Ships and Sea Monsters

Stretching out his arms, Rika gently rubbed his upper arm, the arm still sore from being crushed. Luckily, Red Potions existed, so he could easily heal and restore it. However, it still felt slightly sore, for whatever reason. You would think the potion would heal that, too. Since the battle, Rika had been hanging out with Sec, for whatever reason. Probably due to that revenge he still needed to deal. Wollo the Octorock was slowly trotting behind Rika, cautiously glancing around towards others. He had been in Impa for a few days, now, but everyone still seemed new. He would occasionally get a few nasty glances due to being an Octorock, but luckily no one had messed with him.

As they were walking about town, Sec seemed to be reading a flyer. He spoke to Rika, proposing that they build a ship. A ship? Rika quickly snatched the flyer out of Sec's hand, looking it over. "A ship? Do you know how to build one? It's pretty complex, it's not like you can just walk in and learn as you go. Then again, they'll probably just have us go collect materials or something, and do the actual building themselves. So, why not, let's go!" Rika spoke, before heading off towards some random direction. "Uhh. . . Where is the ladie?" Wollo said to Rika, causing him to pause. "Er. . ." Taking a quick glance at the paper, it didn't list any particular location.

"Well. . . Let's just go towards the docks!" Rika said, before heading east in the direction of the coast. Wollo was somewhat confused about it, but followed along anyway. Once they reached the docks, there were a number of different buildings. Obviously, the one they had to go to was a large, wooden building, with a sign on it in the likeness of the lady on the picture. "Well, I guess that's where we're going." Taking a walk in, it seemed to be some sort of pub. There were a few burly, manly men, drinking beer and sharing battle stories. Some were dressed as soldiers, others as pirate-like men. At the counter was a large man, with so much chest hair you could get lost in it. He wasn't wearing a shirt, but his large arms would probably rip any shirt he tried to wear. Upon the trio entering, they were met with a glare and silence. "Wha'chu doin' here? We don' allao' kids, monsters or girly men in here." The man behind the counter spoke to them.

Rika seemed rather. . . annoyed by that comment. "Looking to start a fight? 'Cause I'd be happy to oblige." Rika somewhat annoyedly responded. The men turned their attention over to Sec, waiting for his response. Would a fight end up breaking out?

As the men chased Sec around, he seemed to draw most of the attention from the men, although Rika was not left completely alone. A nearby man glanced at him, remaining seated at the table he was at. Turning to him, a small smirk grew on Rika's face. "Having fun?" Rika commented, referring to the men chasing Sec around. The man seemed somewhat different from the others, not instantly jumping on Sec or Rika like the others. "Ya' wanna help yer' scrawny friend, there? E' looks like e' needs it." The man replied, glancing at the ongoing ruckus before turning his attention back to Rika. The Kokiri seemed to almost, almost consider it for a moment, before giving an answer. "Nah, he deserves it for something he did earlier. Maybe if he gets into too much trouble I'll help, but he seems like he's having fun." Contrary to what Rika just said, Sec was probably not having fun.

Wollo seemed somewhat confused about what was going on. Were they fighting? Rika didn't seem like he was doing anything, though. Normally when there was a fight, Wollo expected Rika to, if somewhat recklessly jump in. So maybe they weren't fighting? What was the green man doing, then? The Octorock kind of bunched himself up behind Rika, unsure of what was even happening.

As Sec's battle continued, eventually, if sooner than you would think, it would come to an end. . .

As Sec crawled towards the Kokiri, he glanced down at him, a wide smirk on his face. "You seemed like you were having fun." He glanced at the brawl that was happening in front of him, before looking back down to Sec. "Look at the mess you caused, Sec! I know it's fun, but we don't have time to be messing around." Rika let out a light laugh as he finished. As much as he was making fun of Sec over it, HE was the one enjoying all of this. Stretching his arms slightly, Rika nodded to himself. "Well, guess I gotta go break it up. Wait here, Wollo!" He said, before taking a step forward. Of course, before he managed to break it up, something else did.

Although the brawl was making quite a bit of noise, the sound of a door SLAMMING open was very clearly heard. Shortly after, a very loud, female voice was heard. "What're ye' girls' doin' makin' all da' racket in here?! Can't I get som' sleep in here?!" The entire room seemed to pause at the shout of this woman. Seconds later, all of the men ran to a seat, leaving the only ones standing Rika and the woman. Upon looking her over, Rika noticed she was the woman on the picture.

She was rather tall, much taller than Rika, at about 6' or so. For all intents and purposes, she was an extremely beautiful woman. Glancing over at the barkeep, as if for an answer to her question, he stuttered for a moment before managed to spit it out. "W-We were fightin' tha' guy! He came in her', declarin' us pirates, breakin' me rum!" He exclaimed, pointing towards Sec. She waltzed towards Rika and Sec, but before she said anything, Rika started speaking. "Hi, I'm Rika. We're here about the ship." He pulled out the flyer, holding it up and showing it to her. Looking down at Sec, he pushed him slightly with his foot. "Get off the floor, Sec, you're embarrassing yourself." The woman looked down at Sec, as if waiting for him to stand up and explain himself.

