Hyrule's Crisis: A new alliance is formed

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The sight was overwhelmingly majestic. The mighty castle of Hyrule loomed high above Arkin and Ram's head, dwarfing all the land of Hylia. Arkin smiled, lightly elbowing Ram.
"Ain't it pretty?" He said, still aweing at the fortress.
"Eh, the House of Donsanfen could'v done better." Arkin looked down at Ram, with a mocking "They sure could have" face. They walked towards the towering gate, and Ram made a slight smile.
"Ay', no gerds', tat' means free entry!" Arkin gave a frown.
"But," He said, not feeling comforterable with the situation, "That just doesnt seem... correct."
"Ah, you Hylian ere' so fraid' of things. Way I sees' it, if tay' didn't want anyone in, ten' they'd ave' gerds' ere'." Arkin gave a small chuckle.
"How you know they ain't got any archers up in them there turrets?" He said, pointing to what he had just mentioned. Arkin then looked back at Ram, who excanged a glance. They both felt the same way. They felt that someone was watching them from inside the turret. Someone who didn't want them in there. But, nonetheless, they walked through the gates, with an arrow of unease in their backs.

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The Rito blinked as he stared at the fields surrounding the huge castle. Where the heck was he? One minute he was caught up in a storm in the Great Sea and the next thing he knew he was on top of some strange castle. Maybe he was in the Main Land? He had never seen that before.... A few of the Kargarocs from his flock were here but they were just as confused as Kaar. He decided to check the place out and suddenly his arms changed to black wings and he flew down to a courtyard. It didn't look like anyone was here.... He smiled when he saw the flowers planted here and walked over to them. "Oooo, butterfly!" With a sudden movement he clapped the butterfly between his hands. "Butterfly go bye bye." he said with an insane giggle. He wiped off the remains of the insect and looked around. If there were any gaurds in the area he didn't notice them as he and his flock explored the courtyards.

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Ewenmar led the young princess down the hallway, which led to the cloister. It was his favorite part of th Castle, the east garden. From the East Wing's cloister, he could look through the pillars, and out the opening where the circular-garden resided.
"I don't want you to die Ewenmar." Zelda replied, noing that it would only be days before Malidon's deadline was up. Ewenmar said nothing. He sat on the bench, Zelda on his left side.
"Do you not love this garden?" Was all he said. He was doing it again, changing the subject. Suddenly, a rito had flown down the roof to the garden. It admired a butterly, or, that was what it seemed to be doing. He killed it. That was disturbing and odd. Something had to be wrong with the bird-creature. Zelda looked up at her mentor, and his glare, although at the rito, was clear. She was to stay quit, not move, and keep close to Ewenmar. Seeming to shrink down, she cupped her hands infront of her mouth, and watched the rito. It was obvious something wasn't right. But was worse, was when he giggled. It was so disturbing to Zelda. She eeped, loud enough for the Rito to hear.

ooc; we can use story characters, right? Someone told me we were alowed to... if no, then... well... um... damn?

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Kaar whirled around when he heard someone squeak. His sharp eyes caught sight of the Princess and Zora almost immediately. He smiled and flew over to them, landing a few feet in front of them in a half sitting position. “Hiya!” He tilted his head to one side and looked at them. He had never seen a Zora before, though he was more interested in the Princess. “You’re pretty.” he said, standing and pointing at her. Behind him part of his flock landed on the ground and roof tops while a few stayed in the air. They watched closely, waiting for their hunter to make a kill.

ooc/ I think you can use story characters for story purposes. Though you can't take them on an adventure or something, unless a mod is playing them..... I think. If you really want to know, PM Cralex but I think it's ok.

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Ewenmar held Zelda closer and tighter. With eye's never leaving the rito's body, he whipered.
"Zelda, not a sound! Do not make contact!" With that, he readied his blade. Something was going to happen.

ooc; no adventures... well, that's good. I'm not gonna' do that so... yah, that's good... ok. '._.'

