Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

Revali heard the call to move, but his body didn't register it nearly quickly enough. The dart swings right around his leg and snags him. A puff of feathers leaves him as he tried and failed to take flight, crashing back onto the floor.

Red, thankfully, reacted in time, but now had to act quickly to get his counterpart free from the rope. "I don't know where they're coming from, I just know I don't want to be caught by one!"

He scooted along the ground, working to free Blue from the snare.

Mipha jumped out of the way of the rope dart, edging very close to the pit that was in the center of the room. She could feel that there was no wall or resistance to act against her and, had she jumped any further, she'd have met a swift end.

"That was far too close!" She huffed. A tingling sensation travels along her scales briefly, feeling the electricity crackling from the wand. "Almost forgot about that thing..." She muttered to herself.

Scanning the area, she traces where the ropes are coming from and calls out, "The walls! That's where the ropes are coming from!"

_Gatu gets a running start to get into a full sprint before leaping up and over Mipha. Channeling magic through the Moblin Spear that'd made the spearhead crackle with energy, he throws it with warrior precision into the spectral rope grabbing Irina in the hopes of dispelling it._

"Less talk, more running. Get to the next room!" _Gatu shouts to the others. He rips his Moblin Spear from out of the floor to retrieve it. If Red Revali is still having trouble with Blue Revali, Gatu will begin running towards them next to assist. The group can't afford anyone getting separated if these dark magic lassos faze any of them through the walls possibly._

Wolf Link runs to Mipha's side and tugs her away from the drop. He checks on everyone, then runs to the walls to explore. A low growl is heard as he sniffs and paws the walls, looking for the source of the ropes. He takes one of the ropes with his mouth and pulls on it violently to try to reveal the source.

The rope tightens around the Rito warrior's leg, slowly pulling him closer to the wall and up towards the strange face.

On the other side of the room, light flashes over the area as the lightning rod connects with the rope, sending charged electricity along its length and severing the connection, leaving the moblin spear piercing the ground where the rope once lay.

A strange weight could be felt on the other end of the rope in the maw of the wolf and, sensing the resistance, the rope jerks, attempting to pull the beast into the stonework.

Already beat up and scratched up after barely getting into the temple, Irina pants, immediately crawling away from the pit in the middle of room. While she does this, she sees Revali getting dragged like she was and gets up, running to him and attempting to free him using the same technique--an electric discharge from the wand.

Wolf Link growls and resists the pull from the rope as best as he can. When he gets to the wall, he swipes at it with his paws in an attempt to push the blocks away to reveal whatever is pulling the rope.

Red was having the worst time breaking Blue free. He couldn't get to the sword sheathed on his hip from the awkward angle. Revali, despite the pain he was in, finally grabbed at the blade and wretched it free of the sheathe. "Here!" He grunted out, sliding it across the floor. Red grabbed it up and raised it in a bid to lop the rope in half.

The blade is raised up and swings true right out of the hands of the Red Rito. Its arc flings it directly at the wall or rather, inside of it, revealing it as an illusion. The sword clangs and scrapes against the floor as it slides to a rest. Static gathers around the weapon, glowing faintly like a silent beacon to direct the electric discharge towards it. Lightning arcs across the room and with a thundering bang, it bursts inside the wall. The spectral rope that held the Blue Rito hostage was no more.

On the other side of the room, paws swipe through the blocks--another false wall. For the brief moment the wolf passes through, he would see a warrior holding onto the rope, clothed in blue and white garments reminiscent of the tribe of shadow folk. The fighter is battered and tired and what's more, carries the scent of the blood from the previous room. Their characteristic red eyes appear sorrowful, dull and lifeless.

Wolf Link is thoroughly confused by what he is seeing. Or not seeing. Now back in the main room he sees a stone wall, but when he moves forward his head goes through it. He calls out to the group that can understand him in a loud bark, "This wall is false!" He dives in and attacks the warrior, biting viciously.

Mipha had decided to lay low, seeing how active the battleground was for such a limited space. That and maybe she was reminiscing a bit about being pulled away from the pit, but she was definitely, most certainly, focused on not being targed by more fo these ropes. Certainly.

After the lightning strike had gone off, she was left with her mind buzzing and ears ringing until the world faded back in to normal. "Revali!" She called out, running in a crouch to come and settle beside him. "Don't move too much. Just give me a few moments and I will have you back on your feet shortly." What little time she might have, she'd use on patching people up.

The warrior raises his arm against the wolf, the armguard being the small amount of shielding keeping those teeth from sinking any deeper. Latching onto the beast's scruff, he proceeds to slam him against one wall and then the other. "...Find..the...others," he grunts out with as much will as he can muster. "Find....Impa.."

Once he felt the wolf was sufficiently rattled he drove his foot into the body of the beast, sending his body tumbling back through the false wall and straight towards the open pit.

