Chapter 5: To Elfland, ho!
After a few days, the team finally managed to obtain plenty of money to buy the very best equipment for them. They had also gotten a ship from the now-changed Bikke, who wanted to do his part to aid the Light Warriors. They all left the city, and went off on their merry way on the ship.
The ship was old, but provided good sailing, as it swerved through the waves with ease. Everyone was doing something different inside the ship.
Herby staggered back and forth on the dock, trying to to throw up from the movement, as he was somewhat deliriously seasick.
He held his head to keep its balance.
Steve and Reed were busy, steering the ship, swabbing the deck, lifting the sails, and making sure to find a bucket for Herby to upchuck in.
Nicola, however, was scouting the ship, in search of finding anything that would be of use to them. Soon, along the way to the storage area, she found something that appeared to be a puzzle game.
Nicola liked to exercise her brain, so she tried the puzzle out. It was very frustrating, and she didn't even get to finish it when they reached their stop.
"We at Elfland yet?" She asked, wondering if their quest were to continue.
"Nope, not yet!" Steve replied.
"Where are we, then?" Nicola demanded.
Reed looked at their map. "Judging by what this says, I think we're in Mount Duergar, or something like that."
"Whherre, is thaaat...?" Herby questioned, still reeling from his seasickness.
No one knew.
Nonetheless, Steve brought the others out of the boat, and went off with them.
After some distance, they finally reached a cave. The adventurious people the Warriors were, they entered.
They encountered nothing but dwarves everywhere. They were about to leave, when another dwarf ran to them and stopped them.
"Ah dare say, duh ye's got any Tay-Em-Tay oi cun oose?"
Everyone except Reed looked bewildered by his request. None of them knew how to speak Dwarven, but Reed knew that it was basically English, but with a heavy dwarf accent.
"Wahll, now. Oi'm sorry."
(Author's Note: For any of those who feel somewhat offended, that is actually the way that the Dwarves speak in FF:DoS. I offer my apologies, but I want to keep this translation of the game authentic.)
The dwarf simply thanked the Warriors for replying to him, and they went on their way.
"C'mon! we should be at Elfland by now! We've been sailing for hours!" Herby cried, having a hint of seasickness in his voice.
"Wait, Herb." Steve replied. "Geez!"
Soon after this minor exchange, the team finally found a port. There was a huge castle somewhere along down the way.
Steve recognized this place as Elfland.
"We're at Elfland, finally!" Reed yelled with joy in his voice.
"I was tired of sailing for hours!" Herby added.
The team got off the boat at this port. Herby and Reed practically jumped off the deck, while Steve and Nicola walked off the boarding area. The team reunited at part of the port, and they headed south, to the Elf Castle.
However, all was not well.
"Please, help us save the prince from Astos's curse!"
"Help us!"
The castle was riddled with cries, but despite the team's anxiety to leave, they pressed on, finding a room of the castle.
There was a sleeping person, and a high-elf. The party asked what the problem was.
"The prince has slept under Astos's curse for five years now."
Herby replied, "Five years? Wouldn't he be dead?"
"There must be some medicine that can rouse the sleeping, but where? And no, he's not dead. Listen to him and see."
The room quieted down and they heard some breathing, almost like the kind that people do when they sleep.
Now the team could confirm what they asked. The knew what to do next...
They entered the town, and bought what they could.
"Shouldn't we be heading to that Cave, soon?" Nicola asked. She was desperate to solve this problem.
"Ok, then. Let's go do that, but after fighting some enemies, first." Steve & Reed replied.
"I really need those new spells!" Herby blurted out.
And so, the team set off again, on the quest to both save Elfland, and to earn lots of money.
Chapter 5 is done. Nothing else to say.