It was amazing how much the Ballad of Gales made Link's life so much easier. Less changing wind direction, less sailing, more getting stuff done. Link already possessed the master sword. Now he was supposed to find the sacred sages so that the master sword could be at full power again.
Link's gleeful laugh was louder than the rushing winds and churning waves swirling around him and the King of Red Lions. "Link! Y-You must stop fooling around with the sacred Ballad of Gales!" The boat yelled.
"Sorry, what was that?" Link laughed again. "I couldn't hear you over the sound of the whirlwind caused by the song."
They started spinning. Faster and faster. Soon, everything was a blur of colors as Link and the boat rose up in the air, twirling as they went. It wasn't long until they plopped back down into the waves, spinning slower and slower. The familiar sight of Windfall graced their eyes.
"Uggghhhhhh!" The boat groaned. "That is the third time you've played that in the last hour! Your king commands that you-ACK!"
Unfortunately for the nauseated boat, Link was already conducting the ballad. As the heavenly voices sang to his song, the whirlwind began twisting around them.
"Hmm... Where else is there to go... Tingle Island? Southern Fairy Island? Oh, cool!" Link suddenly exclaimed. "The Tower of Gods is on here!" He rested the tip of the Wind Waker on the "Tower of Gods" square on the sea chart.
The winds brought them to the tower. The King of Red Lions promptly passed out. Link sighed and had to cruise to enter the tower. He noticed the portal to Hyrule remained closed. As he approached the entrance he wondered how Zelda was doing, though he didn't dwell on it.
The splashing water echoed off the walls. Link was eager to leave the water floor. This place has always felt so eerie. And those creepy faces on the walls and windows aren't helping!
He left the boat behind in the water floor as he swam to the stairs leading up to the floors of the tower.
He journeyed on. Near the top, Link was pleased to find the purple portals, still shimmering as the sparkles shot up. Link rode the portals up.
A soft breeze hit him as he landed outside. The view was amazing. Link thought he could see (and name) most of the islands of the Great Sea. And down below, the water flowed serenely around the ancient tower. It was times like this that Link wanted to just forget about everything and fly away with the Deku Leaf until he ran out of magic.
His thoughts were shattered with the squawk of a Kargaroc. Haven't I killed you already? Link thought as he shot the bird. Again, its spoils dropped into the sea and sank, forever lost.
Link simply ran though the beamoses and stopped at the door. The places where the chains and lock once rested was obvious. The salty sea air and harsh wind took its toll on the door. Only the center, where the lock was, did not suffer erosion.
The hero had no idea what he was doing here. But he was stuck here, since the boat was still out cold. He decided to go in.
He walked up to the arena, where he passed his "final challenge". Then, out of curiosity, he dropped into the electric floor. He was duly zapped. Okay, so it still works.
He hurriedly got out from there and faced the wall where his opponent was embedded. It was silent and still. Its round red eyes were shut, as if sleeping, and its hands were by its side, lying flat.
An idea suddenly struck Link. I wonder if I can take a picto of this boss. Sure, it's...dormant, but it was still a boss, right?
Link backed up, holding the pictobox to his eye. He couldn't get a picto of the whole thing; the sides of its hands were cut off of the picto. He took the picto. Or tried to.
Wait, why can't I take a picto here? Then Link remembered that all three slots were taken up, two of them being pictos of the bird. He facepalmed.
He took a look at the pictos. The second picto captured the entire bird, although it was rather small in the picto. In the third picto the bird was bigger but its left wing was clipped off. Link deleted that picto.
He held the pictobox to his face and tried again. The picto wasn't perfect; the boss was so big that Link couldn't get a picto of the whole thing. The sides of the hands were cut off of the picto.
Still, it was satisfactory. After glancing at it one more time, Link approved of the picto and put away his pictobox.
Now, anything else to do?
One thing that severely disappointed Link was that the portal to the very top of the tower was gone. What a shame. He really enjoyed ringing that bell, even if it had hurt his ears.
Link took one more look at the large room he was in. He didn't expect to ever return here (of his own accord anyway), so with a last lonely smile, he strode out of the room.
Author's Note: So, I managed to get out one more chapter right before school began. I might update the next one on Labor Day, just so you know. Also this chapter was short because I wasn't planning to write this yet.