The Legend of Zelda: Dawn of Dreams

[Deu Sex]

[HEADING=2]The Market[/HEADING]

Hogan missed his marks, Softi having lifted Hyoko to safety. The crowd which had gathered behind them quickly dispersed as the metal Goron kept on rolling. The only person still in his path was a black-haired Hylian. His eyes went wide as he saw Hogan rolling towards him.

Before the mercenary could react though, Hogan came to a grinding halt. Some of Mothula's projectile Morths had landed on Hogan, sticking to his hide and helping to slow him down. Most of the Morths were scattered amongst the crowd though. There were cries of "What the heck?!" as people tried yanking the harmless creatures off their clothes. When Ingo's ice bolt hit Hogan, the Goron stopped completely.

This was only a temporary setback though. "Bwahaha! Fools! Do you honestly think such puny tricks can ensnare I, the might Hogan?!" he bellowed. Metal spikes then expanded from Hogan's hide, skewering the Morths and shattering the ice. However the sudden expansions combined with the damage from Ingo's bolts caused more chunks of steel to break away.

"Oh yeah, brother!" Hogan resumed rolling, his spikes tearing up the ground. "You can't stop the rock!" As if on cue, the Goron was immediately stopped again. This time by an explosion. The black-haired mercenary had readied a bomb while Hogan was stuck in place, which detonated after being thrown in his path.

Hogan he roared in pain as he veered off course. He narrowly missed the Hylian and instead crashed into a nearby building. The wall collapsed as Hogan rolled into it, debris crashing down and burying him. Dust filled the air and the Goron stopped moving.

"Hmph. Don't see that everyday..." the mercenary muttered. He walked over to the rubble pile where Hogan lay. "Well, looks like he got knocked out co-" A fist rose from the rubble, slamming into the Hylian and sending him flying across the street. Hogan rose up, freeing himself of debris. His armour had almost fallen off completely.

He roared in anger and grabbed onto the Mask of Steel. After a bone-crackling noise and a few hard yanks the mask came off. Hogan tossed it aside and continued to bellow. "I DON'T NEED A MASK TO KILL YOU IMPUDENT WHELPS! I WANT TO FEEL YOUR BLOOD AGAINST MY SKIN WHEN I CRUSH YOU!" Hogan picked up chunks of debris and flung them at Sorti and Ingo, a pair of rocks headed both their ways. After that he saw Erryn's crew members as they came his way. The Goron turned and roared as he charged towards them, with surprising speed in his berserker fit.

[HEADING=2]The Fountain[/HEADING]

Stonk grinned toothily at Erryn. "Ye, maybe we could. Maybe ya could buy 'em fer yourself. I'm thinkin' dat ya gonna all da help ya can get to beat Captain Dagon!" he said before chuckling. He then turned to Ragnar and offered a shrug. "If dat's all ya got, then we ain't got no business to discuss."

The attention of Stonk and the rest of his fellow mercenary quickly returned to the Hylian soldiers. They had surrounded the fountain in a circle with weapons at the ready. Commander Sigrid approached the group of ragtags with her a pair of knightly guard, her longsword and a terrifying look on her face. She was shooting daggers at Ragnar in particular, although her anger found a new target as she spied the glimmer of the Zora Sapphire. Her anger dissipated slightly, only slightly, as she noticed Erryn holding it. Sigrid's glare seemed to soften and her teeth unclenched as she stepped forward.

"You are going to hand that over." she said. She spoke with a cold tone. "Then you are coming to the Castle for questioning. All of you." Her eyes wandered over the group until they found Ragnar. "Especially you, lizard."

As the other Hylian soliders closed in, presumably to seize the group, the sound of an explosion was heard. Everyone attention turned to the source of the noise in time to see Hogan crash into a nearby building, rise from the rubble and punch the black-haired mercenary across the street before bellowing death threats and throwing himself at Erryn's crew.

"...On second thought, we're going to deal with this first." Sigrid said. She turned to her soldiers and gestured her hands. Half of them followed while the other hand remained in a semicircle around the fountain. The mercenaries rushed towards Hogan as well after seeing him pummel their companion.

Meanwhile the Dinolfos and their pursuers had escaped from the sight, the vast majority of the former rushing out through the Eldin Gate.

[HEADING=2]The Castle[/HEADING]

The Bokoblin started cackling again as Lynd started shouting at the top of his lungs. "Ooooh yes! This gonna be good!" He drew his machetes again and met Lynd's charge with one of his own. This time the Blin began spinning around, his weapons extended outwards. He came at the guardsman like a whirlwind of blades. He continued laughing wildly as his machetes lashed out at Lynd with great speed and power.

A hand grabbed Ro's shoulder from behind. "Move, Barron." said a male voice. A red-haired Gerduo was standing behind him with bow. Prince Shah drew an arrow, nocked it and loosed in what seemed like a single action. The arrow flew into the melee, narrowly missing Lynd and instead planting itself in the left shoulder of the Bokoblin. The creature grunted in pain and halted his assault on Lynd.

