Floor 2
Book 1
Floor 2
Overview
Floor 2 is themed around a Rev Up pyramid scheme -- a multi-level marketing operation complete with Karens, moonshine, and enemies with "the Taint." It's absurd. It's also lethal. The floor timer is shorter than Floor 1, and the crawlers who made it this far are thinning rapidly.
This is where Carl and Donut start appearing on the intergalactic shows. Odette's After Hours, Death Watch Extreme Dungeon Mayhem, and the Maestro's show all feature the Royal Court. Carl appears on Odette's show wearing toilet-paper underwear. Odette notes this definitively disproves a certain sex tape.
Key events (non-spoiler)
- Carl adopts Mongo from a reward room. Mongo must bond with a crawler before the floor collapses. In a frantic final sequence, Donut saves Mongo and the bond is sealed.
- The entire dungeon shudders when Carl crushes a frenzied gerbil named Ralph with his bare foot. The AI is... physically affected by this.
- Carl receives the Enchanted Pedicure Kit of the Sylph, making his feet invulnerable but requiring him to stay barefoot.
- The show appearances begin. Carl and Donut become known quantities across the galaxy.
Drop your theory here, Crawler
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