After the town got rebuilt, the first thing I knew is that I needed to talk with my family. I need to fix my broken promises.
"So… exploration huh?" Cream asked.
"It'll help give us more area to expand, it'll give us more places to see, and it'll help those that need it to get stronger so that what happened with the Majority won't happen again." I said, wanting to hold back on the 'I told you so' on the entire city being attacked.
"Right… so you'll be gone… a lot…"
"Not as long as before, given that with what Tiara has planned I can be home real quick." I explained. "With Frontier it will help set up a portal system so that I can get home without needing to take years to get back."
"Alright… and with this new system in place will you stick to work hours or will you be taking excess overtime?"
"Unless something really stupid happens it should just be for work hours." I answered.
"... Do you get days off?" Sweetie asked.
"Will you even be taking days off?" Cream spoke up, seeing to clarify or add to what Sweetie asked.
I sighed.
"Do I have days off? I don't know actually…and two…" I sighed. "And…I don't know if I will cause of what happened…what I fucking knew was going to happen but I wanted to do something that the other's suggested we do, which was just a simple ass dungeon run…"
"... we just want to know if you'll be home when you say you'll be home." Maud spoke up. "Look, we get it, we do. You have the weight of the world on your back, yeah, and yes, you were right, but you spent so much time panicking and getting stronger for what happened and in the end we all suffered for it. There's a lot of broken promises not just to us, to your kids as well. We just don't want you to break a promise then say the same excuse of needing to get stronger to protect us. To be fair, we could have done the same or similar. At least then we wouldn't have been so panicked when those two attacked."
"You're welcome." Yuri said with a nod from his recliner next to everyone, reading through a book as we talked.
"Yeah, Yuri basically teleported us all to the evacuation zone once the walls were broken." Sweetie said.
"Which I am really glad about and I still thank you Yuri…but what worries me more is that they were after you to begin with." I said to Yuri worriedly.
"Button. I'm a hacker. The only things that can be of threat to me is someone with Consume, like your girlfriend Tina, or another Hacker/Admin. Other than that, there is little I can't deal with." He said.
"The Majority is still after you for their stupid Death Cult nonsense." I said carefully.
"I can deal with it. I inherited more than just my Hacker powers from my old man. Perks of being the son of that fucking monster is that he passed down a lot of Abilities to me." Yuri said.
"Wait… kids inherit some of the parents abilities?" Cream asked.
"Abilities, energies. Some manifest earlier than others but once puberty hits the full list of whatever they inherited from the parents shows up."
All the girls then looked at me. Save Maud… She just shrugged.
Oh… Oh well that's gonna make their teenage years fun …
"Okay first …how the fuck was I supposed to know that?" I asked, raising my hands defensively at the nonsense they might throw my way. "And two…we're going to need a lot of things that help calm people down…"
"We are not getting our kids addicted to weed."
"That's not what I meant but sure." I said carefully. "Crap…" I groaned and started to rub my temples.
"I mean… weed can help." Yuri said, dodging a hoof swat from Cream. "Look, it's not like they'll be exactly the same as any of your lists of abilities and such. And anything they inherit will be the base level one. Nothing overpowered."
"Plus…I have tried some of Cirro's weed…and as some people have said…it's the good shit right there." I admitted.
"So that's how he gets the extra money…" Cream sighed. "I'd be more mad if I was not happy he's finally using his Fae magic for something other than napping through his days off school."
"He's bored with school, because what he wants to learn is how to run a bar." I explained.
"We know." Sweetie sighed. "At least he has some hopes and dreams. He has been better since you two last talked."
"He does keep going to this one restaurant though…" Maud said. "The food they serve is awful."
"Food wasn't that bad." I admitted.
"Button you literally came home needing three showers from how greasy you felt."
"It was worth it." I chuckled. "But it's also because Cirro's crush works there, a Cow boy named Rolly." I answered.
"Oh… Oh! Oh so that's why he comes back with a huge smile!" Sweetie said.
"I thought it was just because he was eating crap but holy shit…" Cream said. "That's so cute. But that aside, you are going to be around here more, for both the kids and us?"
"Yes, given Frontier is a thing and better portal systems…I'll be around here more." I admitted. "And yes, it's really cute, I wonder if he ever gave his cowboy a 'yeehaw'?" I chuckled at that joke.
They all stared at me looking… cringed.
"That was horrible." Sweetie said.
"I might have nightmares." Maud said.
"Bad dad joke Button." Cream said.
"Hmm… no… I doubt he ever will." Philomina said.
"Zero out of ten." Yuri added.
"No, I was trying to teach him to be polite, like when a passing cowboy crab came by." I said earnestly. "The joke is there but still."
"That's Kile, you could call him a cunt and he'll take it in stride." Cream said.
"First of all, why would someone call that nice crab a cunt?" I asked. "And two, glad to know he's an easy going crab."
"I was just giving an example." Cream sighed. "Just… be here for us… And your dad. I mean, they called and you still haven't visited!"
"I've been wanting to but I've been busy!" I said defensively. "Spending time with all the kids, work…and then this …there's just been too much going on and I barely have time to do things."
"Should we just tell him the surprise at this point?" Sweetie asked.
"Depends." Maud shrugged.
"What now?" I asked weakly. "I'm still reeling from the bullshit that the Majority threw at me…what new surprise do you have?"
"Not us, your dad!" Cream huffed. "The whole reason we've been trying to get you to visit them! You're a big brother now Button!"
… I'm what?!
"Hold up what!?" I asked, getting up quickly. "Where's Dad? Why didn't anyone tell me sooner? And no, not the 'dad's been calling me', I mean actually go 'hey did you know you're a big brother now?'." I frowned, "I've been home long enough to be told…"
"It was supposed to be a surprise when you never visited Echo Dash and them!" Cream said. "Your dad wanted to surprise you but, you never visited them so…"
… "I'll be back!" I yelped as I was out the door.
I was thankful they rebuilt the town with the same layout and streets. I went to the address that was Dad's and Echo Dash's place, having gotten it long ago.
I went up to the door and knocked.
After a bit, the door opened. I looked down and saw a small brown little colt with small wings with a blue mane and yellow eyes.
"... Hi." He said, giving me a wave.
"Hi there." I said softly to the little brown colt. "What's your name?"
"Rom Hack." He said. "Who are you?"
"I'm Button Mash…your older brother." I said softly.
He blinked, then looked me up and down. "... I don't see the resemblance."
