Hiya folks! Rina here. For stories' sake, I'm making there be a large city full of Gorons. You'll understand why later.
Rina
Recap:
"uhm, Link? I don't think he can handle our weight. Should I get o-" she was cut off, being launched in the air. She shrieked loudly, clinging to Link while flying in the air. They handed in a heap on the floor, her lanky legs were wrapped around his hips, her arms hastily thrown around his neck. She stopped for a second and stared at him, still in shock from being tossed in the air. she then quickly recovered and got off of him, a dark crimson color played across her cheeks. "Think nothing of this. I will never Love anyone like I loved... Love Alistair. So it just the shock of being tossed in the air like a toy." she said curtly, dusting herself off.
Several times they had to do this, and several times she clung to him and gave him the same response. She didn't mean to be so rude or cruel to him, it was just that she loved her husband dearly.
At the top of death mountain
Kia slowly stood up, tired of being thrown for the umpteenth time. She wobbled slightly and then stumbled. "If I never have to do that again, it will be much to damn soon!" she groaned and looked at Link. He was fine, brushing himself off. Fine. He had done it before and if Kia was going to let that get to her, she wasn't worthy of being warden commander.
"You get used to it." Link said, smiling a bit. He was a hard guy to not hate. He was just so cheerful. They walked a little further and seemed to be at a cave entrance. "Just a little farther we go." He smiled encouragingly and took a lit torch. He lead her down a long cavern.
"So, how exactly is it the mayor of your village listens to a 19 year old elf? He is a human after all." Kia asked, finally getting out the question she had wanted answered for a while now.
"I'm the hero of Twilight. I saved the world two years ago from the twilight blight." He replied. "But I'm a hylian just like the others."
"Twilight blight? Some sort of shadow world problem?" Kia asked. "How odd. I know the land is Hyrule, but you're an elf right?" The confused look he gave her answered her question. "you know, knife eared?" she indicated her own pointed ears.
"No, still no idea." He said, staring at her. "We're all Hylians. Why should it matter if we have pointed ears or rounded ones. Inside is what counts." Even though he had no idea, that one thing touched her deep within her chest. If only people would be like that in Ferelden. Perhaps she could actually relax in public with Alistair. But no, he was a human and royalty at that. And she was just an elf. A grey warden elf, yes. But an elf none the less.
"I wish-" she was interrupted by a large glob of jelly falling from the ceiling on her head. She then jumped back in time to have a falling Chu jelly fall from the top right where she had been standing. "Oh that's just nasty!" she exclaimed and ran a hand through her locks, only to have it come away covered in red goo.
"Quick! Kill it. We can bottle it up for a potion!" Link exclaimed, unsheathing his blade as several more Chu jellies fell from the cavern ceiling. Kia slowly slid her blade out of its sheathe on her side and had to force herself not to gag. After a few cut downs, they manged to bottle some of the red jelly.
"Lets get to these Gorgins before my hair gets all crusty." Kia grumbled as she continued to walk.
"Gorons"
"Whatever, I have Jelly drool on my head. Not exactly worried about whether or not I get their names right." She then sighed and looked at him, her eyes held regret. "I'm sorry. I'm just a little grumpy."
"Don't worry. By the way, the head was on the other side of the Chu..." Link trailed off and avoided her gaze. Kia's mood instantly dropped as her face became slightly green.
"You mean I... That's... THAT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING! MY GODS GET IT OFF OF ME!" She exclaimed before groaning. "I have Jelly Jizz all over my head..."
"Hey, the gorons have a spring. You can probably bathe in there and get the er.. Jelly out." He smiled slightly and they continued on their way, Kia with a new enthusiasm to take a bath.
After a little while of walking and more Chu slashing, they made it to a large stone door. Link stopped and unsheathed her sword once more, his eyes narrowing slightly. Kia followed suit, unsheathing her blade by her side.
