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Post by Kadina on Mar 20, 2023 10:05:27 GMT -6
It seemed every feathered flying friend in the kingdom was chirping in the tree tops of the Lost Woods on this particularly bright and pleasant spring day in Hyrule. A breeze rustled the leaves of the ancient woods, a plethora of stunning insects buzzed and flittered through glimmering sunlight, and a teensy tiny little sprout danced in the wind in the middle of a sun-washed clearing.
No. Literally. The sprout was dancing as if alive. And just below its bright green leaves at the base of its stalk, the earth began to swell and settle like something underneath was wriggling to emerge...
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Post by Mike/Rolaka on Mar 21, 2023 21:46:39 GMT -6
In a fantastic display of dirt and soil, Rolaka burst from the earth. He took a deep long breath of the fresh forest air, "Ahh, finally out from the underground," he said. Rolaka looked about himself, and saw the sprout he had emerged from under, "Oh, sorry about that." His enlarged Goron hands packed up dirt and soil and filled in the gaps underneath the vulnerable sprout before him.
"There you go, little guy. Hope you grow up nice and strong," Rolaka said.
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Post by Kadina on Mar 22, 2023 15:02:43 GMT -6
Sitting behind the Goron cross-legged in the shade of a nearby tree, a small Kokiri child stared in such disbelief and shock that his eyes began to water and suddenly he erupted in tears! Between gasps of air and with a pointed finger, the child cried,
“Y y y y… you.. YOU HURTED MY SPROUT!!! WAAAAAH HAAAA!”
He scrunched his eyes closed and tilted his head back as he let his sorrow bellow out in mournful wails, his cries sending the chipper birds from the tree tops and surely alarming Rolaka.
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Azrael/Iris
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Post by Azrael/Iris on May 10, 2023 19:21:50 GMT -6
"Shut up, birds..."
A low growl rumbled from underneath a pile of leaves and twigs as it shuffled about as if alive. The strange pile did this for a few more seconds before a head popped out and let out a loud belch.
“Y y y y… you.. YOU HURTED MY SPROUT!!! WAAAAAH HAAAA!” "When did I eat fish..." the head mumbled as a hand emerged from the pile and rubbed the face, brushing more twigs and leaves aside to reveal a long mess of black hair with white undertones which gave him the appearance of a ghost if not for his tanned skin. A thick and short black and white beard sat upon his face which gave him a rather rough appearance. His long pointed ears stuck upwards towards the sky and each ear was pierced with a strange material in the shape of traditional Sheikah earrings (Think Link's earrings in Oot, TP, BoTW etc).
The most striking of his appearance were his bright red eyes which seemed to gaze into one's very soul and yet seemed to be gazing into another world entirely at the same time.
The man let out a yawn and fully stood up and stretched. He wore a simple brown traveling robe with a hood and seemed to cover what he had on underneath quite well.
“Y y y y… you.. YOU HURTED MY SPROUT!!! WAAAAAH HAAAA!”
The man winced at the noise, shut his eyes and his right hand shot up to pinch the bride of his nose to supress the hangover that was rapidly dawning on him while also holding back whatever he had consumed the night before back up at the same time. Not sure if he wanted to vomit or just figure out what was going on he lowered his hand and opened up his eyes and turned around towards the direction of the noise.
The man took one step before stopping and doing a 360 towards the bushes.
"I'll be right there, kid... damn I'm never eating fish again..."
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Kadina
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Post by Kadina on May 10, 2023 19:43:49 GMT -6
The Kokiri child mashed his lips in a grumpy frown as he began to scowl. Standing up angrily with little balled fists, he breathed haughtily through his nose and crossed his arms in a huff.
“You have no idea what I went through for that sprout, mister. And now I got NOTHIN TO SHOW FOR IT!
MY BOOM SPROUT IS DEACTIVATED ALL BECAUSE O’ YOU!”
The tiny child’s voice sure was thunderous for such a little guy. But, boom sprouts truly were such a rarity and difficult seed to acquire.
“I was chosen to grow the boom sprout for this year’s Fire Night Festival, and now I’ll be lucky to grow one in time! Argghh” The child threw his hands up to grip at his head and yanked the strands with all his stress.
Suddenly he caught a whiff of something… fishy. His nose bounced lightly with each little sniff as his head turned in the direction of the source to see a strange man sitting nearby.
