August Event Log

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August Event
Dominant Element: Fire
Waning Element: Wind

Full Moon: August 1st - August 3rd AND August 29th-31st (blue moon alert!)

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August has arrived and with it less rain than July, though it's just as miserably hot. Be sure to stay hydrated, especially if you're wind-aligned, as you'll be dealing with exhaustion and a general lack of energy or inspiration all month. Everyone who's fire aligned, meanwhile, will be full of excess energy!

That doesn't explain the weirdness this month with the moon, though. The first full moon of the month occurs early in the month, but whenever it passes in front of the Spirit Vein in the sky... it's probably fine. Thankfully this only occurs with the first full moon. Yes, first. August has the rare blue moon at the end of the month, meaning everyone with a monster change gets to suffer twice. Have fun!

The Great Kaisou Gathering

It is once again time for the Kaisou County Fair, which can be found on the edge of town at the fairgrounds. And with the county fair comes fried food as far as the eye can see. It's honestly a bit absurd how much fried food there is, especially since at least half of this should not be fried. They have, among other things, Fried Soul Food Egg Rolls, Cheese Curd Stuffed Pizza Pretzels, and Deep Fried Honey. Aside from the fried foods, though, there's plenty of things you can do. There's local entertainment such as concerts from local musicians, bull-riding, educational exhibits, livestock contests, cooking competitions (as usual, the chili competition gets the ugliest), rides, and carnival-esque games for all ages. They even still have the triceratops that appeared there last year during the Tear incident, though the normies seem convinced it's a prized bull. Spend a day at fair and make some fond, mostly normal memories!

If you're not inclined to go to the fair, there's plenty of other things to do around town. School starts up in a month, so it might be time to hit up those back to school sales! Get a good deal on a backpack, notebooks, and try not to think about how many times your academic life is going to get interrupted by oddities in the city. And if you're looking to stay cool in this heatwave, you can head to the beach or one of the city pools. Blue Fish Lake has now returned to it's normal depths, so you can go back to renting paddleboats and fishing as you did before. Unfortunately though, the geese are still there.

Chicken, Run

Now, with the fair in town, one might expect to see some chickens around, but only a few, and only within the fair itself. But for some reason, there are just flocks of roving chickens everywhere in the city, and no one seems to know where they came from or why they're here. They seem pretty chill for the most part, content to roam the city like a tiny feathery gang of troublemakers, but if you upset them... oh dear.

Attacking, insulting, or otherwise provoking the chickens (extremely easy to do, they'll attack you if they see you eating any chicken-based product) will result in them swarming you. With roughly six to ten chickens per flock, being swarmed by these chickens will feel akin to be attacked by hundreds of very sharp flying rocks. Should you have gone out of your way to offend the chickens, more will fly in out of seemingly nowhere. All of this is accompanied by a sound that can only be described as "unholy" or "as if a thousand off-key trumpets sounded at once". They won't do any serious damage, but they still hurt! Even worse, all these chickens seem to be completely invulnerable to any attacks you return, so all you can do is either try to escape or withstand the barrage.

Once the chickens stop attacking you (or you just pass by a flock without provoking them), you'll find brightly colored plastic eggs at your feet. Upon picking one up and opening it, you will find it contains random items that should not at all fit inside those eggs. This can happen to you up to three times throughout the course of the month, much like those plants that appeared back in May. What is going on here?!

The Plea for Help

On the night of August 3rd, everyone will hear a telepathic message from an unknown female voice: "Help... help... our Hero will not wake. Calamity Ganon will destroy us all... help...

The next morning, Zodiac will send out an alert message.

ALERT: SPIRIT REALM GATE DETECTED IN MOGHOME.
Element Classification: Fire
Danger Level: High
Designation: Hyrule
Zodiac has detected a Spirit Gate on the Moghome Floating Island. Early sensing reports indicate that a large level of corruptive energy is coming from this realm. We believe this was the source of the distress messaged received last night. Please proceed with caution if you choose to investigate.

Should you head to the Zodiac office, there's an apprehensive energy in the air. The (fuzzy) Professor is there, though he won't be able to illuminate anything this month. If you ask why not, he will point out that his specialty is history and as far as he's aware, there's no historical record of a kingdom called Hyrule existing on Earth. Geez Professor no need to get so touchy about it.

