One week after the break in of Hyrule castle, and the negotiations at the
Goron's quite some progress had been made;
The trees had allowed the Scrubs to take turns on top of them so the could absorb more sunlight and work faster.
The fastest learning Schrubs had finished Blacksmith school.
The Schrubs had found the fairy fountain, and had started to re-explore the forest temple, finding it the perfect place to train themselves, including "courage training" because the temple was somehow infested with Poe's.
The Schrubs were making a lot of progress with their fighting skills, as Deik was training them intensively.
Beark had started negotiations with the fairies of the fountain, because he thought it would be Hyliïsch to simply capture the fairies.
Since everyone had gotten used to him Rodon could finally speak with the forest falling still. People would still look for the cause of his "disease" though.
Spies had come back from Lon Lon ranch (Cows are slow and to big for us!), from Kakariko village (There are no Cucko's our size). And from Gerudo fortress (there are some really fast and strong horses here, you sure we can't...) They had also found the location of the captured Schrubs.
Rase, Loin, Esas and a Termina escapee were sent out to Termina to find something, Beark hadn't told them what exactly. They hadn't returned yet. What did come back from them was a postman who was told to leave a bag of strange seeds on the doorstep of the lost woods. Beark had been happy to announce that they finally had the flowers they could not only hide in, but also fly out of. Allowing them to soar over "for example" destroyed bridges.
Today's operations agents were getting in gear. Artisti had won the designing "contest", so they were all wearing what he had thought up. It a composed suit that was meant to be light, and only give protection were you might get hit. So it brought protection to the front of the Schrubs legs, the back of the lower arm, and elbow, the middle of the back and under the leaves of their rather large heads. All were coloured green and blackish, and consisted of hard leather and steal. The rest of the suit was made to hold their weapons, food and other items. Most of the Schrubs had been best at using two short-swords, and it was decided that that would be their primary weapon. The others got what they could use best.
After a long discussion; weighing pride with efficianty and possible talent; Beark let Talip start an archery class. Most Schrubs were as talented as she was. People had always held here for the only Schrub that could use a bow, but now they realised, if you held a bow in the right way it was just like shouting Deku nuts, only more dangerous. The only reason the others supposedly couldn't was because they had been to proud of their Deku nuts to try shouting something else. "Why try, we have Deku nuts".
They set out to the Gerudo valley, to settle there and isolate the Gerudo's. They would not be able to follow the escaped Schrubs if the bridge was out. Narc loved the tension of these night operations, but he hated the lack of sunshine. He had to sit up on a tree all day to be super fit and rested like he was. The Stallkids were massing around them. "We had best go into the ranch and then go over the wall, that'll puzzle the dumb skullheads for a while."
So they went to the ranch. One by one Talip, Talp, Aak, Rodon, Artisti, Deik, two guys they didn't know and Narc jumped over the wall.
*flash of purple light, and Talip screaming with pain*
"How are you today bushmen?" The voice came from a Hylian like silhouet. It held a large staff, and wore a mixture of robe and armor.
"I'd prefer you don't call us Bush, it's a name for something that can only be barbarian, and stupid." Deik said.
Warlock: "I will call you what I want to call you, and you will listen, and you will assasinate my enemies, if I tell you to!"
The Schrubs, except Aak: "I don't think so!"
Warlock: "From now on I will do your thinking for you!"
* Places his hand inside a pouch by his waste, and sprinkles a cloud of red powder over them*
"Hatsjie! What was that?"
"It was supposed to drive us mad, only under his command."
"I'm happy it didn't, but why were none of us affected."
"It must have something to do with our organisation. Last time they did this to us we were all scattered and lonely, we were bitter, and now we have time for each other, everyone gets attention, and none of us are angry or lonely enough to fall for it!"
Aak: "That's right! So lets take him out before he harms the Schrubs!"
"Aa', 'hy is you all re'?"
*The warlock fixes his eyes upon Rodon, pulles out a small booklet and writes something down*
"Never mind him, how do we finish th..."
