Rpg: The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Destiny

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Ranak//Hyrule Castle==-Ranak shrugged, after they started walking again."It's been okay. I've been seeing someone, but well, my job doesn't allow much time off. But we treasure every moment we get." Ranak said with a smile and a nod."What about you? How have you been?" Ranak asked, as he looked over at Kraenir again.

[Toa of Dancing]

Kraenir/Castle Town, Half-Looking for WorkIC:

"I've been doing great. Mercenary life pays well now that I've got myself well-known, and I can have time whenever I need it to be with my wife. Brittney and I have been doing well. In fact, I think our wedding was the last place I saw you," responded Kraenir, inwardly beating himself upside the head for accepting this job.

[Terminus]

IC: Siris"It's about half a day away on foot, right in the middle of nowhere. It's large enough to be seen from a distance, but it would be best to use a map to get there. Better safe than sorry, right?"

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Considering the amount of a dragon's body that is neck, tail and limbs (A Kargarok has a torso about the size of a dog's), that's basically a dragon with a torso similar to a horse's. I'm thinking maybe five feet of neck, three-foot head, ten, maybe fifteen feet of tail. With a body like that, the wingspan would still have to be, oh, maybe a bit over thirty feet.For reference, Argorok appears to have a body more along the lines of a rhino's. So this is a big dragon, but not quite a king among dragons.I'll IC sometime after 2 PM tomorrow with an attempt to wound the dragon.

[Promised Land]

IC: Fin and Saira (Castle Town, marketplace) "I still don't think it was necessary to haggle so heavily for these." "It saved us a bunch of rupees, didn't it?" "They're just apples, Fin." "Exactly, they're just apples," Fin replied, wiping the red fruit on his coat before taking a bite, "There's no reason for them to cost that much." "These merchants have to make a living," Saira sighed, stroking the nose of her mule as it munched on another apple, "Every rupee counts for them." "Same for us," Fin shrugged, pausing to nudge Cyri away as she pawed at his leg, "We can't eat without rupees. Well, we could, I guess, but-" "No," the monk said, pointing a stern finger at Fin, "We are not resorting to that." Fin just shrugged and took another bite of his apple, staring out in to the crowd.IC: Algernon (Faron Woods, Army of Darkness camp) The Bokoblin landed in a daze as his companion rushed forward, club raised. It was met with an armored foot to the face that sent it sprawling back before a third leaped up to perform an aerial strike. A single massive hand reached out and snatched it out of the air before hurling it in to a crowd of its fellows. Algernon snorted in contempt beneath the startled yelps of the Bokoblins before striding forward. "Get up, worms!" he growled, "I'm not through with you yet." The crowd hastily heaved the thrown Bokoblin to its feet and shoved a new club in to its hands before pushing it back in to the fighting circle. The other two scrambled to retrieve their own weapons, getting to their feet shakily as they stared up at the huge man.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: Rover: That description sounds about right. That's pretty much what I was looking for, but I think I misunderstood the first time. xD-==IC: Ranak//Hyrule Castle==-Ranak nodded."Very likely. Given that I got the job shortly after, it left almost no time for me to actually visit any of my relatives, including my own family, for the most part." Ranak said, and then looked at Kraenir curiously."So, who's the one you're bringing the bad news about?" Ranak asked, as he was wondering about that now.-==IC: ?//Faron Woods, Army of Darkness Camp==-A little ways away from the battle, a red haired girl, who also happened to be wearing a red tunic and hat, sat up in a tree, and looked down at the fight.He expects a Bokoblin to give a good fight? That seems... odd. The girl thought, but decided to observe some more for a little bit.OOC: So, technically I've got three more characters for the Army of Darkness. Dunno if they'll be actual PCs yet, but I can work on a profile for each sometime soon.-==IC: Orion//Hyrule Castle Town==-Orion nodded, but paused."Anyone happen to bring a map?" Orion asked with a frown, as Katrina chuckled, and pulled out a map she had brought."I did. Just in case we got separated." Katrina explained, as Orion nodded.

