The tales of Ligma, Waifu, Nia.

The trio sit comfortably at the bonfire.

Waifu: "Sooo Nia why do you hate dragons so much?" she says looking at Nia.

Nia: "Hmph do I even need to say it; they are so caught up in their own pride they don't acknowledge anything else."

Ligma: "Sounds familiar." she says looking at Nia.

Nia: "And what's worse is they refuse to acknowledge me as the true queen of fire!" she says clinching her fist.

Ligma: "Yea that must be tragic." she says holding in her laugh.

Waifu: "And what about you Ligma, what's your past?" she says turning her gaze to Ligma.

Ligma: "Well I was sent on an undead pilgrimage and then called by the church to link the flame now that its fading."

Ligma: "Before I was undead, I was a normal cleric, then one day I was branded by the dark sign."

Waifu: "I see." she said turning her gaze to the bonfire.

Waifu: "As for me I don't remember anything from my past, my last memory is waking up in a coffin."

Nia: "A coffin?... you must be some of that unkindled ash then, I didn't think I'd run into one this soon after the bell tolled.

Waifu: "Unkindled ash? does that mean I'm not undead?" she said turning to Nia.

Nia: "Maybe, I can't be sure, but if you're not undead I have no clue if you will return from death like me and Ligma would."

Waifu: "So are you saying if I die now where death is lurking behind every corner I could be gone forever." she said trembling.

Nia: "I don't know, never seen unkindled ash die before."

Waifu: "Thats really scary!" she said turning her body to Nia.

Ligma: "But on the bright side if you're not undead you won't go hollow." she said turning to Waifu.

Waifu: "I don't think that makes me feel much better." she says residing herself to the bonfire. 

Ligma: "Nia, what's you motive to linking the fire?" she said turning to Nia.

Nia: "Hmph that's none of your business." she said turning away.

Waifu: "Don't be like that Nia, tell us your reason." she said crawling over to Nia.

Nia: "I refuse!"

Ligma: "Drop it Waifu I'm sure she has her reasons."

Nia: "We need to move were losing daylight." she said getting up.

Ligma: "Right." she said following.

So, the trio with no were else to go head back down into the tower.

The inside of the tower sported a wooden floor with a staircase going down to another wooden floor.

The trio walk to the stairs when a dark figure jumps out Infront of them.

It was a hollow that had jumped at Nia but miss his attack and fell to the ground.

The hollow held a small dagger and was obscured in a thief's clothing.

Nia: "Well hello there." she says as she raises her axe and swings with her new axe.

 With one swing the hollows head goes flying off its body and the body falls to the ground.

Ligma: "We got lucky, we should be more careful there might be more like him."

Nia: "Right."

Nia and Ligma continue walking down the stairs with Waifu walking further behind.

Upon reaching the bottom they find a room filled with barrels and a latter leading to another level, as well as a doorway that leads to the outside of the tower past the barrels.

Waifu: "Wow look at all the barrels! I wonder if they have treasure!" she said walking to the treasure.

Ligma: "Wait Waifu!" she said reaching for Waifu.

Waifu: "What?" she said stopping for a moment.

Ligma: "I got a bad feeling about those barrels, let's just avoid them for now." she said holding onto Waifus arm.

Waifu: "Based on what?" She said trying to break Ligma's grip. 

Ligma: "Just stop and consider this, the barrels here have been placed in a group in the middle of the room plus the air is filled with black dots." she said tightening her grip.

Waifu: "And so?" she said still trying to break free.

Nia: "What she's trying to say is that those are explosive barrels, SO if you do anything to set them off everything in this room will be destroyed including us."

Waifu: "Oh." she said giving up on her advances. 

Nia: "I don't want to leave this tower yet so let's go down the latter." she said walking to the latter.

Ligma: "Welp I have no problem with this let's go Waifu." she said following Nia.

So, the trio head down the latter finding themselves in a room filled with more explosive barrels and one big halberd hollow. 

The room also has two paths one is a doorway that leads, well somewhere and one is a closed caged door.