"What's wrong?" she asked, looking at him.
"The gorons never close this door. They must have had a really good reason to." He replied, looking at the door. It was actually two ornately designed Stone doors about 9 feet tall. Each door had a large creature carved into it that reminded her of a rock. They had large rounded bodies and small beady eyes with what looked like rocks for nipples. One goron wore a pair of long pants and a helmet, the other wore a skirt like bottom with a sash running down the side and a large hat.
"talk about designing. Is this what the gorons look like?" Kia asked, staring up at the large doors.
"Yeah though they usually don't wear that much clothing." He replied before pushing open the door and proceeding.
"Please tell me you mean the hats..." Kia trailed off as she followed him. The moment she entered the cavern, her senses were assaulted by a terrible stench. "Oh god..." she looked around, her large eyes widened at the stench. The smell of dark spawn. She thought as she gazed around, taking in the bloody cavern. "Link, there are dark spawn near by." He nodded and held his blade at the ready.
"How do you kill them?" he asked, looking at her.
"Since you aren't a grey warden, Go for their heads. Chop 'em off and they can't get back up. Dark spawn as a rule don't speak. They growl and shriek and hiss" Kia said, looking at him. He nodded and smiled.
"Like a bokoblin. Don't worry. I noticed that from the last time I fought them." He then lead forwards, his shield and sword out for battle. They continued down the cavern, Kia's stomach churned at all of the blood shed and dead bodies. "This is so awful.. Are there any gorons left?" They then exited the tunnel, revealing the large cavernous city that housed the Gorons. Kia's mouth covered at the sight of all the dead bodies strewn about. Then, a large rolling rock attacked them. Kia and Link dove out of the way only to have the rock turn and go for them again.
"what kind of rock is this!?" Kia exclaimed, leaping out of the way as the rock tried to ram them again.
"Wait! It's me! Brother!" Link exclaimed, sheathing his sword and removing the hat from his head. "You see?! Its me, Link." The rock then stopped and uncurled, revealing a rather large creature that resembled the carvings. A goron.
"Brother!" The thing said, revealing a deep bass voice. "Where have you been?! These monsters attacked us."
"I've been evacuating my whole village. Are there others?" Link asked softly. The thing looked around and then motioned for them to follow him. "Brother, this is Warden commander Kysanthium of Ferelden. Kia for short. Kia, this is Brother Dagon, a Goron."
"Nice to meet you little lady. I see you have run into the Chu jellies." Dagon said with a grin.
"Please don't remind me..." Kia groaned. They came to a smaller door, this one was closed as well. Dagon knocked on it three times and it opened. Inside were more of the same creatures. Kia realized link was right: They did wear less clothing than the carving. Each goron had on only a loin cloth. Kia's face went red with embarrassment.
"You're right about that. The dark spawn sure do have a sick sense of humor." A voice said. Then followed by boisterous laughter. Kia knew that lovely voice and laugh from anywhere. Could it be? Kia thought. She pushed through the Gorons to see Alistair sitting on a bench in front of a table with a few papers strewn about. Her face instantly relaxed as she gazed upon him, his strawberry blonde hair had grown out slightly, now reaching to his ears. He had a weeks worth of whiskers as well. Overall, he looked fine, save the gauze around his bare chest and stomach.
"Alistair!" she shouted and ran forwards, leaping on the unsuspecting man. She had forgotten the table until it jutted into her gut and made her cough a little.
"Whoa, easy there Kia." He said with a loopy grin. She moved around the table and tossed her arms around his neck, crying softly.
"I thought I had lost you... I was so scared and hurt." She sobbed into his shoulder. Her uneasily patted her back, smiling softly.
"It's alright my dear. As you can see, I'm alright. And you? How are you?" He asked, his face becoming serious. Kia smiled at his compassion. "And what's this goo all over your head?"
"Please don't talk about the goo. I need a bath. A hot, scalding holy water bath.."