Zodiac, in the meantime, will do their best to fill everyone in. According to their research, Hyrule is a kingdom that once thrived, but fell to an evil force called Calamity Ganon about 100 years ago. According to Hyrulian legend, there is a chosen Hero that would usually reincarnate to save them from such calamities; however, for some reason, this time he failed to wake. Based upon Zodiac's readings of the gate, they believe it's a good candidate to be tethered as a stable gate, but before they can do that, they want something to be done about Calamity Ganon to avoid that somehow getting out of the gate and spreading into the city.

They will also caution that maybe you should bring multiple weapons with you on this trip. For some reason, weapons have a shorter shelf-life in this realm. Just a word to the wise. But on the other hand, they've successfully updated the Libra app to work with some of the more unique features in the world, which you'll find out about soon enough.

Once you're ready, it's off to the gate. The gate this time is located on Moghome, a large floating island that hovers above Kami State Park. For those who can't fly or come up with some other inventive way to get up there, the best way up to Moghome is by a single rope ladder that hangs all the way down from the edge of the island to the ground. When you reach the top, there will be a collection of moogles who are irritated by the gate that showed up in their home. They won't hesitate to express their irritation, and also perhaps attempt to make a character do tasks for them to "ease their suffering". More likely though, they're just mooches trying to freeload.

Once you finally get past the moogles, you can hike to the gate, which is not too far into the island. It looks like a small shrine, with green and blue lights circling above it. As you step in front of the gate, a blue circular glyph will appear beneath your feet and the Libra app will inform you that the gate has been unlocked as a warp travel spot, as part of the Libra app new features mentioned before. In other words, you can use the Libra app to teleport you to this spot, and never have to climb up that rope ladder ever again.

The Fallen Kingdom of Hyrule

When you step into the gate, you will find yourself in the ruins of a church that was once a house of worship to a goddess. If you look outside the church, you can see that you're atop a great plateau and that the church isn't the only ruined building - not by a long shot. Zodiac wasn't exaggerating when they said this was a kingdom that fell to a calamity. Just about everywhere you look, there are ruins of a once great kingdom. Veterans of the Spirit Realm will be no strangers to ruins, but the sheer volume of ruins in this realm speaks to how dramatic the realm's downfall must've been.

On your first visit, you'll encounter an old man. The old man is friendly enough, and will help go over the ropes for the new arrivals. Like Zodiac before him, he explains that this was the once kingdom of Hyrule, but it fell to a calamity 100 years ago. The evil at the heart of this calamity, Calamity Ganon, is sealed within the old castle at the center of the realm. Calamity Ganon has been held at bay by the Princess Zelda, who has spent the past 100 years using her sealing magic to hold him, but she can't hold him forever. They have been waiting for the chosen Hero to wake up from his century-long rest... but for some reason, he doesn't seem to inclined to wake. So, they've no choice but to look for outside help or face obliteration.

From there, he'll walk you through the new features of the Libra app that work in the realm and should help you out. First, is the warp travel. Across the land of Hyrule, there are shrines that were built by the ancient Sheikah tribe to help and challenge any heroes. Find these shrines and complete their challenge within, and you'll be able to use the Libra app to quickly teleport to that shrine's location.

Next, is the Ultrahand mode. When this mode on your phone is activated, you'll be able to grab nearby objects telepathically and move them around (though it's more clunky than legitimate telepathy). Even more impressive, put two objects and you can attach them together with a green goo to build something. You can even fuse items you find lying around to your weapons to give them new attributes or strengthen them. The old man will note that mysterious technology from an even more ancient tribe called the Zonai have begun appearing in Hyrule recently, so perhaps that can be used to make even more impressive builds. Just try not to blow yourself up.

[Mod Note: Please note, Ultrahand and the crafting ability will only work while in Hyrule itself. The green goo will evaporate the moment it crosses the gate. You cannot bring your DIY Gundam back to the city. ]

Finally, rather than a new app feature, the old man will give you a paraglider to help you glide off the plateau when you're ready to see the rest of Hyrule. With all his exposition finished, he'll reveal that he is just the spirit of the last king of Hyrule who died in the Calamity, and will fade away. In other words, you were talking to a ghost the whole time. Welcome to Hyrule!

I Want To Go Home

As you leave the plateau and begin your trek into Hyrule, you'll begin to realize that perhaps the Old Man didn't fill you in on every necessary detail you need to know. Like first of all, the realm is massive. To travel it all in one day is simply impossible, and there's even a few different biomes within the land. Even if you intend to head just to Hyrule Castle and not explore anywhere else, you're still going to be in for quite a journey.