[HEADING=2]Outside[/HEADING]

Beyond the Lanayru Gate, one could see a pair of dark figures moving along the green outskirts of Castle Town. While his hooded companion rode on horseback, Vaati simply levitated through the air. The both of them covered ground quickly and with matching speeds. They eventually came to a stop at a rocky outcrop, moving behind it as though attempting to hide themselves from Castle Town's sight.

The rider pulled down his hood, revealing himself to be a middle-aged Hylian with long brown hair, a pair of ear piercings and arcane-looking tattoos on his face. Vaati remained with his bat-like, cyclopean helmet on. The two looked around to make sure the coast was clear before facing each other.

"Where's Fahrd?" the mounted sorcerer asked.
"I sent Marin his way. He likely started off after receiving her." Vaati replied.
"He must have covered some distance. I can't see him anywhere. Maybe he used sorcery to speed himself up..."
"I certainly hope not. The both of you would do best to ration your magic, Kahrd. We'll be needing it for the journey back to Gale Island."
"After that attack, I imagine getting out of Hyrule will prove a difficult task."
"Yes...especially after that scene back in the marketplace. I'm fairly certain that half the city saw my face back there. And I owe it all to some stupid, ignorant Rito child..." Vaati muttered then shook his head. "Still, eluding any guards and getting through the Hylian docks is hardly beyond Wizzrobes of our calibre."

Vaati and his Kahrd turned to face Castle Town once again. Smoke billowed from the city and rose to mix with the dark clouds looming above. "The storm has come." Vaati said, turning back to his accomplice. "We've been idle for too long. Come, let's hurry north and catch up with your brother."

Kahrd bowed his head, before sliding his hood over it once more. "Yes, Lord Vaati." And then they were off. The two sorcerers resumed their trek across Hyrule Field with staggering speed.

All the while, they had remained unaware of the hidden Bokoblin who had overheard their entire conversation by the rocky outcrop.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

~Sorti~​

As he struggled to get them both aloft, he hardly noticed what happened below besides Hogan missing them both. After all, if he had hit Hyoko, Sorti would have noticed the jerk through his talons, and instead he continued to feel the static weight of her as he held on.

Focusing on keeping in the air, he could only hear the sounds of magic, explosions, and of crashing stone. All of this along with Hogans bellowed boasts. When he finally turned to see what was going on, the Goron had ended up buried beneath the remains of a wall. Hogan promptly punched his way out of the rubble, sending a Hylian flying across the street with his fist, before he tugged the Mask of Steel off of his face.

"I DON'T NEED A MASK TO KILL YOU IMPUDENT WHELPS! I WANT TO FEEL YOUR BLOOD AGAINST MY SKIN WHEN I CRUSH YOU!"

And with that, the Goron threw two chunks of rubble into the air, one at him, and another at the Hylian boy.

He couldn't help the boy, but he knew he could turn the rock headed towards him, and he had just enough time for a one-liner. After all, a good adventurer had one-liners ready for almost any situation.

So, he paused in-between wingbeats before flapping once as hard as possible, forming a blast of wind that rushed forward to meet the debris headed his way.

"IMPROPER POSTAGE, RETURN TO SENDER!" he cried, before resuming his frantic flapping.

Then he started to lower both Hyoko and himself to a safer part of the market street.

 

[Ruedyn]

"Bwahaha! Fools! Do you honestly think such puny tricks can ensnare I, the might Hogan?!"

"Loud idiot, isn't he?" Ingo muttered, standing on his decidedly unsteady Kargaroc, examining his near dead Mothula. It was pretty heavily neutered, wasn't gonna be useful after this without lasers or aimed Morths. He sighed, gripping the spear in it's eye and digging it in further, letting the creature dissipate into black gas. He never did learn what the technical name was. His ears perked up when the beast started yelling, and some explosions happened.

"I DON'T NEED A MASK TO KILL YOU IMPUDENT WHELPS! I WANT TO FEEL YOUR BLOOD AGAINST MY SKIN WHEN I CRUSH YOU!"

"Haven't we done this already?" Ingo cocked a brow, lazily swiping his hand out. The windblast blew the debris right back towards the enraged Goron, and gave Ingo a chance to look around. No longer wearing steel and berserking around the peanut gallery. Served em right for watching a deal, but the big deal here was his lack of armor... He spotted the mask, pulling out his clawshot he ordered his mount to fly in closer. The gadget did it's job while he addressed his Fairy pal,

"So, tonight's pretty much just been bad idea after bad idea, right?"

"... Riiight?" The fairy seemed to look at him skeptically, expecting the next thing out of his mouth to be very, very stupid.

"Well, if bad ideas got us in this deep, it's gotta work around eventually, right?" Ingo played around with the mask, and Perci noticed they seemed to be climbing higher in the air. The Kokiri could even feel his ears pop as the breeze got a bit stronger and stronger.

"Ingo, what are you planning?"

