Lady Boss Of The Unpopular Dungeon

As Alexa came stumbling out of the Dungeon Heart Sanctuary, Rune and Una ceased their long arguing and and nearly tackled Alexa to the ground in an excited group hug. "I guess I took a little longer that I thought." Alexa chuckled while giving Rune and Una a hug.

"So Boss, do you feel any different, you know, stronger, smarter, anything?" Rune began peppering Alexa with questions about being connected to the Dungeon Heart while Una helped Alexa up. "Well, I do feel a bit different, it's in a way that's hard to describe." Alexa calmly replied. Rune then chirped "Well, you look a lot better now that you're not under the influence of Momma's power anymore". Alexa smirked at him and said "You wish you looked have as great as me!" Rune rolled his big bright green eyes and snorted.

Creating a bond with the Dungeon Heart had indeed caused another dramatic change in Alexa's appearance. The previous pointy ears and fang-like canine teeth had changed back to normal human-looking ones and her hair lost the pink tips. Her eyes however had changed to a very pale turquoise color that possessed multiple moving flecks of bright magenta, ultramarine, and emerald within them. "Mistress, you even have a proper dungeon master's mark, all the last dungeon master had was a vague blotch of color." Alexa who was understandably confused went "What mark?" Rune snarked "Boss, it's on your c.h.e.s.t." Alexa glimpsed down and from what she could make out was a magenta seven pointed star in the middle of her c.h.e.s.t that had three to four smaller blue and green stars on both sides of it stretching out towards her shoulders. "Whoah....This looks like some constellation."

As soon as Alexa tried to touch the seven pointed star, a loud booming voice loomed throughout the dungeon, causing it to shake light a very small earthquake. "WELCOME! AT LONG LAST A TRUE DUNGEON MASTER HAS APPEARED." As soon as the tremors had subsided, Alexa took notice of the pale and very shocked faces of Una and Rune. "Um..... what's with you guys and what was that voice just now?", Alexa inquired. Una and Rune gave her a long stare and then they began to freak out. "Mistress, do you even realize what just happened? Master, you really were the right choice for dungeon master." the nonstop talking went on for several minutes until Alexa shouted "QUIET, what was with the voice earlier?" Una was quiet for a bit and then nervously replied "Mistress, I belive that the voice that we heard earlier was actually the spirit of the original dungeon master who helped found Astral Descent years ago.

"THE SNAKE CHILD IS CORRECT!" The booming loud voice from earlier sounded again long with the tremors again. "CHILD, ARE YOU TRULY WILLING TO BE A LEADER WORTHY OF THIS DUNGEON?" Alexa answered "Yes, I am willing. Could you tone it down a bit with the shaking?" The voice replied "NO! I HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR FOR THOUSAND YEARS THEREFOR I HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO TALK LIKE THIS!" While trying not to fall due to the tremors, Alexa rolled her eyes and remembered something that her beloved grandfather had said to her "Honey, when you're as old and wrinkled as I am, you do things the way you want." "But Grandpa, I already kinda do that." "The difference between you and me dear, is that people will let me get away with it."

Alexa chuckled to her self, and then went "Mr. Founder, would you please stop the tremors, they are rather distracting." The tremors immediately stopped and the booming voice went "SINCE YOU ASKED SO NICELY, I WON'T USE THE TREMORS ANYMORE." Sounding rather pleased, the voice continued on "I AM THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL DUNGEON MASTER OF ASTRAL DESCENT AND WOULD PREFER IT IF YOU ADDRESSED ME AS THE FOUNDER." Alexa and the others looked at each other and shrugged. Alexa then decided to address the voice "Mr. Founder, not to be disrespectful but why are you talking to us?" The voice responded "I AM GLAD YOU ASKED, AND WITH SUCH MANNERS, MOST YOUNGSTERS ARE NOT POLITE AS YOU." The tips of Alexa's ears went red as she lowered her head and gave a small smile.

"THE REASON I AM SPEAKING WITH YOU IS BECAUSE AT LONG LAST, ASTRAL DESCENT HAS A DUNGEON MASTER THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INHERIT MY LEGACY AND POWER." "ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DUNGEON MASTERS TO EXIST IN THE LAND OF ASTREA." "UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, ASTRAL DESCENT FLOURISHED AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DUNGEONS IN EXISTENCE UNTIL I WAS CAUGHT IN THAT PERSON'S TRAP." "THAT FILTH DECEIT CAUSED ME TO LOSE MY LIFE AND SOON THE ASTRAL DESCENT'S PROSPERITY BEGAN TO FALL." "WHEN THE SECOND DUNGEON MASTER F.O.R.C.I.B.L.Y TOOK CONTROL OF THE DUNGEON AND TURNED IT INTO THE MESS IT WAS TODAY, I FELT THAT LIFE'S PRIDE AND JOY WOULD DIE OUT UNTIL I FELT THE POWER OF YOUR RESONANCE WITH THE DUNGEON HEART." The Founder's voice went quiet and then asked "DO YOU ACCEPT MY LEGACY?"

Alexa, Una, and Rune stood there deep in thought until finally Alexa spoke up "Mr. Founder, I would be honored to accept your legacy." Immediately, the spirit of the founder burst into a rather joyous round of laughter and said "EXCELLENT, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU THE WAY." All of a sudden, the dungeon began to shake like it was in the middle of an earthquake and suddenly a bright greenish white light began to glow right in front of Alexa and her two monster pals. The shaking and glowing persisted for several minutes until the light got so bright that the trio were blinded for a minute.

When Alexa, Rune, and Una opened their eyes, there was a gigantic golden gate in front of them covered in markings in various shades of green. As the trio stared at the large golden gate, the founder of Astral Descent spoke again in his now typical manner "THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO MY INHERITANCE FOR YOU, THEY WILL HELP YOU PROTECT AND REBUILD ASTRAL DESCENT."