Mile high club

Nope

Nope nope nope.

Heights.

This was the worst. The absolute worst. If Wiki had teeth she would be grinding them. Luckily such a gross noise was not escaping her mouth. Instead, the grossness was her voice was, her uttering curses as she climbed. She had already made her way through a bit of the temple and was now climbing on a pillar to get to a platform. What an awful situation.

She had already hated the ride, having just recently recovered from a concussion. A large bandage was wrapped around her head (and one of her eyes was covered.. and still oozing fresh sap... let's just not talk about it). Boy she'd been traveling a lot recently. This sucked. The only real work out she had been caring about was climbing to get high books up on library shelves.

Augh.

As Wiki ascended the pillar, her eyes fell upon the visage of one bulbous Deku Scrub--who seemed mostly disinteresting except for the fact he was already flying towards the next platform, effortlessly. She could see another, disturbingly familiar Deku Scrub being hefted in his grip as well.

Guy dropped onto the platform above Wiki's turning around to see her, his pose intentionally arrogant. "What? Don't you have any friends that can fly?" In truth, even he was a bit envious of Gustav's abilities--it's one of many feats he intended to learn--but he blatantly enjoyed any opportunity to rub Wiki's face in the dirt.

...

The day before, Gustav had been in touch with his 'business contact,' Guy. The ne'er do well had often done 'uncanny' work for him in exchange for a hefty price, but he always pulled through--so Gustav trusted him, against his better judgement. It turns out Guy was heading to City in the Sky, searching for some secret knowledge that didn't much interest Gustav. Cartography was his #2 hobby, however--behind increasing his own profit margins--and this was a rare chance to map out the fabled flying city. Thus, Guy ended up hired as a personal bodyguard.

...And for the umpteenth time, he stumbled into Wiki. It was as if fate wanted them to be together. It was enough to make Guy vomit.

Wiki closed her eyes. No. No not this guy again. His stupid hair reminding her where she earned this concussion. And he had brought another obnoxious friend. Great.

"Don't you keep any company who doesn't immediately make me want to vomit?" Wiki shouted. She finally made it to where she was climinbing. What an awful situation to be in. She looked over at Guy and his companion, panting and trying to regain her breath. She sneered. For some reason, Gustav looked familiar. Then again, he looked like a lot of the Business Scrubs she used to work with. Great.

".. You're just a mooch, you know that?!" Wiki began shouting up at the other two Dekus. "Can't do anything for yourself! Always needing help!" she started punching the air and jumping up and down. She was NOT going to deal with this guy again no siree. Luckily, her flailing kept any sort of bat like creatures from bothering her.

( >>>>>>>>>> Dinofols)

From his perch atop the next pillar, Guy silently watched Wiki flailed and screamed in wild fury. He couldn't help but smile. Few things gave him such amusement, anymore. He began approaching the next pillar--a couple more and he would reach a door, he hoped. There had to be something at the end of this string of giant stairs, after all.

Guy didn't mind leaving Wiki behind, but of course Gustav had something that almost resembled a heart--when he was sufficiently paid, anyway. "I'll help you to the top," he called down to her, "...If you give me a rupee."

Dirk, his pet guay, abruptly perked up. It was the only creature here who seemed to notice a peculiar Keese floating high above the group. Extending its wings, it abruptly soared off Gustav's head--beady eyes glinting maliciously at the foul beast it seemed intent on slaying. None of the Deku Scrubs seemed to care.

"H-ha!" Wiki started to laugh, jumping onto the next platform. "Don't count on it"

Even though she was tired, Wiki managed to climb with an impressive amount of speed. She had been doing too much climbing recently. All in the name of eventually getting exactly what she wanted. She finally made it to her destination. ... Of course, it looked like her final destination was also the same as these two. Why was she running into people she hated so often lately? It could be worse. At least there wasn't... Wiki looked up. No
.. No.... Not another person.

She groaned.

"... Why are you even here?!" she snapped at Guy and his companion, but her voice was loud enough to carry throughout the room. She pointed up towards the other figure she saw. "And YOU! What do you have to say for yourself?"