"Something awesome. Though, just in case, I want you to go to the castle. I'll try to meet you there. If not, I died in a totally awesome way and you should tell everyone how cool it was." He spoke in a fast, vaguely worried voice as he bent over, pulling out some rope from his satchel. He tied it around the spear and neck of his faithful steed, petting it's head to reassure the artificial construct everything would be okay.

"Ingo, you dork, you're not-"

[sub][sub]"IMPROPER POSTAGE, RETURN TO SENDER!"[/sub][/sub]

"... If what you're about to do is more stupid than that, I swear-"

Ingo stood up suddenly, as the Kagaroc flew faster. He gave a big grin to his fairy, spreading his arms out and falling backwards. He let himself fall for a few seconds, breathing calmly, enjoying the fall before he hit something hard. He placed the mask over his face, feeling instantly the metal growing over his skin and clothing. It felt odd as it wrapped around his face, and he felt so much... heavier. His once billowing cloak also became quite stiff around him as well, luckily it wasn't wrapped around his shoulders like usual, rather thrown back. Walking would be weird with that.

He shifted his body, spreading out his arms and legs. His aim was true, he was right above where the oaf was going to be in

3...

2...

1.

*KERBANG*

-2/4 hearts.

[sub]"... Aaaaaaauuuuugh~"[/sub] A small sound came from his throat, as the steel boy landed hard on the charging Goron. He rolled off the hulks body, the second round of his "master" plan came screeching through, flying upside down and sticking Bannogs spear into the Goron's side. Ingo rocked back and forth on the ground, stuck on his rigid cape like a turtle on his shell. After a second he gave up, tugging at his mask to make it come off. Perci flew up beside him ignoring the danger of the situation to chastise him.

"You... You fucking idiot, what the hell are you thinking?! You're a wizzrobe, why didn't you just throw more magic at him you goddamn-"

He screamed in pain as he tugged the mask farther and farther off, until finally he had peeled the damnable artifact off, landing hard on the ground and chunks of metal. He felt sore everywhere, he pulled out a magic potion and downed it quickly as he brought himself up to his feet.

"A-a-alright. I'm up. P-please tell me he's d-dead." Ingo rubbed his temple, throwing a blind dark magic bolt towards the Gorons direction.

 

[HollowAvarice]

"Ooooh yes! This gonna be good!"

The Mad Bokoblin continued his assault on Lynd. Ro needed to get in there and help. It was doubtful Ro could truly help though.

Lost in thought, Ro was distracted as the source of the footprints arrived. A hand pulled Ro back. "Move Barron!"

The Gerudo Prince had arrived to help. Oh thank the goddesses He notched and arrow and quickly let it fly. The projectile dug into the shoulder of the blin.

Saved again. Alright, it's good that I'm not dead, but Shah saved me. First Lynd, now Shah. I...I need to help

Ro was feeling queasy at the notion of anything heroic (that could potentially get him killed) but if a shield bash worked it might work again.

The Bokoblin had turned to face the prince as Ro sidled along the wall. As soon as he got close enough, making sure the blin was not looking at him, he lunged forward and forced the shield into the arrow lodged in the monsters shoulder, hoping to cause him a great deal of pain. As soon as the shield connected reached out to grab the machete out of the monster's hand. Ro quickly leaped back to avoid retribution, hopefully taking one of the machetes with him.

Hearts: 3 and 3/4 out of 5 - Magic: 0 - Rupees: 142​

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

"Especially you, lizard." The dinolfos winced at those words as he could feel her eyes boring into him before hearing the ruckus off in the distance. Ragnar took this as a chance to move with the guards and Sigrid as they made their way to the Market, he lookd back at Erryn and called back. "MAke sure that Valentine does not disappear, He is the only member we have captured in this conspiracy." called out to her loud enough for both Erryn and Sigrid to hear.

As they both neared the market, he saw the Kokiri from earlier plummetting from the sky made of...Metal? And the angry goron right below him. At the current trajectory, the Kokiri was going to miss his target.

"I DON'T NEED A MASK TO KILL YOU IMPUDENT WHELPS! I WANT TO FEEL YOUR BLOOD AGAINST MY SKIN WHEN I CRUSH YOU!"

Ragnar growled deeply and darted through the contingent of soldiers, and broke into a full fledged sprint towards the berserking hogan. He didn't have to overpower the goron, he just had to clash and hope that his strength is at least enough to stall the Goron long enough for Gravity to finish working with Ingo. With caution thrown to the wind and beyond, the dinolfos charged and met in a clash. "Fucking stoneheaded moron.." he growled beneath his breath as he took a few blows in that short moment before a lound "GONG" rang out from INgo impacting Hogan's head at terminal velocity, followed by watching the bird that stole his clawshot whoosh down and stab a spear in his side.

