Haku and Kiriei naturally followed Kyle since he'd chosen to take the lead. Things started to become ominous though as they continued down the tunnel. An odd digital wind stirred and the world briefly pixilated. Haku's eyes narrowed as all of his senses went on alert. He was positive that wasn't normal. Kiriei's eyes widened and she blinked in surprise.<span style="font-style: italic">A glitch?</span>she wondered.<br/><br/>Things got stranger as their torch light changed from yellow to blue, bringing with the strange glow a ghost-like golem. Haku and Kiriei tensed, reaching for their weapons, but in another moment the blue light changed back to yellow and their visitor disappeared. "The hell?!" Kiriei exclaimed.<br/><br/>Haku's eyes narrowed further. The golem was clearly no longer there, if indeed it had been there at all. But judging on everyone's reactions, they'd all seen it. "Well, now that we're all thoroughly confused, let's just keep going."<br/><br/>-----------------------------<br/><br/>There was a nice little bridge for Yami and Roku to use to cross over the river and a door on the other side of the room. Yami came up to the door, putting a hand on the handle. He turned to Roku. "Ready?" he asked. The boy gave a nod and the door was subsequently opened. Inside was a mid-sized, round room with something like a magic circle in the middle.<br/><br/>Yami tensed. "This is probably the boss' room," he said. "We beat him, we beat the dungeon. If we lose, we die." Roku gave a serious nod and drew his sword. Yami prepared himself, reaching forward to touch the magic circle with his foot. There was a spinning flash of light and the boss of the level 1 dungeon revealed himself in the center of the circle.<br/><br/>It was basically just a giant bat. Certainly, it didn't look as cute as the other monsters they'd seen here, but its health bar said it was definitely a level 1 boss. If he and Roku worked together, they should be able to beat the thing.<br/><br/>-----------------------------<br/><br/>Galen munched on one of the apples he bought, while the others rested in his bag. Casually, he made his way to the village gate, a familiar person sitting on the fence. She had light brown hair which stopped just past her chin, Amber eyes, a nice figure, and a glaive on her back. The archer stopped upon seeing her.<br/><br/>"Jeez," the girl said, smiling at the man. "You're not going back out into the wild are you? You get so much more experience fighting in dungeons."<br/><br/>Galen frowned slightly. "Must you follow me, Emilia?"<br/><br/>The girl smiled. "Absolutely." She hopped down off the fence, landing lightly on her feet. Emilia was several inches shorter than Galen. He was a tall fellow, but it didn't help much that she was just slightly on the shorter side. "If I don't keep an eye on you," the girl went on, "who will?"<br/><br/>"No one needs to keep an eye on me," Galen responded. "I haven't caused any trouble, and I haven't gotten myself injured either."<br/><br/>"Oh, but you're always off on your own," Emilia butted in, pouting. "You'll get lonely. Besides, this game encourages making friends."<br/><br/>"Friends, not stalkers."<br/><br/>"I am<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>a stalker," Emilia huffed. "Hey! Wait up!" she called as Galen started wandering off again. "I said I'm not a stalker! Can't we just get along?!"<br/><br/>((Hope that was okay ^_^ )) ((And welcome, charrie #6))