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Day 1, Afternoon, Clock Town - South
After finding four of the five little annoying brats, it was obvious by Link's expression that he was tired. Being smacked on pretty much all of the vital areas of a Deku body by an angry fairy didn't help much, either. But he had a mission... or more than one.
"I just can't make heads of tails of all this." Link said, his tone monotonous.
"Heads and tails of what?" Tatl responded.
"We're being forced to chase kids, bring shiny objects to deed-propped Deku hobos, find stray fairies... for what? I mean, we're supposed to be searching for a mask that destroys the world and shit, and yet here I am, playing hide-and-seek! We have little time as is…"
"You're just being a bitch."
"After all that I had to say, that's your answer?!"
"Yup."
It's no use. PMS wins.
Wandering around the southern zone of Clock Town, Link eventually spotted a ledge that led to some sort of alley. Intrigued, he ran to the place, only to find a big pool, surrounded by grass and crossed by a wooden bridge, which was actually part of a house situated there on the other side. It had to be... the Laundry Pool. Link was going to search for a boy in there, when...
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" Tatl yelled, shocked at something.
"HEY! HOW ABOUT I YELL INTO YOUR FUCKING EAR TOO?!"
"It's... It's…"
Man, is she going to stage all this drama every time she finds something?
"... Link! It's the broken piece of the Great Fairy! It has to be!"
"Why?" 'Broken piece' is not the way I would have phrased it... I mean, pieces are supposed to be objects... not... fairies.
"It's just like the other fairies we found in the cave!"
"Huh... so?"
"Go catch it, dumbass!"
"But it's floating above the pool!"
"Oh…" Tatl sighed, then proceeded, "You don't know the first thing about being a Deku…"
And this is a bad thing? I kinda didn't agree to this!
"If you jump into the pool," Tatl explained in a mentor-like tone, "Your feet will feel some strange vibes coming from the water, and you'll start hopping around it!"
"You mean I get to be Jesus?!"
"Uhhh... yeah, but you have a five-hop limit, I think."
"Aww," Link said before looking at the pool, "It'll be alright, I'll give it a shot!"
Leaping into the water, Link started to bounce around, eventually falling into the water after the fifth hop. Tatl rescued him the first time, but after ten failed attempts, she left him to himself. Eventually, Link reached the "piece", who responded quickly:
"Oh, thank goodness! Now bring me to the cave right this instant!"
"Calm down, Ms. Yellow Floating Thing," Tatl said, "We're on it."
Look who's talking!
"In any case, Ms. Fairy Piece," Link continued, "I'm kind of running an... errand right now, and would appreciate it if you waited a bit."
"Oh well... I guess it can't be helped…" The fairy said, slightly annoyed. She then proceeded to hide under Link's hat.
"Hey!" Tatl barked, angry, "That's MY hiding spot!"
How is my hat yours?! "Well then," Link cut in, "Shall we find this last annoying brat? We only have 10 minutes before evening!"
"Move it, then!" The stray fairy said from under his hat.
Great. If one fairy bossing me around wasn't enough...
Moving away from the Laundry Pool, Link decided to give the south area a fair shake. Aside from the same preoccupied carpenters building a tower, a dog attacking Link, the same Deku that wanted "something... SHINY", postboxes and a postman running like crazy and fumbling through said postboxes, they found nothing. So...
"Well, that's nice. We've got a good three minutes to find the kid, according to the clock." Link said, his head hung low in dismay.
"Hey... there's one place left to check." Tatl said, cheering Link right up.
"Where?!"
"The west side."
"What, is Snoop Dogg the last kid?"
"THIS west, dumbfuck!"
"Ah! You mean West Clock Town!"
"Yup. We haven't checked there, you know."
"True. Let's run!" Link shouted while making towards the stairs that led to that area.
Day 1, Right when the sun starts thinking about sleeping, Clock Town - West
As soon as they climbed the first set of stairs, our cute pair of kid-searchers looked around for any sign of a spoiled brat. The west area wasn't that impressive, it was mainly a spiral and elevated staircase-corridor, decorated by a bank and three shops, which led into a smaller, circular open area which mixed buildings like the Post Office and the Lottery with common houses. Running along the stairs, Link and Tatl were looking around and deciding what to do after the kids were all gathered.
"Ten seconds! TEN SECONDS!" Tatl yelled, in a bossy tone.
"I'm on it, woman! Don't fucking rush me!" Link talked back, annoyed at his partner's earlier tone.
"And then we should get that shiny thing!"
"C'mon, we can find that anywhere! Just find him a fucking frying pan or... hey!" Link suddenly stopped. Looking around he found a kid sitting and staring at the entrance of the Swordsman School, which was next to the gate.
"Found you!" Link shouted, startling the kid.
"Waah!" The kid yelped and made to run, but Link dove at him in a ninja-like way, sharp yell included. After catching the little one with only three seconds left, Link couldn't help but grin at this movie-like moment.
"Stop daydreaming!" Tatl snapped, "We gotta go north with the kid!"
"Awww…" The kid muttered, defeated, while the pair went along.
