Oh, ouch.

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This game is killing me, perhaps literally.  Though what doesn't kill you?  It doesn't always make you stronger.  Or... any other good thing.  It doesn't even make you wiser.  Then again, stressing, a bit, is probably better than not?  I'm never sure about some things.  Exposure to germs?  Eating questionable food?  Stressing maximally playing a game?  They might be good for you, or bad for you... or it might just... be which time?  Exposure creates resistances, strengths, tolerances.  But can be lethal.  All about dose, and do you really know... what the dose any given time is?  Or even dose compared to your capacities?

Anyway.  But, yes.  I finally found the place and encounter I needed, went online and put out a general invite for coop.  Got a taker.  And made it through, plus suceeded in the thing.  Impossible, I think, to do alone.  Even if you can do it alone, it's... too much stress.

Then I went on to the highest level area.  Am doing a mini-walkthrough.  Looking for two particular npc's, and it almost looks like they might be there.  One is for sure.  Another seems to be, but I can't be certain it is the one I want.  I made it through one dungeon, and boss, solo.  After clearing the main map.  But my nerves are a little shot.  I wouldn't mind... finding a nice easy run, probably for my side 'toon.  Can't... do another solo dungeon and boss tonight, at that level.  

Ugh.  Barely, and I mean absolutely by a thread, made it through the dungeon.  It has mini-bosses.  But most dungeons only hit you with one of those at a time.  This dungeon?  Would swarm you with two to five mini-bosses, plus their summoned creatures, pets, or such.  And, it just wasn't one or two encounters.  It was most of them, and there were... five, seven?  I was down to so close to death I'm not sure how I made it.  Dodging, rolling, running, trying to make room to heal.  Wouch.  I ran the length of the dungeon, from where the final encounters happened, all the way back to the beginning, because of healing issues, adds, extra mini-bosses, and one major bruiser who just wouldn't go down.  It took a half hour... hour?  Ouch.

The boss, though, wasn't too bad, when I figured a few things out.  Not easy, but not quite so brutal as the dungeon, or long.  Yes, I'll... find something smoother to do.  Oh... but I think I figured out why I am leveling so much faster than my friend.  I'll... tell him, let him try it, and see if it works for him too.  The thing is?  It might not be a total sum game.  I mean, if I am making more, through this technique, he may be getting less.  So... it's coming out of his pocket.  Still, I'd like to figure this out.

I... like figuring out game mechanics.  Most things they don't tell you.  Now, I don't do it by the numbers.  Just... a theory, I check it myself, then have others try it.  If it seems to work, that is good enough.  It's as close as I can get.  Besides, I've learned that while the numbers don't lie?  Getthing them to tell the truth is a whole other thing.  They don't lie, when applied correctly.  And even most scientists can't, or won't, do that.  Too good of money for fake and gay, and they are rolling in money.  Which... is also fake and gay.  The world is going to hit a brick wall before long.  There... won't be much fake and gay left for them to play with, pay with, or imagine.  It's... gonna hurt.  Someone(s).

Ah, but a good thing?  Blood sugar is down to 148.  From 201fasting, I'll gladly take it.  You see, allulose doesn't sweeten my coffee, at all.  It's... rather terrible.  But... if I use allulose, I can add liquid sucralose.  Just two drops.  Which... is weak, to me.  But... it makes the coffee... pseudo sweet.  And, keeps blood sugar lower, around 130.  Though, too, allows for occassional cheats, off carnivore, even off keto.  Allows for a fast recovery too.

But... allulose, coated with monk fruit doesn't have the same effects.  I... forgot that.  And, ran out of allulose.  Now, I remembered it a while back, as I ordered allulose, plain.  But when it arrived, the bag was slightly opened.  I won't buy these things from amazon anymore, because that item refused a refund, in spite of being prime.  No... I think I'll be backing further and further away from amazon.  Can't be trusted.  I just haven't been out to buy locally yet, or since.

So... until I do?  Plain coffee, if with cream.  Ugh.  But... I'll do it, for my blood sugar.  It'll get a fire going, under my butt.  To get out and get that.  Plus, it's payday.  So... all good.  Tomorrow?  Monday?  Stores around here aren't open on Sundays.  The way it used to be in the Mid-West, and still should be.  Anyway... at least I sorted and remembered the problem.  And... will have blood sugar back in order sooner rather than later.

Later.