"That's because I was…forcibly turned into this." I said sadly. "Where's Dad, er, Pro Go?"
"Mom's at work. Dad's out shopping."
"Right…" I sighed. "Can I come in?"
"... You a cop?"
I blinked. Uh…
"Uh…I'm a part of the Guard, why do you ask?" I asked carefully.
"... Then no." He said, quickly slamming the door in my face. I then heard it lock.
… What the fuck?!
I knocked on the door again. "Rom, open the door and answer why the hell you just slammed the door in my face and locked it."
"Button?" I turned, seeing Echo Dash fly on down and land next to me. "Heh, been a while kid. You finally visiting after being back for over a year?"
"I'm so sorry…I didn't want to be away for over a year but just…I had to spend time with the kids, work and then… this ." I motioned to all of me.
"Yeah, I heard." He said, looking me over. "Wow… that fusion process really is… a thing… so, waiting for your dad, me, or did Rom Hack lock you out of the house?"
"Locked me out of the house for no reason." I said honestly. "Asked if I was a cop, I said I was in the guard, slammed the door in my face and locked it."
"Heh… yeah… Come in, I'll explain." Echo said, pulling a key from his Assistant and unlocking the door. I jumped as when he opened it a hulking mech of metal with arms that had a mounted minigun and rocket launcher for arms stared me down. "Rom, put the robot away or you're grounded…"
"Dad… he's a guard!" Rom called from somewhere inside the house.
"He's not gonna take your projects away."
"... Fine. Kill Bot 9, return to base." At those words from Rom, The attack bot put it's weaponized arms down and rolled itself inside.
Echo walked in, motioning for me to follow.
The house seemed normal. Save all the various electronic scrap and tools everywhere. "So as you can safely assume, your little brother is actually a prodigy and genius." Echo started as we walked into the kitchen.
"So…dad literally birthed better…" I thought to myself bitterly. "So, why is he scared of the Guards and Police?"
"Well, when he was one he was talking in full sentences. By age three he was basically done with the education side of school. When he was five he taught himself programming and was always amazed by Sweetie, so he learned robotics and well, he watches a lot of movies in his spare time. Swears the New Foundation is gonna send someone to kidnap him for his robots or his brain." Echo chuckled as we sat down at the kitchen table. "He's smart, but he's still a kid."
"Yeah, that makes sense." I nodded. "But…yeah, good to know all of that…and again, I'm sorry for not coming sooner…"
"Heh, you were busy and had a lot to catch up on. I was actually hoping you'd do me a favor… regarding Rom."
"And what's the favor?" I asked.
"Well, with Rom being so intelligent, he has a hard time making friends. Kids his own age he sees as all being idiots, and adults don't take him very seriously. With him being so young and all. This might sound like an odd request, but I was hoping you'd let him tag along with you while out with your new exploration work."
"Well…I suppose that's fine." I shrugged. "Get's him out and about and doing some stuff."
Echo nodded. "He's way too young to be starting an apprenticeship, and since he finished school so early he's just been working on various robotics projects and such. I know it might be inconvenient but if anything his robots can come in handy. As you saw, Kill Bot 9 is well armored and has two very heavy hitting weapons."
"Well, hopefully it's strong enough to handle our explorations." I admitted.
"I'm sure it will be. Plus this can help you two bond. We've told him about you, he's met your mates and kids, but he's rather distant from them all. "
"I can imagine." I admitted.
"I hope you two can have fun during this time."
I nodded. So, I have a genius little brother that's already graduated school and is making weaponized robots…
This is gonna be… interesting…
"You're kidding me…" Tina said.
The next day she, Micheal, Gallon and I were outside the new main office/portal hub for Micheal to work Frontier with.
Micheal was looking back to normal now… and had some news.
"Nope. Turns out clearing a level one and two dungeon back to back gets you some titles… and in terms of clearing both in them, the titles give some bonuses ." Micheal said.
"It. Was. Awesome." Gallon said with a huge grin.
"Well…glad you two had fun." I said simply
"I think you two can get these titles too and their bonuses though." Micheal stated. "The first one, Miracle Rookie, says it's proof I cleared a level one dungeon without healing or using less than three items. The title doubles all dungeon loot. The second one, F-Rank Veteran, says it's proof I cleared a level one and two dungeon back to back without healing and using less than five items. This title makes all my offensive skills and abilities twice as effective. If those are the only requirements then you two can pull it off easy." Micheal said, motioning to Tina and I.
"Yeah that's true." I nodded. "Would like to do some dungeon stomping to be honest."
"Plus, double offensive skills and double dungeon loot. That would make those loot necklaces even stronger then cause on top of that enchanted multiplier the title doubles the loot so…" Tina said.
"Yeah, let's do some dungeon runs and get our titles."
"And set up the outposts." Micheal nodded.
"Yeah. Let's go." Gallon said.
Right. Just need to pick up Rom Hack first…
"Hold on, I need to go pick up my little brother first." I said.
"Little Rom Hack is coming with us?" Tina asked. "You sure? He might think you're taking him to some alien facility to poke at his brain."
"I have to get him out and about somehow …" I sighed. "Just…also want to be a good brother ya know?"
"Huh. Micheal and I were both only children so, we have zero experience in dealing with siblings." Gallon said.
"I have experience because I'm a fraternal twin." Tina answered. "And with little Rom…I'm sure you'll be a good brother."
I sighed. "Hopefully your right…"
We quickly went to my dad and Echo's place, picking up Rom Hack who tried to resist but was eventually brought along.
We then got to work. First stop was going to be that Mega Pizza Plex. It was a location we knew and setting up an Outpost in or near there would be useful.
"Glad everyone got to the Foundation safely." I admitted.
"That place is a dungeon so if it's a level one maybe you or Tina could clear it?" Micheal offered.
"Well, let's see." I checked my Assistant to see what level dungeon this was given we were already here before.
"Bored…" Rom groaned from the floor of our high speed flying vehicle.
"We'll get to the dungeon soon little bro, no need to be like that." I said.
"Bored…" He repeated.
"Did you not bring anything as entertainment for the trip?" Micheal asked.
"Just my tools and some spare parts." Rom sighed.
"Well…why don't we just talk? Do you have any questions for me Rom?"
"Nope." He said flatly.
"Really?" I asked. "Not a single question for me? Like what I do, how I turned into this…anything?"
"Why would I care about how you turned into a… whatever you are now."
