Torrential Torrents & Terrible Tornadoes (Guy/Mag)

Kalvar looked up just in time to grab the cane before it hit him on the head. A Cane of Echoes? He had never heard of something like this, but he assumed it would help. Otherwise, there was no point to him tossing the cane down to him in the first place. Gripping the cane over his head, he swung it forwards into the middle of the room, where the majority of the ropes were. Suddenly, a strange translucent projectile shot through the air into the middle and a loud thunderous sound echoed throughout the room. So loud it almost made Kalvar drop the cane and hold his ears, but he fortunately did not.

The Ropes burst out into a million directions at once. The ground shook from its impact, and they all started to scatter for their holes. The ropes hit by the swing were pushed back into the walls and they all hissed loudly. Apparently, they did not like the loud vibrations it gave off, which was good for Kalvar. He swung once more, this time prepared for the echoes it gave off. Any ropes that wanted to continue the fight were immediately frightened off and scampered into their holes. A few seconds later, all the ropes were gone.

Kalvar sighed loudly, and set the cane down on the ground. However, as he knelt down to set the cane down, he took another look at his foot. It was bleeding, but not too badly. Kalvar set his bag down and dug a few bandages out and wrapped them around his foot to prevent further injury. As he was wrapping, a door opened in the wall, slowly descending up into the ceiling. Perhaps it was a timed door, the Hylian thought to himself. There was no way the dungeon knew when all the Ropes were gone, was there?

Once his foot was properly bandaged and he placed his bag back upon his back, he turned to the Deku. "Thanks, I owe you one there. That's some nice cane you got. I'm almost jealous." He chuckled before bending down and grabbing the cane, and proceeding to hand Guy his property.

By the time all the Ropes retreated, Guy flipped off the ceiling and landed with a solid thwump. He offered a slight nod as the cane returned to his hand, only to be slipped back into the Adventure Pouch from which it came. Indeed, "I'm thankful I found it back in the day. It came in a pair, but in all my travels, I have yet to find a third..."

Guy momentarily found himself lost in thought. He wondered whatever happened to the cane his compatriot claimed. Did it run out of energy as well? Was he able to recharge it, as Guy had managed to do? Who even created these things, anyway?

With a sigh, he glanced down at Kalvar's bandaged foot, then towards the unlocked door--the only way forward. He suspected that if the Fortune Teller had indeed sent both of them to their doom, they would have met it by now. Kalvar and that clairvoyant could have been working in tandem--but that ruse seemed far too elaborate. Sighing, he said, "I'm starting to wonder if that Fortune Teller we met wasn't full of it, after all. There may actually be something in here for us... Just maybe. Anyway, are you ready to push on?"

Assuming the lad would answer in the affirmative, Guy brought his blade and shield to the ready, and delved through the door.

Awaiting the duo was a huge, dome-shaped room with a floor resembling cracked mud. By Guy's estimate, it must have been at least sixty feet across, maybe more. A hole cracked through the domed ceiling allowed light from outside to pierce through, lighting up the vicinity dimly. A handful of Bomb Flowers gathered around the corners of the room. Peculiarly, there did not appear to be an exit other than the entrance. Once Kalvar was inside, Guy glanced behind him, only to see iron bars slam shut on their only way out.

"...Din damnit."

A sudden rumbling tore through the ground. A cloud of dust poured forth from the dirt, as several different figured all popped up all at once. Three huge segmented worms spat out of the ground, glistening with obsidian spheres, and huge gaping white lips bearing a smile most eerie. All three rapidly began to enclose on the two invaders, squirming at a joggging pace.

"Dodongo Snakes!" Guy announced quickly, sheathing his blade--last thing that would work against these squirming bastards. After activating his Hover Boots, Guy abruptly propelled right by one of them, narrowly avoiding a bite from its gaping mouth. As he hoped, that one and another chased after him instead, leaving one still charging towards Kalvar. "Forget arrows! Get one of those bombs, shove it in his mouth!"

It was a simple strategy, but one he knew Kalvar could follow. Just like their namesake, Dodongo Snakes were impervious to almost any attack to their outside shells... Not only were they practically invincible, but these damn things were larger and faster than any of their kind Guy had yet seen.

He had faced worse injuries than Rope bites before, but that didn't mean it didn't sting a little. There must have been at least some type of weak venom to their bites, but he didn't really know. Kalvar did vow however to figure out after this was all over. If he needed to start carrying some type of antivenom around, he would. He'd almost rather being stabbed through the chest than a slow painful death of venom of all things. Not to mention it would be highly humiliating.

