Challenge Tower

"We came from Thataway!" Nogeko points off into the distance towards the tree.

"Thataway...An interesting name for a town..." Seiberg seems lost in thought.

"So why don't you have your Crystal Chalice with you? It's dangerous to go wandering around in the Miasma without one."

Flurrie tries to cover up the whole elevator thing. "You see, we dropped it, honey. Now we can't find it. We were lucky you came by. Having some nice caravaneers to help out is always good~" She winks to them.

"That's terrible. If your chalice is lost, your town will be destroyed! The Miasma will completely consume it."

"Right, but don't you worry, sweetie. There's already another one already on the job."

"Uh...Okay."

Before the conversation gets much further, a girl comes walking in from behind the caravan, yelling. "Why did we stop? Come on, guys, we can't just wait around and expect to find Myrrh." A very short girl with orange hair shaped sort of like an onion with leaves in her head comes walking in. "Oh. Who's this?"

"This is the caravan from Thataway."

"Never heard of it. Who are you guys?"

"We're just lost travelers, sugar. No need to get so bent out of shape. We were lost and hoping you could help us find our way around." Nogeko notices the girl and wonders what her feet look like.

Daniel tries to explain to the girl. "What do you think? Can we help them out?"

"That depends. Where are you two headed?"

What will you say?

I guess add a couple of Kupos in there and we are good. If all else fails then Porn our way out right.

(Because I didn't get a chance to, here are images of the caravan.)

Daniel


Seiberg


Ell Hope (On Right)


Ra Lena (On Left)


The Wild Crows are accepted as temporary members of the caravan, walking along with them or floating in Flurrie's case. The caravan moves along until coming close to the forest of mushrooms. As they approach, Seiberg turns to your party. "This forest is very dangerous. There are many monsters in here. Do not worry though. We are well equipped for combat. If you are incapable of fighting, you may wait in the wagon. We must travel through this forest to reach Alfitaria, however. That and we can collect a drop of Myrrh for the crystal back at home."

Daniel starts jumping around excitedly with his sword and shield in hand. "Yes! I'm so excited! Our first dungeon!"

"Somebody get him under control. If he wakes up those worm things, I might kill him myself." The girl from before comes walking along past you two carrying a strange chalice. And by carrying, I mean she's bouncing it on her head.

"You will have to forgive Ell Hope. She is not very trusting of people since we let that band of thieves into our caravan. They stole most of our things..."

"Seiberg, hurry up! We've got to get that Myrrh." Seiberg continues onward, taking the lead with the other two. It looks like up ahead there are a bunch of sleeping insects.

Will you fight or stay behind?

What will you do?

The party quietly moves along past the strange insects. Flurrie and Nogeko stay behind Daniel and Hope with Seiberg. They make it through without waking them up luckily, but what looks to be a group of mischievous imps waits ahead. They're all dancing together, but as the caravan approaches, the imps take out pitchforks and look like they're going to attack. Hope places the chalice down and takes out a lance while Daniel holds his weapon ready. Seiberg reaches for a staff on his back as well. Fletcher flaps his wings a little and jumps on top of Flurrie's shoulder, telling her he's ready to take down the bad guys. Nogeko is wearing his battle armor. Also known as the dinosaur suit he stole from that nerd.

What will you do?

Flurrie creates a fog that only her allies can see through, blinding the imps while Daniel and Hope hack their way through their enemies. Nogeko holds up porn and shows it to one of the imps before sucker punching him and running away. Fletcher flies around, quickly pecking the imps as well. As the fog clears, the last imp is defeated in a sudden blast of fire. The party moves onward and comes to a point where the path splits. There's a bouncy mushroom nearby that will lead up to a treasure chest and another path leading forwards even further. "We can't get the entire caravan up to that chest. Someone will have to run in without the chalice and get back before they suffocate in Miasma."

"Be careful of traps as well."

What will you do?

(Fun Fact: Traps were a leading cause of death in the original Gates Trilogy. Fighting Wonder Woman was just below that.)

Yep. Who needs treasure if you lose a friend getting it?

Seems legit. I don't remember what the traps in CC did. This seems like a relatively safe time to find out. Have NogekoMogeko throw the left chest at the right chest while everyone else stays as far back as possible.

Bowgeko Attack the Moth! Also Fletchling. Moths love fire. Birds eat moths. That's like 4x effectiveness.

Nogeko takes out the cool bow and shoots it at the moth, not really knowing how to use it all that well. He falls over while shooting it, but he notices three arrows fly out of the bow instead of one. At least one of them hits the moth and Fletcher flies up to the moth, pecking at it. The party is suddenly unable to move, however. The strange, sparkling dust coming from the moth has paralyzed them all! The giant moth descends, screeching at the party. While this happens, someone comes walking from out of the wagon, yawning. "What are you guys doing...? I was trying to sleep..." She's got blue hair and holds a bow.

"Sleep!? You were supposed to be watching the back of the wagon!" Hope is pretty mad.

"But it got so boring I got tired."

Seiberg attempts to bring attention back to the real problem. "Now's not the time. La Rena was out of range of the paralyzing dust. She can help us out of this."

"We're all gonna die."

What will you do?