Day 1, Evening, Clock Town - North
The sky had already been tainted purple, with the faint light of the few stars that rose upon the sky casting small shadows on objects around. Meanwhile, our favorite pair stood in front of a 5-boy group, waiting for their quest to move along.
Ok, now what? Gotta think of that shiny thing, then I should return the fairy piece to the Great Fairy's Fountain, and then... well, the Ocarina, for one. My horse, and the Majora's Mask... whew... seems like it's far from over.
"Link"' Tatl said, interrupting his train of thought, "These kids want to tell us something, so listen!"
Well, sorry for caring about our journey.
"So... um... scrub!" Jimmy said, "You completed our quest, and I was going to give you our prize but…"
"But...?" I don't like the way this is headed. If all this time I've been chasing a 'congratulations', I'm impaling myself into a tree.
"We can't prize any other being but humans," Jimmy said, looking down.
"What exactly is this prize?" Tatl asked.
"Well, we'd make you a member of our group, the Bombers Secret Society of Justice, for one…"
Oh, so THAT's what he meant by Bombers! Whew...
"... And we'd give you a notebook, but... we already had a non-human member recently, and the results…"
"Huh? Results?" Link asked, intrigued.
"Did he fail in a mission or what?" Tatl prompted.
"'Fail'? The guy went totally batshit crazy! As soon as we let him into our secret hideout, he took a path and wrecked our base, our telescope... he then went to the top of Clock Town and made some crazy spell, which set the moon to fall within three days!"
"Is... that... well... um…" Link stuttered, trying to make sense of it all. He then looked up at the moon. Is that why the moon has a face now? And not any kind of face... it looks like Saria when I found her diary.
"But lookie, I won't leave you with your bare hands. Here's our secret code for the secret base!"
"Code?" Tatl asked.
Just then, the Bombers started to run around. Then, they stopped in a row, back facing our heroes in a special order. The number was '54123'.
"Here," Jimmy said, "Write it down and remember to say it to our guard."
"Those guys sure are organized for a bunch of kids," Tatl said.
"Yeah, I'm kinda scared myself…"
"Well, we gotta go now. Thanks for the fun!"
"You're welcome, brat," Tatl said, joking around.
"Watch it! And, umm... the Bombers' Secret Society Of Justice Forever!"
"Errrr, the what now?" Link asked, looking puzzled.
"Nevermind," Jimmy said before going back to his blowpipe.
Link and Tatl then stopped and started brainstorming. The afternoon was over, and the sky was already dark. The wind blew in the direction of the Great Fairy's cave, reminding Tatl of something...
"Hey! Listen!"
"Wha-huh?!" Navi?! Oh. It's you.
"We don't have time for this! We gotta deliver the fairy piece, pronto!"
"Yes, Your Honor…"
"Quit it and move!"
"DON'T RUSH ME!"
The duo then made to the cave, close to the end of a crazy first day.
Day 1, Night, Great Fairy's Shrine
After what had been a crazy but fruitful day, Link and Tatl were indeed tired. The Great Fairy's Shrine, however, seemed to have some effect against the fatigue, its mystical aura more and more mysterious along the cave's depths. As they approached the fountain, Link's hat suddenly started to bulge...
"Let me out this instant!" The voice under the hat said.
"Huh? Who's that?" Link said, looking up.
"The fairy piece! Remember?!"
"Whoa! Err, umm, sorry!" I totally forgot she was inside my hat!
"You let me go now, young Deku!"
"Ok, ok, ok, I'm sorry! Go!" Yeesh, what a drama queen! My hat's pretty clean!
The fairy got out of the depths of Link's well-cleansed hat and started to mingle with the other fairy pieces. Suddenly, they started to gather and shine, disappearing into the water and coming back in the form of a flash of light and, after a while...
"Wow…" Link said, amazed.
"It's…" Tatl voiced, as amazed as Link was.
"A very nice-looking lady…"
"Hey!" Tatl shouted, before striking Link, "Don't talk like that about the... Great... Fairy…"
The form that appeared before them was indeed 'nice-looking'; a huge woman, clad in short, yet mystical clothes and showing around a good portion of a pinkish-red hair stood before them, smiling, her mouth-mole dancing according to the facial expressions.
"Well, well... so you are the one who brought me back to my original form, hmm?" The Great Fairy asked, looking directly into Link's empty eye sockets.
"Ahh... w-well I... err... u-umm…"
"O Great Fairy, forgive my partner, for he does not know what he talks about," Navi said, hovering around Link.
She's not god!
"Yeah, well I actually-" Link started, before being cut off by "the Great One".
"Yes, I know, I was there inside your hat! I was just fooling around, young one."
"Ah... Is that so? Heh heh…" How can one small annoying thingy turn into such an influent being?
"Well, I will now present you with the ability to shoot bubb-"
"I, uhh... you already taught me how to, or at least, pieces of you did…"
"But this is against the rules! I didn't have enough power to do it!"
"Well," Tatl said, "Money makes the world turn, yeah?"
Screw the rules, I have money! Phew. Got it out of my system.
