Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

Mipha manages to free Redvali from his ice prison, sending a jets of water from the prongs of her spear into the ice to make it easier to split open. "There! Now, you can join the fight!" She looks back at the current state of things. "Or...perhaps warm up first. I think that is a more viable option. There's a lot of the enemy still left here to engage with."

Kotake had since gotten rid of the body, discarding it like trash into a chute to be dealt with at the other end. Flying over to the elevated flooring she used as her station of sorts, she plucks up an object and begins to carry it with her. It has the appearance of a large shard of glass and briefly captures the glint of light from a couple of torches in the room.

"You miserable fiends haven't finished them off yet!?" She waves her arms to summon ice keese into the area and points them in the group's direction. "Go and make sure they feel an unforgiving chill! They should be beaten and crushed! Turned to slush under the weight of these metal spines!" She cackles.

Irina needs a moment to force herself back into the present. This room drags too much of the past back with it, but her friends are still fighting and this is no moment to have doubts.

Seeing much of the group already occupied with the Stalfos, Irina quickly studies the witches and the ice keese. Then she runs to Rome, “Rome!” she calls over the noise of battle. “Can you take care of the ice keese, and the ice witch, with the fire side of your blade? And if she is too far, use it to light Revali’s arrows. They won’t miss.”

Then she turns her eyes toward Koume, resolve hardening. “With a little help from Princess Mipha,” she says, already moving, “I can go for that fire witch!”

Rome gives a short nod and Light Dashes straight into the air, before light dashing a bit closer to the ice witch, just close enough to throw a wave of flame from his blade, but he may have overshot a bit and manages to potentially hit the keese, but potentially missing the ice witch, whether he barely misses or misses by a long shot, or even if he hits, is dependent on the DM, and maybe even his roll. We'll see.

Irina nods to Rome. "Thank you!" She then runs to the Zora princess and holds her quiver, still full of arrows. "Your Highness, may I ask you to fill my quiver with water? I need to get my arrows wet."

"Eeeeeh!?" The ice keese couldn't have been a more loyal servant! The attack meant for Kotake was intercepted by the unfortunate flying rat. But, Koume's appearance stirs up a bit of anger in the cooler sister.

"You saw him fling fire at me and did nothing? Clearly, that keese makes for a better sibling!"

Koume gasped. "What!? That paltry flame was barely fit to light a candle! You had nothing to worry about!"

The two bicker between themselves over the attack and current situation.

"What are you sitting here arguing with me for? Take revenge against him! I've heard it's best served cold anyway!" Koume encouraged.

"Hee! I think I will! It's the best suggestion you've made this whole time!" All few minutes of it. Deciding on a little payback, Kotake returns the favor by firing a beam of ice at the upstart that attempted to burn her.

Rome seems confused as the two old nags were nagging away at each other, and falls to the ground after his earlier Light Dashes. Silvery Light sparks and flickers around him as he dashes back up into the air to avoid the icey blast, before aiming yet another volley of flames at the ice witch, before flicking a switch and spinning his oversized sword to where the ice position is locked facing his enemies, Light Dashing to the side to preemptively dodge another attack, even if it wasn't necessary. Once at the peak of his Dash, he also slings a couple of volleys of ice towards the fire witch, hoping to metaphorically kill two birds with one stone.

EYO LETS GO)

_Using some magic, Gatu charges up a forwards attack as swirls of magic crackle and arch around his feet for a few moments before he blasts forwards in a line; taking out several stalfos at once. Following the charged momentum before he loses it, he spins around while reeling his left arm back and throws his Moblin Spear like a javelin straight at Twinrova, hoping it nails them to get a good hit in, and even stun them so one of the others can follow the synergy he's generating to score an attack in as well on the fire and ice demon-looking lady._

Mipha leaned back a bit at the quiver being shown to her. She was a little taken at first by Irina's actions, but after the request, she just got more confused. "You want wet arrows?" It didn't quite piece together what was asked, but she went ahead and entertained the idea, touching her trident to the opening of the quiver and imparting water into it. "I hope that helps!"

With that done, she starts to jump back into the fray now that she's certain that Redvali will be able to handle himself. "I'll work on the stalfos if others begin advancing inside to take care of the witches!" She surfs along the ground, weapon extended, looking to hook and slam the stalfos to make them easier to strike.

