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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Sept 9, 2012 13:54:35 GMT -6
"Milky pumpkin puffs?"
"Yes indeedy! Milky pumpkin puffs! Half off and two for one! Buy six, get twelve, pay for three! No better deal in all the lands!"
Eldrin stood in front of a wooden stall considering the strange little wrapped packages lined in rows across the counter. He had no idea what a 'milky pumpkin puff' was... and in fact, didn't even like pumpkin. One time, when he was just a little boy, Ayishe had poisoned his pumpkin pie. That was Lesson 93: Poisoned Pie. He'd spent the entire night vomiting and writhing in horrible agony. To be honest, he had never actually learned what the lesson was... maybe Ayishe was just being sadistic? Still though, this salesman sure seemed to be in the firm belief that milky pumpkin puffs were a delicacy and this was a great bargain... Plus, he was using math... Eldrin's greatest weakness. Suddenly a flood of embarrassment and damaged pride filled him. What if this man knew? What if he was secretly aware of Eldrin's fear of numbers?! What if he had caught on that Eldrin only kept track of his rupees by color?! The thief puffed out his chest and bared his teeth a little. He would not be defeated! "May I... um... inquire... as to the ratio of... um... pumpkin to puff? For I would... be devastated if the... um... proportions... were... um... incongruent?"
The salesman stared at the thief, utterly perplexed. "Are... are you retarded?"
"FUCK YOUR MATH!!!" Eldrin yelled suddenly, lunging across the counter. The flimsy wooden stall collapsed under his weight, leaving the thief and the merchant flailing about in its wreckage, one trying to escape, one trying to throttle the other. Whistles pierced the air with their sharp cries. The sound of armor clanking echoed down the street. Guards! Eldrin disentangled himself from the bewildered salesman, scooped up an armful of milky pumpkin puffs, and charged down the street. The guards instantly engaged in a chase, and the citizens of Castle Town were treated to an amusing spectacle. The thief charging down the street screaming as dozens of guards pursued, throwing pointy stuff at him...
7 hours later...
Eldrin sat cross-legged in front of a small campfire, humming to himself and stoking the embers with a stick. A half-eaten milky pumpkin puff lay next to him, looking awfully lonely. The rest of the milky pumpkin puffs were sitting in a large pile next to the fire. He was on the far side of Hyrule Field, nice and far from Castle Town and the guards therein. Specifically, he was on the edge of the Kokiri Forest, as he could see the trees from where he sat. The sun was midway through setting, and seemingly determined to give quite the show. The sky was decorated lavishly with strands of gold, purple, and blue, and of course the black of the oncoming night. Eldrin sighed lazily and stretched back into the grass. He had no tent, and no need for one. He loved sleeping outdoors, under the stars. Maybe it was because it reminded him of his friends and their adventures... It had been so long since he'd seen any of them... "Someday soon," he muttered, to himself, or to the grass, anyone who would listen really, "they'll come along."
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Post by Faro/Blade on Sept 10, 2012 20:12:43 GMT -6
A woman in a hooded red qipao ran across the field, skeletons chasing her. She hadn't checked into the assassin's hideout yet, so she hadn't received one of the charms that kept the skeletons away. She dragged her staff across the ground and it tore itself apart, scattering bones everywhere. He hopped on a chunk of earth and flew away on it, but not before turning over the ground below several times. With the skeletons re-buried, she touched down by a nearby cookfire, essentially landing a rock on the other side of Eldrin's campfire. She slid off it and sat up against it. She was slender and olive-skinned. Two locks of black hair framed her face, visible underneath a red silk hood matched her dress. The staff she had used earlier was stuck in the ground next to her. She eyed the milky pumpkin puffs.
"Are you gonna eat those?" She asked, pointing to them and watching the theif.
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Post by Argoth/Maximus on Sept 10, 2012 20:31:50 GMT -6
"I might," Argoth said while leaning against a tree behind the rock. He smiled over at the mysterious new woman and walked o over to the campfire. He hoped she had taken his words as a joke and not literally, he didn't even like milky pumpkin puffs.
"Been a while, Eldrin." he exclaimed laying down next to him.