"Nokori." Gallon said.
"That. It's not really important to me."
"Why wouldn't it be important?" I asked.
"Everything I know about you is second hand knowledge. I don't know you enough personally to care or have an opinion of you."
"So instead of getting first hand knowledge, like a smart person, you're just going to ignore me and act like me being here isn't important?"
"I really don't want to be here…"
"Well this is to help you get out and do something, not be stuck in the house tinkering away." I said. "You need to get out and make friends, people that can treat you fairly without either seeing you as a kid or someone too smart." I admitted.
"People suck." Rom replied dryly.
"Not everyone sucks." I admitted. "You just have to try."
"That implies putting effort towards things I don't want to do…"
"Well then I guess you won't be seeing any of the cool robots then." Tina said with a practiced 'goading' sigh.
Rom's ears twitched. "Goading me with my own interests is smart…" He mumbled.
"No no, you said you didn't want to put effort into this, and Button wanted to do some brotherly bonding with you at a dungeon filled with robots, but if you don't want to." Tina explained with a tone that really played into the goad here.
"I'm not an idiot." He said, pushing himself upright. "I might be a child but don't talk like I don't know what you're doing."
"Then will you put effort into this or should we turn the ship around?" I asked.
"Fine." He huffed. "You four can go shoot and do whatever you're gonna do and I can look at the robots."
"Thank you." I nodded.
The rest of the trip was fairly quiet. Once we got in it was like before. Everything was all shiny and new and-
"Take a map!"
Holy fucking shit what?!
"You alright there?" Gallon asked as I was on my back, my feathers ruffled and wings spread out wide from the surprise.
"Huh. This robot wasn't in here last time." Micheal said, taking the map from the Map Bot and once he did it immediately wandered off.
"Pretty quiet for a robot." Rom hummed.
"I'm fine…just, surprised me is all." I said, getting back up and unruffling my feathers.
"How did that scare you?" Rom asked me.
"I was surprised, not scared." I corrected. "There's a difference."
"You fell all the way onto your back and I'm pretty sure you squawked." Rom said, giving me a frown.
"I may or may not have heard a bird-like caw." Tina added.
"I did not squawk and you can't prove it." I said defensively.
"Take a map!"
"Bwa-caw!"
I looked down at Rom who was holding what looked like a recording device in his wing.
"You just have a digital recorder on you?" Micheal asked as he was looking the map over.
"In case I need evidence." Rom nodded.
"...We never speak of that again." I said carefully.
Rom gave me a shit eating grin as he put the device into his Assistant.
"Well, looks like to start this dungeon someone has to go into the Freddy bot's chest space. It has to be either someone very small or they have to make use of a shrinking spell or item…" Micheal said.
"I might be small but no." Rom said.
"Hmm… actually… I have an idea." Tina said.
"What up?" I inquired.
"Well, Transpite lets me force evolve my biology so maybe if I focus…" She hummed, trying to use her new legendary ability- There was a poof and a flash of lighting followed by some thunder. Suddenly, Tina was now a barely foot tall little puppy looking Zingore. In feral form to. "Cool it worked!"
…
"Too…cute…" I said weakly, clutching my chest playfully at the now literal thunder pupper.
"You are super tiny now." Gallon said, picking Tina up. "And lightweight. Compact. If I crossdress again, do you wanna be my purse dog?"
Micheal face-palmed as I held in a laugh but smirked at the mental image.
"I am the strongest thunder pupper and nobody can stop me!" Tina said in a playful chibi voice with an absolutely adorable smile. "And maybe, we'll have to plan it out."
"Well as the smallest and mightiest you'll be what the Dungeon is referring to as an MC." Micheal spoke up as he looked back at the map. "Says the MC is the only one that can actually finish the dungeon and that any other party members can provide support through distracting or removing certain enemies. There's also a lot of hidden loot and such."
"That a map or a guide book?" Gallon asked, putting Tina on their head between his horns.
"Kinda both." Micheal shrugged.
"Well, it's good for what we need." I nodded.
"Alright, onward my faithful steed." Tina said, pointing off towards a direction and it just…being so cute.
"As you wish." Gallon smirked, kneeling down before taking a high leap into the air and flying off. Tina screaming in joy at the sudden flight.
"Hard to believe when they first met Gallon pulled a knife on her…" Micheal chuckled.
"The power of friendship does weird things." I chuckled. "Come on, lets catch up to our dynamic duo over there."
"Gods help us if Gallon ever catches up to her or you in terms of power." Micheal chuckled as he began following them.
I followed as well… wait where did… where's Rom Hack?!
"Rom!?" I called out in a minor panic, looking around for my little brother frantically.
I heard something in the distance and followed it. I then found him sitting next to what looked like robot wet floor signs. He was taking them apart and looking at the internals.
"Rom, please don't disappear without anyone knowing first." I sighed, just about ready to figure out if I can use my symbiote powers to give Cheat a body long enough to keep Rom safe and protected if he does this shit repeatedly.
"I said I was gonna look at all the robots while you all went shooting or whatever you were gonna do here. Meanwhile I can look at the Afton Robotics hardware."
"This is a dungeon, you can't just go off on your own here." I said worriedly.
"Tina, Gallon and Micheal have." He said, yanking some component out of the weird wet floor signs robot and then looking inside it some more.
"And those three are strong enough to be on their own, plus they're grouped up together, you aren't and tried to be alone."
"Semantics." He waved me off. "Hm…. Wonder if this is it…" He muttered as he looked through a small toolbox next to him.
"No it's called context, and what are you wondering about?" I inquired.
He pulled out some tweezers, popping them in his mouth and gently reaching in with them, and he then quickly pulled something out. It was a chip… or maybe a fuse? It looked like a computer chip with a fuse attached and inside the thin glass on it was a thin piece of metal. Maybe the size of a paperclip.
He placed it on his hoof and spat the tweezers back into his toolbox. "This, is Remnant Harvester."
"So that's where the bitch kept getting all of it…" I muttered.
"Eh. Not much this thing can collect anyway. Every staff and main show bot in this building probably had one or several of these." He shrugged, putting the Remnant Collector into his Assistant and then grabbing another wet floor sign bot and forcing it open.
"So what got you so interested in robotics?" I inquired.
"Your girlfriend Sweetie Bot." He said simply, taking out tools from his tool box and using them to disassemble the bot.
"What part of it did you get interested in?" I asked, having wanted a bit more of a reason then him possibly having a crush on my girlfriend.
