Artistic Bruises
"Is it possible for you're brain to bruise?" Meeka thought to herself with grim curiosity as she slowly regained consciousness. It took her a couple seconds to remember what had happened to cause her so much pain.
It had been a high pitched apology that had finally brought her out of her daze, followed shortly by a thump in her back yard. Considering that the majority of her neighbors were at the weekly dance night, she quickly scurried through the back rooms of her shop to the back door.
Opening the door she quickly shut it again, before running over to the closest piece of large furniture. She then threw her body into it trying to move it in front of the door. What she had seen scared her.
Crime was rare in Subrosia, other than some mischief making children who liked to assume everything was theirs. They'd seemed especially hyper and jumpy about a strange dirty feather, lately. (1) But what she'd seen in her own back yard scored a ten on the freaky-things-that-you-never-thought-would-happen-to-you-list.
Masses of Subrosians were carrying bags, their faces abnormally covered. They seemed to be swarming into her lawn, it reminded her of the cockroach infestation she'd had the year before.
Meeka remembered pushing harder against the wooden desk and, five seconds later, it still wasn't moving. That was when her door opened. The last thing she remembered was the tall yellow robed Subrosian saying "Meeka Tantae, it's time for that business meeting."
She shifted to the side to deter the thing that was digging into her back. Opening her eyes she quickly shut them again. "Great, I'm so bad at dancing it even haunts me in my dreams," she thought to herself as she absorbed her placement in the dance hall.
Slowly cracking open her eyes again she saw the growingly familiar yellow robed Subrosian with multiple blue robed ones flocking around him like flies. They seemed to be marching her fellow citizens into the dancehall. "Lava bubbles," she silently swore.
"What's going on?"
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Link looked at the rocks blocking the entrance to the dungeon in mild shock. Someone really wanted that thing closed. The amount of pure rock that was piled was positively astounding, and Link was forced to wonder why would anyone do such a thing? He went over the possible reasons in his mind.
1. They could have been digging for ore. It was a particularly large pass time of most of the Subrosians he'd met.
2. They could have been experimenting with a new artistic style. If he tilted his head to the side slightly and squinted his eyes the rock pile looked like a trampled flower…Or a pile of rocks.
3. The boulders could have been placed there to purposely block an individual's progress, either in or out of the cave. He shook his head at this. That would have been mean.
4. Or they could have been hunting for food beneath the large amounts of stone and moved them here for better access.
This thought made him realize how long it had been since he'd eaten and deciding to put the dilemma aside for the moment he happily hopped off to the village, wondering in Meeka would like to go out to dinner. His treat of course. He still felt bad for ruining her lawn, and he'd found a chest with a hundred rupees inside the dungeon.
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Meeka sat, back straight as a board, as the invaders called the attention of her fellow Subrosians. Most of her neighbors were shaking with fear, others were a combination of anger and wariness. And some were laughing quietly with hysteria. All went silent however as the purple robed gang leader moved to the pedestal in the middle of the hall.
"Friends," he greeted with a sarcastic edge that bit into Meeka deeply. She scowled slightly. "You are all probably wondering the reason why you are here. Let me enlighten you." He paused looking around the room, his dark eyes absorbing everyone of them. Meeka felt herself unwillingly shiver. Without waiting for a response Aeccestane continued, seemingly reveling in the feeling of power he'd secured himself.
"I, as your new mayor, wanted to ensure all citizens of Subrosia knew the new laws. Until I announce those though, everyone will be assigned new positions. Subrosia is going to become the number one exporter of smuggled goods and illegal items, ever." The way he spoke was as if this were the most natural thing to occur in the history of the world, along with a faint gloating to all beneath him.
He continued in this way for over an hour, Meeka appalled and horrified at his plans for the city. As he ended he stepped down from his pedestal and left the room with the power of an emperor. As his form disappeared through the doorway Meeka felt mitten shapped hands grab her elbows.
Looking up, way way up, and unfortunetly getting a crick in her neck she saw Steele.
"Aeccestane wishes to see you."
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Link arrived at Meeka's house and felt a sense of forbidding settle in his stomach. The muscles in his back instantly tightened, and his hand moved to the hilt of his sword, secure in it's scabbard at his waist.
Approaching the front entrance he was able to slip inside without the barrier of a locked door. Instead the slab of wood creaked hauntingly in the slight breeze of the summer night. He mentally noted to remind Meeka that it wasn't a good idea to leave her door wide open. It could let things in. Like rain.
Emerging into the back room he waited for his eyes to slowly adjust to the dark before continuing. As the darkness grew fainter, outlines of thrown furniture and scattered items filled his eyes. His heart hardened. Meeka wasn't here, and her open door hadn't let in rain. It was time to find his Subrosian friend. After closing the front door of course.
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(1) This is a game reference. When in Subrosia Link loses his newly acquired roc's feather to these twins. Everyone but Link is thereafter criticizing it.
Dolphin Dreamer- Yep, I'm back. And no, I have no excuse for not updating really. I've been busy. Well I hoped you liked the update, sorry it's not longer. I also had trouble making this funny, it's a serious part. Thanks for your patience if anyone is still reading this! Bye till next time!