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Sept 12, 2012 23:34:42 GMT -6
Eldrin sat up as the boulder crashed into the ground on the other side of the campfire from him, a woman on top of it. His face hardly showed any interest in her sudden appearance, but on the inside he was utterly shocked. She slid down into a sitting position and leaned against the rock, as if this were completely normal. He had kind of forgotten how weird things tended to get when his friends were about. He'd almost learned what it felt like to live a normal life... Almost.
"Are you gonna eat those?"
He maintained his aloof facade, only raising an eyebrow as she asked about the milky pumpkin puffs. He flashed her a smile that could be interpreted as something between 'friendly stranger' and 'rapeface'. "Evening sweetheart," he said casually, as if he'd known her all of his life. "How nice of you to drop in... I'll allow you eat only on the condition that you never drop a giant rock on my head." He joked, deftly tossing one of the pastries to her.
The milky pumpkin puff had barely left his hand when he noticed a familiar voice. For the record, he'd heard the voice sometime after "sweetheart" and before"giant rock", but he had left it unacknowledged up until now. His smile spread into an all out grin as he realized who it was. ... they'll come along.
"Been a while, Eldrin."
"Forever and a while! Haven't seen you in lifetimes! Six to be exact... They were rather short lifetimes..." Eldrin paused for a moment, staring into the fire as Argoth collapsed into the grass beside him. "I've been missing Maxie's sneak attacks!" He said in a joking tone, though he completely meant what he said. It didn't appear that the young assassin was around at the moment, to Eldrin's disappointment.
Eldrin stretched out his legs in front of him and leaned back on his arms. He watched the mysterious lady eating her milky pumpkin puffs. "Eat all you want, I've got no love for pumpkin... They'll just go to waste otherwise," he offered, as she seemed pretty dang hungry. "So, may I ask the lovely glutton's name?"
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Post by Faro/Blade on Sept 13, 2012 2:13:13 GMT -6
"Sensaki." She replied as she ate the puff. She sat cross-legged, letting the front tail of her dress cover what needed to be covered. She ate with her right hand, resting her left arm on her knee. She looked to Argoth, recognizing him. "I'm Blade's sister." She said, bowing a bit. She recognized Eldrin as well, but Argoth had confirmed her suspicions. He continued to eat the puffs and waited for a response.
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Post by Argoth/Maximus on Sept 27, 2012 20:01:37 GMT -6
"Ah yes," Argoth said, sitting up. "Where the hell is that brother of yours, I need to ask him a favor."
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Sept 30, 2012 14:04:53 GMT -6
Eldrin's interest was peaked upon hearing that this woman was Blade's sister. He was kind of curious about the fact that she lacked his white hair and demon eyes... but maybe she was from the other, non-demon side? Not to mention her odd name. And furthermore, was that a hint of an accent he heard? A foreigner?
"Well, Miss Sensaki, I-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Eldrin stopped mid-sentence and turned around as a blood curdling screech tore through the night and cut him off. Chills ran down his spine and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. And suddenly the only sound in all of the night was the crackling of the campfire. "Random screaming... Not usually the best omen..." he muttered.
He didn't even get a chance to stand up before a figure came racing down the hill. A woman burst into the firelight and promptly collapsed. Eldrin jumped to his feet and caught the woman. She wore a stark white wedding dress, marred by streaks of blood splattered across the front. Tears streamed down her face, causing her eye make-up to run. Her long blond hair was in a tangled mess of what was probably an intricate braid at some point. Eldrin quickly assessed her wounds, but found none to speak of... The blood wasn't her's.
"My... my husband... Tarron... Goddesses no!"
"Who did this?!"
"It was... The Assassins... of Hyrule..."
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Post by Kadina on Oct 13, 2012 21:24:48 GMT -6
(*gasp* )
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Post by Argoth/Maximus on Oct 14, 2012 13:29:22 GMT -6
Excitement coursed through Argoth as he bolted upright. A woman screaming was always a good sign of something that needed killing, and Argoth was more than eager to aid her; he was itching for a good battle. However, when the sobbing woman informed him that his own guild had performed an unrighteous and evil deed--murdering her husband he presumed--he could not believe what he was hearing. The assassins only ever killed if it was necessary, and if the man or woman being slain was bringing about death or committing other evil actions. The hysterical woman had indeed been through something horrible, Argoth could easily detect that, but he had a hard time believing the Assassins killed her husband for no reason. He didn't know how she would react when she saw that he was also a part of the Assassins of Hyrule, but it didn't matter to him now. He needed to find out what truly happened here.
