Out of all the places you could live, you chose Pelican Town?

[frozentear]

Who: All the Alices, a bunch of monsters...
What: A little town with a big problem.
Where: World Three – Down in the Valley
Warnings: Fighting monsters, probable injury and/or death, who knows what else.

Sebastian wakes up in the hot sun on the sand, and for a moment he wonders if he's back in Ankh's heart. But there were no docks there, and this beach is very familiar. There's a staff next to him, and he picks it up without thinking. As he wanders closer to the docks, it's strange how quickly it becomes overcast and then starts to rain... it's much nicer than the beating sun, though.

Standing at the edge of the docks, he wonders where the others are. He wonders if he's back home for real, even though he knows it's unlikely. However, it's the first chance he's had to be alone for a while... hard to tell how long. As he stands there, he begins to realize something is different. Holding out a hand - focusing for a second - jelly begins to drip down into the water.

Well, that's new.

Comments

[notsogreedy]

[He hasn't been watching that closely, Sebastian. It's not hard to notice someone fixating more on the walls than on potential monsters. Unless you'd rather he left you completely alone to have the monsters sneak up on you.]

Wouldn't they just steal it, then?

[It's what a Greeed would do, and he's pretty sure they're a lot more sentient than anything that lives in here.]

[frozentear]

[He does have magic now. He's pretty sure he can take a rock crab. ...Maybe not whatever else is down here, though.]

Yeah, I guess. Let me know if you find someplace to toss these, anyway.

[notsogreedy]

[Well the easiest answer would be "anywhere" considering it's not like they're going to find a dumpster down here in a cave. But before he can say that, he notices motion around the bend near where Sebastian's standing.]

You might want to throw them at the slime thing behind you.

[Possibly the most disinterested sounding warning about a monster ever. In his defense, it's not that close.]

[frozentear]

[Oh. Hmm. Yeah, he tosses them at the slime, though they don't seem to do much. Uh. He casts Frost Shot on Ankh's arrows.]

Try shooting it.

[notsogreedy]

Tch.

[So much for taking down easy monsters on your own, huh, Sebastian. But fine. It's not like he was planning on leaving the thing alive, anyway. Luckily Ankh has good aim, whether he's used to arrows or not. The shot hits.]

[frozentear]

Good shot.

[The slime disintegrates and. Hmm. Maybe it'd work to just hit them a lot next time? Anyway, the path is clear to proceed now, so he'll keep going.]

[notsogreedy]

[Ankh goes along with him, sticking close enough that either of them has backup in case of monsters, but taking enough of a different path to let them explore. After a couple minutes, it occurs to him that there's a more efficient method of scouting for anything useful. Guess who's suddenly summoning a bird and having it poke around some of the corners he hasn't gotten to.

Find anything interesting?]

[worldkeys]

[ There are a few things of note. Along the way in a couple of alcoves are a couple of chests, each with two rocks on their sides. Every now and then, if the bird waits, one of the rocks will move and a rock crab will peer out. They're larger than the normal ones, but otherwise aren't very noteworthy themselves. Even further along, there's an impassable door guarded by a normal-sized rock crab that somehow looks as if it's worried about something. Otherwise, this floor is unremarkable. It's very much a dead end, but at least they found a door. ]

[notsogreedy]

[What happens if people approach the chests? Do the rock crabs attack? Or do they just sit there pretending to be rocks?]

[worldkeys]

[ The crabs absolutely will attack. They don't want you getting those chests. ]

[notsogreedy]

[Guess some rock crabs are getting shot with arrows, then.]

[worldkeys]

[ A couple of well-placed shots catch the crabs before they can hide beneath their rocks. They poof into smoke, leaving behind the chests. Inside is an upgrade to Ankh's and Sebastian's weapons respectively. They will now deal more damage in a single hit. ]