*Deik couldn't finish his sentence, because Aak had raged forward, breaking a leaf of of him and any other Schrub that stood in his way*
He came closer and closer to the man. The warlock raised his staff.
Aak moved (not turned) his head to the left, and jumped.
The Warlock shot a concentrated burst of fire from his staff.
In mid air Aak turned his body to the right, ending his jump as if he had made a backflip. The fire burst missed, and Aak came running at the warlock dude again.
He pulled his swords and run passed the warlock while slashing him in the side.
The swords were stopped by the warlocks leather suit.
Aak looked at the blades he had received and cherished until now. "Blunt." he mumbled, in his voice you could hear that he was disappointed with something. Why didn't they trust him with real swords? Why do thy always assume what I have to say is unimportant? Why? I killed one-hundred Dodongo's for Deku's sake. Narc knows it! Why didn't he tell them! Why am I never worth any attention, except when they see me accidentally doing something stupid and they hane to remember to not let me do that at all anymore? Fuck them!
"You arrogant weed! I've let you ignore me when it's handy for you long enough! You don't deserve my attention! I will find people who will listen to me, who actually treat everyone equally! And I won't be there for you when you're in cookbook!"
He drew his dagger, and ripped the warlocks pouch of. He shot two Deku nuts at the back of the warlocks head, and ran off, in the direction of lake Hylia.
When the Schrubs returned their focus to the warlock he was gone.
Narc: "What now?"
Deik: "We go on with the mission, what else?"
Talip: "Uhm... get Aak back?"
Talp: "You heard him, we're not worth his attention."
Rodon: "'on't be so chi''ish, the ki' is sick man!"
Talip: "Don't be so mean, we ignored him all the time! And he never got mad before, and you know how he always helped us."
Deik: "Don't think about that, the mission! We'll send him flowers and postcards later"
Narc: "Hmmmm."
Narc didn't like this at all.
They sat in front of the pass that led to Gerudo fortress. Deik and Talip were lookouts, while the rest were planting seeds and watering them, or preparing to destroy the bridge. Not only were they going to destroy the bridge, they would also destroy the pavement on either side of the bridge, so that anyone trying to jump over would have to start their jump earlier and jump further. Narc didn't exactly know how long they would have to wait for the plants to grow, but he didn't mind, at least now he had time to think of how he would be apoligizing to Aak.
Then they sought out a place to sleep, and awaited further instructions.
Aak stretched to reach the top. He grabbed it, and pulled himself up a bit. Then his anger rose. To do something with it he took the rock he hung by with both hands, swung back and forth a few times then pushed himself away with all the strenght he had in his legs. He held on to the rock, that way his legs swung over his head, he let go and landed on top of the mountain. He had been pulling these stunts all the way to the top, as a consuming rage hit him every now and then. He felt how the moon gave him more energy then usual.
He had been sitting on that same mountain for an hour, instead of pulling angry stunts he was now eating himself from the inside. "Deik didn't care at all that my leaves were suddenly red! They knew they never showed interest in me, but still they said everyone was treated equally, and everyone was happy. Am I so unimportant? Why am I still thinking like this? If they think I will do litte enough fighting to give me blunt swords then they had better not given me swords at all, they shouldn't let me absord the sunlight someone else could use to. They don't want me around at all! Then I won't be proving my use to them at all! But they will be begging me to help them some day! I will see to that!"
He got back on his feet, and looked down from the mountain. He came a long way to see such an uncheerfull place.
His mind went dark. "I shouldn't be sitting here!" He thought. Took ten passes back. "I have to take action now!" For a moment he got distracted by a golden skulltula that was also on that mountain. "Stupid spider. What is your use? You don't even try! I bet you're the king of useless stupid animals! You know, things like me... What are your orders my king? Hahah, what use does the king of useless animals give?" He lowered his head and looked at the ground. The energy searge that had forced him to risk his life over nothing relived. Aak started running, he lowered his head and ran faster and faster. Then the mountain stopped. Aak however didn't. He flew as far as he could.
