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BGM: Field - Day (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
Weiss drove through the field, coming across a small ruined village decimated by the Grimm. She frowned at the sight of it as she went underneath a small cavern and came back out, but turned her head to see a Shrine nearby.
"Grrrrr…" Zwei growled at a tree as Weiss turned her head with a raised eyebrow, as even Revali was eyeballing it closely.
"What, you see a squirrel? I don't see anything…" Weiss said as she looked up at the rock formation that the shrine was on. "I wonder…"
She turned on the Anti-Gravity on her Master Cycle as she backed up and drove forward, popping a wheelie as the Master Cycle latched onto the rock and started to drive up. "Whooooa!" She yelped in surprise as it hopped over and landed in front of the shrine. "...Okay. I can get used to that." She said as she turned off the Anti-Gravity, opened up the shrine and parked the Master Cycle inside.
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BGM: Shrine (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
Ishodag Shrine - A Windy Device
Weiss walked forward as Zwei and Revali accompanied her as she walked over toward a lone fan in front of a wall. She picked it up and placed it down, giving it a good kick as it turned on and blew a lot of wind to the point that Zwei immediately shot up into the air like a rocket and then landed on all fours gracefully.
With a chuckle, Weiss hopped up and used her paraglider to glide herself up and landed on the ground while Revali simply rode the wind and gently descended while Weiss patted Zwei on the head.
They walked a little ways and turned to the left to see a raft and a fan. Weiss picked it up with the Ultra Hand and then put it into the water and attached the fan on the back. She hopped on the raft with Zwei and kicked it as the fan turned on and sailed across the water, and then ended up ramping off and landed a few inches away from the water as Weiss and Zwei casually hopped off.
They would then see another fan nearby as she spotted a lift, but also saw a seesaw-like platform nearby that held a treasure chest. She used her Ultra Hand to pry the fan off of the raft and then flipped it over and attached it to the platform to weigh it down.
She then walked underneath and ascended, climbing through the platform and then opened the chest containing an Opal.
"Sweet." Weiss put it away and then hopped off, attaching another fan to the platform and kicked it as it rose up to the top and toward the shrine where Weiss walked over to collect her Blessing of Light.
End BGM
Resume Field - Day BGM
The trio walked out as Weiss pulled her Master Cycle out as they hopped on and drove off, but Zwei started to growl at the tree again, and wasn't letting up.
Weiss sighed. "Alright, let's see what's so special about this tree." She said, hopping off and approaching it. "It's probably a squirrel or a field mouse or-"
The tree suddenly sprang to life.
"-...Or can suddenly WALK?!" She yelled in surprise as the Evermean turned around and started to move over toward Weiss. She immediately pulled out a Stony Axe and proceeded to cut it open. The Evermean responded by throwing itself onto Weiss and smacking her away as Zwei hopped onto the driver's seat and with the help of Revali, they aimed the Master Cycle at the Evermean and pressed the button as a laser shot out and struck the Evermean, reducing it into splinters as apples started to rain down on them.
"Okay. Of all things to happen, that was the last thing I'd ever expect." She said as she picked up an apple and took a bite. "And now I gotta be paranoid around trees. Fantastic." She rolled her eyes and tossed the apple core behind her and patted the boys on the heads as she hopped on and rolled off… only to find a sleeping Hinox on the bridge.
Oh come on… Weiss thought as she glanced over at some slabs of wood and wheels. An idea came to her head as she smirked.
She hopped off and used her Ultra Hand to pull the slabs of wood off and moved over to the sleeping Hinox, slowly pushing his back while humming a song to keep the sleeping Hinox at bay.
Once all the wood was in place, she placed the wheels on the slabs of wood as she summoned two fans in the back while also making sure to get a Traveler's Sword, Traveler's Bow and Traveler's Claymore off of him. She gave it a good kick as the fans turned on and started to move the giant away.
'Zzzzzz… zzz…?" The Hinox slowly woke up and sat up, wondering what was going on… until the vehicle pushed the Hinox off of the bridge as it let out a surprised roar.
And down below, a raft made by a few Bokoblins gently floated down the river, crossing under the bridge without a care in the world… and then immediately got crushed by the unsuspecting sleepy Hinox.
SPLASH!
Weiss snickered, using Rewind to bring the contraption back up and then pulling the fans off of it and putting them away, then kicked the contraption back into the water as the Hinox rubbed his head, wondering what happened… and then the contraption slammed down on his head to knock him out.