"Right now you're thinking I have a crush on her." He said, making me blink. "Get that out of your head. It's not even remotely an emotional thing." Rom said, sighing. "For as long as I can remember, I see the world… language, numbers, science, everything is a puzzle. In my head, if I think long enough I can figure it out and really easy. Meeting Sweetie for the first time, was like looking at a living puzzle. A being made of all mechanical parts that ran off an artificial mind that reacted and thought just like an organic one. It was a puzzle I wanted to solve. So, I taught myself programming, but that was only part of it. So I began taking things apart to build something that the programs I made could inhabit."
"Well, I suppose that makes sense." I nodded. "A drive to understand things not many would know."
"Or care to." He said. "Like you. You barely know anything about this world and you've been here ten years. How can people live being so willfully ignorant?"
… ouch…
"Because not everyone can delve as deep as others, because they don't care or they don't have time, I'm in the latter where I don't have the time "
"Then why not attend a digital realm school? New Foundation has several Digital Realm servers and since a day in there is a minute out here you could learn all you need to know in an hour."
… Adding that to my list of shit to do…
"Again, not everyone can do it cause there's other things we have to do." I admitted.
"If you keep saying that then you'll never get anything done." Rom said, pulling out that bots Remnant Collector and putting it into their Assistant. I began to hear some music from the rooms further away. "Sounds like they got the dungeon working." Rom said as he got up.
"Yeah, sounds like it." I nodded.
"Welp, I'm gonna see if I can get into the parts and services section." Rom stated as he began walking towards what looked like an employees only area.
I followed after Rom, as I wasn't going to let my little brother roam around an activated dungeon all by themselves. "And I'll follow along to keep you safe."
"If you want." He shrugged.
We walked to the employee door. It wouldn't budge. He then pulled an odd item from his Assistant and pointed it at the locks. It made a loud buzz like noise then the locks clicked open.
The doors were now open and we walked through into a large service hallway. I went ahead abit to check the corner-
"Please take this map!"
"Fuck!" I yelped, backing up into a shelf. A bucket then fell on my head… ouch…
"Is that gonna be a recurring gag with you?" Rom asked as he took the map from the way too quiet map bot. Once he did it quickly left.
"No, and I don't know why those things are so stealthy, my instincts should be good enough to notice them…" I grumbled.
"Might be the Dungeon Rules." Rom shrugged as he walked down the hallway.
We walked down this hallway for a while. So far it seemed pretty calm for a dungeon.
Wonder what the others are doing?
"I don't know what's in this stuff but I can see why it's so good." Gallon said, chugging a Fazcola.
"Probably more sugar than anyone needs in a lifetime." Micheal said.
"Onwards to the arcade!" Tina declared from on top of Glamerock Freddy's head.
"Okay Superstar!" Freddy said.
Ah I'm sure they're fine…just wish I could see Tina in her pupper form, she's too adorable.
I followed Rom down some stairs and all the way to… what the?
"Huh… not what I was looking for…" Rom said.
We were in a huge underground cave where I saw the Pizzaplex. It was burned and falling apart in this down here version.
"Uh…huh." I said carefully. "Stay close to me, no telling what's in here or how close to collapsing this cave is."
I walked up to this ruined version of the Pizzaplex and touched the door.
[Warning! You are about to enter a Level Five Void Dungeon! Caution is advised!]
Oh… okay well fuck that noise!
I grabbed Rom, slung him over my shoulder and onto my back like a sack of potatoes, and turned right the fuck back around and walked away. "Nope, we're finding Tina and the others."
"Awh." Rom huffed. "... Your feathers are oddly soft…"
"Yes…for some reason Nokori are just super fluffy and soft, it's not even funny." I admitted. "Also, no huffing about that, that was the entrance of a Level Five Void Dungeon."
"Really? Huh. I hear they have good stuff."
I carried Rom back upstairs and- Why is everything on fire?!
"What the actual hell!?" I asked incredulously.
"Puppy Power!" I heard Tina shout in glee.
"No Superstar, not that-"
*CRASH*
"Way…"
"Make way for the race track king!" Gallon shouted, driving a go cart down the stairs and crashing through the front doors.
"Incoming party pooper!" Micheal yelled as he ran out the new hole out the front.
"You are all so dead when I get my hands on you!" Yelled a blonde haired woman in a security guard uniform that was chasing behind Micheal, followed by Montgomery Gator.
"Uh…ma'am, what the hell is happening?" I called out worriedly.
"A homicide in about five seconds!" She yelled back.
"Heh, she pissed." Tina giggled, being carried by a slightly singed Glamerock Freddy.
"No seriously, the hell happened?" I asked worriedly, seeing Roxy and Chica lagging behind and hoping they could give me some answered. "Hey, we were gone for five minutes, what the hell happened?"
"So it turns out you can actually bypass a lot of this dungeon by literally tying Vannessa there up and stealing her Employee Guard Pass. We then looted the arcade, kitchen, various floors, trolled the shit out of Monty there and then we found the sewers and a 'fuck this shit' later we were set the place on fire." Tina said with a smile and a tail wag.
"It was awesome, but I want my go-carts back!" Roxy shouted.
"It's giving us one amazing work out though." Chica said happily.
"Again, I am so sorry…" Freddy apologized.
"So, in other words, we've had fun and caused some serious chaos." Tina said.
"Clearly." Rom said. "Now can we leave the burning building?"
"Yes, let's all get out of this burning building." I said, leading the group to the entrance.
[Greetings! This is a direct message to all creation from The Mother. If you are receiving this, then there is a huge announcement that we in The Family hope you will not miss.
Starting New Years, or as some of you like to call it, Rest Day, The Assistant and Abilities System will be receiving a major update to certain functions. There will also be a Worlds and Reality Update issued at the same time.
For the Assistant and Abilities, the following will be updated.
Common Abilities will all be given a higher level cap. Rare Abilities can now also level up. Legendary Abilities can level up, with a few exceptions. The Assistant can now keep track of slain enemies for records and personal score keeping. The Assistant now registers EXP when killing enemies. This EXP will convert into Skill Points over time. New Abilities and TItles will be added. Some existing Titles and Abilities will be improved.
The following for World and Reality will be updated.
