Hello readers, Chapter 142 is here! This week Link takes his family out to Hyrule Market Town, where Nabooru has a plan to win over the citizens!
"A talent show?"
Link asked one day at Hyrule Caste as he, Aviel, Nemisa, Saria, Togau, Sarami, Reirousa, Kesuta and Korume were sitting in his and Nabooru's bedroom, with the Gerudo leader showing them a flier in her hand.
"That's right, this is the first step towards building relations with the Hylains. I've signed the girls all up to be in a talent show that's going on in town later this afternoon!" Nabooru stated.
"I remember the public were pretty polarizing when we came here..." Link pondered, "But what's a talent show going to do for us?"
Nabooru explained, "Well as you know we Gerudo carry a reputation among the Hylians as thieves and killers, not to mention the seduction and sometimes kidnapping of men in order to reproduce." she coughed awkwardly, "That was bad enough, but then the war happened which only worsened our reputation."
"Right... and then Captain Andreas had leaked what happened with me and the Fierce Deity at the waterfall bridge which didn't help matters." Link sighed sadly.
"With all that in mind, frankly I can't blame a lot of Hylians for how they see us." Nabooru said.
"Oooh, so that's why you asked all of us to find something we're good at Lady Nabooru?" Aviel asked.
"Correct, I want to prove to the people that we possess many more talents than just being powerful warriors and sexy vixens!" Nabooru said with a proud smile, "And I know you all will do just fine!"
Link turned to the girls; Nemisa and Korume both looked quite confident, Aviel and Kesuta were overly anxious, while Togau, Sarami and Reirousa seemed somewhat nervous,
"I hope so..." Link said sweatdropping.
"And as for you Link..." Nabooru said slapping her hand down on his shoulder, "You better prepare yourself as well, because I signed you up for the talent show as well!"
"ME?!" Link exclaimed with his eyes bugged out, "Hang on, you never told me about any of this! What do you expect me to do with no time to prepare?"
"That's exactly why I didn't tell you Link." Nabooru chuckled with a devilish smile, "You tend to work really hard to try and please everyone. If I told you about this in advance you'd be thinking too hard into it that you wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything."
"Am I really that bad...?" Link muttered embarrassingly.
"I think it's quite cute that you care about others' feelings so much Link, it's what drew all of us to you after all!" Sarami said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't take this too seriously Link, just do whatever comes naturally to you." Nabooru spoke.
"Well..." Link took a breath and nodded, "...alright."
"Whooo! Now let's go to town!" Aviel cheered, already trying to push Link out the door.
"Hey, I can walk you know!" Link exclaimed as he went out the door with the girls following save for Sarami and Nabooru.
"Fu-fu-fufufu, you can be pretty evil Nabs." Sarami giggled, "So what about you? Are you going to enter the talent show as well?"
"Ah ha..." Nabooru chuckled, "Unless drinking myself stupid with booze is a talent, I think I'll pass."
As Nabooru went out the door, Sarami smirked a little as she adjusted her glasses, which gave off an unreadable gleam.
"Is that so...?"
"Woooow, look at it all!"
Aviel stood sparkly eyed as she, Link, Nemisa, Saria, Togau, Sarami, Reirousa, Kesuta, Korume, Malon, Epona and Halei all stood in the center of Hyrule Market Town. It was early in the day, but the market was already bustling with people shopping and talking together. There was street performers doing tricks and shows, and they could hear a bouncy, joyous little melody playing everywhere they went.
"Looks like things haven't changed too much from when I was last here three years ago." Link grinned.
"Yeah, I haven't been able to come out here since I was pregnant with Meli. Nice of the nurses at the castle to watch her while we're out." Malon said looking around, she grinned and nudged Link, "Looks like Epona's enjoying the town herself."
The two looked over at the young horse-turned-lady zipping around from market stand to market stand, marveling at everything for sale.
"This is her first time coming out here now that I think about it." Link said, "They wouldn't let me bring her into town back when she was a pony."
"Aaaah... it's feels so good to be back home!" Halei said, spreading out her arms and taking a deep breathe of the town with a bright smile on her face, "And I can't wait to see my father again!"
