The Legend of Zelda: Dawn of Dreams

[DarkRawen]

Rio was relieved when the violin music stopped, and, from the looks of it, his own music had an effect on people, everyone had calmed down. Well, everyone apart from the man on the horse, and the couple of people who attacked the mysterious villain. That was to be expected, after all, the spell wasn't strong enough to snap someone out of their fighting spirit.

Perhaps I should fight too.

After all, he was trained to fight. However, why should he? This wasn't his home, nor did he think they could bring back Marin like this. Not to mention, how much good could he truly do above land? And, he was frightened, apart from vanishing very suddenly, what had happened to Marin?

I think it's better I keep playing. People shouldn't have to panic, after all. Hopefully they'll understand the danger and leave, though.

He started walking backwards, increasing the distance between him and the man on the horse, while still playing. All of a sudden, the man used a spell, and everyone close by, was effected, falling down due to the strong wind. The Zora was affected as well, he fell back, his flute slipping from his hands. The mass started panicking now, running away, and he was unable to calm them. Hopefully no one would hurt themselves as they pretty much stepped across people to get away.

This is not a beautiful scene at all.

Examining the people who had tried to fight the man on the horse, and who still was, he realized he recognized them. Two had wanted a mask, and one was the child he had met before.

Not beautiful at all.

Why was a child fighting anyways? Because he seemed to have known Marin? Before Rio got the answer to his question, the man on the horse sent out yet another piece of wind sorcery, although this didn't affect the Zora. The sorcerer then... started levitating, and speaking to another cloaked individual, and possibly to the people who had attacked him, the guy disappeared in thin air, the same way Marin had. Rio found himself feeling relieved, and walked over to the two who were left of the attacker, the child had seemingly flown away.

Did he escape?

Rio certainly hoped so. "Excuse me," he said. "What just happened?"

 

[Deu Sex]

[HEADING=2]Inside Hyrule Castle[/HEADING]

After passing through the ornate door, Ro and Lynd would find themselves in the grand hall. It was an impressively large area filled with statues, pillars, vases, banners and forking carpets that all looked like products of extraordinary craftsmanship. The hall was illuminated by a series of large chandeliers from above and torch-pillars from below. Although casting a strong light below, the balconies above remained heavily shrouded in darkness.

The party which included Princess Zelda and Prince Shah had already made their way to the far end of the hall, Impa trailing behind as her hood turned in every direction.

At the end of the hall there was an already opened door leading giant stairwell, which led up into the upper palace. Near the grand hall's entrance there was another winding staircase, that led to the exterior battlements atop the castle. Between the two stairwells were several lesser hallways on either side that led to minor chambers, services halls and a smaller staircase that led to the balconies. The two largest and longest halls were one on the left that led to the Knights Hall, and one the right that led to the Temple of Time.

The noise of rapid footsteps could be heard echoing through the grand hall. The source seemed to be coming from roughly above where Ro and Lynd were.

[HEADING=2]Near the Roofs[/HEADING]

The two Aeralfos turned away from their initial prey and faced Sorti as he called them out. Their faces twisted into scowls, clearly agitated by his insults. Their attention was diverted enough from Ragnar that he was able to escape. The Aeralfos' were not pleased when they realized this, hissing and banging their weapons against the roof shingles in frustration.

As Sorti flew away though he'd find himself facing a different foe. Another bone-chilling shriek rang through the air, paralyzing the boy in mid-flight. The black-clothed Rito had circled back, the flapping of her wings bizarrely silent. She caught Sorti before he could fall, digging her talons into his stiff wings.

"What's this then? Some boy trying to play hero?" Raven hissed. "You look like you just came with your pair fresh from Valoo. I wonder how well you can fly with only one wing..."

Raven lifted one of her talons away, which slipping into her tunic. When it came out it was holding a black-tipped needle which she promptly jabbed into Sorti's right shoulder. The needle didn't seem to hurt much. In fact, Sorti didn't even feel it. Or anything else for that matter. The needle seemed to have drained any sense of nerve or feeling in Sorti's right arm. The elder rito laughed before tossing the younger towards one of the roofs, just as her shriek's effect wore off.

