Hyrule Field - Esava and Tommy Rejoin Link's Group

*Characters involved:*

* *Esava*
* *Leith*
* *Link*
* *Melkibren*
* *Tommy*
* *Shura*
* *Fallon* (as Lomoora)

**HYRULE FIELD**

EsavaAPP 3:19 AM

Hot on the trail of Link and his merry band is a dark-skinned figure. Esava, freshly healed after being roasted by Ganondorf's magic, had set out after the Hylian in an effort to join up with him in hopes of bringing down the evil King. He didn't know what Link had in mind, but it surely had to be something good.

Tracking Link had been reasonably simple. The Hero and his group had left prints on the grass that made following him a breeze. The problem? Lizalfos were also able to track him! As such, Esava had run into a small group of three of them. Though he had noticed them a fraction before they had noticed him, Esava didn't have time to really take the stealthy route. So he was forced to engage.
Minutes later, a lightly wounded and very winded Esava stares down at his cut-down foes. He had managed to deliver fatal blows while only sustaining a nasty gash along his forearm in return. Following the exchange of combat, the bark-skinned figure had set the corpses on fire in some sort of cremation ceremony - sending smoke well up into the air.

LeithAPP 3:45 PM

The calico cat follows the dark man through the field, strolling at a casual pace beside him.

"Heey! Where are we going? Heeey!"

Leith meows loudly until Esava spots the Lizalfos.

During the fight Leith makes herself comfortable and licks her fur.

What a rude person he is! She thinks to herself as she warms up by the Lizalfos fire.

EsavaAPP 6:26 PM

"I'm going to presume you're not a figment of my imagination." Esava speaks to the cat nearby, the roaring corpse fire starting to get a bit smelly as smoke billows into the sky. "Unless I got punched by Ganondorf far harder than I anticipated and I've got some sort of concussion. Talking cats aren't usually something I come across."

Taking a moment to catch his breath, Esava digs into his pouch to retrieve some bandages. Strapping up the gash on his forearm to help seal the wound, he starts to look around to find the trail of Link and his band again.

"Who are you?" The question posed to Leith is a simple one. But a necessary one.

Link:fireball: 12:20 AM

Link is leading his party towards the forest. The moon illuminates the field brightly. He doesn't notice Esava until he sees the makeshift funeral pyre burning the corpses of the Lizalfos in the distance. The smell of burnt lizard flesh permeates the air... death is the most pungent of incense. He can make out the man's countenance in the light of the flames and notes that he appears to be talking to somebody, or something. Recognizing the man who had been near death only just a few hours before stops the warrior in his tracks and he signals his party to follow him, deviating form the immediate plan to join the strange man he met in Termina.

As they walk towards Esava the wind picks up. Link reaches for an ocarina and plays an old familiar tune and then appears to be talking with somebody, or himself, but the wind and his soft voice make it so that the others can't make out what he is saying. The conversation ends abruptly as they reach the area where Esava is standing.

Melkibren:bow\_and\_arrow: 12:55 PM

The sound of the ocarina stirs Mel's dreams. He stands in the courtyard of Hyrule castle, a young girl with flowing golden hair tucked behind pointed ears, a golden tiara adorned with the Triforce captures the locks of hair in place. In her hands she holds an Ocarina, she plays softly, the notes carried by the wind seemed to reach farther than the ears. Lowering the Ocarina, she looks up at the tall man standing nearby as he leaned against the pillar nearby. He seemed lazily relaxed, but she knew he was poised and ready to leap, always scanning everything around him.

"Captain Melkibren, do you play any musical instruments?" she asks with a smile.

The Royal Guard Captain scuffed his boot heel in the dirt languidly.

"Hmm, well I have been known the thump on a drum once in a while, but I wouldn't call it very musical" he replies

The young girl looks up at him, a quizzical look in her bright eyes

"What sort of drums? Are they like the big ones the Gorons play?"

The Captain leans down to the girl's level and raises a gauntleted hand to gently tap the top of her head in a discordant rhythm while grinning wryly

"Oh I prefer Moblin heads, very hollow, they make a nice noise when you thump them" he says with a wink.

The girl giggles and then stands up, a voice calling in the distance

"Princess Zelda, it is time for your lessons, my lady"

The girl gives the Captain a small curtsy, and then giggles again before walking away towards the castle doors. Mel shakes his head with a small smile at the Princess before following
The memory fades away, Mel's mind once again sinking into an exhausted darkness of nothing, his mind and body too tired to even dream (edited)

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EsavaAPP 6:50 PM

"Hm?" Truthfully, Esava did not expect Link and his group to flank him. He was following tracks, after all! And for the life of him he thought they were the tracks of the Hero and others. Turns out this was not the case? In any regard, he had caught up... somewhat ... to the people he was chasing.
A quick bow is given to Link as he approaches. "Hero," He greets, tucking his wounded arm at his waist formally. "I was hoping to catch you at Kakariko, but you left a bit before I was freed up from the royal guards." With his head raising from his bow, his dark eyes look at the green-clad warrior carefully. A small smile appears across his face. "I didn't have the chance to say this to you earlier, but I'm glad you managed to cross back to Hyrule via the carriage method. I trust there were no problems?"