Weiss pulled out the opal from earlier and pulled out the decayed Traveler's Claymore as she decided to fuse them together, creating an Opal Claymore. She gave it a few swings as water splashed off of it.
"Nice." She said as she put it away and hopped on the Master Cycle to drive off until she came across a stable.
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BGM: Stable (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
"Hey, Weiss!" A Sheikah waved her over.
"Hmm? Oh!" Weiss parked it and then climbed out. "What's up?"
"Lady Impa wishes to speak with you over there near the Geoglyph."
"Geo…glyph?" Weiss turned her head and saw the massive Geoglyph across the stable. "Whoa! …How did I miss that?" She wondered as she walked over toward Impa with the two animals accompanying her.
"Ah, hello Weiss." Impa greeted. "Zwei, Revali, nice to see you too."
"Woof!" Zwei barked happily while Revali simply let out a friendly screech.
"I see you've taken notice of the Geoglyph."
"I'll be honest, I was more focused on the road. I don't know how I didn't notice."
"Well, they're humongous as can be. I was going to get a bird's eye view but my hot air balloon was destroyed…"
"I know someone who can help you up." Weiss said as Revali flapped his wings and latched onto Impa's wrist as Weiss shot some wing magic to give him a boost.
"What does she feed you?" Impa wondered as she looked around the area. "Let's see… something about this geoglyph intrigues me, but what-"
She noticed something shining in the middle of the geoglyph. "Aha! Revali, take me down to that shining spot!"
Revali nodded and flew down as Weiss and Zwei curiously chased after them as Impa landed on the ground, seeing a pool of water in front of her. "Now why would a pool of water be in the middle of this geoglyph? Surely fascinating…"
"You find something?" Weiss wondered.
"I did." Impa nodded as she knelt down. "Behold, this random pool of water in the middle of this geoglyph."
Zwei sniffed the pool of water and let out an excited bark, wagging his tail happily.
"What? It's just water, ya weirdo." Weiss said as Impa touched the water with her hand and licked it off.
"Salty. It's as if…"
At that moment, Weiss' hand glowed as the pool suddenly rippled as it floated up into the air, forming a tear. "A tear…?" Weiss wondered.
"It's as if the heavens were crying. I wonder why." Impa wondered as they all stared into the tear, where suddenly, they found themselves peering into the very distant past where Ruby appeared in thin air and met Sonia and Rauru.
"The Zonai…" Impa mused. "Now how did Ruby get there, I wonder?"
Dread came over Weiss as she grimaced. "She… she was taken to the past?!"
"Well, at least Ruby is in good hands… or was in good hands." Impa said as Weiss sat down, her hands over her hair as realization kicked in.
End BGM
"My wife… is trapped in the past…"
"I was going to ask how the missus was, but I guess we know what happened…" Impa mused. "Speaking of which, what did happen at Hyrule Castle? One minute you went in and then all hell broke loose."
One explanation later…
"Hmm… truly we live in outrageous times." Impa mused as she had sat next to Weiss to console her. "Still… Salem awakens, sky islands appear, robots and Grimm are everywhere, not to mention there have been sightings of a new dragon that no one's ever seen before… and of course, your arm and the fact that she managed to send Crescent Rose to our time."
"I need to get her back… but how do I do that?"
"I'm sure we will think of something. Fret not, Weiss. We will get our princess back and we'll all have a good laugh after we clobber Salem."
"I sure hope so…" Weiss sighed, feeling deflated before slapping her cheeks. "Of course, she wouldn't want me to feel sad and mopey. I'm going to find her… even if it means finding a way to get to the past and get her out of there. Whatever it takes, I'll bring her back."
"Well, considering we don't know how to get into the past, we're up a creek without a time paddle." Impa said. "Hmm… I've heard of an ancient instrument that could potentially take the user to the past. I believe it was an Ocarina of sorts. Alas, that's neither here nor there, I'm afraid."
"I'll find a way… I don't know how, but I will."
"Love makes you do the craziest things. Let's try not to be so reckless." Impa said.
"Right…"
"Why don't you go to that shrine over there? Might as well do you some good to get your mind off things."
"Okay."
"Oh, before I forget… did Purah give you anything aside from the Purah Pad?"
"Not really. Why?"
