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[great_king_of_evil]

Characters: Ganondorf and YOU. Destiny Strings characters are welcome too.
Setting: Desert Floor, Music Floor, The Forest and The Second Tower.
Format: Prose or Action, will follow.
Summary: Ganondorf is entirely unaffected by the events and goes on with his daily life. It's to say plotting to take over the multiverse, finding new ways to harness the tower's powers, scheming murders attempts on the administrators, enlarging his demonic armies, preparing his attempt to turn the tower into the World of Darkness in two weeks. Just another Tuesday.
Warning: Nothing special aside from this guy being King of Evil. If your character is affected by the event and falls for him, expect the worse. Replying to the last prompt is dangerous- Unless your character is an ally of Ganondorf they most likely will get badly wounded or killed.


• Desert Floor - 64th Floor
As despicable as this floor was, there was one positive thing to it: It felt like home. Which was more of a negative thing than a positive thing in fact, as he absolutely despised the condition of life back in the Gerudo Desert. That had been the motivation behind his attempts to conquer Hyrule. He couldn't help but wonder if the administrators hadn't built this floor only to spite him. That wouldn't surprise him all that much.

You would find Ganondorf standing near the staircase, looking at the horizon and pondering. Indeed, he wondered if those foolish administrators had hidden something in these new floors. Not just the desert floor of course, no in all those silly floors that required exploration skills. If anyone could try and explore the desert, it was without the shadow of a doubt Ganondorf. he had the skills, powers and experience to deal with such a desert. On the other hand, he just was not sure he was eager to go inside it...


• Music Floor - 28th Floor
As always, the floor Ganondorf spent the most time on was the one with all the musical instruments. No matter what he did, be it plotting to take over the multiverse or simply relaxing, playing music made everything better. As usual, he was sitting by the pipe-organ and prepared to play. Notably, he did not summon any monsters or shadows to keep the room today.

A miracle came to pass today as for once the Evil King was not playing his own theme song nor a melody meant to scare away people. No, he was playing a much slower and melancholic tune, the traditional music of the Gerudo. Even evil overlord appreciated sadder tunes.


• The Forest - 06th Floor
Ganondorf could be found in the forest floor, exploring the floor, looking at the different landmarks and making mental notes. He looked pretty satisfied overall. Once he was done walking around the forest he took his swords out and fought some of the monsters that were lurking around- Needless to say, they all fell pretty pathetically and quickly.

It was notable that Ganondorf spent a lot of time in the forest floor lately, as well as in the floor directly above of this one. Could it be he was plotting something? Or maybe he was just here to train.


• The Second Tower - 75th Floor (Dangerous)
It was during nightfall on the 17th that Ganondorf appeared on the roof of the Tower within the Tower. This was by far the most interesting floor of them all- He had used it as a base of operation ever since it had been built. On the roof of this tower, there was far less risks for the Princess' servants to accidentally fall on him or spy him. And even if someone was stupid enough to persist or unlucky enough to come here, they would be dealt with easilly in such an environment.

Behind him were standing two Darknuts, keeping guard as to make sure nothing would disturb their master. One could think they were lifeless status, as immobile as they were. Phantom Ganon was there as well, quietly floating on the roof's edge and watching what was about to happen. The inside of the tower had some monsters lurking, for the most parts monsters originating from Hyrule and Middle-Earth. These were the monsters Ganondorf preferred to control. And working with them was far less annoying than working with normal people... Less discussion, more orders.

Before long the Great Demon King spoke in an ancient and dark tongue. As a result of his spell, a mass of darkness gathered violently in the air, darkening the entire place and a gigantic bird appeared aove the tower as the darkness literally exploded. That was perfect, months ago Ganondorf had attempted to recreate the Helmaroc King and it was exactly as he had hoped it would be. Satisfied, the evil king smiled.

"So you have reached your full growth... Good, good."

He chuckled lightly and pondered. His plot to turn the tower into a new evil realm, infiltrate the administrative floors and claim the Triforce was nearing and everything was going as planned. Save for one element, the disappearance of the Hero of Time... There was this Hero from another world, hopefully he'd stay long enough, but if he did not. That would be a shame. Good thing his plan did not revolve solely around the Triforce.

Comments

64th Floor - Feb 14th

[neverbeamemory]

[He'd come down the stairs the hot/dry route as opposed to the cold/wet one; it was going to take a while to figure out exactly which way to dance around the twin staircases on Floor 67 in order to get whichever route down the Tower. Though practice makes perfect, even if going up and down flights of stairs was extremely repetitive; at least it was occupying to Sephiroth.

Floor 64 is at least more hospitable than 65 and always marked by the sand that is blown in from the desert. Next down would be the beach, easy enough to remember. Though Sephiroth had never seen anyone just standing staring out at the desert before, and it piques his interest why it might be Ganondorf. Stepping off the stairwell nearly brings Sephiroth right to Evil King's side, his nose wrinkled a little at the sandy, hot dryness on this Floor but he was willing for now to deal with the uncomfortable environment.]

