Day Three
"Reckoning"
The evening passed by happily. Anyone in need of ingredients found them at the inn, and could enjoy any meal they found in the recipe book. Jin's robes were returned, good as new, just in time for bed. Peter and Reimu were able to attack the camp and earn 60 Rupees each. And soon, it was time for bed, everyone off to their homes for the night to sleep.
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“Hee hee hee.”
The sound of mad giggling echoing throughout Hateno Village should have worried someone, but everyone is sound asleep. Good. That means his surprise will go completely undetected and completely unexpected. What fun! What an absolutely wonderful time this will be. He’s been waiting for this moment ever since that little Efi was found dead, murdered in cold blood. Oh, no one was going to see this coming!
They had always been so bad at figuring him out. His jolly ways and eagerness to investigate the murders had been nothing but a trick, a fun act until he could perform a murder of his own and surprise them all! And it had worked. He blew that old man to kingdom come and everyone fell for it! And now, he’s been rewarded with his true powers, and a Master with the most incredible magical energy he’s ever felt before. Now, there was nothing this Servant couldn’t do.
...If only his Master weren’t so frightfully dull.
This poor Servant has been so eager to play with his dearest toys for so long, and what is the outcome? One raid on a village, and assisting the Traitors here and there. That’s it! Doesn’t his Master trust him? All he has to play with are his special toys, hidden away in secret from everyone. How sad! How tragic! A tiny island, all to himself, when there was a whole world out there for him to enjoy. Well...at least he had Assassin to play with, throughout the year. How surprising she had been! She was weak, so weak, and yet...he had never been able to discover she was an Agent. Dell, too, he was fun! But he was a machine, and those broke so easily… Ah, well. He was going to have a new toy very soon.
He takes on his spirit form, passes by the guard, and slips off into the night, towards his target. He bites his tongue, unable to laugh, but deep down, inside, he’s the most excited he’s been since everyone woke up. Finally, things are going to get entertaining.
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It’s generally a decent night of sleep, though about half of the group experienced restlessness at some point-not enough to keep you from a good few hours of sleep.
“*Yawn*...aw, man. I was out cold!” Kaito sat up in his futon, stretching. Dell had gotten him to eat that omelet, and his hand had healed up entirely. “Mornin’, Margreet!”
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“Good morning, Kaito!” Margreet replied cheerily, setting the table. “Good morning to you too, Yuuki!”
“Wait...Yuuki?” Kaito looked at the other boy with confusion. “Weren’t you supposed to be at the pasture with Jin?”
Indeed, Yuuki had gone to sleep that night at the pasture, but woke up in Link’s House, with no idea himself how he got there.
“Eh, whatever. Probably no big deal!” Kaito shrugged it off and started eating breakfast, as did everyone else, as the people they stayed with all made sure they had a good meal. When everyone was done, they were instructed to go up to the Ton Pu Inn for a morning meeting.
“Good morning, everyone,” Dell greeted. “Sleep well? Good. We got a few things to go through today, and some stuff to get done, so let’s get going. First of all: excellent job with Naydra and the village, all of you. You all did a wonderful job, and I couldn’t be happier. Though it does give me a reason to bring up something important. You all remember how Naydra looked? That weird sludge on her body, those eyes? That stuff is called Malice. It’s toxic, it’s dangerous, and even touching it can kill you if you don’t get it off you immediately. The Yiga Clan laces their blades and arrows with it, so you need to be extra careful around them.”
“Wait, so that stuff’s why I passed out yesterday?” Kaito asked.
Dell nodded. “It’s toxic, it’s dangerous, and it’s how Ganondorf fuels his magic. It’s also how his monsters are formed. You notice how they don’t bleed? That’s because they’re manifestations of Malice. So, just don’t touch it, and shoot eyeballs instead of attacking with swords. That’s all I wanted to say.”
He stepped back, and Margreet had the floor. “Hello, everyone! Dell and I have been talking about our next course of action. Yesterday, the reason I went to Mount Lanayru was to strengthen Hylia’s powers. As I received a power boost after the previous time we spent together, I have smaller versions of powers that the princesses of Hyrule have, meaning I can pray to her for purification. And I did yesterday, after offering Naydra’s scale. But there’s more. Zelda?”
“Oh! Yes.” Zelda stepped forward, clearing her throat. “There are three sacred springs in Hyrule, that are considered places to reach Hylia by her descendants and her appointed heroes. In order to use them, you must offer up a scale of the dragon that guards each spring. Naydra guards the Spring of Wisdom in Lanayru, Dinraal guards the Spring of Power in Eldin, and Farosh guards the Spring of Courage in Faron. I have a theory that if we have Margreet pray at each spring, it will help our side immensely when we face Ganon in four days.”
Dell opened his bag, showing off a red scale, which he handed to Margreet.
“I already have Dinraal’s scale, we just need to offer it up. Farosh will be easy to find, and will be over in Faron somewhere flying around. I’ll take a group over to Faron Tower-but we need to hurry. Farosh will only show up for a limited time.” With that, Dell pressed a button on his Sheikah Slate, and teleported.
“And I’ll take others to Tutsuwa Nima Shrine to offer up this scale,” Margreet said. "So, if we could just…”
“Wait.” Zelda looked over the group. “Margreet...someone is missing.”
“What?” Kaito got to his feet and did a head count. “She’s right! Jin’s not here! Did anyone see him?”
