#pravoka

Tofu: There’s no easy way to say this, your majesty, but-

Yarn: Level with us, King. Who’s the princess’ mother, Medusa?

Prin: I’ve never gotten a bridge for a reward before! Way to go, us!

Tofu: Curses! How dare you avoid the question with important infrastructure!

Myna: *sigh* Let’s just go, guys. 

Yarn: Before the princess eats us or something.

Tofu: We’ll take it, but we’ve got our eye on you. Us heroes aren’t easily swayed by gifts!

Prin: Oh, what a pretty lute! Thank you so much, your sliminess!

Yarn: ...Let’s just get out of here already.

Myna: Well, they certainly are quick about building things. Think it’s safe?

Yarn: Only one way to find out. Yo, Tofu!

Tofu: Yes?

Yarn: Go across that bridge carrying all the equipment.

Tofu: On it!

.....

Yarn, Myna: It’s safe.

Myna: We should probably check out Pravoka. I think it’s nearby.

Tofu: Way ahead of you. Pravoka’s to the North-West of Corneria.

Prin: My, what beautiful scenery!

Yarn: If that’s Pravoka, I’ll eat our hats. At once. Without salt.

Prin: Noooo! Not my hat!

Myna: He’s joking, Prin.

Yarn: Joking be damned, I’m serious!

Yarn: Well this looks entirely safe.

Tofu: My god! The whole town has been slaughtered!

Prin: What adorable brooms!

Myna: Adorable but extremely lazy.

Yarn: Crystal? ...Wonder how much it’s worth...

Myna: Tofu, your sense of direction is actually quest sense.

Myna: Yarn! What the heck are you doing?

Yarn: Ah, she’s blind anyway. She’ll never know.

Matoya: I can still hear.

Yarn: Right! Off we go!

Prin: Grey houses! This must be a town!

Tofu: I told you guys it was North-East of town!

Myna: What? You didn’t... oh forget it. I just want civilization.

Yarn: Huh. Usually I have to do something to get that kind of reaction.

Prin: I thought we were Light Warriors? I’m so confused...

Yarn: I’m surprised you have the nerve to wear that outfit.

Tofu: For the town of Pravoka, we will slay you!

Yarn: Also, who names their kid after a lighter?

Myna: You guys just had to tempt fate. That’s a lot of pirates.

Prin: Oh! More pirates! Hey, we’re pirates too! ...Apparently.

Yarn: I don’t see a lot of pirates, I see a lot of kindling!

Myna: But we don’t even know how to sail-

Tofu: Cause more mischief at your own peril, Bikke!

Myna: I’m just saying, this is a very stupid idea. We have no naval experience.

Prin: We all have navels! Bellybuttons!

Myna: No, dear. Why don’t you make a nice daisy chain or something while the grown-ups talk?

Tofu: Have no fear! I can navigate on water almost as good as my excellent navigation on land!

Yarn: Yup. Now I’m worried. I’m just going to swim it.

Pinkie: Well, it certainly seems like these two will be teaming up!

Spike: Yeah, and I’ll go ahead and tell you his name now. This is Bikke the Pirate, and he’s…well, a pirate. ’^^

Pinkie: Cool! BIKKE THE PIRATE! *giggles* Looks like he has a case of the rhymey-whimeys! X3

The mountain loomed over them, evenly splitting the path left and right. On the left, the rocky road led down into a valley, with the shadow of the mountain and rampant greenery growth shrouding it in gloominess. The opposite trail veered east and upwards, sandwiched between steep slopes and sheer cliffs. The distant crashing of waves far beneath the cliffs clashed with the deadened silence of the forest.

As they pondered which path, a tiny prickling crawled through Nina's skin. She could feel that the aura emanated from deeper within the forest.

"Well, it's better than anything to go on," she ventured.

--ff1--

Gasping, the group stumbled away from the forest. They had spent the last two hours dashing past rows and rows of trees, trying to escape from the massive ogres crashing after them.

"There!" Leon pointed at an opening in the mountainside. "Let's hide in that cave!"

Running through the hole, Mikoto's foot snagged on her robe, and sent her tumbling down rough-hewed steps. Shouting her name, the rest hurtled after her as she rolled further down the tunnel.

--ff1--

As you can see, I went to Matoya's Cave first, which served no purpose (except snagging me 2 Potions and an Antidote, which helped saved some money) for now. So now the team's in Pravoka, and apparently, pirates are terrorising the town. Hmmmm.

Bikke's pirates were easy, especially with BM's Sleep. Except that I resetted a couple of times to get Mikoto some MP on her level up.