LINK AND THE WATER TEMPLE OF DOOM
DISCLAIMER: I don't own or create the character 'Link', 'Ruto', 'Sheik', or anything else in the Zelda games. Nintendo did. And good on em. On the other hand, I did write this. Do not steal it. Or I'll crash a plane into your house.
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
AUTHORS NOTES: In case you hadn't already noticed, I've taken a few liberties with the Ocarina Of Time plot. This is cause the original was a computer game designed for the N64. This means they had to have a limit to the amount of dialogue, had to have endless amounts of monsters, and a few other things. Amongst other things, I'm hoping this fanfic is how Ocarina Of Time would have turned out if they had released it as a book.
Now doesn't that sound pompous? (
Chapter 3
Although the water wasn't as cold as it was in the lake above the mountains, it was still cold. Link slowly waded into the lake, shivering slightly. When he finally ducked his head under, he carefully took a small breath, testing the water breather. The water came into his mouth, but then. it seemed to evaporate. So he breathed air. Then when he breathed out again, it turned back to water. Link breathed in and out, trying to get used to it. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it felt. strange. Link shrugged his shoulders, and started making his way underwater towards the ruined limestone pillars he was told were in the middle of the lake which marked the entrance of the water temple.
They weren't there. He was in the deepest part of the lake, and the pillars weren't there. Link tried digging through the silt, but all that achieved was making the water murky. The cold was starting to get to him, and he needed a rest, and something to eat. He had been slowly wading around the bottom of the lake all morning. Even with the water breather, he was sure he had swallowed quite a bit of the lakes water, and he was feeling a bit sick. And quite waterlogged.
So Link slowly made his way towards the small island in the lake, which was the closest piece of dry land for him. He was somewhat tired, and it was fairly dark on the bottom of the lake, so it took him a few seconds to realize he was no longer trekking through a thick layer of silt, but on limestone. Link slowly looked around him. Moving slow was one of the first things he learned about moving under water. Everything was slow. Walking was slow, searching for something was slow, progress was slow. Whenever he tried to do something fast, the water stopped him. So Link looked slowly around. And. slowly.. He made out the ruined pillars which marked the entrance of the water temple. And he found a cave carved into the side of the island. A Old cave. Link looked at the sides. There wasn't even any scratch marks made from the tools which must have been used. Just faint carving of fish and the like. Link shook his head, too tired for such mystery's. He made his way to the top of the island, to dry out, heat up, eat his lunch, and prepare for his entry into the Zora's temple.
Link quite enjoyed his lunch on the small island. The day was warm, and his clothes quickly dried out. He could make out the tiny figure of the old man in the distance, as he potted around his house, and the sound of the birds slowly relaxed him. He packed away the remains of his lunch, and lay back on the soft grass, enjoying the warmth of the sun. All around him flew the fairy's from his bottles, playing some game with Navi. All seemed glad to be free of the glass jar they had been in. Link just lay there, staring at the clouds. They slowly drifted across the sky. White fluffy balls of wool. Just floating gently overhead. And everything was so peaceful . . .
"Hey" Link woke with a start. He was sure he had heard something. And felt something run into him. Something hit him in the neck. "Hey" It was Navi. She bounced off, and came around for another go, but Link held up his arms. "Ok, Ok. I'm awake already." Link looked around . The sun was now low in the sky. "Thanks." Navi bobbed up and down, and hovered at Links shoulder. Link got up and slowly got ready for going underwater again. He left bottling Navi and the other fairy's till last, knowing how they hated it.
Link slowly waded into the lake again, water breather firmly in place. This time he quickly found the cave, and made his way inside. Everything was very dark. He could only see a few meters ahead of him, his only light source provided by Navi. The other fairies were safely tucked away in his backpack. They hadn't seemed very happy about being confined to his backpack, but there was no way he could carry all of them. Navi on the other hand seemed to be terrified Link would drop her, and the bottle would smash.
The light she provided didn't travel far underwater. After about a metre everything was reduced to murky blackness. He could just make out the uneven sides of the cave. As he continued walking, he noticed the walls abruptly become even and smooth. It was still white, and when Link looked closer, he could see it had been chiseled out to make it easier to walk and swim through. A few more steps, and Link came to the end of the tunnel. Above and below and to either side of the end of the tunnel was smooth limestone as far as Link could see. which wasn't that far. For all he knew, there could be another ledge right below it, or it could drop to the center of the earth.
