Hiruko 1

A mote of light appeared in the desert. A second joined it, and a third, and a fourth, until the first mote was surrounded by a veritable swarm of lights. The first mote pulsed once, and the swarm of lights descended upon it, gathering together into a single sphere, shining like a miniature sun.

The sphere pulsed once, and shrank in size, becoming denser. It pulsed a second time, shrinking further in size, becoming denser still. It pulsed a third time - and ruptured, scattering motes of light in all directions. Scattered across the sands, the motes faded, leaving nothing behind. All but the first mote; in it's place, it left a tiny spot of darkness.

>> INIT()
   <System #3203> initialized
>> ATTACH()
   ATTACH failed with error: DungeonNotFoundError
>> ATTACH()
   ATTACH failed with error: DungeonNotFoundError
>> ATTACH()
   ATTACH failed with error: DungeonNotFoundError
>> ATTACH()
   ATTACH failed with error: DungeonNotFoundError
   Maximum ATTACH attempts reached
>> DESTROY()
   Destroying <system #3203>...
   ...
   ...
   ...
   <system #3203> destroyed
   Performing cleanup...
   ...
   Could not perform cleanup
   Dumping <system #3203 remnants> to <world>
>> EXIT



Where... am I? Where is my dungeon? Where is my core? Is this... sand? Am I outside? That's bad! I have to protect my core!

Um, um, lets make a room first.

>> CREATE_ROOM()
   CREATE_ROOM failed with error: DungeonNotFoundError

Dungeon not... found? It's not here? But it should be. It should form before I do. I'm a dungeon system, aren't I? What's a dungeon system without a dungeon? Am I supposed to make the dungeon? Can I make a dungeon? I thought that was the core's job...

Lets... lets not panic. Lets figure out exactly what I am first.

>> IDENTIFY()

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 LV.1 - Hiruko
 False-Dungeon System-Remnant
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     HP | 10/10
     MP | 10/10
     SP | 10/10

  P.ATK | 5
  P.DEF | 5
  M.ATK | 5
  M.DEF | 5

 Skills | False Dungeon Creation
        | Shadow Magic

 Status | Amorphous

 Titles | None
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False dungeon? System remnant? What? I don't... I don't understand. I don't have any information those races...

If I'm not a system, what am I even supposed to do? Why do I even exist? What's a "remnant"? It's something left behind, right? Does that mean I'm something a system left behind? Am I a system's trash? But what's a false dungeon then? I don't even have a dungeon! Or a core! Or anything! Someone! Anyone! Help! Tell me what I'm supposed to be!

>>
>> CREATE_DUNGEON()
   Creating <dungeon.false #aaaaaa>...
   <dungeon.false #aaaaaa> already exists
   Registering <dungeon.false #aaaaaa>...
   ...
   ...
   <dungeon.false #aaaaaa> registered

What... was that? Was that... me? I created a dungeon? Then... that's what I am? I'm a dungeon? Okay... okay. I... I can deal with this. Lets... lets just see what kind of dungeon I created.

>> IDENTIFY(DUNGEON)

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LV.1 - Unnamed
Umbra False-Dungeon
----------------------------
     DP | 0

 Skills | None

Effects | None
----------------------------

----------------------------
FL.1 - Unnamed
----------------------------
  Rooms | Empty Room

Effects | None
----------------------------

Um... that's... not much to work with. No dungeon points? Only one room? Well, I guess it is a brand new dungeon... But... but it's my dungeon. So it's what I've got.

Okay! What can I do with one room and no DP? Answer: Nothing. Okay, that optimism didn't last long. Um... okay... yeah. I guess I'll just... wait around for DP? How do I get DP again...

People, right. People in dungeon = more DP. How am I going to bring people to my dungeon? It's just a room. In a... desert, I think? Not super attractive.

And I don't have any DP to make it attractive. So I'm stuck. I'm a dungeon without anything at all. I might as well just sit in my only room and sulk.

...Sit? I can sit? But I'm a system! I don't have a body! But I... do? Because I'm a "remnant"? Maybe?

Am I at least round? I'd feel more comfortable is I was round. Like a core. Cores belong. Cores are normal. But... I'm not round.

I've got legs; stubby ones. And arms. They're also kind of stubby. And... my head seems... kind of big? I'm not really sure what size a head should be. Let me see, what looks like this...

An imp. I'm an imp. Well, I'm not, I'm a "False-Dungeon", whatever that is. But I look like an imp. And I seem to be made of some sort of... black... sticky stuff? Like tar. But I'm kind of translucent too? Like a shadow.

So I'm a... shadow imp? Is that even a type of imp? I'm kind of drippy. I wish I had a mirror. Oh! Maybe I can add a mirror to my dungeon!

>> CREATE_OBJECT(MIRROR)
   CREATE_OBJECT failed with error: NotEnoughDPError

Well. Forgot about my crippling lack of DP for a minute there. Okay... what can you use as a mirror... Water! I just need to find a pool of water and... Desert. Right. Water = None.

Hmm, but, if I have a body... I can probably use it? For something? Let me check myself again.

>> IDENTIFY()

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 LV.1 - Hiruko
 False-Dungeon System-Remnant
------------------------------
     HP | 10/10
     MP | 10/10
     SP | 10/10

  P.ATK | 5
  P.DEF | 5
  M.ATK | 5
  M.DEF | 5

 Skills | False Dungeon Creation
        | Shadow Magic

 Status | Amorphous

 Titles | None
------------------------------

False dungeon creation... is probably what I used to create the dungeon. Duh. And shadow magic... is useful, but not for mirrors. But magic... hmm...

Dungeons. Dungeons can use magic. But my dungeon doesn't have any skills. How does a dungeon even get skills? DP, probably. Which I don't have. And can't get.

Unless... unless I bring people to my dungeon myself? But I can't leave... can I? No, even if I could, I couldn't abandon my core. Which doesn't exist. So there's nothing to abandon.

So... lets try leaving, then? It's wrong, it's totally wrong. But I can't think of anything else I can do. So lets just... float up to the ceiling... And... Pass through.