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Kaar blinked at them. He hadn't heard what the Zora had said but he had a pretty good idea as to what it was. "You scared o' me?" He sat on the ground and tilted his head to one side. "Why?"

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Ewenmar forced a smile that could have fooled anyone.
"Afraid? What might you be speaking of Signore? I mearly must protect this child before me, and in these parts, kalgoroks are... well, deadly!" Although he did not sweat, a cold bead did slide down the Princess' head.

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"Oh, ok!" He stood and glared at the Kargarocs, walking over to one that was on the ground. "Shoo! Shoo!" The bird squawked at him and snapped at his hand. Kaar pulled back quickly and slashed the creature across the beak with his sharpened nails. It squawked again, though this time in anger and pain rather than annoyance. It took off, as did the rest on the ground. They flew up to the rooftops and glared at Kaar, squawking and cawing angrily. Kaar snarled at them with teeth bared. He turned back to the Princess and Zora, grinning. "There. Better?" He sat down again. "And I not 'Signore', I Kaar."

[Cralex]

OOC: Normally, the story characters would only be played by staff members. However, I will allow it this time unless you wish for me to take over. For one thing, Your character, Ewenmar, is very familiar with Zelda and she with him, so I think you would play her better in this case. (Normally, characters meeting her would be from outside of her inner circle.) Plus, she is apparently younger then her NPC sheet states, so one could argue that this is all taking place a few years ago. Carry on.

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Ooc; .... Thank you so... *sniff* so much Cralex! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! *Sobs in happieness* I promised*sniff* myself I wouldn't do this... *Sobs some more*
Oh, and Cralex, the thing sadly must be delayed. I'm having trouble with some things..... Should be done at LEAST within... um, Well, I'm not sure....

BiC: I didn't work. Ewenmar cursed under his breath, and forced his smile. That was a bit easier, do to the fact that Kaar's actions humored Ewenmar a bit.
"Oh, well, you see, Signore is another way of saying... Mr. Terribly sorry Mr. Kaar but, we must depart." Getting up, Ewenmar slightly nudged Zelda urgingly in front of them. This bird was obviously phyco, and Zelda was not safe.... as a matter of fact, Ewenmar didn't even know if he himself was safe.

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Kaar frowned as the fish man stood and stood as well. "Depart?" His voice had changed and he sounded oddly sane, though this was obviously not true. The flock seemed to notice the change and they now sat on the roof edges mostly silent but for a few quiet caws and the ruffle of feathers. The Rito suddenly flew up, landing in front of the door. His frown turned to a smile and he spread out his arms in a friendly gesture. "Why? Why leave now?" Behind his eyes one could see his mind working. "We should have some fun before you go!" His grin widened and his eyes narrowed slightly. His voice changed again, this time dramaticly. Their was a thin cover of sanity and under it, it was like the low growl of a hungry Wolfos.

"Let's play...."

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Ooc: YAY! Finally! Oooohhh.... wow, the page had a glitch and the smiley covered the hole page! o.o

Bic: Ewenmar grunted. Fighting was easy, fighting and protecting someone was hard. He drew his blade, and with a harsh fling, flung it across one of the Kalgoroks in the beak joint.

Ooc: VIOLENCE!

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ooc/ I'm gonna PM Cralex and ask him to play the Kargarocs. I don't feel right doing it during a fight... Was Ewenmar using his chain blade thing?

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ooc: Nee-ope.
By the way, what does Ooc: and Bic: Stand for? Ocarina of Cardinals or somethin' ?

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ooc/ ooc stands of 'out of character'. bic is 'back in character'. I usually just put ic which is 'in character'. I'm gonna play the bird you attacked so I can post. Well, not exactly play it, just put what happened...

ic/ The bird fell and the rest of them started cawing and flapping their wings in anger. Kaar took a sharp breath that sounded more like a loud hiss. Though the creatures didn't quiet down they stayed on the roof. For now.... Kaar's eyes flicked momentarily to the Princess, then he watched the Zora carefully. "Birdie wasn't doing anything..." the Rito said in a soft purr. "It's Kaar that want's to play." Again he eyed Zelda, again only for a moment. It was obvious he was planning something, but what?