After a bit of thinking Link pulled his hookshot from it's place at his belt, and used it to knock a chunk of limestone from the edge of the tunnel. He tied it to some rope he had in his backpack, and slowly lowered it. One meter . . . Two meters . . . Three meters . . . and then the weight at the end of the rope stopped. But what if there's spikes down there? Or some other trap? Link wasn't normally the type to worry, but the darkness was making him nervous. He pulled the limestone chunk back up, and tied the rope to one of his fairy jars. Again, lowering it slowly, it reached the bottom safely. All it revealed was a one meter patch of sand. Seems safe enough Thought Link, and gently lowered himself as far as he could, until he was only hanging onto the ledge with his fingers. Then he let go, and drifted to the floor of the cavern. He landed badly, and almost fell over. The sandy floor was uneven, and he still wasn't fully used to walking underwater. Sandy? He looked around. The walls were still limestone, but the floor had a thick layer of fine sand. The water here seemed to have a faint current, and he could see the flash of small fish moving just out of reach of the small circle of light which surrounded him. Link put the fairy he had lowered away in his backpack, and set off around the wall, searching for the water demon.
Half a hour later, and he realized it wouldn't be so simple. He had made his way back to where he had started, and no demon of any sort had attacked him. In fact, he hadn't seen anything alive, besides some small fish which darted in and out of the light. The cavern wall wasn't totally featureless though. There were four tunnels at ground floor, and Link had a feeling there were lots more set half way up the cavern walls. He hadn't yet explored any of the tunnels, preferring to map out the main cavern floor first. The main cavern was huge, about fifty meters by fifty meters. The entire thing was perfectly circular. Link sighed, and sat down for a break. He quickly found that resting underwater wasn't very relaxing however, and got back up. He decided to explore the widest tunnel first, which he thought was directly opposite him. He set across the sand in what he hoped was a straight line. Navi was trying her best, but the light she provided didn't stretch very far, and Link was worried about getting lost and walking in circles. This didn't end up a problem however. Link had walked about fifteen meters from the side when a white tower came into view. Link walked up and examined it. The tower was made from limestone bricks. The bricks were unmortared, but fitted together seamlessly. The whole tower was covered in what Link thought was the Zora's writings. Graceful, curved and flowing words carved into the bricks. The only way into the tower was a single locked door. Thick, and made from some heavy wood, the door was inlaid with mother of pearl in the same swirling writings that covered the walls. From the glow Navi produced, the inlaid words seemed to glow with a mystical light. Whatever the tower was for, it was obvious it was the center of the temple, and the only way in was by forcing the door. Link was rather reluctant to do that - the whole building seemed to be one single piece, and even though he wasn't able to sense magic, he was sure just from the look of it that the tower had some powerful magic imbedded into it. And he didn't want to risk destroying it. Who knew what it's function was?
Link continued his way across the sand, and entered the tunnel he had set out for. The tunnel seemed to go on forever before ending in a series of large rooms connected to each other. Trudging slowly through the rooms, Link noticed a rusted metal grill set in one of the walls. Walking up to it, he could feel a slight current, as the water flowed into the narrow hole behind the grill. Failing to understand it's purpose, Link shrugged and continued looking through the rooms. They seemed to be living quarters for the Zora's. The first two rooms had strange pieces of equipment that Link didn't understand, but the third room grabbed his attention. Glancing up, Link didn't see the now familiar limestone ceiling, but the ever shifting pattern of the surface. The room had a air pocket. And from what Link could see, the room extended further above the water. Link sighed in relief. A chance to dry out, and warm up.
