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Fred and Shallot both earned a
Topaz and
Diamond for their last rocks, and 47 and Grievous received
two more Luminous Stones each.
“Okay, everyone! I have enough gems for Bludo’s roast, goro!” Yunobo held handfuls of jewels, which he brought over to a cooking pot nearby. Said pot had a huge Rock Roast inside, too big to fully fit inside. “Now, just one second…” Gritting his teeth, Yunobo closed his fists, squeezing tightly, and the gems were crushed into brightly colored dust, which he sprinkled onto the roast.
“Okay! We’re ready, goro!”
The trip up to the hot springs didn’t take long, and soon they had arrived, Rock Roast in tow.
“Bludo! I have your meal, goro!”
“Finally!” Bludo rubbed his hands together as he stood up and started out of the hot springs. “I’ve been waitin’ on this all day!”
CRACK.
Bludo froze in place a moment, before he bent over, a look of excruciating pain on his face. “Darn it! My back!! I spent all day in these springs, and it did nothing!!!”
“Bludo!” The younger Goron set the roast down and escorted Bludo back into the water.
“Take it easy, goro!”
“Ugh...my back just keeps gettin’ worse and worse!” He looked around. “Where’s Dell? Ain’t he supposed to talk with me about somethin’? He needs to hurry up and do it!”
“I’m here, I’m here!” Dell rushed up to the hot springs, looking particularly scratched up.
“Sorry, I took a wrong turn and got held up with some Moblins. Fuckers knocked me out cold...What’s going on here?”
“Just the same as always,” Bludo grumbled. “My back, it’s killing me!”
“Aw, shit.” Dell ran a hand through his hair.
“It’s really that bad?”
Yunobo handed Bludo the roast, which the elder started munching on. “Yup! I can barely get outta these hot springs without it acting up!”
“Fuck...all that training on Vah Rudania really did a number on you, huh?”
“*munch, munch* What training? I’ve had
Yunobo here go up and practice on Rudania!”
“...What.”
“Oh! Yeah, goro.” Yunobo rubbed his head.
“I’ve been training with Rudania, just like Daruk did. I think I’ve gotten the hang of it!”
“So you’re telling me, all this time, we could have just…” Dell closed his eyes for a minute.
“No, no...I’m good. Yunobo, we need to attack Ganondorf in three days. We need you piloting Vah Rudania in order to launch that attack. Think you can handle it?”
The younger Goron nodded.
“Just leave it to me, goro! I won’t let you down!”
“Great.” Dell sounded unconvinced, but looked at the group around him.
“Let’s get ready to head out. We’re gonna meet up with the others in Kara Kara Bazaar outside Gerudo Town.”
“You guys go on ahead,” Kaito said, getting out and allowing himself to dry off.
“I swear there’s someone watching us, and I’m gonna find ‘em!”
“You do you, Kaito. In the meantime, everybody else head over to Daqo Chisay Shrine when you’re all ready,” Dell said.
“Make sure to come back to Goron City!”Bludo bellowed. “We’ll be happy to get you guys settled for the night!”
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Just like Enu, Celica received a Moonlight Scimitar.
As the last racers finished their runs, and all prizes were handed out, Riju addressed the crowd one last time.
“Thank you all for your participation in this race! I know these past hundred years have made Seal Racing almost impossible, so I couldn’t be happier to bring this tradition back!”
The crowd cheered, and soon dispersed, until Riju, her guard, and the group was left.
“You all did wonderfully today,” Riju said.
“But that’s to be expected, really. I doubt there’s much you couldn’t do, after seeing you all tame Vah Naboris.”
“Thank you, Lady Riju,” Margreet said, curtsying again.
“Oh please, call me Riju. We’re alone, after all.” The young leader giggled, tilting her head in amusement.
“But...something tells me you’re not just here for racing. What brings you all to Gerudo Town today?”
“Well, you see...we’re ready to attack Ganondorf again. We already found some of his Traitors, and we’re much more of a team than we were last year!”
