"We're going to the Aquapolis!" R'oadan declared over the linkpearl.
"The Aquapolis? Is it dangerous?" I inquired back.
"It wouldn't be fun if it weren't!" R'oadan replied. I could just imagine his response was accented by a toothy grin. "Just get a couple of dragonskin maps and we'll meet up at the house!"
After a brief stint at the house and general market, I met up with them.... in the Sea of Clouds, since they had teleported away by the time I arrived.
"To get to the Aquapolis, we must treasure hunt! Dragonskin maps are the best way to get there." He explained as he took the lead to his map.
I didn't express my concern as I realized these maps were for eight men groups...
But we were okay, we were good. Silvaire healed admirably, Selithia tanked like a boss, and R'oadan managed to kill things before I did. I didn't understand R'oadan's disappointment as we looted his treasure, then he told me to lead the way to mine.
The mobs spawned and were killed on my hunt, and R'oadan shouted with glee as a strange portal appeared before us.
"Go on! TOUCH IT!" He exclaimed expectantly.
"What?!" I asked, taken aback by his enthusiasm.
"How else do you think we'd get to the Aquapolis? By airship?" He chuckled mischeviously.
"...." My eyes wide with fear, I reached out... and was sucked into another world alongside my companions. The Aquapolis was exciting, it was... adventure incarnate!
"Quick, kill Arges!" R'oadan shouted as a creature charged into the room on floor two. Another chest emerged from its defiled corpse.
By floor four, the excitement was palpatable from the other three members.
"Kill the gobbies! After them!" Selithia shrieked on floor five as she handled the intense mob. One got away, but the other left a treasure in its wake. I was panting for breath by the end of the encounter.
"It's only going to get harder after this..." R'oadan said chipperly as he gave Silvaire a hug of glee.
We made it to floor 7 in my first Aquapolis.