Wolf Link flies back out of the false wall and across the floor. He becomes ensnarled in the ropes that bisect the room and falls off of the ledge into the pit with a loud howl that echoes through the chamber.

Irina realizes she might have hurt Revali - she did not expect the lightning strike to be that strong. She goes up to him and kneels down, touching his wing. "Are you okay?" It is in that moment when she hears the howl and turns to look just in time to see the wolf falling down the pit.

She gasps and crawls towards it, looking down into the darkness. "Link?" Not seeing anything, she looks for her lamp in the room, goes to find it, and comes back quickly, kneeling again at the edge of the pit and bringing the lamp down as much as she can in an attempt to see how deep the fall is. "Link?!" she calls again.

She looks to her friends now, breathing nervously, "He's going to be okay, right?" She looks to Mipha and then Blue. "We... we just need to find him."

_Gatu goes wide eyed after Irina calls out to the wolf companion who went tumbling through the fake wall they discovered and was skidding towards the pit. He tried to dive forward to grab one of the wolf's legs to pull them back up, but was too slow. So he turns and looks at Irina, livid a bit now._
"Wait- hold up, that was Link?!" _Gatu asked Irina and the others. It sounded like he knew the Hero in some way. He sounded almost offended, since that was kind of some crucial information he should've possibly been made aware of. But if it was on a needs-to-know-basis, that's one thing he does understand._


"...Judging from the fall by speed of decent- gravity and weight factoring in- I don't rightfully know and can only make a loose guess that might not entirely be accurate. I don't know the layout of the Shadow Temple, and if we had a map and a compass, we could try to determine where he ended up and get there posthaste." _Gatu said, trying to run calculations whilst also dodging spectral ropes trying to nab him again._ "Either we stick together and jump in after him, or fingers crossed we find him if there are any lower floors to this place and ended up on just a few down from us."

Fallon could feel the warmth of life in his body from the squeeze she was given. "You are! Last I saw you, you were asleep! I have to admit, I didn't know what you'd remember when you woke up, but you've remembered my name and everything," she laughed, bringing a hand up to the corners of her eyes to clear them of tears. She didn't want to start crying too soon.

"You left something for me in the forest? I think you've already given me so much, I have the stone and the papers you left me with. There's more?"

She instinctively jotted down the orders for water without missing a beat in the conversation.

"Two waters, got it. And I'll relay your message shortly here," she looks from Saria to Aio.

"Saria says she will teach you her language if you teach her yours. She also wnts you to know that the children in the forest are your friends and that they protect one another."

The boy smiles broadly to Saria. He seems very excited about everything he is hearing and seeing. "I will teach her everything!"

He watches Fallon taking orders. "Do you have any milk?"

"He says he'll teach you everything," Fallon relayed his response to Saria.

"Milk, was it? Of course. You got it. I'll be back with those drinks." Fallon heads over to the kitchen to grab some water and milk for the trio. When she comes back, she sets the water and milk down before each of them. "I tried to bring the smallest glass we had for you, but I understand its still pretty big," she explained to Ion. "I'll take a look around and see if there's anything here I can bring that would be smaller to drink from. For now, water and milk is covered. Is there any food you desire to have?"

Saria grins at the translation. “How fun!” When the drinks come, she first thanks Fallon before thinking about what to eat. Then she just shrugs. “Please surprise us! But I only have a few rupees I found in the bushes. I hope that is enough!”

About Ion, Saria giggles. “I have thimbles for him at home. Anything small will work.”

She then starts pointing at everything and naming it for Aio. First at her glass. “Water.” Then at his glass. “Milk!” Then at the table. “Table.” Then at the fairy. “Ion!”

Knowing how quickly children learn and how smart Aio is, he will probably be speaking Hylian in no time!

Heeeeeere comes trouble. 83

Naomi comes tripping (almost literally) down the stairs and rounds the corner into the tavern, looking for something fun to interact with like Crispy or a fishy-man or Mommy's wallOOOOOO, OTHER KIDS!!! 8D And they have a glowy-ball too! Naomi trots up and rests her chin on the edge of the table. "Hi, I'm Naomi! Wanna play when you're done eating?"

The international language of children is play. Even though he didn't really understand the girl, he understood the offer. He drinks his glass of milk in a single action and wipes his mouth with his arm, then jumps up. "Play!" He repeats a word he just learned, and runs out of the Wolfos into the field. The feeling of the sun and cool air on his skin amplifies his excitement.

Saria giggles and nods to Naomi. "Let's go!" she drinks her water in one big gulp and follows after Aio, forgetting about the food, the adults, and everything else.

Ion jumps up. "But... but... Saria!" He follows after her, making sure he gets out the door before it closes.

