Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

Irina nods when the group is called. She joins the two, kneeling in front of the recess and placing her hand into it.

She turns to look for the Rito warriors and Gatu, smiling softly to them and hoping they will join as well.

Red breathes a sigh of relief. Great, it wasn't a premonition. That's good. Now he can focus on the task at hand. He walks up to the recess and nods his head motioning for Blue to come along as well. "Okay, now it's time for the light to do its thing. Preferably without adding to our misery."

Revali strides up as well and extends a wing down. "This had better be worth it. In fact, hey, you!" He calls out to Fi. "What's the probability I'm going to be _very_ upset if this doesn't go my way?" He then turns his attention back to the recess. "This light had better come through after all we've done to bring it back. I didn't get hit by mechanical porgy for nothing!"

_Gatu comes over as well to join._ "Let's break this dumb statue and save both realms."

When the final warriors join in, a low rumble begins to form under their feet. It vibrates in a slow steady rhythm as if it were a large beast awakening from a long slumber.

The walls of the temple fracture and sliver away, revealing an inner structure that was hidden away. This new building is covered in dust from the fallen walls but it has a black shiny facade of pearlescent obsidian.

The rumbling continues to the statue, which crumbles down to a dust as its cracks begin to glow with an amber light.

The statue collapses into a pile of dust and pebbles and atop sits a metal object that reflects an intense light as if the sun were shining upon it, although there is no sun visible in this land.

Revali steps away from the recess and watches the temple and statue closely. His hand instinctively reaches for his bow, even though he had no arrows to go with it at the moment. Once everything settled, he sat still, gauging the area for a final time. With a huff, he relaxes himself. "I'm glad the light has conceded to my terms. Now, I think that belongs to you," he pointed up towards the bright, shining thing while addressing Link.

"There wasn't anything to concede. It was perfectly reasonable this was going to happen anyway..." Red remarked. "But I, too, am glad that this worked. I wasn't entirely certain, but it seems I didn't have much to worry about after all." He smirks. "This is a welcome sight compared to all the other ones seen here."

"I second what Revali and Redvali said." _Gatu said, sheathing his Bone Sword for the time being. He then looks to Link, making eye contact with them as he politely gestures his head over to the Master Sword for Link to reclaim._

Irina jumps back a bit when the walls collapse, probably afraid that yet another monster was going to try to stop them. But that wasn't the case, for once.

The armored barmaid finally sees the sword and her eyes widen. She watches it thoughtfully for a few moments before turning to see what Link will do.

Link rises slowly. He looks to the sword for a few long moments, then raises his hand to summon Fi.

“You can go home now.”

He walks slowly, not noticing his pain as much anymore, and picks up the sword. He stares at his reflection as he holds it, then sheaths it as Fi disappears into its shimmer.

Mipha breathes a sigh of relief. The sword has returned and it feels like things here are drawing close to an end. "How are you feeling now?" She questioned him. "With the sword back, we should be able to return to Hyrule now. But..." She looks out over the realm. "I don't want to leave anything unfinished here. We may have gotten what we came for, but what of the others who live here?"

Link holds onto the hilt of the sword, not wanting to let it go. He thinks about Mipha's words and looks back down to the waters below.

“There seems to have been a lot here that was lost… or erased. But I feel like we are returning things to the way they were.”

Link looks up to Mipha and asks, “Do you feel like you should stay a bit and help these people?”

Mipha hesitates in answering the question. She hadn't thought about staying and helping here. It may help in the restoration of the people here. Yet, she still had her duties to her home. The Domain is still in trouble.

"I think I'll stay. For just a bit longer. But not too long," she makes it a point to emphasize. "Now that the light has returned here, I shouldn't need to stay for any longer than needed. I feel it necessary to show them this vessel." Motioning in its direction, she continues, "So that they can find others and make more discoveries that may aid them in this dawning of a new era."

"But something keeps bugging me... I used the Master Sword to end the Flood and recede the waters... I went with Princess Zelda and her guards to return it to its pedestal in the Temple of Time. The Door of Time were sealed shut before the flood, and only opened after she used her Sage magic to open it up so I could return it with her since we didn't have the Spiritual Stones or the other two keys. So how was it the Master Sword got taken and brought here in the first place after the Door of Time was closed?"

Mipha could understand Kala's sentiments, even if she may have been slightly disheartened at hearing her words. Still, she would hold out hope regarding the opportunity that might very well present itself.

"Evil has a way of overwhelming and corrupting what are considered sacred places. Each of the temples in the land served significance to its people in some form and Ganondorf invaded each one. The Master Sword, despite its power, I can imagine can be affected in similar fashion. However, unlike the temples, it bears a unique sentience that may have contributed to its disappearance. It may have ended up here due to fear or protection or something else," she offered her thoughts on the matter.

"That is what I think, at any rate."

Maintaining her hold on her trident, she turns away from the group to look towards the islands once again. It doesn't appear they're very active, which begs the question of where the others are. Were they successful? Why haven't they returned?