Just as he started wondering how he would dry himself when everything he had was as wet as he was, he heard a faint snapping sound behind him. He turned slowly . . . And could see nothing but the faint glint of small particles of dust hanging in the water, and murky darkness. He was about to turn back when he heard it again. A snapping sound. And he saw something move in the darkness. Link pulled his shield up into place, and held Navi's bottle into a position where he could see what was coming. He didn't have long to wait. There was another snap, louder this time, and something came hurtling out of the darkness towards him. He turned his shield to deflect it, and the thing thudded into it, knocking Link backwards. It seemed to be a giant clam. But this wasn't immediately that important to Link. What was important was when it knocked him backwards he had dropped everything. His shield. The bottle containing Navi. And it had knocked out his water breather. Fighting down panic, Link tried to look around. Navi was bobbing up and down on the surface above him, leaving him in almost darkness. He could make out his shield in front of him, badly scratched from whatever had attacked him. He could also make out a shape at the very edge of his vision, maneuvering around to attack him again. Barely able to see, and no longer able to breath, Link pulled his shield up to defend with one hand as he tried to get rid of all the things weighing him down with his other. Off went his sword and his hookshot. He was about to take off his backpack when the clam attacked again. Unable to brace himself in time, Link was sent flying. Completely disoriented and badly out of breath, Link abandoned his backpack and swam for the surface, gasping noisily when he reached it. He then swam for the edge and dragged himself onto the dry floor and gasped in deep breaths.
Slowly, Link regained his breath. After he recovered, he looked around. The room seemed small, and Link had trouble making out anything, with the only light provided by Navi, who seemed rather shaken up by been dropped, and was producing even less light than usual. He reached over and fished Navi out of the water, then released her from her bottle. Rather than the exuberant flying around she had done last time, all Navi did this time was fly slowly to a dry piece of floor, and settle down.
Link took stock of his situation. He had lost his water breather, his sword, his shield and his hookshot. His backpack was also lost, which held all his potions, his rope, his food and the. The faries! Without fresh air, they'll die. Link rolled over and was about to dive into the water when Navi suddenly recovered and gave her little shout of alarm. "What? If I don't get them to the surface, they'll die. They would just about be out of air as it is. I need to . . ." Navi glowed brighter, and slowly flew over the water. Link followed her unspoken command, and looked down. He could see his shield lying down there, as well as his sword and his backpack. And he could just make out a black patch on the sand which had to be his hookshot. He couldn't make out his water breather, but right near the entrance to the room he could see the clam. It was positioned to strike, both shells open, but ready to snap shut and propel it towards him with like a underwater cannonball. And all along the back of the clam, the side which would hit him, were large bits of sharp shell, almost like knives. He had been lucky to block both attacks before with his shield. Without it, he would have been cut to pieces. Link suddenly rolled back, shaking. He looked up at Navi, who seemed to looking back.
"Thanks"
Navi flew back to her spot of dry floor, and Link sat up, looking for another way to rescue the fairies. Link took down a metal hook hanging from the ceiling, and placed the fish stuck through it on a nearby table. He tied it to some old rope that was lying in a corner, and started fishing for his backpack. It only took him a few tries to catch the backpack on the hook. Link slowly pulled the rope in, hoping it wouldn't snap. The rope was rotten, and quite old. Inch by inch he raised the backpack. The clam continued to sit in the corner, apparently oblivious. Finally, Link reached down and grabbed the pack. The fairies were soon released, and flying around in relief.
The room was now no longer shrouded in darkness, the fairies producing all the light Link needed to look at the room for the first time, Link realized it was a kitchen. It had several hooks hanging from the ceiling, a few earthenware bowls with limp waterweed in them, and the freshly killed fish that he had put on the table. Freshly killed? Link got up, and had another look at the fish. Yes, it was fresh. Which means whoever killed it couldn't be far away. Link decided to wait for the person who had killed the fish to return. With the clam blocking the way out and no way of killing it he didn't have much of a choice
TO BE CONTINUED
MORE AUTHORS NOTES:
Again, what did you think? The next chapter is already about halfway done, so it shouldn't take me too long to finish it. To tell you the truth, the first half of the next chapter was the first bit of this fanfic I ever wrote. Everything else has been working up to it.
Comments and Criticisms are welcome, as always. If your emailing me a flame, be sure to say so in the subject box, so I can file it straight into my trash bin. Whatever you send me, it can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. And as long as you don't take credit for it. If your planning on making any money out of it, talk to me about percentages of profit first.
If you do take this for your website, I'd appreciate it if you told me first. Actually, I'd be thrilled that anyone thought it was good enough . . .