The Aeralfos meanwhile had lost interest in Sorti after Raven engaged him. They turned their attention back to Ragnar, who had managed to hop across several rooftops. The two Aeralfos flew after him, keeping distance between themselves. When they neared Ragnar, they both swooped down from different directions with rapiers raised forward.

[HEADING=2]At the Fountain[/HEADING]

The Wolfos howled in agony as it was lit aflame. After recovering from the knock-down, the monster darted towards the fountain and jumped inside. It began rolling around to douse the fire burning away at its fur.

Its summoner seemed to be in far less danger. She had countered both of Ingo's bolts with ease, hitting each one back with their respective elements. Whoever the sorceress was, she was clearly skilled in her craft. "Little wretch. Do you think you can best me?"

There was the sound of a pop followed shortly by a cork falling to the ground. "I bet you don't even have potions on hand. Some apprentice of Vaati you are!" Anna said, giggling afterwards. Then there was a silence. "I hear a fairy is a Kokiri's lifetime companion. It would be so tragic if something were to happen to yours..."

With that, there was a poof of shadowy air from which a swarm of Keese appeared. There were six of them, and they all flapped towards Perci with their mouths gaping. The Wolfos, meanwhile, had managed to douse the fires on its body. Now covered with black scorch marks, the beast growled as it charged again towards Ingo.

Valentine remained facing Erryn. He chuckled at the question. "Why, my dear? Because I am a villain. And like all villains, malevolent deeds are my meat and potatoes." he said, smirking all the while as though he found himself clever. "My troupe is performing a kidnapping and some robberies today. The violence is unnecessary to achieve it but...what's a good show without some bloody chaos?"

The musician stepped ever closer to Erryn. "May I assume you a pirate, judging from your attire and the crowd of seadogs behind you? I hear pirates make for excellent villains." he said. "My troupe is aiming to acquire many riches, relics and treasures. We're going to start fights and wars from here to the Great Sea. And we'd be thrilled to accept a new villainess to our cast. Interested?"

[HEADING=2]Around the Market[/HEADING]

Those who were wearing masks came to a halt when Rio's music stopped playing. People shifted their heads around, groaning groggily like one would after walking up from a long sleep. Some took their masks off, giving confused looks as they examined the damage done by Vaati's wind blast. Some grabbed their bodies which were aching in pain from getting knocked over, trying to pull themselves off from the ground. None of them seemed to understand what happened.

 

[Ruedyn]

"Little wretch. Do you think you can best me?"

"Yes, easily in faaa- is that a potion?"

"I bet you don't even have potions on hand. Some apprentice of Vaati you are!"

"Managed to hit you, didn't I little Ms. Know-It-All?! Quit hiding and I'll make it two for two!" Ingo roared back in return, keeping his eyes around Perci as the Wolfos howled behind him. That would require a bit of doing, considering all he had in his sleeve now was a toy, it was time to bugger out. He could teleport unless opportunity arose, or his hand was-

"I hear a fairy is a Kokiri's lifetime companion. It would be so tragic if something were to happen to yours..."

... Forced. Ingo growled as he took in every sound and action he could.

Wolfos in the fountain, now back and asking for more. Keese Swarm has entered the fray. Anna the amazing Asshole was going to try and counter any bolt he tried to use. His bird was returning, unnoticed, from his small job, and the pirates were negotiating with the musician. Luckily, Perci was good at evasion.

The fairy was fast, quickly ducking down and doing a spiral formation around the swarm, taking note of how many there were. Always good to relay that sort of thing to your master. Ingo waited till the Wolfos was upon him, suddenly dropping to his belly while the beast leaped over him. He quickly pressed the advantage, making a small wind blast towards Anna's direction.

He knew he was all but drained, but he had to get one more spell out before he booked it out. He snapped his fingers, feeling his eyelids gain a few pounds as a swarm of Hylian Hornets appeared. They quickly began working on Anna's swarm, stinging them and buzzing around erratically. Ingo's bird returned, a somewhat shiny device in his possession. Looked like an odd grappling hook, but Ingo could care less about it. He climbed onto his back, taking his usual perch as Perci rejoined them.

