Stopping a bombing [closed]

She'd finally made it... She was in Hyrule castle town, and after the whole fiasco with the shadow temple, she knew here would be a better place to start wreaking havoc in the name of Ganon. Upon walking through the city, a few posh individuals were waving some party in a mansion in the faces of other people. Quite a few actually... Harena's mind started turning, and she eventually had her plan.

She got an inn room for all her things, ensure the door was locked as she left. If anyone saw all her books, she'd be done for before she could even begin.

She went through the market, looking for what she wanted. Eventually, her eyes fell upon the thing she knew would work. She walked up to a Goron, and his eyes sparkled as he saw a potential customer. "Hello ma'am, how can I help you? Maybe a few bombs?" 

Harena's hand pointed to a powder keg in the front. "Two of those. How much will that be?" The Goron turned to a deku scrub in the corner.

"Reginald, how much are two powder kegs?" the Goron asked quizzically.

The deku scrub thought for a moment. "Two kegs at 15 rupees each, so 30 rupees."

Harena put down the money and turned back to the Goron. "I'll be back at about 10 or so tonight to pick them up. Carrying around high explosives in broad daylight is somewhat suspicious, and people won't like it." 

The Goron nodded understandingly. "Of course. I'll start making preparations immediately." He then walked off to go do whatever he needed to. Harena left the store, figuring she'd do a little browsing. She was in the capital of the known world, they must have some decent stuff to look at.

Harena walked through the streets, looking at all these people. Monsters, every one of them. Leeches, feeding off of other people's loss. Especially the nobles. She saw an obese, rich looking noble walk right past a homeless child, not even sparing a single glance, much less a rupee. She saw another one walking with a servant in tow, carrying all of her things like a pack mule. And another, picking up his fancy clothes for his fancy party, and not giving a damn about anyone else. 

Yes... This world would prosper tonight when she annihilated them at this party... She walked into the weapon store, looking at their weapons, and though she was only window shopping, she still enjoyed seeing all the fine weaponry. Eventually, she found herself in the tailor store Idris was in, and she was looking around at all the fine cloaks. "Fashionable and practical... Nice..." She muttered, feeling the material.

Harena glared daggers at the man who bumped into her. It was the noble she'd seen in here too. She placed down the cloak she was looking at, and thought to kick some manners into the arrogant, snooty bastard. She decided against it, as she'd just draw attention to herself. No matter. If he was at the party, he'd die with the others. 

The gerudo saw that it was getting darker. Better go get ready... She walked out of the store and back to the inn room. She went up to her room, getting her belongings. Prior to putting on the gauntlet, she took her dagger and cut across her hand, then clenched the blood in her fist. Harena mentally did a prayer with her eyes closed and let the blood fall. She then cleaned up the cut and donned her equipment. 

She stopped by the equipment store to pick up the powder kegs, and headed towards the mansion on the empty streets.

Harena neared the mansion, and the party had already begun. She could hear a ton of chatter from inside. Two guards stood outside the gate, and Harena walked up nervously, hoping to slip by. No luck though, as one put his hand out to stop her. “So, this the alcohol for the party?” He asked casually, to which Harena merely nodded. “How about it, hun? Can we have a drink?”

Harena coyly shook her head. “But the nobles would know it was opened, then I’d be on the bad end of a nobleman’s temper. And we don’t want that, do we?”

Both guards agreed, so Harena continued to throw off any more suspicion. “When I bring it inside, I’ll check if I can get some out to you two, okay?” She walked off thinking the typical ‘Suckers.’

When she was in the gardens before the door, she went around the sides, looking for a side entrance. She couldn’t be sure, but she thought it might have been that man from the tailor’s that had been nearby as she brought it up the path. Oh well, the fool wouldn’t know any better either. She started tracing around the building until she found a trapdoor to the cellar. There was a ton of decrepit stuff around, but that’s not what she cared about. She placed down the first powder keg right next to the main support. From the sound of banging above, this is right where people were walking over. Perfect. She took the fuse wire that the bombmaker had thrown in with the deal, and laid out a decent length, lighting it with a match. Forty minutes worth. That should give her enough time to find the other spot to place it, and get the hell out.

She saw a large pile of tablecloths and threw one over the remaining keg, the other over her own bomb, ensuring the cloth didn’t kill the fire. She then casually used her cart to bring it through the mansion for a decent position. Most people simply saw her as a servant, if a more attractive one. She swore to herself a few times that she’d received slaps on the rear and such from disgusting bastards. Repeating her prayers in her head, she ignored them.