“AHHHH!” The boy’s face paled over as he jumped back in shock, his mouth hanging open. “W..wh… who are you?!” He put a hand on the hilt of a tiny dagger on his woven belt.
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Post by Azrael/Iris on May 10, 2023 20:35:09 GMT -6
The man was leaned up against a tree and taking in a deep breath as he had just finished leaving his meal from last night on the forest floor.
As he wiped his mouth on his sleeve he heard a small voice quivering from behind him.
"Quiet... a living one is talking." he muttered as he turned around to see a small Kokiri child looking like he was about to jump out of his boots and shakily reaching for his dagger.
The man gazed down at the Kokiri and chuckled.
"Oh. Just one of you little buggers. Leave the pig sticker where it's at, kid and let's talk like sentient beings." the man slightly slurred as he reached into the sleeve of his robe and pulled out a white tube with a sweet smelling leaf inside of it and he lifted it up to his mouth which followed up with a small conjured purple flame on his thumb which lit the white tube.
"Now... what were screaming about earlier? Something about someone beating up your pixies?" the man asked as he took a drag of the burning tube and exhaled a sweet smelling smoke which smelled different to whomever smelled it. Usually the smell of whatever the person enjoyed most.
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on May 10, 2023 20:37:35 GMT -6
Wind rushed past Vai as she leaped from the branch of a tree, and slapped the next with the palm of her left hand. It stuck like hardened deku sap, anchoring her hand in place. She used her momentum, swinging her legs out like a pendulum, and unstuck her hand half of a heartbeat later. This sent her soaring, somersaulting through the leaves and lesser branches. A few of these scratched her skin in passing, but she could not care less. She was exhilarated. This was living!
She timed her backflip just right, so that she was upside down just as she passed under a particularly sturdy bough. She extended her legs until her bare feet touched the wood of its underside, and stuck herself to it. The momentum pulled at her torso for a moment, causing her to lean forward unsteadily, as if she were about to fall upward… but her feet held. Then she stood there for a moment, upside down, as she caught her breath.
Her hair fell about her face the moment she came to a full stop, pointing toward the foliage beneath. From her perspective, it seemed to be standing straight.
She let out a breathless snicker in between gasps for air. The world always looked so silly when it went upside down. As far as Vai was concerned, whichever way she faced was right side up, the rest of the world be damned.
She took a moment to double-check that her pack was still secure. She hadn’t stolen all of those korok seeds for nothing. That big plant guy’s maraca had taken a lot of work to break open. Sa’oten! When she got back to town she was gonna give the Old Man hell.
Why did he even want her to steal these? And nine hundred! He was insane if he thought she was going to spend the rest of her life collecting nine hundred korok seeds. She’d settled for a meager thirty, and he would just have to be happy she didn’t shove them up his-
“Y y y y… you.. YOU HURTED MY SPROUT!!! WAAAAAH HAAAA!”
The yell came from a short distance away, a child’s voice. Vai tisked. She didn’t have time for this. Wasn’t there a festival in Hyrule Castle Town in a week? But… she couldn’t ignore the cries of a child either. Adults? Sure, cry yourself a river and drown in it. Not a kid, though. Children and dogs were her soft spots. Weaknesses, probably, but so be it.
With a sigh, she released her feet from the branch, and with a quick flip, landed upright in a crouched position. It looked super cool! She was certain. That made it worth the way it stung like hell on her bare feet.
She took off toward the sound of the child’s cry at a sprint, then a moment later, leaped. As she landed she slid. Her feet slid over the grass as if it were ice, the momentum of her sprint carrying her forth unabated. Once again, the wind rushed past her face as she shot through the forest at record speed.
As she neared the clearing she formulated her plan. She would release her slide just before she broke into the clearing, jump up, stick to that branch right there, swing and flip onto it, and then stealthily take in the situation in the clearing.
This was going to be so epic, wait until the old man hears about thi-
Her foot hit a root just before she meant to stop, halting her momentum entirely, sending her flying, and stubbing the hell out of her big toe. She launched through the bushes and collided painfully with... a boulder? Her pack burst open as she did, sending thirty korok seeds scattering across the clearing.
She crumpled to the ground with a groan, and only after a prolonged moment did she glance up to a particularly strange child, a smoking man who might be even older than the Old Man, and... the boulder...