And if the size wasn't enough, this realm is full of monsters. Loads of monsters. You don't have to go very far to find an encampment of Bokoblins and Moblins, or to be swarmed by Keese. During the night hours, monster skeletons will come out of the earth and keep attacking until you destroy the skull. And don't relax too much if you think you've cleared all the monsters in an area, as every Sunday night, a blood moon will rise in the sky and revive all the monsters that have been slain in the past week.

To make matters with the monster fighting worse, this realm seems to have an unusual effect on weapons. Weapons found within the realm will break rather easily, not lasting more than a few battles before they become badly damaged. Weapons that you brought in from outside the realm won't necessarily break, but they will only last so long before they start to dull, jam, or temporarily lose their magical ability, requiring maintenance to be done. If you wish to survive in this realm, it'd be best to have multiple weapons on you so that you don't find yourself suddenly defenseless. For those who are more creative, you can make use of the Ultrahand ability to make contraptions that will help you through your journey. Zonai technology will be found littered around the ruins for your use. These technological artifacts have limited battery life, though you can always try to find other ways to keep them powered.

The weather in Hyrule is... interesting. Rain showers are fairly frequent, with a chance of one occurring every couple days (or sometimes even multiple times a day). This can make traveling and climbing (which you'll be doing a lot of - what is infrastructure in a ruined kingdom?) especially difficult. When it thunderstorms, you'd best stow away any metal items you have on you, as the lightning seems to love targeting you. Some regions of Hyrule have rather extreme climate biomes. Depending on where you're traveling, you best bring clothes that can handle extreme heat or extreme cold. And if you're heading to Death Mountain, you'd better find some way to fireproof yourself, as you're heading towards an active volcano.

As the Old man mentioned, every few kilometers you'll come across a shrine that can be used for quick travel. In order to activate this quick travel, you must head inside the shrine and complete the trial within. The trials differ from shrine to shrine; some of them are combat-based where you're expected to beat various types of robots, some are obstacle courses, and some are massive puzzles you're meant to solve. If you manage to complete the challenge, you'll gain access to a room with a mummified monk and approaching their alter will unlock the ability to quick travel. Again, welcome to Hyrule!

It's Not ALL Bad

Alright, so Hyrule has a lot of downsides to it. But while you're in constant peril in this world, there's some nice things about it! While the kingdom has been destroyed, the races of Hyrule have found ways to survive the past century. The most common folks you will encounter are Hyruleans, who act and look human aside from their pointed ears. Hyruleans can be found living in small villages and outposts scattered around Hyrule, just trying to go about their lives in this post-apocalyptic world. If you travel on major roads, you will even occasionally come across a stable where you can rest in a bed, buy from traveling merchants, and even rent out a horse to use! Merchants use gems called "rupees" as currency. If you don't wish to rent a horse, you can try your hand at taming a wild one - they can be found out in the wilds nearby the stables.

Besides the Hyruleans, there are several other friendly races you're likely to encounter. There's the Rito, a race bird people that hail from Rito Village in the northwest. Then there's the Gerudo, an extremely tall race of exclusively females hailing from the southwestern desert. Notably, men are not permitted into Gerudo Town... but you could always dress in drag to get around this. Next are the Goron, a type of rock creature who live in Goron City within Death Mountain. If being on fire isn't your thing, you can also head eastward to the Zora's Domain, a large city surrounded by pristine waters that are home to the semi-aquatic Zora people.

All of these people and towns will be friendly to the new visitors (unless you're a man trying to go into Gerudo Town). If you're feeling charitable, you can help out the locals with various tasks, such as fighting monsters that have been problems, helping them find lost animals, or gathering resources for them. Not only that, but they've found plenty of fun ways to pass the time. You can go sand surfing with Sand Seals in the Gerudo desert, practice your paragliding (or flying) in the Rito flight area, do some gambling in Lurelin village (a beach village on the southeast coast), or many other fun activities. We have fun here amidst all the deadly peril, really.

Outside the monster population and sapient creatures, there's a large diversity flourishing flora and fauna throughout the realm. You can gather different fruits and vegetables to consume, or go hunting for some game. The culinary style in Hyrule is mostly throwing things into a cooking pot and seeing what comes out, but there's still plenty of great(?) cuisines you can make from it. Or you could try your hand and learning how to make elixirs using various critter and monster parts to help combat some of the extreme elements. Just don't try to mix the elixirs and the cooking ingredients together, unless you want a real upset stomach.