[Toa of Dancing]

Kraenir/Castle Town, Half-Looking for WorkIC:

"Our uncle Brighnen has a heart problem. I just heard yesterday, so I had a feeling Great Great Aunt Impa might not have heard it yet. Now you know, too," Kraenir said, very glad that the circumstances did happen to be in his favor at the moment. Even if he could never bring himself to attack either. Gentle capture would have to be the case with both. He'd release Ranak with the most sincere apology, and take Impa. The more he thought about it, the more he knew, that he wouldn't let he be killed. If his client wished for that, he would refuse the job and safely escort Impa back to the castle.Then again, for what else could he want her captured? Gah, I'm not emotionless enough for this job...

[Gentleman of Science]

IC Evorias - Castle Town MarketplaceEvorias continued to lurk around the marketplace, before sweeping into a back alley. He found something he was interested in. It was a reinforced wooden shield, painted plain blue on the front. If he took that, he could defend himself well, or make a fortune after refurbishing it.He strolled back out casually, sneaking a few rupees onto the counter and easing the shield away from the stall."That was relatively easy. How unfortunate I lost a few rupees in the process, though." Evorias said quietly after slinking back to the alley with his new shield, dusting it off and flicking imaginary pieces of dirt off of it. He strapped it onto his arm. Perfect fit.EDIT: OOC: I want some interaction going on with Evorias, he seems pretty lonely.

Edited January 13, 2012 by The First Evo

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Ranak//Hyrule Castle==-Ranak gasped, and frowned."Uncle Brighnen? Oh no... I have to go to see him now. Where is he now?" Ranak asked, as he berated himself for not seeing any of his family during his time as a soldier.OOC: You won't really have to worry about Ranak. =P

[Toa of Dancing]

OOC: Well, my charcter isn't a robot, and Ranak used to be his best friend. I have to laugh at the backstory we've quickly contrived here. XD

Kraenir/Castle Town, Half-Looking for WorkIC:

"At the town hospital. They have a few doctors working on him, but it probably will only work for a year or so," he said, realizing that they were now stepping into their destination.

Edited January 16, 2012 by Toa of Dancing

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: Yeah, it's awesome. xD I think this RPG is a first in a lot of ways; named NPCs that actually aren't important to the story, who have backstory. =P And that are GM controlled, to boot. =P-==IC: Ranak//Hyrule Castle==-Ranak frowned, and nodded."I see... I'm sorry to leave you so quickly, and right when we're about to see Impa; but I think I need to go see Uncle Brighnen." Ranak said, as he turned to head back out of the castle, now that he had led Kraenir to where Impa was; and he trusted Kraenir anyway; if nothing else, but to make the right decision.OOC: Things definitely will be slightly interesting once this thing gets going a little more. Need to think about what to do about the rest of it, though, after this. Since it doesn't seem fair to actually get things started right at this moment, but then again, the Zelda series has a ton of recrurring elements I could borrow... And LTTP is inspiring me on one of them right now, so... I think I know what one of your next missions will be. =P

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm late. Shut up and eat your bricks.Blade, how hand-like are the front feet of this dragon? Do they grip stuff, or are they mainly feet?

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: The front feet are mainly used as feet; however, with that said, they are built into the wings more or less; so they're kinda like some of the examples you gave, if they had a second pair of feet on their wings. =P However, the wing feet, while they're mostly used as a second pair of feet, can indeed grip some things, in order to climb trees.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Hmmm. So do they have the relatively thin layer of skin and lots of nerve endings that a human's hands have?

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: They probably would. Dragons' wings are typically easier to injure than other things, from what I understand. And since the 'hands' are part of the wings, they probably share a similar weakness.

[Korkoa]

IC: Korkoa rubbed his hands together and smiled. "Excellent! We're off then?"