"Well, I guess there's nothing for me to do but pray for your success. Find that Skull Kid who broke me and make him pay!"
"You bet, lady!" Link said, less nervous.
A flash of determination hit Link's eyes. Could it be? He was actually... having... fun?
Well... no choice then...
"Let's go, Tatl! Last one to the Bombers' Hideout will marry a Goron and get a humping from it!"
"WAAH!" Tatl shouted, floating as fast as she could to catch up with Link.
Day 1, Evening, Clock Town - East
Going through the North-East gate, Link and Tatl found themselves in front of an alley guarded by a kid wearing yellow clothes, which shone brightly against the dark night that slowly engulfed the peaceful town.
"Excuse me, coming through…"
"Hey! Hey! Stop, mister!" The kid shouted, stopping Link, "You can't pass. This is the Bombers' Hideout!"
I wouldn't go around shouting this kind of phrase... people might take it the wrong way...
"What's wrong?" Tatl said, slightly annoyed.
"You gotta say the code to enter!"
"Um... Sesame?"
"Nope."
"Sparta?"
"No."
"Wait!" Link said, before reading a piece of paper aloud, "54123!"
"Hey, that's it! Are you a Bomber?"
"Sort of."
"Well, anyway, come inside. Beware of the Skulltulas!"
"Skulltulas?" Tatl froze, remembering. The Skulltulas were creatures that inhabited Hyrule. They came about in all kind of sizes, to the small, fast and nimble, wall-crawling Skullwalltula to the generic, big and scary Skulltula. Those wicked creatures had, to make matters worse, their whole front shielded. They shared the same obvious weakness, though: their backs were not covered. Sneak up to it from behind, and BAM! The monster was gone. But nevertheless, Tatl still held a strong phobia...
"WE'RE NOT GOING INSIDE TODAY I'M SORRY HEHEHEHEHEHE SORRY REALLY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I KINDA HAVE A PLACE TO GO HIHIHIHIHI"
"What are you-" Link tried to ask before being dragged away - by a fairy.
"DON'T ASK! WE GONE!"
"Hey, hey. Let go of me!" Link yelled, then proceeded to perform a spin attack and free himself of the fairy's 'grasp'. "You can sort out your phobias later. We got a hideout to explore!"
"But I... oh, what the hey. Let's just go, then."
Day 1, Evening, Bombers' Hideout
The place looked like a hideout alright; gray, shady brick walls surrounded the place, except for the floor, which was lacking; most of the 'ground' was actually a water reservoir, exposing the former nature of the Hideout: a sewer. Link, using his water hops wisely, managed to cross the deep parts of water, and, eventually, him and Tatl reached a large corridor divided in two 'lanes', a watery, yet shallow one and a brick one, just like the walls.
Well, this water smells kinda funny. I don't want to get too soaked on it. Let's just take the brick path for n- "YEEEEEAAARRGH!"
Link yelled, along with Tatl, as he was struck from a Skulltula from above; the creature was hanging from what looked like a net cable, like those from Spider-Man, and growled menacing while Link got slowly up from the ground.
"L-Li-Liiiink... Let's g-get outta here... PLEASE!" Tatl pleaded, but to no avail. The wooden hero just stood there, staring at the Skulltula. "LINK! I'M TALKING TO YOU! LINK! HEY! LISTEN! HEEEEY!"
"Cut the FUCKING crap," Link hissed, "And wait."
"What are you going to do? Stare at it until it sleeps?"
"No. Just wait two more seconds…"
NOW!
The spider, then, for some reason, growled and turned around, baring its back to Link. He didn't second-guess himself; the bubble that came out of his nose hit the Skulltula's back, and he just watched as the aracno-beast crashed to the ground.
"... The hell was that?" Tatl managed to say, absolutely suprised by Link's moment of badassery.
"Former experience. Those bitches used to appear all the time back in Hyrule."
"W-well I know that, but I just didn't…"
"Well, whatever. Let's move on." Man, now I know why she bosses me around so much. It sure feels good when you're the one who call the shots.
After the corridor, they were led into a small room with some vases and a ladder, which could be easily climbed if there wasn't a Skull Kid balloon floating right at the middle of it.
"Look," Link pointed out, "A ladder!"
"Are you sure it isn't a step-ladder?"
"... Um, it's a ladder."
"Oh, you're right. Sorry, I kinda spaced out there."
Why does that dialogue feel overused and familiar? "Well, anyway, let's just blast this here…"
"Are you comfortable with blatsing everything like that? It's not your property, you know."
"Yo," Link glared at Tatl, "I've broken into god knows how many houses in my time, breaking boxes and vases and stealing money and Cuccoos, I've been killing all kinds of creatures outside of any legal hunting area, I have also been wandering around a land that's not even my home without any kind of passport, and I have yet to see a single panel of the floor of a fucking courtroom. You really want to cry 'laws' here?" Wow. I hope this badass streak keeps running...
"I'll just wait over here then…" Tatl said, somewhat offended.
Nevertheless, Link burst the balloon, and the two climbed the ladder, curious as to where they would wind up next.