Chapter 1 - New to Dungeons
Link crossed the visual threshold separating cavern and dungeon. The natural stone walls stopped abruptly and hewn walls opened into a rectangular room. The flat, featureless stone floor became an amalgamation of tiles quite suddenly and all but seamlessly.
"So this is a dungeon," said Link.
"Yep," said his fairy companion. She floated beside him, descending very slowly as if in water, and ascending again when she flapped her wings once.
Link's steps echoed in the silent room. It had taken him most of the day to climb to the top of the volcano they were now in. Once there, he was able to drop down onto a stone platform suspended well above an enormous pool of lava. From there, he just had to cross a stone bridge to a kind of plateau that emerged and projected upwards above the magma. Other than the extreme heat and the menacing red hue everything had, the architecture was elaborated quite finely.
"Alright." Link let his voice echo along with his footsteps as they approached a single, large door at the end of the chamber. "Let's do this!"
"We should probably look for a map around here."
"A map? Who'd put a map around here?" The pair had reached the small but wide set of stairs that led up to the dungeon's entrance and stopped there.
"Hey, I'm just programmed to give you the same information over and over again. How should I know who'd put a map here, where they'd put it, or why?"
Link turned to look at his winged sidekick. The confusion that drowned his mind prevented him from speaking for a few seconds.
"What?"
"We should probably look for a map around here."