Me - Huh? Did someone slammed a door? Oooh, i bet they're coming for me!
Nep - *in the distance* Somebody once told me, this was the right door! *door slam* But it seems like it was just the wrong one... *Footsteps* maybe this one... *door slam* it's the right one!
Me - How did you even had problems figuring out which room i was in?
Nep - I forgot...
Me - YOU LIVE IN HERE!
Nep - Well there is no need to be so mean at me...
Me - Anyway, what do you need?
Nep - We're going to Hogw...
Me - Copyright!
Nep - You're going to learn magic!
Me - Really?
Nep - Yep, Histy will bring us in a wizard school for a quest, but after that we can ask someone there to teach you some basic stuff!
Me - Where do i sign in?
Nep - You don't have to sign in! You'll be forced to go there! With me!
Me - Oh... Great!
Nep - You don't have a choice, so get ready up for work fast...
Me - Fine!
Later, at the school:
Me - So this is the school huh? That's a pretty building...
Nep - You like buildings?
Me - How else am i supposed to get inspirations for sandbox games? I hate to set my base into a cube!
Nep - You got a fair point...
Me - Anyway, let's go see what's the problem...
Teacher - Ok, so our problem is that there are too many monsters coming from the underground... You must go and see what's happening down there.
Nep - Classic...
Me - I sense a boss battle...
Nep - Yeah, mee too...
Teacher - How do you know?
Me - When you have played enough games like me it's normal!
Nep - You get used to it...
Me - Yup.
Teacher - Alright...
Me - In russia monsters hunt you!
Nep - What's russia?
Me - Another nation of my world... We got plenty of them, but this one is one of the biggest...
Nep - Alright...
Me - Welp, grinding time?
Nep - Let's go then!
And so we got to the first level of the dungeon:
Teacher - Oh, another thing! This school has over ten underground levels and there is no elevator... Good luck!
Me - No wait, what does that mea-
*Door closes*
Nep - Nepu! We gotta walk! This'll be tiring...
And so some hours have passed as we slayed thousands of monsters on our way to the bottom:
Nep - I'm getting kinda hungry...
Me - We ate all of the pudding that i brought...
Nep - Let's call Nepgear, i still have some battery left in my N-Gear... (Yes, i started RB2)
Me - N-Gear... Nepgear... Was it her invention?
Nep - No, but Histy gave it to her first.
Me - Oh... Alright.
Nep - Let's call her!
* * * Connecting * * *
Nep Jr - Yes?
Nep - Hi sis, we kinda need your help.
Nep Jr - What happened?
Me - We haven't brought with us enough supplies... Can you come with us?
Nep Jr - I'm sorry, i can't right now, i'm kinda busy... Is it alright if i send IF and Compa instead?
Nep - Yeah, sure, it'll be alright!
IF - Where are you two?
Nep - Oh, hi Iffy!
Me - We're in the underground school at the seventh floor...
Compa - We're coming as fast as we can!
IF - Give us an hour or so and we'll be there.
Me - Let's meet at the stairs, alright?
IF - Ok, let's meet at the stairs then... See you later!
*Closed call*
Me - Alright, what do we do in the meantime?
Nep - Let's go take a nap at the stairs...
Me - Sounds good to me!
And after an hour of napping they came and we resumed the adventure with them...
Me - The tougher ones are showing up... That must mean we're close to the boss!
Nep - At least we farmed many XPs with all those fights!
Me - Yeah, i leveled up so much that i think i unlocked something...
IF - Check that out! It may be useful!
Me - Ok... Skill name is Inspire. The description says it can revive an ally in a 9 meter range up to 3 times per person with 10% of the total HP... Heh, that's pretty good, but we already have an healer so...
IF - Anything else?
Me - A passive buff of 10% to everyone's speed
Nep - Good.
A bit later...
Nep - Oh, hey look, a chest!
Me - I'm adventuring with 3 girls... Please tell me which one you mean...
Nep - The lootable one over there, you pervert...
Me - Oh alright, i'll go open it!
IF - No wait, don't open it, it's a...
*Opens chest*
IF - ... trap...
A strange gas got out of the chest
Me - Cool, that's a trap! No wait... Dammit, that's a trap! *Cough*
Compa - Leo, are you alright?
Me - I feel strange... That was not poison! I think... What's happening around here? Why is everything so colorful? I didn't put on a rainbow filter on my hud...
Nep - Are you having hallucinations?
Me - It's either that or a dragon is right there... Argh, my head! Everything is like spinning around... And transforming...
Compa - I guess that gas was a bit... outdated... Don't worry you'll be fine, the effect will eventually wear off!
After some time and chat...
Me - I am a C!
Nep - No you're not... It's just that gas effect...
Me - I C...
Nep - A man of culture i have to say...
Me - Anyway, i feel better already... It's time to b-b-b-battle!
IF - What was that?
Me - Just another shitty reference...
Nep - Chill with the words... You're not Blanc!
Me - I know, i know...
So we resumed the exploration and eventually reached the final level of the dungeon...
Me - Alright, another level! But i feel like it's the last...
Nep - Because the narrator said so?
IF - Stop breaking the 4th wall Nep!
Me - No... That's because there is a boss right in front of us... Check the minimap!
Compa - He's right, there is a big monster moving in this direction!
Nep - We're just gonna have to hit it hard enough, right?
Me - There it is!
*Roar!*
Me - Really? It's a giant disk? And it's spawning the monsters we killed?
Nep - Yay! I'll finally get the chance to shatter a disk!
The battle started and we attacked first with some base attacks for a few turns, while nep got hit by every single attack... So she got KOed (KOed sounds cooler than fainted)...
Nep - Aaah!
Me - Let's try out the new skill... Get the fuck up!
Nep - Thanks!
Me - What?
Nep - Well, you still revived me after all...
Me - Anyway, we're not dealing enough damage! We gotta use some skills to get his guard down fast!
Nep - Nah, let's just spam exe drives.
Me - Alright, that'll hurt too...
After 30 seconds of exe attacks:
Nep - Ooops, he's dead.
Me - Not a big surprise!
Nep - Alright, since we're done we could ask that teacher for...
Me - Yeah, let's go ask!
...
Teacher - So you wanna use magic huh?
Me - Yup!
Teacher - Here, take this flower.
Me - Okay...
Teacher - Now raise your hand.
Me - Like this?
Teacher - Yeah, now quickly move it forward.
Me - *snap* Woah, this is so cool! A fireball!
Teacher - Yes, you can use magic with these kind of objects, but there are also some spells you can do without anything, it's just really hard to learn, we're talking about years of pratice, not for everyone...
Me - I think i'll stick with the flower.
Teacher - i guessed so.
Me - Well, thank you!
Teacher - I hope we can meet again in the future, until then, farewell.
Me - See you next time!
And so we returned to the basilicom
Histy - It took way longer than what i expected, what happened? Are you guys alright?
We explained everything to Histy
Histy - I see... It took longer because the dungeon was big... I'm really sorry for the inconvenience... Nice work!
Nep - We did a really good job, didn't we? We definitively deserve pudding!
Histy - Yes, you are free to eat as many pudding as you like today, you earned it!
Nep - Nep vs pudding, the ultimate challenge begins!
Me - I think i'll go rest...
Nep - No, you're eating with me!
Me - Well, if you really insist...
Nep Jr - I guess we could invite the others for a pudding party...
Histy - It's a good idea...
And so we passed the rest of the day eating pudding and resting. It was nice to pass some time with everyone there, they're a nice group, funny and happy, their presence make me feel good... Something i rarely experienced back in my world!
And yet i have the feeling there is still someone that is missing something...