The trees had allowed the Scrubs to take turns on top of them so the could absorb more sunlight and work faster.
The fastest learning Schrubs had finished Blacksmith school.
The Schrubs had found the fairy fountain, and had started to re-explore the forest temple, finding it the perfect place to train themselves, including "courage training" because the temple was somehow infested with Poe's.
The Schrubs were making a lot of progress with their fighting skills, as Deik was training them intensively.
Beark had started negotiations with the fairies of the fountain, because he thought it would be Hyliïsch to simply capture the fairies.
Since everyone had gotten used to him Rodon could finally speak with the forest falling still. People would still look for the cause of his "disease" though.
Spies had come back from Lon Lon ranch (Cows are slow and to big for us!), from Kakariko village (There are no Cucko's our size). And from Gerudo fortress (there are some really fast and strong horses here, you sure we can't...) They had also found the location of the captured Schrubs.
Rase, Loin, Esas and a Termina escapee were sent out to Termina to find something, Beark hadn't told them what exactly. They hadn't returned yet. What did come back from them was a postman who was told to leave a bag of strange seeds on the doorstep of the lost woods. Beark had been happy to announce that they finally had the flowers they could not only hide in, but also fly out of. Allowing them to soar over "for example" destroyed bridges.
Today's operations agents were getting in gear. Artisti had won the designing "contest", so they were all wearing what he had thought up. It a composed suit that was meant to be light, and only give protection were you might get hit. So it brought protection to the front of the Schrubs legs, the back of the lower arm, and elbow, the middle of the back and under the leaves of their rather large heads. All were coloured green and blackish, and consisted of hard leather and steal. The rest of the suit was made to hold their weapons, food and other items. Most of the Schrubs had been best at using two short-swords, and it was decided that that would be their primary weapon. The others got what they could use best.
After a long discussion; weighing pride with efficianty and possible talent; Beark let Talip start an archery class. Most Schrubs were as talented as she was. People had always held here for the only Schrub that could use a bow, but now they realised, if you held a bow in the right way it was just like shouting Deku nuts, only more dangerous. The only reason the others supposedly couldn't was because they had been to proud of their Deku nuts to try shouting something else. "Why try, we have Deku nuts".
They set out to the Gerudo valley, to settle there and isolate the Gerudo's. They would not be able to follow the escaped Schrubs if the bridge was out. Narc loved the tension of these night operations, but he hated the lack of sunshine. He had to sit up on a tree all day to be super fit and rested like he was. The Stallkids were massing around them. "We had best go into the ranch and then go over the wall, that'll puzzle the dumb skullheads for a while."
So they went to the ranch. One by one Talip, Talp, Aak, Rodon, Artisti, Deik, two guys they didn't know and Narc jumped over the wall.
*flash of purple light, and Talip screaming with pain*
"How are you today bushmen?" The voice came from a Hylian like silhouet. It held a large staff, and wore a mixture of robe and armor.
"I'd prefer you don't call us Bush, it's a name for something that can only be barbarian, and stupid." Deik said.
Warlock: "I will call you what I want to call you, and you will listen, and you will assasinate my enemies, if I tell you to!"
The Schrubs, except Aak: "I don't think so!"
Warlock: "From now on I will do your thinking for you!"
* Places his hand inside a pouch by his waste, and sprinkles a cloud of red powder over them*
"Hatsjie! What was that?"
"It was supposed to drive us mad, only under his command."
"I'm happy it didn't, but why were none of us affected."
"It must have something to do with our organisation. Last time they did this to us we were all scattered and lonely, we were bitter, and now we have time for each other, everyone gets attention, and none of us are angry or lonely enough to fall for it!"
Aak: "That's right! So lets take him out before he harms the Schrubs!"
"Aa', 'hy is you all re'?"
*The warlock fixes his eyes upon Rodon, pulles out a small booklet and writes something down*
"Never mind him, how do we finish th..."