Rika was enjoying letting Sec handle the conversation, but his eyes lit up at the mention of a sea monster. He'd get to fight something that is apparently strong, judging by the men's reactions?! He hadn't gotten to fight Jagon himself due to the injuries to his arm, so he was rather disappointed by the lack of a good fight. It couldn't be that strong, however, surely he'd fought stronger beasts. "A sea monster? No big deal, what're we talkin'? Subspecies of Morpheels? Normal sea serpents? I mean, what?" The room was shocked at Rika's response. "Y-Ye be foolish! This ain't a beast ye can treat so lightly! It's said to be many feet long, capable of swallowing a man whole!" A man told, a light hint of fear in his voice.

"It's "Said"? . . . Well, I've probably taken down things stronger than it anyway. We'll do it." Murmurs spread around the room, the men unable to believe that he was capable of such feats. After a brief pause, the woman finally spoke up, with a slightly more serious tone towards Rika. "Make no mistake, Kokiri. Arrogance will only get ye and yer girly friend killed. If ye are willing, we will prepare the ship within the hour." Rika didn't seem to really mind her words, following suit with a response. "Duly noted, but I think we'll be just fine. I have a couple things I need to take care of first in town, however, so we may be slightly late. I assume this won't be a problem?" She glanced at Sec, then back towards the boy. "Very well, but if ye be too late, the boat may go to another pair of foolhardy men." She laughed as she said this, before proceeding to turn and leave back into the room she had whence came; After all, her business here was done.

Rika turned and proceeded to exit, not giving Sec a chance to say anything; He would probably be against it, after all. Once outside, Rika began to speak to the Hylian. "I'm going to go claim my rewards promised from holding Jagon off. After all, I need a new scythe. If one isn't made, I will put in a request for it so it will be made by the time we're done. You should have something too, right?" Rika had also been studying the spellbook he had gotten some time ago, managing to learn the Spire spell. Sadly, it wouldn't come in very handy in the ocean.

As the two walked out, Sec made mention of the woman. "Dude I think she likes me." He said to the Kokiri, lost in thought over her. "Haha, yeah, probably. You should ask her out on a date, I'd love to see that." Rika didn't seem as convinced as Sec, but who knows, maybe she did. As they discussed the lady, Sec seemed to notice it get colder. "We might want to pick up some scarfs and heavy clothing if we plan on setting sail." Rika had noticed, but didn't want to bring it up just yet.

"Yeah. . . They said something about a blizzard coming in, right? That's really strange. I'll ask about that after we finish this." Brushing the cold off, the two had reached the blacksmith shop, which was somewhat warmer. He didn't seem to be in as Sec started playing with a knife. "Don't hurt yourself. . . Or break it, for that matter." Rika joked at him while examining the various weapons and armor spread out across the wall.

There had to be something funny about two spellcasters in a blacksmith shop. As the blacksmith returned, he seemed to scold Sec for playing with the dagger, before realizing they were two of the heroes who defended Impa against Jagon's forces. The large man walked over and lifted Rika and Sec into the air, squishing them together with a big hug. Rika really didn't expect that, but I suppose he would be pretty grateful towards them. Setting the two down, the man asked the two what they wanted. Sec requested a new gauntlet for defense.

After responding to Sec, the man turned his attention to Rika. "Well, I had a scythe that was destroyed when we were fighting Jagon's forces. It'd be great if you could make me another." The blacksmith seemed to stop and think for a moment.[color=#brown]"Hmm, I dunno. I don't think I've made a scythe before, it could be tough. . ."[/color] He seemed to think about if he could. "If you can't, it's fine, I have this problem all the time whenever I have to replace it." Rika responded, thinking about where else he could get one. [color=#brown]"Well, what the heck, I can give it a shot! We owe you two our lives, I'd be more than happy to try to make you a scythe! Maybe I can even solve that searching problem for you!"[/color] The man cheerfully exclaimed, throwing his arms up and giving Sec and Rika another bear hug.

"W-Wait, what do you mean?" The last statement made Rika confused as the man set him down. How would he do that? [color=#brown]"It's a surprise, you'll see! They should be done by tomorrow, so just stop by whenever you have time by then!"[/color] Rika gave an affirmative nod at him, responding with, "Yeah, we'll be by tomorrow then. Thanks for making it for us. We have things to do today, though, so we must be leaving, see you tomorrow." Rika let out a light wave at the man before exiting, as he let out a cheerful laugh and said his goodbyes.

Once outside, Rika turned to Sec. "So, what now? We have that out of the way, anything you need to get done? I don't really need any additional clothing, at least not right now." After saying that, Rika looked down at Wollo. "Wollo, you gotta stay back at the inn for now, it'll be too dangerous on the ship for you." Wollo seemed somewhat relieved he wouldn't have to go, but still worried. "Uhh. . . Wollo get worried, though. But, Wollo no go if it too dangrus." The Octorock derpily responded, as Rika turned back to Sec. "I'm gonna go take Wollo back to my room for now. You can get whatever you have to get finished done, and we'll meet back at the docks?"