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Dear, Diary,

"On the eastern side of Amor, there lives an old man in the biggest not-a-castle house I've ever seen. He has the key to sewers. We had to talk him into it, but we convinced him to let us in. Despite knowing where the gate was, he insisted on walking us to it. I think the old guy was just lonely.

Why does this small village have such an expansive sewer system? At least it was well designed by a master architect! Nothing down here is scary but expect a few status effects. Poison, for sure, but I assume we could have been turned to toads. About halfway to our destination were those four old guys I mentioned last night. Proving once and for all that they're not the legend, they got cornered by four frogs. We, being the actual heros, made quick work of the assailants. The old guys wizened up and accepted defeat. They hung out for a bit, and we carried on. Reaching the bottom was a breeze. The only person down here was the owner of the Levigrass Boots, Delilah. Like the sewer old guy, this old woman didn't want to hand over the boots at first. She seemed pretty obstinate but came around alarmingly quickly. She threw us the boots, but then we heard a voice telling us to move. Triton was ready to catch the shipment, but he moved out of the way. Just in time, too, because those weren't boots. That was a bomb! Old Delilah plays hardball. The voice came from one of the old guys who made their way down here with us. They wanted to make sure we got what we came for, so they convinced the old woman to let us have the boots. With the word from her Warriors of Light, she abided. The old guys teleported us out, wished us luck, and we set off to Goldor's Manor.

We walked around the continent for a while first, though. Nothing is there except the Water Temple and four gates far to the north. We could break two of them, but I don't remember why we stopped at the third. Taking a chocobo back, we entered the manor.

It sure is gaudy. Gold as far as the eye can see, and it's filled with gold plated monsters and knights. You'd expect there to be treasure inside, but all we found were eleven useless gold swords. But then we got lost. The swords were at a dead end, and we couldn't find anyplace else to go. We split up and started knocking on walls in the four rooms near the entrance hall. Triton found a secret door, and we proceeded through it. Surely there must be good stuff down here? Nope! Still nothing. We casually made our way down until we found a Crystal Room. I didn't expect to see a Crystal, but I probably should have. If Goldor thinks we're the Legendary Warriors, that would mean he's got someone talking to him. Speaking of Goldor, he was in front of his golden Crystal. He told us we'd never have it and fought us.

I'll give him this, he was harder than the other knights in his house. He swings his fists twice a round but isn't likely to kill anyone. Triton took a lot of it like the champ he is. Except for that one time he hit me in the eye, and I...sorta...collapsed, it was all manageable. It would have gone smooth if Xander didn't get confused. I always got the feeling that thief was a bit scummy and out for himself. I felt like we were finally coming into our own here because Goldor put up only a little fight. But...

He broke it. Goldor broke the Crystal! He made sure only he could have it and destroyed it. I didn't think the Crystal could be broken, let alone were so fragile! We were dumbfounded and scared. Does this mean we can't save the world? What's going to happen to us now? We still had the old woman who spoke to us in our dreams last night to find, so we figured we should look for her. Goldor did drop the key to our ship, which means we can take to the skies again! The world hasn't ended yet, so we might as well keep trying to save it.

We probably shouldn't have, but we took our time to explore this new world. It's so large but feels so empty. There's nothing else on the eastern continent, but there was a small island in the middle. It's a place filled with bards who tell us about legendary beasts. They even know about Bahamut, the dragon that attacked us when we met Desch. Desch... It inspired Xander to try his hand at being a bard. No one was sold on it, but I hope he keeps trying. There was another island south of that, but we couldn't reach it because of strong winds.
 
On the western continent is a cave. Inside that cave is the old woman who spoke to us in our dreams! Her parrot told us this is Unei, the guardian of the Dream World. She's sleeping now, and she may never wake up. North of her cave is another cavern filled with researches. A cave in happened recently, which blocked the path with adamantine. I hope everyone on the otherside is alright. Far to the north is another isolated village filled with summoners. It's not really for us.

But on the eastern edge was the biggest city I've ever seen! We couldn't even see it all from the air. We landed to try to get in, but the massive gate was blocked. We took to the skies once more to find a place to land in the city limits, but... poor Enterprise.

We heard a cannon burst in the distance. Before we could make out where it came from, the Enterprise was engulfed in flames. We were hit! We crashed, but all four of us made it out alive. Before we could try to surmise why we were targeted, two armies surrounded us. Both were in the same color uniform, but one side on yellow helmets. Many seemed reluctant to fight, and that's because I think we stumbled into a civil war.

We're in a pickle now, aren't we? I guess we need to find a way out of this place soon..."


Seriously, why were the sewers of this small village so massive? Four floors? Why? There isn't even a toilet, sink, or shower to be seen!