"This has been a long time coming for you, hasn't it?" Sarami said to Halei.
"Yes, thank you all so much for giving me this chance!" Halei said bowing to Link, "Especially you King Link for giving me the job as Nabooru's assistant!"
"Don't count yourself short Halei, you're the one who put in all the work to help get us this far." Link said, "And we're going to do what we can to give you the chance to stay here!"
"Wait what?" Aviel asked, "You mean Halei might leave Gerudo Town?"
"This is her true home after all." Saria pointed out, "She's been waiting to come back after all these years. If we get rid of the Banishment Law there's nothing holding her back from staying."
"Aww, but I'd miss her..." Aviel said with a pout.
"Eep!" Halei exclaimed at Aviel's reaction, "Come on, it's not like I'll be gone forever Lady Aviel! I'll still come by to visit when I can!" she said frantically, she pulled her Bunny Hood ears down over her eyes, "Aaaahhh, please don't make that sad faaaace!"
"Come on Aviel, give her a break. We're only here because of her hard work." Nemisa said, "Remember how much you wanted to find your own parents?"
"O-Okay..." sniffled Aviel, before she sported a big smile, "Then go see your dad! You earned it!"
"Lady Aviel... thank you!" Halei said bowing as she went off on her way.
"Master Link this place is amazing, it's full of fun stuff!" Epona called out to Link, zipping up to him holding up a red neck bandanna decorated with horseshoes, sporting a bright smile, Look at this, isn't it real cute?"
"Uh, y-yeah..." Link said with a light blush at the bright earnest smile on Epona's face.
Malon glanced over at Link, recalling her conversation with Epona few days ago about him...
"Hey, you gotta pay for that you damn thieving brat!" shouted the shopkeeper Epona had taken the bandanna from.
"Eh? Pay?" Epona asked with a clueless face, "What's that?"
"You damn thieving Gerudo! I don't know what the king is thinking letting you come here!" the shopkeeper said.
"Hey, you watch your tongue!" Nemisa shouted.
"Ah ha ha, it's okay. I got this." Link said handing over the rupees to the shop keep. He went up to Epona and tied the bandanna around her neck and adjusted the knot, "There you go Epona, go ahead and keep that. Just promise me you won't take anything else without asking me first, alright?"
"I..." Epona was taken aback for a moment, before she smiled warmly and nodded, "Okay, sorry about that! Thanks a bunch Master!"
'Jees, he really has a way with girls, even one that used to be a horse.' Malon thought to herself, 'Still, to have a bond with her that close... I wonder if she would really want to...?'
"Hey Mally, what's got yer head in the clouds?" Togau grinned widely, hugging Malon around the waist from behind and startling her.
"N-None of your business Togau!" Malon said, "Now leggo! People're gonna see my figure when ya squeeze me like that!"
Link chuckled as he glanced over to Nemisa, "What about you, enjoying things?"
"It's as fun and lively as you said." Nemisa smiled, taking a moment to adjust her Four Bracelet bands on her wrist, "And I'm looking forward to the talent show this afternoon, especially since you and Nabooru got us granted back usage of our equipment."
"Yeah, feels good to have Grandpa's wings back!" Aviel chirped happily, unfurling her Roc's Wings, which surprised a few villagers passing by.
"You're telling me, it's been complete hell not being able to use my fire magic!" Kesuta said casting some flames around her.
"I'm happy for you, but I think I can understand why they'd restrict your powers." Saria sweatdropped seeing the villagers all trying to keep their distance.
"Just don't get too used to it sister, we still have to wear the magic sealing bands when we're at the castle." Korume pointed out, spinning her finger and conjuring an icy gale around it.
"Don't remind me..." Kesuta pouted, "We'll just have to go all-out at the talent show!"
"Well since that don't start for a while, how-about we all go enjoy the town until then?" Togau grinned, and the others agreed.
"...and this is the archery shooting gallery." Link said to Aviel, Nemisa and Saria, entering a building with a large target hung overhead, "They let you use either slingshots or bows to hit targets and win prizes."
"Oooh, this sounds more challenging than Berry Blitz!" Saria said looking around.
