Get Orthrus Quest

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Tran: I have him on my chat! I said he’d kill us if he hurt the dog, and he said, “Sorry, but it’s too good of a prize. Plus, if I get that fucking cat in the process it’d be a bonus.”^[1]

Get Orthrus is a World Quest issued by the System AI on the Fifth Floor. The quest is intended to incentivize other crawlers to slay Orthrus, thus preventing the Royal Court of Princess Donut and allies from successfully completing the Dumber of the Flunkies Quest.^[2]

AI Description

New Quest! Get Orthrus.
This is a world quest!
All living crawlers on the fifth floor will receive this message!
Now it’s a party.

Orthrus, the two-headed puppy is bounding his way happily through the Lacuna, the world that houses the bubbles. This very adorable pup is running back to his former master’s father. Don’t worry. You can’t miss him. He just drenched the folks in bubble 331, and then he knocked down the Sounder Tower in bubble 298.

What a menace!
Let’s kill it.

Reward: Any crawler who kills this cute puppy before he reunites with grandpa will receive the following:

• One million gold pieces.
• Five level-up potions.
• A pet monkey named Jimbo.

Current participants in the “Dumber of the Flunkies” group quest are free to kill the puppy if they are sadistic assholes, but they will not receive the rewards. You know what, never mind. They get the prize, too!^[3]

Quest Complete

Quest Failed! Get Orthrus.

Not a single one of you was able to kill a level 10 puppy. A puppy. It’s no wonder you guys keep dying.

Jimbo the monkey is never going to get adopted now!

As a penalty for failing the quest, all safe rooms will only serve monkey soup and saltine crackers for the remainder of this floor.^[4]

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