The boulder was looking at her.
"Back, foul rock monster!" Vai snarled, scrambling to her feet. "I won't let you hurt this kid's... plant... thingy... or... whatever..." this last part came out a bit jumbled as the slender Gerudo girl swayed unsteadily, a small trickle of blood running down the side of her face.
(Edit: I'm coloring slid and stick to make it clear that she's using her magic. That way it doesn't get confused with me just saying the word "stick" regularly or etc.)
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Azrael/Iris
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Post by Azrael/Iris on May 10, 2023 21:01:38 GMT -6
The man's eyebrow raised slightly as he watched as a strange mass came flying into a light brown colored boulder who the man realized was a Goron only after he realized the strange ufo was no more than another child.
"Kokiri, Skull Kids... shit... might as well add flying squirrel kids to the list too..." The man muttered, he was in no mood for games. His head was pounding like a march hare orgy and the prattling of these kids wasn't helping him at all.
With a loud heavy sigh, the cigarette burning slowly at the corner of his mouth and walked past the obviously stunned and frightened Kokiri and stood between the flying squirrel kid and the Goron and stood at his full height and looked down at her.
"You dumb or something? Never seen a Goron before in your life? They're harmless unless you give them a reason to harm you. Play it smart, kid." The man said as he lifted his right hand as a ball of purple flame appeared in his palm.
"You'll live longer."
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Post by Mike/Rolaka on May 11, 2023 11:27:07 GMT -6
Rolaka suddenly found himself in the company of strangers for the first time since the night he helped his Goron brother open a bar in Castle Town. First this wild child, then this messy-looking Hylian (or what he assumed was Hylian), and now this clumsy girl whose origin Rolaka could not begin to place. The children posed no threat to him, he could tell, even as the little forest child reached for something on his belt. The strange man he was most wary of, but at least the man knew he was a Goron. Rolaka rubbed his forehead and grumbled, "Okay..."
He began to explain. "First of all, I am not here to cause harm. I was patrolling the lower tunnels of Goron City when I heard this peculiar melody from one of the barred off passages. I got curious and broke my way through. At the end I found myself in this place. Forests... so hard to move, so hard to see. Anyway, I tried going back through the tunnel but it seems I took a wrong turn. Now I am lost. These hollow trees are so confusing! I tried digging my way out, but it seems that didn't work either." Rolaka gazed at all of the strangers. "I didn't realize anyone lived in these woods."
He peered down at the sprout at his feet, its movements were what prompted Rolaka to come up to begin with. But now it simply stood there motionless, slightly tilted from Rolaka's careless compacting of dirt. He looked to the forest boy and said, "I am- uh, sorry about your plant, little guy. But if you could show me the right way out of here, I can- uhhh..." Rolaka did not like to ask help from a child, especially one he just met. These woods, however, were proving too labyrinthine for him so the boy would have to do. As things stood, Rolaka needed something to offer the little one to calm him down, and he said the first thing that came to mind. "I can get you another one! Of this... 'Bomb Sprout' you called it?" He put on a fake half-smile to look friendly.
He pointed his rough, round Goron finger at the girl, "And YOU can help too after you so rudely bumped into me!" Truthfully, Rolaka had not felt a thing when she tumbled into him, but he felt she should be disciplined regardless.
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Post by Azrael/Iris on May 11, 2023 21:05:48 GMT -6
The man's eyes moved to the side as he watched side eyed as the Goron stood up and spoke of how he got here and offered his help.
"Another staple feature of the Goron... always helpful. Glad to see you're alright, friend. I take it Darunaia is doing well?" The man said as he turned around to face Rolaka, the purple flame still lit up in his hand as the cigarette hanging off the corner of his mouth slowly burned.
The man blinked a few times before turning his head towards the Kokiri.
This flame stays put until we all agree on peace. You gonna put away that pig sticker or not, kid? I recommend you do not." The man said, his voice did not speak with malice or with an intent to hurt. Only to protect. He spoke in a bit of a commanding voice, like a parent sternly telling a naughty child to not do what they are about to do.
"Oh... and Goron? Sorry I didn't catch your name. You lose anyone recently? Been seeing a spirit hanging near you ever since the flying squirrel kid ran into you. The man said, not taking his eyes off of the Kokiri.
"Name is Azrael by the way. Azrael Siskin."