"Looks like they've upgraded the place since I was gone too." Link said looking around at the multiple target ranges they set up, one for arrows, one for slingshots, even a large area where multiple people were shooting at moving targets on a stage which reminded him of a gallery he visited in Termina.
"That's right! We had to in order to keep up with tourism!" said one of the parlor staff, "A lot of people are comin' from all around to try the classic slingshot gallery in particular, some kid managed to get a perfect score here nearly a decade ago, and no one's been able to do it since!"
Link chuckled a little at how long ago it felt when he had won a slingshot upgrade from pulling that very challenge off.
"Ooooh, I've been waiting to come here!" Aviel said watching some people shooting at targets with bows, "Which one you think I should do first?"
She then noted three old and worn wanted posters hanging from the wall, and something about them looked familiar. Drawn on the poster was a single demonic eye with pointed ears, horns, and what appeared to be tendrils hanging below. Below that was some writing,
"Reward for any information you have regarding the Order of Reyahm, please report to the Hylian guard..." Aviel read, "Woah Link, it's the ordering rye and ham guys!"
"Wait, is that really what those posters say?" Link asked, walking over and looking himself, "Well I'll be damned. These posters have been here since I first visited as a kid, but I never bothered to actually read them."
"Looks like that insane cult had indeed been a long time problem for Hyrule." Nemisa said.
One of the older parlor staff nodded, "That's right, I think it was about twenty years ago or so some of those fiends tried to attack the market town with a demon they summoned."
"A demon...?" Aviel asked, clinging to Link nervously.
"That's right, the hell demon bull called Diataros." said the man, "It could conjure dark flames and cause earthquakes. Thankfully the knights and mystics were able to subdue and strike it down before it could get worse."
"That's awful, they'll stoop to anything it seems." Link said.
"The symbol on this poster even looks like those creepy masks they wore when we fought them in Dhaijialoft." Saria said, "It's weird though, I could have sworn I saw that symbol once before... but where?"
The four decided to put that aside and keep looking around the gallery. They watched as one man pulled back his bow and fired perfectly at two targets in one of the arrow games, but when he fired at a third that suddenly rose up he missed by barely an inch. The man yelled out and snapped his bow in half before stomping off in a fit.
"Looks like you guys really ramped up the difficulty here." Link whistled.
"Yes, but we've offering a grand prize for a perfect score at this one!" said the parlor man, gesturing to a gold arrow quiver hanging on the wall, "The finest quiver you'll find in Hyrule! It's only ten rupees to play! Care to try?"
"Sure!" Aviel said enthusiastically, paying the man and taking a loaner bow.
The parlor man nodded, "Good luck kiddo! Remember to win you need to hit all the targets without missing once! But don't worry, you can try again as many times as you-"
"Okay got em!"
"HUH?" the parlor man's eyes bugged out of his head as he saw Aviel had not only shot each and every target, but still had all the extra arrows left.
"WHAAAAT?!" exclaimed all the patrons who saw as well.
"How the hell did you do that you damn Gerudo?!" shouted a particularly irate customer, "You using sorcery or something?!"
"Oops. Lady Nabooru said we weren't supposed to show off our battle skills, right?" Aviel asked Link and the others in a panic.
"Maaaaybe we should just take your new quiver and leave Aviel?" Nemisa said sweatdropping as the patrons all looked at the group angerly.
Link nodded nervously, "Yeeeah, maybe we should do it before-"
"Oh, I got the perfect score!" they heard Saria shout out as she was over at the classic slingshot gallery, having managed to hit all ten targets with her own slingshot, "That means I get that cute slingshot you're offering right?"
But the parlor man just stood before the Kokiri with his face pale and his jaw dropped, while Link and Nemisa both turned to see all the patrons glaring even more coldly at them.
Link said, "Y-Yeah, let's go."
The group quickly ran out of the gallery dodging a few arrows, as they could all kinds of yelling and rioting going on inside.
"I think we got a little carried away." Aviel gasped, she held up her quiver, "But now I got this! I can hold way more arrows with it! There's even extra pouches I can use to hold Bomblings for my bomb arrows!"