"Leaving already?!" She asked, sounding pretty angry.

"Outta magic juice. Want me to sling a rock at the invisible woman?" He retorted, as the bird began to take off with him only half ready. He clung to the bird hoping there would be no lightning from on high as they flew quickly down the street, flying serpentine. He'd check for alchemy shops then perhaps try for the castle.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Why, my dear? Because I am a villain. And like all villains, malevolent deeds are my meat and potatoes." The musician spoke, smirking throughout. "My troupe is performing a kidnapping and some robberies today. The violence is unnecessary to achieve it but...what's a good show without some bloody chaos?" He then stepped closer, now a mere foot away.

"May I assume you a pirate, judging from your attire and the crowd of sea-dogs behind you? I hear pirates make for excellent villains." He said. "My troupe is aiming to acquire many riches, relics and treasures. We're going to start fights and wars from here to the Great Sea. And we'd be thrilled to accept a new villainess to our cast. Interested?" Erryn began tossing her sword in the air, catching it via the grip each time as she thought about the proposal.

"The act of chaos, such a clichéd end goal for villains; why it's right up there with enslavement and conquest. And whilst the prospect of fortune and glory does sound tempting, I'm afraid I will have to graciously decline your offer. Whilst you may think that we're pirates based on our appearance, we are actually privateers under the Kingdom of Hyrule's service; sent to investigate disturbances and battle actual pirates when necessary." Erryn said as she caught her cutlass one final time and gave a few swings, though not intentionally aiming at the musician.

"Not the highest paying job in the land; but it does help me with my own personal affairs."

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

The dinolfos heard the beating of wings as the Aerolfos caught up to him and began their aerial charge downwards towards him. With no time to spare, the Dinolfos dove off of the rooftop at the last second towards the ground below where Valentine and Erryn were. As soon as he dove, he heard a crash of metal and scales meeting each other as the Aerolfos collided against one another. It was very difficult to stop in midair once you began accelerating and Aerolfos were no exception as they smashed into each other above the rooftops. That wouldn't keep them busy for long though, he imagined, he couldn't face them out in the open, it would be suicide without his clawshow. Then he noticed something shining out of the corner of his eye, a rather large bird with his clawshot in its talons flying towards the city.

He looked at the scene before him, with Valentine in and a new woman in front of him, as well as a swarm of Keese and a wolfos. "Shit, this is not good..." He locked eye contact with Valentine for a moment, keeping his ears sharp in case those Aerolfos decided to attack him again. "Seems your Rito friend is a fan of your music Valentine, sadly, she dropped the violin on the rooftop and smashed it into tiny pieces." he told the man, hoping that the little lie would help cause distrust between the two conspirators. Looking to Erryn, he spoke again. "Be on guard, there are two Aerolfos behind us and could attack at any moment." he informed her, glancing over his shoulder to check on the aerolfos' positions.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

~Sorti~​

As soon as Sorti turned to fly off, he managed to come face-to-face with one of his own kin, the black-garbed Rito wearing an ominously familiar mask. He only had a moment to react, and it wasn't nearly long enough when the Rito shrieked. His body immediately locked up, his wings stiff and his face frozen in a look of dumbfounded shock.

He was only saved from falling below by the Rito catching him, digging its talons into his wings. When it spoke, however, he realized the Rito was, in fact, a she.

"What's this then? Some boy trying to play hero? You look like you just came with your pair fresh from Valoo. I wonder how well you can fly with only one wing..."

At that, his eyes widened and he tried to glare up at her, just as she used one talon to reach into some hidden fold. What she pulled out was a black-tipped needle. Oh crud...

The needle plunged into his right shoulder, and surprisingly didn't hurt. The young Rito was about to relax, believing that whatever this rogue Rito woman had tried didn't work. It only took him a moment for the sick realization to kick in that he could no longer feel anything in his right arm, and it hung limply at his side.