There is now going to be a Level 0 Dungeon. This Dungeon type will be meant for training eager youths seeking adventure. Death is impossible in these dungeons, but enemies can still inflict pain. Even the Void Level 0 Dungeons will not kill, but will hurt more than normal. Loot in these dungeons will be minimum as it's more for training and practice. Dungeons levels will now be increased. Existing Dungeons may increase based on factors, but some new dungeons can spawn up to a danger level of 20. This included a Void counterpart. Some of the new higher level dungeons may appear in areas of the world not explored or not inhabited by anything of note already across Reality. Perma Death Monsters and Void Admins have been moved to the new Void Level 20 and Level Twenty Dungeons after the update. Some Dungeons can now have trials that will increase its danger level to increase its challenge. Dungeons can now come in up to triple the maximum prior size. Dungeon Loot will now respawn Weekly, Enemies Daily, Bosses and Optional Bosses remain a Yearly Respawn.]
"Well, that's one way to wake up in the morning." Micheal said, sipping their coffee as breakfast was just being served.
Gallon was laughing his ass off. "They update the whole reality like an MMO!" He cackled.
"I demand more pancakes!" Tina said, still in her tiny form.
"That's is…a lot of changes." I said worriedly. "And no, you don't demand more pancakes."
"Yis I do, I cute." Tina said playfully…which was true.
"You are having way too much fun being tiny." Lovely Days, I sometimes forget she lives with us…. Said to her girlfriend… our girlfriend? That's a… confusing thing to think about. She pet Tina on the head.
"Yis!" She said happily, her tail wagging happily. "I've achieved my final form, being a true thunder pupper."
"So besides Tina having too much fun, we should talk about how reality is just getting this massive update and how…worrying it could be."
"It might actually work in our favor." Micheal said, finishing their second cup of coffee so far.
"I mean, it can, but what if our general area goes from like, a level three to a level twelve dungeon?" I asked, having long since figured out that this place was a dungeon with 'safe zone' barriers.
"I don't think that will happen. Typically in some games when stuff is added and changed the old saves retain the same layout and items and such because the player, or in this case, people, are in these areas. It's areas they aren't in or areas they haven't been to yet that gain the changes."
"Like Minecraft." Tina said.
"Exactly. It doesn't make sense to update a place where people are all already living and settled to a higher danger out of the blue."
"That would be the case…if I didn't have personal experience of shit getting more difficult over time…" I said carefully. "Frank is a good example, cause he started as a simple infected that then turned into a Mini Boss…and is now currently a friend and personal guard to a very powerful individual."
"Well, that's a mini boss though. And you were fighting him over and over again right?"
"He got infected by a combination of the T-Virus and a variant of the Hasan Virus when neither of those types were around at the time, which is what turned him into a mini boss." I explained.
"Huh. Weird… I guess if need be I can use Township to boost the towns defenses. That is an option, it just takes raw materials."
"Which the New Foundation has in spades." I nodded. "Now…sorry for getting side tracked…but it was five minutes ." I groaned. "I leave you three for five minutes, and you set an entire dungeon on fire."
"It was hilarious!" Tina laughed.
"In my defense, I got high off whatever that Monty Mystery Mix stuff was." Micheal said.
"I was high off of all the Fazcola I drank." Gallon chuckled.
I groaned. "Right…so no caffeine for you three."
"Too late." Micheal said, already drinking a third cup.
"Crap…" I muttered. "Right…so what should we be doing today?"
"Well, last night, as that mystery mix stuff wore off and gave me a headache and made me feel like my stomach was melting… I had a thought." Micheal started. "Button, you have a lot of those loot multiplier necklaces, right?"
"Yes, I still have well over a hundred…and uh…speaking of that I realized something…when I became a Nokori…I was wearing nine of the things."
"Yeah. I remember you had some that morning and they weren't on you when we found you so… that means they were fused with you… meaning you have a natural one eighty times loot bonus if the magic merged properly." Micheal said.
"And…I want to get a Title that gives me a loot bonus double …so if I get it, it would be three hundred and sixty times multiplier…"
"So in other words, we can get so much shit for barely any effort." Micheal said with a nod. "And when I went through my notes I realized there was a dungeon that would be perfect to make use of that once you get the title."
"And what dungeon is that?" I inquired, as I remembered the level five Void Dungeon I reported to my boss's cause that is very dangerous territory right there.
"There's a dungeon I read up on that's notorious for dropping Skill Points." Micheal said. "Anywhere from thirty to fifty."
"And with the item multiplier…that's going to be a lot of skill points."
"It counts as dungeon loot. So after we get that title of yours, three eighty, times thirty is over eleven thousand skill points." Micheal nodded.
"Holy crap and that's on the low end…" Tina said. "With your Custodian title… You can distribute them between all of us and keep us even."
"More or less." Micheal nodded.
"That's fantastic." I nodded.
"So Button and I just need to clear out a level one and level two dungeon. Sounds easy." Tina said.
"Yeah. That's what I did. There's not many bosses in level one dungeons so it should be a quick thing." Micheal said, finally putting his coffee mug down and taking his fork to eat his pancakes.
"That's fair…and as far as I know, all the item multipliers stack with each party member."
"Right. So we can all get some hoards of stuff while we're at it." Gallon nodded.
"Then let's finish eating and get going." Tina said.
"Don't have to tell me twice." I said readily.
We quickly finished our meals and then headed back out.
Thankfully the New Foundation had lots of Dungeons cataloged, so we found the nearest ones, Micheal putting an Outpost nearby for easy return trips.
Tina was first. It took just over an hour but she walked out with a lot of common loot, and with her own Miracle Rookie Title.
The trip to the next dungeon was just as fast and when we arrived I got to work. There wasn't really anything special about this dungeon. Just climb to the top of an honestly stupidly tall hospital, kill all the hoards and waves that attack me and finish it off by taking out like, three Tanks. Easy.
My new inborn loot multiplier magic got me SO much stuff, medicine included, and now I have my own Miracle Rookie Title. Not bad for a day's work.
"Well, that was rather eventful." I said with a smile.
"We're making real good progress." Micheal nodded. "So, you guys wanna tempt that dungeon before we head home?"
"Might as well, what level is the dungeon?" I inquired.
"Well, it's a level one but it is a Void Dungeon." Micheal said.
"So that means it's more like a level three?" Tina asked.
"Level three, level four on the last four." Micheal said. "Or so the reviews said."
"Pfft. I just imagined a Yelp Review for a dungeon…" Gallon chuckled.
"Right…so just going to say, everyone stay behind me, Void Dungeons aren't something to fuck with."