“I see. Well, that’s excellent news. Are you requesting borrowing my soldiers? They’ve been training incredibly hard ever since the Yiga Clan got their new master, so-”
“Oh, no.” Margreet shook her head.
“We don’t need your army. We actually need you, Riju. You know how to pilot Vah Naboris, right?”
Her guard scoffed. “What a preposterous question! Lady Riju is only thirteen, far too young to-”
“Why yes. I do.” Riju smiled.
“I’ve been training myself with her for a few months now. Usually it’s at night, but that gives me plenty of time to master her controls undetected.”
“B-But Lady Riju! That’s incredibly unsafe!”
“It’s all right, Buliara. Naboris and I are quite close now. I can handle her quite well.” She turned back to Margreet.
“I take it you’ll need me to fire a shot on Hyrule Castle when the time comes, correct?”
“Yes! You won’t even have to leave the desert! We’ll send out a signal when the time comes, and that’ll be when you fire, all right?”
“Understood.” Riju looked up at the sky.
“Evening will be coming soon, yes? You all might want to find sleeping arrangements. I’ll be happy to accomodate you here.”
“Thank you! For now though, we need to meet up with everyone at the Kara Kara Bazaar. We’ll definitely see you soon!” With that, Margreet started off for the nearby bazaar, encouraging the others to follow.
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Their goal was a platform off the coast of the island. Only a short swim away, it was easier for the group to make a small ride on raft to the area. Getting off the boat, Lee was the one to take the orb and place it on the small groove in the pedestal. Once it was placed, the orb vanished into thin air, and the platform became blue.
"Yohohohoho! Look!" Brook pointed to the top of the hill, where the shrine glowed blue.
"It worked! It really worked!!"
"Finally," Lee said, getting back onto the raft.
"Let's get you three out of here."
A short walk and climb brought the six to the shrine, where only three of them would be able to leave.
"Make sure you all have your weapons ready," Lee said.
"I'm sure it's not as safe out there than it is here." He paused a moment, adding a simple,
"Good luck."
As they were waved goodbye by the others, the three would enter the shrine, only for it to turn orange again once they did so. Inside was nothing special, save for three Sheikah Slates and a note, only saying, "Daqo Chisay." Well, guess that was where you were headed. Pressing the button would take you right outside of Gerudo Town...and you could see a group walking just shortly up ahead.
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Kara Kara Bazaar was just a short walk away from Gerudo Town. An oasis in a harsh desert, there was an inn here, as well as some small vendors, and cool blue water. As both groups reconvened, Dell did a headcount.
"I wanna make sure we're all here before we move on, but...six people missing? Jeez. I know Kaito was off looking for some spy over at the hot springs."
"...and Zelda was getting Fireproof Elixirs ready for anyone going to Goron City tonight." Margreet frowned, concerned.
"But four others missing? I don't-"
"Margreet! MARGREET!!!" Zelda came running to the group, pure horror on her face. It was easy to deduce just what had befallen those four others.
"I...outside of town, they...!"
Margreet ut her hands on Zelda's shoulders.
"Zelda honey, shh. It's okay. What did you see?"
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"It...it's a massacre. Lyndis...a-and Darius! Rex, Nia...Their bodies...a-and...and..." She produced a glittering object, one familiar to the group at the races.
"...Asher? But he was just with us!! How-"
"GUYS!!!" Just then, Kaito came barreling into the bazaar.
"We gotta hurry! Teruteru, he...I found him, and he...senpai is..."
"...dead." Dell closed his eyes.
"Fuck! Everything was finally going right for once!" He looked at the group.
"Okay, some of you can come with me to the hot springs, some of you can go with Zelda to that massacre site. And anyone else..."
He stopped as Margreet gasped, staring out over the horizon. Just then, three familiar people had arrived. Three people who should have been very, very dead.
"Hello, everyone!" Efi called with a wave.
"Did you miss us?"
"...and anyone else...uh," Dell's pipe fell right out of his mouth.
"Can, uh...deal with that."
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Anyone who had died, and had successfully made it to the island, would find three people with three backs turned to them, looking at an orange shrine. It seems more than one of you has ended up here.
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