For once, the moon was up by the time Link arrived at the Nintendo gallery. He disembarked from the boat onto the little isle and began climbing up the golden ladder. As he stepped on each individual rung, he couldn't help but grumble a little at the immense height of the ladder. Did it have to be so needlessly long?
By the time he reached the top, his arms and legs were sore, but after he shook them out they were back to normal. Link decided to play around with a newly acquired move: the hurricane spin. He lunged into the familiar stance of the spin attack and held the Master Sword straight out behind him. But rather than unleashing it immediately, he waited.
It was imperceptible at first, but Link felt that odd tingling feeling buzz through his sword. Then, as magic began building up, the buzz became stronger and stronger until-
"YAHHHHH!" Link couldn't control it anymore. The sword practically moved itself as Link spun round and round like a-you guessed it-hurricane. All the while, his sword was still held straight out, so anyone within its radius would be pulverized by the hero-turned-hurricane.
This was faster than any spin attack he'd ever unleashed. Link squinted as he tried to make out his surroundings, but his eyes kept watering and blurring his vision. He knew the hurricane spin didn't last that long, but by the amount of grass he was cutting-
WHOA!
Link figured out he was falling a split second later. Utter blackness was all he saw. Was he falling in the ocean? When he looked down, he mentally sighed in relief. Below him was not the sea, but the end of the portal and the floor of the Nintendo gallery.
I'm going to have to learn how to control that soon, Link thought as he soundlessly landed on the glass floor of the portal. Carlov was at his desk as usual, but he was drooped over it, as if he was about to fall asleep.
Link grinned. He took a deep breath and shouted, "CARLOV!"
The sculptor immediately shot up. His expression showed he was clearly fazed as he squinted in the bright light and looked around. "H-huh? What? What is it?"
His response was laughter. Coming from the right. "Link," Carlov groaned. "Naughty boy. What was that for?"
"I needed to get your attention," he replied, with fake innocence oozing in his voice. He was still smiling.
"Well, you got it now," Carlov muttered. "What do you want?"
"Here!" Link waved a picto in the Carlov's face. He plucked it from the boy's hand and geld it up in the light. Then he gasped. "Link! This is Phantom Ganon!"
"It is? Cool! Will you make a it figurine for it?" Link already knew what the inevitable answer was, and began to slowly leave.
"Certainly! And it'll be ready tomorrow." Carlov put the picto down and began taking out his tools and a large slab of rainbow rock. Link stopped right in front of the portal to look at the rock. He could see how it got its name. It was iridescent, shimmering and sparkling with different colors. Carlov glanced once more at the pictograph and murmured some words. He then snapped his fingers.
The rock changed colors immediately. The other bright colors seemed to flee away from the center of the rock. And in the center blossomed a small splash of black that quickly permeated throughout the stone, chasing down the other colors and swallowing them until only the black remained.
Carlov snapped again, and thin blue lines etched themselves onto the black mass. They snaked and streaked through the rock like vines on a tree, and soon, the pattern matched the one on the picto of Phantom Ganon.
Link could only watch in awe. This was, by far, one of the coolest things he'd ever seen. He had no idea this was how the figurines were made.
Carlov grabbed some tools and was about to chisel away when he noticed Link. "Link!" He thundered, in surprise and fury. "What are you still doing here? I thought you left!" Carlov shoved all his tools under his desk, hoping that maybe Link hadn't seen them, or worse, the rainbow rock. But of course the boy had. He was staring right at him.
"Can I stay and watch? This is so cool! I've never seen you make a figurine before," Link said.
"No. Now go, please."
"What? Can't I stay, just once?"
"No! Now be a good little boy and leave. It'll be ready tomorrow."
"Fine," Link said. Quietly, but loudly enough that Carlov heard, he murmured, "Guess the rumors of Carlov making figurines in his underwear isn't true. Not that I'm complaining. I sure wouldn't want to see that!" Then Link walked up to the mirror on the floor and was taken away by the portal.
Carlov could only grin. Well, actually...
Up above ground, Link already has the Wind Waker out. He had forgotten the song of passing though, and was just playing the same beat over and over. Let's see, how did it start again? Wait, how does it even sound?
Link could hardly think over the "uhm, uhm, cha" of the beat. Uhm, uhm, cha? Wait a moment... Suddenly, Link was reminded of the crazy man who had taught his the song. The whole memory of it flooded through his mind, and he shouted, "I got it!"
