Four Painful Years

>Eat that Rare Candy and gain a level, duh.

Use your regained mana to cast the high tier spell [Get paid]. Also, spare a glance at the mood ring.

N-no, you see, none of that stuff actually happened. You don’t have any candy and Mana doesn’t exist. Those thoughts were simply the facetious ramblings of a wild imagination. Nothing more.

Getting paid, however, is something you can feasibly accomplish. You will have to visit the office and retrieve your bonus check from Maxwell’s desk, preferably while he isn’t around. An encounter with the chatty manager-in-training can last hours upon hours… Not that that’s a bad thing, of course, he’s one of the few people you genuinely enjoy spending what little time you have left with. But you gotta save some of that for yourself, y’know? You have things to do, robots to build, jammy peebs to consume!

On the way to the office y-

Wow! Rude! Luca almost ran you over with the forklift! You call after her and raise your fist like a grouchy old man, but surprise surprise, she’s got her earbuds in. Both of them. Typical. When is that chick gonna learn proper warehouse etiquette?

Anyway…

You check your new mood ring. It’s redder than it was before, but still mostly a gross mix of grey and yellow. Probably ‘cause you almost bit the dust back there, and the ring senses that? You honestly don’t ever remember seeing one turn red…

Upon reaching the office you take a peek around the corner of the entryway…

MAXWELL: “Julie! You made it!”

SHIT.