The tale I am going to relate is not one of great feats of strength in the Labyrinth or one about closely escaping death at the hands of a particularly tough FOE. It is a story that I think everyone who has played the game at least through the first floor can relate to.

Here I was starting on the game I had just bought, excited as ever. I was barely starting on my exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth, everything seemed to be going well when suddenly I am asked if I want to take a nap in the flowers. Now nearly everyone I spoke to about Etrian Odyssey told me about that event, but at that time I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen to my party, but I am sure you do. Yes indeed, my party is woken up by three vicious Venomflies who quickly beat my party to a bloody pulp. I was foolish enough to think that I was just unlucky or ill prepared, so I went once again into the labyrinth, this time going back to save my game before I try my luck sleeping in the flowers. Alas, once again my party was torn asunder within a round! Never again shall I sleep in unsuspicious looking patches of flowers!

Though I look back on the experience as rather funny. Also, the clerk at my local store began laughing as soon as I mentioned being asked about sleeping in the Labyrinth, he immediately understood what I was talking about!