The Daily Grind 4: A Slice-of-Life LitRPG by Argus

Author:Argus [Argus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

“What’s the project status?” James asked Anesh. This time, this time he had been fast enough and caught his boyfriend before needing to climb ten floors of tower. Not for the first time, James tried to work out the logistics of installing a jury-rigged elevator. He thought about it for about six seconds this time before admitting to himself that, with all the warped space around the thing, it was probably a bad idea. Six seconds was a new record, though—eventually he’d break down and really get into it.

“Which one?” Anesh asked, mildly out of breath from his third trip already up and back down. He, personally, didn’t have as much problem going up, but he was starting to consider getting a climbing rig and rappelling down when he needed to get back to ground level. “The one where we’re getting the seeds for new infomorphs, the one where we’re trying to kidnap a Puppet, the one where we’re running duplication tests on orbs, the one where we’re dealing with a robot uprising, or the one where we’re running combat drills for everyone?”

“Sorry, what was that robot one?”

“Nothing.”

“Sure. Well, go robots. I believe in them,” James deadpanned. “I meant the duplication tests, since that’s the one you’re in charge of.”

“Just about to get started,” Anesh said. “Momo’s helping me with it, and I’ve got a few people as test subjects.”

“Willing test subjects?” James asked, more as a formality than anything else. He was really trying to fulfill his responsibilities as a leader but was increasingly getting sidetracked by the small cluster of paper airplanes in the distance that were preying on a flock of paper sheets.

“Sure,” Anesh nonanswered. “Anyway, what are you up to tonight? I know a lot of people have specific jobs today, but I don’t actually remember what you were doing.”

James sighed. “I’m going out with El and Secret and we’re going to try to, you know, explain stuff to her. It turns out her experience last week, while apparently fun for her, somehow, was a bit harrowing and not really informative like the new guys got.” He shrugged. “And she seems cool now. I don’t think she’s gonna shoot me again.”

There was a pause as Anesh took a second before picking up the last box he needed to cart upstairs. He looked at James suspiciously. “You’re kind of talking a bit weird. Are you okay?”

“I’m sorta trying to not compensate for my purples as much,” James admitted. “It’s not like you can actually dial these things up or down, so I’m trying to get used to it. It’s a challenge.” He snapped his fingers, as if suddenly remembering something, when in reality he was just trying to distract from Anesh figuring out that he had weaknesses. “Oh! Also, if that other project you mentioned works out, we can start making sure that our landing zone is going to work and make a snake haven.”

“Oh, good, you’re making puns.” Anesh sighed. “You must be okay. Well, have fun.

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