Guy glanced idly towards the armor-clad figure to which Wiki pointed. Was he going to try to kill them? Probably. Nonetheless, Guy responded to Wiki's answer, "According to my sources, this place contains a certain kind of energy that can be imbued into the body to enable faster movement. I'm looking for it. Gustav just wants to map this place," because he is the most boring person I've ever met, Guy thought. His hand moved towards the hilt of his blade, now watching the armored figure in anticipation of a response. Maybe it would fall for Wiki's taunt. Maybe it would try to kill them. Maybe it was just a very life-like statue.

Gustav glanced up at the guay as it fluttered back down onto his scalp. He smirked slightly, giving it a little pet--not noticing the vicious look in its yes, nor the blood on its beak. He didn't much mind the armored figure, assuming Guy or perhaps this strange lass would take care of it for him.

"... I see," Wiki said. She was obviously tense. "How's the guy who thinks he's a bee? You guys still dating?" She heard the squeals of battle and did her best to ignore them. She was more preoccupied with the fact that there was a very large and monstrous beast right in front of her.

Wiki was not going to fall for any sort of display of authority. Wiki has not respected an authority figure in years. What makes you think she would start now? Plus... The stench of fecal matter surrounding him wasn't helping his introduction. What was it with men and always smelling... Well.... Like shit? Well, mostly just the hylian and deku men. Zora spend too much time in the water to stink and gorons are rocks. But there were bigger issues at hand. Wiki continued to eye the guay. She moved her hand suspiciously to her pouch. She bristled around, never breaking eye contact with the bird. She looked like she was about to make a move towards the thing... And of course Wiki looked like she was about to kill something.

Suddenly, a large chunk of meat appeared in her hands. Why Wiki had meat in her bag is not something anyone should ask about. It would be a very unwise course of action.

"Your guay is incredible," she said, genuinely sounding astounded. "Let me feed it?"

Guy similarly winced as a roar tore through the area, but Wiki and Gustav seemed to be in their own little world.

If Gustav had eyebrows, they would have been raised. What kind of person carries around meat in a pouch? Wouldn't it spoil? Wouldn't it get smothered with lint or something? He was a bit reluctant to say, "Thank you," but did so anyway, feigning away the sheepishness that almost clouded his voice. As he provided a hand towards Dirk, the bird hopped onto it, and Gustav lowered it to within Wiki's reach.

"Make sure she doesn't poison it," Guy called over. He watches Julius with a hint suspicion. The look of his armor held up with the fact that he was Hylian, and precious encounters suggested with the Hyrule Guard made it seem likely he was among them. If that was the case, though, what the hell was he doing all the way up here? Nonetheless, he didn't care enough to try to come up with fake names at this point. Gustav was too naive and Wiki was too crazy for him to set up a ruse on the fly. "I'm Guy. That's Gustav. The other one--Wiki--is a crazy bitch, so try to ignore her."

"So," his eyes narrowed slightly, "Why is a fancy Knight of Hyrule"--Guy said the title with a hint of disgust--"Doing all the way up here? Tracking down an apple thief so you can sever his hands?"

Wiki sensed the hesitation in Gustav's voice but did not care. He was now irrelevant in the equation of letting her touch the bird. The meat was fresh and wrapped in a thin paper to keep it from getting spoiled. She was going to save it for later the large beast that brought her up here... but to be honest carrying around meat all day didn't interest her. It probably would have ended up being thrown at someone sooner or later anyways.

She glared with her one visible eye at Guy. What an ass. She didn't introduce her name to Julius, she was much too busy petting the bird. bird... The one animal Wiki actually didn't hate. At least the other Deku had enough sense to hate this Julius character on instinct. One, a hylian, two, smells awful, and three, he was a Knight of Hyrule. Three strikes was already two strikes too many.

That roaring was not her problem nor was it her goal. The bird sufficiently distracted Wiki for her not to be a bitch for twenty seconds. However, once she heard the distinctive twinkle of a fairy she let out a groan. No, she could not deal with another small flying annoyance in the same month. She paid little attention to the group, instead opting to look through her bag one more time to make sure she had everything. She pulled out her journal, took a quick look at a marked page, and then quickly put it away.

