NOVEL NEXT Cycle 23 (12)
Dear Diary,
It’s been a couple days. The first of the players came through. It was a group of three, and they stayed two whole days. They mostly just drank and made plans for the next seven floors. They spent most of their time in my restaurant or with Aya.
I… resented them. I know they’re doing what they have to. And I did what I’m supposed to, by feeding them. But I didn’t want to. I’ve gotten used to hanging out with Nat and the other kobolds, and feeding the dire wolves, and everything else we do. To be stuck on one floor again, even though I know it won’t last long… It kinda really sucks.
Now more people are coming through, and it won’t be long before the cycle ends. At least now I’m busy, and don’t think about what I could be doing if I weren’t stuck here as much.
I know the other girls also want to get off the floor. Not Lilly so much, she just misses Staab. But Aya wants to get back to the horrible bug level, Mika wants to try playing her new song to the kobold band, and Kimi wants to debate technical mathematics with the guy she has a crush on.
And yeah, I’m 90% sure that she has a crush on Y the kobold. She’s been acting about the same as Lilly with her sighs and longing glances at the door. It’s cute. I feel bad for them, and it just makes me feel even more resentful towards the players.
Iiiiiin other news, calzones are super popular. Even more popular than straight pizza, which I find interesting. I kinda wonder if there are other floors with catgirls (I presume so), and if those catgirls also have pizza available. That would kinda explain it. Cuz at this point pizza would be a thing the players have had a lot of if they wanted it, but calzone (even tho it’s basically just a pizza burrito) is something new.
It makes me wonder what the players would do if I offered omelettes. I’d have to stockpile eggs from Nat and the other kobolds, but I think I could get enough to make like a hundred omelettes. It’s worth a shot for next time.
Of course, I’d much rather be able to get eggs from my own inventory, but honestly I’ve given up hope of that happening. I’ve decided to presume that nothing new will ever be added into my inventory, ever. Sure, things get added pretty much every cycle, but it’s always stuff like… ranch dressing. Stuff I have to get creative with. Usually I don’t get stuff I specifically want.
Oh well. Aya’s been telling people that the slimes hate ranch dressing. Some of them don’t believe her, a few do believe her (on the basis that she’s supposed to know this stuff), and a couple people don’t believe her but are willing to give it a shot. It’s weird, but I like the people who come in and ask me for meatballs and ranch dressing much more than people who never ask for those things.
Hmm, speaking of, I need to stock up on meatballs for tomorrow.
Goodnight, dungeon!