Then he was promptly tossed aside with a laugh, causing him to plummet and tumble through the air towards one of the nearby roofs. Thankfully, the paralyzing shriek was starting to wear off, so he struggled to stop stumbling so he could at least try and soften the impact. When he finally managed to do so, faced not the incoming roof, but the street instead.

Apparently his struggles managed to push him just far enough from a safe-ish impact, to a potentially more deadly landing.

He wasted no time in flapping his left wing as hard as possible in the direction of the street itself, slowing his fall with the gusts it produced, but when he made contact with the cobblestones it was still harsh enough to hurt. Forcing himself to stand after taking the time to gather his wits about him, he started to run in the direction of the spear-wielder, clutching at his useless right wing.

Spoiler: Status

Hearts: 1 1/2 - Magic: 0 - Rupees: 0

 

[HollowAvarice]

The noise of rapid footsteps could be heard echoing through the grand hall. The source seemed to be coming from roughly above where Ro and Lynd were.

Ro looked upwards in response to the echoing sound of the footprints coming from above them. They needed to move quickly. If he recalled the stairs in the service halls ahead would lead them up to the that led to the balconies. That was the apparent location of the sound.

Ro and Lynd looked at each knowingly in response to the sound. "Let's go." Ro said before following Lynd up the nearest staircase. The hit the landing after ascending the stone stairs. The torch pillars and hanging chandeliers were meant for lighting the main hall and only provided the scarcest of light to the upper floor. Ro looked around, shield up, preparing for the worst.

"What now Mister Lynd? Should we head deeper in?"

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Bannog was about to politely decline a potion- he had his own, and he wasn't hurt enough to need one just yet- when a Zora approached, apparently confused about what was going on.
"Excuse me. What just happened?" he asked.

"Vaati happened. He took the Rito-child's friend, and blasted all of us," Bannog said, taking his eyes off Sorti to look at the Zora. "Now, I've asked that child to see what those two Aeralfos are up to."

He glanced back up. Sorti was approaching the Aeralfos.

"Which may have been a mistake, but I trust in his abilities."

Another glance. The Rito from before now had ahold of Sorti. Bannog had a sinking feeling in his stomach. It was confirmed as entirely correct when the Rito pulled something out of her tunic, and stabbed Sorti with it.

Bannog could only watch, helplessly, as the Rito-child plummeted. Bannog moved to catch him, but too little, too late. The boy hit the ground solidly, and lay for a moment. Bannog feared the worst, but Sorti stood after just a moment, and began to charge towards Bannog.

Bannog dropped to one knee, and bowed his head as the boy approached.
"I am sorry, Sorti. I would not have asked it of you had I known the Rito-woman would return so suddenly. I should not have asked it of you, regardless of the Rito-woman. I am sorry."

 

[CrazyGirl17]

The formerly zombified people seemed to be coming to their senses now that the weird music had stopped, but Hyoko wasn't paying attention.

As she rummaged through her bag, she heard hurried footsteps, and looked up to see Sorti staggering their way, clutching at one of his wings.

"Oh geez, you don't look too good." Hyroko said, then pulled out a potion. "Here, I think you need this more then I do."

 

[Texas Joker 52]

~Sorti~​

When the boy reached the spear-wielder, the large figure knelt on one knee and bowed his head in regretful sorrow.

"I am sorry, Sorti. I would not have asked it of you had I known the Rito-woman would return so suddenly. I should not have asked it of you, regardless of the Rito-woman. I am sorry."

He waved that off and smiled just a little.

"It's alright, I'm only sorry that I didn't see that other Rito comin, yea?" he said, glancing up at the skies with a glare.

"Anyway, I saw those two flying lizard-things going after a larger, silver lizard-man. Not sure whats going on, but it looked like he was in trouble. No clue where he went though." Sorti added with a grimace.

When the woman that accompanied the spear-wielder walked up, she offered a bottle filled with potion.

"Oh geez, you don't look too good. Here, I think you need this more then I do."

He took the offered potion with a smile and downed it in a single gulp. Only to immediately make a face of pure disgust at the taste. But, it didn't take long for his aches and pains to fade away and for him to be filled with some renewed strength, though his right wing didn't have any more feeling in it than before. But at least now he didn't feel like limping, and despite the wing, he felt much better.