"Yeah, nice shooting there." Link grinned, taking a moment to pull an arrow out from his vest that barely missed hitting him, "What about you Saria, what's that prize you got?"
"They said it's the 'Triple Slinger Shot'. It can fire up to three Deku Nuts at once." Saria said, aiming it upwards with all three slings being pulled back, "My Deku Staff isn't very precise when it comes to projectiles, so this should be really helpful for me!"
"Well all things considered, it's nice to see you enjoying yourselves." Nemisa chuckled, "Judging from the sun we still got time before the talent show, how about we go look around more?"
"Okay!" Aviel said equipping the quiver to her side, but then heard a weak voice gasp out,
"Please... help..."
Aviel turned to see a hunched over man sitting by a building in the shade, he was doing everything in his power to hold himself up on his knees,
"I beg you... please, I need... help..."
"Oh you poor man!" Aviel said running up to the man and leaning down at him, "Do you need some rupees for food?" she started rummaging through her pouch to give him some.
"Aviel, don't give that beggar money." Nemisa said, "He's most likely going to just spend it all on booze and then beg for more right after."
"Oh don't be so mean!" Aviel said sticking her tongue out at Nemisa, she turned back to the man, "Will twenty help you out?"
But the man then pulled out gold rupees from a bag as he weakly spoke, "Please... with 'C' ...sell me something... with 'C'..."
"He's begging for a sale?!" Nemisa exclaimed, "And what does he mean with C?"
"Honestly I could never figure it out myself." Link said sweatdropping.
"Oh hey, there's Reirousa over there." Saria said, pointing over at the large muscular woman who was staring at a man and woman in the plaza. The man and woman were embraced and spinning in circles, not even looking the slightest bit dizzy.
"Uh, you look familiar. Do I know you two from somewhere?" Reirousa asked them.
"Hu hu hu my honey, it seems we have company." said the woman.
"Hoo hoo hoo, yes my darling, but I have no time to see them for myself, for my eyes are only for you." said the man.
"As are mine my honey..."
"Honey? Darling...? Hey, now I remember you two! Yer those weirdos who almost drowned us back at the Goron Hot Springs!" Reirousa shouted, "Do you two ever stop with that spinning?!"
"Strange my honey, I think I hear a voice somewhere, but it's all white noise compared to your melodious voice..."
"Yes my love, no sound exists in my world but yours."
"Don't ignore me ya bastards! You wanna throw down or something you..." Reirousa stared at the two, "You..." she felt a sensation from deep within her stomach, her motion sickness was getting to her just watching the two spin, "Oh no... ulp..."
Link and the others all watched as Reirousa's cheeks bulged out and she ran right over to a nearby bush and stuck her head in. They could hear the sound of her breakfast that morning being evacuated.
"Poor her." Saria said sweatdropping.
"How about we just leave her to that?" Nemisa suggested, "What else do you have to show us Link?"
"...and this is the Bombchu Bowling Alley." Link said taking the three over to another building with a Bombchu displayed over the door. He tried to open the door, but found it to be locked, then he noted a sign on it,
"Sorry but we are currently closed. We open between the hours of six pm and two am." he read, "That's weird, they used to be open most of the day." he said scratching his chin.
"We'll have to come back some other time I suppose." Nemisa said, "We have that talent show to do that'll probably take up most of the rest of the day."
"Have you figured out what you're going to do yet Link?" Aviel asked.
"Still trying to think of an idea." Link pondered, "What are you all going to do?"
"That'll be for us to know and you to find out my love." smirked Nemisa, playing with his ear.
"I'm actually just going to be helping Sarami with hers." Saria said, looking a little embarrassed, "Still not sure how she managed to talk me into doing THAT of all things though..."
"Huh?" Link asked, looking down at her.
"Hey, who are those two?" Aviel asked pointing over a pair of twin men.
The two were lanky with small mustaches, one wore blue clothes while the other wore red. They were both seemingly dancing around randomly.
"Wah hah hah hah hah hah! Look everyone, as my dear brother dances like an Octorok!" laughed the red one.
"I'm not quite sure if I'm up for doing this, my brother!" said the blue one nervously, "After you went and paid that nice man for the instructions I still can't do it!"