DISCLAIMER: I don't own or create the character 'Link', 'Ruto', 'Sheik', or anything else in the Zelda games. Nintendo did. And good on em. On the other hand, I did write this. Do not steal it. Or I'll crash a plane into your house.
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
AUTHORS NOTES: In case you hadn't already noticed, I've taken a few liberties with the Ocarina Of Time plot. This is cause the original was a computer game designed for the N64. This means they had to have a limit to the amount of dialogue, had to have endless amounts of monsters, and a few other things. Amongst other things, I'm hoping this fanfic is how Ocarina Of Time would have turned out if they had released it as a book.
Now doesn't that sound pompous? (
Chapter 3
Although the water wasn't as cold as it was in the lake above the mountains, it was still cold. Link slowly waded into the lake, shivering slightly. When he finally ducked his head under, he carefully took a small breath, testing the water breather. The water came into his mouth, but then. it seemed to evaporate. So he breathed air. Then when he breathed out again, it turned back to water. Link breathed in and out, trying to get used to it. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it felt. strange. Link shrugged his shoulders, and started making his way underwater towards the ruined limestone pillars he was told were in the middle of the lake which marked the entrance of the water temple.
They weren't there. He was in the deepest part of the lake, and the pillars weren't there. Link tried digging through the silt, but all that achieved was making the water murky. The cold was starting to get to him, and he needed a rest, and something to eat. He had been slowly wading around the bottom of the lake all morning. Even with the water breather, he was sure he had swallowed quite a bit of the lakes water, and he was feeling a bit sick. And quite waterlogged.
So Link slowly made his way towards the small island in the lake, which was the closest piece of dry land for him. He was somewhat tired, and it was fairly dark on the bottom of the lake, so it took him a few seconds to realize he was no longer trekking through a thick layer of silt, but on limestone. Link slowly looked around him. Moving slow was one of the first things he learned about moving under water. Everything was slow. Walking was slow, searching for something was slow, progress was slow. Whenever he tried to do something fast, the water stopped him. So Link looked slowly around. And. slowly.. He made out the ruined pillars which marked the entrance of the water temple. And he found a cave carved into the side of the island. A Old cave. Link looked at the sides. There wasn't even any scratch marks made from the tools which must have been used. Just faint carving of fish and the like. Link shook his head, too tired for such mystery's. He made his way to the top of the island, to dry out, heat up, eat his lunch, and prepare for his entry into the Zora's temple.
Link quite enjoyed his lunch on the small island. The day was warm, and his clothes quickly dried out. He could make out the tiny figure of the old man in the distance, as he potted around his house, and the sound of the birds slowly relaxed him. He packed away the remains of his lunch, and lay back on the soft grass, enjoying the warmth of the sun. All around him flew the fairy's from his bottles, playing some game with Navi. All seemed glad to be free of the glass jar they had been in. Link just lay there, staring at the clouds. They slowly drifted across the sky. White fluffy balls of wool. Just floating gently overhead. And everything was so peaceful . . .
"Hey" Link woke with a start. He was sure he had heard something. And felt something run into him. Something hit him in the neck. "Hey" It was Navi. She bounced off, and came around for another go, but Link held up his arms. "Ok, Ok. I'm awake already." Link looked around . The sun was now low in the sky. "Thanks." Navi bobbed up and down, and hovered at Links shoulder. Link got up and slowly got ready for going underwater again. He left bottling Navi and the other fairy's till last, knowing how they hated it.
Link slowly waded into the lake again, water breather firmly in place. This time he quickly found the cave, and made his way inside. Everything was very dark. He could only see a few meters ahead of him, his only light source provided by Navi. The other fairies were safely tucked away in his backpack. They hadn't seemed very happy about being confined to his backpack, but there was no way he could carry all of them. Navi on the other hand seemed to be terrified Link would drop her, and the bottle would smash.
The light she provided didn't travel far underwater. After about a metre everything was reduced to murky blackness. He could just make out the uneven sides of the cave. As he continued walking, he noticed the walls abruptly become even and smooth. It was still white, and when Link looked closer, he could see it had been chiseled out to make it easier to walk and swim through. A few more steps, and Link came to the end of the tunnel. Above and below and to either side of the end of the tunnel was smooth limestone as far as Link could see. which wasn't that far. For all he knew, there could be another ledge right below it, or it could drop to the center of the earth.