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"My patience is tested Signore! If you do not mind, leave, or your fate will be like that of your minion!" He held the princess tighter, making sure any of the Kargoroks would not yoink her away.

Ooc: Tank you! ;D

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ooc/ Yoink... that me me laugh And you're welcome.

ic/ Kaar laughed. "Minion? No, not minion. Birdies don't listen to Kaar if they really don't want to." He now drew himself to his full height, which was only three inches shorter than the Zora. His hand twiched and he grinned at the fish man. "And Kaar not easy to beat.... But we shall see...." At this last part he sounded almost sane. "Now we play." he growled and suddenly he lept at Ewenmar with a snarl, slashing at him with nails sharp as claws.

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ooc: Yah... yoink.... I love that word! I yoinked something before! It just feels so good saying yoink while stealing something smoothly altogether!

BiC: Ewenmar tried to dodge, but Kaar's speed rivaled even that of Ewenmar's. With a grunt of pane, he felt the nails smoothly rip into his flesh, stinging like salt on a scrape wound. He made shure that Zelda remained there, and placed her on his back. He jumped backwards, warning her to keep eyes open for the kargoroks. He took his blade back, and let it fly. Aiming for Kaar's left shoulder, he braced himself for a fight.

ooc: >=D Vio!
Vio Link: What?
ooc: Oops... Vio!-lence!

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ooc/ Yay! Violence x3

ic/When the Zora jumped back and put the Princess on his back Kaar grinned and licked the blood from his nails. He jumped back when Ewenmar attacked him, dodging it by an inch. His grin grew wider. "Ooo.... Now we gonna have fun." He jumped to the right and as soon as he touched the ground bounced at the Zora, slashing again.

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Ewenmar was ready this time. With a simple and small brainwave command, his leg sprang up, allowing his knee to dig into Kaar's stomache. He then prepared his blade for a swing again.

ooc; Oooohhh.... I do love violence!
Obi: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN!
THERE WILL BE BLOOD!
Me: .... Dude, we didn't even see those movies....
Obi: ... VANTAGE POINT!
Me: -_-;

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ooc/ Em..... ^^; *has no clue what obi's going on about* Yeah... Cralex said he'd do the birdies but he may take a long time 'cause of school. I told him we could wait on him since I'm gonna post a new character soon and I figured I'd take her to Mealstrom's thread. I saw you were gonna have your new charrie go there so yeah. Plus we have TotG.

ic/ The snarl ended in a noise that sounded like a choke as the Zora's knee made a direct hit. Kaar fell back rear first with an "Oomf!" He sat for barely a moment then jumped back up with a growl and snarled at Ewenmar in an animalistic way.

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ooc; TotG? What that mean?
Obi: THE BOURNE ULTAMATUM!
Me: 'w'

ic; The Zora stumbled back, his mind trying to pierce that of Kaar's. What was wrong with this thing? And an even better question was how Kaar's speed was matching Ewenmar's. The turgious-teal Zora jumped back, and started to run. He could get the guards' help! But then again, he was only living because Malidon let him for a few weeks. With the princess on his back adn Kaar running after them both, the guards would see him as robbing Zelda, with Kaar helping him. He turned back to Kaar's direction, and shouted.
"Kaar, please, let this flight be fair. Allow me to set the Signorina down. Then, we may continue in our quarell." Recalling his words, he knew that the kargorok's were technically probably weapons of Kaar's, so if he could not cancell them out, he added:
"And if the kargoroks must participate, let them not harm her, but engage in our combat."

