Post by Hunter on May 9, 2006 13:16:58 GMT -5
Without so much as a clue to the details of “Battle Arena”, Hunter headed for Kakariko, his hometown. Deciding it would be best if he didn’t take the main road for fear of a guard noticing him, he cut through Hyrule Field. Sure, there was an occasional pea-hat to deal with, but a pea-hat won’t arrest you for murder of two guards. But it was odd how the monsters seemed more aggressive than normal. They didn’t wait for people to just walk by, they went out of their way to attack and instead of going back to sleep if an adventurer got away, it followed him.
“It seems like they’re hunting now, but that can’t be. pea-hats are gatherers, only attacking if threatened,” he said to himself. He remembered most of what they taught him in training, especially about monsters. Everything about them intrigued him, from their different means of living to their reasons for attacking people. The Bestiary was his Bible. But it’s been years since he last read one, busy with work at the ranch and now he has this “Battle Arena” to worry about.
A few pea-hats later he realized he was running low on arrows and he was getting tired, “Maybe there’s a deku scrub in of the holes around here, but if I’m wrong and there’s a monster down there I’ll be in pretty big trouble.” With that thought a pea-hat rushed towards him and with nowhere to go, he flung himself downwards.
The holes are phenomena in themselves, no matter how fast you fall some force makes it so you always land slowly on your feet. This same force sends you back up, a concept that boggled Hunter’s mind. This particular hole was, extremely luckily, a deku scrub’s home and shop. The scrub spat a seed in self-defense but Hunter’s shield turned the seed back, stunning the scrub. Business as usual with scrubs, paranoid as all hell but easily put back in their place.
“Pl-please sir, my business is an honest one, I can a-assure you,” this scrub was slightly more paranoid than normal. “Oh, my armor! He must think I was sent by the Knights to shut him down. This day is starting to get better.”
“Hmm, I don’t think an honest business-scrub would set up shop at the bottom of a hole. No, now that I think about it, there are a few. Those few scrubs have been know to be fairly generous towards the Knights of Hyrule. Do you understand what I’m getting at, scrub?” Hunter was new to hinting at bribes; he always played by the rules as a Knight. But now is different, he is playing by his own rules.
“Y-yes, what is it you need? I carry bombs, deku sticks, and deku nuts.”
“What about arrows? I’m sure you have at least a few.”
“No, I j-just sold my last bit to a-another adventurer. You can ch-check the hole, pardon the p-pun, place. But I‘m sure you w-won‘t find any,” the scrub could tell Hunter was annoyed by this. “S-sir, I should be getting more soon. Later, tonight actually. You can w-wait here if you want.”
“Alright, but if they aren’t here by sunrise tomorrow, you’ll regret you opened this shop in the first place. Is there a place I can rest until your shipment comes in?” It would be Hunter’s first time sleeping in Hyrule for five years, seven since the last time he slept in a hole.
“Yes of course Mr. Knight. Right over there,” the scrub was pointing towards his flower. Fully aware he can’t sleep in it in the way a deku does, he took off his armor and curled up on the flower. It was surprisingly comfortable, normally it took him an hour or so to fall asleep, but he dozed right off. That scrub better not rip me off.
“It seems like they’re hunting now, but that can’t be. pea-hats are gatherers, only attacking if threatened,” he said to himself. He remembered most of what they taught him in training, especially about monsters. Everything about them intrigued him, from their different means of living to their reasons for attacking people. The Bestiary was his Bible. But it’s been years since he last read one, busy with work at the ranch and now he has this “Battle Arena” to worry about.
A few pea-hats later he realized he was running low on arrows and he was getting tired, “Maybe there’s a deku scrub in of the holes around here, but if I’m wrong and there’s a monster down there I’ll be in pretty big trouble.” With that thought a pea-hat rushed towards him and with nowhere to go, he flung himself downwards.
The holes are phenomena in themselves, no matter how fast you fall some force makes it so you always land slowly on your feet. This same force sends you back up, a concept that boggled Hunter’s mind. This particular hole was, extremely luckily, a deku scrub’s home and shop. The scrub spat a seed in self-defense but Hunter’s shield turned the seed back, stunning the scrub. Business as usual with scrubs, paranoid as all hell but easily put back in their place.
“Pl-please sir, my business is an honest one, I can a-assure you,” this scrub was slightly more paranoid than normal. “Oh, my armor! He must think I was sent by the Knights to shut him down. This day is starting to get better.”
“Hmm, I don’t think an honest business-scrub would set up shop at the bottom of a hole. No, now that I think about it, there are a few. Those few scrubs have been know to be fairly generous towards the Knights of Hyrule. Do you understand what I’m getting at, scrub?” Hunter was new to hinting at bribes; he always played by the rules as a Knight. But now is different, he is playing by his own rules.
“Y-yes, what is it you need? I carry bombs, deku sticks, and deku nuts.”
“What about arrows? I’m sure you have at least a few.”
“No, I j-just sold my last bit to a-another adventurer. You can ch-check the hole, pardon the p-pun, place. But I‘m sure you w-won‘t find any,” the scrub could tell Hunter was annoyed by this. “S-sir, I should be getting more soon. Later, tonight actually. You can w-wait here if you want.”
“Alright, but if they aren’t here by sunrise tomorrow, you’ll regret you opened this shop in the first place. Is there a place I can rest until your shipment comes in?” It would be Hunter’s first time sleeping in Hyrule for five years, seven since the last time he slept in a hole.
“Yes of course Mr. Knight. Right over there,” the scrub was pointing towards his flower. Fully aware he can’t sleep in it in the way a deku does, he took off his armor and curled up on the flower. It was surprisingly comfortable, normally it took him an hour or so to fall asleep, but he dozed right off. That scrub better not rip me off.