"Well, I could help." Micheal offered.
"Depending on how many times I die…but Void Dungeons haven't been updated yet so I just want to be safe."
"Well either way, it's not a level five and two volcano powered fighters would be better than just the one. That way only you and I could go in and Tina and Gallon can wait outside."
"I warn you, we might set more stuff on fire." Gallon chuckled as Tina nodded.
"You two are having way too much fun with this." I shook my head.
"Friendship is a strange and powerful thing." Tina giggled.
"Yeah… when this is over I'm not giving you any fire abilities…" Micheal said.
"Awh…" Gallon said sadly.
The trip to this dungeon was actually pretty short. Micheal put an Outpost down near the entrance. The entrance itself was a subway entrance going underground. Standing out here gave me a passive sense of dread as I swear it was… pulsating down there…
"Well that's… unsettling…" Gallon said.
"Reminds me of when we raided the Mages Laboratory…" Micheal said.
"How so?" Tina asked.
"Well, back home magic falls into five bases. Nature, Chaos, Light, Dark, and Null. There's not much at all known about Null, and only a few animals have been found to have an affinity for it. We passed by one said animal that was on display… said it was dead but the heart was still beating inside the decayed body and… we had pretty much the exact same feeling back then I'm getting now from that thing."
"Well, it's a good thing none of you went towards the Level Five Void Dungeon in the Pizza Plex…"
"Excuse you?" Tina asked worriedly.
"Right, I remember you said something about that." Gallon said.
"So I'm guessing that place would be like this but worse…" Micheal said with a sigh.
"Until the update, Level Five Void Dungeons Perma kill people." I stated.
"Right. Well, this is still a level one so…" Micheal took a deep breath. "Gallon, Taina, wait out here… Button… Guess you should uh… how do you wanna go about activating Final Thanks?"
"Yeah it…sounds bad when you put it that way." I admitted sheepishly. "But…I suppose getting stabbed in the neck would be simplest…"
"Alright… So, are you gonna do it or… should I?"
"Is it wrong to say I'm more than willing to stab and shoot you?" Gallon asked, already holding his katana and a handgun.
"Really?" Tina asked.
"My intrusive thoughts are co-piloting my brain right now." Gallon said.
"Your intrusive thoughts are stabbing and shooting Micheal by proxy?"
"Oh I've stabbed and shot him plenty just never with a gun or knife~"
Micheal facepalmed. "You set that joke up…"
"Yes. But you did just ruin my willingness to shoot and stab today Button." Gallon said as he put his weapons away.
"Good." I nodded, before creating my claws and stabbing myself in the neck to do a lethal strike.
That hurt… agh… Agh… regen sucks too… ouch… why does it feel like I got acid reflux when it heals?
"Ouch…" Micheal groaned, rubbing their neck. I noticed they had a tinge of red on their fur and wings. Hm. Interesting. "Alright, I'll let you know when the timer is getting low."
"Alright…and this is also why I didn't want you doing it Gallon, you would be inflicting the same pain and injuries on Micheal, and while you making the sex joke is one thing…I doubt you want to actually stab and shoot him." I admitted.
"Of course not. I'd never intentionally hurt Micheal." Gallon said. "You two just keep safe in there alright?"
"That's the plan. We'll try not to take too long." Micheal said.
I gave him a nod and we descended into the dungeon. We walked through that wall of darkness at the bottom of the stairs. It was weird. There was no resistance but it sure felt like there was something that was there.
Micheal and I were greeted by the sight of an underground subway tunnel. Some shops and such here and there.
What creeped me out the most was… this dungeon didn't look like ruins or infested. It was pristine and new, like the Pizza Plex, it looked untouched with no sign of hostels and all the shops were open and not a single monster or person was around. Items lined their shelves and there wasn't even darkness. The lights overhead were on and illuminated everything.
"Okay this creeps me out way more than what I was expecting to see…" Micheal said.
"Yeah…almost feels like this place is lived in…" I said carefully. "Hello?" I called out.
There was no response. Nothing but the echo of my own voice in the tunnels.
"This might be part of the Dungeon. I remember when I was reading up on it, this place can change the rooms when you go between them… Maybe this is just some… trick or something." Micheal said as he walked around, pulling out his own Blades of Chaos he got from Final Thanks. I didn't notice last time, but his had the image of a screaming corpse on the sides of the blades.
"Well…your Blades of Chaos sure seem ominous." I admitted, walking forward carefully alongside Micheal.
"Yeah…" He said, giving them a quick glance before looking back up. "Don't know why but it… reminds me of that thing I told you about, remember?" He asked.
I thought back… That must be what the creature he went into that forest looked like… weird… why would that of all things be displayed on his blades? Even if they are borrowed because of Final Thanks, mine show skeletal Alicorns.
"Hmm…" I hummed. "That is a thing to look into…" I admitted, looking around the 'dungeon' and wondering where we're supposed to go and getting some flashbacks to a certain monster that I really don't want to see again.
I followed Micheal into one of the stores here. "Well… this still counts as loot, right?" He asked, picking up a pen from the various ones in a small box. A second appearing in his hand. His title at work, similar to my necklaces and I guess now part of my Nokori magic…
Hmm…
I found a small bottle of water… then yelped as suddenly I was buried in water bottles…
"Heh… guess your title and new Nokori Magic work well together…" Micheal said, helping me out of the pile.
"Yeah…that's definitely something." I said honestly.
"We probably should take at least this pile. Might be down here a while." Micheal said.
With a nod we split all the water my now OP loot multiplier gave me. I did the same with some energy bars and we split that pile before looking around. There wasn't much in this area, so we began walking down the track. As we did, I noticed the walls began to look cracked and faded the further down we walked.
I had to… reset, Micheal's timer.
I was amazed he was taking the pain so well…
"Hey…are you okay?" I asked worriedly. "You are handling the pain rather well and…given what happened before with the Majority…"
"Heh… to be honest, compared to what I was feeling when that other guy was hitting you with… whatever that was, it's not that bad…" He said, rubbing his neck. "Getting stabbed back home, that hurt… but after what that guy did to you, and what I felt… It's weird. You'd think I'd maybe be afraid of the pain after that but… I'm actually more… indifferent towards it."
"I suppose that makes sense…but I was hit with Decay…a lot …and then I got exploded by Decay…"
"Yeah… that felt about right…" Micheal said, and I noticed his ears flick and raise up. "Do you hear that?"
