The Legend Of Zelda: The Tale of Two Worlds Revised
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Chapter 2: Lost Woods, Memories found
It was nearing sunrise. The group of five had been running almost nonstop through the forest since last night. They had also not said a word to one another either. To people like them, silence was the best way to stay alive. More than once Grady would lead them in a random direction sometimes even doubling back the direction they came. This put the others on edge. They knew when he was this cautious then they could be attacked at any moment. They came to a stop at a clearing in the brush.
Not surprisingly, it was Ezekiel who expressed his relief first. "Well I must confess, that was a great early morning jog. But I must profess my displeasure as to sudden need for it without an explanation." he looked at Grady. "Care to tell what happened earlier?"
Grady had his back to them. "After I killed our dinner, something caught my attention to the west, so I went to investigate. The truth is, our camp was less than five hundred meters from a possible enemy camp." He gave them a minute to let that sink in. "I didn't see anything to identify a nationality, nor any known guild coats( that is to say a symbol of a mercenary guild)."
"How many would we be dealing with had we stayed?" Reiken asked.
"I counted about two hundred all well armed and exceptionally organized. And every one of them was wearing straight black armor." replied Grady.
"And you are certain that you saw no distinguishing marks on their person?" asked Renault who seemed most interested at this point.
"It was too dark to see anything besides their silhouettes and I really didn't want to investigate further. But they saw our fire and were sending a party to investigate."
And then Kilron said, "And as long as we are without work we are fair game, yes? So we are having to run so as to avoid confrontation." he sounded somewhat disappointed but he understood the severity of the situation.
"So if we had had killed their scouting party, they would be on high alert and might even send more after us. Truly, we are most lucky that you told us to run. If we had stayed there would have been a chance that we would not have survived." Reiken commented. "But, how are you sure that they were unfriendly? For all we know, they could have been a Hylian scouting party in disguise."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Ezekiel interjected. "According to our sources, Hyrule, though not undermanned, has been placed on a definite defensive, not even daring to send one soldier out to scout even their own borders, which also according to our sources, they have lost two major points. Which brings me to my next point. How are we gatting into Hyrule?"
"The Lost Woods." was all Grady said.
"Ah." said Ezekiel. "And how are we going to navigate said death trap of weary travelers and mercenaries alike?" Grady just remained silent. "Okay then. But If become a Stalfos because of you, I'm going after you first."
R&R. I'll write about Grady meeting Saria later