"I'll be alright! It was just a little ice!" Redvali reassured Mipha as she headed off. Besides, he comes from the mountains. Spending a little time in there wasn't going to affect him too much, thankfully. He was just shocked he was caught in the first place. Now that he's free, he can focus his attention on the enemies out here. "Blue, I think I'll be okay out here if you go in there!" He notes the room. Seems like a place he'd be needed in, anyhow.

Irina smiles to the princess and nodnods. "Thank you!" She rushes back to the Revalis, pulls out an arrow, and freezes its wet end. The arrow glows white with a misty fog around the tip.

She offers the arrow to the Revalis. "Does one of you want to team up with me against that fire witch?" she points to Koume. "We have done this before, right?" she smiles to them, remembering the fight with the Helmarocs.

"Why are there so many of them!?" Koume questioned while rolling around in the air on her broom. A few needles of ice swept past her and through her cloak, a couple nipping at her skin in the process. She squeaked, shaking her arm frantically to shake what remained of the ice out of her sleeve. "Who just walks into a place like this, anyway!?"

Kotake raised up a volley of ice to meet the flames. "Those who have a death wish! There's an entire graveyard outside they can be buried in after--aayyee!" A portion of her cloak is caught in the spear and she's hemmed up on the wall. Her broom remains airborn, waiting for her to return to it.

Koume, after witnessing that slight, charged a fireball at the bristles of her broom and shot it towards the doorway without care of who or what was caught up in the blast. Stalfos or otherwise. "Hurry up and get down from there so you can take that shard with you!" She shouts at her sister.

"Gladly!" Revali states. He didn't mind being in the fray and it appeared Irina didn't either. He plucks the arrow from her and held it in his wing. "We've definitely done this before and I'm more than happy to do so again, but our space is going to be limited in there. Still, I think we can make it work." The witches weren't the only ones that could command the air, after all.

"Ready to take flight?" He asked Irina. No sooner than he'd finished his question, he felt a sudden increase in temperature. "Quick! Clear the way!"

While the ice mage is hemmed up against the wall, Rome doesn't waste any time. He quickly flicks the lock switch of his sword, spinning it over to the flame side as he falls to the ground. Then comes the fire witch speeding past. The flames lick his skin as the explosive force sends him flying backwards away in the opposite direction. He manages to catch himself by slamming his blade against the ground to skid it and his feet across the ground, eventually slowing to a stop. A soft grunt escapes his lips as he looks back up. The escape of the fire witch has kept him from his icy prey… for now.

"Tell you what, I'll think of a surprise and it'll be on the house." Fallon replies to Saria, jotting down 'surprise' and circling it. "Okay, that ought to take care of things and--" her head lowers to see her little one at the table. "Play? That is what you are offering after they have just arrived?" She smiles, giving way to the table so they can all take off. "Of course, they wouldn't say no to that offer."

She chuckles and clears the milk and water cups while she determines what would be good for them to eat. "Make sure you stay close by!!" She called out to them, ensuring her voice could be heard through and beyond the door.

"Okay, now what to feed to them... Perhaps some cuccoo tenders. I think that'll be good. Side of greenery and that ought to cover it."

That in mind, she quickly heads to the kitchen to drop off the glasses and put the order in. She then hustles towards the exit so she could watch them and wait for the order to finish.

"Okay Mommy!" Naomi says as she follows the other two, her brain immediately filing the instruction under 'Things that have been responded to and thus require no further thought'.

Out in the field, Naomi spreads her arms to the others. "So what should we play? How abouuuuuuuut" (points at Aio) "you're the heroic knight," (points at Saria) "you're the pretty princess," (points at self) "and I'M the ferocious dragon?" >:) Naomi raises her hands high like claws and stomps dramatically toward Saria. "IIIIII'M GOING TO EEEEAAAT YOOOOUUUUU!" >:O

Aio stares at Naomi blankly. He clearly didn't understand her. He wonders why this girl is threatening the other girl.

As he doesn't quite understand the rules of the game, he does the same and chases after Saria, holding his hands up like a dragon as well. He calls out "Raaawr!" and something unintelligible in his language.