"Ah… of course the scatterbrain would forget. Granted, she hardly had any sleep when she was trying to locate you and the princess, so it is understandable. Given how Hyrule is in a dangerous state right now, it is wise to keep in touch with everyone. Purah gave this to her friends and family. She actually gave me three. In her words "Give this to Ruby and Weiss if you run into them"."
She pulled out a device and handed it to Weiss. "Here."
"What… is this?" Weiss wondered.
"She said that "paper scrolls" are so last century and the fact that you have to unravel the whole thing to read it. So she grabbed some parts from an old Guardian, made some technological magic with it and calls it… a "Technological Scroll" or whatever. Personally, I'm not one for technobabble."
"I see…" Weiss examined it before putting it away. "Well… I'll go check out that shrine near the stable. Come on, boys." She walked off with Zwei and Revali following.
"I'll let you know if I run into any more glyphs!" Impa called out as she turned to the pool of water, folding her arms as she was deep in thought.
"Lady Impa, is something troubling you?"
"Hmmm… something doesn't quite add up. This pool of water turns into a tear and shows us Princess Ruby in the past. We also have a dragon that is silver and red in color that just showed up a few weeks ago… around the time those two went missing."
"Coincidence?"
Impa narrowed her eyes. "A tear showing us Ruby in the past. A silver and red dragon…" She pulled out her scroll and examined the tear.
"Examination complete: Silver Dragon's Tear."
"A Dragon's Tear…" Impa hummed. "Silver in color… it showed us Ruby in the past-"
"Lady Impa, you're sounding like a broken rec-"
Impa gasped, her eyes widening. "Could it be…? …I need to find more Geoglyphs before I can fully conclude my hypothesis. Fetch me my horse! I've got an investigation to do."
"With all the monsters running amok, m'lady?"
"I couldn't give a Talus' ass about them. Come! We set off!"
"...Talus's have butts?"
Back with Weiss…
BGM: Shrine
Sinakawak Shrine: An Uplifting Device
Weiss took a deep breath once she parked her Master Cycle inside. She clutched her heart. "Ruby… hang in there." She said, her eyes glistening and threatening to shed tears for a moment before she closed her eyes and recomposed herself.
Weiss felt a lick on her ankle as she looked down at Zwei who let out a soft whimper. "I'll be okay, sweetie." She said, petting his head as they walked forward and saw a few torches, a wood pallet and a balloon underneath said torch as it looked like it was "bouncing".
Weiss immediately set the pallet down, put the torch in the middle and grabbed the balloon and placed it over the torch, making the balloon inflate as the homemade hot air balloon rose up with Zwei accompanying Weiss while Revali flew up.
Once they got up high enough, the two hopped off as Weiss noticed a button above the door. She proceeded to grab the homemade hot air balloon and moved it over toward the button, where it rose up and pressed the button, causing the door to open up.
The three moved in as they found themselves walking on catwalks as they looked down to see more balloons to make. Weiss hopped down as Revali picked Zwei up and flew down, all of them landing as they wandered around until they saw a big orb surrounded by flame emitters and a smaller orb.
Weiss moved the big one forward and then picked up a flame emitter. Once Weiss had it in position, she used her Ultra Hand to stick the flame emitter on top and grabbed a balloon, sticking it on and watched it fly up, then she did the same for the smaller orb.
Once they were both airborne, Weiss proceeded to Ascend her way up until she was at the top, and waited for the balloons to come. Revali, meanwhile, was pushing both balloons into position inside of some trigger points. Once they were into position, he popped it with his beak as the orbs fell into their respective holes, opening up two doors that led to a shrine and a treasure chest.
Weiss walked over to the chest first, pulling out another Opal before turning around and going to the shrine to collect her Blessing of Light.
End BGM
Resume Field - Day BGM
Weiss walked out, bringing the Master Cycle out with her as she started to hop on as she looked directly at the tower nearby and started to turn with Zwei hopping into the sidecar.
"Hey! Weiss!" A voice called out as Weiss turned her head to see Beedle approaching.
"Oh hey Beedle. What's up?"
"Oh, just wanted to say hi. And… apologize for not helping out in the fight at Hyrule Castle five years ago."
"Beedle, you've apologized for that all the time in the past five years. It's okay."
"I know… I just still feel guilty. I'm not much of a fighter…"
"Don't be. You probably would've ended up killed out there. Sending us moral support is plenty."