After a bit of thinking Link pulled his hookshot from it's place at his belt, and used it to knock a chunk of limestone from the edge of the tunnel. He tied it to some rope he had in his backpack, and slowly lowered it. One meter . . . Two meters . . . Three meters . . . and then the weight at the end of the rope stopped. But what if there's spikes down there? Or some other trap? Link wasn't normally the type to worry, but the darkness was making him nervous. He pulled the limestone chunk back up, and tied the rope to one of his fairy jars. Again, lowering it slowly, it reached the bottom safely. All it revealed was a one meter patch of sand. Seems safe enough Thought Link, and gently lowered himself as far as he could, until he was only hanging onto the ledge with his fingers. Then he let go, and drifted to the floor of the cavern. He landed badly, and almost fell over. The sandy floor was uneven, and he still wasn't fully used to walking underwater. Sandy? He looked around. The walls were still limestone, but the floor had a thick layer of fine sand. The water here seemed to have a faint current, and he could see the flash of small fish moving just out of reach of the small circle of light which surrounded him. Link put the fairy he had lowered away in his backpack, and set off around the wall, searching for the water demon.
Half a hour later, and he realized it wouldn't be so simple. He had made his way back to where he had started, and no demon of any sort had attacked him. In fact, he hadn't seen anything alive, besides some small fish which darted in and out of the light. The cavern wall wasn't totally featureless though. There were four tunnels at ground floor, and Link had a feeling there were lots more set half way up the cavern walls. He hadn't yet explored any of the tunnels, preferring to map out the main cavern floor first. The main cavern was huge, about fifty meters by fifty meters. The entire thing was perfectly circular. Link sighed, and sat down for a break. He quickly found that resting underwater wasn't very relaxing however, and got back up. He decided to explore the widest tunnel first, which he thought was directly opposite him. He set across the sand in what he hoped was a straight line. Navi was trying her best, but the light she provided didn't stretch very far, and Link was worried about getting lost and walking in circles. This didn't end up a problem however. Link had walked about fifteen meters from the side when a white tower came into view. Link walked up and examined it. The tower was made from limestone bricks. The bricks were unmortared, but fitted together seamlessly. The whole tower was covered in what Link thought was the Zora's writings. Graceful, curved and flowing words carved into the bricks. The only way into the tower was a single locked door. Thick, and made from some heavy wood, the door was inlaid with mother of pearl in the same swirling writings that covered the walls. From the glow Navi produced, the inlaid words seemed to glow with a mystical light. Whatever the tower was for, it was obvious it was the center of the temple, and the only way in was by forcing the door. Link was rather reluctant to do that - the whole building seemed to be one single piece, and even though he wasn't able to sense magic, he was sure just from the look of it that the tower had some powerful magic imbedded into it. And he didn't want to risk destroying it. Who knew what it's function was?
Link continued his way across the sand, and entered the tunnel he had set out for. The tunnel seemed to go on forever before ending in a series of large rooms connected to each other. Trudging slowly through the rooms, Link noticed a rusted metal grill set in one of the walls. Walking up to it, he could feel a slight current, as the water flowed into the narrow hole behind the grill. Failing to understand it's purpose, Link shrugged and continued looking through the rooms. They seemed to be living quarters for the Zora's. The first two rooms had strange pieces of equipment that Link didn't understand, but the third room grabbed his attention. Glancing up, Link didn't see the now familiar limestone ceiling, but the ever shifting pattern of the surface. The room had a air pocket. And from what Link could see, the room extended further above the water. Link sighed in relief. A chance to dry out, and warm up.