"Wah hah hah! It's no matter! You can just pay me back with fifty percent interest!" said the red one.
"I'll be paying you back forever at that rate!" said the blue.
"Did I shutter my brother? Wah hah hah hah!"
"Been a while since I saw those two. They look like they're having fun." Link grinned.
"Wonder what kind of dance moves those are..." Nemisa pondered, "... and if they'd refer me to who sold them the instructions...?"
"You always got dancing on the brain, don't you Nemisa?" Saria giggled.
"Hey, you get back here you thieves!" shouted a voice, as the group all turned to see Epona, Togau and Malon all running towards them with an angry shopkeeper in hot pursuit.
"Woah, what's going on here?" Link asked as he embraced a scared Epona in his arms.
"I don't know, that loud guy started yelling at us all of a sudden!" Epona said.
"That damn girl stole something else from my stand, I just know it!" shouted the shopkeeper, stamping his foot, "Like I said before, you damn Gerudo are nothin' but thieves!"
"I don't know what in sam hill he's talkin' about!" Togau said, "Epona's been with me and Mally this whole time!"
"Look, clearly someone else stole whatever it was." Nemisa said with growing irritation, "How about you back off and focus on who actually took it?"
"It weren't just 'whatever', it was a gold coin worth a huge amount of rupees! Ya ain't just going to be able to buy it for her this time!" shouted the shopkeeper.
"She said she didn't steal it!" Malon said, "We trust her at her word!"
"Huh, you're Talon Lon's kid, ain't ya?" the shopkeeper said, "And now yer fallin' in with this Gerudo crowd? They ain't nothing but trouble!"
Malon clenched her fists with an angry scowl, "You better say that directly to my face then, cause they're my family!"
"Mally..." Togau whispered.
"W-What?!" stammered the shopkeeper, "You can't be serious! Does yer father know about this?"
"Not only that, he encouraged me! His wife was a Gerudo after all!" Malon said, she huddled close to Link, "And the Gerudo King has chosen me as his bride too!"
"WHAT?" exclaimed the shopkeeper, "That's really the Gerudo king?!"
Link flushed bright red at Malon being so close to him, he could fell her soft breasts squeezed against his arm. It was clear that Malon was just as embarrassed being that close to him, but he put his arm around her waist and held her close.
"That's right. These girls are my family, and I won't condone you accusing them of theft." Link said with an authoritative tone, narrowing his eyes at the man.
"I..." the shopkeeper broke into a cold sweat at the piercing glare Link gave him, "Tsk, what a waste of a pretty young girl like you to be a part of these desert rats." the shopkeeper finally conceded, going off on his way grumbling.
"Grrr... can't stand that jerk." snarled Togau, her Lynel instincts rising up within her, she turned to Link and Malon with a bright smile, "Nice job standing up to him, you two!"
"Y-Yeah..." Link dropping the scowl and sighing out with relief, "I didn't think I could pull that off."
"Uh Link...?" Malon spoke a with a flushed face, "I... can't really move when you got me like this..."
Link realized he was still holding Malon closely and let go. The other girls snickered softly as the two of them blushed heavily.
"Thanks a bunch Master!" Epona said hugging Link around the neck, "You saved me again!"
"Still, I wonder who it was who stole the coin to begin with?" Aviel asked.
Link pondered on that, before he suddenly felt someone bump into him.
"Oops. Sorry bout that mister." spoke a small voice, as Link looked down to see a small child walk past him. They had a Breton cap that obscured the view of their face, but Link could have sworn he had seen them from somewhere before...
"Hey there everyone! Enjoying the town?" called out a voice, it was Nabooru strolling up to the group.
"Hi Lady Nabooru! Aside from a couple of jerks we're having lots of fun!" Aviel said, "Thanks for letting us all come out here!"
"You can thank me in a little bit, because it's getting to be about time for the talent show!" she said, she looked to Link and winked, "And I'm especially looking forward to what you do for it!"
"Hooboy." Link said sweatdropping.