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ooc/ Teh, I forgot I hadn't called it that yet.... Triforce of the Goddesses; my site. TotG is easier to type *nod*

ic/ Kaar had started to run after the Zora but stopped when he yelled. He blinked at him for a moment then tilted his head to one side, thinking. "Birdies don't listen to Kaar all the time." he said. "Signorina?" He blinked at Zelda. That must be what he meant. "Yes, put Pretty down." There was something odd in his voice as he said this but it was quickly gone. "Then we play. But Pretty can't leave.... Kaar doesn't want armored men to come. They make Kaar... angry....." As he said this his voice turned to a growl and he made another hissing noise. He stayed where he was and watched Ewenmar carefully, as if he expected to be tricked.

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ooc; Ooohhh... yhippeee!
O.O Ewenmar, you'd better be careful!
Ewenamr: I would be scared, but right now, I am in a transe of inturpriting how odd it is that Kaar's calling Zelda "pretty". Is that her middle name or somthin?
Me: I didn't know Rito's could fall over for Hylians.... but then again, didn't Princess Ruto fall in love with Link? Weeiiirrrddd...

Bic; Ewenmar set Zelda down on a bench nearby. He then readie his blade, and shouted once more.
"Sir, make your move, allow yourself to strike first. It is just the way I prefer my fights. And how I have my upper-hand advantage...."

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Kaar's eyes narrowed. He hadn't heard the last part of what the Zora said but he was suspicous.... Strike first? Sounded like a trick.... He just stood there for a moment, trying to figure out a move that would hurt the fish man but not him.... Not being able to think of anything the Rito made a frustated noise and crouched so that he was almost on all fours. Suddenly he dissapeared into the bushes and a minute and a half later, with almost no noise, he suddenly lept at Ewenmar from the left with teeth bared in a snarl and nails slashing.

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Ewenmar smiled. So this was how Kaar would start the fight. The way a man started a fight was the way he fought. This was a battle of speed. He flung his blade into the fields, and quikly detatched the chain from his knife. Much lighter. Now, the fight would begin. Once Kaar lept from the bushes, Ewenamr crouched instantly, and let the knife go slightly above his head. Just a little higher, it would have pierced Kaar's shirt and skin.

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The Rito landed on his hand and did a sort of flip so that he now faced Ewenmar. He was crouched with one hand on the ground, one in the air. Kaar narrowed his eyes at the Zora in thoughtfullness. Had he.... meant to miss? That thought was strange to Kaar and he couldn't understand it. He had forgotten mercy it seems, or anything like it. These thoughts took less than a moment and no sooner had he touched the ground then he was off it again. He had jumped into the air and landed in front of Ewenmar. A dangerous move but perhaps the Zora wouldn't have expected it. He had barely touched the ground when he lept right at the fish mans face.

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Ewenmar bent his head down, and with a harsh fist, punched Kaar right in the stomache. With his remaining left hand, he held Kaar by the neck. Because he was left handed with knives, his knife was at Kaar's neck. The other hand was ready for another blow. With a calm face, Ewenmar smiled, and said:
"Ah, alas, we come to this. Sir, I expected better. What has happened? You were doing well, but now... well, I'll give you a chance of retreat. I sir, was an admiral in war. I know mercy not, when mercy is trying to seduce me."

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Kaar blinked up at the Zora and panted. He had been stunned by the second blow to the stomache and it took him a moment to register what Ewenmar said. What was it talking about, mercy? He didn't understand but he knew one thing. He was losing the game and it was becoming dangerous for him. He felt the cold touch of a blade on his neck and saw the other hand ready. "Retreat?" he said in a low voice. Suddenly he snarled and with both feet kicked the Zora in his own stomache. He rolled to the side and was in a one handed crouch again. "Why would I?" he growled. "We're having so much.... fun!" The last word was like the snarl and he lept at the Zora again. But this time he twisted in midair and grew his wings, black like deaths. He clawed at Ewenmars back with his talons then flew higher, out of punching rage.

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"Ghak!" Ewenmar practically jumped back, clutching his stomache in pain. Where had that come from? He then turned only to find Kaar flying towards him, and then scratching at him. After many stinging blows, he rolled away, blood leaking in a trail. "Damn..." He took his blade, and re-attatched the chain. Swirling it, he threw it at Kaar's left wing, hoping for a loop.