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on May 12, 2023 1:15:15 GMT -6
Vai tried not to look intimidated while her foes were watching. She wiped the blood off of her face with the sleeve of her shirt. She could do this. The smelly vagrant was allying himself with the rock demon. He had called it a "Goron", and claimed it was harmless. That's what they wanted her to think. She knew better. She was not afraid of him. So what if he was some kind of drunken wizard with creepy purple fire powers and a cigarette that smelled like... cucco curry? With a side of creamy heart soup?
Well, that was strange. She would just have to add it to the list, right under drunken wizards, sentient boulders, and unaccompanied children in forests.
It mattered little. Vai had a plan. She would run directly toward the Goron, then at the last second, she would drop into a slide between its legs. The creepy smoker would shoot a fireball at her, but would miss and hit the Goron in the face as it stumbled forward to grab her with its giant meaty- er... rocky hands. Then she would grab the kid and be off into the forest before they recovered. Hopefully, the kid would not stab her.
She tensed the muscles in her legs and counted her heartbeats.
One...
Two...
Then the Goron spoke.
It could speak! Moreover, he sounded apologetic as he explained the circumstances that led him here. He was lost? That was a less sinister reason than she had been expecting. The Goron turned to her and pointed a giant finger.
"And YOU can help too after you so rudely bumped into me!"
Vai deflated a little. "Sorry," she muttered reluctantly. She idly nudged a korok seed near her bare foot. "I may have gotten a little hasty there. The Old Man always says I get "two steps in before I know where I'm going"... Look, I'll help out. You said we're making a bomb right?" She perked up at the word "bomb". "That sounds awesome!"
The scruffy man introduced himself to the Goron. Azrael Siskin. She was sure she had heard that name before, but she couldn't place it. "And you can call me Vai. I'm not a flying squirrel, by the way," she said, eyeing Azrael. "I'm just real slippery."
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Post by Kadina on May 12, 2023 10:58:41 GMT -6
The boy jumped back in surprise yet again as another stranger came barreling out of the brush into the goron and sending a bazillion beautiful korok seeds scattered around the clearing. Was this some sort of ambush? Were they a gang? Trying to lure him with korok seeds like candy???
"If a stranger ever offers you korok seeds... DO NOT under ANY circumstances, take them. Just turn around and run away." The wise words of the Great Deku Tree rang through his mind.
His eyes darted back and forth from one stranger to the next and suddenly the child was pivoting to run away in a panic, not knowing that as soon as he would turn and sprint, there'd be a tree directly behind him.
WHAM
The boy stiffened like a board and fell backward unconscious while the voices of the human projectile and the stinky man distorted incomprehensibly then faded out. All the while, the smoke from the fishy man's cigarette wafted past his nostrils.
Mmmm.... summer berry jam and walnut tea?
His eyes lazily opened one at a time as a long thin smile spread across his face. Suddenly, he remembered there was no jam and tea and he was surrounded. Eyes popping wide once more, he hopped up and back into his defensive stance, hand ready to unsheathe his dagger.
"First of all, I am not here to cause harm...." The Kokiri boy listened as the goron told his story. He eased up a little when the goron apologized again for the plant and even perked up when he offered to help acquire another one.
The boy soon caught on that this group of strangers didn't know each other, or so they made it seem. He would cautiously maintain his suspicion, as he wanted to be wise like the Great Deku Tree, but he also really needed another boom sprout. He would never get another in one piece this late in the season. He would need help, and this ragtag crew looked more capable than any group of Kokiri children he might be able to recruit. Plus, he couldn't let the village know he had failed. It was an honor to be chosen to retrieve and grow the Fire Night Festival boom sprout. He couldn't let them down.
The boy kept his hand on his dagger at the strange man's advice. He listened closely as Vai and Azrael introduced themselves. Azrael apparently had some sort of gift for seeing spirits and Vai was quick... er... slippery.. on her feet. She was also seemingly just as interested in boom sprouts as he was, which took his guard down a bit as he matched her excitement.
"It IS awesome!" he said smiling and relaxing, his hand falling away from his dagger as his childlike enthusiasm took over.