Last but not least, throughout your travels through Hyrule you will encounter the playful Koroks. These forest spirits hail from the Great Hyrule Forest to the north, but have decided they'd much rather play hide-and-seek with the Libra app users. You can find them hiding under rocks or posing as fairy lights. Some might want you to perform simple challenges, such as shooting a balloon with a target on it or solving a block puzzle. Should you find the Korok or complete it's task, it will give you a golden Korok Seed (at least, we hope it's seed). Should you gather three of these, you can turn them into a larger Korok spirit named Hetsu, who will dance and give you the ability to hammerspace a single item or weapon permanently. Not bad!

[Mod Note: Players can up to three free hammerspace slots from Hetsu per month. For each hammerspace slot, they are required to thread at least one of the Korok hunts with a minimum of three comments from your character. Free hammerspace slots can be redeemed on the regain page.]

Traitors in the Midst

Unfortunately, not every person encountered this month is friendly. By now, Libra app users have have received intel that members of Krusnik, a shadowy Earth organization who are fixated on possessions and powers, has infiltrated Kaisou. Led by Alba, a "researcher" that some app users may have done quests for, they are hoping to use the chaos of Hyrule to snag potential victims to experiment on. Their targets are usually younger people with interesting powers, and they'll attempt to come at them when they are either alone or their guard is down. Libra app users can get involved in either being potential targets, helping fend off ambushes from Krusnik, or taking down any members involved. As for the Black Order, they've been tasked with dealing with leader and subordinates by any means necessary.

MOD NOTE: Due to the involved and sensitive nature of this subplot, anything related to the Krusnik plot-line has been moved to its own log here! Please be aware that there are content warnings abound in that log.

Calamity Ganon

Once you've finished messing around and exploring Hyrule, it's time to head to Hyrule Castle to deal with Calamity Ganon. Hyrule Castle sits in the center of the kingdom, in Hyrule Field. Before the Calamity, Hyrule Field was home to the largest city in the kingdom, but now any surviving Hyrulean won't go near the place for their own survival. While the terrain is more forgiving here, it'll be anything but an easy trek. All over the fields and ruins in the field are Guardian Stalkers, large robots who will shoot powerful lasers should they lock onto you, and whose only weak spots are their single eye and a spot on the underbelly. There's a lot of them, and each one is dangerous, so you'll need to either find a way to beat them or move past them quickly.

Once you've somehow made it past the field of death, it's onto the castle itself. Once a grand castle, it now sits in ruin and is covered in a miasma of corruption, or Malice as it's called in this realm. Monsters wanders the destroyed halls in large numbers, including more Guardian Stalkers. You'll have to navigate your way through the crumbled halls and monsters in order to make it to the former throne room. There, you'll find a massive, cocoon-like growth of corruption on the ceiling where Calamity Ganon has been held.

However, before you have a chance to try to destroy the cocoon, Calamity Ganon will sense your presence and use it's power to break free of its binding. A grotesque monster will come forth and attack. It's large, made of a mix of Malice and machine. It can also infuse itself with fire for periods of time. It will be certainly a tough fight, as this is the same monster that brought down this kingdom all these years ago.

When it's defeated, the monster will begin to fall apart at the seams. However, it's not quite done yet. The Malice from its body will fly off and reform into a massive beast out on Hyrule Field. Princess Zelda, the voice you heard and has been keeping the Calamity at bay all this time, will use her magic to teleport you and your party out onto the field, near some horses that are fit to use if you're capable. She'll explain that Ganon is evil and rage incarnate before using her power to bless your weapons with her light magic. Your goal is to use these weapons to strike at weak points she makes with her magic, while trying to avoid getting smashed or burned by this monster's destructive power.

Eventually, the blows will weaken it enough that its true weak spot, an eye on its back, will reveal itself. After that, all it'll take is one last, strong strike to take it out. Once the hit lands, Princess Zelda will be freed from where she's been trapped, and appear on the field. From there, she'll finish the weakened Ganon off with her power of Light, cleansing the land of its Malice and calamity once and for all.

