21st Entry: A Vacation-Kakariko Village
January 4th, the 7th year in the reign of King Ganondorf I
Dear Diary,
Let it never be said that Kakariko Village is a boring place. I could go on and on and tell you about these "colorful" people and their antics, heh, as a matter a fact, I think I will.
I got up this morning around six-thirty. The inn I'm staying at is relatively small, but nice all the same. My room is simple, with a bed, small dresser and desk to write at. This morning I got up and got dressed, excited to see how the day went. As I brushed my hair, I looked around the room one more time to make sure everything was in order. I suppose you really don't have to worry about things like that at an inn, but old habits die hard. As I headed downstairs, I was surprised to see that the sisters who own the inn were no where to be found; still asleep I suppose. I gave a small smile, the lives of the people here in Kakariko are so different than that of mine and my family. I grabbed a piece of bread left out for the people staying at the inn, and slipped outside.
I shivered as I got outside, it was still fairly chilly. Where to begin, where to begin? I looked around the town, curious as to where I should go first. I walked up the stairs to my right (From the town's entrance, these are the stairs on the left). There was a tall tower with a ladder leading up to the top. I would of gone up, but my fear of heights won in the end. I decided to up the next flight of stairs ahead of me, and into the building on my left.
Inside was a bazaar (I guess), and it seemed as if this would be the type of store Link would visit regularly. The big, burly man at the counter had many things for sell: bombs, arrows, deku nuts, those kind of things.
"May I help you miss?" he asked in a deep voice. He had a pleasant look on his face, but I could bet that he could be very intimidating if he wished to be.
"No thank you. I'm just looking." I said with a smile. He gave a nod, and went to work organizing the goods behind the counter. I browsed for a couple more minutes, and left.
Next I went into the shop directly in front of me. It turned out to be a potion shop of sort, with all sorts of odds and ends for sale. The owner looked up from his paperwork on the counter.
"Well how are you doing little lady?" he said with a smile.
I returned the smile. "Just fine, thank you."
"Just let me know if you need anything, alright?" he asked.
"Alright, thank you." he gave another smile and went back to his paperwork.
Like I said, this shop had many interesting things for sell. Fish, bugs, red and green potion, even fairies. If I had any more money, I probably would have bought something, but in the end I decided not to. I gave the owner a friendly wave and left.
Once outside, I went up yet another flight of stairs. At the top was a large path, leading up to the mountain. Near the start of the path was a sign that read "Follow Death Mountain Trail to reach Goron City, the home of the Gorons."
I smiled. This made things easy, the next stop on my list is Death Mountain. I made a mental note of how to get back up here, and went back down the stairs.
When I got to the bottom of the third stairway, I looked up. The sun was high in the sky; it looked as if it was almost ten-thirty, and it was considerably warmer. Many more people were outside than when I left the inn. I walked over to two twins, standing by a tree.
"Umm, hi?" I said to them. But they just started laughing, and I couldn't make out anything they said. After a while I got fed up trying to understand and left.
This time, I went up the stairs to the right of the town's entrance, and into the first house I came to. Inside, many people were running about, getting things out of boxes and seemingly cleaning and decorating the house. It took some doing, but I finally got a little kid's attention.
"If you don't mind my asking, what in the world's going on?" I asked, exasperated.
The boy gave a huge smile. "We were cursed!"
Needless to say, that wasn't the answer I was expecting. "Excuse me?"
He laughed, and motioned with his hand to everyone inside. "Me, and all my family, we were all cursed. But some nice guy came and found us and broke the curse, and now we're free!" he said excitedly.
I nodded unsurely. "And just what did this nice guy look like?" I asked.
He gave a strange look, as if he was trying to remember exactly. "He was dressed strange, all in green. He had blond hair and blue eyes and was about..." he stood on his tiptoes and pointed up. "...this tall.
I laughed. "Well, I'm glad you're no longer cursed." I said to the boy.
He gave another big smile. "Thanks lady." he said to me, and ran off to help his family again. I smiled as I left. "What hasn't Link done?" I thought to myself.
As I came around to the other side of the building, I passed an old man. He gave a friendly nod, and I did the same. I came to yet another staircase and went up. At the top was a single house. I went inside.
I was very surprised by the first sight I caught. "A cow?" I said out loud. Sure enough, behind a fenced in area was a cow. Aside from that, the house was very nice, with a table and chairs, many large bookcases, and a staircase that lead to an open second floor. I walked over to a man standing by the bookcases.
"Umm, why exactly do you have a cow in your house?" I asked him.
"That's not my cow." I looked at him incredulously. He smiled. "Heck, this isn't even my house!" he said, laughing.
I stared at him. "What do you mean?" I asked, very confused.
He gave a sympathetic smile. "This house belongs to the great Impa, I am merely taking care of the house while she's away."
"Who's Impa?" I asked.
This time it was his turn to stare. "You mean to say that you've actually never heard of Impa?"
