Forest Temple (Magnere/Clooby)

Kalvar had to be honest with himself. He really had no idea what Julius was talking about, at all. Sure, he knew something about the Kokiri and the Koroks, but he rarely come face to face with any of them. He had passed a few in his travels, but never really sat down to talk to one. However, he did nod and take a listen when he mentioned Gohma. Nasty little buggers, he already had to kill a few of them before. Much easier to take down when you didn't actually have to get anywhere near them, or even let them know you were there. But that was his own strengths, in a head on fight, he wasn't sure how easy it would actually be.

As Julius started walking down the tunnel some more, Kalvar followed suit, slowly cleaning his own blade of the purple plant juices. By the time they arrived at a door, his sword was clean completely and he sheathed it once more. Sure, he could have cleaned while Julius was talking earlier, but just listening to Julius talk to him was more than enough to distract the archer. Here was a knight fighting by his side, and Kalvar relished the opportunity to fight with him some more, as long as it didn't mean death for them both.

Truthfully, Kalvar couldn't care any less about the symbol on the door. They had just taken down a giant plant monster, they could explore and examine all the ruins and markings and hidden stuff later. All he knew, was that in almost every dungeon or temple like this, there was the central room, where a lot of the good stuff was hidden, as well as where the monsters stayed. That was where he wanted to go, that is, if he wasn't currently letting Julius lead the expedition. Plus, they had no map, and had no idea if such a room existed, and if it did, where it would be in this maze.

As the door rolled away, and strong gusts of wind started blowing, he immediately placed his hawkeye on his face in an attempt to block the wind like goggles. It worked for the most part. It wasn't perfect, but it worked all the same. "I doubt it'll be pleasent either, but what choice do we got? It's this or a pit down to nothing." Based on Julius's earlier encounter with the winds, Kalvar took the spur of the moment decision, and pressed off first. He was caught a little bit by surprise, by just how much the winds were pushing him around. His hands held onto the wall as best he could as he started to descend.

It strange to walk on the outside of the tree, compared to walking on the inside for so long. Bright light shining down from the sun above, the occasional shadow of a flying monster or a large bird flying over head. It would have been a beautiful sight if not for the violent winds threatening to push him and his knight friend off the tree and to their untimely deaths. With that gruesome thought in his head, Kalvar hugged the tree as best as he could as he descended.

Soon after, they were out of the majority of the winds, in some strange forested area. It was insane to think that this huge tree held tons of of smaller trees inside of it, or rather, outside of it. It was hard to tell what was actually inside the tree, part of the tree, or its own plant entirely. The place seemed to be its entire own ecosystem, which was probably filled entirely with nothing but monsters. He was a little lost in thought thinking about this when Julius spoke and told him to be wary. His attention snapped back to reality, and he gripped his bow in his hands a little tighter.

Only just now noticing something was running around in the forest, bushes and trees being brushed aside and swaying as if someone, or something, was pushing them aside. Before he could react, a whirling tornado of a boomerang came flying straight out of the brush, hitting Julius's shield, only to return to right back where it came from. Disappearing right back into the brush. He immediately nocked an arrow onto his bow, pointing straight where it came from, trying to watch for any movements. He didn't want to risk a shot, miss, and be open to attacks. He didn't even know what was attacking him, but boomerangs were a Moblins style, but certainly none this magical before.

Kalvar nodded as Julius spoke, keeping his eyes focused on the brush, following the movements in the brush with his eyes. It was up to him to take down this stealthy beast, and stealth was practically Kalvar's middle name. Suddenly, he saw the movement stop completely, and the boomerang was once again being thrown at Julius. With an incredible amount of luck, he shot straight at the boomerang, knocking it wildly off course. The magical tornado not hindering his shooting at all. The boomerang was unable to return to its owner after such a strike, and fell just outside of the woods.

Weaponless, the beast quickly stepped out of the woods to try and retrieve it once more, giving both Kalvar and Julius a good look at it. At first glance, it looked relatively normal. A huge white baboon like creature stepping out of the brush, but it was definitely not normal at all. A large bug like creature was attached firmly to his head, throbbing a little bit. The bug's legs were attached firmly to the outside of his head, and probably even cutting into the baboon's head. Before Kalvar could load another arrow onto his bow it vanished into the brush once more.

"Julius, you're the expert here on the unknown. What in Farore's name is that bug... parasite thing on its head?" He kept his eyes glued on the brush, carefully watching the movements, following them with his bow ready to fire at any given moment.

Kalvar nodded his head at Julius as he spoke. "Will do. That monkey won't see what's coming."

Sure, he felt a little bit guilty about trying to kill a practically possessed animal, but it couldn't be helped. It was either his and Julius's life, or the monkeys. Quite frankly, Kalvar valued his life more than some random animal. Even with his archery skill, aiming directly for the parasite and shooting it, and not the monkey, was incredibly difficult. Especially with it hiding constantly in the trees and out of sight.