Aftermath

Once Calamity Ganon has been defeated, Hyrule will go back to a, well, slightly less dangerous state. The Guardian Stalkers around Hyrule Castle will deactivate, and the corruptive energy in the kingdom will dissipate. The woman you saved will introduce herself as Princess Zelda, the last living member of the Hyrulian royal family. She thanks everyone for their aid, and vows to do all she can to rebuild Hyrule... and find out what causes Link to continue to sleep. They have a long road ahead of them, but for the first time in a long time... Hyrule may have a future beyond just survival.

A future, as it turns out, that the Libra app users may get to bear witness to. Zodiac will inform everyone that with the Calamity no longer posing a risk, they will be able to secure this realm into being a proper stable gate. So, should you ever feel the need to revisit Hyrule, it'll be there.

OOC Notes

The dominant element this month is Fire! Anyone with an affinity to the fire element will find themselves boosted throughout the month. This could mean a boost to their power, having more energy, feeling more inspired with creativity, having better luck on different attempts -- the boost can manifest in all sorts of different ways. By contrast, anyone with an affinity for Wind will be experiencing the opposite. Perhaps their powers will be weaker, they have less energy, they're having a creative block or general worse luck - again it can manifest in all sorts of way and players are free to play with this mechanic as they'd like.

From this point on, the kingdom of Hyrule will be a stable gate meaning that it'll a place characters can visit at anytime. Characters are also allowed to seek Koroks in order to increase their hammerspace inventory slots without regain points. In order to do that, they will need to find three koroks per slot, with at least one of these korok hunts being threaded (minimum comment require is 3 comments from your character). Please redeem your inventory slot on the Regain page and link your required thread. This can be done a maximum of three times (aka three hammerspace slots) per month.

The original OOC plotting post for this event can be found here. Another Zodiac Post will be going up August 15th to serve as an intro post for new characters and allow characters to react to developments over the network.

Comments

Coming of Age Luz coming through!

[a_cute_batata]

The Great Kaisou Gathering!

The summer had gotten off to a good start, and Luz intended to take every advantage of it that she could! With her Pokemon in tow, she was at the pool, trying exotic foods, and even befriending/riding a Triceratops! Sure, none of the ongoers knew it was a dinosaur, but that was probably for the best, right? In any case, she's having the time of life, though she'd secretly hoping this will help her wand egg to finally hatch. It had been WEEKS, and the little guy had to pop out sometime, right?

Oh, and don't be surprised if you see a gaggle of chicken running after Luz later! It seems she tried to convince them that pecking people was wrong, and they were just NOT having any part of that conversation.

Hyrule, Take One.


So being transported to this new gate turned out to be more than Luz bargained for. In the one hand, YES, it's everything Luz would have wanted in a fantasy world! Death defying odds! A world in need of a champion (or in this case, a temporary fox FOR the champion), magic and weapons! Calamity!

And that all sounded good on paper, much like the Boiling Isles. In person, it was an undertaking that Luz was finding much harder without being able to cast without tapping her glyphs. Bokoblins seemed to be nonstop, and Luz found that she didn't always love beating them into submission, especially when said weapons would fall apart after a few tries. She had to resort to casting magic, and that took time, daring, and relied on her to get close to use them. Luz had some narrow misses with a club as a result, and one NON miss that sent her sprawling into a tree with a nasty cut on her leg.

Then came the rain, which made things worse. She had to scramble for shelter, so this usually left her shivering in a hunkered down shelter unless she was able to get a fire going. With no one but her thoughts, she usually found herself thinking the worst thoughts, missing everyone she cared about, and crying a little that she felt pretty useless without a staff.

Company would really be welcome right about now.

Hyrule, Take Two.


Sometimes, though, being alone for a bit was a good thing. Luz had time for reflection, was able to remember that she braved the Isles and didn't die. She was sad not to have her Pokemon OR a staff yet, but she still had her egg and her wits about her!

In time, Hyrule not only feels less oppressive, but Luz actually feels like she was growing a bit. The further in she explored, the more she found people she could learn and grow from. She managed to befriend and tame a horse and, in three day's time, traveled to Gerudo town. Here, she met and befriended the tall warriors, who taught her how to shoot with a bow and arrow and even helped her pick some Gerudo style clothing, which strangely complimented her leggings! After this, she manages to do some sand surfing, which wasn't flying but was just as action packed!

Luz thanks the Gerudo, saying this is the most accepted she felt in a long time, and voiced that she finally was starting to feel at home...and suddenly, her Palisman egg cracks. It's just a purple beam for right now, but Luz doesn't need to paraglide when she has a staff to ride on!