"Ganondorf." [He acknowledges, though of course he probably already knew Sephiroth was there.]

[great_king_of_evil]

[ Of course Ganondorf would know the white-haired man was here, very few beings within this tower had an aura of power such as that of Sephiroth. He nodded at him simply before continuing to stare at the horizon. ]

Sephiroth.

[ Sephiroth would do better not to expect a lot of talks from Ganondorf today, if he had something to ask he would do better to ask for himself. The Evil King was busy despising this desert and wondering what laid ahead. ]

[neverbeamemory]

I would not have expected to find you on this floor.

[That's about as close as most might ever hope to get in terms of the attempted start of conversation from Sephiroth, albeit a bit of an attempt to get more information about Ganon himself. He's not much of one for small talk.]

[great_king_of_evil]

[ He couldn't help but smile and laugh at Sephiroth's words. Truth being, that's the last floor anyone knowing his story would expect to find him. ]

Neither would I have. It's ironical; I cannot help but wonder if they built this floor to spite me.

[ Probably not, but considering he has been one of the biggest annoyance toward the administrators, he wouldn't rule it out entirely. This was way too much like home. ]

[neverbeamemory]

[What was so funny? Sephiroth had merely made the comment at the hostile environment on this floor. He hadn't expected Ganondorf to react so, there has to be some further meaning here. Interested, eyebrows creep together a touch.]

Care to elaborate?

[Because, to Sephiroth - the whole Tower is built to spite him. Like how on this floor, the desert wind is going to blow a million grains of sand into his hair and he's never going to get rid of them.]

28th Floor

[isthatashortjoke]

Mayhaps it was the fact that the tune itself was intriguing, or maybe it was because he was tired of observing the most competent figure he had studied in the tower. Maybe it as time to stop gathering information and start talking.

Whatever the case, at some point during the stay, most than likely whenever he was done playing that thing, Veigar's voice broke from the darkness.

"Odd, seeing someone so calm after a failing to seize the opportunity to rid this place of it's wretched owners." Veigar began, his poisonous voice traveling through the shadows. Nothing visible at the time until his bright, glowing eyes pierced the darkness.

"Though I have to say, seeing that gave me more material and I finally came to a conclusion I hate to admit... I won't be able to obliterate them as easily as I though." And the annoyance, nay, hatred in his voice because of that fact was clear as day.

[great_king_of_evil]

Ganondorf didn't turn nor did he stop playing the pipe-organ when he heard the voice, no. In fact he smiled. Pretty certain he recognized that voice from the latest evil meeting he had organized.

"I could be on a killing spree." he replied calmly, still playing. "Or blinded by anger and trying to destroy parts of this tower. But that would not be very productive now, would it?"

That was when Ganondorf interrupted his music and turned to Veigar- Still smiling. Oh now that was quite a conclusion. Ganondorf could have been offended at someone trying to belittle him or speaking in such terms, but he knew better by now.

"The next conclusion I urge you to reach- Is that to get results, observation is not enough. Whilst the shadows offer for a very comfortable situation, it is only by stepping in the light that you can finally become an actor instead of a spectator."

[isthatashortjoke]

Veigar eyed him with interest. There were very, very few people he ever bothered with, believing them to be way below him in such a manner that they were mere gnats. However, present company had more than proven themselves to be someone worth knowing and more.

"Ah yes, but isn't it oh so satisfying?" the short Yordle almost hissed dangerously, his eyes sparking with power but for a moment.

At that, Veigar moved forward and out of the shadows, "True... But these administrators as they like to be called have proven to be the tricky type. Not quite as powerful as many believe... no. They are quite fragile from what I've seen. However," he turned an annoyed glare towards the ceiling as if they'd notice him.

"They're rather adept at abilities that are nuisances and keep them alive... such as that damned shield and the ability to nullify powers..."

[great_king_of_evil]

"As satisfying as it would be on the short-term, i'd rather see things on the long-term."

Anyone having spent hundreds of years sealed away in the dark world then flooded Hyrule was meant to become somewhat more patient and develop some advanced form of self-control. And actually, odds were that they possibly noticed them speaking. Having gone through the control room last year, Ganondorf was aware of the hidden security camera that recorder their every moves, but he wouldn't say word of it just now.

"Those are not even abilities. For the most part their powers come from machines. They who control the machines, control the tower. Of course, Ruana is a different case, her powers are very much real."

What ever Ruana's abilities were was everyone's guess- Personally Ganondorf was pretty certain their own powers were nerfed down by the collars, but he had no proof of it.

28th Floor

[tohko_amano]

Tohko had finished up her library duties on the nineteenth floor and had decided to head up, explore, and help people out. The usual. However, when she got near the twenty-eighth floor, she heard someone playing on the pipe-organ. While the tune was a little sad, it was also rather dark. But..it wasn't bad.