"Ah… you've told me that before. By the way, how's Yang holding up?"
"I'd say she's holding up rather well despite being in the thick of it at Lookout Landing. You wanna go see her?"
"I do, but the black bone monsters are quite the handful… not to mention there are these gloomy red hands that are… very excited to drag you into the depths of Hyrule, that's for sure."
"Gloomy red hands?"
"You haven't seen 'em? You're lucky." Beedle shuddered. "You'll know 'em when you'll see 'em. I was lucky to get away from them since a few Yiga helped steer them away, but I don't think I'll be so lucky next time."
"Good to know… I'll keep an eye out for them." Weiss said as she pulled out her Purah Pad and wrapped Beedle around her arm. "I'll be back boys."
She selected the tower at Lookout Landing as they both disappeared… and then a few seconds later, Weiss came back. "Alright. Made a reunion happen, so let's go to that tower!"
Meanwhile…
"Yang!" Beedle waved.
"Beedle!" Yang waved back as the two hugged each other.
"Looks like Weiss found a straggler." Purah chuckled.
Back with Weiss…
Weiss drove up the hill until she spotted a cave nearby. "Hmm? I wonder what's in there." She said as she turned around and drove through the cave where she saw a shrine up on a cliff edge. "Ooooh~!" She grinned as she hopped off and started to walk forward…
…And then a pool of gloom started to form in front of her.
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"Huh?" Weiss wondered as four red arms started to rise up from the gloom. A chill ran up Weiss's spine while Zwei started barking wildly and Revali screeched.
BGM: Gloom Spawn (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
The hands fully rose as they turned toward Weiss and screeched at her.
"...NOPE." Weiss immediately hopped back on her Master Cycle and quickly made a U-Turn and drove off. "NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. I AM NOT DYING TO THAT!" She yelled as the Gloom Hands chased after her.
Weiss quickly made a sharp left and activated the Anti-Gravity as she popped a wheelie and drove up the cliff while the Gloom chased her. A few Bokoblins and Moblins tried to get in her way, but saw the Gloom Hands and quickly dove for cover as Weiss saw water surrounding the tower, but wasted no time as she prayed that the Anti-Gravity would work on water.
To her absolute relief, it did as she popped a wheelie and drove up and landed in front of the tower as the Gloom Hands made their way, only to stop at the water.
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"Ha! What! Can't handle a little water?" She taunted as the Gloom Hands slowly turned to some construction tools and turned back to Weiss. "Oh, right, like you guys can glue things together!" She let out a taunting laugh as she turned around to open the doors while Zwei and Revali watched… and then their eyes widened as Revali patted her back with his wing.
"What's up? They can't cross water nor build anything." Weiss said as she decided to take a look… and was immediately horrified by what she was looking at.
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The Gloom Hands were busy making a wooden ramp, using their gloom as glue to stick it together as they let out some sinister chuckling.
"...In the tower. IN THE TOWER! GO GO GO GO!" Weiss yelled as Revali and Zwei went inside as Weiss quickly slammed the doors and put the Purah Pad on the pedestal, activating it as the claw hands came out. "Come on, come on… hurry… hurry…"
BANG BANG BANG!
"HURRY!" She yelled as the claw hands were aggravatingly slow enough to put the cable on her hip while also giving helmets to Zwei and Revali.
The Gloom started to seep in from underneath the cracks as a hand slowly rose up to unlock the doors from within.
"Shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT-"
The platform they were on launched them high into the sky right when the hands all came in and lunged, barely just missing them as they launched high into the sky.
End BGM
One of the hands let out a disappointed growl, snapping its fingers in frustration as they wandered out and disappeared into the ground, the gloom fading away.
Weiss, meanwhile, breathed a sigh of relief as she used the Purah Pad to scan the topography of the land, as another piece of the map formed inside.
She immediately summoned her Master Cycle below her, strapping in and activating the paraglider as Revali snagged Zwei and put him into the side car as the Master Cycle slowly descended toward the Thundra Plateau.
"Okay… that's going to be in my nightmares for a while. Beedle wasn't kidding." She mumbled as she tilted her bike down to descend quicker into Thundra Plateau.
She let out a groan, putting her head on the handle bar.
"First I wake up with a new arm, I'm in the sky, my wife is somewhere in the past and I almost got manhandled by demonic hands…"
She slowly rose up with an annoyed expression.
"I need a drink."
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