Chapter 8 : Adventures

Adventurer’s Log

Hello! It’s me Leila. Since my dad couldn’t come with me on this crazy adventure that I’m about to have, he gave me this weird book thingy and told me to keep track of what I did when on vacation. He’s been acting a little funny lately and I want to make him happy, so here’s my adventure log!

Well since this was my first time out of our boring little country, I was only able to leave home for three days, but I decided to make the most of it. I talked to a local and they said that to get a higher visa level (so that I can stay longer) I’d have to complete adventures and travel around doing things for people. This sounded like a fantastic idea, so I went straight to the adventure board and looked for my first adventure!

I was told to go to some lady and see what she wanted. The place I was staying at had a free moped rental service for everyone staying there, so I chose a red one and raced off through the streets of France, oops I forgot to say where I went, to find the lady I was supposed to talk to.

I eventually was able to find her. It took a lot longer then it should have, she ended up just being a little ways down the street, but I swear I traveled all over town before finding her. After talking a little bit I mentioned that I was there to find out what she wanted me to do. She got really excited and said that she lost her toy baseball down a hole near some ruins and asked me to go find them for her. I agreed instantly and set off following the map that she gave me (this time I didn’t get lost).

When I got to the ruins, I found some stairs that led down and ran down them. This was just so exciting! I had never seen anything like it. Oh sure, my dad had used to tell me tons of stories about his old home and the adventures he had had while there, but there are just some things you can’t describe.

I immediately set about digging through ruins, clearing rubble, finding hidden doors and exploring the great tomb like structure thoroughly.

Finding hidden doors seemed to come to me naturally. I don’t know how, but I just seemed to know when there was a room on the other side and all I had to do was examine the wall in between me and that treasure to find the hidden switch to get in.

The lady had given me a map which was super helpful because it was like a maze down there! Anyway, I wasn’t always able to make heads or tails of the map sometimes and got horribly lost.

Luckily I was able to find clues like holes in the wall that helped me find all sorts of switched and treasures. I didn’t even think twice before shoving my hand in the holes. I guess some would call me brave, but I just want to explore everything.

Then I discovered what a keystone was. The lady had mentioned something about them, but I was too eager to get on with the adventure to really pay much attention to her. So this keystone thing is like a key that you have to place in a slot and once you do it glows all blue and the door gets unlocked. It’s really a basic concept I guess.

The worst part of the exploration was having to lug huge stones around. I have to drag them to certain places on the floor so that doors would unlock. I have absolutely no body skill so it was really hard work.

Well, maybe the worst part would have been when thousands of bugs attacking me for invading their home in search of a hidden switch, but I didn’t really mind them really. I’m sure Maria would have, she’s such a girly girl sometimes.

I even found this weird maze down there. I don’t know what its purpose was. I was easily able to see above it and gather all the treasure I wanted with ease.

At the end of my exploration I found this really neat statue. Later in town I found out that it was part of a collection that was unique to France, sort of like a historical collection I think. Anyway, I was sure to grab it before grabbing one last thing.

When I saw the hole in the ground I knew for certain that this was where the baseball was. It would have been really hard to miss with all the glowing streaks coming out of it.

With gathering the baseball I knew that I had fully explored this tomb. The fun time that I had had convinced me that what I really want to do with my life is go exploring for a living. I really want to travel all over and fully explore at least 6 tombs in each location. I think I’ll be able to do it too since just exploring this one tomb has made me more money than I had when I set off.

When I came out of the tomb I realized that it was night time. I guess time really flies when you’re having fun. I went back to the place I was staying to get some sleep. Unfortunately the only place they had available was a big dormitory style room with 8 beds in it. I didn’t mind too much though since it was fun talking to the other people that were staying there and I was used to sleeping with other people when I shared a room with my parents and then younger sisters.

In the morning I found out that there was a fully stocked fridge and kitchen. I decided to work on my cooking skill since practically all I had ever eaten was cake and I know that soon enough I might have to start cooking for myself, so I might as well start now!

Unfortunately my adventure in the kitchen was not as successful as my adventure the other day was. I ended up burning the waffles that I tried to make. Not being one to turn things down, I ate them anyway.

This time when I went to find the lady I saw that she was at the market. I quickly gave her the baseball. She was really happy about that and gave me some visa points.

I then immediately went to find another adventure. I was hoping to find another one that would send me to a tomb, but I had no such luck this time around. Before heading off I made sure to read the board more carefully and I found out that I had to go to the nectary and talk to a guy about helping him build a better nectar maker.

I set off to talk to him. He seems really nice and told me that I needed to talk to some lady and get her to give me plans that will help him build the best nectar maker ever. I agreed and he told me where I could find this lady.

When we met, I greeted her like a proper French person would, with a kiss on both cheeks. She told me that since she had no clue who I was she couldn’t possibly even consider giving me the plans. I was almost expecting that response so I got to making her a friend. I don’t know what dad has such a hard time gripping this concept. All I had to do was talk to her over and over for most of the day to get her to think of me as a friend and give me the plans.

It was too late to go back the nectary when I finally got what I wanted so I headed back to my place for some sleep and some food before going out again.

After I gave the guy what he wanted he mentioned to me that there were some secrets hidden down stairs. Hoping to be able to explore another tomb I set off to find all the different secret doors I could.

I was mildly successful, but I wish I could have gone further. I found a lot of nectar and ended up buying some racks so we could store it at home, but when I got as far as I could I was blocked by a locked door that must have required a keystone that I didn’t have. I sadly had to leave knowing that I’d have to return someday and finish exploring down here.

I didn’t have much time left in France, really just a few hours, so I decided to head to the market instead of trying to find another adventure. I stopped first at the food store because I was really hungry. I asked the merchant what he would recommend since I was willing to try anything. I ended up eating some frogs legs. They actually were pretty good.

My last stop was at the local bookstore. I wanted to be able to bring back something for the family since I had been gone so long. I decided that I would buy each of the skill books, cooking recipes, and fishing books. I still had some left over money, so I also bought a few random books. I know that mom really enjoys reading since she has nothing else to do, being cooped up in the house and everything. I think she uses the books as a way to escape from everything.

Since I had an hour left I decided to just talk to one of the locals. I met this funny boy. He asked me where I was from and when I told him I was from Riverview he seemed to think it was a different planet. I corrected him saying that my dad was from another planet, I was just from another country. Before I knew it the taxi was honking at me telling me it was time to go home.

When the taxi got me home safely I rushed inside to see how my family was doing. To my surprise they all were as if I never left. This was the first time anyone in my family had tried traveling before, but I guess I was in a different time stream and none of us aged at all. I showed my gifts to the family and they were really happy about them all.

All in all, I think this was a very successful trip and I can’t wait to go traveling again.