"And it's called a Boom Sprout. It's this cool puffy flower that grows underground on the banks of magma pools and rivers. They ph.. photo.. cinder size by magma light and when they're all grown up, you can pick it and blow the fluffy seeds off and it's like a ticking time bomb! They float up up up and go BOOM!!! and all these colorful sparks fly around! There's only one way to grow them above ground though and that's by activating the seed with... I don't know, magic or somethin'. Borma's the only one who knows how.... and it's dangerous to visit her this time of year..." The boy got sad, his eyes falling to the ground and his shoulders sinking with a sigh. He had been growing the boom sprout for 30 days, meaning he had come back from Borma's dwelling just before the fire keese hatching season. The magma lake cavern would be swarming with them by now.
"I think... I think I can get a full grown boom sprout with your help though. You all seem really strong." He looked up and smiled at them, almost with admiration as he noted their muscles and weapons once more, foolishly forgetting those attributes could be used maliciously against him. But what is there to expect from a child other than naivety?
"My name's Keltopher, by the way. You can call me Kell. Pleased to meet ya!" He gave a proud squinty-eyed grin with a missing tooth and stuck his small arm out to shake their hands.
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Post by Azrael/Iris on May 12, 2023 17:34:48 GMT -6
Azrael allowed himself a small grin as he had seen that everyone was on the same page. With a light sigh, he extinguished the flame and removed the still burning cigarette from the corner of his mouth and looked over at Vai as she explained how she was slippery and not squirrely.
"Looked more squirrel-like then snake-like, Squirrel." Azrael said as he dropped the cigarette on a patch of dirt and whispered something. A moment later the smoldering butt of the cigarette burst into a blue flame and it was gone as if it were never there.
Azrael turned his attention over at the Kokiri who had introduced himself as Kell and had his hand extended. Azrael took a step forward and looked down at Kell for a moment, his scarlet red eyes studied the Kokiri and after a moment he said
"Shouldn't you have a fairy, Kell?"
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Post by Kadina on May 13, 2023 9:00:54 GMT -6
Kell wanted to shiver at the sight of Azrael's scarlet red eyes.
"Shouldn't you have a fairy, kid?"
He tensed up, his grin turning into more of a gritted awkward smile, and a tiny bead of sweat formed on his brow. The hand he was holding out to shake with flew to the back of his neck as he scratched nervously.
"Erm... he's.. umm..."
Kell pulled his forest green hat up by the point to reveal a sleeping fairy sprawled out in the tangles of his hair, belly up with a drop of drool in the corner of his mouth.
"... nar... nargo..lebic."
Narcoleptic.
"Erm... This is Laslo. Please don't tell the Great Deku Tree he's sleeping again!" Kell's hands pushed together in a pleading gesture.
Laslo the fairy could sleep through anything, which is not a very ideal trait for a Kokiri child's guardian fairy. He was often being reprimanded by the Great Deku Tree and was one more incident away from being put on probation or retired.
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Post by Mike/Rolaka on May 15, 2023 23:56:37 GMT -6
Rolaka shot Azrael a puzzled face. Apparently this stranger can see ghosts and speak of the legendary Goron hero Darunia as if they were drinking buddies. Especially peculiar since the great Darunia had disappeared ages ago. On the question of the spirit hanging over him, Rolaka simply said, "My Goron brothers are my family, in life and in death."
As the others gave their names, Rolaka realized he hadn't properly introduced himself. He buffed his chest in the usual Goron manner, "And I am Rolaka! Pit-fighting champion of Goron City!... and occasional errand-boy for the Elders as of late. If you need something moved, tossed, or clobbered, I'm your Goron. It's uhhh- nice to meet you..." He looked at each of his new acquaintances, "Azrael... Vai... and, Keltic- no, Keltor- ugh... Kell." The Goron rubbed his forehead out of mild embarrassment.
As Keltopher described the Boom Sprout to him, Rolaka's face carved out a grin. "Hehe. Sounds like my kind of plant, Gorons are no strangers to exploding flora. No small amount of Hyrule's stockpile of bombs comes from our very own Special Crop. And if it grows near magma, it's right up my alley. Gorons are tempered in the hottest fires of Hyrule! The magma won't touch me." He clapped his belly to emphasize his sturdiness.
Rolaka's grin slowly bloomed into a genuine smile. He crouched down so his pudgy Goron face was level with Keltopher's. "We'll find the biggest Bomb Sprout of the crop! What do you say to that, kiddo?" He held up a rock-sized fist and urged Kell to bump it.
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