"Welcome one and all!" shouted a man in a flashy outfit and top hat, standing in front of a curtain on a wooden stage, "We're pleased to present to you the annual Hyrule Market Town talent show! A display of Hyrule's colorful citizens and their skills on display to dazzle and brighten your souls!"
The host twirled around in place and stopped to do a graceful bow.
"Now whoooo's reeeeadyyyy?!"
"..."
The host's greeting only resulted in a brief amount of people in the stands giving a slow clapping. Sitting in the back was Link and Nabooru, the two watching the show for the time being.
"Doesn't seem like people are that enthusiastic about this." Link pointed out.
"The past talent shows must not have been all that great." Nabooru spoke, she smirked a little, "Hopefully the girls can reignite that spark of excitement with the people."
"Do you know what they're doing for the show?" Link asked.
"No, they kept it secret from me as well." Nabooru said, "Still, I have confidence that they won't let us down."
"For our first entry, hailing all the way from Gerudo Town, we have the Amazing Acrobatic Aviel!" the host said.
The curtains rose up to show the stage was now lined with numerous poles and bars everywhere, and Aviel was standing at the far left wearing elastic athlete wear.
"Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoy this!" Aviel called out waving her arms, unwittingly causing her round breasts to wobble around in the tight top she was wearing. This got the attention of most of the men and a small amount of women. One woman looked to her husband gawking and smacked him in the back of the head.
"Okay, here I go!"
Aviel took some chalk powder and rubbed it between her hands, taking a running start and leaping into the air, grabbing onto the bars and started spinning on them. She launched herself up and grabbed a pair of rings hanging from cords, building up a rocking motion, before spinning into the air and grabbing another bar, spinning around it.
"Woah, look at Aviel go!" Link said, "I thought she was just going to do something with her wings!"
"Looks like she's putting in some real effort to impress everyone." grinned Nabooru.
As Aviel twirled and flipped through the air, the audience looked on with astonishment at her skills. The bird girl landed down on a narrow beam and ran across it, before flipping onto her hands and vaulting herself back up to a bar where she spun around on it incredibly fast. She let go and flipped into the air, before landing down on a cushion at the opposite end of the stage, doing a victorious pose with her arms spread out.
"Ta-daaa!" Aviel said, followed by a applause from the crowd.
But then a second later her foot slipped on the cushion and she went stumbling down off the stage with an audible crash as the curtains started to slide shut.
"I'm okay!" they all heard Aviel shout out.
"Aaaand sometimes she's just regular Aviel." Link said sweatdropping.
The host of the talent show came back on stage, "Well I hope you enjoyed that, because we're just getting started! Next up, we have a performance by the Gerudo known as Reirousa the mighty!"
The crowd murdered to each other as Reirousa stood backstage, gulping nervously. By her side was a large piano she borrowed from Hyrule Castle with Princess Zelda's permission.
She told herself, "Relax Reirousa, you've been practicing this for months! You got this!"
The hulking woman thought back to all the countless nights she spent sitting at a piano at Gerudo Town, carefully playing each ivory key with her index fingers as she consulted a colorful book called 'Humphrey Hippo's Piano Playing Guide For Yearning Youngsters (ages eight and under)'.
She saw the curtain shift open and she gulped, "Okay, here goes nothing! Just gotta get the piano onto the stage first!"
Reirousa lifted up the piano with no effort and carried it up the stairs onto the stage. But before she could even set it down the crowd gasped out and started applauding loudly.
"Huh?" she asked setting the piano down.
"And there you have it! An amazing feat of impossible strength by the mighty Reirousa!" spoke the astonished host.
"H-Hey wait a minute!" Reirousa said as an assistant lead her back behind the stage, "Hold up! I was gonna play it!" but it fell on deaf ears due to the cheering.
"What is that muscle-head doing?" Nabooru said with her face in her palm, having not been able to hear Reirousa's protests from the back of the audience, "I told her to find a skill other than her strength!"
"Crowd seems to like it though." Link grinned.
"Now next up, we have a juggling show brought to you by the graceful and shining Nemisa!" the host said.
The curtain reopened to show Nemisa stand on stage holding two throwing pins as well as about twelve more on the ground around her. Nemisa herself stood still with her eyes closed.