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Orion//Castle Town==-Orion nodded to confirm that they were heading out, even as they began to reach the far end of Castle Town."Hopefully our journey out of Castle Town will be relatively uneventful..." Orion said, though how much he believed that was a different question.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Alright, I've delayed long enough on this one. Too long, actually. First week back at college and all that.IC(Adskhan): The Garo sidestepped the move, twisting his body to the side as he did so to bring about the longer of his two swords, (OOC: that would be the katana) thrusting it directly at the 'palm' of the beast's hand, mainly to slice through some of the tendons in the hand and just injure the beast in general, though he wouldn't be complaining if it damaged the membrane of the wing. The shorter of the pair of swords was held at chest-height in a defensive position, in case either the rider or his steed tried another attack."I am afraid I cannot extend you the same courtesy I gave to the three who accosted me earlier - 'honorable' is not a word that can be applied to you, and retreat will simply not be allowed."

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods=-The Wyrm roared in pain, and nearly threw Leo off the beast, however, it did manage to right itself, and luckily it's wing wasn't damaged too much. In response, it attempted to spin around, and whip it's tail at Adskhan, to at least throw the Garo away.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: I'm guessing, based on the size of the dragon, that the tail is swinging around at about head or chest-height for a human.IC(Adskhan): The Garo ducked beneath the dragon's tail, nearly flattening himself against the ground to do so. The swords he had were of fairly high quality, but he still didn't expect them to do anything against the thicker portions of a dragon's hide - it would be areas like the palms of the hands, the underside of the throat, and the membrane of the wing where he would use the swords.As soon as the tail had passed overhead, the Garo got up as quickly as he could, though that still left a second or two in which he appeared vulnerable while he began preparing himself for the next attack.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: You'd be correct. =P-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-Fortunately for Adskhan, the 'cooldown' time for the tail twing was similar, but when the dragon was able to, it spun around and tried to hit Adskhan away once more. Leo noticed that Adskhan had ducked away instead of guarding, however, and figured it was partially due to his dragon's tail.

[Daniel Bryan]

IC: Tobias / Castle TownTobias made his way into an alley at last, making sure nobody followed him. "Alright, time to come out," he said, setting down the bag to let Link's Uncle out. "See? That wasn't so bad."~Det

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Link's Uncle==-The uncle nodded, and frowned slightly."It was a little stuffy in there, of course." The uncle said, but nodded, as he stood up, slowly."I'll try and figure out a way to survive in hiding; but you probably should report back to whoeevr hired you... There are mysteries that need to be solved, and fast." Link's uncle said grimly, as he limped off further into the alley.

[Daniel Bryan]

IC: Tobias / Castle TownTobias nodded and watched Link's Uncle leave. Tobias turned and made his way back to his office. He had a mission to report.~Det

[Promised Land]

IC: Fin and Saira (Castle Town, marketplace) With their break over, Fin decided that it was time to get moving again. Partly because some of the passing guards were glancing their way. "Right, so where was it you wanted to go next?" "I was hoping to stop by the ranch that's out in the middle of the territory," Saira replied, "I never really had a chance to properly get a look at it and I'd like to see if it's any different there than the ranches from where I'm from." "Aren't you from the mountains?" Fin asked, chucking his apple core and standing up, "Didn't know you could have ranches up there." "You'd be very surprised. Perhaps I will take you there someday." "Whatever," Fin shrugged, "Come on, let's get moving. It's a bit of a walk to the ranch." The monk nodded and tugged on the reins of her mule, only for the animal to not budge from its spot. "Oh dear," she sighed, stroking its nose, "Come on now, don't be like this." "Great," Fin grunted and took the reins, giving a fruitless tug of his own, "Just what we needed. Cyri, see if you can startle him in to moving." Cyri's barks did little more than attract attention as the mule simply twitched its ears and swished its tail about, rooted in place.IC: Algernon (Faron Woods, Army of Darkness camp)Just then, one Bokoblin finally gave and turned to run away in hopes that Algernon would be too busy stomping on the other two to care. Algernon's response was to grab it by the back of the neck and throw it to the ground before planting his foot on its back. "Run away from a fight again and you will spend the rest of your days dragging yourself along with your chin," Algernon growled, increasing the pressure, "Am I understood, runt?" He was answered by a series of terrified squeals and grunts before huffing in disgust and lifting his foot. "Get out of my sight," he said, "All of you." When the small creatures began inching away, he wheeled around and punted one from behind, sending the rest scurrying off to their tents. He glared after them for a bit before storming off, passing by the girl in the red tunic as he did so.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: I see the Bokoblins are going to be the whipping-boys of this RPG... Shame, really, I'm rather fond of them.IC(Adskhan): This time the Garo was ready. Rolling in under the dragon's swing, he thrust one of his swords (OOC: Again, the katana) at the relatively soft flesh at the back of the wyrm's left knee, aiming, once again, to do severe damage to the muscle tissue. If he could sever a tendon, the dragon would no longer be able to pivot effectively, reducing its effectiveness in this fight. Aiming to cripple an opponent was crueler than his usual tactics, but in this case, quite necessary.OOC: I'm thinking crouch, roll forward with the swords held out to the sides, and then jab one at the knee as soon as he's upright (crouching, not standing) again.It's funny how living things are armored, really. You can have pretty good armor on the front of joints, on the torso, and along the length of limbs, but you can't armor the backs of joints (inside of the elbow, back of the knee, etc.) without restricting movement far more than it's worth.

