Lady Boss Of The Unpopular Dungeon

Alexa motioned for the arachne to come forward and it slowly skittered towards her across the table until it was directly in front of her and then Alexa motioned for Rune to to stand next to the silvery scorpion monster. She then sat up straight and soon a very sly grin was occupying her pretty face and she then began to negotiate with the arachne.

" Listen up, this place is the inner sanctum of the dungeon known as Astral Descent of which I just happen to be the dungeon Master. We also happen to be currently shorthanded around here so if you're interested, how about becoming a member of Astral Descent?" There was a few moments of silence after Alexa began speaking and eventually the arachne turned to Rune and began chirping a response to Alexa's proposal. When the arachne had finished with its answer, Rune turned to Alexa and began translating for the fuzzy scorpion monster. "Boss, it's not trying to be rude but he's asking what exactly what would he even do to help out around the dungeon?" Alexa chuckled and then she reached out and began to pet the nervous arachne and she sweetly replied "It depends on what you like to do, whether it involves fighting or using your skills for practical uses. Honestly, I just think that you could use a safe place to call home without having to worry about be captured or exploited." The room grew quiet once more until the arachne began chirping towards Rune again except Alexa swore she could see a calculating gleam in the scorpion monster's dark blue eyes as it talked to Rune.

When the arachne finished speaking, Rune turned his attention to Alexa again and tried very hard to contain his growing smirk and additional snickering. "Hey Boss, this guy says that he's willing to join us and put his thread producing skills to good use but on two conditons. The first condition is that you help him learn how to sew and create things with his thread so that he can contribute to the dungeon without having to fight. The second condition is that every once and a while, you give him more of that tea stuff and whatever future goodies you decide make." Alexa let loose a small bought of laughter while grinning like a cat who caught the canary and she soon replied with "Alright, you have a deal." The silvery furred scorpion began happily chirping and skittering about the table while Rune was grinning victoriously.

Alexa then turned to Una who had been quiet during the negotiation between Alexa and the arachne and she began to ask the lovely snake girl about inducting new residents of the dungeon and how they would be able to teach sewing to a creature that didn't even have any hands. "Mistress, in order to have a creature become a permanent resident of the dungeon, what you need to do is combine a drop of blood from the recruited monster and a drop of blood from yourself while bestowing a new identity for the recruited monster. As for teaching new skills to a monster, I will need to check the dungeon treasury first." Alexa sighed in relief at Una's explanation but then she furrowed her fine eyebrows in confusion at one detail of it and soon she voiced her confusion. "Hey, I get the whole blood thing but how the hell do you give something a new identity?" It was at this point Rune began snickering at Alexa's confusion while ignoring the small glare she was giving him.

"Boss, giving a monster a new identity means giving them a personal name, unless you are born a high monster, most monsters don't have their own personal name." Alexa listened to Rune's explanation and then she voiced a questions that had been on her mind since earlier that day. "What exactly is a high monster? I know you and Una are high monsters but what does that mean?" Una slithered next to Alexa and began speaking "Mistress, A high monster is a powerful monster capable of speech that either possess human-like characteristics like I do or are in possession of rare magic abilities like Rune." Alexa nodded and she thanked Una for answering her question. Alexa then turned to the arachne and picked it up and then she asked Una to collect the materials needed to induct the cute fuzzy monster as a new resident of Astral Descent. Alexa and the arachne with Rune following them then left the kitchen and headed back into the main area of the bed room and then Alexa set the arachne down on the coffee table in the middle of the room and then she sat down on the velvet sofa and began petting the scorpion's soft fluffy fur. Soon Una returned carrying a small crystal bowl, a matching knife, and an old leather bound book with glowing golden runes on it.

"Mistress, use this athame to prick your hand and one of the arachne's appendages and allow a the blood to fall into this bowl. These are the tools for inducting monsters as residents of the dungeon ever since it first came into existence so please be careful. As for the book, it has special powers that dungeon masters can use to give monsters special skills so it's possible to teach the arachne sewing skills." Una then handed the knife and bowl to Alexa who set the bowl on the table next to the arachne and began the ritual to bind the monster to the dungeon. Alexa immediately used the tip of the knife to prick the tip of her index finger and then she applied some pressure to the cut and squeezed out a small drop of blood into the crystal bowl which began to glow a faint blueish green color. Ignoring the slight pain in her finger, Alexa then motioned the arachne to come closer and soon she had used the athame to make a tiny cut on the scorpion monster's tail and soon a drop of violet colored blood dropped into the bowl which made it glow a bright dazzling pink. Alexa then began to speak in a commanding she thought was suitable for the occasion "Alright, your new name is ... Argent, because of your soft silver fur." The bright pink glow from the crystal bowl formed a small sphere and it left the bowl and it fused into the body of Argent who glowed pink for a few seconds. When the glow left the silvery scorpion, his fur become more luxurious and between his pincers and walking legs, a pair of insect-like arms with three-digit hands appeared. As Alexa watched her new subordinate walk around a bit, began to feel a headache coming on and soon she was rubbing her temples to soothe it.