His eyes were trained on the trees, but even then the movement was hard to track. Having to rely more on his sense ability than his actual sight, he spun around following the monkey as best he could. It wasn't long before the boomerang started flying out of the brush, and just as Julius ordered, he let loose a volley of arrows as fast as he could. His arrows flew through the magical gale that the boomerang created, and shot straight into the brush.

A loud grunt and garbled animalistic screaming told Kalvar that he had at least hit once, but before he could celebrate the boomerang was coming straight for him. It was only a few feet from him when he did the best thing he could think to do, fall down onto his back. With an indignified yelp, Kalvar fell backwards flat onto his back, only slightly hurting his spine as the boomerang sailed right over his head.

Strangely, the boomerang didn't circle around like before, and just went straight back into the brush. What was the monkey playing at? As quick as he could, he stood to his feet holding his bow out once more. He was prepared to just repeat the process as many times as it took to finish off this fight. He was tiring quickly of this.

Just as Kalvar was about to fire once again, the beast slowly stumbled out of the brush. He was about to fire, seeing the boomerang in its hands, until he immediately noticed that practically every shot from his volley earlier had struck. The monkey's arms and chest absolutely covered in arrows, and a pained expression on its face. It fell down flat onto its face, breaking off the arrow shafts, and digging a few others in deeper. Kalvar couldn't help himself but grimace at the sight.

Suddenly, the parasite unlatched itself from the monkey's head, and started scuttling over towards the Hylians. Not taking any chances, he fired the shot prepared for monkey at the parasite itself. Shooting straight through the air with practiced skill, the arrow pierced straight through the disgusting insect like thing, sticking straight into the ground underneath. Making a high pitched squeal, the parasite wiggled its legs and oozed purple blood out of its maw, and collapsed onto the floor, clearly quite dead.

With both monkey and parasite seemingly dead, Kalvar relaxed, lowering his bow. "Well... That was definitely something, huh? Let's hope there isn't anymore parasites like that around here, but with my luck, there probably will be. We should be incredibly careful."

As soon as he finished speak, the apparently not so dead monkey stirred, slowly climbing to his feet. It's eyes glanced over at both Julius and Kalvar, who had already readed up another arrow. It seemed to stare at Kalvar for a few seconds before it looked down the boomerang in its hand. It's face suddenly contorted with rage, and the monkey snapped the boomerang in two, dropping the pieces on the ground. Immediately afterwards, the injured monkey turned around and started to stumble off into the brush once more.

Kalvar just stood there in utter silence, lowering his bow once again. That was definitely... unexpected, to say the least. "I... Well, uh... That just happened."

The moment he walked into the room, he could sense in the water. He was just about to say something when it suddenly sprout up from the water. Whatever it was, it was big. Bigger than even the Big Baba from before. A big plant like maw, that just seemed to be glaring down at them as if it had eyes. Only just now did Kalvar fully realize the absolute stench of the beast. It smelled like a mix of mold, and rotten corpses. Not a pleasent smell.

Kalbar quickly leapt into action. An arrow already nocked on his bow, he let loose a single shot. The arrow whistled slightly as it flew through the air, and stuck straight into the head of the beast. It recoiled slightly, but it didn't seem too badly wounded. Instead, it just shook its huge head, and Kalvar's eyes widened even more as a second head sprout up from the water.

It was just as large as the first, and just as intimidating. Sure, now it was two versus two, but he doubted he could take even one of these heads on alone. But he sure was going to try. It was either that, or giving up and dying. The first option was infinitely more preferable.

Jumping back about a foot, Kalvar loosed another arrow. Unfortunately, his aim was way off as the newly emerged head suddenly lunged straight for him. He only just barely jumped out of the way, rolling against the floor. These things were so much quicker than he thought! One second later, and he would have been a goner. He could only hope that the heads didn't get smart and both lunge at one of them at the same time.

Just as Kalvar was about to speak, the water rippled on the surface right in between the two heads. Oh for the love of all that exists, don't let there be a third head. Two, he could see them eventually taking down. But three heads? It was getting risky.

To put it shortly, Kalvar was quite awestruck. Before he had knew it, the fight was over completely. The beast slain. Almost solely by Julius. If he wasn't there, he was certain the knight of Hyrule still could have beaten it... Especially since he pulled out a, well, a fire boomerang. Once it was thrown, it was like the battle was over instantly. With just a few quick motions, the plant monster seemed to shrivel up and perish before his very eyes.

If this was what it was like to be trained as a Knight of Hyrule, he couldn't fathom how anyone ever was able to topple them in battle. He certainly had never seen anyone as skilled in combat as Julius.

