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towerofanimus2012-09-13 11:05 am
ocariness) wrote in towerofanimus2012-09-13 11:05 am
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[o8] ‸^‸ Eighth Song || Nocturne of Shadow
Characters: AU!OoT Link , their Shadow, and anyone else.
Setting: After these threads, Floor 13, the Cathedral, 6-7pm. BACKDATED TO SEP. 11th.
Format: Action.
Summary: Link went in a bit early to go face their Shadow, which they'd decided would happen one-on-one, not unlike another battle. In short: Link is dying, denial city, this is ending poorly.
Warnings: Violence, blood, teenage (child?) angst, drama, lots of sadness. Other than that, I will add anything else if it comes up!
[ It was Zelda's reaction that had wounded them the most. Link was afraid. They couldn't possibly allow this to happen. Allow Zelda to be hurt by the abomination spawned from their heart.
Around 6pm, an hour before it got dark, Link ventured off to the Cathedral through the fog alone, armed as best as they could be. Link was wearing their Kokiri tunic this time, dressed in a familiar sort of green anyone who knew the Hero of Time would easily recognize. It wasn't hard to avoid people with all the fog--eventually, floor 13 was in sight and Link stepped up the stairs toward it.
It had changed completely to a place they were well-versed in: a fake version of the Temple of Time, from Link's home. The Cathedral now very closely resembled a much larger, more ornate sort of place. The benches were gone. Instead, entering this floor leads you a huge marble area where, in the back, a large glowing triangle can be seen near an open door. In front of it is a pedestal, with three oddly glowing, gently rotating stones on it, and an inscription which reads, in Hylian: "Ye who owns 3 Spiritual Stones, stand with the Ocarina of Time and play the Song of Time." The stones will not move even if someone tries to remove them.
Behind this pedestal there is a large door, and another room still. There are many symbols (six total) on a circular, raised platform where it looks like some sort of sword or key used to be placed. Ornate stained-glass windows provide light throughout the entire area. Link knows this area well, it permeates with an almost holy kind of sound. Simply walking on the marble floor, being in the Cathedral now, leaves one with the tingling feeling of... powers beyond their scope, just out of sight. Of Time all around them, of magic, in the air.
At the same time... it's desolate. Link slowly, carefully, waits and finally encounters the Shadow. It is sitting on the Pedestal of Time, where the three spiritual stones are, smiling.
For those able to watch or who arrive early as well, the encounter does not go in the real Link's favor, and the fighting takes up a good deal of time. No one can get in even when it's all going on, either. Not until the fighting is over--an invisible barrier of a water-type substance keeps anyone out, and any sound from getting inside the Temple, though plenty of it can be heard OUTSIDE.
The end result is that, sometime around 7PM (just after the battle), anyone else who arrived here or had been here waiting to get in somehow would find the entrance now open. There was blood towards the back of the fake Temple, leading up to the platform where the Master Sword, also bloody, now rests. Leaning against it for support and slowly dying is the real Link, who happens to be cut up and beat up pretty badly (arms, legs, face, all over but their chest), on top of having been stabbed in the stomach. Trying to stop the blood from a gaping sword wound isn't going too well for them, either. Nearby is their Shadow, leaning over the pedestal smirking. It's got very obvious, dangerous glowing dark energy that has long since transformed and drawn power from its original; it's a miracle Link fought it at all, really. The hair is ashen white, the skin the wrong color, the eyes turned red as opposed to yellow, and all of the things it's wearing are black or red, down to its weapons being black now as well with highlights of red. The Shadow seems to just be letting its original die a nice and slow death.
Oh, it was a trap, just as many people had guessed. But Link couldn't let anyone else deal with that, and now they were paying for it. ]
Sleep for seven years again, you worthless child. No one will miss you.
[ ooc; wow ignore my failure in the original posting of this like hours too soon idek what happened there???? Anyway, anyone is welcome, even newish people, though one linear thread would rock my socks. Oh, and I'll also be replying withshadowedheroism for Link's Shadow. It's already boss mode but has no special stats aside from being immune to Slash/Physical damage. It's got magic, but only dark versions of what Link themself could use, mostly, though THAT is unlimited for the Shadow. It's very physically agile and can make fake clones of itself to fool people (the real one will always blink as a tell, though), if you needed info there. ]
AU!OoT Link , their Shadow, and anyone else.Setting: After these threads, Floor 13, the Cathedral, 6-7pm. BACKDATED TO SEP. 11th.
Format: Action.
Summary: Link went in a bit early to go face their Shadow, which they'd decided would happen one-on-one, not unlike another battle. In short: Link is dying, denial city, this is ending poorly.
