Daichi: This is the story of why playing on easy can be way too much fun.

BlackGatomon: Insert disclaimer here.

Tsukaimon: What's with her?

Verity: It's a minor curse. She'll be fine in about a week, give or take.

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Alexander,

You would never guess what happened to me today. No, this isn't about the mission. That hasn't happened yet. Still, between a perfect exploration of the first floor of Etria's Labyrinth-Venomflies, what's the big deal with them?- and working with some high-level explorers, I'd say it went pretty well.

By which I mean not a scratch on me. I can never thank you enough for teaching me how to transfer life energy. Honestly, why do they say that the Yggdrasil Labyrinths are dangerous again?

Hoping this will be over soon,

Asterion

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"You're sending a letter?" He nodded.

"It's to my teacher. I have a few friends, too, but I think they'll be fine just knowing I'm alive."

"All right, then. I'll send it off straight away."

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Aster!

I turn my back on you for three days, and I hear you've hightailed it off to Etria! You couldn't even say goodbye? You might not come back, I've heard stories of what happens in those Labyrinths! Vicious deer, murderous insects... everything there can use magic! And everything there is out to get you!

I should know! I've actually been in a Labyrinth! Half of the people I was escorting died to a pumpkin! I wish I was making this up. But, I'm not. If you explore this Labyrinth, even the squash can and will kill you at the slightest provocation. At least, if there are squash in Etria.

Promise you'll come back, all right? I know you don't like making promises you can't keep, but humor me on this, okay?

Wishing you the best of luck,

Ariadne

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He'd have to delay the carriage. He had a letter to write.

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Ariadne,

Look, I'm sorry. This was the first mission I've been offered, I got excited, and the mission itself won't even send me back into the Labyrinth, most likely. Don't kill me if I'm wrong. And I don't think there are squash in Etria, I'd have to go check. And vicious deer? You're sure of that? The biggest things I saw in my trip to the Labyrinth were the moles.

They were knee height. Even the tiny hexer accompanying me, Tlachtga, could kick them aside. She barely comes up to my shoulders. I know you're upset about what happened in Lagaard, but, again, I'm not even exploring a Labyrinth. It's actually going to be an ancient ruin.

You know I can't make any promises. I'll try, but, seriously, I don't think you have that much cause to worry.

Wishing you were here,

Asterion

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There was no reply when he returned. He sat down and brought out a pen.

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Ariadne,

Please don't kill me. It turns out I'll have to go into the Labyrinth after all. Something about transport devices, I don't know. It'll be fine. I've even got a guild, now. Besides me, we have an amnesiac girl with a gun, a medic, a protector, and a pyromaniac alchemist. Thankfully, said alchemist knows how to use other elements.

Some other time,

Asterion

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Asterion,

Ariadne's been yelling death threats all morning. While we're all glad to hear your trip has gone well so far, we are also kind of concerned.

Things are going well back here. We trust you will return as soon as possible?

Everyone in General

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Amelie,

Normally, I'd be sending this to your sister, but I think Ariadne's mad at me. Tell her she was right about the deer. There's a good amount of the second floor completely covered in them. Apparently, they breed there. They call them Ragelopes. No word yet about the squash.

I actually haven't been on the whole floor, yet. Just that bit. The medic, Simon, alerted me to a passage we can use to traverse the floor a lot more quickly, so we don't have to go through that again. Not that I expect much trouble if we do.

The alchemist, Arthur, was messing around with some Ragelopes and got caught. Don't worry, he's completely fine. Even has a new staff.

On a related note, dinner tonight is venison.

Aster

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Daichi: I probably wasn't meant to do that. I think I'm gonna bump the difficulty back to normal for the New Game Plus... but that's a long way off.