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=A nervous looking man appears on screen, wearing a fluorescent vest, black shirt and glasses. He looks tired, but lights up as a reassuring beep signals the beginning of the recording=

Oh, oh! It’s working! Fantastic. Hello, My name is Ruby, I’m a full-time employee for MergeMart, and apparently the person who is running this page now. The higher ups wanted to “branch out” with how they communicate with people, so they ended up taking a suggestion from the box. Turns out, “Live QnA system” was in there, and I’m the only person in Logistics with hands and knowledge of how a computer works, so I got the job of running the show!

Now it may be strange to see someone doing a QnA for a supermarket chain that stayed around after The Merge, but honestly, I think they realised finally that Logistics has had nothing to do since the Dungeon was conquered. We basically just became a glorified cleaning unit with our own weapons budget and office, if that’s what you want to call this mess...

=Ruby pans the camera to show the office. A small stone lined room with wooden board walls, lit by a strange glowing blobby lizard hanging from a basket. The back wall is lined with shelves containing cleaning supplies, a well used microwave, several pairs of overalls, an impressively large hammer and an assortment of packaged snacks. Off to the left of frame, a mound of blankets and pillows can be seen rising and falling softly, before the camera pans back to Ruby=

Now, any questions you have about the state of things, ask them here! I’ll try to answer to the best of my abilities, whether it be related to our stock, staff, or the shop itself. Give me a holler and I’ll give you an answer! Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by MergeMart QnA!

=Ruby looks down, fiddling with buttons to turn off the recording. The screen cuts to a logo for MergeMart=

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I looked it up later and it turns out that the path to avoid two whole nests of Frost Wyverns takes an extra hour, so our choices are to either have stock turn up late from the north cities or the drivers blitz through what they described as "magpie season on crack"

We’ve just had an elven druid come into the store with the most wild possible “familiar” and you can tell this guy was insane for it.

Cassowary.

This guy said “I wanted the most dangerous animal in the area as a familiar so I didn’t have to worry while gathering” and some bloke in the north recommended a cassowary for him.

///This should have been posted much earlier but better late than never.

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1. Please limit ask types to Customers, Adventurers, Guild Staff (Adventurer Guild, Thieves Guild, Merchants Association, ect) or Othersiders (fantasy races).

2. I do not accept asks from other “staff” mostly cause that is a bit of a headache to manage as I write a lot of this lore myself. You are free to shoot me a PM if you have an idea and we can talk about it, but don’t make entirely new staff members please!

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First up, Layer Changes! With it being the start of winter, all Unstable Layers have seen a full reset, with them reverting to what we have politely titled “Test Dungeon”. Expect stone hallways, sharp corners and easy navigation on unstable layers for the month of June. There is also an increase in rare monsters on these layers and we are always looking for new materials to research and trade!

Stable layers have also seen a change with many adopting the winter climate. Exploring these layers without heating gear is not recommended, so check with the Dungeon Reception for temperature reading on Stable layers and bundle up!

Moving on to new products, due to the full moon, we are having a sale on all things magic! Mana potions, single use scrolls, staves and insta-familars are all half price, and our range of tomes and EzTear Scroll Paper has a buy one, get one half-off deal! For those more close quarters inclined, we also have a deal on enchantments this week and have added some new products from the local smithing guilds, so expect some new and exciting weapons on the near future. Catalogue is out now online and will be available in-store later today.

We have also finally found a good use for our stock of Firestone Powder. Thanks to the Draco-Kobolds Engineering Corps, I am proud to announce our new line of CQC-Expendable Cannons! Inspired by the joyful party popper, these easy to use cannons come in a variety of munition types and are perfect for damaging big monsters. Simply stick the firing end against your monster, pull the cord and run. The internal timer scroll will activate and blast the side of whatever your fighting with a colourful display of violence not seen since the Magus Festival! Munition options include:

- Slug Rounds for instant breaks and high impacts

- Dragon’s Breath for coating the enemy in flaming tar foam

- Grapeshot for turning any swarm into a finely minced pile

- Breaching Rounds for removing walls and doors

And many more! We hope you enjoy the new toys, but remember that you will need to be over 18 and have an active and valid Adventurer Card to buy these.

We also used some Firestone to upgrade the Emergency Flares, they now produce a much brighter glow and automatically face upwards when pulling the cord. This makes for less accidents and more saved adventurers.

Okay, thought I should put this clip as a reminder of three things:

The Dungeon Gate is locked from 10pm to 7am. If you are staying overnight in the Dungeon, please use an InstaCamp so that you are safe. This is because the night shift cannot legally leave the Dungeon open as many monsters will roam around and have a chance to go for the surface. Unless you are trained, DO NOT LEAVE DESIGNATED SAFE ZONES OR INSTACAMPS.

The Dungeon Gate and surrounding walls are so incredibly reinforced with magic that breaking it is impossible. Trust me, when the Lord took over, he got our whole crew to test durability of the gates and stones till we came up with something that was nearly godproof. When a trailer car going at 100 km can't break the shoddy looking roller shutter, your explosion spell isn't going to do anything other than smoke you out.

If you are injured beyond your parties limits during a night expedition, do not try to rush for help on the surface. As stated the shutters are closed at 10pm, and leaving a trail of blood and fear will just lead the monsters to you. Look for a Safe Zone or another party, or activate an Emergency Flare. Either is much more safe than ending up nearly dead in our infirmary.

So it turns out I learnt two things today:

It is officially frost wrym season and they very much like going after large moving objects, like our delivery trucks for instance. This was discovered when our truck arrived an hour late covered in enough ice that we had to melt it before parking it in the dock, and I just spent the better part of an hour with an ice pick, broom and dustpan clearing all the ice before we could unload the interior.

Layer 9 is now re-opened for access to general public! Thanks to all the adventurers who signed up to capture "Pinball", the monster was finally contained and sent off for research into how it formed in the first place. Please keep in mind that the Layer might be a bit damaged for a few weeks still until the reset, so there are pits around from the various attempts at trapping "Pinball". Our Survey Team is out and about patching up what we can, feel free to say hi if you see us!

for all those who attended the hunt, make sure to collect your reward at the Service desk. Just present your ADC and the team will assist you!