"Thanks, I needed that." he said gratefully, handing the bottle back to the woman before glancing between the spear-wielder, woman, and the Zora and saying, "You know, I don't think I caught any of your names."

 

[Arcanist]

Ascending to the upper level with Ro in tow, Lynd kept his guard raised. Both his shield and sword were at the ready, his senses vigilant for the smallest disturbance that might betray the presence of this intruding bokoblin. The light from the torches downstairs dwindled as they ascended, and he strained his eyes to try and keep his vision sharp.

"What now Mister Lynd? Should we head deeper in?" Lynd nodded and began to advance. Every second he tarried was another second that monster could enact whatever plot it had in mind.

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

The boy waved off his apologies with a smile, but it did not clear Bannog of responsibility. Apparently, the Aeralfos were fighting a silverscale. Bannog frowned. He'd met precisely no silverscales, but he'd heard of them. The lizalfos were a hard people. He stared off into the sky, thinking about what the Rito-woman was doing, why there was a silverscale in the city, and what Vaati might want with the girl.


"You know, I don't think I caught any of your names."
"Bannog Spearcatcher, at your service," Bannog said without looking down.

He finally glanced about. "Though perhaps introductions should be conducted at a later date. The city still seems to be under attack. We might be able to render aid elsewhere."

It was then that he noticed Sorti's arm hanging limp. He frowned.
"Perhaps not, then. I would not put you in more danger, handicapped as you appear to be. I do not think we can thwart whatever these demons plans are, at this point. Your friend has been taken. Vaati escaped. Who knows how bad things may be in the rest of the city."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Seems your Rito friend is a fan of your music Valentine, sadly, she dropped the violin on the rooftop and smashed it into tiny pieces." A deep sounding voice said, it obviously being directed at the musician. Turning around Erryn could see that it was the silver-scaled Lizalfos from earlier, and it looked as though he had been in a fight given how she could see a small trickle of blood from one of the shoulders. "Be on guard, there are two Aeralfos behind us and could attack at any moment."

"Aeralfos you say?! We best be careful and watch out for their diving attacks; I hear it can hurt pretty badly under the right circumstances. Thanks for the heads up by the way. Say, are you alright? It's just I notice that your bleeding." Erryn asked, keeping her attention focused between both Valentine and the Dinolfos.

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

The dinolfos nods to the pirate woman, clutching his shoulder through his yellow and orange clothes. A splotch of blood matted the fabric beneath his hand, a steady trickle of blood oozing through his clothes and down his arm. Say, are you alright? It's just I notice that your bleeding

He looked at her and nodded. "Yeah, my arm's messed up and I lost my clawshot, that Rito woman threw it to another rooftop...then a bird swooped down and took it." he growled and grumbled, glancing back to the Smokey Dodongo. "I'd recommend that we retreat into the bar, we're far to exposed out here." he told her, the lizard man having nothing else in his possession to help with this fight other than his flame breath and that wouldn't take long to overuse.

Spoiler: status

4 1/2 hearts

 

[DarkRawen]

"Vaati happened. He took the Rito-child's friend, and blasted all of us. Now, I've asked that child to see what those two Aeralfos are up to."

Vaati. Was he supposed to know who that was? The name sounded vaguely familiar, but not familiar enough for Rio to remember just why.

Nevermind that, though. Why was a child sent up to the enemies?

Rio probably wouldn't have, should he have been the one who was asked. His inability to fly -being a Zora and all- wouldn't really matter in the decision, there had to be someone older, more experienced. Yet, a smaller child had decided to listen to the monster.

"Which may have been a mistake, but I trust in his abilities."

You still sent a child into possibly danger, though.

Rio didn't understand the reasoning, but he didn't spoke, only watched as the Rito child was approached by another one like it. Then, all of a sudden, the older Rito stabbed it with something, and the young feathered boy fell down, barely managing to break his fall a little before hitting the ground. At first, he appeared to be unconscious, but he then stood up, moving. The monst--- well, the guy who wouldn't win any beauty-contests, apologized to the child, while the girl in the cloak gave the young Rito a potion. Looking between them, the Rito-child said:

"You know, I don't think I caught any of your names."