[Korkoa]

OOC: Finally, a place to stick my Darkness character in. :PIC(Lealna): Unbeknownst to Algernon, a figure had been watching him from the shade of a tree. She chuckled, picking herself up and walking to intercept him. "Seems to be a bit of a harsh way to deal with those little monsters, eh? I like it." The purple-garped figure said, a wicked smile forming on her face.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: I blame Skyward Sword. =P But yeah, I've grown to like Bokoblins, and it's also partly because of Skyward Sword.-==IC: ?//Faron Woods Camp==-The red clothed girl watched as the fighter passed, and then dropped down, landed on the ground, and followed the fighter, though it seemed like he was finished fighting for the moment. Didn't mean no challenges could be made, however.-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-The dragon roared out in pain, as it was stabbed; however, luckily for the dragon, it didn't get fully crippled. The dragon then flapped it's wings, and flew into the air, and then circled around for a moment, as it then flew toward Adskhan again, aiming to hit him as it passed by. Meanwhile, Kreena was watching, trying to figure out a way to beat this person; and noticed that Leo himself hadn't actually been fighting.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Myself, I see Bokoblins as creatures that have had to survive on their wits and their fighting skills for pretty much their whole lives, which means that, despite the temptation to make them the comic relief enemies, their main limitation should be their lack of actual physical strength compared to other races.IC(Adskhan): Knowing there really wasn't any good way to attack a flying dragon with swords, the Garo jumped out of the dragon's path, moving about five feet sideways through the air before sliding to a stop, crouched low to lower his center of gravity and maintain stability.Like Kreena, he had noticed that the dragon's rider had done no fighting himself, and the obvious implications of that worried him - while he, if he managed to defeat the dragon, would be tired, possibly wounded, and certainly not at his best, his enemy would be in perfect form, and would certainly have the advantage in a straight fight.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: I agree there. I mean; they actually manage to do some very impressive stuff in the most recent two games, between staging a kidnapping that in reality actually does nothing more than getting Link very angry, utterly rushing Link in SS, and nearly succeeding in putting Link out of commision for good. =P-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-Leo frowned, as he tried to get the dragon to turn, but as he tried that, nothing happened. The dragin apparently had taken too much damage in that respect, and continued to head straight, and crashed into a tree momentarily. It then stood up, and limped backward, as it very slowly turned around, unable to do much more than that at the current moment.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

IC(Adskhan): Seeing an opportunity to bring the dragon down quickly, the Garo rushed silently from behind it, running straight towards its un-injured right rear leg. Taking careful aim, Adskhan stopped directly behind the leg, and jabbed quickly with both swords, aiming the katana at the underside of the beast's hip joint and striking at the back of the knee with the wakizashi, aiming to damage the tendons in both joints to utterly cripple the beast. Unlike before, when he was striking on the fly, this was a shot he'd had time to line up, as his target was moving slowly and not in the process of attacking him.Of course, as he was using both swords in the attack, he would be vulnerable to a counterstrike for a few seconds, but the risk seemed worth it.