"She's going to juggle? I was expecting one of her dances." Link said.
"She said she wanted to try something a little different this time." Nabooru chuckled.
Nemisa bowed and took a deep breath, before she opened her eyes and hurled the two pins into the air, catching them and throwing them back up one by one. The crowd sat in awe as she juggled so quickly. She then used her leg to kick another pin into the air which she added to the routine, and then another.
Nemisa then looked to the crowd and smirked, as she kicked three more pins into the air, far more than most would be able to do at once, but then in a green flash of light, another woman that looked just like her, only in green clothes, suddenly appeared and joined Nemisa in the juggling.
"Woah, where'd that woman come from?" exclaimed a villager.
"Looks like her twin!" said another.
The green woman was in fact 'Gemisa', a copy of Nemisa's happy side created by the Four Bracelet's power. They backflipped away from each other and started catching and hurling pins across the stage at one another. They didn't allow a single pin to fall out of line as they kept up the routine.
Just when the crowd was already captivated by them, an assistant came up and threw the remaining pins at the two, but in a flash of both blue and purple light, there were suddenly four identical women throwing pins at each other. The one in blue was Bemisa, a copy of Nemisa's sorrow and shyness, and the purple one was Pemisa, a copy of Nemisa's... lewdness. Despite their odd traits though, the four of them were in perfect sync with one another, juggling the pins around with perfect accuracy.
"Woah, look at them go!" Link said, "Nemisa's really gotten the power of the Four Bracelet down!"
"Bet you all have had some real fun together at night too, huh?" Nabooru grinned as she nudged at him with her elbow, "Your child-bearers have told me you're getting better at handling four at once."
"It's a real experience each time..." Link nodded with a heavy blush, "Nemisa's been getting curious about when we're ready to start having kids. She wants to see what would happen if I manged to impregnate all four of her while split up... She thinks he might be able to have multiples that way."
"Sounds like you're in for quite an experience with that woman in the future." laughed Nabooru.
Nemisa and her three copies then threw all the pins up into the air, before doing jump flips into the center of the stage. They all held their hands up as they caught the falling pins in their hands and struck a pose. The crowd clapping wildly for the four, whistling and cheering as well.
"That was amazing! They're all so skilled!" said a villager.
"And so beautiful too!" swooned another.
"Thank you all for watching!" Nemisa bowed to the crowd, "We hope you enjoyed the sho-"
"Hang on a sec, wasn't there fourteen pins?" Gemisa asked counting them.
Just then one last pin fell downwards and bonked Bemisa hard on the head., causing her to stagger around dizzy. The crowd watched with confusion as the other three also staggered around dizzy, each of them feeling the same pain as Bemisa due to the Four Bracelet's power.
"Bemisa you idiot!" Nemisa shook her head and shouted with anger, "How could you forget that last one?"
"I'm so sooowwwwrrry!" sobbed Bemisa cowering.
"Not to worry, I know just how to detract the crowd." Pemisa chuckled in a lustful tone, strolling up and pulling up her top to give them all a show of her chest, "Take a look at THESE pins!"
"WOOOOAH!" the crowd shouted as a few men were sent backwards by the propulsion of blood coming out from their noses.
"Okay, we're going to take a break for now!" the host shouted in haste pulling the curtains closed.
"Nemisa still hasn't gotten her emotions under complete control though." Link said sweatdropping.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this...?" groaned Nabooru.
After Nemisa and her copies were escorted off stage, the show host walked up with his bloody nostril stuffed with tissue, he coughed a bit awkwardly and spoke up,
"O-Okay, for our next show we have the mystic twins of Gerudo Town, please give a round applause for Kesuta the master of flame and Korume the mistress of ice!"
"More Gerudo? This is getting redundant." said a villager.
"Yeah, they're causing nothing but trouble!" said a female villager trying to fan her husband off.
The curtains moved open as the audience was treated to the Gerudo twins of fire and ice. The two of them did a polite bow standing beside two large stone pots, one filled with wood chips and the other with water.
"Thank you all for coming and giving us your time." Korume said.
"Today we're going to show you the great magic handed down by our bloodline!" Kesuta rhymed.