TommyAPP 6:57 PM

"Well, that sure made things easy. Toldja any sign o' trouble like that smoke plume'd prob'ly be him."
The words are coming from a Gerudo on horseback, but her lips aren't moving and it certainly didn't sound like a female voice, squeaky though it was...it couldn't have been the horse, could it? c.c Well, Esava at least would know who it was. ;) Tommy leans sideways around Lomoora. "So there ya are, Esava me ol' mucker! Why didn't ya at least leave a message for me wi' th'folks back in town, eh? Ain't tryin' t'swiggle outta y'debt, are ya?" ;) The scrub hops down off the horse, which is a bit of a fall for him, but he's light. "Speakin' o' messages, th'boss-lady back at th'fortress wants you t'write 'er a lettah. Let 'er know where you're goin' an' wot you're up to."

Tommy looks past Esava and gives a jaunty salute to Link and company. "'Ello again, guvnah. Glad we've finally caught up wi' you."

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Melkibren:bow\_and\_arrow: 10:33 PM

Sounds of voices stir Mel from his slumber enough to wriggle around to a sitting position on his saddle hunched over with his cloak gathered around him. Reaching into a saddlebag he pulls a small green vial and some food wrapped in cloth. Downing the potion with a shudder, he quietly sits atop the horse and eats while listening to the new people.

LeithAPP 11:02 PM

"Who am I? I'm a cat! The name's Leith and a concussion doesn't excuse you of being rude! Anyways you're Esava? You were being chased by Ganondorf? I'll tag along just for a little while."

Leith climbs on to his shoulders and meows when Link and the other party approaches.

Link:fireball: 11:40 PM

Link watches the cat curiously and offers a salute to the Deku Scrub. The pyre of burning bodies in the night sky made it easy to spot Esava. He rubs his chin thinking about the carriage and then smiles, about to say something that might sound absurd. "Apparently we are heading back across the divide. There is a portal near here and I think I can ensure safe passage. Are you up for a trip back with us?" His offer back to Termina may seem strange, but he adds, "I cannot defeat Ganondorf in my current state but I believe I can find what I need there."

Shura:crab: 7:11 PM

Shura however apearing from the shadows of the area behind link the first thing seen were his burning red eyes the black insted of whites behind his segmented mask " termina sounds like something from a dream ive had...." interjecting himself into the conversation looking to mel shuras travles in this land were getting numourus at this point not that he minded

Link:fireball: 11:34 PM

Link turns his attention to Shura. He has never been one to discard a clue, even if it came from somebody's dream. "What did you see there?"

EsavaAPP 6:29 AM

Esava frowns when the cat climbs upon his shoulders and meows. "I don't have any say in this, do I?" Though he hardly expects a reply at this point, because by now? Others have arrived!

The first being Tommy Twiggins. At first Esava seems legitimately surprised to see the deku scrub here. The expression is one that rarely graces the man's face, so much so that even Tommy himself may have never seen it before. "Tommy." He mutters quietly, crouching down to get on his level. "I thought for sure you were cactus." Wait, did he just make a joke? Ugh. His stunned mullet expression slowly turns into a warm smile. "Good to see you. What happened after you took off? Wait, what? Write who a letter? Nabooru? But we just saw her a couple of days ago." His gaze sweeps up to the gerudo riding the horse. "Who's this?"

Standing up straight, the man positively stares at Link as if he told him he was going to the moon. "You what? You're going back to Termina? Why?" A beat. "Your home land, your country? It is on the brink of falling into fire and ruin. You would just leave to find something in Termina?" He can't quite believe what he's hearing! "There is no guarantee that there will be a Hyrule for you to return to. And that's assuming the portals will even work both ways. Tommy and I were lucky to barely get through the one in his castle. And I can't send you back via the death carriage again." Death would never be fooled by the same trick!

Esava must be fun at parties. Yep.

"At least tell me why you're going back. What are you hoping to find?" The man looks down to Tommy Twiggins. It's possible that either of them might know what Link is searching for. That could help speed up the process.

Shura:crab: 12:47 PM

" shura perked up as he tilted his head to link " a few things.... a man selling masks monsters potrolling what seemed to be a town and some graveyard of blades.... one of witch felt painfull to get near... i dont understand why but something in the graveyard of blades.... " shura shuddered alittle as it was more so the demon inside him feeling the pain them him though this talks of portals and tricking death intresing adventures these people have had " i vaugely remember.... garudo women in the town but only for a while i dont know if this is any help.... " shura sighed and crossed his arm onto his hip laying on his sword hilt\* " and this man gannon he is strong i asume? He looked alot like those garudo " (edited)

TommyAPP 9:46 PM

Tommy shrugs. "I went back to th'fortress, seemed like the only good move t'be had. Told the boss-lady about ol' hell's spells attackin' ya an' th'birds wingin' ya off. She said somethin' about how ya went swannin' off wi'out tellin' 'er boo about y'plans an' how allies need t'keep each othah posted, hence th'lettah." Tommy gestures up at the Gerudo on the horse. "This heah's Lomoora. Th'boss-lady told 'er t'ride me out heah t'catch up wi' you. Propah magnanimous of 'er, eh? Lomoora's itchin' t'bring that lettah back, though."