I gave a sheepish smile and nodded. He shook his head as if he felt sorry for me. "Impa, is a Sheikah, the last of her kind. Not only are the Sheikah the guardians of the royal family, they founded this very town."
"Ohh...okay." I said to him.
"See that you never forget that, alright?" he said to me, with the most serious tone of voice.
I nodded. "Alright, alright." I headed for the door. "Well, umm, thank you."
"Anytime." he said with a smile. I shook my head and smiled, and went out the door. By now it was about one in the afternoon. I went back down the stairs and headed towards a friend of mine, Kara, whose hair almost as red as mine. She has raised cuccos for as long as I can remember, and often does business with my family.
"Hi Malon!" She gave a friendly wave.
"Hi Kara." I said, retuning the wave.
"So what are you doing in town?" she asked.
I smiled. "My family let me have a vacation, and I decided to stop in Kakariko for a couple of days."
She let out a laugh. "Are you sure that was smart? I mean, leaving all of the animals with your dad and Ingo?"
I grimiced. "Hopefully all the animals will still be alive when I get back."
She smiled. "I'm sure they'll be fine. Have a good vacation, alright?"
I nodded. "Yeah, thanks Kara." I gave another wave and headed to my left.
Two stairways to choose from. One lead up to a building, and one led up to the windmill. I decided to go into the building first.
Inside was the shooting gallery. The man at the counter looked as if he could be brothers with the man at the bazaar.
"Well hello, little lady, would you like to try your luck? Only 20 rupees per game." he said with a smile.
"What exactly do you do in this game?" I asked.
"Well, it's very simple." he said. "You take this bow and arrow and stand there on that platform." he motioned to the raised area in front of me. "Then, as the rupees pass by, you need to try and shoot them, understand?"
I nodded. "Alright, well, I guess I'll try one game."
The man gave a big smile and handed me the bow and arrow. The first game I did horrible. I was not at all used to the bow he had given me, but by the end of the first round, I think I finally got the hang of it.
"Better, towards the end." he said to me. "You sure you don't want to try one more game?"
"My dad's gonna kill me..." I thought to myself as I handed the man 20 more rupees. This time, however, I did much better, and succeeded in getting all 10 rupees.
"Well little lady, I'm impressed." the man said, obviously surprised. "Here, you can have this quiver. It holds more arrows than your normal quiver. Guarantee you'll like it."
"Thank you." I said, very pleased with myself. Whether or not the quiver was actually worth 40 rupees, I don't know, but still, the satisfation of winning was enough for me.
As I left the shooting gallery, I looked up towards the windmill. "This ought to be an interesting place..." I thought to myself. And indeed it was.
I don't even know what to make of the inside. There was a large spinning platform in the middle, with several other much higher platforms on the sides of the building. To my right was a man, playing a mysterious tune. I did my best too walk over to him without getting dizzy. As I got closer, I noticed he seemed quite angry.
"Is something wrong sir?" I asked him, unsure if I had done something to upset him.
"Oh you didn't do anything...it was that kid, that same kid with the ocarina from seven years ago!"
I was taken aback. Link? What in the world could he have done to make this man so angry? "Umm, what did the kid do?" I asked, curious.
The man's expression became even more cross. "What did he do? He played that song, the Song of Storms, and it upset my windmill, caused everything to go faster and faster and faster and faster!"
By now I figured out that man was more that just a little strange. "Well, I'm very sorry that, umm, he messed up you windmill." I said sympathetically, and got out of that place as fast as I could. The sun was in the west now, it looked to be about four.
I walked down the stairs and took the path to my left. It led to what looked like a small cemetary. On a stone slab at the entrance was written:
R.I.P.
Here lie the souls of those who
swore fealty to the
Royal Family of Hyrule
The Sheikah, guardians of the
Royal Family and Founders of
Kakariko, watch over these spirits
in their eternal slumber.
"Just a little freaky." I thought to myself. I guess that guy had been telling the truth about the Sheikah, however.
I walked over to a small hut on my right, and knocked on the door. No one answered. I pushed the door to the hut open.
Inside was dimly lit. The window to my right had been boarded up. There was an old cot on the floor, along with a desk and chair. I walked over to the desk. On top was a open journal. I knew I really shouldn't have, but I decide to read the first page anyway.
Whoever reads this, please enter
my grave. I will let you have my
stretching, shrinking, keepsake.
I'm waiting for you.
Dampe
It was at about the moment that I really wished that I hadn't of been so nosy. Enter his grave? Wow, I don't think so. I walked out of the hut and out of the graveyard without a second thought.
By then, it was about six in the evening. I headed back to the inn, ate a little supper, and went up to my room.
And that was my day. Like I said, Kakariko is a very...interesting place. Anyway, I plan to go to Death Mountain tomorrow, hopefully I'll write back as soon as I get there. Talk to yo later!
Malon Astira
