He passed the bridge. He could feel his heart suddenly beat so much faster as he took the last step and as if the bridge would suddenly fall behind him he almost jumped forward. He could hear Charlie the Inconvenience, his pygmy drake on his back, hiss as they suddenly jerked forward. Röl turned around and looked at the bridge. His heart kept beating fast, as if it suddenly realised what he had done. It was an amazing feeling. Despite his heart feeling as if it...

The imps' callings had slowly subsided. Röl could breathe out. He knew the lava filled dungeons would be harder but it was annoying how many times he had to run from something. He thought it would be hard in a puzzle way. How naive he realised he was then. Now he felt prepared. He had seen the dungeon now. A lot of it at least. He was prepared for the dangers. He was really thankful for the map now. He almost hadn’t taken it. He almost had gone in without one...

He took the left turn in the fork, making sure to scratch the wall as he turned. So far there hadn’t been any complicated tunnels. He was fairly certain he kept the map angled right and kept well track of where he was. There were always some key places to look out for. The previous explorers had made sure to mark unique looking stones and easy to distinguish formations in the cave walls. Stuff that wasn’t too easy to destroy so that any explorer afterwards w...

While Röl didn’t dislike walking in a group he did enjoy spending time on his own. There were experiences that you just couldn’t get as a group. At the same time, he looked fondly back at the campaign he had spent with Senbonzakura and Stroheimer way back. He had learned a lot when he joined up with them. How to take it slowly. They were a big reason for why he was doing this ...

Röl had been walking the hot caverns by himself for a while at this point. He had met various creatures such as salamanders and bats, mostly,  but he was starting to miss the company of another Courser. It was a lonesome adventure he had started on but he knew it when he began the descent but he had expected to find the occasional friendly stranger to share a rest with and talk about various different experiences. So far he had met the hot, lava filled caverns...

Röl rested against the wall of the cave. It was a necessary part of the explorations. The resting. But he couldn’t help but to dream himself back to the surface. He enjoyed the high adrenaline in the caves, but when it came to relaxing he preferred the surface. There he could let loose. Sleep. Feel refreshed from all the worry and adrenaline of the caves. The caves were a sort of home to him for sure. He could no longer spend all his time on only the surface....

When Söl first met the water again he thought he had found it. The cave of Desire. The cave with the stagnant water that started all of the problems he has been having. The creature that followed him. The two eyes that watched him. The majority of what made him feel crazy. But it was not the cave. He felt both relief and sadness over that. He wanted to find it again. But he was not ready yet. He had barely begun the training he believed he needed to actually st...

AberrantKapro | Strohmeier / Senbonzakura The group of now four well acquainted coursers made their way through the tunnels and caverns. The floor was wet and the air humid and slightly warm, an overall nice climate for creepy crawlies for Söl to study, Strohmeier thought to himself. Their last campaign did not end too well, after the finally had gotten Senbonzakura out ...

Dillyweed | Röl / Söl As they moved away from the smiling and frowning door it slowly became quiet again. There was a small tunnel that they didn’t choose the last time and they all figured they could go through that one this time around. Hopefully there would be a place where they could set up their gear again. Söl was once again walking last of the group. He carried a bunch of stuff but it wasn’t the reason...

Dillyweed | Röl / Söl After they had managed to get the invaders to leave their camp they all rested. Söl made sure to prioritize his insects before he rested himself. He was relieved to see that the cages for the insects still had all their glass intact. He wouldn’t need to try and save anything. The insects themselves were shaken but not excessively so. He spent most of the rest making space for the new ones ...

AberrantKapro | Strohmeier / Senbonzakura While Röl was now thankfully convinced to not pursue the screaming any further, the risk of staying here and the creature making its way over still stood, and waiting around for danger was not a very smart call.  Senbonzakura hence urged the group to keep going despite the cries echoing still. They made their way forward through...