We then entered, and took out a few of the easy Yagudos at the start of the caves, but as we approached another Yagudo to initiate combat, something disastrous happened. We fell down a hole, left to fight a Yagudo Persecutor. It quickly took out Karina, and I took off running. I passed up Ayura along the way, as well as some Yagudo Mendicants and Yagudo Pipers. This was a death trap for a level 11 party.

     Ayura and I soon met the same fate, and the three of us were standing at the outpost where we set our last home point. Ayura had to leave, but Karina and I met up with another player. We moved on to Tahrongi, and fought a bit, but then our party split when I had to leave.

     When I returned, I appeared right in front of Farplaner. We partied up, and met a Japanese player named Balon [pic]. The 3 of us fought on through Tahrongi, eventually reaching a large white structure [pic]. We stopped to check it out, but Farplaner said it had something to do with teleporting. So I admired it for a short time, and we moved on [pic]. We fought together a bit longer, but then Farplaner had to leave.

     Balon and I continued, meeting up with another Japanese player named Cleome [pic]. Cleome spoke a little English, making communication somewhat easier for me. We took on the Wild Dhalmas in the area, taking them out one at a time [pic]. These were pretty strong creatures, attempting more than one would mean certain death.

     We fought for quite a while [pic], and I was close to level 12, when disaster struck again. We were fighting one Wild Dhalma, when another came to its aid. We knew it would be too much, so we ran. The 2 Wild Dhalmas were locked onto me, hitting me hard as I ran. A Tarutaru healed me to full hp as I neared the exit to Buburimu, but it wasn't enough. I had reached the exit, but before the loading began, I was dead.

     Our party split, I eventually gained my level, and suddenly I had the desire to visit San D'Oria. A lot of players from the AlienGundan linkshell reside there, and I haven't seen it, so why not move my residence there? I talked to Neridia, and he agreed to meet later. The Horutoto ruins expedition could wait... I was going to San D'Oria.