"I assume if the fortune teller meant for us to die, no door would have opened for us, and they would have kept coming until we perished. For now, I think it might be wise to assume that she knew something was here in this place." Kalvar slowly stood back up, stretching his back a little, and holding his bow, an arrow at the ready. "I'm ready. I won't keel over and die any time soon."

As they walked into the next room, he immediately tried to look for a door, as the last room's door did not show itself until they beat the Ropes. However, as he saw that there was indeed no other door, he wasn't even surprised in the least as the iron bars slammed the door shut behind them. Of course they'd have to fight more monsters. Just great. He held onto his bow a little tighter, pulling the string back, preparing to shoot at anything that appeared.

He was surprised however by the monsters that showed, and he cursed under his breath, immediately putting his bow away. Arrows were pretty much useless against a Dodongo, let alone a Dodongo Snake. If he was lucky enough to get one inside of their mouths, maybe. But it would be a foolish plan to try. As fast as the barefoot Hylian could run, he dodged past the snake charging at him, and ran along the edge of the wall. If he got cornered there would be no escape, but the bomb flowers were on the corners.

The snake that was chasing him didn't run straight into the wall as Kalvar had hoped when he first dodged, and just quickly turned to continued chasing him. This thing was insane. Fast, and practically invincible. It was almost by pure luck the bomb flowers were in the room, or perhaps they were put there specifically to kill these dodongo snakes. Dungeons and old ruins were strange in that regard, but now was definitely not the time to entertain this line of thinking. There was nigh-impervious monsters to kill.

Kalvar quickly grabbed a bomb from the flower, plucking it straight off the plant with ease. Without thinking, he turned around to face the beast charging right at him. Such an evil, emotionless beast, Kalvar felt no shame at all killing such an abomination. He had no idea how Guy was faring, but he assumed it was just fine.

Lucky for Kalvar that he was light on his feet, or he would have lost his hand, if not more. Slipping the bomb into the beast's mouth as it charged right past him. Not even a few seconds later did the snake suddenly explode. Obsidian chunks flying across the room, only just narrowly grazing past his cheek. Only leaving a little scratch, he quickly turned around to locate the remaining threats, and try and deal with them if he could. It wasn't until he stopped running finally did he realize just how bloody the bandage on his foot was. Moved the wound around too much too soon probably.

The combination of Guy's fleet feet and his sudden propels combined with hover boots enabled him to stay ahead of both Dodongo Snakes with ease. That clairvoyant must have been right after all--if it wasn't for these bomb flowers, this would have been a practically impossible fight. 'Twas as if the gods themselves were guiding the path of these two dungeon-delvers.

Guy snatched up a Bomb Flower with the strength of both arms, before whirling around to shove the explosive right into the obsidian monster on his tail--before abruptly roc-leaping high and soaring out of the way before the other could snatch him up.

From this vantage point, he could see Kalvar had already slain one to shards. Were these ones simply that fragile? Perhaps it would explain their speed...

Guy's feet planted firmly on the smooth back of one of the snakes as the other's gut visibly burst and swelled with an explosion. He hover-booted off to safely, silently cursing his wasn't as weak as the other.

A couple more bombs later, though, and only one remained...

...

...and, as Guy suddenly realized, they had already used up all four Bomb Flowers in the room. And... as it happened... none of them seemed to be re-growing. He could practically hear the last Dodongo Snake laughing--its gigantic, eerie maw smiled upon him. As he leered upon it, the monster abruptly turned, as if disinterested in eating wood, then rushed towards the Hylian instead.

"If you've been hiding a Powder Keg from me all this time, now would be a good time to whip it out!" Guy shouted. Thinking quickly, he quickly spat a Deku Nut into his palm, then slung it towards his compatriot, "Catch!! It's the best I got!"

One Dodongo Snake, plus zero bombs, one Hylian and One Deku Scrub. The math looked bad for the both of them. He wasn't just about to go out without a fight, but there was no other way of defeating the obsidian shelled beast if those bombs didn't grow back. Kalvar instinctively pulled out his sword, not entirely sure what to do as he feared for the Deku's life, when suddenly the thing turned towards him. He could almost see his life flash before his eyes when Guy's words brought him back to reality.