The question was not where Wiki would go, however. She quickly took the east path towards the ruins. The Deku cocked an eyebrow up at the strange dinosaur looking creature she saw in the distance. Sticking out her finger, she pointed at the ground under it. In a flash, it burst into flames, dying in an instant.

"Watch out for those," she laughed with more malice than intended. What could she say, she was excited. There was a specific treasure she needed from this place, then she could skadaddle out of here.

Guy pressed one hand to his forehead. First, he had a Hylian who wanted to kill a monster apparently just for the sake of killing it--where was Sienna, anyway? Second, he had an evil entity that was probably going to either get herself killed or get all of them killed. Third, he had a map-maker who was blissfully unaware of the fact his life was constantly in danger.

...At least the third one had a useful ability to fly. He needed to learn how to do that. The less reliance he had on people like this, the better.

Pulling his face out of his palm, Guy half-glared at Julius, explaining his and Gustav's reasons for being here in the same matter-of-fact way he had done with Wiki. With that said, be began to callously scuffle after the monstrosity, as she happened to be headed in the same direction Gustav was leading him a minute ago. He gave a sideways glance to the Dinolfos Wiki just roasted, then to the Hylian again. He had no intention of interacting with either of them, but nonetheless felt stuck with them. It was probably best to stick close to the only sapient creatures in a flying castle of death--probably.

Seeing how Wiki was scurrying off, Gustav looked back towards Guy, then towards this Julius fellow, before beginning to scurry off as well. "It seems as though we are all wandering in search of something, you know?" There was a faint smile in his voice, "You're more than welcome to come with us, Knight, if you would like." In Gustav's experience, it was always good to be nice to an armor-clad giant who looked like he could use a pair of Deku Scrubs as chopsticks--despite how unimpressed his company seemed to be with the man.

With a portion of the blood-soaked meat still in its beak, the guay fluttered back to its resting place atop Gustav's head. Even from that position, its intense eyes had to gaze upward to make contact with those of Julius. He could likely feel its iron stare fixating on him, intensely... appraising him, somehow.

As she approached the creature she killed, she cocked an eyebrow. She had thought it was a Helamasaur... then she realized it was a Dinolfos. There was no way that she would have been able to have kill that thing in one hit... but these three -- four, she had forgotten about the fairy for a moment (what a great moment) -- people didn't need to know that. Wiki examined the Dinolfos more closely. There were fresh wounds on the thing - spikes, maybe? - And a few arrows to boot. It was probably a really dumb Dinolfos and walked into some traps. She instantly felt worse about the kill, but made a mental note to watch where her feet were stepping..

Wiki heard the Aerofols before she spotted them. With a grumble, she whipped out her bow and arrows. She aimed at one as soon as she spotted it, catching it off guard and wounding one of its arms. She quickly summoned another arrow in her palm and loaded it, aiming for the same creature, hitting it in the chest this time. She was lucky that the eye she usually closed while shooting was the one she had injured.

A plan half hatched in her head. Mostly just because she didn't want to tolerate these people anymore, and also because she was worried they were after the same thing she was. Not a chance.

"Why do you always follow me around?!" she shouted at Guy. "Past experience should tell you that tagging along with me only leads to more injuries?!"

She cocked her arrow again, aiming. Damn these things were fast. Her eyes widened and she quickly jumped out of the way of an arrow. The timing was impeccable as always - one moment later and she would have been dead. Karma was weird to her like that, it'd much rather let her suffer for awhile before giving her a clean and painless death. That'd be too easy.

(>>>>>>>>Aerofols)

"We were here first!" Guy called back immediately. He actually wasn't sure, but presumed it so considering she had caught up to them, and not the other way around. He began to question why he hadn't bothered pushing her into the endless abyss below, but then he remembered Gustav would have seen him in the act--and probably extorted him for rupees until his hands bled sap. It may also be because seeing her miserable gave him an odd sense of joy.