The dinolfos took immediate advantage of Hogan's pain and confusion to tackle the goron to the ground, quickly pinning his arms behind his back and locking them in as hard as he could, trying to keep the male on the ground. "Its over Hogan...Valentine's been beaten to a pulp and captured, Raven and the dinolfos have fled, you're the only one left here...surrender or die." he growled to the Goron loud enough so that hopefully it got through to him. If not, he curled his tail around the spear and twisted it a bit in his side. The dino didn't escape that little exchange unscathed though, the Goron was almost superhuman in his punches, leaving the lizard with blood dripping from his jaws and the several cracked, or broken ribs and other bones. Beaten and battered, the Dinolfos even breathed a bit of flame to the side of his head, watching Ingo's shadow bolt pass by and impact the ground to his right. Seems the kokiri was alright from hs landing.

He could only assume that ingo has the clawshot, so he would have to ask him later after apprehending Hogan. He looked back and called to Sigrid. "Um...Sigrid was it? this Goron gave out masks to the people of Castle town, and The man you saw beaten at the fountain was the one that tried to turn the people who wore the masks, into monsters." he explained as he called out to her. "PLease apprehend them." he panted afterwards, his jaws drooling blood from a little internal bleeding from the strong punches. With that, the Dino remained on the goron, using all of his strength as a fully grown dinolfos to keep the goron's arms and body pinned on the ground.
-2 hearts

Spoiler: status

Hearts = 2 Rupees = 126 (101 fake)

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Erryn's Team

Stonk gave a toothy looking grin as he thought over Erryn's proposal. "Ye, maybe we could. Maybe ya could buy 'em fer yourself. I'm thinkin' dat ya gonna all da help ya can get to beat Captain Dagon!" Erryn smirked at the suggestion, and a valid one at that, last time she fought the Dread Captain, he showed greater strength for someone of his build; perhaps he had Power Bracelets on himself, but Erryn couldn't remember if he did or not.

"Perhaps, what would you say to..." Erryn was about to make an offer, when her attention was drawn to the circle of Knights that had surrounded the Fountain area, followed closely by Commander Sigrid and what looked like her personal guard. She casted a deathly looking gaze at Ragnar, though her attention was quickly shifted towards Erryn when she spied the Zora Sapphire clutched in the privateer's hand.

"You are going to hand that over." Sigrid said coldly "Then you are coming to the Castle for questioning. All of you." Her piercing gaze then turned to Ragnar. "Especially you, lizard."

"It was my intention to return this to you Sigrid. I have no desire to keep one of the Sacred Stones. Besides, two of my crew risked their lives to recover it, so you could at least be a little bit grateful. And as for questioning, the only one you should be talking to is the gentleman laying in a crumpled heap beside me; everyone else here was doing a citizen's duty to help in a crisis." Erryn said, raising her voice slightly, obviously ticked off at the tone of the Commander, then again, that was the way in which Commander Sigrid always acted, stony-faced.

Before Commander Sigrid had a chance to retort, an explosion was heard. Everyone turned to see that a Goron had just crashed into a nearby building, taking out the section of wall in the process. He then rose from the rubble and punched at the black haired mercenary who put a bomb in his path, sending him flying half way across the street.

"...On second thought, we're going to deal with this first." She finally spoke, before taking half her guard off to confront the Goron whilst the others remained encircled around the group. Eryyn sounded off a quick huff.

"Typical."

"Right then everyone, seems like we've got to keep the situation here under control. Cecilia, I want you to go over to those mercenaries and help out with their injured colleague. Rusl you go with her for protection. Videll and Ashei, I want you to check over our injured gentleman down here, make sure he's still breathing and stabilize his condition if necessary. As for you Akito, help out with guarding this area. Now move it!" Eryyn said in her commanding presence. With a nod of agreement, the crew-members went off to do their assigned duties.

Faulkner's Team

By the time that the team which Faulkner was leading had reached the scene of action, it appeared that the Goron was momentarily down for the count, thanks in no small part to Kokiri riding on a Kagaroc, and the silver scaled Dinolfos that had been aiding Erryn during the fight with the musician. Despite the injuries that Ragnar had sustained, he was using what strength he had left to hold the Goron in place.

"Its over Hogan...Valentine's been beaten to a pulp and captured, Raven and the Dinolfos have fled, you're the only one left here...surrender or die."

"I think you should listen to my scaly friend here Hogan. You're surrounded on all sides, and with a squad of Hylian Knights approaching, led by the fabled Commander Sigrid, I wouldn't fancy your chances. Do the smart thing Hogan given the situation, and maybe you can salvage some of your pride." Faulkner said, an arm resting on his large two-handed sword, despite his age, he was still able to wield the blade with a decent amount of skill. To the left and right of him were Telma and Tyrus, everyone else was helping to get the townsfolk who remained out of the way.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

As she was lifted high above the streets, Hyoko could see the chaos going on down below, and knew she had to do something. The moment her feet hit the ground, Hyoko pulled out her bow and quickly notched an arrow and waited for a chance.

She saw that Hogan was going all out in his attacks, despite the fact that his armor was falling away. Suddenly, a silver-scaled Dinofols appeared, looking ready to rough Hogan up if he tried anything. "Its over Hogan...Valentine's been beaten to a pulp and captured, Raven and the dinolfos have fled, you're the only one left here...surrender or die." Moments later, the Kokiri boy dove in on Kagarock-back, now metal like the Goron was, charging in a slamming Bannog's spear into his side.