If it was any other time, he would have laughed at someone keeping a Powder Keg hidden for so long. But now was not the time to be laughing at all, now was the time to figure out a way not to die. Quickly catching the object Guy threw at him, he took just a second to look at what it was before dodging out of the way of stone creature. Jumping to the right, having to roll on the ground a little bit before getting back to his feet and running. Guy could probably just stick to the roof again, but he was going to die if they couldn't figure anything out.

A Deku Nut? Of course a Deku would give him a Deku Nut, but he didn't see exactly how such a thing would help. An explosion of bright light wouldn't stop a creature with no eyes, and only a hungry mouth waiting to feed. Suddenly, it hit him. Explosion. Deku Nuts exploded. Feeling a slight bit stupid, he turned and quickly threw the small nut straight into the huge mouth of Dodongo Snake still following him. Not even a few seconds later the nut exploded inside the beast, a bright light shooting out of its mouth.

It clearly looked disturbed by the explosion, but definitely didn't explode like Kalvar's first encounter. It shuddered a little bit, but continued to charge straight towards him. "More! Keep them coming! I think this might work!" He shouted as he started running around the edges of the room, leaving a slight dripping of blood from his bare feet with every other step.

Thankfully this kid wasn't as stupid as he looked--Deku Nuts could be the closest thing they have to a weapon against this monster. In short order, Guy lobbed a second and then a third nut towards Kalvar. Before the next one even met his hands, however, the bulbous serpent reared back towards him... Did it actually realize the threat Guy was posing with these nuts? Or was it just dumb luck?

As it sped forth, however, it clearly didn't expect a sudden and furious barrage of Deku Nut after Deku Nut launching forth into a gaping maw that seemed incapable of closing--burst after burst exploding in its belly as it raced in vain to devour its assailant. As if to finish it off, Guy's fifth Deku Nut blast was immediately followed up by a gout of Fire right from his snout. He wasn't sure what the thing's composition was made from, or how it reacted with Deku Nuts--by when the flames struck its belly, the oils within suddenly combust, and its gut freakishly stretched, before finally breaking and shattering apart into countless shards.

"Din's mercy," Guy breathed heavily, a grin in his voice. He let out a slight chuckle, "If I'm going to die in battle I don't want it to be to a stupid thing like that! Whenever this is over, remind me to pick up a new batch of bombs..."

As if as a result of the tremors and explosions, the caked dirt and mud covering the far wall fell away, revealing underneath it a stone doorway not unlike one they had come across earlier in the dungeon. 'Twas seemingly the only way forward...

It didn't take too many Deku Nuts later before the Dodongo Snake seemed to realize that either it wasn't going to get Kalvar any time soon, or that the Deku Scrub was the one supplying his explosives. Either way, he stopped running to catch his breath for a few seconds after it started charging towards the Scrub, only to explode seconds later after Guy took care of it. Luckily, Kalvar was out of the explosion radius, or he might have had a few more scratches from all those shards.

Before Kalvar could debate whether or not to pick up a shard to examine it, Guy spoke, and he grinned back at him, chuckling as well. "Agreed, If I'm going to die, at least be it something impressive. No Deku Babas or Ropes please, I at least want an impressive story, if nothing else. A Darknut at the very least."

As the door revealed itself, Kalvar sighed as he walked towards it. Of course the doors always show up after they kill whatever monsters are in the room. As common as this happened, he should be used to it by now. But yet, he was always speechless about the perfect timing. Thankfully, the bleeding on his foot stopped, or he would have continued to trail blood over to the door.

Sliding up the door, revealed the worst sight Kalvar had seen in this place, and perhaps the worst sight he had ever seen. Walking inside, the walls of the place were heavily torn apart, holes in the stone structure allowing huge wind gusts to come through at random intervals. Any torches lit in the room were blew out by the wind long ago, though thankfully the holes allowed a lot of light to come through. Unfortunately, the wind was not what made the room horrible, by any means. In fact, he would rather deal with more wind than what he saw next.

Right away, the room dropped off into a huge pit, only a single ladder leading straight down. Looking down into the pit, he noticed the floor seemed to be moving. Quickly zooming in with his Hawkeye, he immediately realized that it was not a stone floor moving like it was alive. It was Ropes. Dozens and dozens of Ropes all twisting and writhing, the floor wasn't even visible, not even with his enhanced vision. However, he did notice a large door was down there as well. Unless they wanted to risk the brutal winds and try and climb out of the walls, this was the only way.

"May Farore give me courage... Ropes. Why did it have to be more Ropes?" His foot visibly ached a little bit. He'd take running around from Dodongo Snakes any day if it meant he didn't have to jump straight into a nightmare. Sure, he never really had a problem with snakes of any kind, even eaten a few of them before. But in huge numbers like this, it was rather terrifying. Going down in some massive Rope nest, was not how he wanted to end.

