Link tried to ignore the two men that were sharing the cell with him, as they had started bickering like cuccos when it was time for them to be fed, and began assessing the situation he was in this time. Cold metal cuffs chafed his ankles and wrists, effectively pinning them together. This time, it appears that the Gerudos took away his weapons. He had half-expected the Gerudos to make the same mistake they had made when he first came to the fortress and was captured, allowing him to keep his travel pack and weapons. The room itself was bare, empty of decoration and furniture. A few sleeping mats had been placed within reach of every prisoner as well as several strange metal buckets. Link stared at the buckets for a second before remembering that he was trying to think of some way of escaping and not trying to figure out what was wrong with a bunch of buckets. He glanced about the room once again and noticed that there was a third man sulking in the far corner. He was dressed in simple peasant clothing and was glaring at the ground, determined to stare at the ground as if it would reveal the answer to his predicament.
"Hey, warrior-kid!" A voice interrupted the argument and Link looked towards the man who had called out to him.
"What's yer name? Since we're all stuck here in this cell until those Gerudo loons decide to come for a visit, we might as well get to know each others names," He growled.
"My name is Link. Who are you?" Link said as he glanced upwards towards the window. It was too far to reach without his hookshot and Link had a feeling that he would not be able to fit through the tiny opening even if he had the hookshot.
"My name is Robert, and this is Evan," The other man said, introducing himself and the other man.
"I could have said my name myself, you know? I did not need you to introduce me," Evan said as he slumped against the stone wall. The bandage around his temple slipped slightly and Evan growled as he tried to push it back up with his shoulder. The man Robert rolled his eyes, but didn't retort to the man's statement.
"What is your name?" Link asked the man in the corner. The man glared up at him, dark gray eyes brimming with anger before they returned to their stare contest with the floor.
"Oh, him? That's Voltar, he lost his tongue when he was caught stealing from the Royal Treasury. I wouldn't bother him, kid," Evan warned, glancing at the man before looking back at Link. The man looked up and stared venomously at the man, as if hoping his eyes could suddenly gain the ability to kill people with just one angry glance. However, Evan ignored him until the Voltar began glaring at the stone floor.
"If he has no tongue, then how do you know his name and how he lost the tongue in the first place?" Link asked, glancing between Evan and Voltar.
"I was there when they made an example out of him. They did it right in the square, it was an ugly sight to witness, mark my words. I'm surprised he survived, I thought he bled to death after the guards dragged him away from the platform. Imagine the shock at seeing him in this place? The whole event did little good on scaring people, I still hear about people who try to get into the castle and end up getting caught," Evan replied. Link glanced down and attempted to hide his own smile as he remembered when he himself managed to sneak into the castle to talk to Princess Zelda.
"So, Link, how did the Gerudos get you? You look like you fight for a living, so why didn't you fight the Gerudo off?" Robert asked. Link scowled and looked towards the window again, wondering how high the sun was. He couldn't tell how long he had been unconscious and that made him uneasy.
"Okay, you do not want to talk about it. It's okay, we all make…" Robert started before he was interrupted by a snort from Evan. Robert turned on the man and tried to lunge forward, but his restraints kept him from moving farther than a few inches.
"All right, flea-bag, what was so damn funny?" Robert growled angrily.
"Flea-bag, is that supposed to be an insult, peasant?" Evan retorted. Robert ground his teeth angrily and tried to pull at the chains to get at the man. Evan smiled sardonically at the other man's futile attempt.
"I laughed cause it's not because he made some foolish mistake like anyone else. He's a warrior, a scrawny young one at that, so a mistake is an insult to his ego," Evan said, leaning forward as if to insult the other man. Robert growled and spat at Evan, the saliva landing on the man's shirt.
"That's a great response, sissy. Maybe now you can accept your…" Evan started, and then the doors clanged open. They all fell silent and Robert shifted backwards as a young Gerudo walked in. Over her shoulder was a boy who seemed close to Link's age, if not slightly older. His clothes were muddy and torn, but underneath the filth white fabric was visible in small patches. The Gerudo glanced at them curiously before depositing the boy next to Voltar and began binding the boy. The man glared up and then lunged towards the Gerudo. He bit down on the Gerudo's arm. In surprise and pain, she shrieked and smashed her palm into the man's nose. He growled as blood began dripping down from his broken nose, but refused to let go of the girl's forearm. One of the guards rushed in, looking for the source of the scream. She saw them and grabbed her spear from outside the door, twirling it before smashing it down on the man's back. He crumpled, releasing the girl's arm as the spear cracked on his back. The Gerudo smacked him with the spear a second time to make sure he didn't strike out again before attending to her sister. The man's teeth had torn through her brown skin, blood oozed from the jagged edges of the teeth marks. The girl bit her lips to keep her from crying out and tried to appear calm, but the tears at the edge of her eyes betrayed her pain.
"Sister, Remana will secure the prisoner for you. You must see Elder Nimona now," She said as she helped the Gerudo girl to her feet. The girl whimpered as her arm dangled uselessly beside her. The guard picked up her spear and helped the girl out of the room. They were a few short words with the guard who remained outside the door before the guard and her crying sister left. The door clanged open again and the other guard walked in. She walked past them and walked towards Voltar. She grabbed the man by his long hair and pulled him up to his knees. He glared at her, blood oozing down his face and mingling with the blood splashed on his mouth.
"I would kill you, bastard, for what you did to young Cedrin. Be lucky you are prey, because your death would be long and agonizing," She growled as she pushed the man back into the wall. Without another word, she went to the new boy and bound him with chains. After she made sure he could not escape when he woke up, she stormed out of the room.
"Good one, Voltar," Evan hissed quietly, watching the door to make sure the Gerudo guard did not hear him and come smack him. Voltar ignored him, wincing as he gently touched his nose against his knee as he tried to stop the bleeding. Link thought about telling him to pinch the bridge of his nose and lean his head backwards to stop the bleeding, but remembered that he was chained and that his nose was probably broken from the blow.
"Well, we know how to piss them off. Think it's a useful thing to know?" Evan asked, glancing around the room with a wry smile on his face. Link ignored the man's statement as he attempted to think of something that could get him out of this new mess.