With that, the two faced the stone jars and started using their powers on them. Kesuta carefully igniting the wood with her fire while Korume started freezing the water in hers. The crowd watched as the girl's respective elements started to rise up from the jars and take on shapes.
"What are they doing...?" spoke one of the crowd.
"I don't know, but that power looks dangerous..." said another nervously.
But as the twins continued to work at their projects, the crowd saw that from Kesuta's jar was forming a large bird-like form made from fire. It spread out it's wings and flapped them, while Korume's ice took on the shape of a serpentine dragon which spiraled around gracefully.
"They're using their elemental magic to create statues? How interesting." grinned Nabooru.
The crowd all sat in astonishment as the elemental power was moving as if it was alive, the fire and ice energy gave off a brilliant flare and shine.
But as the twins were manipulating the elemental sculptures, some of Keusta's flames stated to drift over to Korume's side and brush against her statue, causing it to melt a little and forcing her to realign it.
"Sister, can you be careful with where you're spreading your flames...?" Korume muttered.
"Ah ha, sorry bout that Sis!" Kesuta grinned.
As they continued to move the statues, the ice serpent shifted and some of Korume's ice drifted over to Kesuta's side, extinguishing part of the fire bird statue's wing. She panicked and added some more flames to reform the wing.
"Hey! You did that on purpose didn't you?" Kesuta shouted.
"What? Of course not." Korume said, "Perhaps you're just slacking in your fire birdie's design."
"I'm doing way better than you and your stupid little snake!" Kesuta said with growing anger, "Looks more like a melted ice cream cone!"
"I wouldn't talk if I were you. Your flaming phoenix looks no mightier than a city pigeon." Korume muttered coldly.
"If it's a pigeon, then don't be surprised if it drops a surprise on your statue!" Kesuta said, deliberately dropping a small fireball on Korume's statue, melting off a chunk of it.
"Why you-!" Korume scowled as her ice serpent statue started to get bigger, "Maybe if you spent more time controlling your fire and less time getting fat on pastries then it wouldn't look so bad!"
"Maybe YOU outta lay off the spicy food, cause my fire might get ignited by all the flammable gas you expel from it!" Kesuta suggested, her fire bird sculpture staring to grow in size as well.
"Clingy little pest..."
"Creepy Link stalker!"
"Hot-headed buffoon..."
"Bed wetter!"
As the two of them argued their magic was gleaming around them, and the crowd looked up to see the fire bird and ice serpent created from their powers both rising up to monstrous size as if to confront the other. The fire brid flapped it's wings and let out a loud flame noise while the serpent let out a high-pitched screech.
"Uh oh, this could be bad!" Link said with wide eyes.
"Link, you better get on stage and make out with those two to calm them down!" Nabooru said.
"I'm not going do that in front of everyone here!" Link shouted.
But instead the crowd cheered out loudly and started clapping at the twin girls, making their auras die down a little and both turn to the audience in confusion.
"What're you all clapping at?!" Kesuta shouted.
"Truly impressive works of magical art!" said the host, "Thank you both for this wonderful display!"
"Huh?" Korume looked up and realized how heavily detailed both their bird and serpent had become, "O-Oh, yes... of course. It was all part of the show."
"Y-Yeah! That's right!" Kesuta said wrapping an arm around her sister and holding her close as they manipulated their power to make the fire and ice shrink back down back down into the bowls, "Nice work sister! I'm glad I thought of it!"
"I don't recall you coming up with it..." Korume spoke, "There's no way you'd be that clever."
"Hey, I was the one who melted your statue!" Kesuta said.
"So now you're admitting to doing it?!" Korume fired back.
The two kept on arguing back and forth while the curtain came down in front of them.
"Idiots..." Nabooru facepalmed.
"Well the crowd liked it, and at least Hyrule didn't burn completely down." Link pointed out as he watched some of the stage crew use water hoses to put out a part of the curtains which had been set ablaze by Kesuta's bird.
"I can only wonder what the others have in store." Nabooru said worriedly.
And that ends things for now Next time the talent show continues, but is there something shady lurking somewhere...? Find out next time!
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