Upon returning to dungeon level one, Grunt wondered "Where's Ben?" Only after fully exploring all the rooms did he remember that Ben died due to a dart trap. Moving on, Grunt went back downstairs and had to choose between two stairways. One will be going to the Gnomish Mines while the other one will continue through the Dungeons of Doom.
Tomorrow we find out where the upper right stairway ultimately leads.
Plus I've emailed Cassius a few times in the past couple days and never heard back.
Now it's time to go food shopping and get my shit together for tomorrow.
When I made it to the back of the house, standing by the porch and where my lawnjockey used to stand, my father came out asking if the ice had melted. Supposedly if the ice melted then She would awaken and bring doom to us all. Eventually I learned that if the ice was less than an inch thick that would be enough to awaken Her and bring about our doom. High above the overcast skies started swirling but never broke through to blue once.
Some noises drew my attention and I found that the little garden patch where my mother grows butterfly bushes was infested with burrowing bats. They were skittering around through the barren stems and withered underbrush looking for food. Dad told me there weren't squirrels anymore and all they had now were these bats.