"Calm down," Argoth said soothingly, "You are safe here. Tell us what happened."
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Post by Faro/Blade on Oct 14, 2012 13:48:09 GMT -6
Sensaki continued to eat the pumpkin puffs, mostly unaffected by the woman's screaming. They weren't great, but she was starved. She hadn't let anyone know she was royal, or even a noble. She watched Argoth and Eldrin handle the woman and thought it was honestly very funny. The dasmel-in-distress bit was one of her favorite routines. Even her own step-brother fell for it now and then. Unfortunately, the laughs were bittersweet. This woman was slandering the name of the organization she'd come to help Blade run while Torak was away. There was something screwy here...
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Oct 14, 2012 17:30:15 GMT -6
The woman didn't even seem to notice that Argoth was wearing the insignia of the very organization she was apparently running from. She took several deep breaths in an attempt to regain her composure. After a moment, she finally spoke, "My name is Faye Yirua, of House Sverick. I am the newlywed wife of Tarron Yirua, Lord Sverick. We were on our way to his private estate... From our marriage in the Castle Town. The carriage was stopped. I-I thought it was brigands, come to steal our valuables... but it was worse. Tarron got out to investigate. I heard a struggle. I rushed out to see what was happening. And that's when I saw them, three men in dark clothing, bearing the symbol of a triforce with a sword through it. One of them was holding the driver, and Tarron was laying on the ground. He was bleeding from his head, but I think he was alive... And then, the driver... they cut off his head... His blood sprayed everywhere, all over me... And then one of the assassins started toward me. I-I... I didn't know what to do... So I ran. I don't know why they never chased me. Please, please... You have to save my husband."
Eldrin stared at Faye in shock. It was possible that this Tarron Yirua was up to no good, and the Assassins were trying to kill him with good reason... but they would never slaughter the driver in cold blood. Was it possible that someone was impersonating the Assassins of Hyrule just to slander their name? He looked between Argoth and Sensaki. "What d'ya think? Should we check it out?"
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Post by Argoth/Maximus on Oct 19, 2012 6:54:54 GMT -6
Argoth nodded and replied, "Definitely, I think these impersonaters need to know their place." He was quite angry with this situation. If this was indeed the work of his organization then her husband would be dead, not captured. Furthermore, nobody in the Assassins of Hyrule would dare be so barbaric as to slice off the head of an innocent man. Argoth was going to put a stop to this and find out the truth even if he didn't like what he found. "Don't worry ma'am, we'll get your husband back," he said soothingly yet anger still underlying his tone.
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Post by Faro/Blade on Nov 27, 2012 13:26:33 GMT -6
Sensaki stood and approached the woman with an air of confidence. "Don't worry, we've got everything covered." She said, then held up one of the puffs. "Pumpkin puff?" She offered, knowing the food would calm her down. That is, if she took it.
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Dec 13, 2012 6:45:21 GMT -6
The woman looked between Sensaki, Argoth, and Eldrin, eye brimming with grateful tears. "I-I... Thank you, you're all so kind..." she said, now tearing up for an entirely different reason. She took the pumpkin puff and stood up, taking Argoth by the arm. After composing herself for a moment, she moved to lead them away. "It's just this way... Please hurry!"
The woman lead them across the field, never releasing her grip on Argoth's arm. Before long, they came upon the carriage she had spoken of. It stood all alone in the field, looking desolate, but perfectly fine otherwise. There were no corpses anywhere near it.
Eldrin scratched his head in confusion. "Um... Not to be insensitive... but-"
"Heh,"
The woman's grip on Argoth's arm suddenly became vice-like. And then suddenly, against all reason. She threw Argoth. The small-framed woman summoned nearly superhuman strength from nowhere, slinging the assassin by his arm and sending him flying several yards away. Eldrin spun around, now deeper into his confusion than ever. He had just enough time to see her grinning wickedly before her little fist connected with his ribcage. Eldrin flew backward, smashing into the carriage from the force of the blow.
It was at this point that she turned her attention to Sensaki. "You poisoned it, didn't you?" she asked, holding out the still untouched pumpkin puff. "Or am I just being paranoid? I couldn't honestly tell if I had you fooled..." She dropped the pumpkin puff and squashed it under one slippered foot.