Seeing that the Goron was distracted, she cautiously stepped closer, bow still drawn. "Do not move," she hissed at the Goron, trying to sound braver than she felt, "Or I will be forced to end you." Her eyes slid over to the Kokiri boy. "You okay, kid?"

 

[Terratina.]

Alarm bells were ringing inside Jakaboq's head as he watched Vaati and his lackey converse. The Bokoblin had the best timing didn't he? Go to Castle Town, perhaps find a job, get some supplies, then go off hunting Sheikah relics again - the initial plan was oh-so-simple. However, the damn place just had to be raided today by that goddamn sorcerer. Well, at least that was what the sneaky Bokoblin assumed from all of the cryptic talk. That reminded him, it could be useful in some way. Better than thinking about that time when Momma Vrek refused to let her son go to Gale Island to train in the dark arts.

He could still hear her rough, worn voice shout, "You ain't goin', not until ya got ya sea-legs!"

Perhaps if the Bokoblin had washed up there, things would have been different. He would have got respect from being a sorcerer, and possibly would be tearing Castle Town a new one right now. Maybe that was a small blessing. For one, he rather liked the town. With that, he cleared his mind and Jakaboq let out a little giggle at the thought of selling the little information he got from eavesdropping for money, probably to some guards or whatever. Of course, a whelp like him would do something slightly underhanded like that. 'Sorry but I need some Rupees too. A lot of them.' He thought. Regardless, best to write all down, right?

Marin → Fahrd (wherever the hell he went.)
Kahrd and Vaati → Gale Island​

It wasn't much, but it was something. With that done, the super sneaky Sheikah Bokoblin slunk out of the rocky outcrop and reached his planned destination. Since the place was in chaos, he chose to keep with the stealthy approach.

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Bannog stood woozily inside the store. A quick pat-down suggested he was battered and bruised, but whole. He downed a health potion with a sigh, and clambered back out the window. His vision was still blurry- he was having trouble focusing on anything. But then a flash of silvery metal, and his spear. Then, the rest of the world snapped into place and Bannog had to try not to laugh.

He pulled his shortbow off his back, and leaned against a wall, breathing deeply. Even magic couldn't stave off being thrown through a window at sixty five, Bannog realized. He straightened back up with a sigh, and nocked an arrow, moving up next to Hyoko.

"Twice the terror? Or twice the chump?" Bannog said, attempting bravado but mostly ending up sounding woozy and tired. Hopefully the damn thing was down for the count this time.

 

[Deu Sex]

[HEADING=2]Lanayru Gate[/HEADING]

As Jakaboq approached Castle Town, he would have found the gates wide open. Not an unusual sight during the Festival of the Trinity. What was unusual though was the absence of people. There was nobody hanging around the gate area, not even a handful of guards.

Beyond the gate, one could see a massive crowd gathered near the end of the marketplace. The sea of people extended towards the fountain plaza. Apparently something of great interest was going on there. Most of the market street was unoccupied, save a couple of looters taking whatever they could from the abandoned stalls. Shattered glass, debris and crummy masks littered the ground.

[HEADING=2]The Plaza[/HEADING]

Hogan threw himself at the attackers with a fury. The blonde-haired mercenary was the first to go down, flattened aside by the Goron's furious charge. He then started swinging his fists at the other Hylians. Most of them he knocked down before they could get close enough to attack, taking them out with a single punch. One unfortunate guardsman he picked up and swung like a meat flail, before tossing him at Erryn's team of privateers. Stonk attempted to overpower the Goron, the two grabbing each other's hands and pushing with tremendous force. Hogan broke the stalemate though by headbutting the Moblin, then uppercutting him across the jaw.

The brick Sorti had windblasted came flying back at Hogan. It smashed against the Goron's head and sent him into a daze. He rubbed his head and groaned as he staggered in place. Ragnar took advantage of this opportunity and engaged Hogan with his bare hands. The Goron resisted though and began pummelling his assailant vicious in his berserker state. Ragnar managed to keep his opponent in place though - long enough for Ingo to make his drop. Hogan roared in pain as the metal Kokiri smashed against his already aching head. He yelled against as a spear stabbed against his rocky flesh.

Hogan was unable to resist Ragnar any longer. He was successfully grappled by the Dinolfos and pinned against the ground. He didn't seemed to react to the either fire or the shadow bolt that glazed over him. When Faulkner approached the downed Goron, his words were met with obnoxious loud snoring. Hogan had been knocked out cold.


The black-haired mercenary was pulled off the ground by Videll and Ashei, apparently injured although concious. "Ah...thank you very much."

Sigrid meanwhile closed in on Hogan. After realizing that he was unconscious, she turned her attention to those who had taken him down. A smile cross her face, which quickly vanished as a flash of light struck her eyes. Several more followed. The crowd gathered around the plaza fired away with their pictographs, all aimed at the group surrounding Hogan. There was a series of loud cheers and clapping. Some crazy bastard even shot off a firework, which exploded into the air with crackling colour.

