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Post by Link on Jan 21, 2007 20:26:34 GMT -5
About a minute after Link set foot in Hyrule Field, the Castle's drawbridge began to close. Wolves could be heard howling in the distance. Link hated Hyrule Field at night. Groups of Octoroks always camped just outside Zora's River, and the Stalchildren had been growing numerous lately. Although there was plenty of danger in the Field during the day, the Field was much safer then than it was at night.
Link pulled out his small Kokiri Sword, clenched it, and turned to Kegeru. "Ready to go?"
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Post by kegeru on Jan 22, 2007 10:27:04 GMT -5
Kegeru pulled a dagger out from her belt and responded, "Yes, I am." Her eyes darted around the field as she cautiously and silently made her way forwards. "When do you think the Stalchildren will come out?" she questioned tensely.
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Post by Link on Jan 22, 2007 15:17:56 GMT -5
Link began walking as he answered the girl's question. "I've always assumed that they can sense the movements of wanderers on the ground above them, since groups of them only pop out when people pass the area that they are submerged in."
He continued walking for a few moments longer, and then suddenly a hand reached out of the ground and grabbed his leg. Link jumped back in shock, and then turned around to see three stalchildren standing right in front of him. The approached him slowly.
"Get ready to use that dagger." He said to Kegeru, without looking back.
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Post by kegeru on Jan 22, 2007 15:57:29 GMT -5
Brandishing the small blade, Kegeru rushed in front of Link and rammed the blade into the forehead of the skeletal spectre. She felt its claws dig into her side as she twisted its head off, then wrestled the body to the ground, stabbing its ribs determinedly. "I hope the Wolfos we heard earlier doesn't decide to join," she said darkly as she fought.
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Post by Link on Jan 22, 2007 17:39:35 GMT -5
"I don't think that was a Wolfos..." Link responded, as he turned around and hacked into the now fully emerged Stalchild that had grabbed his leg. "They usually don't venture into the Field, it was probably just a--" Link speech was cut off by a pair of skeletal arms that had coiled themselves around his neck. Thinking quickly, Link pulled out a few Deku Nuts. "Cover your eyes!" He shouted to Kegeru.
He hurled the Nuts to the ground, and then shut his eyes. The stalchildren were blinded by the flashes, and now Link and Kegeru had an opportunity to finish this wave of them off. Link turned around and sliced the head of the stalchild that had grabbed him clean off.
"Their blindness will fade away in a moment...hurry!" Link shouted.
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Post by kegeru on Jan 22, 2007 20:38:55 GMT -5
Having finished with the Stalchild she was wrestling with, Kegeru leaped onto the back of the nearest one and decaptitated it, then tore off its arms. Panting from the exertion, but still imbued with the will to fight, Kegeru pummeled it with her dagger until it succumbed. "What do you think howled, then?" she asked as she finished it.
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Post by Link on Jan 22, 2007 23:16:48 GMT -5
Link pulled out his hookshot, and fired it into the chest of one of the stalchildren. The hook latched onto the ribcage of the creature, and Link yanked back on the chain it was attached to, ripping a good chunk of the monster's upper torso out.
"It must've been a coyote, or a wolf...nothing dangerous..." Link answered quickly, as he eyed two more stalchildren that were approaching him.
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Post by kegeru on Jan 23, 2007 11:02:46 GMT -5
Kegeru leaped forwards and used the dagger to cut through the neck of the other approaching stalchild. But as she glanced up to check on Link, she noticed something. "Look out behind you!" she cried. "There's a Poe!"
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Post by Link on Jan 23, 2007 18:28:55 GMT -5
Before Link could turn around, the Poe smacked him in the back of the head with it's lantern. It cackled, as the Hylian hit the ground.
Caged in by the Poe, and the pair Stalchildren that were closing in on him, Link got up and performed a spin attack, stunning the Poe and decapitating the two skeletal fiends.
Link finished off the Poe with his sword, and then turned around to see six more Stalchildren and another Poe heading towards him.
"Kegeru! There's too many of them. Let's make a run for the bridge! We'll hold our ground there for a bit, and then afterwards we'll make a run for the Kakariko steps!"
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Post by kegeru on Jan 23, 2007 21:35:22 GMT -5
With an "Okay!", Kegeru dashed for the bridge, pushing over Stalchildren as she went. About halfway to the bridge, however, a Poe materialized in fornt of her, and when she jumped back, a Stalchild swiped her shoulder. Kegeru cried out in pain as she ducked under its next attack, then turned to see how Link was faring.
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Post by Link on Jan 24, 2007 17:39:42 GMT -5
Running backwards, Link pulled out his bow and launched a few arrows in the general direction of the oncoming Stalchildren, hoping to hold them off while he fled.
After a few moments of doing this, he heard Kegeru yell out.
"Kegeru! Are you alright?!" He shouted, as he targeted the Poe that had materialized in front of her with his bow. He dispatched the Poe, and then ran up to the Stalchild that she was in combat with and hacked into it.
"Come on! We're more than half way there! Let's go!" Link barked, as he grabbed her arm and charged towards the bridge with her.
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Post by kegeru on Jan 25, 2007 10:59:21 GMT -5
Kegeru ran with Link, using her free arm to slash at anything she could reach. Numerous Stalchildren fell in confusion as she hacked their heads off at the neck on the way by. When they reached the bridge, Kegeru whipped around, dislodging her arm from Link's hold, and began to hack at the approaching creatures. "When should we run for the stairs?" she inquired loudly.
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Post by Link on Jan 26, 2007 17:09:15 GMT -5
Link took a moment to survey the area, checking to see if there were any monsters near the steps that led to Kakariko. Three Poes hovered near them, intent on keeping the duo from escaping.
"I...don't know..." Link responded. "Should we make a run for it now?"
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Post by kegeru on Jan 26, 2007 18:08:26 GMT -5
With a quick nod, Kegeru jumped between the Poes, barely evading their lanterns, and made for the stairs, watching for Link from the corner of her eye.
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Post by Link on Jan 26, 2007 19:23:19 GMT -5
Link followed Kegeru closely, evading the attacks of the three Poes much like she did. After a few seconds of running, the two found themselves in front of the steep sets of stairs that led to Kakariko. "We made it...c'mon..." Link said, calmly, as he charged up the steps. He watched Kegeru out of the corner of his eye to make sure nothing crept up behind her while she was running.
OOC: New thread in Kakariko. I g2g now, so can you make it?
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