Nia: "I have an idea, just stand back." she says this as she prepares a fire ball.

Nia throws the fire ball at some explosive barrels that were next to the hollow.

BOOM!

Upon the fire reaching the barrel the barrel explodes sending wood and pieces of metal that was in the barrel flying in every direction.

The trio were on the other side of the room and also behind a latter, so any debris that made it to them had not been lethal. 

The hollow had been completely obliterated in the blast pieces of its body displaced in every corner of the room.

Ligma: "What the hell! why'd you do that!" 

Nia: "What? now we don't have to fight it, plus it was really far away not like the other room." she said smirking and shrugging her shoulders.

Waifu: "Yea it all turned out good, and besides I don't exactly have a good history with big hollows so I'm glad we can skip this fight." she said patting Ligma on the back.

Ligma: "Fine just don't blow up random stuff someone could get hurt, and that's coming from me."

Nia: "Sure, sure whatever you say." she said crossing her arms.

Ligma: "We should try that door before we go on." she said pointing at the caged door.

Nia: "Crap, another one."

Waifu: "I'll open it!" she says jumping at the opportunity to be useful. 

As Waifu grabbed the bars of the door and pulled, she discovered it was locked.

Waifu: "This door needs some kind of key." she said looking back.

Nia: "I don't care we got another path anyway just forget it." she said turning her back and going the other way. 

Ligma and Waifu follow Nia without saying anything seeing no problem with her conclusion. 

As the trio walk to the doorway, they find that it leads to a hallway filled with explosive barrels.

Nia: "Now hear me out." she said preparing her fire ball

Ligma: "No." she said pushing Waifu behind a wall to protect her from the potential blast. 

Nia: "I'm going to do it any way." she said throwing her fire ball.

Ligma: "Shit." she said ducking behind a wall.

Nia: "I am the queen of fire!"

BOOM!

When the fire ball reaches the barrels, the blast was so large it expanded into the room they were in spreading out a couple of feet.

The blast leaves embers on the clothing of the trio as they cough up some smoke.

Ligma: "Dammit Nia!" she said rubbing her eyes.

Waifu: "guys what happened, I can't see." 

Nia: "What? I just cleared us a path." she said standing triumphantly.

Ligma: "You almost killed us!" she said stomping her feet.

Nia: "Yea, but you're not dead."

Ligma: "Look at what you did to Waifu!" she points over to Waifu.

Waifu had been completely covered in black powder from the blast.

Ligma: "Shes going to be like that until the next bonfire we sit at! And I don't think there are cloths in this world that would fit her... assets that she could change into!"

Waifu: "I'm fine Ligma, plus now I look really cool like a ninja" she said with a smile.

Nia: "See she likes it, now let's go." she said heading into the hallway.

Waifu: "Yea lets go." she said following Nia.

Ligma follows closely behind them into the hallway.

The hallway itself is covered in random fires and random pieces of wood.

Looking down the hallway it leads into an open room.

Walking into the room the trio look around and find a path to the right and a thief hollow looking at a wall to the left.

Without saying anything Nia takes her axe and drives it into the hollows back causing it to fall back limp.

The hollow falls to the ground lifeless. 

Nia: "I've gotten much stronger I could probably link the flame now!" she says looking at her axe.

Ligma: "In terms of arrogance you are unmatched." she said shaking her head.

Nia: "I say you're damn right that's my pride, my confidence in my fire!" she said giving Ligma a serious look. 

Ligma: "Whatever you say Nia, just don't let that pride of yours get in the way of a fight." She says giving Nia a serious look.

Nia: "I will do as I please and I will protect you guys in my own way." she says turning her back.

So, the trio head to the right down a flight of stairs.

Upon reaching the bottom They find a room holding a single jail cell with one prisoner.

The prisoner was wearing dirty clothes that could be described as dirty rags.

He also was wearing a weird mask that covered his whole head, it looks like was forced on him, perhaps to humiliate him. 

The prisoner looks up noticing his new arrivals. 

???: "Hello there friends, I don't get many visitors my name is Greirat."