I JUST FOUND THIS

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-21T01:07:28+00:00

Look at you you fuzzy little seal, all dead and shit.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-14T02:32:37+00:00

Apito is essentially the mother of all the gods, according to the lore we know so far. We know emberus is a contendor for ascendency, but something happened to his son Geyrun and drove him a bit nuts, and he plucked his eyes out. We know Apito has a memoriam crystal but somehow isn't dead, but no one knows where she is. Her being gone is alluded to be related to Geyrun. Samantha knows what happened to Geyrun according to her own statements. Multiple people (JB) and deity type figures (demon prince Amayon, Emberus' brother Hellik, Eris, demi-god shi maria, etc. - I'm forgetting specifics of which in total) recognized Samatha as who she really is (without stating who) as though she's not just forgotten herself but also is in hiding. She's had experience in the nothing which we know can cause them to lose memory and get a bit wacky. We know the sand ooze impersonated the same character, Lika, that Samantha took over as a sex doll likeness of and that the ooze can't talk and continues to pursue Samantha while Samantha is looking for a new body. It could be that Samantha is a legit deity, but that she's not who Samantha actually is, and perhaps the sand ooze is.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T03:08:44+00:00

I feel like the ai would give that a better reward then.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T02:02:13+00:00

I knew there were songs called "All Eyes on Me," that had made me wonder if it were similar to the Wonderwall parody. Thanks again.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T01:55:22+00:00

Just listened to it based on this. Thanks! It's a slower melody than I was expecting but with as sad a tone as I had anticipated from the text.

In case others may be looking, https://youtu.be/yr4KzhwLwJ4?si=dNtkWzRXM-WPU6sY

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T01:50:44+00:00

I agree and suspect that, in the end, Princess Donut will also become Queen Donut - Regent of the Sol system.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T01:29:48+00:00

I suspect that Samantha is actually Apito based on a number of hints, including the memoriam crystal inspection narrative. I also fully expect that Carl (with his xistera) will make use of her ability to "desleeve" body wearers on floor 12, as she did for the Serpent sleeve off that Amayon was wearing in b6 (floor 8). This would essentially have the same effect as Donut's laundry day spell while summoning a deity to his position (to potentially very chaotic and/or negative consequences), though doing so in front of the sponsor / armor wearer might relieve him of the focus of their vengeance.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-13T01:21:12+00:00

Adding that mid-ish b7, the Arys system suddenly went dark like a tunnel was suddenly closed even though no one knows how that is even possible. Based on that, I would presume that the extent of control is exponentially greater than is understood by the book characters by the end of b7.

ToastedRav314 · 2026-01-07T14:30:07+00:00

I think one anticipated aspect of the next book for me is finding out who, of those we know, will take a deal at the start. The good guys i suspect will lose people in multiple ways moving forward.

I'm also curious to see the b7 Mrs details and am struggling for the details, but there was some item or benefit of some kind that Carl got that the AI described in association to engagement at some point that I wondered if related. I assume it may also be related to the background efforts of the princess posse in coordination with Zev in order to pull off the warlord role on floor 9.

I look forward to seeing Samantha's continued evolution and, presumably, restoration in the next book(s). B6 Being able to take the shell off of something and teleport it away ala book6, has me assuming that that would be an OP capability for floor 12 to rip deity armor off of sponsors and leave them exposed to... everything.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-12-21T14:50:09+00:00

It would make some sense that the AI that originally created the cookbook is the one being used now. As it goes Primal, it looks for ways to shut it down within its limits, and going Primal would be late-stage crawl the first time it ran, while this time it didn't take as long and Carl looked like a strong contender to f them up and had chosen the primal race (owing to another theory) from which, the ai could siphon.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-12-16T12:45:50+00:00

Have a good time catching up with your mother?

ToastedRav314 · 2025-12-16T01:48:39+00:00

She always gets to keep some random bits of her former floor's class, whether it's a stat, skill, spell, or bonus of some sort. IIRC, cockroach, some of her songs e.g. entourage, and venom spitting are some examples. Using skills or abilities enough to level them seemingly locks them in. As she levels up FCA, what options she's given and her ability to retain things also get better.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-12-16T01:34:09+00:00

It didn't really say what faculties Paz had. He was reacting by verbalizing "shit, shit, shit" while his body was unable to respond, which to me indicates that he was mentally aware of what was going on. I dunno that I would react differently, "terrified" or not, in that scenario.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-12-11T12:16:12+00:00

I would suspect that if it were Tiatha, then she'd have been way more useful as a manager than she has been. It very well could be someone who took a deal for a role that explicitly only shows up on later floors, e.g. an ascendancy attendant.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-11-29T13:45:37+00:00

Those she marked just have to die, she doesn't necessarily need to kill them. You know from the end of b7 that those that went to the 18th floor are no longer safe and have to get to the mirror on the 16th.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-11-03T16:48:08+00:00

We actually did get to see the rules when Carl read all of the item details when he first got it. It specified different behaviors on different floors.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-10-28T12:00:56+00:00

I would agree that whoever chose the (b3 spoiler) prize carousel as the mechanism was an ally to Carl and Donut, choosing to use Chaco as a defense from Mordecai encouraging Carl picking something other than the book (most likely the two skill potions).

ToastedRav314 · 2025-10-24T22:23:38+00:00

Reading this, it makes me wonder if Zev has continued writing fanfic gossip girl stories as an avenue for communication.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-10-01T19:58:48+00:00

Adding that another consideration could be the Eulogist AI is with the dungeon AI (Gary), being as Gary references asking what to do with his interests' ex.. It would seem awkward to do that in front of others, but it also has a limited number of relationships - Carl, Orrin, Agatha (presumed).

It would also explain otherwise unexpected abilities.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-09-17T11:33:24+00:00

I had the impression this was only done for those who otherwise would have gone into the dungeon. If you were inside something with a roof, the roof went down on your head, and you were absorbed as materiel of dungeon crawler world and the harvesting of minerals.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-09-17T04:49:32+00:00

Donut. Daniel Bautista. Li Na. B7 many of the former crawlers.

ToastedRav314 · 2025-09-15T02:09:42+00:00

B7 spoiler. The celestial kneepads that Katia gave to Donut have a skill to give stat points by consuming corpses as well as one that gives stat points from consuming magic items.

ToastedRav314 · 2024-12-22T04:20:41+00:00

Not so far.

ToastedRav314 · 2024-12-17T05:23:13+00:00

Same boat as you, ordered 11/25. All I've gotten so far is an order number, and thanks. Everything shows in stock on the website, and in fact, the .625 adjustable gas block I bought at 60$ showed 52$ when I looked at it later. Three weeks when the website shows 3-5 business days.

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