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[withwisdom]

WHO: Zelda and you
WHERE: All around!!
WHEN: All October
WHAT: Quest Prompts
WARNINGS: RAMPAGE(??)

I. Local holy woman attacks skeleton with its own arm.

Foul creatures! [ thwack- ] Do you see a blood moon up in the sky, beckoning the darkness of calamity? [ smack- ] No! So begone!

[ BASH--

and away the skeleton shambles, almost certainly going straight toward you in its escape attempts... and it's missing an arm? from just a couple feet away stands 5'5 zelda with that missing skeleton arm in her hand, brandished like a weapon. yes you better believe she's even priming it with some soft hits against the palm of her hand like it's a goddamn club. this is how you do it in hyrule baby. ]

Go on, take it out! Teach it a lesson about encroaching on the safety of the town. Unholy abominations such as these cannot be given leeway.

[ "hey zelda, chill" - no, this happens all the time in hyrule and she hates it. ]

II. Local holy woman rounds up kickball team with a skeleton head.

Think fast.

[ to whoever you may be, she's tossing a ball over to you -- no just kidding, it's the head of a skeleton she whacked off. it's still shaking a little, the last vestiges of its cursed existence still clinging on for dear life! fun! ]

Give it a swift kick to that shambling hoard over there - [ pointing to a few skeletons sadly shambling over ] - I want to conduct a test and take notes. It's for the good of the quest.

[ do it for science. and also because she hates skeletons, but sure the quest. do it.

(also she's still carrying the arm of a skeleton like a weapon, because that's just what you do in hyrule when skeletons act tough and try to jump you.) ]

III. Local scientist harasses red members of town (i.e. reds only for this prompt)

[ are you part of the exclusive red club (of like 33 people)? then congratulations, because during the month you're going to have a very smiley zelda knocking on your door, basket tucked into one of her arms by the elbow. it looks like something is inside? what could it be? well don't worry about that right now because-- ]

Good day! In the spirit of the quest, I am here to request from you a treat. Now if you are not prepared to provide me with something to my liking, I shall have no choice but to impose trickery on you. Please do not take it personally, as it's just in good fun, but I also won't go easy on you just because of my good heart.

[ grins! what now friend? she's pretty picky, what do you have up for the plate? as a note if you prefer to just get tricked right off the bat say so in the subject. ]



[ ooc: no non-quest prompts at the moment but that might change as the month goes on! if you want to do something with zelda outside quests though, she'll be spending a good chunk of her month between the church, tidying up and praying as usual, and outside the forest hunting for bugs and lizards for her elixirs with her bare hands. toss that up into a wildcard toplevel and we can roll with it.

alternatively if you're a yellow who wants to pumpkin carve with her, you can also toss me something that way. really im game for most anything but if you're not sure just PM me. ]

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[apocalypticist]

Goodbye, Zelda. [ Ryo closes the door and heads back into the living room to resume reading and finish his mug of hot chocolate. He sits down, curls his fingers around the mug's handle and brings it to his mouth.

He does notice that the amount of liquid seems to have increased, but he dismisses it as his imagination as he takes a long sip. He sets the mug back down on the coffee table and reaches for his book when it feels like a cold wind sweeps through him. ]

...?!

[ His whole body shivers from the sudden drop in temperature and his immediate response is to grab the throw blanket draped over the back of the couch, wrapping it around himself in an attempt to warm up a little. If Zelda peeks through the living room window, she can see this. ]

[withwisdom]

[ zelda does indeed peek for a few seconds, but quickly pulls away in case ryo notices her. part of her wants to just knock on his door, confess, get it over with but that's not the point of a trick. she rubs her face, wishing she didn't have a conscious, and doesn't notice that her korok friend is directly in front of the window in full view.

unlike zelda, the childlike korok is just delighted to see its trick worked and quietly laughs at the victory. it continues to float with leaf in hand to keep it up, still holding the vial it used in the act, because it's all in good fun. ]

[apocalypticist]

[ Ryo sees the Korok (is that a vial it's holding?) and stares at it for a fraction of a second before he leaps off the couch with the blanket hanging off his shoulders and rushes over to the window, pulling it open with a quick jerk, using more force than necessary.

He reaches an arm out in an attempt to grab the Korok, glaring at it with cold eyes. ]

[withwisdom]

[ though the korok is a child, it can still sense when danger is imminent. the force of the window opening alone makes the spirit recoil backwards to get away, though the attempted grab does net ryo the vial out from its weak grasp. it only has small specks of the light blue liquid left, but undoubtedly more was inside.

zelda, who was leaning out of immediate view to the side of the window, takes notice only now of what's going on and a gasp quickly escapes as the korok floats out of his range. she quickly steps over so he can see her, and the korok swiftly gets behind her. ]

Ah Ryo, don't panic, it's ok!

[apocalypticist]

[ Ryo's fingers curl around the vial and he looks over at Zelda, his teeth clattering from the chill permeating throughout his system. It takes him a second or two, but then it clicks into place; Zelda had mentioned creating elixirs, hadn't she? And now he's holding a vial with what's left of a suspicious-looking liquid inside. ]

Did you get your little companion to spike my drink, Zelda? [ He says, voice toneless and blunt. ]

[withwisdom]

[ toneless and blunt as he is, she can tell that icy attitude means the elixir worked as intended. she pats on the tiny arm of the korok hiding behind her, a reassurance of safety, and flashes a small grin. ]

No need to sound so cold, Ryo. The chilly elixir only lasts a few minutes in low doses.

[ (she still feels bad, yes, but she can't show weakness now!) ]

[apocalypticist]

A few minutes of hypothermia is too long.

[ He pulls the blanket closer around him, giving Zelda the most unimpressed look. ]

It was a clever move of you though, I'll give you that.

[withwisdom]

If it's too much for you, I do have a counter-formula that warms the body you can always have.

[ heh. ]

[apocalypticist]

I don't trust your sketchy elixirs.

[ >:| ]

[withwisdom]

Sketchy? [ wow! ] My elixirs are made from natural resources alone. There's not a 'sketchy' thing about them.

[ (note: ignore that she uses parts of monsters to raise their potency, ok, monsters are also a natural resource.) ]

[apocalypticist]

[ He's just gonna. pinch the bridge of his nose in exasperation and sigh. ]

Your elixir gave me hypothermia. What about that isn't sketchy?

[withwisdom]

[ tsk, tsk. ]

One of the major tribes in my homeland has their settlement stationed in the middle of the south desert valley. The only way travelers, merchants especially, can safely cross is to take this elixir to cool them down.

You only feel it's effects harder because the sun isn't scorching hot over your head. [ a smile. ] A shame your anger at being tricked can't warm you.