Warnings: Violence, blood, teenage (child?) angst, drama, lots of sadness. Other than that, I will add anything else if it comes up!
[ It was Zelda's reaction that had wounded them the most. Link was afraid. They couldn't possibly allow this to happen. Allow Zelda to be hurt by the abomination spawned from their heart.
Around 6pm, an hour before it got dark, Link ventured off to the Cathedral through the fog alone, armed as best as they could be. Link was wearing their Kokiri tunic this time, dressed in a familiar sort of green anyone who knew the Hero of Time would easily recognize. It wasn't hard to avoid people with all the fog--eventually, floor 13 was in sight and Link stepped up the stairs toward it.
It had changed completely to a place they were well-versed in: a fake version of the Temple of Time, from Link's home. The Cathedral now very closely resembled a much larger, more ornate sort of place. The benches were gone. Instead, entering this floor leads you a huge marble area where, in the back, a large glowing triangle can be seen near an open door. In front of it is a pedestal, with three oddly glowing, gently rotating stones on it, and an inscription which reads, in Hylian: "Ye who owns 3 Spiritual Stones, stand with the Ocarina of Time and play the Song of Time." The stones will not move even if someone tries to remove them.
Behind this pedestal there is a large door, and another room still. There are many symbols (six total) on a circular, raised platform where it looks like some sort of sword or key used to be placed. Ornate stained-glass windows provide light throughout the entire area. Link knows this area well, it permeates with an almost holy kind of sound. Simply walking on the marble floor, being in the Cathedral now, leaves one with the tingling feeling of... powers beyond their scope, just out of sight. Of Time all around them, of magic, in the air.
At the same time... it's desolate. Link slowly, carefully, waits and finally encounters the Shadow. It is sitting on the Pedestal of Time, where the three spiritual stones are, smiling.
For those able to watch or who arrive early as well, the encounter does not go in the real Link's favor, and the fighting takes up a good deal of time. No one can get in even when it's all going on, either. Not until the fighting is over--an invisible barrier of a water-type substance keeps anyone out, and any sound from getting inside the Temple, though plenty of it can be heard OUTSIDE.
The end result is that, sometime around 7PM (just after the battle), anyone else who arrived here or had been here waiting to get in somehow would find the entrance now open. There was blood towards the back of the fake Temple, leading up to the platform where the Master Sword, also bloody, now rests. Leaning against it for support and slowly dying is the real Link, who happens to be cut up and beat up pretty badly (arms, legs, face, all over but their chest), on top of having been stabbed in the stomach. Trying to stop the blood from a gaping sword wound isn't going too well for them, either. Nearby is their Shadow, leaning over the pedestal smirking. It's got very obvious, dangerous glowing dark energy that has long since transformed and drawn power from its original; it's a miracle Link fought it at all, really. The hair is ashen white, the skin the wrong color, the eyes turned red as opposed to yellow, and all of the things it's wearing are black or red, down to its weapons being black now as well with highlights of red. The Shadow seems to just be letting its original die a nice and slow death.
Oh, it was a trap, just as many people had guessed. But Link couldn't let anyone else deal with that, and now they were paying for it. ]
Sleep for seven years again, you worthless child. No one will miss you.
[ ooc; wow ignore my failure in the original posting of this like hours too soon idek what happened there???? Anyway, anyone is welcome, even newish people, though one linear thread would rock my socks. Oh, and I'll also be replying with
shadowedheroism for Link's Shadow. It's already boss mode but has no special stats aside from being immune to Slash/Physical damage. It's got magic, but only dark versions of what Link themself could use, mostly, though THAT is unlimited for the Shadow. It's very physically agile and can make fake clones of itself to fool people (the real one will always blink as a tell, though), if you needed info there. ]
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It's time to start repaying Link for all the times she's saved her.]
Go for the one glowing green!
[She orders the others quickly before dashing off behind England,attempting to clear the way with the occasional blast of magic light.]
Hold on, Link...!
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England was already heading towards the real Link, so while Zelda rushed after him, Jun stayed behind in the back; he waved his hand and summoned Chronos above him, attacking the Shadow and all of its clones each with a cyclone of wind.
They could easily keep them busy while the a few of the others went to free the real Link.]
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... Someone will need to get her down somehow, magic, perhaps? From the outside it's easy to see the real Link has already given this battle up in her own mind from the Shadow's verbal assault. There would be nothing else to say from her unless prompted. She's only barely hanging on at this point; her Shadow has drawn so much energy from it's original it's a wonder Link is alive or conscious in the first place. Dimly glowing on her hand can be seen a small light--the Triforce of Courage. It's probably about the only thing keeping her from dying at this point.