As she realized the applause and pictograph flashes weren't about to stop, Sigrid merely sighed and spoke anyways. "Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you." she said, her eyes glazing over the ragtag heroes, mercenaries, privateers and conspirators. "You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure."

Sigrid turned and gave her squad another hand gesture. She left the plaza, forcing members of the crowd aside as they marched down the market street. Her knights followed her but the regular guardsmen surrounded the ambiguously-associated group of misfits. Three moved it to restrain Hogan with some rope with runic markings, while another approached Ragnar with the same kind of rope. Another pair of guardsmen pulled Valentine off his feet and began dragging him along.

 

[Arcanist]

Lynd seethed as he charged the bokoblin. His sword swung with vicious precision, his smoldering rage doing next to nothing to dull his skills. So focused was he on the singular task of defeating that cackling bokoblin that he barely registered as an arrow sailed over his shoulder and buried itself in the blin's own. All he saw was an opening as the creature grunted in pain - one he exploited with absolute ruthlessness.

A quick step forward and he was in melee range, and with a flourish he slammed his shield into its head with all the strength he could muster. Then, as the 'blin was off balance, Ro appeared from his right and slammed down as hard as he could on the arrow wound. Seeing this as the opportunity he was looking for to end this fight once and for all, he swept around in a graceful circle before his right foot interlocked with the 'blin's left, and with a jolt he initiated a trip in an attempt to throw the 'blin even further off balance. And then, in the same motion, his sword came careening down on the monster's exposed chest, its killing intent unmistakable.

 

[Ruedyn]

Ingo stumbled about for a few minutes, taking in the new developments. The guard commander had shown up, Hogan had managed to beat a few people up. Ingo would likely never forgive himself for such a stupid plan, but the snoring proved it worked. The flashes of pictographs and cheers didn't help his growing headache, however. Still... He took the bit of time to do some gloating, pumping his fists in the air and grinning wildly.

"Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you."

"What? Seriously, what?" Ingo shook his head, his smile dropping instantly. They were going to fucking arrest him? He looked around, they looked only a little suspicious, but still...

"You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure."

"... A moment, if you please." Ingo smiled politely, quickly moving to the Dinolfos. "This is yours, I think. You used it to fight Valentine or whatever. And this spear," Ingo pointed to the Blin, trying to keep his smile up despite the company, "is yours. Last but not least, this damned mask belongs to the Goron sleeping here. Keep it for evidence or something, I don't care, stings like a ***** to take off... And with that, I'm off!"

Ingo blinked out of existence, the effect of a teleport spell. He reappeared instantly in the crowd, wrapping his cloak around himself. Perci quickly caught up, sighing out a complaint and flying low, "This is only going to make you look worse, you idiot."

"Maybe. Don't care, I think I could get out of the city fairly easily. Besides, I'm a hero, even if they catch me." Ingo snickered to himself, weaving through the crowd.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Hyoko jumped in surprise when the applause and pictograph flashes started. It took her a moment to realize they were clapping for the group, her included. It was an entirely new sensation for her... and she kinda liked it.

"Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you. You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure."

The head guard's voice snapped Hyoko out of her thoughts. Wasn't her King at the castle? Maybe she could try to keep out of his way...? As Hyoko looked around, she saw a bunch of guards approaching the Dinolfos approaching with ropes. Something about this made her blood boil again. Hadn't he fought alongside them?

"Hey!" She shouted, "What do you think you're doing?!"

 

[Texas Joker 52]

~Sorti~​

Once he landed, setting down Hyoko, Sorti panted and drew his scimitar, only to double over and try to catch his breath. He was exhausted. After everything that happened in such a short time, including flying there and his earlier plummet to the street, he was aching everywhere, and it was a little hard for him to properly lift his sword. Even as he stared at his feet, he could hear the fight ahead of him, including taunts, what sounded like a metal statue crashing to the street, and other grunts, possibly from some kind of grapple.

When he finally looked up, he noticed that the fight was over, with Hogan laying on the street with a spear in his side, and the Castle Guards were there in force. In fact, it seemed like they were about to arrest the lizard-man he had seen earlier that day on the roofs.

The Guards seemed to be led by a tall, imposing Hylian woman in golden armor, who promptly called out as the crowd started to take pictographs of the scene around them, and one or two took one of him.

"Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you. You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure."

At that, he smiled nervously beneath his beak and sheathed his scimitar. When he hopped down from his perch and strode over, he nodded.

"I'll come quietly. But, uh... You won't have to send a letter to my folks about this, yea?" he asked awkwardly.

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Bannog unstrung his bow, and took his spear with a nod. He turned to the guards, who were the the midst of arresting both Hogan and the Dinolfos. Sigrid- Bannog recognized her from stories of her armor- told them they were all coming in for questioning. The Kokiri teleported off like an idiot, but Bannog didn't move after him, either to catch or to join him. He was so damnably tired.