Was this really the time? However, the child was braver than Rio was, so he thought he might as well respect that, sorta. A bit, it was still pretty odd to do.

"I'm Rio," he replied, voice rather silent because of the situation, but speaking clearly enough to be understood. "What's your name?"

 

[Deu Sex]

[HEADING=2]Inside Hyrule Castle[/HEADING]

The balconies above the great hall connected to each other through short stairs, and were fortunately covered with railings that would prevent anyone from falling. The chandeliers hung from ornate chains attached to the ceiling, just barely visible in the dim lighting.

Princess Zelda's party had vanished from sight below. Most likely they were making their way to the upper levels. There was little to see where Ro and Lynd where, most of the balconies covered in darkness. Shortly after they spoke though, a strange voice rang out through the dark.

"Well, well, well! What do we have here? A couple of wolves coming to hunt down this poor rabbit? Or maybe you're just sheep in wolves' clothing..." These words echoed through the dark chamber. Distinguishing where the voice was coming from would be as difficult as seeing the speaker. "What's wrong? Having trouble tracking me with those pointy-ears of yours? Here, let me help. I'll give you some light!"

With that, there was a flash of light from across a balcony on the far right. A jet of bright, burning flame came spiralling in the direction of Ro and Lynd, with the hideous echo of a laugh following it.

[HEADING=2]Near the Fountain[/HEADING]

Anna was heard hissing as Ingo's Hornets engaged her Keese. The sight was enough to distract from Ingo's other spell, a windblast that was wide enough to make contact with the invisible sorceress. There was a stone, pounding noise as she was apparently slammed against the fountain's central pillar. As the Hylian Hornets were slowly winning their fight with the Keese, Anna recovered from the attack and shot out a bolt of fire. Both swarms were reduce to plumes of dark, purplish smoke.

A look of displeasure crossed Valentine's face when Erryn mentioned the word clichéd. He fought back the scowl though and continued to smile at the woman. When Erryn began casually swinging her sword around, Valentine didn't flinch but did take a few steps back.

"I'm disappointed to hear that, dear." he said. Valentine turned to Ragnar shortly after, frowning openly at his words. "And even moreso to hear that. Though somehow I doubt Raven is the one who broke it..." he uttered with a harsh tone.

The musician turned his back to Erryn. He began walking away from both her and Rangar, hands wrapped behind his back. "Anyways, you shouldn't worry about the Aeralfos. You're about to have a different concern. Anna?" On cue, two bolts of magic materialized from the air. One made of frost flew towards Ragnar, while a flaming one jetted towards Erryn. Anna's Wolfos followed after the bolts, charging towards the pair with its mouth slobbering.

Meanwhile the Aeralfos were pulling themselves up from a nearby roof, shaking their heads as they tried to recover from the daze of colliding with each other in mid-air. After regaining their senses, the pair turned to where Rangar was. They hissed and lifted themselves into the air with their wings. Before they could soar in for an attack though, Raven appeared in front of them.

"Forget the silver. Anna will deal with him. We have more important work to do." she said. Both the Aeralfos exchanged looks, frowning yet shaking their heads in agreement. They and Raven both flew over to the top of the fountain's pillar where the spiritual stones rested. The trio surrounded the top of the pillar, each one grasping a separate stone. After a series of tugs the stones came loose with a clank. Raven grasped the Kokiri Emerald in her talons, while the Aeralfos had the Goron Ruby and Zora Sapphire. All three flapped their wings rapidly, wanting to get as high up from the ground as they could.

[HEADING=2]Near the Market[/HEADING]

Sorti, Bannog, Hyoko, Rio and anyone else nearby heard a voice. It was a loud one and easily recognizable. "What ill fortune bodes for me this day!"

