Etrian Odyssey 3
Chapter 1 : On to Armoroad!
Winston Cain breathed in the atmosphere of Armoroad's port. A little sticky, a little moist, the air was much denser than the air in his homeland. Cain stepped off the boat, a salty breeze splashing the awareness out of him, as other passengers hurried from behind. They pushed and shoved, eager to enter this place called Armoroad.
He staggered, his boots a little heavier than normal, but he caught his step. A little girl yelped and he turned toward her voice.
"Ouch!" she yelled. "You stubbed my toe, you dolt!"
"Oops! I'm sorry..." Cain said. "I'm feeling a bit nauseous right now..."
"Just watch where you're going next time! You might poke someone's eye out or something with that clumsiness of yours." she said. "This is Armoroad, so you best take care of yourself."
"Yeah thanks..." Cain said.
The little girl angrily brushed him aside and went on her way. He moved aside, watching her leave. She strode past a few other passengers and kicked them with her boots. Hopefully he'd meet nicer fellows later.
Cain, new to his environment, decided to look around before anything. Armoroad was beautiful but he needed to stretch out his legs. He walked around the portly place.
"Beautiful," he murmured. There were bouquets of flowers, wooden ornaments, ships docked everywhere with golden lining and sailors wearing blue
outfits and strange-looking hats. Several men, brought down nets, barrels, and seafood exquisites. A sailor waved his arms at Cain. Cain pointed a finger at himself, unsure. The sailor nodded and motioned his arm toward him.
"Howdy," the sailor said. "You one of them new fresh-faced adventurers?"
"Uhuh, I'm Cain. Winston Cain."
"Well, welcome to the city of Armoroad, Cain...Winston...Winston Cain! It be best good advice to know the people 'round this place."
Cain smiled. "Are all people this friendly, in this place?"
"You bet! You ought to meet my boss. Nicest man in the whole world. If you'se ever looking for a job. Talk to me."
"Wow, thanks. I'll remember that." Cain said.
"Uhuh. I'm sure you'll come to like it here."
"Thanks. I didn't catch your name, perchance?"
"Jojo. Jojo Piranha."
"That's quite a name."
"It ain't no mouthful like Cain Winston."
"Yeah I guess."
A person yelled to Jojo. "Welp. I ought to go! I'll see you later, Cain...Winston...Winston Cain!"
He goes on his way. Nice fellow. Cain smiled. The sun was shining bright and maybe luck had finally smiled upon Winston, Winston Cain. Cain shuffled around the entrance of the port. Recollecting his thoughts, Cain decided it was time to enter and take a stroll around Armoroad. Back in his village, one of his father's friends was a regular from Armoroad. The two merchants would swap goods back and forth, weapons, armors, jewelry, and expensive goods.
Cain touched the bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet was given as a present from his late father. It was the only piece he had left of his family, really. After his father had past away, he was alone. And what happened to the whereabouts of his father's business partner? Cain knew. That man took everything from him.
Cain shuddered at the menacing thoughts. Today, he walked alone too, but he was a new man. He said to himself he'd find that man and have him pay.
Looking around, Cain made it to the busiest streets of Armoroad. The place was rather lively. A show started not too long ago and street performers danced and spoke.
"This here! Is a trick for my lovely, Jessebelle!" the performer said.
He jumped around and disappeared in smoke. Everyone gasped and then he appeared again before colorful shades of lightning, ice and fire materialized through the morning skies and around him. Everyone wooed and awed.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" the performer bowed and people lined his bowl with coins.
Cain clapped too, amused by the trick. The man was still bowing when he eyed Cain.
"Now for our next performance," the performer said. "I will need an assistant for this. And that assistant, shall be you!"
The performer pointed toward Cain and Cain looked around, unsure. Everyone chanted for Cain to join.
"Ok! For this trick, I will now stab a sword through this man and he will disappear and reappear as another and then reappear again!"
Cain was speechless. Did he say he was going to be stabbed?
The performer whispered in his ears to not move. Cain did not move a single muscle. There a katana appeared before Cain's eyes and he winced when it went through him and he felt a feeling of gravitation. His eyes widened as Cain stood, staring above the audience, the people unaware of Cain's presence above them. Below him stood a replica of himself. He felt a strong tug on his wrists and in seconds he slowly dropped to the ground.
"Huzzah!" the performer said. "The man is left unscathed!"
The performer bowed again, and coins were now being thrown onto the floor, nearby the bowl, and the bowl was overflowing and brimmed with more and more coins. The crowd went wild and Cain stood there dazzled.
The performer stood and slapped the back of Cain. "Good performance,adventurer. You did well. Now what is your name, adventurer?"
"Winston Cain." he replied.
"Alrighty then! Everyone applaud to Cain Winston for his great performance!" Everyone clapped and cheered. Cain smiled sheepishly,
"I didn't even do anything. Just a stage prop..."
"Nonsense! Everyone is a participant when it comes to performance! Give this man one more applaud everyone!"
They roared and cheered and the performer bowed before waving goodbye to his fans. "This shall be the final act!" he proclaimed.
Smoke enveloped the sky and immediately the stage and all of the performers with him disappeared in smoke. Everyone stood wowed and bouncing, cheering.
Cain scratched his head. For the first day in Armoroad, the surprise was way too much to bear.
Please R&R If you can. This isn't my first story, but it's my first on this site. I have a fictionpress for about year ago, and now I'm writing on fanfiction since I liked EO3 so I made a story on it. Etrian Odyssey 3 is such a fun game. I hope you like my story!