After pressing through the door with Kalvar, Guy just sighed. What excitement he had from the previous battle was already fading, as per usual. Getting almost killed seemed like a daily occurrence for decades, now...

Anyway, he wondered, what was it with this temple place and wind? Who worships wind? It's literally just moving air. Even Farore is probably up in her interdimensional whatsits thinking all these wind-worshipers were idiots. Guy did, at least.

"Oh damn," Guy chuckled, staring down into the pit, "Snakes and wind everywhere. What a place... See, this is all the more reason to get some bombs... just drop down a few, poof, all dead." He casually drew that Cane of Echoes back out from his pouch, its violet color glistening softly in the dim light. "They're gonna make me actually swing this thing...

The Obsidian Scrub casually wall-walked down into the long chute, his leafy hair and scarf both dangling down. The dang things couldn't climb--they were helpless down there. The cane didn't hit terribly hard, but when it brought it back, and swung with all his force, the deafening boom of force was enough to crush a few ropes at a time. It took not even a minute before the floor was no longer writhing, but just a bloody smear of reptilian corpses..

"Did you say something?!" Guy's ears were ringing after all those booms... He grimaced, looking up at Kalvar with a perplexed squint. He made a mental note to add some kind of ear protection to his shopping list...

...Waiting for Kalvar to descend the ladder, Guy himself reached for the door. The moment he touched the handle, it... wobbled... "Oh shi--" he abruptly propelled out of the way, hitting the wall behind him as the door fell forward off the wall, hitting the ground. With a sigh, Guy pushed himself off the wall, "Friggin' Door Mimic..."

He exchanged a glance with Kalvar, then began to idly kick aside the serpentine corpses that filled the floor. "Door trap...? No, a trap door... heh."

"I have a feeling we're going to find something big down here, kid." Bending over, he placed a hand through the door's handle, "You ready?"

...

"DIN'S TI--!!" The second the door was pried open, a large, violet tentacle wrapped around either of them. Before Guy could even realize what was going on, he was flying through open winds carried by some monstrous--was that a goddamn Octorok?!

Somehow they had ended up outside of a cliff face, soaring through open air towards some pedestal out in the ocean--a sacred looking pedestal with a circular top dozens of feet across. Four pillars erupted from it... If Guy had any guess, the gigantic purple flying Octorok was taking them there to friggin' eat them.

It was all Guy could do to wriggle, writhe, and finally propel himself from the monster's grip. His cape let him soar towards one of the pillars, latching onto it with his wall-walking ability...

Kalvar just smirked as he pulled the Cane of Echoes. It worked so well last time, and with the Deku's wall walking abilities, this wouldn't be much of a challenge. He just stayed up at the top of the pit, covering his ears as echo after echo bounced up from the pit. After all the vibrations stopped, he looked over the edge, seeing Guy just sticking to the wall, and dozens upon dozens of dead snake corpses. Sounds like he definitely had a fun time. With a chuckle, he started to descend the ladder.

The moment the Hylian touched the ground of the pit, he heard the door slam down on the ground, and he quickly turned around. A fake door? And after all this trouble? That was absolutely devilish to put a fake door down here amongst all the Ropes. "Someone definitely had fun designing this place, that's for sure."

He wasn't entirely surprised when Guy found a trap door, buried underneath the reptile corpses. Of course they would make it hard to proceed from here on out. He had no idea how much was still left to go inside the dungoen, but one thing was for certain. Nothing would stop him from finding out. "Ready." Kalvar, with his bow in hand, stepped closer to the trap door. If he had to shoot something before going down even further, he wanted to be prepared this time.

Unfortunately, what happened next Kalvar could have never been prepared for. Ripped right off the ground by a giant tentacle of sorts, squeezing the breath out of him as they suddenly started flying into the sky. The winds were so intense that the only way he could still see was his Hawkeye blocking the winds like makeshift goggles. Wriggling around in the creature's grasp, he came to the same conclusion that Guy did. An Octorok, as strange as it might have been.

He didn't have the slightest idea where they were at now, but the moment he saw Guy leap out of the beast's grasp he knew he had to do something. With only one hand free, he quickly reached behind him and grabbed an arrow from his quiver, and without any hesitation jabbed the arrow into the tentacle gripping him. Purple blood started to ooze out of the wound and Kalvar was quickly dropped to the ground of one of the platforms.