Oh, right, there were two winged lizards trying to kill them. His eyes moved immediately towards Gustav--who was hiding as far away from the fight as possible, feebly aiming his bow at foes he had no chance of hitting. The only one of them that could actually fly was useless in a melee fight against these things. Great.

Glancing back towards the flying obscenities, he realized they were actually being smart for once. They had bows. "Take cover," he called out, mostly to Gustav. He was sure the Hylian had already noticed. This was hardly a fair fight. He knew Wiki wasn't a good shot, and the Hylian didn't even seem to have a single ranged weapon. Needless to say, throwing knives wouldn't be able to match the range of bows...

"The things I do," he grunted with annoyance.

Julius and Wiki were serving as the main distraction now, likely because they were the only ones attempting open attacks. It gave Guy ample time to scramble up the nearest wall, hustling along at a brisk pace thanks to what he now believed to be the handiest spell in the world. Before he realized it, he was on the ceiling, and the Aeralfos had, miraculously, not even noticed him. He was almost offended at the lack of attention he was getting--didn't they realize he was the most dangerous one here?

With a dramatic leap, Guy tore off the ceiling and brandished his blade, charging the nearest Aeralfos--only for it to turn around at the last moment, dodging out of his way nimbly. Had it seen him after all? He didn't care. With a sharp kick, Guy activated his Hover Boots, charging through mid-air for just a second long enough to crash into the beast, tearing into one of its wings with the most ferocious stab he could muster. Both of them tumbled downward at a wild pace, it flailing and clawing at the nuisance at its back--as that nuisance furiously slashed and tore at the wings, doing his best to ignore the scuffling wings and claws.

Just before impact, he leapt from its back, tumbling onto the ground, panting. The creature screeched in pain, but was already moving to get back up--could it still fly? Guy himself was struggling just to recover onto his feet. Hopefully that Hylian's sword wasn't just for show--he had been presented with a golden opportunity to use it.

"F A L S E," Wiki yelled, articulating every letter as she said the word. Each bit of punctuation laced with righteous indignation. Wiki started to hatch a plan in her head. She waited for the right moment.. right when Guy was at the peak of speed... and then pointed her finger right under him. She knew that in a moment, flames would erupt behind him. Hopefully teaching him a lesson about wearing long hair. seriously come on you're like 60 and wearing your hair like a teenager also not combat ready..! Ahm.

Wiki grabbed an arrow out of her quill and aimed for the flying beast. She waited until it was in front of something she could pin it against... and let the arrow fly. It hit one of the unarmored pieces on its body. She pointed at it, erupting it into flames. If it didn't die she didn't care. She was already looking through the room...

Wiki had a feeling what she was looking for wasn't going to be in a treasure chest.

She resisted the urge to start smashing pots (in order to not look like a complete lunatic), but instead started looking in them. She founds a roop rupee, and pocketed it, but otherwise nothing. Damn. She crossed her arms.

"Julius, right?" Wiki said, cupping her snout with her hand and closing her eyes. "Please, if you are here, and they are here because, for some reason, the one with hopefully singed awful hair is following me... Don't speak to me." She rubbed her head.

Well, that did it. Guy was done. He callously walked through Wiki and Julius as they were discussing whatever they were discussing. Without stopping or looking at either of them, he shoved his middle finger square in Wiki's face and continued walking. You simply do not attack a man's hair--especially not after he injured himself to defeat your enemy.

He didn't really care if the Hylian was going to do anything, and he barely cared if Gustav was still following him. He wanted to get what he was looking for, and be done with all this. His boots enabled him to float up the stairs, and towards the next area.

Gustav stood, scratching his head for a moment. He watched a smoldering Aeralfos try to put out the smoke on its wings, before it flew off through a vent and into the open sky outside... It seemed like a good decision, Gustav thought, considering what these savages had just done to his friend. It was almost pitiable.

The merchant's head swiveled between Julius and Wiki, giving them both a slight nod as if thanking them for their valiant effort--or, perhaps, acknowledging that he hadn't much contributed. Regardless, he floated back up into the air, and continued jotting a map of the area. As he surveyed his surroundings, his body hovered a few feet above the head of Julius.