Kalvar took a deep breath, slowly lowering his bow towards the ground. His hands were actually twitching slightly in nerves. This was the strangest day of his life, and he just hoped there wasn't going to be anything bigger than that. If the entire tree came alive and attacked them, he would have absolutely no idea what to do. Hopefully nothing else was going to strike. He had just about enough of giant plant monsters for the day.

Suddenly, Julius spoke. His head tilted over towards his direction as he motioned towards a small treasure hoard up ahead. Check it out? Was he... offering it to him? His question was answered when he even offered the gems from earlier. Kalvar was quick to nod his head. Why would he turn that down? "Of course. I'll take them, thank you. "

Slipping the gems into his hands, he carefully examined them in his hands. Clearly these had to be Wind Gems, right? What else would make that boomerang act the way it did? Without a second thought, he hurried over towards the little hoard of treasure. Hopefully it would be some rupees so that he could afford a few niceties for once. A life on the road made comforts a little scarce.

However, barely saw any rupees. It looked like the little collection was just a bunch of various materials and things collected over time. The only thing that seemed even remotely of value at first glance was these strange translucent gems. Maybe there was a point to this little collection of scraps? Some pieces of Everwood which he was able to recognize, large strips of rather rough leather, and bits of Glow Iron. Perhaps...

Wait. Didn't Julius say he was a bit of a smith when they first met? His disappointment turned into excitement at the thought.

Quickly looking over his shoulder he smiled over at Julius. "Hey, quick question. You know how to make bows?"

Kalvar awaited anxiously as Julius started to construct a new bow. Admittedly, his own bow was a few years old, but it had served him well. Holding his own bow in his hands, the memories practically flashed back. Of course, it would be absolutely nothing compared to the new bow made of Everwood. Even still, Kalvar would make sure his old bow found a new home. No sense in tossing aside a perfectly good weapon, even if it was a little old.

As his new bow spoke, not only did his mouth dropped, but so did his old bow. What? It could talk? He took a few steps closer completely forgetting about his old bow for the moment. Was it those strange gems? Was Julius just that good at making weaponry? Honestly he didn't have a single clue. Eyes wide in awe, he quickly stripped the bowstring off of his old bow as Julius spoke. He'd definitely splurge and get a nice new bowstring in the next town he visited.

Kalvar practically trembled with excitement. He had expected mostly just a powerful, nearly undestroyable bow, but this was definitely much, much cooler. Stepping forwards, he carefully reached forwards to grab the bow in his hands. It didn't feel like some powerful bow, but the leather was great to hold on to. Before he could even start to string the bow, it spoke to him out loud.

"Greetings, Master Kalvar. I am the Fairy of Winds. It is a pleasure to be allowed to aid you." God, that was definitely going to take a while to get used to. Of course, he doubted it was an actual fairy. There was no way an actual fairy was in this, right? Either way, it didn't really matter. He wasn't going to argue with it. Slowly, he finally strung the bow.

Nodding his head over at Julius, he smiled softly. "Thank you. This is... Well, it was a real honor to fight by your side. Are all Knights of Hyrule that skilled with a blade?"

Kalvar couldn't help but chuckle as he suddenly shot away upwards. Guess walking out of here together wasn't an option huh? All in all, he wasn't too worried. After all, an actual Knight of Hyrule invited him to Castle Town! Things couldn't possibly get better. A smile on his face and a kick in his step, he began to walk.

"Master. May I ask where we are heading?" The soft voice spoke inside his head. At first he jumped a bit, but quickly calmed himself down. Telepathic sentient bow? Sweet. He slowly hung the bow over his back before he started to walk faster. Time to get out of this place. Without a hookshot, he'd find another way out. There always was one.

"Honestly? To Castle Town preferably, but that is quite a long walk. I'd make it there eventually... But there is no shame in making a few stops along the way."

The 'fairy' seemed to pause a bit before it spoke once more. "I imagine Castle Town to be both a Castle, and a Town. Correct?"

He laughed so loud he was sure Julius could probably still hear him, looking over his shoulder at the bow to speak. "You have a lot to learn, don't you? You would be correct in that assumption, yes."

It hastily replied, "I have only gained consciousness nigh over five minutes ago. There is a lot I have not learned. Although, I do not feel upset. It is the start of an adventure. Going everywhere and seeing new things... It sounds exciting, to say the least. Do you travel a lot?"

Kalvar just smirked to himself as he turned around, finally finding a ledge low enough for him to climb up. "I often go where the winds take me. If I had rushed to Castle Town I never would have found you, never met Julius, and never gone on so many adventures. I've been all over."

"Going where the winds take you... Now what Fairy of the Wind would I be if I didn't enjoy the sound of that?" It seemed to mentally chuckle in Kalvars head, and all he could do was smile.