The Octorok-like thing was furious. Wiggling its tentacles like mad, it started spinning rapidly, trying to smack Kalvar with its tentacles and knock him into the ocean depths below. Kalvar quickly rolled to his feet and ran as fast as he could behind one of the pillars, already preparing an arrow on his bow, which thankfully wasn't crushed in the things grasp.

The exact moment it stopped its spinning, the abnormally large octorok's focus shifted over to where Guy was, and that was when Kalvar struck. Stepping out from behind the pillar, he shot an arrow straight towards the giant bulbous head of the creature. The strange winds unaffecting Kalvars shot, it pierced right into its head several inches deep where more purple blood oozed from its head, spilling into the wind. Making a sound that seemed like a mix between a roar and a gurgle, it turned right back to Kalvar without even touching Guy once.

Without warning, it suddenly exhaled a gust of wind going straight towards Kalvar. It was pissed off, badly. All Kalvar could do was grip onto the pillar, holding on for dear life. "Guy! A little help here!"

The hell did this octorok-thing want with them, anyway? Did Hylian brats really taste that damn good? ... Guy wondered, suddenly, if there was a market for such a potential delicacy. Sure, they were greasy and gross, but squid tastes pretty good too when you season it right. Maybe a chef would be able to--

Guy snapped out of it when Kalvar called his name. He almost forgot mere seconds ago he had narrowly escaped falling to his death.

"Damnit," Guy groaned, pulling out a handful of throwing knives. The monster's winds focused entirely on the lad, giving him an opening to hurl the blades. Just as the knives were about to sink into the octorok's tender backside, a whirlwind burst from underneath its body, soaring the monster again up into the air--and knocking away Guy's nonmagical weapons like mere toys.

"Dindamnit." He didn't have Kalvar's weird wind-negating trick, so projectiles were out it seemed. He hissed in annoyance. Guy sprinted forward, unsheathing his sword mid-stride. He'd already escaped those damn writhing tentacles--only to launch towards them once more.

Guy's scarf shone momentarily, helping to launch him up towards the fleeing amphibian with a mighty leap. The monster's glare flashed towards him--a split-second before a blast of wind erupted from its gullet, hurling him back towards the ground. With a split-second reaction, Guy activated a rush of propel, hurling his small body through the slipstream fast enough for him to reach his free hand out and grapple onto one of the monster's tentacles. Just as he lined up a stab, the creature abruptly and wildly began to spin, warbling wildly.

Guy struggled to hang on, only to be flung head-over heels towards the ground near Kalvar. A quick activation of his cape allowed him a mid-air jump, turning his crash into only an awkward tumble. Still wielding sword and shield, he skid to a halt near Kalvar--who he hoped would have a clear shot.

This Deku was definitely very, very light on his feet. Able to leap up after the beast, and even land without too much difficulty. Honestly he would have been incredibly impressed if he wasn't currently distracted with attempting to fight for his life. The moment Guy had landed onto the floor, Kalvar finally had a shot without risking hurting him. He would have shot earlier, but with how wildly the Octorok-like monster was spinning, he could have accidentally shot his Deku companion. That wouldn't have been good at all.

Kalvar quickly let loose a well aimed shot, right for the head in between the eyes. The beast turned at the last second, but it still stuck straight into it's head. It reeled slightly in pain, wobbling in the air as it floated by its magical winds. Not wasting the opportunity, he fired at least three more arrows towards the beast, who was wiggling his tentacles like mad. Unfortunately, Kalvar missed all but one of those shots, which stuck just above his very first arrow.

More unfortunately, the beast didn't seem to act as injured as it looked. Still fighting just as ferociously as before. Kalvar had a split second to react before it just swooped down towards them, its tentacles grasping for a chance to grab onto one of them. Kalvar tried to dive out of the way, but he didn't quite clear the flying octoroks path. One of its tentacles wrapped around Kalvar's leg.

He gripped his bow for dear life, afraid to lose it as he was suddenly spun around almost like a toy. The monster spun rapidly once again, only for Kalvar to eventually slip out its grasp... And slam side first into one of the pillars, knocking the breath out of him. The Hylian gasped in pain as the breath was knocked out of him, and fell onto the floor.

Luckily, he still had a death grip on his bow as he laid there, struggling to get back up to his feet at the moment. He probably had at least a broken rib, and if not he was incredibly lucky. He'd examine himself after the fight, but for now, Kalvar just barely got up onto his knees. It always could have been worse, falling into the ocean below and drowning would have been bad.

