Dear Diary,

We’re back home! When we got here, my inventory updated, and I got tapioca pearls and a couple tropical fruits!

Mango smoothies and boba tea are now on the menu!!!

I’m going to have to experiment with the tapioca pearls. I’m pretty sure they’re pure starch, but if I pound them down they might make a kind of flour? Then, the possibilities with tapioca flour are very enticing. It might not work, but we’ll never know until we try!

Nat and Mar have been trying to make yogurt. To get yogurt, instead of just sour milk, you really need the right kind of bacteria. Which we don’t have. But then, good yogurt bacteria didn’t always exist, and humans figured it out. So why can’t we?

So far, they’ve managed to make mayonnaise (which we had, but theirs is better), sour cream (which we had, and the stuff in my inventory is better) (sorry), and almost buttermilk. Which is gross anyways and I don’t know why they tried. They decided ice cream was too much work, and ditto with whipped cream. The one time they tried to make whipped cream it turned into butter. Good butter, but still. So now I think the only dairy-based item they have left to make is yogurt.

I don’t know if they’re aiming for solid yogurt, or the kind you can drink. I have no idea which would end up easier to make. But hey, if they manage it, they can now make it mango flavored!

Meanwhile, the kobold band members are kinda the MVPs on their floor right now. Everyone who can do music is, but the band is extra popular. They were thrilled when Mika and Avi got there, and have been practicing non-stop. Avi hasn’t even gone to see the dracoraptors, which surprised me. I mean, if I had to bet on if he thought music or dinosaurs were more important, I would have said dinosaurs. But then there were like a dozen people who really really want him to stay down and do music, while I’m the only person who supports his “become BFFs with dracoraptors” hobby. Being popular is a big draw.

I guess.

I don’t know, I kinda feel like he’s been avoiding me. Not, like, to the point of awkwardness, but if it’s just us in an area then suddenly it’s just me. I don’t think he’s spoken to me since we got down here, but that might just be because we’re both busy with other people.

I can’t tell if it’s weird or not.

Anyways, I need to go see if the dracoraptors prefer tropical fruits to blackberry. I don’t think they will, given how much they like blackberry, but you never know. I mean, if their favorite thing in the universe was pineapple, they should be able to get it.

Although pineapple is pretty acidic. Maybe I should stick to things that can’t hurt them.

Nah, they probably won’t eat it if it’s poisonous to them. They’re smarter than the dire wolves that way. And besides, who knows what dinosaurs can digest. It’s not like they were studied a whole lot or anything.

It’ll be fine.

Goodnight, Dungeon!