Just as how the man had done, Link played right, left, down. The call of dawn answered him. He cheered.
When the sun was up in the sky, Link played it again. Quiet nighttime answered. Only the waves and the crickets made any sort of noise. Link hopped down to the gallery.
"It's done." Carlov didn't look all too happy about seeing Link. "In the room across from me."
Link went there and sure enough, the figurine was there. It was created in the perfect likeliness of the mini-boss, although here, it was upright, not hunched over. It wielded its sword. Awwww, he didn't sculpt the blue ball.
Upon closer inspection, the letters on the sword were there. Carlov really paid attention to detail. With some straining, Link could see that the words on the sword were "Zubora Gabora". He gasped in awe. They were the names of the blacksmiths who made swords for a hero long ago. Link wondered if he would meet them.
The description read: "Phantom Ganon. Effective weapons are light arrows, Master Sword."
What's a light arrow?
"This is a phantom created by Ganon in his own likeness." This is what Ganon looks like? Hmmm, I thought he looked different. "Use the Master Sword to knock back the balls of magic it throws, then attack him when he is down." Yes, I knew that already. "In fact, it is possible to use empty bottles to deflect the magic attacks." Link laughed out loud at that. Yes, he definitely knew about that already. The memory was funny.
He went back to the main room. He could see Phantom Ganon again later (and laugh, of course), but right now, he needed to get rid of his pictos.
The next one was the one of the bird. Carlov accepted it and, none too kindly, shooed him away. So Link did the song-of-passing dance again and the next night went back to see the figurine.
Carlov glared at Link and pointed to the room across from him. Sheesh, what's his problem? Link thought as he headed over to the Monster Room. Is he still mad about me watching him make figurines? Come on! That only happened once!
The figurine of the bird was off in the back. Carlov sculpted it with its wings spread out and its tail fanned out behind. And from reading the description, Link found out that its name was "The Monstrous Helmaroc King".
"The Helmaroc King is a monstrous bird." Yes, I already knew that from its name. "It serves its master Ganon. It has been fitted with a mighty metal mask." Ooh, nice alliteration. "Once the helmet has been destroyed by the skull hammer, its tender beak will be vulnerable."
Hey, I just noticed something. I bet its called the "Helmaroc King" because it has a helmet! Get it? Hahaha I can't wait to tell the boat my new pun!
Link exited the room and was about to step into the portal when he remembered that last picto. He'd forgotten all about it before.
He meekly approached Carlov with his one last picto. "Um, do you think you can make a figurine of this?"
Carlov accepted it. Link couldn't believe it. "Yeah, sure, it'll be ready tomorrow. Now go," The sculptor replied.
"Wait, so you'll take the picto? You'll make it? The figurine?" Link sputtered in surprise.
"I can as soon as you leave," Carlov growled.
Link chose not to bother him anymore and quickly left the gallery. With stunning fervor (and impatience) Link conducted the song twice and hurried down to see it.
"Across from me," Carlov said. Link hesitated for a moment. I should probably settle our differences now.
Or I could go see the figurine I thought I'd never see! Link practically sprinted to the Monster Room without so much as a "thank you" to Carlov.
The boss was somehow suspended in the air in the figurine, just as it had done in real life. "Gohdan, the Great Arbiter." Link read aloud.
"This machine was created as a trial for the great hero and to judge him worthy. It will fall to the ground only when the eyes on the hands and face have been pierced by arrows. Once it is down, it can be defeated by tossing a bomb in its open mouth. Should the hero run out of ammunition, bombs and arrows will drop from the boss's nostrils. It should be noted that Gohdan is the only "non-evil" boss, as it was not designed by Ganon. It is also the only boss where a sword is unnecessary to defeat it."
That's cool. That would explain why Gohdan simply returned to the wall rather than explode into purple mass.
So, I can't help but notice that I managed to get a figurine of Gohdan even though I didn't get its picto earlier. Does this mean... that I can still get a figurine of the plant boss?
Author's Note: I don't know when I will be able to update again. Not for a long time though. But at least I managed to post this up in time!
Also, through a PM or a review, please notify me if I've repeated any material or made mistakes. Examples: (I'm just making them up) "you've already said that Link could do the hurricane spin last chapter." Or "you already said (insert my lame joke) in another chapter." This will help me a lot. Thanks!