The Goron from before stepped out from a nearby alley. He held a stack of masks in his hands still. The Goron looked on dismayed as people in the crowd began tossing his cheap masks away, or smashing them against the pavement until they broke. "Such masterful craft! Such beautiful pieces of art! Such a potentially horrifying slaughter! All ruined by a single stroke of foul luck!" he bellowed. All faces turned to him, but his gaze was fixed on the odd group of a Rito, Bulbin, Gerudo and Zora. "But then, who are these heroes-to-be? So brave and brazen that they would dare to charge fearlessly into battle with Vaati? So arrogant as to challenge Sir Valentine's music with a tune of their own?"

The Goron laughed."Good! Very good! If you're so heroic, then perhaps you'd be willing to take on I, the mighty Hogan!" he shouted, beating his chest bombastically. "You may have been spared the wrath of our lesser masks, but now you must content with one of the greater!" Hogan flung his stack of masks into the air, the rubbish attire scattering across the streets. He held onto the mask at the bottom of the stack, which looked different from all the others. It was a dark, metal-looking mask with ornate design and odd runes emblazoned on it.

"Now, feel the wrath of the Mask of Steel!" Hogan placed the mask over his face. There was a brutal, crunching sound and then something else. The Goron suddenly turned into metal. Hogan's entire body was covered in a dark, metal substance that shimmered in the light.

Hogan banged his fists together, sparks flying and the sound of metal ringing each time. He then stuck his arms out the party of ragtags, gesturing for them to come at him.

 

[Ruedyn]

[sub]"Now, feel the wrath of the Mask of Steel!"[/sub]

"... Checking that out later, Perci, yay or nay?" He looked to his fairy companion, who answered a prompt, "Yes, we're heroes after all! We have to protect all the villagers!"

Ingo groaned, "But these are city folk. They don't give good rewards unless you stop a big threat. Like the one we just ran from..."

"That's bothering you? What were ya gonna do, slingshot her?" Ingo shook his head, looking dour. The bird found a decent target as he flapped quickly through the night, leaving a trail of feathers. A large, wooden building, with a large potion symbol hanging off a sign, exactly what he was looking for. First bit of luck all night, he sighed. Ingo climbed slowly off his mount, strolling to the door of the place. Seemed intact in the chaos, at least, likely something in there for him. The door, however, was unfortunately locked.

Not enough to keep a Wizzrobe out, however. "Bird! Knock down the door, I'll pay for it later!"

Ingo backed out of the way while his mount bravely bashed it's large frame against the door, knocking it down in one go. It seemed to hurt itself a bit, it looked wounded, or as wounded as artificial life could look. He strolled in anyways, after making the bird drop it's loot. A clawshot, and some rupees! A lot of them, surprisingly.

"Where did you...? Nevermind, luck when I need it." He put the clawshot carefully in his bag, scooping up the rest into his childlike arms, shuffling into the shop with his haul. It was dark, likely the owner was cowering in mortal fear or was out for the festivities.

"Right, taking some potions to fight villains! I'll leave some money I guess! Sorry!" He called into the dark, moving quickly to the cauldrons. One was filled with red liquid, Health. Another was green, his target, Magic. He pulled out all his bottles, filling 4 of them in the liquid, drinking one down for a quick boost. The last he filled with a health potion, in case the worst was to happen.

He left the money in a large pile in the middle of the room, mounting his pet again.

"Alright, Perci. Supplies! What should we do now, Castle, that screaming Goron guy, or back to that cowardly wizzrobe?"

"Hmm... Screaming guy was closest, take him on. Then maybe the people he was yelling at could help you! Then that pirate and anyone who still wants to help you can check out the castle. Plan?"

"Eh. Plan. One second, though..." Ingo grinned maliciously as he spread out his palms, rubbing them together. He had only cast the spell once, and it did all but drain him, but damn was the result impressive.

"... Ingo, I know that look in your eye. We both know that that's overkill, there's no need to summon-"

"EI NATH!"

A black haze swirled above them dramatically, shaping itself quickly as Ingo watched on, cackling manically as it formed itself into the mighty Mothula. Perci let off another fairy groan, flying into complaining mode, buzzing around his head like a nagging fly on near omnipotent poo.

"Oh, c'mon! We both know this thing practically runs on property damage- stop laughing, you're scaring me!"

