NOVEL NEXT Cycle 9 (1)
Dear Diary,
New cycle! And yeah, we’re half-dragons. Y freaked out a little bit, but not as much as last time. No one had to knock him out before the Admin changed him back to neko.
This cycle we’re in pairs, made out of people in our group, but we aren't allowed to be with the same people we were with last time we made pairs. So Avi and I are separated, which is sad. But the sadder thing is, Kimi can’t stay with Y.
She’s with me. Avi and Mika are a pair; they plan on writing music all cycle. Aya is with Lily, and Staab is with Samurai. Samuel volunteered to stay behind with Y, which was nice of him. They don’t know each other super well, but I'm sure they’ll be good friends by next cycle.
Oh, I met the Director! She said she’s never had pizza before! I have to make pizzas to give her. And other things. I wonder if she’s ever had chicken nuggets… If she’s never had pizza then there must be a whole bunch of amazing foods she’s never tried!
I’ll have to make a list of foods to send her.
Avi met her, and he said she was mean. But, well, Avi is kinda… He defaults to thinking people are mad at him. Which annoys some people. So she probably was mean to him. Whereas I just gave her food, and she wasn’t mean to me at all.
Now that I think about it, that’s all I did. I asked if we could have stuff stay in our inventories through cycle resets, then I gave her cupcakes, then we talked about food, and then she sent me to Floor 1. She never told me why she wanted to talk to me.
I should probably ask about that. Or I could just ask if she wants any chicken nuggets, and it might remind her that she never asked me about whatever she called me in for.
I wonder if I could get her to change the food magic. It’s kinda meh at the moment. Not fun to play with at all. I bet she’s busy and wouldn’t want to, but I could ask if Nat can change things around. Nat would love that. She’d do a great job at assigning magic to individual ingredients to make epic combos that end up as a sandwich or something.
I’d love to do that, but I’m kinda too busy being a player. Trying to get through the floors. Making friends with people, making food for people.
Oh, I actually burned something today! That hasn’t happened in like forever. My cooking skill is now at 57, which means there’s a chance I might make something that tastes bad someday. I mean, I won’t. But there’s a chance.
A very slight chance. I should try making an energy drink and seeing how it comes out…
So, the power scaling for abilities (like cooking) is weird. 1 - 10 and you just totally suck. 11 - 25 and you’re not bad but not all that great. 26 - 50 and you still mess up a lot but you know what you’re doing. And above fifty you’re basically an expert. Over 90 and you’re perfect.
I think “expert” is at 50 cuz in a dungeon that resets all your levels to zero every few weeks, it’s hard to get past that. Anything higher really only exists for bragging rights.
Spells and skills scale differently. With them there is a distinct difference every ten points.
I wonder if there’s a list somewhere with all the skills and spells and abilities it’s possible to get. That would come in super handy.
Another thing to ask the Director when I finally get around to messaging her…
Goodnight, Dungeon!