"Tell you what, I'll think of a surprise and it'll be on the house." Fallon replies to Saria, jotting down 'surprise' and circling it. "Okay, that ought to take care of things and--" her head lowers to see her little one at the table. "Play? That is what you are offering after they have just arrived?" She smiles, giving way to the table so they can all take off. "Of course, they wouldn't say no to that offer."

She chuckles and clears the milk and water cups while she determines what would be good for them to eat. "Make sure you stay close by!!" She called out to them, ensuring her voice could be heard through and beyond the door.

"Okay, now what to feed to them... Perhaps some cuccoo tenders. I think that'll be good. Side of greenery and that ought to cover it."

That in mind, she quickly heads to the kitchen to drop off the glasses and put the order in. She then hustles towards the exit so she could watch them and wait for the order to finish.

"Okay Mommy!" Naomi says as she follows the other two, her brain immediately filing the instruction under 'Things that have been responded to and thus require no further thought'.

Out in the field, Naomi spreads her arms to the others. "So what should we play? How abouuuuuuuut" (points at Aio) "you're the heroic knight," (points at Saria) "you're the pretty princess," (points at self) "and I'M the ferocious dragon?" >:) Naomi raises her hands high like claws and stomps dramatically toward Saria. "IIIIII'M GOING TO EEEEAAAT YOOOOUUUUU!" >:O

Aio stares at Naomi blankly. He clearly didn't understand her. He wonders why this girl is threatening the other girl.

As he doesn't quite understand the rules of the game, he does the same and chases after Saria, holding his hands up like a dragon as well. He calls out "Raaawr!" and something unintelligible in his language.

Saria lets out a scream as both come after her and laughs, running. She looks at Aio and points at Naomi without stopping. "Attack HER, not me! We are the good guys! Dragon! Dragon! " She repeats, hoping to teach Aio a new word.

Aio begins chasing after Naomi, too, and calls her by what he thinks is probably her name, "Dragon! Dragon!"

Fallon opens the door and is immediately met with screaming and shouts of a dragon. She hurries outside, checking the sky and surroundings to see if one had suddenly popped up. Thankfully, there was no such creature and further processing allowed her to realize they were just playing out here. Of course, that's what they intended to do in the first place, but flashbacks of moldugas and spiders said otherwise. Briefly, anyway.

So, she heads back towards the walls of the inn and leans against them, watching them play and enjoy life for the time being. A refreshing change of scenery to what she knows lies beyond.

Naomi blinks at the swift derailment of her CAREFULLY CRAFTED FANTASY WORLD. o.O; At least Saria seems to get the idea and is trying to explain it to Aio -- but it looks like he still thinks _he's_ a dragon. Okay, well, maybe he can be a knight AND a dragon! Like some kind of...dragon man!

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"Ummm...OHNOES IT IS THE DRAGONBORN! BUT YOU WILL NEVER DEFEAT ME UNLESS YOU FIND THE, ummm, MAGICAL HELMET OF RAINBOW FLAMES! IT IS IN, ummmmmmmmmm...aaaaaa SECRET PLACE THAT--THAT ONLY THE ROYAL FAMILY KNOWS ABOUT!" Yeah, Naomi is totally engaging in AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION and not dumping her DM responsibilities on Saria. n.n

Saria follows Link through the structures. Despite being deeply connected to the forest, she has already lost her way. But they can solve that problem later. She runs behind the stone to hide with Link and watches the Wolfos family gaping widely. She looks at Link, amazed at the cute pups.

When the family has finished eating, they run off again into the forest. Link runs after them but is stopped because they happen upon a big stone structure. It's a temple deep in the forest, one that has been lost to time. It is almost not visible as it is overgrown by plants, but there is no mistaking that he mountain before them is man-made and not a natural structure.

Saria runs after the Wolfos family with Link. When they arrive at the temple, the kokiri's interest switches from the animals to the building. She runs to it, touching the wall and looking for the door curiously. "What is this place? Have you been here before?" she asks Link.

Link shakes his head. "I haven't. And from the looks of these vines, it doesn't look like anybody has been here for a while." He looks up at the stone walls and tries to peer into an opening. "Let's explore it!"

Saria grabs one of the vines to make a small climb to one of the openings. "Hellooooo!" She looks inside and hmms. "I am so curious to see what is in there..." She follows you, wondering if you fit into the opening.

Link barely fits but he squeezes in, pushing past vines and other plants. There is a sudden drop but plenty of vines to hold onto. He climbs down. Some light filters in from other windows and a hole in the roof. He reaches a large central room and calls out to you.

Saria almost falls as well, and not as gracefully as Link. She grabs onto the vines, almost getting trapped in them, but climbs down after Link and looks around. "This is place is so mysterious! I wonder how long it has been empty. We should be careful; there might be some skulltullas and deku babas around."