Rumors

[Schrödinger's cat]

"You shouldn't be here, who knows if they are Ganondorf's spies?" Oarashi warned, trying to subtly hide Artie behind him.

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Ink peered over Artie's shoulder when he spoke once more, still on the back of the wolf man. The young boy gazed at the two before them, his eyes hazy with thought, he recognized them both. "They were in the hell hole I awoke in, what do they want with you?" Ink asked sliding off of Artie's back, he walked around the cursed hylian before standing beside Oarashi. The young lad was now resting his left hand on one of his blades, his right hand positioned near his waist to grab another if necessary.

[Azrael/Iris]

"I have no idea..but..you know them?"Artie replied, slightly shocked at hearing that Ink woke up in a hell hole with these two female 'spies' following them.
The Hero-turned-Wolf could not possibly imagine what kinds of things Ink suffered that turned him into what stood before the cursed Hylian's eyes at this moment.

Artie stepped forward, ready to say something when the mark on his right hand started to glow. He looked at it and his right arm was pointed forward, back the way they came.

[Schrödinger's cat]

" !?? The mark. . . it's glowing?" Lien spoke, taking notice when he saw Artie look down at the mork on his paw.

[Azrael/Iris]

"The Great Fairy told me that it would lead me to the hag.." Artie muttered, he looked up at Pyrrha and Alemine and then towards the way the mark was leading him.

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Ink stared at Artie's hand in surprise. "So we're following your glowing hand now?" The young boy asked, when said out loud it sounded completely insane. Even thinking about it sounded odd to him. "So care to lead the way or are we going to continue this lil confrontation? I'd rather not fight anyone, plus we need to cure you."

[Azrael/Iris]

"We'll deal with this later." Artie replied to Ink, he quickly took off into the marsh land, his mark leading the way. It would glow brighter when he was going the right way and it's glow would lessen as he moved farther away from it.

[Schrödinger's cat]

Lien wanted to follow behind Artie, but seeing that the girl was just simply too damn terrified to move, the dragon prince can assume that those two spies aren't going nowhere fast. "Come on Oarashi, they're not going to be a bother to use anymore. . . for the time being." He added under his breath.

The young sea Chief just simply idled a bit, watching the two women, but he two pulled away and begun to trail closely behind Prince Lien like a duckling to a mother duck.

[Azrael/Iris]

Artie manuvered quickly through the swamp, he raced past a couple of monkies who watched his movement with intrest. One hung upside down to get a better look at the werewolf and the two Dragonians following him.

The mark started to glow brighter as he neared a rather large tree house that stood in the middle of a small pond with a waterfall in the back.
Artie stopped at the ladder and looked up it and looked back at his paw, the mark was almost blinding. His heart leapt and he started to climb the ladder.

[Schrödinger's cat]

"Hey Wait up Artie! you can fall if you're not careful!" Lien warned, reaching the ladder as he watched the werewolf clambor up the ladder to the house. Oarashi stood next to Lien as he watched the wolf, but was ready to dive out of the way if the canine missed his step.

"Well, you cannot blame him for his rush to get his curse rid of can you?" Oarashi pointed out, just getting a frown from the young heir.

"I guess you're right about that."

[Azrael/Iris]

Artie heard the young prince yell out his warning, but in his excitement he must've not heard him. He did miss a step and almost went tumbling, he caught himself and continued to clambor up.

He reached the top and looked down, Sky floated around his head and he yelled down "Are you guys coming or what?!"

[Schrödinger's cat]

(It was Lien that told Artie to get down not Oarashi XD)
Prince Lien sigh when Artie asked them if they were going to join Artie. Then again, he thought, what kind of Question was that? "Yes yes, I'm coming along." he murmured, taking hold of the ladder and climbed up to where Artie was.

The yound Sea Dragon on the other side was a bit hesistant to come up, not knowing what to really expect inside the little tree hut.

[Azrael/Iris]

(And it was Artie who asked if the two Dragonians were coming ;P)

Artie moved back to allow the Lien and Oarashi to get onto the porch of the strange tree house.
He could hardly contain himself...after a year of searching for a cure...he was mere feet from it. All of that travelling was going to pay off...he was going to become human again and rescue Malon from that werewolf cult.

Artie remembered his promise to the Happy Mask Salesman and he gripped the Triforce necklace that hung around his neck.

[Schrödinger's cat]

( Touché )

". . . You're excited for this moment aren't you?" The young dragon prince asked, noticing how Artie was unable to contain his excitment as they stared down the doorway to what should be Artie's werewolf cure inside.

[Azrael/Iris]

"Extremely!" Artie barked back happily. He quickly bounded for the entrance and stopped shortly after he stepped inside.

The odor filled his nostrils quickly and he almost puked due to it, he looked around the room and could only see a very old woman asleep on the counter. Artie moved up to the counter and looked around before saying "Uhh...excuse me.."

The head of the old hag shot straight up "What?! What?!" she looked around in confusion.
Artie just stared in silence.

She looked back at the werewolf and chuckled before saying "Oh my...pardon me...you're just a customer! Can I help you?"

It took Artie a few minutes to find the words (since he was still trying to comprehend what just happened).

"Come now, child. I don't bite...but it looks like YOU might!!" The hag said before cackling at her own joke.

Artie's ears flattened to the side of his head for a quick second, but quickly reverted to their normal positions.
"I am Artie of Hyrule and I come seeking a cure for my cursed form." Artie said, bowing his head.

The hag stopped cackling and looked at the werewolf, her eyes moved down towards his hand and then back to his face.

"Ah...yes...the cursed one. We have been told of your arrival."

Artie tilted his head. What did she mean by 'we'?

The hag cleared her throat and she turned around before bellowing "KOUME!!! THE ONE THE MASK SALESMAN TOLD US ABOUT IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A few seconds later...a second voice rang out from the depths of the small potion shop.
"I CAN HEAR WHAT GOES ON OUT THERE FROM BACK HERE...EVEN THOUGH I AM 400 YEARS OLD, MY HEARING IS STILL BETTER THAN YOURS. HELL...I COULD HEAR YOUR LOUD SNORING FROM THE FOREST IN THE BACK!!!!!!!"
The one known as Koume walked out from the back of the shop, she looked similar to the hag that sat in front. The hag in front had a blue jewel on her head, blue markings on her headband and blue slippers. And Koume had red where the hag had blue.

"I apologize for my sister, Kotake, she's old and assumes that everyone is deaf."

"WHAT?!?!" Kotake yelled, resulting in her getting hit with the stick end of Koume's broom stick.

Artie couldn't believe what he saw...twin hags...both very comical. They reminded him of the twin preformers that Malon always loved every year at the Carnival of Summers held at the start of every summer in Hyrule.

"Now...I do believe the Mask Salesman gave you a necklace." Kotake said, placing her broom off to the side.

"Oh! Yes...yes he did!" Artie said, snapping the cord that kept it around his neck and handed it to Kotake.