NOVEL NEXT Cycle 24 (4)
Dear Diary,
Today was kinda odd. We got through the bug level. But, we got through with the help of the flying ant things.
It sounds crazy, I know. We all drank the invisibility potions, and Lilly activated a silence spell so we wouldn’t make any noise. I thought it wouldn’t matter, and that the ants would attack us anyways. It looked like they would at first, since they came straight at us and surrounded us, but then… they didn’t. They…
It was kinda like they herded us. While we were still invisible and silent. They kept us away from the giant worm thing, and away from the spiders. Well, one spider still attacked, but that’s way better than all of the spiders attacking. The potions wore off at that point, but the ants didn’t act any different.
Then we got to the exit, went through, and the ants followed. All the way to lvl99. Where we scared the crap out of a couple yetis and were promptly blasted with ice.
So now we know yetis have ice magic. Good to know.
Oh! I haven’t talked about the races yet this cycle! How could I have forgotten the most important thing in our lives?
We’ve gone through all the prelims already. My marble this cycle is Momomo. Our first real race was yesterday, and he came in fourth. So, not great, but it’s a position we can work with. If he manages to get first place in one of the next two races we’ll still have a good shot at getting a championship medal. I explained to him that each race, while fun, isn’t as important as the overall standing. I think he listened, and took my words to heart.
We’ll see how he does tomorrow.
Aya’s marble came in first, by like eight seconds. Which is insane. She’s thrilled, but the rest of us are kind of wondering if it’s a fluke or if her marble is cheating somehow. Like, it’s just a blob of glass and can’t cheat on purpose, but there might be something about it that makes it heavier than the other marbles? Or something. If Aya wins by that much tomorrow we might have to weigh the marbles and call these first races invalid. Which, I wouldn’t mind, but Mika got second and she’d be annoyed.
Anyways, we’ll see tomorrow!
Goodnight, dungeon!