He moved along silently behind the guards- he was an envoy of King Bulbin and it was likely unlawful for them to attempt to detain him, but he had nothing to hide. He'd go along with their questioning. Hopefully they'd track down the Kokiri, too. He'd helped, though, so hopefully they'd also be gentle and only rough him up some.

The Dinolfos being bound bothered Bannog, though. The man had done nothing to hurt the city and everything to help it, but here he was in binds. It didn't sit right, but shouting and stomping his feet like Hyoko would accomplish nothing. He walked along in silence, gripping his spear, trying to get his head to clear.

That could have gone better.

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

The dinolfos was surprised by all the pictographs and flashes of light being aimed at him and the others upon their victory. The cheers of the crowd made him swell with pride within his chest, even as blood dripped from his jaws and recent wounds having re opened, the bloody Dinolfos was in no position to soak up much of the praise being directed towards him.

"This is yours, I think. You used it to fight Valentine or whatever.

The dinolfos looked to the Kokiri as he released the goron's arms, smilig a bloody grin as he reached out and retrieved his precious clawshot. "Thank you Ingo." he told him, blinking as he then disappeared. "WHat the hell...?" he muttered, wondering where he went. He soon got to his feet shakily, his entire form aching from the beatdown that Hogan had given his body. Several cracked or broken ribs, fractured sternum, and very very stressed a nd sore arms from grappling with the hulking rock man.

"Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you. You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure."

The dinolfos was mildly pissed as he saw the guards approachig him with magic rope, the same rope being used to tie up Hogan. "Gnng...bastards...I've done nothing wrong!" he cried out to the guards, taking steps backwards, fearful of being lumped in with the other criminals. after those couple steps however, the Dinolfos's vision went dark, the immense pain and shock his body had recieved was finally setting in and his body was telling him to shut down for repairs. "Nngh...Help..." he groaned out before finally going limp and collapsing in an unconscious heap near the others, mainly members of Erryn's crew, Erryn herself, Hyoko, sorti and Bannog, clawshot safely tucked away in its hidden holster.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Again...you're all coming in for questioning at Hyrule Castle. Each and every one of you." Commander Sigrid said forcefully with a stern glare on her face as the townspeople began taking pictographs of the ragtag team of heroes. "You can come by choice or by force. If you have anything to say, save it for then. I'm not having a blasted interrogation in the middle of town. Not when I have a perimeter to secure." Erryn gave out a low sigh as she shook her head dismissively.

"You can't be serious Sigrid." Thought the privateer as the Knight Commander began marching down the market street with her Knights. Meanwhile, the regular guardsmen were busy, three had approached the unconscious Hogan and began tying him up with rope with some strange runic markings, a couple had managed to peel off Valentine from the cobblestones and were dragging him back to the Castle after tying up his hands and feet; finally one came for Ragnar with more of the rope.

"Nngh...Help..." Ragnar managed to groan out before he collapsed to the floor. It was at this point that Erryn stood in-between the Dinolfos and the guardsman, followed closely by those of her crew who didn't have orders to follow.

"I don't think that will be necessary." Spoke Erryn in a terse manner, a cold look could be seen from her eyes. Whilst this act could be seen as resisting arrest, to her this was the right thing to do.

"As you can see, this Dinolfos isn't exactly in the best shape, and has taken quite the beating. In no way was he a part of the attack on Hyrule Castle, as it seemed the other Dinolfos didn't exactly look to favorably towards him, doubt as though they'd want him to fight alongside them either. Furthermore, he helped in taking down several of the conspirators, despite them having severe advantages against him. So in essence, he is quite the hero." Her hand then rested on the pommel of her sword, not intending to fight though.

"But if for some stupid reason you happen to not believe me, then I ask that you talk to the citizens around us currently takings pictures, many of whom have witnessed events from the beginning; I am sure that they'll vouch for him just as much as I have."

 

[Terratina.]

At least the Festival of the Trinity made entering the town a dozy, however, the scene was far from festive.

Smashed glass, debris... Jakaboq even found that some crummy mask had stuck itself to his food. With a growl of mild annoyance, he shook it off and advanced towards the massive crowd. Looting could await - at least he didn't have to part with his Rupees for those much-needed supplies. He no fear of looters taking random bits of rope, and other various tools; of course, such people always went for the valuable stuff. Though, his pirate blood boiled at the prospect of booty going uncollected.

He could just imagine his momma's reaction, "This whelp o' mine can't even do plunderin' right, 's that it?!"

'Alright, alright.' Jakaboq sighed and trudged towards the market street and browsed the abandoned market stall for anything useful.

 

[Deu Sex]

[HEADING=2]The Castle[/HEADING]

The Bokoblin grunted again when Lynd bashed it across the face with his shield. Before he could react, he was hit by Ro's shield as well. The blow crushed against his wound and disarmed him of his left machete. He was left reeling from all the pain, unable to react as Lynd performed his coup de grace. His sword made a gruesome noise as it ripped through the Bokoblin's chest.