As she talked, three more people appeared from seemingly nowhere. Two men stood on either side of Argoth. Both perfect replicas of Argoth himself, complete with outfits matching his.
Eldrin found the third. He was just beginning to pull himself out of the wreckage of the carriage when he found his own reflection staring back at him in a steel crescent.
"Hello, Eldrin..."
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Post by Argoth/Maximus on Jan 1, 2013 23:26:02 GMT -6
"Bitch.." Argoth muttered as he returned to his feet. He began dusting himself off when he noticed the two replicas of himself staring at him. Argoth couldn't help but smile, "You know, Zael tried the whole cloning me bullshit and that didn't work out very well for him. But hey, who am I to say you two might be just as shitty, why don't I find out for myself." he taunted, grinning with excitement. Argoth positioned himself in fighting stance and gestured at them to make the first move.
To his surprise one of the Argoth's began to speak back to him. Entirely in his own voice too! "What the hell did you say to me!? I oughta beat your ass for talking about us like that!" "Dietrich calm down," the other one said timidly. "No way! This asshole thinks he's all tough and can taunt me like that? I'm gonna teach you a lesson old man!" fake Argoth number one yelled, rushing in to fight the real Argoth. "Dietrich wait! Don't be so hasty! We don't even know what he is capable of!" he squealed. But it was too late, fake Argoth number one was already throwing his first punch, which the real Argoth promptly countered by rolling with his momentum--grabbing him by the arm and tossing him into the dirt.
"Ohhhh I can tell I'm gonna have fun with you boys. Come on, give me all you got!" Argoth taunted yet again. Fake Argoth number one growled and sprung to his feet unleashing a barrage of fists in Argoth's direction. Fake Argoth number two hesitated for a moment then joined in with a punch to Argoth's back. Excitement burned in Argoth like a roaring forest fire, he knew this was going to be a good fight. Well, for him. He could tell by the way Fake Argoth number one was throwing his punches that he didn't particularly know what he was doing, and the punch he let hit him from Fake Argoth number two from behind told him that they didn't know how to put force behind their punches either. As a matter of fact these two almost seemed like...children. No matter, Argoth was just excited he would get to kick some ass today. He easily shrugged the punch off from Fake Argoth number two and countered with a kick to the chest while slapping a punch away from Fake Argoth number one. He never even looked away from Fake Argoth number one to send the other across the ground. As Fake Argoth number one became infuriated that all of his attacks were futile Argoth began to laugh in his face. This was almost too easy. "You two have absolutely no idea how to use my body do you? Its quite sad really."
"You shut the hell up!"
Argoth swiped a fist away for the last time before slamming his own into the right cheek of Fake Argoth number one. He followed up with kick to the chest as it spun him sideways, launching him perpendicular to Argoth's position. Fake Argoth number one rolled a few times head over heels before skidding to a halt. Fake Argoth number two was returning for a second attack but Argoth simply deflected it and kicked his knees out from under him. As number two fell Argoth smashed a fist across his face in a right hook that sent him spinning to the ground. Fake Argoth number one was slowly returning to his hands and knees when Argoth strolled over to him and kicked him in the face. Returning to his back, Fake Argoth number one let out a moan of pain from that last kick as Argoth knelt down and grabbed him by the collar, "C'mon, you can do better than this right?" he asked tauntingly, and hoisted Fake Argoth number one to his feet. He waited for the fraud to make the first move before countering with his own combination of strikes: right hook, left hook, body shot, uppercut, kick to the knee, right hook to the face. This left Fake Argoth number one back on the ground again, however this time, he wouldn't be getting up so easily.
Fake Argoth number two was rounding for another go when he saw what Argoth did to his companion. For a moment he hesitated, which cost him dearly. Argoth didn't even wait to be attacked this time, he simply rammed a fist into his gut, kneed him in the face, right hook across the cheek, and a kick to the chest sent him right next to Fake Argoth number one.
"You know guys, I really thought you would put up more of a fight than that," Argoth mocked. The two of them moaned from the pain and said nothing, rolling around on the floor from their beating.
Argoth assumed battle stance position once more, "Ready for round two when you are." he challenged.
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