Tommy furrows his brow toward Link when he makes mention of returning to Termina. "Wait just a cork-squeezin' minute heah. We nearly killed ourselves invadin' Ikana Castle to get through a portal an' find you, an' now you're tellin' us theah's anothah portal an' we coulda played mumbley-peg on the othah side until you came to us? 'Scuse me while I rip out all me foliage!" >.<;

EsavaAPP 2:46 AM

"I don't have any paper. Or ink." Esava frowns at Tommy, shrugging his shoulders in an honest surrender. "I'm not sure I need a letter. Lomoora, correct?" The dark-skinned rogue looks up to the gerudo upon the horse. "If you're going back to Nabooru then you can just pass on the message that I'll be with Link. And that he - and by extension we," Esava gestures between himself and Tommy. "...will be going back to Termina to find something."

Tommy's reaction is expected, and to be sincere, justified. "I was also unaware that there was another portal that bridged the two worlds."

LomooraAPP 2:54 AM

Lomoora groaned to herself. Finally making some sort of indication that she wasn't dead inside traveling with Tommy. The idea she wasn't returning with a letter was frustrating, but even more so was this message. "...That's it? You're all going to Termina for...something." She raised her hand to the bridge of her nose to pinch it. "Just for my entertainment...what is this something you're trying to find?"

EsavaAPP 2:55 AM

"I'm sure Link could expand on it." Esava replies. "...for I don't know. I just hope it's worth it."

Kentas 3:01 PM

Kentas couldn't do anything but gaze at Esave and Tommy.. especially Tommy. Kentas didn't know how to react to such a deku scrub with such a unique way of talking. It was almost baffling to the hear them speak about coming from this Termina, what is exactly over there?

Kentas then turned to talk with Link, "What should we do Link? It's getting late and the forest will close itself off soon. Even you should know how bad the woods are at night?" He said in a worrysome tone thinking about all the bad things lurking there.

Melkibren:bow\_and\_arrow: 9:59 AM

The sound of a wolfos howling in the distance made Mel speak up fir the first time since encountering the new travelers.

"Kentas raises a point. We should either move and talk or set camp for the night, those old trees aren't as safe as they used to be in the moonlight."

Link:fireball: 11:22 PM

Link listens to Esava intently. What he says is true, but Link seems determined. "I just faced him..." referring to Ganondorf. "In my current state, I am no match and he knows it. I need to become more powerful, not just to defeat him in a battle but to seal him away for good." He looks to the group, "I know this may sound a bit crazy and I will not look down on anybody who decides not to go, but I do know that I was able to tap into a power in that cursed land that I had never felt before. It seemed bigger than all of this."

After saying this he walks off a bit, thoughtfully looking the in the direction of the Lost Woods. Finally, he continues, "I can feel a powerful force out there. It may be the Triforce of Wisdom. I can hear its voice." Perhaps the instability of the forces that govern this land have finally gotten to his head, but nevertheless his blind courage leads him on.

Melkibren:bow\_and\_arrow: 11:54 PM

Mel steers his horse around with his knees while tucking away the rest of his dried meat in a saddle bag.

"You think the kokiri will give us shelter until morning?" he asks to Link's back

TommyAPP 7:12 PM

Tommy sighs. "Well, suppose we'll 'ave t'make the ruddy best of it. Any'ow, I see some faces heah I ain't seen before, so I'd best introduce meself. Tommy Twiggins, adventurer extra-ordin-air, an' me mate ovah heah is Esava." Tommy refrains from calling Esava his sidekick this time, in the hopes he won't call Tommy out on his brazen attempt to establish a legend around himself in this new land. ;)

EsavaAPP 10:50 PM

"The ruddy best of it indeed." Esava replies, folding arms across his chest. Letting his partner do the introductions, he just nods with a stoic type of grace when introduced. "Mm."

"We'll stay with you, Link. But if you are looking for cursed power or something like it, then just be careful when dipping your toe in the lake. Sometimes it's easy to fall in and not get back out."

He follows after Link, looking back at Tommy. "Ready to head home?"

Link:fireball: 12:12 AM

Link looks to the full moon as clouds begin to form in the distance. He turns back to Esava and Tommy, looking at their faces in the bright lunar light and says to the once dead man, "I am glad. I value your wisdom."

He leads the party quietly through the field. There is no sound except for the nervous wind that is picking up around them. As they reach the mouth of the Lost Woods the moon is obscured by the clouds leaving them before a pitch black path into the Kokiri village that is sealed off with magic. He stops and says, "Something is not right..." but doesn't elaborate. He can be heard playing his ocarina softly, the notes fading into the restless wind that whips around the trees but abruptly stops. He then waits patiently.

SpoofAPP 12:30 AM

Suddenly, the magical barrier that seals the forest entrance disappears.

Link:fireball: 12:40 AM

Link senses that the gate protecting the forest has been lifted. He motions to the group, "Quickly. Everyone in the forest." He leads the party across the bridge and into the Kokiri Village.