The chime that normally marked the best moment of a week fired again before its own echo finished, then again, stacking on itself until the level-up sound stopped being an event and became a drumroll, golden script scrolling past faster than anyone could read their own windows.
"EIGHTY-THREE?!" Luna's shriek tore across the formation, the gremlin gripping her display with both hands as if it might bolt. "I was FIFTY-NINE a minute ago! Fatty, tell me yours says less!"
"Eighty-three, gremlin bestie." Nyx's grin spread with indecent slowness. "Twins."
"Eighty-three is an acceptable number, I suppose," Bastet informed her own status window, tail swaying in a rhythm that betrayed exactly how acceptable.
She giggled cutely, loving the moment.
Kaiden's own scroll slowed, settled, and stamped its final line.
[Name: Kaiden Grey]
[Class: Paragon of Sin]
