli ambushes..." She sighs. "You know Guy, I was really, really trying to avoid this one. But I think it just works too well for what we've got."
Guy bobs in anticipation. "Avoid what, exactly?"
Xenia sighs again. "Sli tentacles! Or, wait, hold on - Terror Tentacles! We can get the boys to hide in the walls of another labyrinth here, and try to latch on to anyone who walks by. They grab soone, inject em full of panic, and then they start runnin'...I don't think these guys could hold on tight for long, too easy to break free of, so we gotta use that. If they run backwards, fine, if they run forwards, we give em the ol' spike-filled pit traps down the hall. Ruin their ability to watch for the deadlier traps, and probably fuck em up a bit too for the next puzzle room if the effect lasts long enough. And...oh God, forgive , I just realized we've got the perfect horny bait now."
"I'm almost afraid to ask."
Xenia reaches out and casts Illusionary Demon on the nearest blobby ghost. It instantly takes the form of a succubus wearing a tight black outfit that shows more skin than it conceals, with the main hints to her true identity being her slightly transparent nature and her yellow skin, given the color of the original sli she cast the spell on. "...Hrmm, maybe oughtta use a red sli for that. But we can set up a, like, small succubus BDSM dungeon in the center of the maze, have her there lookin' all fine and shit, and a whole bunch of tentacle boys waiting to strike at the doorway. Since they're not officially traps and they can hide inside the walls, it'd be a total surprise!"
Guy pauses. "Are you sure this isn't just your excuse to finally try making the 'other' kind of dungeon down here?"
Xenia huffs. "I promise I'll be chaining up half-naked demon ladies to the wall for purely professional reasons. You know , Guy, I take pride in my professionalism."
"Indeed, you are a Paragon of such among Dungeons. ...Oh, one mont, it seems we have another guest."
Xenia takes a mont to tap into her wider dungeon senses. "...Oh boy. Guy, go tell Lollyp not to do anything stupid this ti. I'm going upstairs."
Outside, wincing at a montary cold breeze, Field Agent Alizz walks up to the dungeon door alone. "Greetings, Worthy Dungeon. I request permission to enter and safely traverse your challenges. I am willing to fight if required, but I am also willing to provide paynt in the form of gifts if you will allow safe passage." She swallows. "...I need to speak to Lollyp."
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