Curious, Tohko headed up, stuck her head inside..and saw that Ganon was the one playing the tune. She was half-tempted to throw a shoe at him..but that would probably just make things even worse. However, she did walk inside. Even though she had sent him a letter, there was nothing wrong with talking in person. Maybe that would even help to get the message across.

So, she would stand there and listen..until he was finished playing. Then she would speak.

"I didn't know you could play the pipe-organ, Ganon."

..Yes, she had stopped using the nickname. But only because she had promised Rei. However, that seemed to be an alright start for a conversation.

[great_king_of_evil]

Again that one... And she addressed him? The case of this girl was probably even worse than he had expected. Too bad death was not permanent in this tower, because she qualified more and more as one of those people who did not deserve to live in the first place. At least she had dropped the nickname, she had learnt her lesson.

"Quite obviously you have not spent enough time in this room." He smiled but did not turn nor acknowledged her presence, simply continuing to play the familiar tune on the pipe organ.

He had replied in a pretty calm voice- After all he came to play here nearly evryday, when he wasn't plotting to take over the tower.

[tohko_amano]

If Ganon ever realized that the only reason she was calling him Ganon was because she had promised Rei that she would, his respect for her would fall even further.

Not that Tohko really cared at this point. At that, Tohko sighed.

"I've spent some time here. However, I'm a book girl. I'm not that good at playing instruments."

[great_king_of_evil]

"Then you are limited."

He stated this simply as his tune switched to a slightly faster rhythm, but still the same song.

"By specializing yourself in literature, you have allowed yourself to be less than adequate with other forms of arts." he stated as he kept playing. Power came from knowledge after all.

Floor 6

[culbutiri]

Some people had to work a little harder to take down monsters, but Nesir was doing quite well regardless. She came here a lot to train, as it was a floor many avoided. But as it was she had seen Ganondorf quite a lot, and mostly stayed her distance.

This time though she followed him, mostly to see if she could. Though she was actually truly interested in what he was doing. Was it something for next months mission?

[great_king_of_evil]

Ganondorf would just go on with what he was doing as if he had not noticed her presence- Looking at the area, sometimes casting a spell on one of the tree. The very tree he casts a spell on grew a face for a second- A pained, miserable expression on the strange tree before it faded away. Of course, that would be how all the trees would look soon.

Then suddenly she would hear his voice, even though he did not turn in her direction it was obvious he was addressing her.

"It is not very wise to spy on me..."

[culbutiri]

Something for next month then, this must be one of the floors he was going to hand over to Richtofen.

She froze at the voice and had to force herself not to grab a dagger. "If I do no be challenging myself then I do no be improving."

[great_king_of_evil]

"A mistake once taught me that to be successful one must balance correctly the three values..." he stated simply before finally turning to her "You certainly display Courage with challenging yourself by spying me. But you clearly lack the Power to back-up such a challenge and do not have the Wisdom to realize it."

He then smiled. One should note the wonderful hypocrisy of his words as he himself never managed to reach the balance- But that would be for another day.

"What are you doing here?"

28th Floor

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji hadn't been on this floor much. He had been busy trying to explore the other floors, memorize which ones were dangerous and which were not. He had filed this one in the non-threatening category, even if it was a little bizarre when the instruments played themselves.

He was happy to see someone who wasn't invisible playing the instruments today. He doesn't know the man, so he stays quiet and listens until the end, when he applauds politely.]

That was a nice song.

[great_king_of_evil]

[ Ganondorf smiled to himself then turned slightly his head, to see who it is that applauded him- Well, that young man certainly looked familiar. He'd have to make sure later...

He nodded. When he was at Hyrule, his final performance had been interrupted by the Hero of Time. So it was really a nice change to see people with actually good tastes who could appreciate music and art. ]

Thank you. It's pleasant to see people who like music.

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji really doesn't have good taste, persay. He's just inexperienced with most of the world, so anything new to him excites him. It's rare to find him disliking anything.

He smiles and nods enthusiastically.]

I wish I would have learned to play something. It's amazing to see talent like that.

[great_king_of_evil]

It is a pleasure meeting those who can appreciate talent.

[ As long as someone appreciates his performance, Ganondorf considers they have good tastes. That's unfortunately how it is with kings whose ego and pride is beyond comprehension.

He smiled and nodded. ]

What is stopping you from learning now? Surely the instruments are not lacking, nor is time.

Music room

[servessithis]

[He still doesn't get most of what passes for "music" in this world, but he is drawn to the tune he hears.]

Quite a lovely song.

[great_king_of_evil]

[ Ganondorf turned to see the man who spoke up- Never seen that man before, but as always meeting people with some sense of arts is pleasant. He kept playing but nodded politely.]

It is the ancestral music of the Gerudo. [Stated as he turns his attention back to the organ.] However it was not meant to be played on this instrument.

[servessithis]

I assume they are a race from your world?

[Grabs a chair so he can sit down while listening to the music.]

[great_king_of_evil]

[ It would take a couple seconds for Ganondorf to reply, but he saw no harm in speaking of this. ]

They are, and I am their King.