I raised my own ears up… It was faint and distant but it was like… maybe claps or… slams… like a whole stage of them…
"Yeah…I hear it…" I said, stabbing myself in the neck again just to give Micheal more time and went off towards the noises.
We ran towards what seemed to be another- WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!
We ran almost face to face with what looked to be a centipede made of train cars, its long body lifted and kept up by the rotting fused flesh of bodies acting as legs. It's head was an ungodly mix of flesh and metal, made of the rotting faces of various races as it's eyes turned to us… it's many eyes along that patchwork of faces it had for a singular one, and it roared at us with the added noise of a train horn.
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…
"We're supposed to be exploring the dungeon, not turning it into a Volcano!" Micheal shouted as we both ran from now molten fucking train demons .
"I panicked about the giant centipede train, and how the fuck was I supposed to know the dungeon would mix with my outburst!" I said in a panic.
"Fuck, we still gotta kill it cause it sure as hell ain't leaving us alone!" Micheal said, looking back at the thing. "I have an idea. That thing is still an undead. If we can destroy its head it should hopefully die."
"Hopefully it does, cause it better not just break off one car and regrow it's head." I said, skidding to a halt and turning around, throwing my Blades of Chaos forward and managing to hit it in one of its… many sets of eyes, hearing it screech in pain.
Micheal took his turn, launching his blades into the walls and then pulling back. He slingshotted himself hooves first into what would be the forehead area of the massive head, knocking it back as he did. He landed next to me. "Hey Button, your Symbiote was able to turn into any weapon right?" He asked me.
"Well…kind of? I needed one to become my Blades of Chaos and…with Cheat I could turn into an amorphous mass of teeth."
"Button I don't need specifics, yes or no?!"
"Yes!" I answered.
The thing reared its head back, roaring at us again with some added fire breath.
"Good cause this better work!" Micheal said. His blades then changed and shifted and grew. His own Symbiote armor appearing on him as he then knelt down and…
He turned it into a cannon!
The thing then fired, shooting a smoking ball of semi-cool but still very hot volcanic rock into the thing's head. The impact smashing it's patchwork face wide open. It then collapsed onto the rails, it's flames dying out as it's body began to decay and rust rapidly.
"Right…" I said carefully. "Need to remember that…" I muttered, so used beating things with my bare hands I forget I can do that.
His armor and the weapons returned to them as he got back up. "Okay… I wasn't expecting that to work that well… but I'm glad it did… also shit even with your stats boosted that was heavy…" He added as he turned and stretched some.
"Wow, you finally found a heavier cannon than Gallon's?" I asked, seeing him fall over like some anime trope, making me chuckle.
"Har-har…" He huffed as he got up. "Well… whatever the fuck that was… my money is on we are gonna find a lot more than we'd like." He sighed.
We walked over to what it dropped. There was a large bag with Rem, an interesting looking sword, and a handgun with two magazines and three boxes of ammo. Well, Handgun might be a stretch. That thing is massive.
"Right…so what the hell are these?" I wondered, using Scan on both the sword and the gun.
[Scan Complete!
Weapon: Sword of the Damned
Att: 430
Def: 120
Mag: 240
A sword crafted from the long decayed souls of the tormented.
Special Ability: Saving Grace - When killing an undead, for every ten undead killed the user gains a Skill Point.
–
Weapon: Bloody Blaster
Att: 700
Def: 200
Mag: 0
A handgun forged in apocalyptic hellfire that shoots 20mm shells.
Special Ability: Bypass - Each shot will ignore target Damage Resistance.]
"Oh~, me likey." I said with a giant smile. "So, this gun shoots 20mm shells, and each shot ignored Damage Resistance, and the Sword gives you a skill point every ten undead killed…and when used by one of us that would probably be…four undead instead of ten?" questioned.
"For me, twenty, for you, three thousand eight hundred, and with my Custodian boost that means… three or four undead yeah…" Micheal said. "Shit… With that sword alone we don't even need to explore the dungeon." I nodded, smiling as I picked it- Wah!
"I… should have seen that coming…" Micheal said as I was now buried under hundreds of the sword. "Are you alright in there?"
"I'm okay!" I said, muffled by all the weapons as I tried to grab the gun…and my hand connected with the ammo so then I was buried by hundreds of guns and hundreds of magazines…"Still okay…"
"Well… At least we won't have to share the weapons… we all get our own and… I'm assuming more ammo than we'll reasonably spend…" Micheal said as he began helping me pocket the loot and after that was done I was looking at my new sword with a huge grin. This is gonna be such a game changer!
Micheal was looking the hand…cannon, over. It loaded from a magazine that fed from under the long barrel of the gun and looked to be gripped with one hand. He took it in both and shot.
The gunshot made my ears ring badly and Micheal was knocked back some feet into the wall.
"I can't hear shit!" I managed to shout, feeling my ears burn as it regenerated from the stupidly loud bangs.
When that was done I saw Micheal still against the wall. He was still holding the gun but his whole body seemed to be shaking from the recoil.
"Uh…you okay there Micheal?" I asked worriedly.
"Yeah… Your stats and boosts helped…" He said weakly. "Strongest gun I shot back home was a twenty gauge… this was… way stronger…" He said, letting himself calm down before he put the gun away and took out one of the many swords we now had. "Remind me to not give one of those to Gallon until after I shove a metric ton of skill points into abilities that can make him not lose his arms or something…"
"Yes…and I will make sure Tina doesn't get this or else she'll try and figure out if she can cannon jump in her pup form…" I said, the image hitting my brain like a brick as I saw the pup on top of the gun, pulling the trigger and having it act like a very menacing pogo stick.
"Oh god Gallon loved TF2, if he learns to Rocket Jump it's gonna be his personality for months ." Micheal said with a groan but also a chuckle.
"I mean…it most likely is possible to Rocket Jump." I said worriedly. "Just…make sure he doesn't find anyone that can."
"If he does I'm at least super gluing a helmet on him…"
We decided to head further in, just to see if there was anything else or at least get some Skill Points while we are in here.
"Hopefully there isn't more bug trains…"
"If there is one thing life has taught me it's that no one is that lucky…" Micheal sighed.
We arrived at another station, this one looked distorted and had large crystals growing out of it.
I used Scan on one.
[Scan Complete!
Large Void Gem Vein. The pure power of the Void within a physical form. Can be absorbed once mined to obtain Void Energy and abilities or used in crafting.]