*Deik couldn't finish his sentence, because Aak had raged forward, breaking a leaf of of him and any other Schrub that stood in his way*
He came closer and closer to the man. The warlock raised his staff.
Aak moved (not turned) his head to the left, and jumped.
The Warlock shot a concentrated burst of fire from his staff.
In mid air Aak turned his body to the right, ending his jump as if he had made a backflip. The fire burst missed, and Aak came running at the warlock dude again.
He pulled his swords and run passed the warlock while slashing him in the side.
The swords were stopped by the warlocks leather suit.
Aak looked at the blades he had received and cherished until now. "Blunt." he mumbled, in his voice you could hear that he was disappointed with something. Why didn't they trust him with real swords? Why do thy always assume what I have to say is unimportant? Why? I killed one-hundred Dodongo's for Deku's sake. Narc knows it! Why didn't he tell them! Why am I never worth any attention, except when they see me accidentally doing something stupid and they hane to remember to not let me do that at all anymore? Fuck them!
"You arrogant weed! I've let you ignore me when it's handy for you long enough! You don't deserve my attention! I will find people who will listen to me, who actually treat everyone equally! And I won't be there for you when you're in cookbook!"
He drew his dagger, and ripped the warlocks pouch of. He shot two Deku nuts at the back of the warlocks head, and ran off, in the direction of lake Hylia.
When the Schrubs returned their focus to the warlock he was gone.
Narc: "What now?"
Deik: "We go on with the mission, what else?"
Talip: "Uhm... get Aak back?"
Talp: "You heard him, we're not worth his attention."
Rodon: "'on't be so chi''ish, the ki' is sick man!"
Talip: "Don't be so mean, we ignored him all the time! And he never got mad before, and you know how he always helped us."
Deik: "Don't think about that, the mission! We'll send him flowers and postcards later"
Narc: "Hmmmm."
Narc didn't like this at all.
They sat in front of the pass that led to Gerudo fortress. Deik and Talip were lookouts, while the rest were planting seeds and watering them, or preparing to destroy the bridge. Not only were they going to destroy the bridge, they would also destroy the pavement on either side of the bridge, so that anyone trying to jump over would have to start their jump earlier and jump further. Narc didn't exactly know how long they would have to wait for the plants to grow, but he didn't mind, at least now he had time to think of how he would be apoligizing to Aak.
Then they sought out a place to sleep, and awaited further instructions.
Aak stretched to reach the top. He grabbed it, and pulled himself up a bit. Then his anger rose. To do something with it he took the rock he hung by with both hands, swung back and forth a few times then pushed himself away with all the strenght he had in his legs. He held on to the rock, that way his legs swung over his head, he let go and landed on top of the mountain. He had been pulling these stunts all the way to the top, as a consuming rage hit him every now and then. He felt how the moon gave him more energy then usual.
He had been sitting on that same mountain for an hour, instead of pulling angry stunts he was now eating himself from the inside. "Deik didn't care at all that my leaves were suddenly red! They knew they never showed interest in me, but still they said everyone was treated equally, and everyone was happy. Am I so unimportant? Why am I still thinking like this? If they think I will do litte enough fighting to give me blunt swords then they had better not given me swords at all, they shouldn't let me absord the sunlight someone else could use to. They don't want me around at all! Then I won't be proving my use to them at all! But they will be begging me to help them some day! I will see to that!"
He got back on his feet, and looked down from the mountain. He came a long way to see such an uncheerfull place.
His mind went dark. "I shouldn't be sitting here!" He thought. Took ten passes back. "I have to take action now!" For a moment he got distracted by a golden skulltula that was also on that mountain. "Stupid spider. What is your use? You don't even try! I bet you're the king of useless stupid animals! You know, things like me... What are your orders my king? Hahah, what use does the king of useless animals give?" He lowered his head and looked at the ground. The energy searge that had forced him to risk his life over nothing relived. Aak started running, he lowered his head and ran faster and faster. Then the mountain stopped. Aak however didn't. He flew as far as he could.