Gameloneon culture shock.
Zelda leaned wistfully on the side of the ship as it sailed across the vast ocean. Her thoughts could not focus on anything but her previous fear. What if something happened to her father, or Link? Impa had run out of her special hallucinogenic gas in order to trick Zelda and claimed therefore a "powerful aura" in the air was preventing the Triforce of Wisdom from revealing the King or Link's current whereabouts. In reality she just wished to avoid being exposed for the batty old fraud she really was. Still, she did care about Zelda, and put a motherly hand on her shoulder to try and reassure her that things would be alright.
Eventually, after two days land came into view. The land of Gamelon. The boat docked at the harbour of the main city of Gamelon called Sakado. Sakado was a vital part of Gamelon's economy, being a portside city with the majority of Gamelon's trade and industry housed there it was usually a bustling area. Indeed, long it was the pinnacle of Gameloneon culture, featuring works of art, wonderful architecture which fit in harmony with nature and housing many of the country's leading magic wielders. A common saying throughout Gamelon was "See you in Sakado". Overlooking the town was Duke Onkled's palace called Reesong Palace. Built long ago it had housed a wide variety of leaders, some just and fair, others evil and oppressive. It was said with the good, the castle watched over the city to protect it and be a beacon of hope in dark times. With the bad, it was a dark palace towering over the city below, being a beacon of oppression and control.
The current war however left the city Impa and Zelda arrived in a far different place. Dairas, the large lizard warriors who were in allegiance with Ganon, approached her with their axes at the ready as they left the ship. They saw the old woman and princess as easy pickings. The princess saw them as walking carcasses, something she rectified soon enough. As she wandered through the town with Impa, swatting the Dairas away like flies as she went, she found most of the house's doors were locked. Likely due to frightened citizens staying indoors while these gangs roamed the streets. Eventually, she found an unlocked door in a little cottage at the end of the road. Strangely, it seemed as though there was no damage to it, as though the monstrous Dairas just left it alone despite it being seemingly easy pickings. Zelda took a deep breath and opened the door.
Inside was what could be described as a pleasant little cottage, once you got over the stuffed giant crow twice the size of Zelda's head, and the human skull being used as a bookend on a shelf. An old woman sat by the furnace knitting something. Zelda approached and decided not to take a chance, for this war was to be won through no surrendering or hesitation. Zelda plunged her blade deep into the woman's face. The old woman jumped up. She began waving with a smirk and a frown. "Hello deary!" She shouted. Zelda pursed her lips in deep pondering at this situation and listened as the woman pointed at her, seeming to remember something. "Oh just a minute!" she said before making a bizarre noise as she rushed off. Zelda put her finger to her chin still deep in thought as the woman returned with an evil grin. She was holding a low quality hideous pink curtain, or at least that's what Zelda recognised it as. "Isn't it lovely?" The old witch said expecting Zelda to cry tears of joy at the sight of it. In that moment, the woman moved forwards suddenly, her eyes going absolutely insane with her iris's flickering into different colours. "Bring some fairy dust and I'll make it a magic cloak!" She declared almost pushing her face into Zelda's whilst pointing her finger upwards, a gesture which reminded Zelda of her father.
Zelda was terrified and quickly rushed out of the house hoping to never see the crazy woman again. She felt a deep pain swell inside her heart after being reminded of her father. She shed a tear, could she do this? Could she get to the bottom of the entire country's issues? Gwonam had told Link months before that only he could defeat Ganon. If Link had been captured, what hope could she possibly have? Impa began to walk towards her, when a Daira smacked the old woman across the back of the head with his axe.
Zelda jumped with shock and felt her fear and doubt turn to pure rage. She rushed forwards and performed an unspeakable act upon the Daira. To this day, no scream in Gamelon, Koridai or even Hyrule has been said to be louder than that which the Daira let out. Zelda bent down to the ground beside Impa, fearing the worst. The old woman looked back at her however and smiled, despite the hit, it would take more than that to stop her from assisting Zelda. She got to her feet and Zelda let out a sigh of relief, before hugging her. The two then wandered around Sakado some more, eventually finding another unlocked building at the front of the town.
Inside they found a sparkling shop, filled with all sorts of high quality goods. Ushrom, the shopkeeper was wandering around with his arms behind his back, plotting as he was often known by the townspeople to do. Ushrom was a cunning man, he was said to be able to sell a pair of shoes to a fish with but a simple "hello". He would always deal as fairly as possible though, unlike certain other piggy shop keepers who acted the opposite way, Ushrom depended upon his customers choosing to return, so the goods he sold would always function to perfection. Zelda realised he wasn't an enemy, but was rather unsettled by him and decided it would be best to silence him with a sword to the gut. Stabbing him once again proved to be her biggest mistake. Ushrom rushed behind a counter. "Course I'm on your side, but I've still got to sell the stuff. Just take what you want..." he sneered. He then leaned closer to Zelda, smiling dirtily whilst rubbing his hands together. "I'll handle the rubies..." he concluded with raised eyebrows.
Zelda checked her magic pouch, she had picked up some rubies in the spoils of her enemies and decided to buy some rope, lamp oil and bombs. She eventually ran out of rubies, and whilst holding some lamp oil she couldn't afford Ushrom decided to take action. "Sorry Zelda, not enough rubies." He snidely let out whilst playing with his toy cash register which said "No Sale" as his eyes began to bug out. "You're going to have to wipe out a few more Goriyans to get that." He finished smirking. This tactic was one he'd long employed, belittling customers to make them want to show him up by returning with more money. It was a bizarre form of salesmanship, and often worked on slow-witted customers. He'd already sold Link plenty of rubber swords he didn't need in the past month alone with this tactic. Zelda however, was a different matter altogether. She frowned and walked out slowly and calmly.
Ushrom went back to examining his shelves with delight. He knew it would only be a matter of time before Zelda was back. If only he realised what that meant for him. Outside the window, appeared to be a large ship coming into the dock. Normally ships didn't come this close to the shop, and Ushrom moved towards the window to look out. Just then, the window smashed open, and in fell piles upon piles of rupees. When the flow of them eventually began to trickle to an end, Zelda and Impa slid in through the window. Ushrom wasn't seen for a month, buried in a sea of rupees. Zelda smiled as she sat down on the pile like a throne, feeling proud of herself. Noone told a princess they needed more cash.