She'd placed a hand to her chest in a self-soothing manner to calm her heart, nearly sinking into the thought that they might very well be in trouble. Naturally, she lowered her eyes from the island feeling troubled. Yet, what was sadness was quickly turned into befuddlement. "What is happening in the water?"

She returned to the group. "Something has happened in the sea. It's filled with streams of light!"

_Gatu runs over and looks downwards to see what Mipha sees._
"Something important must have fallen into the water after what the others did over on the Floating Island. It's hard to tell, but... I think they went down to retrieve it. I think I see a craft of some sort down there, near the farthest stream of light over there." _Gatu said, pointing it out to Mipha if she hasn't spotted it._

"They went down? Are you certain?" Mipha inquired, her voice elevating as she'd stepped closer over the edge to take a look at where Gatu was looking. She couldn't quite make it out in the same way, but it didn't matter. They could very well be in danger. "But the waters... I thought--" She shook her head. "Nevermind, that. I'm going to go after them." She hastened towards the cliff that Link jumped from before. Looking over the ledge, she studied where the guiding light was leading towards. Without further hesitation she dove off the ledge and slipped through through the surface of the sea as smoothly as a knife through butter.

"Be careful Mipha!" _Gatu said after her, wishing her all the luck as she leap and dove down to see what's going on._

Kala crosses her arms and mutters something under her breath... something about "she is going to get herself killed" and "spoiled princess".

She walks to the edge then turns and gives Gatu a sharp look. "Well, are you coming or not?"

Revali came gliding in from above, circling over the area before coming to a landing. He didn't want to run into any issues on his way down. "Hey!" He calls out in greeting. "Me and Red have finally returned. We're coming to pick you guys up and fly you back to a boat out there. Seems a lot has happened and it'll be too hard to explain. Best way I can put it - A whale of light is tugging the boat." He shrugs.

"Don't ask me more, I just got there and got yelled at by Mipha."

Red comes landing soon after Blue and stretches a bit. "We've been doing a lot of flying..." He states. "But yeah, what the Blue guy says is correct. All the others are okay, though. That we know of, at least." He confirmed.

"If you all are ready, just say the word and we can carry you back. No need to get into the water."

Kala was about to jump into the water, maybe grabbing Gatu with or without his permission, but she stops when she sees the two figures on the horizon. She points and then runs to them as they land. "Boat?" She asks confused.

She stares out at murky water and frowns, then turns to the birds. Then the other thing he said clicks in her mind, "Whale... of light? What?" She looks more confused now. "Are they in danger? The people on the boat?"

Revali sighs, lifting his wing to his head to hold it briefly. "Yes, a boat. Whale of light. You heard it right. No one is in danger, thankfully. I'm not making any guarantees, I don't know anything about these waters, so they might not stay that way. But, for now, folks are fine. In fact, a lot of the crew looked like you," he pointed to Kala.

"We should probably get going before we lose sight of the boat. I don't think that whale is intent on stopping anytime soon."

Red grumbled, "I'll pick up from where he left off. There's a boat that's currently manned with a crew. Some of them look like you. Whatever happened on that island there is also responsible for the light in the water. We think they're headed towards its source." He eyes Blue. "It really wasn't that much to describe..."

He then returns his attention to Kala. "But if we stay here, they're probably going to get further away and I don't really want to be stuck here, so can we start flying off?" He thumb points in the general direction of were the boat is.

Kala crosses her arms. This wasn't exactly helpful dialogue, and she doesn't seem to enjoy small talk.

She immediately quips as soon as Red finishes, “Look, take these two…” she points at Gatu and Impa. “I can manage. A few sea serpents don't frighten me. Just try not to get eaten out there. I don't know what your kind tastes like but I am sure our local species would find you all delicious.”

She seems suddenly agitated and impatient to get to that boat. With that brief monologue, she jumps into the water with her spear. She disappears into the sea mist, practically flying across the surface of the water.

"I don't want to find that out. This is exactly why I want to fly away from here and eventually, out of here entirely." Red slouched a bit, thinking about being some sort of sea serpent snack. He took off and grabbed up Gatu, leaving Blue to pick up Impa. "N-not without helping out. I mean, we did sort of make an agreement and I'd hate to be the one to break that..."

"I'm in peak form and I take very good care of myself, so I would assume my taste would be sublime. But, I'm not about to be anyone's snack. I work far too hard just to become some mince meat for a sea serpent out here. Should it come to pass that I am unfortunately eaten, I will make sure the sea serpent that did it will have the worst stomach pains of its life every step of the way." Revali flies over to grab up Impa. "Alright, just hold on and we'll get back to the boat in no time."

"Let's head out. The faster we can go snag that orb of light that fell off the island, the faster we can hopefully stabilize BOTH realms." _Gatu replies, willing to head down and rejoin the others. The sooner they get the Master Sword out of the Twilight Realm, the faster it can stabilize._