Ingo climbed atop the beasts back as it lifted itself into the air, chugging another magic potion. He stood upon his head, his mad eyes staring at the world below. It flew towards the direction of the Steel Mask Man, Ingo smiling as the kargaroc flew around them with Perci. It felt good to be big...

 

[HollowAvarice]

The darkness pervaded the balcony, flashes of light from the chandeliers provided only ambient light, no where near enough to spot their prey. From the silence and darkness a voice rang out.

"Well, well, well! What do we have here? A couple of wolves coming to hunt down this poor rabbit? Or maybe you're just sheep in wolves' clothing...What's wrong? Having trouble tracking me with those pointy-ears of yours? Here, let me help. I'll give you some light!" The voice sounded high pitched yet beastly at the same time.

Ro squinted and tried to use what little light was available to find the source. Some light...what could that mean. Ro's eyes grew wide as a flash of light appeared from the left and a stream of bright, burning flames blasted out. Ro hid behind his shield as the flames blasted him backwards. As he landed on his rear, Ro rolled to the side as the flame licked at his back. A sharp move along his spine where the flames touched, he continued to roll to matt the flames out. He heard a cackling laugh echoing from the darkness. They had to know what they were up against. Ro began to fish through his bag and dug out his lantern. He dipped it onto the now burning carpet and it lit up.

He tossed the burning lantern down the hall into the darkness, hoping to shine a light on the attacker. A brilliant plan, Ro had...wait a second...LYND! Ro turned in a panic to see what happened to the guard, turning his back to the source of the attack.

Hearts: 4 out of 5 - Magic: 0 - Rupees: 142​

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

Ragnar saw the Ice bolt shooting towards him and quickly opened his maw, The dinolfos unleashing a powerful column of flame at the bolt and engulfing it in flame, as well as searing the wolfos charging behind it. Upon the contact of flame and ice, Billowing clouds of steam were produced from the rapid melting of the ice shards. Within seconds, the area was engulfed in a semi-thick fog of airborn vapor, covering everyone in the in the warm mist.

Scanning the area for the source of the magic, he saw a figure in the mist, merely a sihlouette against the fog, but it was there, A place in the fog where there was no mist in the outline of a woman. "There you are!" he roared, darting forward and quickly closing the distance towards the now visible Anna. He extended his good arm and reached out towards the figure, attempting to grab her before she could do anything else. As he got closer, he noticed her outline was floating in the air rather than on the ground. Once he was within a few feet of her, the eight foot tall dinolfos made use of his powerful legs and leaped into the air, wrapping his arms around the hovering mage and bringing her down to the ground, pinning her beneath the bulk of his weight. He quickly felt up her invisible body trying to quickly find her arms and wrists to pin them beneath him, looking down at the invisible woman's face, flames licking at his lips. "that invisibility would be great for playing pranks..." he growled to her, his fire leaking out of his maw with every word, a bit angry right now from everything that had been going on.

He let the flames subside for a moment to call back to the pirate woman. "Take care of that wolfos, stab it in the back if you can! I've got the mage!" He yelled to her, knowing that wolfos were native to the Lost woods, and that they were easily dispatched when struck from behind. He also didn't want to be flanked or knocked off of herwhile holding down Anna. He also made sure to keep her palms facing awayfrom him, down on the ground, knowing that mages often utilized their hands for their spells.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Before Hyoko could respond to the Zora's query, the Goron stepped out from an alleyway, still holding a stack of the masks in his hands. Hyoko's blood boiled, remembering what they had done to all those people, and almost her as well.

Tossing aside her things, Hyoko stepped forward, scimitars drawn. "You will pay for your crimes!" She declared, a bit dramatically, "And you will regret messing with a warrior of the Gerudo!"

And with that, she rushed forward, blades drawn, though they did little to mar the Goron's iron skin. So, she decided to try a different method, throwing bolts of fire and ice at the brute, but to no avail. But still Hyoko kept at it, hopefully she would be able to distract him while the others made a plan of attack...

Spoiler: Stats

Hearts: 4.5 out of 5 Magic: 10 Rupees: ???