The damn thing had scooped up Guy and Kalvar both, spinning wildly before the two warriors were slung in opposite directions. While Kalvar's body slammed into a pillar, Guy was fortunate(?) enough to be flung off the edge of the stone pedestal structure on which they were fighting... and into the ocean below.

" Oh Din," he grasped his cape and frantically made a double-jump back towards the structure. His wooden hand reached out, missing the sleek stone wall of the pedestal by mere inches. He struggled to propel, but before the technique's energy had been restored, his body hit the ocean with an echoing SPLASH...

...It had been a good 30 foot drop and he landed belly-first. Aching, but--thanks to the magic pants crafted by his sister--Guy wasn't dead just yet. His wooden arms scrambled and squirmed to do that weird swimming thing people who aren't plants learn how to do. As he did so, his magic pants transformed his lower back into that of a fish. As he writhed there in agony, merman Guy momentarily debated fucking off all of this and just swimming away.

Wait, why didn't he just swim away. Until now he was thinking he would clamber back up there and finish the fight, but... Was that Hylian kid really worth saving? Did Guy himself have anything to gain at this point?

As the merdeku pondered the question, the lad was presumably already becoming octodinner.

Kalvar didn't even seem to notice right away that his companion had sunk beneath the waves, too focused on trying to stay alive. He finally got back to his feet, fueled with rage. There was no way some squid looking thing was going to take him out. Not when he had plans for the rest of his life. Doing his best to mentally block out the pain, he grabbed his bow and ran around the platform.

The beast followed him through the air, practically charging after him at this point. It's mouth opened up wide, almost as if it had enough of the charades and was just planning on trying to take a bite straight out of him. Unfortunately for it, Kalvar was the more intelligent of the two. Just as he was about to run straight at a pillar, he quickly turned around and slid directly underneath the flying octorok.

Only just barely escaping the reaching grasp of the tentacles, Kalvar suddenly heard a heavy thud as it ran straight into one of the many pillars atop the platform. It fell to the ground for a split second, wobbling in clear dizziness. It was now or never.

Quickly unsheathing his sword, Kalvar yelled in anger as he charged straight at the squid. It only just barely began to turn around before he stabbed a deep wound straight into it's back. Fueled with a rage very much unlike him, he quickly twisted and pulled the sword right back out. He was just about to make a second strike before the tentacles smacked him away. Coupled with the wind that was surging around the beast once more, Kalvar went flying. Landing down awkwardly onto his knees, his side hurt even worse. Yep. Definitely a broken rib.

The beast flew back up into the sky, but purple blood was constantly oozing out of its back. Spilling onto the floor, and slowly dropping down into the ocean water way below. Kalvar was trying to think quickly, instinctively reaching for an arrow in his quiver when he suddenly realized. All of his arrows fell out, scattered across the floor. Not to mention he neglectfully dropped his bow as he grabbed his sword.

The huge monster was furious at it's injury, screaming something unintelligible in own language. That is, if it was even sentient enough to speak a language at all. Regardless, it began to fly towards him once more. Slower this time, however. Likely due to its own injuries.

Kalvar knew he was horrible with a sword. He would get it knocked out of his hands immediately and flung into the depths below in a single second. So he did the only thing he could think to do. Grabbing the handle tightly, he threw the sword straight at it.

With either a sheer amount of luck, or simply Kalvar's knack for accuracy, his sword pierced right between the eyes. Not very deep, but just enough to damage it enough. Its eyes seemed to glaze over a bit, tentacles wriggling in frustration and pain. Before suddenly it's oversized head lost its balance, and began to tumble down and off the platform.

Kalvar suddenly dropped to his knees, gasping for breath. His chest was on fire, and his foot still stung from the Rope bite from earlier. This adventuring business was a lot harder than just hunting... No average man prepared for giant wind deities.

Eventually, a splash was heard from down below as the giant Octorok crashed into the waves. Only now, did Kalvar realize the Deku was nowhere in sight. "... Guy?" Even talking that loud hurt his side, and he just pursed his lips shut.

(Kalvar irl.)

Guy was still on the fence when he heard a thunderous SPLOOSH hit the water around him. His head whipped about, only to see a gigantic purple body twitching some distance away. Well. That seemed to decide things, both for the battle and for whether or not Guy was going to stick around.

After reaching for the pedestal structure, Guy turned his merman lower half back into legs, before wall-walking the sheer face back onto the flat arena. "Impressive," he called out to the lad. Looked injured. Probably not dying. "I don't suppose it spat out some great treasure or something when it croaked, eh?"