Care to say hello to Luz and her new Palisman?

Hyrule, Take One

[schrodingersghost]

It was good to be back in the spirit world again (and more importantly, feeling more like himself than he had in a while). Danny found himself getting excited at the idea of exploring a new place. It was the part of himself that used to dream about the space program and discovery. Something that he'd worried that he'd lost somewhere in everything that had happened in the past year.

His enthusiasm had been considerably dampened by rain and constant fighting by the time he spots a small fire through the dark.

"Luz!" He calls out. "How's it going?"

He glows in the darkness as he approaches. With one hand he holds a ball of energy to light the way. His other hand is holding onto a large backpack packed with survival supplies. He had learned some things after past trips to the spirit realm.

Danny!

[a_cute_batata]

"Danny! Hi!"

Oh, thank goodness. Luz didn't want to admit it, but she was definitely getting into her own head, and she needed someone else to sort of kill some of the bad thoughts. Luckily, it was Danny, and she hadn't seen him in a while!

"Neat trick! I didn't know you could do that! I have my light glyphs, but I've kinda been forgetting that in favor of getting a fire going. The rain's been kinda making it difficult to explore as much as I'd want."

[schrodingersghost]

Danny makes a face as he comes into the light of the fire and drop his backpack on the ground.

"Yeah, I get that. I've been trying to fly to get around, but weather like this makes it pretty miserable up there."

He nods at the light in his hand.

"Handy trick, right? I figured this out way back when we were all stuck in the dark that month." And overusing it had been a major reason why he'd passed out in the Egyptian underworld later. But he was a lot stronger now. It would probbaly be fine.

[a_cute_batata]

"You have that right. I wish I could still fly myself though. I would have probably braved it."

But Danny was probably right: going up higher would likely have just made her sicker.

"It is! Oh yeah, I remember that. I'm really lucky I could still use my light glyphs then. So...what have you been doing here?"

[schrodingersghost]

"Do you think you'll be able to get back up there soon?"

Danny shivers slightly. When he'd packing for this trip, he really hadn't expected this much rain. Or temperature changes.

"Trying to get to the castle. I'm going to try and help there."

It wasn't obligation. Exactly. But he wanted to help. And he had memories now. Of another time when he'd challenged an evil that had been trapped in a castle. He couldn't just ignore this.

[a_cute_batata]

"Maybe. If my little buddy here hatches."

She gestured to her backpack on the floor where, swaddled in a towel, was an egg, but with an etched looked to let Danny know this was supposed to be her Palisman.

"I chose this egg from the shop because I wanted them to choose what form they got to be, but they sure are taking their time to hatch."

Luz hoped it wasn't because she was doomed to not have a Palisman of her own, but it was hard not to feel a little discouraged, considering it had been several months already.

"The Castle? You mean to help fight the Calamity? That sounds like something you'd do! Think you'll need any help?"

[schrodingersghost]

Danny nods.

"I'm sure they'll be worth the wait. Whatever they decide to be."

Danny was still figuring things out with his own palisman. But he couldn't imagine life without him now.

"That's the idea. I figure I should be able to do something to help there? Even if its just shielding whoever else is fighting." A shrug. "Its going to be dangerous probably. But knowing you, that's not too much of a worry, right?"

[a_cute_batata]

"Oh, I agree! I'm just getting into my head about it. Back home we were able to adopt Palisman, but none of them wanted to be with me either. I think I wasn't secure in the kind of witch I wanted to be back then, and now...well. I've had a rough few months. So I'm just taking it day by day."

There was still a lot to think about. Luz was hoping she'd feel better eventually, and she was sure she was.

"Oh, I always worry a little bit. But it's not going to stop me from trying to fight and help people here. This calamity, it looks like it really razed this place."

Hyrule Take Two

[senorita_perfecta]

Isabela has been slowing getting used to the life at Hyrule and she has been learning quite a lot of things too. Being able to tame and ride a horse to Gerudo has been fun and she is able to impress the Gerudo warriors with her now growing archery skills. Perhaps it is the similar environment where Isabela finds great comfort in, being reminded of the encanto, even if she had to leave her magic bow for the trip.

Now it is around this time when she witnesses Luz’s Palisman egg hatching and the egg cracking immediately catches Olivia’s attention as she flies out of to meet the newest Palisman. Isabela has to play catch up with her capyabara Palisman and meet with Luz.