The Bokoblin crumbled to the ground. A bloody gash extended across his left side, from gut to neck, and almost severed through his arm. "Well...you lot r-really are...are..." the Bokoblin didn't finish his sentence. He let out a weak, defeated groan before going limp.

"Excellent work." said a familiar voice. The closest chandelier made a noise as it jostled, a cloaked figure with crimson eyes illuminated by the dim light.

Impa jumped and landed on the balcony with the others. "You made quite the ruckus though. I'm certain everyone back in the throne room heard Mr. Lynd's colourful outburst." She then turned to Shah. "And I thought I told you to stay back with the others."

The young Gerudo shot a scowl at her. "I'm not your servant. I'll go where I damned well please." he said, then gestured to the slain Bokoblin. "Besides, I just saved these men of yours from getting butchered. I would have killed him outright if the guardsman hadn't thrown off my aim."

Impa sighed before turning to both Ro and Lynd. "Anyways, I'm pleased to see you all dealt with the problem and..." She trailed off as her gaze suddenly snapped over to the Bokoblin. A bright light suddenly emerged from his side, illuminating the room. It was clear that the source was a fairy.

"He brought a healing fairy with him. How handy." Impa said. She reached into her cloak and drew four black-tipped needles. The fairy flew over the Bokoblin's wounds, coating them with shining dust. Within seconds the lethal injuries had vanished and the fairy along with them. The Bokoblin's body suddenly jumped up as he faced Lynd.

"A CUT ABOVE THE USUAL-" the Bokoblin's pun was cut short when Impa threw her needles. Each landed in a different limb and the Bokoblin dropped back to the ground. He appeared to be paralyzed by the attack. He flailed around, his limp arms and legs shaking uselessly. He looked around at those who surrounded him. "Four against one? Come on, that's not fair. I thought good guys were supposed to fight fair." he said, giggling.

[HEADING=2]The Plaza[/HEADING]

"Unless we find out you were involved in this attack? No, you won't have to worry about anything like that." one guardsman replied to Sorti. Some of the other Hylians were snapping back and forth, scanning the area. They hadn't expected Ingo to teleport away as he had and some still weren't sure what had happened. Others continued to carry out the arrests, binding Hogan with the runic ropes and grunting as they dragged his unconscious ass across the plaza.

As one of the guards stepped forward to bind Ragnar, he turned to Hyoko with a startled look. His attention was then diverted to Erryn as she approached. He shrugged at her words. "Fine. We'll not bind the lizard. How about you hand over the Zora Sapphire first though?"

Meanwhile the crowd continued snapping photos and cheering. Some of the guards were working to disperse the crowd, trying to keep things under control while looking for where Ingo had gone.

[HEADING=2]Market Street[/HEADING]

The stalls were devoid of any high-value items by this point, the looters having plundered them already. Useful items like weapons, explosives and potions were also mostly absent. The majority of the stalls had only mundane things left - rope, bottles and festival treats.

Soon the remaining looters scattered, ducking into alleys or running the opposite direction of the plaza. The reason for this was very apparent. Commander Sigrid was marching down the street with a squad of knights and a nasty look on her face.

"Savages. Absolute savages. People like this are barely above rats!" She swung her sword at one of the fleeing looters, a beam of light exploded against the ground and set the edge of his clothes aflame. As the looter attempted to put out the fire, a knight tackled him to the ground. Sigrid meanwhile continued to scan the street for any more suspicious figures.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Fine. We'll not bind the lizard. How about you hand over the Zora Sapphire first though?" Asked the guardsman in a demanding voice as he held out a hand. Erryn held it in her own hand and looked at it for a few moments, it shining brightly in the midday sun before gently placing it in the guardsman's hand.

"As was my intention guardsman, as I said to Commander Sigrid, I have no desire to keep such a treasured item from it's owners." She remarked with a playful, satisfying smirk before turning to her crew that gathered behind her in defense of Ragnar.

"Since it's unlikely that the guards will let the Lizalfos be treated here, so Cecilia and Ashei, I'll need you to make sure he's stabilized before we make our way to the castle. Do you think you can manage that?" She asked the ship's resident healer and alchemist respectively.

"It's possible Captain-" Spoke Cecilia in her usual sweet sounding voice, before being interrupted by deeper sounding Ashei. "-but we'd both need a few minutes you see to examine him, as you can imagine, none of us have really... worked on Lizalfos before." The thought made Erryn think for a couple of minutes, scratching her head before coming up with a response.

"Understandable. Guardsman? Can you allow us a few minutes just to ensure this Lizalfos isn't dead?" The guardsman looked a little perturbed by the request, the gall to ask such a thing; but, if it meant that the Lizalfos would be able to answer a few questions, it probably wouldn't hurt, too much.

"Fine. But only a few minutes. As per Commander Sigrid's orders, your to go to the castle for questioning. Despite what heroic claims you've done here, she'll still want a few things cleared up. Do I make myself clear?"

"As clear as the Sacred Stones are majestic and beautiful." Erryn answered with a playful smile before turning back to her crew.

"You heard the man, a few minutes is all we have, let's make the most of them."