Margreet shook her head. “Not since last night. He was at the pasture with...Yuu...ki…” A look of horror crossed Margreet’s face, and she rushed outside. Kaito followed, as did Zelda. It didn’t take long at all to find him. He was sitting by a windmill, looking peaceful...or he would, if not for the arrows sticking out of him.
“What the Hell?!?!”
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“I knew it.” Margreet was shaking. “I didn’t want to believe it...I thought the stasis would stop the killings, but…”
“Wait...you’re saying one of us did this?! Who??”
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“The same people who we failed to find last time,” Zelda replied. Though pale and shaking slightly, she kept an air of poise. “Margreet, I will run an investigation here. You go on to the Spring of Power.”
“B-But-”
“I’m useless with weaponry, so going with Dell will be a waste of time, as will going with you. Here, I can do something.” She gave Margreet a smile. “Go on. We’ll find whoever did this...and they won’t get away this time.”
Margreet hesitated, then sighed, and pressed the map. “Let me know the prime suspect when I return,” she said. “I can try to help see if they’re...guilty.” And with that, she was gone.
Zelda turned to the group. “Please, do aid Dell and Margreet. We all have a lot of ground to cover...not everyone should stay here.”
Cast List
@Alex Azure as Akane Owari (Danganronpa3)
@Archmage Jeremiah as Rex and Nia (Xenoblade Chronicles)
@Atomic Knight as Asher Forrester (Game of Thrones) and Teruteru Hanamura (Danganronpa 3)
@Crow as Yuuki and Kokkoro (Princess Connect! Re: Dive)
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight) and The Drifter (Hyper Light Drifter)
@Donder172 as Agent 47 (Hitman) and General Grievous (Star Wars Clone Wars 2003)
@Gummi Bunnies as Nadeshiko Kagamihara(Yuru Camp) and Ellie Phimister (Deadpool)
@Jeremi as Linkle (Hyrule Warriors) and Fred Flintstone (The Flintstones comics)
@Josh as Superboy (Prime Earth DCU)
@Kaykay as Wakaba Nogi (Nogi Wakaba is a Hero)
@Krieg as Diana of Themyscira (Wonder Woman)
@Lucky as Peter Parker (MCU) and Peter Parker (The Amazing Spiderman)
@MelodyMeister as Reimu Hakurei (Touhou Project)
@Minerva as Selesia Upitira (Re:Creators) and Celica (Fire Emblem)
@Otto as Darius (League of Legends)
@Raynar Saassin as Lyndis (Fire Emblem)
@Siege as Shallot (Dragon Ball) and Akuma(Street Fighter)
@Space_Candy as Thor Odinson (MCU)
@Takumi as Silque (Fire Emblem) and Azel Halgal (Otoyomegatari)
@Ver as Guy Cecil (Tales of the Abyss)
@York as Enu (RiME)
@Yun Lee as Kaito Momota (Danganronpa V3)
@Hida Tomonatsu as Jin (Samurai Champloo) - Died! Innocent! SHOT THROUGH THE HEART!
"Wha--?!"
Guy, along with the others who discovered the body first, leered in shock as soon as he caught sight of Jin's corpse. Margreet's and Kaito's implications were a dark one, but if the well-endowed woman was speaking truths, that something that shouldn't be happening had come to pass, then this was indeed a grave situation. Could this been a product of the so-called Malice taking rise within the culprit's being? Who could say?
In any case, Zelda was right. They'd need to investigate the death and try to ascertain who did it from here. It was the only way they could try to put the bespectacled samurai's soul at rest.
After the moment of silence passed, the swordsman's resolve pushing him forward now, Guy pursed his lips and swallowed his apprehension, approaching the corpse and examining it carefully, as well as the arrows lodged in his body and the wound.
@Yun Lee @Everyone
Not even the good rest she got that night would prepare her for this. More venturing out to wherever, Nadeshiko was prepared for that. When she heard that someone was missing, and that someone happened to be Jin, she had an optimistic feeling that he simply overslept. The pinkette was terribly wrong.
❝ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! ❞ She instinctively screamed in horror at what she walked into, stepping back and stumbling onto the ground. For someone who's never seen someone she's met on good terms be killed, she wasn't taking this revelation too well. She couldn't control the sudden surge to cry, she couldn't even think straight. So not even the people she befriends here are safe from the killers, whoever it was.
On the other hand, Ellie only gritted her teeth at the discovery. Unless they found out the people responsible, this would keep on going. Ignoring the younger girl's pained reaction, Ellie focused on investigating the scene. Judging from where the arrows struck Jin, she mumbled, ❝ ... from below? But where... ❞ She glanced over to see any possible places where the culprit fired the shot from.
@Yun Lee @Ver @Lucky @Investigation
❝ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! ❞ She instinctively screamed in horror at what she walked into, stepping back and stumbling onto the ground. For someone who's never seen someone she's met on good terms be killed, she wasn't taking this revelation too well. She couldn't control the sudden surge to cry, she couldn't even think straight. So not even the people she befriends here are safe from the killers, whoever it was.
On the other hand, Ellie only gritted her teeth at the discovery. Unless they found out the people responsible, this would keep on going. Ignoring the younger girl's pained reaction, Ellie focused on investigating the scene. Judging from where the arrows struck Jin, she mumbled, ❝ ... from below? But where... ❞ She glanced over to see any possible places where the culprit fired the shot from.
@Yun Lee @Ver @Lucky @Investigation
