Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

It's the same life preserver that Fred tossed when they first started.

Fred picks it up with a very confused expression. “That is impossible…” he mutters as he sees the small anchor that should have kept it buoyed in place. “I don't understand.” he squeals.

Mipha didn't desire to have her guide disappear out of her sight. Before she could protest, Link hopped into the waters. Her heart skipped a beat watching that and held that way for the entirety of his departure. When he returned, she could breathe easy knowing he was safe and not somehow a victim of their current circumstances.

"A life preserve!' She thought they might have stumbled into one, but Fred's reaction tells her otherwise. "Wait... This is not a different preserver? It's the same one from earlier?"

Irina carefully climbs down from her post and approaches the group curiously. Her excitement turns into confusion when she realizes what they have retrieved.

"Either we have been traveling in circles, which is unlikely, or these waters hold more secrets than we think." She pauses for a moment to consider the situation. "Should we ask miss Fi? If we are being deceived, she might be able to see through it."

_Gatu came over, yawning as he stretched his arms over his head. He looked a lot better than yesterday, as the food and sleeping in to make sure he got more than 8 hours of sleep did him a world of good._
"What's going on? Did I miss something?" _Gatu asked, wondering what's going on._

"Some of the crew are missing. After a storm last night, they seem to have been overtaken. We aren't exactly sure what has happened to them, so we're investigating now," Mipha explained to Gatu.

She then addresses Irina. "I'm willing to believe these waters do hold secrets. I don't know them very well, but we do know enough that they are capable of hiding things. We discovered a water craft within them. Who knows what more is here?" She maintained the ship on its current course, but her mind was ticking with thoughts on how to approach their issue.

"We seem to have come upon the life preserver we found before. Perhaps we should make another sweep of the water? Maybe there's something to this wake we've been following. We know what it looks like above, but not below."

Her eyes swept across everyone on deck. "I am willing to explore the waters, but this means someone else will have to take the helm." She grows quiet, more so reluctant to suggest the next idea, but she gathers herself to speak it anyway. "Or, if I am to stay here, then another will have to go. I don't wish to send anyone out on a whim, but it may be our only other option." If this was a surface search, she'd be less wary, but because it requires going underwater, she had more concern about the possibility of disappearance.

Irina nods to Mipha's explanation. “You are needed at the helm, your highness. I went earlier and can go again. Hopefully we will get some hint of what happened to the crew.” She smiles to the group and approaches the railing, getting ready to jump back into the water.

Fred continues looking at the life preserver in disbelief. He holds it to Gatu and Link as Mipha explains their predicament. “It is impossible.” he repeats.

“I saw it disappear on the horizon. With my own eyes!” He points at them. But he agrees with Irina, “Your highness, you are a great helmsman… woman. We need you if we are going to progress, but I recommend that we drop the anchor if we are going to explore the fathoms below.”

Link watches everything in a state of sleepy disbelief but he begins to connect the dots. After a moment he summons the sword spirit.

Fi appears on command but her light is dim and she flickers in and out of their vision.

“Master. I detect an anomaly within our presence. Light magic, including my own power, has been suppressed… or contained. We are under the influence of a powerful shadow.”

Link stares at the sword spirit with grave concern. He holds up his sword looking at how it shines, or rather, how it doesn't anymore. He gasps as he sees the light around them glimmering in weak crescent-shaped patterns that fade like sand in the wind. The lines of the shadows are jagged and creep onto any surface they touch.

“The light doesn't seem right…”

Irina continues with her mission and has, by now, jumped into the ocean. She is exploring around the ship and dives in.

Link sees Irina jump into the water. With Fi’s warning fresh on his mind, he dives after her, “Hey wait!”

Fred squeals in a slight panic and drops the anchor then begins to roll up the sails. The ship manages to move some distance and then jerk violently when his efforts to stop it kick in. “Don't lose sight of them!”

"We're in a shadow?" Mipha couldn't quite understand, but she didn't need to. The gravity of the information delivered was enough to fill her with dread. "Oh no. I just sent--"

She'd registered the consequences a bit too late, hearing the splash from Irina and Link both as they'd dove in at separate times. Fred's quick thinking brings the ship to a stop and she feels its lurch as she's thrown up against the helm from its anchor drop. "I-I won't lose sight of them!" She calls out to Fred.

"All others on board must be warned! We are in danger and need everyone awake! No one is to enter the waters!" She steps away from the helm and draws her trident from her back. "If you're unable to fight, then retreat to the safety of the lower decks!"