Sighing, Guy began to stretch--cracking his neck in the process. He walked towards the lad, who was splayed on the ground and visibly exhausted. "That fortune teller was probably either full of shit, or trying to get us killed for some reason. Either way you don't seem like you can keep exploring this... place..."

The scrub's eyes scanned the horizon. The structure they had left was a good distance away, as was the island on which they had originated. It might've been a quarter-mile swim, maybe a half mile. Although Guy wasn't fond of the idea, he would be able to dunk back in the ocean and swim there just fine. Swimming... a revolting sensation...

"...I don't suppose you can teleport or fly and you've just been hiding it this entire time." The man sighed, looking at Kalvar, "And it doesn't look like you can swim in your condition either."

Ah, right. The Deku could just climb back up the platform... but how did the plant survive the dunk in the water? Probably some form of magic. This Deku was a constant surprise on that front. If only he had the breath to be able to talk and ask him about it all. He was still able to talk, but very quietly. No need to expend his energy and hurt himself.

Gently placing his hands on his side, he sat down onto the ground a little bit more comfortably now that he had caught his breath. "Yeah... Wish I could, man. Love to be able to just jump off and fly off into the setting sun like some-" He suddenly paused, groaning softly in pain. "Like some Rito. Can probably like... float backwards towards shore. Or climb on the corpse of that thing, and row back to shore. That sounds fun." Of course, he spoke very quietly. Hopefully the Deku could still hear him, however.

Toughing through the pain, he stood to his feet finally. No reason to sit around and act like he hadn't broke a rib before. The pain was always bad, but he'd make do. He just slowly began to collect his dropped arrows and bow, making sure to not bend too much at his waist when he kneeled to grab them.

There really wasn't much way back towards the island, so Kalvar did what his first instinct told him to do. Look around and examine the platform. At the very least, this place existed and was made for a reason, right? Surely it wasn't just made so that it could be some ugly flying squids favorite feeding grounds.

"Well. It shouldn't be difficult to get a ferry or something to come back for you, I would imagine." He sighed again, "You're not dying, right? Because if they charge me to pick up your bruised ass, it's coming out of your pocket."

Out of nowhere, there came the soft, ever-so gentle sound of harp music fading in from all around. Guy's eyes darted all around. His feet widened into a battle stance, and his sword ripped out of its sheath. "What the fuck is that?"

A humanoid glowing figure arose from the edge of the platform, its body floating effortlessly on the open air. As it descended towards the two, a beautiful and feminine voice came forth. "Thank you, brave warrior, for saving me from the belly of the beast. It is by your sword, Li- ...Wait, who are you?"

"What are you?" Guy spat, his sword still ready at this glowing monstrous creature.

"Child, I am one of the Seven Divine Maidens, captured and ensla--"

"Bitch I'm probably older than you, don't call me a child," Guy sneered. She managed to find the one thing that really set him off, "Ya'll hylians think anyone shorter than you must be some kind of infant. We didn't come here to save your ass; I don't have any flying fuck idea who you even are. But if you're some kind of magical 'holier than thou angel maiden princess,' can you at least put some of that dindamn divinity to use and fix my boy here?"

The woman's eyed were wide at this outburst. Her gaze moved towards the hylian lad, who was clearly injured. She sighed softly. Her gracefully flowing golden hair, swept by an unseen breeze, came to a stop. Her celestially floating form, held in a gorgeous but simple gown of white lace and yellow ribbon, lowered onto the ground. She remained composed, "This... can be done, yes. It is the least I can do for my saviors."

Guy nodded in affirmation, as if to say, damn right I ain't a child, before sheathing his sword.

Kalvar was speechless. Quite literally, and figuratively. Talking hrt, so when the being ascended and dropped down beside them, he had no idea what to say. Did he just save that lady by killing the monster? If he did, well then he was honored. Nobody deserved to be captured like that. However... He didn't expect Guy's response. At all. In fact, he had to suppress a grin.

He himself just politely nodded, smiling at the girl as he began to walk over towards her. No reason not to treat this lady with some respect. After all, she was clearly important enough to be locked away somewhere. However, as he walked he suddenly noticed the pain starting to fade from his side. Her arm was out stretched and glowing as if she was the cause of the healing. With a strange sensation that made even himself shiver, he felt his rib moving and adjusting back into place. Before he knew it, it was almost as if the injury never happened at all. He didn't even realize it, but his foot had healed up as well.