“Sorry about Olivia flying towards you, I think that she wants to see what is happening with the egg cracking?”

Re: Hyrule Take Two

[a_cute_batata]

Of all the people she was going to come across, Luz was actually pleasantly surprised to see Isabela here! It isn't quite enough to distract her from the purple ball, especially when Luz is riding it fairly high in the sky, while the Gerudo clapped in astonishment.

"Isabela! Hola! You know the Gerudo too? Look, do you see my Palisman?"

Not quite yet, sure, but the glowing ball was cool looking!

"I...I think I can hear her!"

[senorita_perfecta]

“Oh yeah, I did sure got to know this place more everyday. I got to learn a couple of things from the Gerudo as well upon arriving here. One of them was even kind enough to give me tips on how to improve my archery skills and thought that I’m on my way to be a master archer,” Isabela happily explains away while Olivia makes some happy capybara noises.

“Oh yes, I would be happy to meet the Palisman too. I do wonder what he or she or they would look like when the egg finally hatches.”

[a_cute_batata]

"Cool! Just like Susan Pevensie!"

Luz couldn't help but think of that character: she was a book nerd, and Susan's biggest attributes had been being beautiful and an excellent archer. In any case, it did excite her that Isabela had also been training with the desert warriors too!

"Same! So far she's just a globe, but..."

The swirls of magic and purple were starting to die down, and as Luz stared, a slow smile was coming to her face. She had NO idea it was going to go this way: sure, she had kind of an idea of what her Palisman would be, but she'd never thought of how it would happen...or that she'd understand things about her just before it happened.

She'd always wondered about how Hunter "talked" to Flapjack and was starting to see now that Palisman were intrinsically linked to their person.

"I'm...I know. I know what she is!"

[senorita_perfecta]

Isabela may not know who this Susan Pevensie lady is just yet but she will take the compliment either way. She is just very glad that she is able to make a good impression on the Gerudo warriors. Hazel eyes widen in excitement as Isabela watches the magic and purple glow fade away and sees the joyous smile in her friend’s face. She couldn’t be any happier for Luz as she and Olivia get to meet a possible new friend for the first time.

The capybara Palisman lets out a happy grunt as she floats in circles, filled with sheer excitement. Isabela meanwhile is trying to fight back tears (ones of joy, not of sadness) as she tries to get her composure intact.

“Oh my goodness! I think that she looks so beautiful.”

[a_cute_batata]

It's ok if she doesn't: Luz was probably one of the few girls in her class that read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and liked it as much as she did. Like Isabela, Luz had hoped to make a good impression in Hyrule in general and had not high hopes there at first.

Gradually, Luz had found her footing here, and was happy enough to feel like she belonged. She didn't feel frustrated for once, or drifting along like she had the last few months. It was why, finally, Luz could stare into the eyes of her very own Palisman.

"Look! She's a...a snakeshifter!"

[senorita_perfecta]

“Oh wow, that is really cool! I never encountered a snakeshifter before but they sure sound pretty amazing,” Isabela chimes in while Olivia happily greets the snakeshifter.

“Hola! It is very nice to meet you,” she then greets Luz’s new Palisman with an eager smile on face, “I’m Isabela and the happy flying capybara is Olivia, she is my Palisman and she is happy to meet you too.”

[a_cute_batata]

"Neither have I! She told me!"

Luz couldn't help but laugh, and yes, it was mingled with tears. The past few months without a Palisman and the egg made her doubt herself several times over. What if losing Owlbert had been the last time she ever was able to have a Palisman? The last time she had tried to HAVE a Palisman they had rejected her. Hunter had managed to gain Flapjack, so was their something wrong with her?

Had there always been something wrong with her?

It hadn't helped to lose Amity and then have to leave Eda's after Owlbert disappeared. Luz had been starting to wonder if she just managed to lose everything and everyone she cherished. Honestly, having the Pokemon to look after helped to ground her a bit, and had given her hope. Now that she realized that she could belong, that this was something she could have for herself, that honestly had allowed her Palisman to finally hatch!

Stringbean hovered around the Capybara a moment, gave a happy hiss, and then returned to Luz's side, who was still beside herself with joy.

"Isn't she great! Oh, and hello, Olivia, nice to meet you too!"

The Kaisou Gathering!

[standless]

"Quickly miss! Over here!"