"Oh that is cool ." I said, turning a tendril into a pickaxe and ready to mine the thing.
"What is it?" Micheal asked as he walked over.
"It's a Large Void Gem Vein, if we mine it we can get it to the Foundation to craft stuff or even give us Void powers…though hopefully a Skill can give us Void Affinity if it has some weird draw back about it…"
"Weird…" Micheal said as he looked the vein over. "I wonder if Void is the same thing as Null from back home… sure as hell gives me the same feeling…"
"I have a feeling it is." I admitted, starting to mine from the vein to get as much as I could…wait…does my item multiplier wo-
Thump
Yes…apparently it does…"I'm good…"
"As useful as this is… it's also getting a bit annoying…" Micheal said, also caught under my pile of Void Gems. I quickly pocketed them all into my Assistant and had one in hand I absorbed.
[Void Gem Absorbed! Void Based Abilities and Magic are available within the Skill Tree!
Notice! Nokori Race Detected!
Core Base Magic Type: Nature
Void is Equivalent to Null Magic.
Null Magic Base has been added!
Core Base Magics: Nature, Null]
I felt a lurch. A wave of nausea and pain that hit me in my very soul after that notice went up.
It passed and I had… a slight headache and I felt… very tired…
"You alright?" Micheal asked as he helped keep me up.
"Uh…yeah…yeah I'm good." I nodded. "So…to answer your question, Void is Null, and I just got it…"
"Wait, seriously? That… breaks apart everything I do know about magic though but new world new laws so… huh…" He said, holding one of the Void Gems himself. "Should I?"
"You'll feel like crap for a bit and tired but you'll get used to it." I said, getting back up and trying to get my bearings.
"Well… if anything at least I can learn what Null magic does." Micheal said as he did as I did to absorb the gem.
He tilted a bit, shaking his head and rubbing his temples. "Damn… don't know if this is as bad or worse than a hangover… huh… I just thought of something…"
"What up?" I inquired
"Well, remember I said magic back home falls into five Bases, Nature, Chaos, Light, Dark and Null… well, back home everyone is born with one affinity for one of the base magics. It's not impossible to cast magic of a different type but it's far more difficult… if this can get me two bases or affinities or whatever… does that mean you could get all five? What would even happen when you do have all five?"
"Well…technically there would be a sixth affinity with Nothingness." I admitted. "And what would happen if you get all of them? I dunno…become the Avatar or something?"
"Pfft! That's funny. Also, what's Nothingness?"
"From what I have learned, it is the Antithesis to Void, or Null in this case, a pure white energy that takes the shape of encroaching thorns…uh…have you heard of Kingdom Hearts?" I asked.
"Yes… is that a thing here too?"
"I think it's one of the Key things to this reality." I said, bringing out Lunatic as proof even though I made a Key pun.
"... Alright, I'll save my fangasm for after we leave this place… cause seriously… holy shit…"
"Yes…and now I'm just realizing that I might not be able to use this overpowered bastard with Void cause of the two different energy types clashing…"
"An experiment for another day." Micheal said with a shrug. "Actually you might want to have Gallon help you with that. He's actually really good at magic, well, artificing anyway. His base Affinity is Chaos so, he's got a lot of magic but no safe way to use it not through artifacts and such."
"Alright." I nodded, deciding to check my Assistant to see if there was some Auto-Loot function cause I'd rather not be buried under loot every time I make contact with it.
I looked but wasn't able to find one. Fuck… Must be an app in the app store but I can't use it cause Armaggeddon hates the Assistant having reception…
"...Dumb thought…" I said. "Can you help me find some Auto-Loot skill in my skill tree?" I asked, looking into said skill tree to try and find if this was real or if I was just dumb.
"Uh, sure, let me check…" Micheal said, looking through my skill trees. I sat for a while as he looked. "Uh… Ah, here we are. There's a few. Rem Magnet, Item Sweep and Hoarder." He said.
"What do they do?" I asked, looking through my Skill Tree to find the three abilities.
"Rem Magnet makes it so Rem and any currency in a dungeon or dropped by enemies will automatically go into your Assistant when you get close to them. Item Sweep has it so loot dropped by enemies is auto collected once they die. Lastly, Hoarder has it that items that are just in dungeons laying around are auto collected by you being near them."
"Cool, I might as well grab all three then to make this a lot easier and simpler, then just have to sort through the nonsense when we get out of here." I admitted.
I found the three abilities and got each one. I mined another Void Gem off the vein and I was only buried for a moment before it all poofed away and I was notified that all that was placed into my Assistant inventory.
With that, we went back to walking down the way. I had to refresh Micheal's Final Thanks, I made sure he had at least five hours worth before we made it to the next area- THERE'S NINE OF THOSE UNDEAD TRAIN CENTIPEDES HERE!
"Okay…" I said, bringing out Lunatic. "Nope!" I shouted, feeling the rage of the weapon enhancing my own power as I swung Lunatic strongly, seeing a shockwave fly towards the beasts rather fast.
I began my attack and did not stop until the last of them became scrap metal and paste.
I huffed as they were all dead. The loot I got I didn't notice.
"Found a chest!" Micheal said from behind me.
"That's great…but let's make sure it's not a mimic first." I said readily.
"Do you know how to check if it is or isn't?"
"Well…this world can work with different rules for Mimics…" I said, deciding to use Scan first just in case I actually could.
[Treasure Chest]
Well that's unhelpful.
Micheal gave it a kick. It did nothing. "Guess it's safe."
"Alright." I nodded, gently opening the chest to see what was inside.
The lid opened smoothly and inside was… Uh… it was a ball of what looked to be pure energy, and somehow it had the letters SP on it.
"Well that's… different…" Micheal said.
"Okay so…what the hell…" I muttered, deciding to use Scan on it before grabbing it cause I have no idea what the hell this thing was.
[Skill Point x10]
"Oh, it's a Skill Point orb." I said, deciding to grab the thing to absorb it or have it multiply like mad.
[Skill Points x10 received. Loot Multipliers Applied. 3,800 Skill Points Received.]
Holy fucking shit!
"Okay, that's cool." I said with a smile. "Thirty eight hundred skill points."
"Between that and those swords… we should probably leave cause… that's a lot already."
"Yeah, we should, given I haven't seen what items we got from murdering those nine other demon trains."
"Really glad this place doesn't let us dream cause that's haunting my nightmares the second I can."