Harena walked through the halls with the keg, wanting to ensure she chose a suitable spot. It should be a basement as well, probably near another major support. She neared another staircase down, but heard a soft voice behind her. “Samantha?” Harena kept walking down the stairs, hoping there was no confrontation here. Now in another basement, she turned around to the girl, probably about 17 or 18. She had followed, a confused look on her face. She was dressed in clothes that made the gerudo think this girl was a maid or something.

“Oh… sorry, I thought you were someone else.” She stepped a bit closer, noticing the keg. “What’s that? Wait…” A confused look went across her face. And that was all it took. “Who are you? You aren’t a servant… You shouldn’t be he-“ She was interrupted with terrified eyes as she watched Harena’s knife retreat back to her hidden sheath. She reached up, feeling the thin slice along her throat, then putting it in front of her face, seeing the blood on her hand. Tears began to form as she fell to the floor, blood seeping out in a pool. Harena took the body, hiding it under a piece of furniture.

She would NOT allow anyone to interfere. Better to slit her throat now than risk her own death for it. Now with no distractions, Harena walked over to the final powder keg. Good thing too, as the cart she was using was worn. The wheel on one corner snapped off and Harena’s eyes went wide as the keg started moving towards the ground. She dashed forward as quickly as possible, grabbing the explosive to prevent it from hitting the ground. She sighed in relief, knowing she wouldn’t be standing here if she’d missed that.

What had it been now? Five minutes or so? She cut the needed fuse, setting and lighting it. She also bent down, taking the annoying girl’s key. That’d let her escape from anywhere. She walked up the stairs, ensuring the door was locked behind her. Walking through the hall towards the back entrance, Harena failed to notice that when she’d grabbed the keg, some gunpowder had gotten onto the back of her arm, a small amount flitting onto the floor every now and then.

Now the crowd had thinned to nothing, silence filling the halls. Harena looked down, seeing that she was leaking powder off her arm, and brushed it off hurriedly. She looked nervously behind her, seeing if anyone had followed her. New plan, use the top floor windows to escape.

She ran towards the stairway, and it was locked. She pulled the maid's key out if her cleavage, using it to unlock the door and tucking it back in. She heard a door open behind her, but she wasted no time. Turning would guarantee the person seeing her, and if she was lucky, he didn't know what was going on. 

She dashed up the stairs, rounding a corner and waiting there, ready to pounce given any provocation.

Harena knew that with her killing anyone around here, the chances went up of her getting caught. Thus, when she heard Idris coming around the corner, she pretended to be a maid. She walked out from around the corner casually, but her heart sank when she saw that it was the same man as before in the store she'd bought the powder kegs from. Maybe he wouldn't remember her... So she said to him in as polite of a voice as possible, “I'm sorry sir, but the party is exclusively downstairs, I'll have to ask you to go back down there.” All she could hope was that he believed her disguise.

Harena began to think frantically when the noble knew she wasn’t a maid and became on edge. She cursed her luck and shook her head. “No, I’m not part of the staff, I’m a mercenary brought on to ensure nobody intrudes up here.” She thought out everything as well as possible to avoid contradictions. She recalled people declaring this party as being thrown by a man named Altior. “Obviously there are many valuables that could be stolen up here. I’m to ensure they aren’t.” She then remembered the name of the noble from around town when people discussed the party. “Mr. Altior would certainly be cross with me an I wouldn’t get my pay if you stuck around here much longer.”

“Now go back downstairs before I have to take any form of action.” She leaned on the wall, and hunched forward and inch, showing her powerful, intimidating abdominal muscles. Perhaps showing her muscles wouldn’t scare him off, but it would certainly show him what she was capable of.

Harena realized that this noble was smarter than he looked. Either that, or the stars aligned in his favor. Either way, she wasn't putting up with bullshit right now. Turning around, she took a step away. "I already said what my job was..."  As she finished this, she turned her body super quickly, landing her foot on the side of his face. 

Taking him down to the ground, she punched him once in the gut, straddling him. "I don't have to tell you anything. Nor will I. All you pathetic nobles deserve long, painful deaths... You're lucky enough that I'm in a hurry." She then took her knife out of her sheath, raising it up.

With a sigh of pain at the thunder spell, Harena stepped back briefly. He had magic... He was dangerous... But she had to get out of there... If the bombs blew while she was inside, she'd be toast. She looked back towards the stairs, and saw that there was a balcony a floor up.

"I'd love to stay and kill you personally, but I have to be places. Just remember that everyone here tonight was slaughtered in Ganon's name." And with that, she sprinted to the right, jumping off the wall and grabbing the balcony. "Goodbye, you conceited, petty fool!" She then climbed up and sprinted away.