Luz will be forgiven, if she has the impression that a voice just came from nowhere. The girl very fortunately has the look of someone who can properly see the magic happenings around her, even if entirely because she was willing to try holding a conversation with a flock of chickens.

Still- Jonathan calls from atop a series of boxes that, fortune willing, the hens won't be able to properly hop up. More precisely, if Luz follows the voice to safety, he calls from the roof of the stand the boxes are beside.

Which is to say that when Luz locates the source, she'll find the soft voice is coming from an even smaller, perhaps even softer bat.

(Even wearing a little onesie. Aw.)

Said bat shouts at the hens. "Now that's quite enough of you! I'm certain there are other fellows for you to peck the heels of!"

[a_cute_batata]

"Waugh!"

Luz is definitely covering her face. She was sure she could make the hens see reason by trying to talk it out with one, but it seemed that collectively, they were united in their pecking. Kriketune would have at least tried to put them at ease with a song!

When she heard the voice, she didn't even have a moment to think about where it was coming from. The moment she spied the boxes she sprints toward them and clambers up, not even taking a moment to pause.

Once up on the roof, she collapses, taking a breath, and her gaze catches the one that gave her the warning.

"...S-so tired...too cute...give me a minute," she weezed.

[standless]

"Hoh! Careful now miss!"

So he shouts as Luz clambers, looking up as she catches her breath. As requested, he waits for a moment before speaking again- little bat head cocked at just the angle any animal would while somewhat confused. "Are you quite alright- do you need some water perhaps? I can't lift anything, but I'm certain I could create a distraction long enough for you to procure a drink from one of these fine establishments!"

It's a very old-timey bat it seems.

[a_cute_batata]

Whoa. Miss? Procure a drink? That was sure an interesting way to talk. Luz was going to chalk up the talking bat to Kaisou's dabbling in magic, but she was immediately thinking of how she first met Rren.

Ok. No dissolving into adoring cooing concerning the bat then. She'd learned something after her first encounter with King, at least.

She lurched to her feet, rubbing her head and attempting to descramble her thoughts. She could still hear the angry clucking echoing in her ears and was going to downplay how much pecking she'd gotten from the rove chicken gang. She looked over at the bat, taking a breath.

"Water sounds good. I can do that, even if it means having to parkour from rooftop to rooftop!"

Luz, stop lying to yourself. You're not that coordinated.

"Do you have a name, Mr. bat?"

[standless]

"Oh, marvelous! Simply say the word, and I shall begin my distraction with great vigor!" he cheers, wing held aloft like a fist to the air.

"But where are my manners- indeed I do have a name! My apologies for failing to introduce myself sooner! I am Jonathan Joestar- former man, now presently a bat as you can see! Though I've adjusted quite well I think!"

[a_cute_batata]

Who knew that a bat with this much enthusiasm was going to be this adorable?! Luz did, mostly because she loved animals, but especially because she was fond of bats.

"Give it about a minute or two, and then I'll go get some water. If there are any more chickens, I might have to, uh, give them the slip."

Which really meant she'd throw an ice glyph on the ground and have them literally slip around. She didn't want to hurt them.

"It was a pretty tense situation! Totally understandable! I'm Luz, Luz Noceda. Now that I know you're supposed to be a human, what made you turn into a bat?"

She'd already met several people who turned into kinds of animals, and each story seemed to vary.

[standless]

"Oh hopefully not- I do like to think I can be successful at such a diversion for the sake of another!"

They will no doubt end up trying to distract the chickens for the sake of the other after this, but it's fine.

"Oh! It's actually quite interesting, you see, I was actually a ghost!" It's a tale that Jonathan is more than eager to share, chipper tone and all. "I expect I was on my way to the great beyond when I happened to strike some small creature on the way- as such, I've been like this ever since!"

Reincarnation, but skip a few steps.

[a_cute_batata]

For right now, it seemed as if the coast was clear when it came to escaping the chickens: either the bat had weirded them out, or the inability to go after Luz any longer appeared to have made them lose interest.

With that, Luz was able to shimmy down a nearby ladder on the other side of the roof, a little pouty that her attempt to reason with the fowl had failed so spectacularly.

"It's like that crazy goose all over again," she muttered to herself.

Luz raised an eyebrow at this explanation, because that totally had her attention.

"Wait, you died? Like, recently? And you...hit an animal and turned into a bat? That's got to be the strangest way to reincarnate I ever heard!"

So of course she believed every word of it.