Kalvar smile was a mile wide, and he immediately bowed where he stood. "Why, thank you my lady. I imagine we are not who you were expecting. At least, I assume from your confusion. But we are just as confused at your presence as well. I was simply told there was 'Adventure and Fortune' on the Isle of Gust by some strange fortune teller, so here I came."

He stood up straight, gently rubbing at his side. "I don't suppose there is indeed a fortune at all? You can't always trust those who say they can prophesy. I myself have seen a fair deal of charlatans, but I imagine your presence isn't entirely a fluke."

"Yeah, fortune," Guy added shortly. He was standing with his arms crossed. Something resembling sense was easing away the sudden hot flash of that insult, but he was still irrationally annoyed with this hylian creature. Kalvar was being cordial and polite and all that, but the deku scrub assumed that was just because he has the hots for whatever fleshy hylian-thing this was was aesthetically pleasing to his libido. The kid was at that age, after all. More or less. Approximately. Hylians are weird, Guy told himself, changing his mental subject.

The woman began, "I... know little of a fortune. I was prepared to give the hero.. or.. you heroes.. a blessing of sorts. The wooden one seems to already have excellent footwear, but you seem a bit lacking. Perhaps I can give you this blessing?"

The woman's hands were brought to her chest for a moment, as a pair of faintly glowing spheres formed between her palms. Everyone watched as the spheres sank into the ground, and seemed to disappear into it, before arising from the ground and wrapping around Kalvar's feet. As the light faded, he realized he was wearing a particularly blessed pair of boots.

"Nice. Shoes, huh?" Guy's sarcasm was oozing. "Talk about fortune. I was hoping to at least get a single rupee out of this."

Just as he said that, the woman performed the spell again. Except this time, the orb floated directly into Guy's palm, and formed--of all things--a pristine, polished... single green rupee. He just glared at her, in annoyed silence.

It was all the woman could do to keep from snickering, as if paying him back (literally) for being so rude to her. Before the deku scrub could form the words to express his malcontent, she begin to speak ahead of him, "If you step into this light... You two can return to the entrance." Once again, a sphere from her palm sank into the ground. This time it formed a glowing ring upon the ground.

"Once again, thank you for your valiant efforts, heroes." She smiled a warm smile towards Kalvar, and a smile of ever-so-slight vengeance towards Guy. "I am glad to be free, but there are urgent duties I must go to perform. I shall see at least one of you again, I'm sure." As her body seemed to fade away, becoming transparent, she said one final phrase, "May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce."

...

"Fuckin' bitch," Guy growled, glaring at the single rupee gripped in his wooden fingers. "Hope you enjoy your damn shoes, Kalvar. Let's get out of here." Pocketing the rupee, he shuffled towards the beam of light. "I would have been happier just swimming back, I swear."

At this point Guy was pretty sure that fortune teller was bogus. From all the time, effort, and near-death experiences he had to day, the biggest profit he made was just when that same fortune teller took his rupoor.

Shoes, weren't exactly what was first on his mind when it came to fortune. But Blessed Boots? Maybe he'd actually wear these ones from time to time. While barefoot was kind of his go to, any kind of magical shoes was probably better than going without. He smiled, and politely bowed once more as the lady faded away.

Of course, he couldn't help but chuckle softly at Guy's anger. It was at least a little bit humorous, yet understandably frustrating. To go out of your way to try and find some treasure, yet you find none. Gotta be a little bit upsetting. "At this point, I'm tempted to make some cheesy one liner about how "the true fortune is friendship" but I imagine you'd sooner break my rib once more than agree to some cheesy nonsense."

He glanced at the Deku once more, before letting out a soft sigh. At the very least, he might as well try and be nice to the guy. "Say, when we get back to the mainland, how about I purchase you some dinner? My treat. Or... whatever it is you Dekus enjoy. I'll be the first one to admit I've not met many of your kind. But I'm glad to have met you. Either it was fate, or some fake fortune teller trying to sacrifice adventurers to some wind squid, but in either case. You seem nice."

Unsure of where to lead the conversation, he eventually just gave up trying to think of anything else to say. And just started to walk through the beam of light. Hopefully teleporting away would put a quick end to an awkward conversation. Maybe they could just travel in silence back home. That would be preferable.

"If you've learned anything from this, it should be that I am not nice." Guy sighed. "That said... dinner would be good." With that said, the two faded away into the beam of light.


(Guess this is ready to be graded. )