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-The dragon roared as the attack connected, and dealt major damage to the dragon's right leg. In anger and pain, the dragon tried to quickly lash out at it's attacker with it's tail, even as it thrashed around in pain, and nearly throwing Leo off in the process.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: I just realized that right behind the leg isn't really a good place for the dragon to try to swing its tail at, unless the tail's completely boneless.IC(Adskhan): Ducking to avoid being crushed as the dragon thrashed about, Adskhan ran back from beneath the belly of the beast, dodging this way and that to avoid the lashing tail of the dragon. As soon as he was comfortably out of reach, the Garo straightened up, turned to look at his foes, and held his swords at the ready, blades angled just slightly downwards."Will you now do your own fighting, as your steed is wounded, or will I be forced to strike at the neck next?"

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: Probably; but there was also the thrashing part. =P-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-Leo looked like the was considering that for a moment, and smiled."Okay." Leo said, as he jumped off the dragon. At that moment, the dragon flew up, and then circled around, as it started to fly toward Kreena."The question is; whether you two can defend against us." Leo said with the smile still on his face.

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Oooh... Three injured legs... That dragon probably won't be able to handle a landing, especially if I managed to cut a tendon or two on the right rear one.IC(Adskhan): The Garo didn't even glance at the dragon once it had selected its new target. The girl would either be able to handle herself against a wounded dragon or she wouldn't, his focus had to remain on the swordsman. The swords flicked up to a ready position, and Adskhan began to circle his enemy, moving lightly as he studied his opponent, judging his strength, waiting for him to make the first move - or for an opening. Ideally he would strike to disarm, but if the fighting got too fierce and his swords found the jugular vein instead of the man's hands, it would be of no great concern to him.OOC: Heh, all that's missing now is a ring of fire around the combatants and some dramatic music.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: Yeah; it's gonna be in pain if it lands, that's for sure. =P Oh, a ring of fire? I can handle that! =D-==IC: Kreena//Faron Woods==-As the dragon flew toward Kreena, the girl dove out of the way, and rolled to a standing position. The dragon circled around again, however, this time, it breathed fired around the area, and lit up the trees and grass in a circle around the area. That done, the dragon then flew back toward Kreena quickly.-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-Leo smirked, as he gripped his sword, and ran toward Adskhan. He feinted a stab, and then attempted to slash at Adskhan's left wrist, in an attempt to get him to drop one of the sword he held. Of course, if he did more damage, that was bonus as well...

[HeavyMetalSunshineSister]

OOC: Pain is an understatement. The stress put on the legs by suddenly forcing that much weight onto them will do further damage to the already busted-up muscles, permanently crippling it.Incidentally, is Leo using two hands on his sword, or just one?IC(Adskhan): The Garo's reaction to the feinted stab was to hop back, a defense which saved his wrist some unnecessary trauma. Lunging forwards, the Garo put all of his weight on his left leg as he curved his path, bringing the katana up from the left to strike at Leo's left wrist, while the wakizashi remained in front of his chest in a defensive position, ready to flick up to deflect another attack.

[Blessed Blade]

OOC: Yep. But the dragon probably wouldn't know that, so... =PAs for Leo, he's using two hands, yes, I think I forgot to put that in the post. >_>'-==IC: Leo//Faron Woods==-Leo slightly altered the sword's position, so that he could block the slash attempt, though he was slightly pushed back from the momentum that Adskhan had behind him with the lunge. Leo then, while the two swords were still locked together, brought his right leg up, in an attempt to kick out at the Garo.

[Daniel Bryan]

IC: Tobias / Castle TownTobias made his way to his office and entered, throwing off his broken armor and grabbing some bandages, sitting down to begin patching himself up. "Heh, I hope I still have some more armor left, or at least some mail..." Tobias chuckled to himself. His mind raced, as he tried to figure out what someone could achieve from the death of Link's Uncle. Once he had bandaged himself, he began searching through his closet for any spare armor he could come across.~Det

[Blessed Blade]

-==IC: ?//Hyrule Castle Town==-"So... is the job done...?" A voice called out from the shadows behind Tobias.