The Shadow, meanwhile, regroups after Jun's attack and England and Zelda getting past. The fakes are as real and able to fight as the Shadow itself, but they all go back to the original and this time it's almost like there's a shuffling of them when they reappear; the colors are the same, but the real Shadow has changed colors to match and exchanged the green one with one of the duplicates.
The duplicates are, however, weak to elemental skills; the hint would be the colors or people they represent.
Light is weak to Darkness;
Forest is weak to Fire;
Fire is weak to Water;
Water is weak to Electricity;
Shadow is weak to Light;
Spirit is weak to Wind;
Their Leader is weak to physical attacks;
The Hero is weak to nothing, however, and will remain invulnerable to assault until the OTHER clones are taken care of in the right way, and the right order. It will be the one that is immune to any damage, despite it's color. You'll have to figure out how to kill them the proper way, guys; from start to finish each one will need to be killed in the right order with the right weakness. (Here's a hint: it's in the order of Sages with the Shadow itself last.) ]
No, no, you will find it far harder than that, Princess! You need to lie still so that I can rid myself of everything that I hate most... myself, and everyone who cares about me.
[ The voice of the Shadow seems to be coming from ALL of them at once. It's an eerie effect. Oh, and... speaking of which, now that they're regrouped, the different Shadow Links are headed to attack everyone, splitting up in eight different ways:
Green using Farore's Fear, an attack where a dark mass of wind attempts to engulf him, and Purple heads for Momotaros wielding it's weapons;
Blue and Pink attempt to cut off England and Zelda by brandishing Ice arrows and Darkness-laden arrows respectively;
Red using Fire arrows and Yellow using Light arrows attempt to attack Jun, firing the magic arrows;
Orange heads for Kanji, summoning Din's Wrath, a huge sea of black fire around them;
Light Green attempts to attack Yu using four magic-created bombs that explode in different elements as they're thrown: one is ice, one is fire, one is wind, and another still reeks of darkness.
You will have your hands full for a little while, guys, unless one of you can get Link to do something or figure out how to kill this thing... ]
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I will lie still when I am dead and buried! Nayru, protect us...!
[Grabbing Arthur's arm, she summons a diamond-esque blue barrier to surround them both, protecting them from the clone's attacks, if only for a brief while. Okay, think, Zelda, think. Link doesn't have much time... they need to get her down soon, but that damned Shadow is just going to keep shuffling around!
Eight clones. Seven sages and the hero. Those cruel voices that spoke one after the other... always in order...
There's nothing for it, but it's not like anyone else here is going get their significance immediately. In a tone that will surprise her later, she calls out to the others battling the Shadow.]
Light, Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, Spirit, Leader! Those are the Sages of Hyrule! They were awakened in that order by the Hero!
[Speaking of, once she's done playing commander, the Princess turns back towards the Hero, crying out with all she has as the barrier begins to flicker and fade...]
Don't you dare give up on me yet, Link! We've been through too much for that!
[Just... hold on a little longer, please...]
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Jun side-stepped around a few of the Fire Arrows, though Chronos had to block one. He wasn't fast enough to avoid all of the Light Arrows though, and immediately raised his arm up to block some of them and absorb the damage into his non-throwing arm. He winced, but the pain was negligible right now.
The Light one-- that was the first one they had to stop. He already had its focus, so that just helped him. He lowered his injured arm and ran towards the Yellow copy.]
Chronos--! [Light; he wasn't sure if the elements were typical like he knew them. So he attacked the Yellow clone with another Garudyne, and once he was close enough, threw the flower he was holding with the sharp-end pointed right at them.]
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As for the real Link, the crystal holding her begins to shake slightly, lowering just a bit from where it's hovering. Cracks start to appear. Hearing Zelda's voice, she finally opens her eyes blearily, looking down--the entire thing is stained with smeared red on the inside from her own blood. ]
Z... Zelda...? Arthur...?
[ ... What... what was she--she feels foggy. It's hard to think. She's lost a lot of blood, after all. It just needs a final push, but Link herself is too weak to give it one. ]
I... I am sorry...
[ She's too tired to move. And, did she really even deserve to exist? After all, her Shadow was probably right. What could she do for anyone? She was worthless. A pitiful excuse for a hero. Maybe she should die. She's a liar and a terrible person. ]
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[Momotaros finds himself at a crossroads here - the purple one has weapons, so...
He dodges the blast of shadowy wind by becoming translucent, and jumping into the purple clone - now different via upturned hair with a red streak and red eyes.]
Eight on six is kinda unfair, so let's even these odds up! [The possessed clone grins, and brandishes its sword, and swings at what was once its ally.]