Just as he started wondering how he would dry himself when everything he had was as wet as he was, he heard a faint snapping sound behind him. He turned slowly . . . And could see nothing but the faint glint of small particles of dust hanging in the water, and murky darkness. He was about to turn back when he heard it again. A snapping sound. And he saw something move in the darkness. Link pulled his shield up into place, and held Navi's bottle into a position where he could see what was coming. He didn't have long to wait. There was another snap, louder this time, and something came hurtling out of the darkness towards him. He turned his shield to deflect it, and the thing thudded into it, knocking Link backwards. It seemed to be a giant clam. But this wasn't immediately that important to Link. What was important was when it knocked him backwards he had dropped everything. His shield. The bottle containing Navi. And it had knocked out his water breather. Fighting down panic, Link tried to look around. Navi was bobbing up and down on the surface above him, leaving him in almost darkness. He could make out his shield in front of him, badly scratched from whatever had attacked him. He could also make out a shape at the very edge of his vision, maneuvering around to attack him again. Barely able to see, and no longer able to breath, Link pulled his shield up to defend with one hand as he tried to get rid of all the things weighing him down with his other. Off went his sword and his hookshot. He was about to take off his backpack when the clam attacked again. Unable to brace himself in time, Link was sent flying. Completely disoriented and badly out of breath, Link abandoned his backpack and swam for the surface, gasping noisily when he reached it. He then swam for the edge and dragged himself onto the dry floor and gasped in deep breaths.
Slowly, Link regained his breath. After he recovered, he looked around. The room seemed small, and Link had trouble making out anything, with the only light provided by Navi, who seemed rather shaken up by been dropped, and was producing even less light than usual. He reached over and fished Navi out of the water, then released her from her bottle. Rather than the exuberant flying around she had done last time, all Navi did this time was fly slowly to a dry piece of floor, and settle down.
Link took stock of his situation. He had lost his water breather, his sword, his shield and his hookshot. His backpack was also lost, which held all his potions, his rope, his food and the. The faries! Without fresh air, they'll die. Link rolled over and was about to dive into the water when Navi suddenly recovered and gave her little shout of alarm. "What? If I don't get them to the surface, they'll die. They would just about be out of air as it is. I need to . . ." Navi glowed brighter, and slowly flew over the water. Link followed her unspoken command, and looked down. He could see his shield lying down there, as well as his sword and his backpack. And he could just make out a black patch on the sand which had to be his hookshot. He couldn't make out his water breather, but right near the entrance to the room he could see the clam. It was positioned to strike, both shells open, but ready to snap shut and propel it towards him with like a underwater cannonball. And all along the back of the clam, the side which would hit him, were large bits of sharp shell, almost like knives. He had been lucky to block both attacks before with his shield. Without it, he would have been cut to pieces. Link suddenly rolled back, shaking. He looked up at Navi, who seemed to looking back.
"Thanks"
Navi flew back to her spot of dry floor, and Link sat up, looking for another way to rescue the fairies. Link took down a metal hook hanging from the ceiling, and placed the fish stuck through it on a nearby table. He tied it to some old rope that was lying in a corner, and started fishing for his backpack. It only took him a few tries to catch the backpack on the hook. Link slowly pulled the rope in, hoping it wouldn't snap. The rope was rotten, and quite old. Inch by inch he raised the backpack. The clam continued to sit in the corner, apparently oblivious. Finally, Link reached down and grabbed the pack. The fairies were soon released, and flying around in relief.
The room was now no longer shrouded in darkness, the fairies producing all the light Link needed to look at the room for the first time, Link realized it was a kitchen. It had several hooks hanging from the ceiling, a few earthenware bowls with limp waterweed in them, and the freshly killed fish that he had put on the table. Freshly killed? Link got up, and had another look at the fish. Yes, it was fresh. Which means whoever killed it couldn't be far away. Link decided to wait for the person who had killed the fish to return. With the clam blocking the way out and no way of killing it he didn't have much of a choice
TO BE CONTINUED
MORE AUTHORS NOTES:
Again, what did you think? The next chapter is already about halfway done, so it shouldn't take me too long to finish it. To tell you the truth, the first half of the next chapter was the first bit of this fanfic I ever wrote. Everything else has been working up to it.
Comments and Criticisms are welcome, as always. If your emailing me a flame, be sure to say so in the subject box, so I can file it straight into my trash bin. Whatever you send me, it can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. And as long as you don't take credit for it. If your planning on making any money out of it, talk to me about percentages of profit first.
If you do take this for your website, I'd appreciate it if you told me first. Actually, I'd be thrilled that anyone thought it was good enough . . .