Saria lets out a scream as both come after her and laughs, running. She looks at Aio and points at Naomi without stopping. "Attack HER, not me! We are the good guys! Dragon! Dragon! " She repeats, hoping to teach Aio a new word.

Aio begins chasing after Naomi, too, and calls her by what he thinks is probably her name, "Dragon! Dragon!"

Fallon opens the door and is immediately met with screaming and shouts of a dragon. She hurries outside, checking the sky and surroundings to see if one had suddenly popped up. Thankfully, there was no such creature and further processing allowed her to realize they were just playing out here. Of course, that's what they intended to do in the first place, but flashbacks of moldugas and spiders said otherwise. Briefly, anyway.

So, she heads back towards the walls of the inn and leans against them, watching them play and enjoy life for the time being. A refreshing change of scenery to what she knows lies beyond.

Naomi blinks at the swift derailment of her CAREFULLY CRAFTED FANTASY WORLD. o.O; At least Saria seems to get the idea and is trying to explain it to Aio -- but it looks like he still thinks _he's_ a dragon. Okay, well, maybe he can be a knight AND a dragon! Like some kind of...dragon man!

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"Ummm...OHNOES IT IS THE DRAGONBORN! BUT YOU WILL NEVER DEFEAT ME UNLESS YOU FIND THE, ummm, MAGICAL HELMET OF RAINBOW FLAMES! IT IS IN, ummmmmmmmmm...aaaaaa SECRET PLACE THAT--THAT ONLY THE ROYAL FAMILY KNOWS ABOUT!" Yeah, Naomi is totally engaging in AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION and not dumping her DM responsibilities on Saria. n.n

Those were a lot of words and Aio understood none of them! He continues to chase Dragon and shouts her name. He giggles with excitement as the air and sun and open space combine to create a volatile reaction of fun.

As the screams of the children echo through the field outside of the Wolfos, a tall imposing Gerudo woman cuts the horizon perpendicularly. She holds a spear and walks in a relaxed pace but with a serious expression. The expression softens when she sees the children playing, particularly the boy.

She stops and observes them by the stables outside of the inn.

Saria laughs and nods, pointing at Noemi! "Yes! Catch the dragon!"

Seeing Risa arrive, Saria hmms, touching her chin with a finger. She approaches Risa and Fallon and brings her hands to her back. "Excuse me, I have a question."

"As you know, Aio is living in the Kokiri Forest now. Do you know of any grown-ups that may help us build a treehouse for him?"

Risa crouches down to become eye-level with the forest child. She rests her elbow on her knee and says, "A treehouse?" She thinks, and says, "Sweetie, I am from the desert. I don't know much about trees. But I will find someone who can help."

Fallon laughed to herself. Of all the things Naomi could've been, a dragon...born was not one she expected. Yet, she could appreciate her imagination. Those bedtime stories must've sounded far more spectacular to her than she'd thought.

Spotting movement in the distance, she looked towards it and found it was a friendly face upon closer inspection. She smiled as Risa approached, acknowledging her presence with a nod.

With Saria now approaching, she then pondered her question, "You need help with one, hm? Well, I'm not much of a builder, but I can assist in whatever way I can. I'll have to ask my husband if he has any suggestions or ideas. All else fails, I could just read about trees and houses and then attempt to replicate it."

Saria grins, her hands on her back while she listens to them. "You are big and strong women, so I knew you could help! Thank you." With this, she goes back to playing with her friends.

GUUUHHHH!!! &gt;_&lt;; Being a DM is so FRUSTRATING! You put in all this work to give the players an intricate world to interact with, and they just want to be MURDER HOBOS that solve every problem by charging at it swords waving! "Okay, fine! TAG, YOU'RE IT!" Naomi shouts to Aio. Then she turns and dashes away.

Saria runs after the Wolfos family with Link. When they arrive at the temple, the kokiri's interest switches from the animals to the building. She runs to it, touching the wall and looking for the door curiously. "What is this place? Have you been here before?" she asks Link.

Link shakes his head. "I haven't. And from the looks of these vines, it doesn't look like anybody has been here for a while." He looks up at the stone walls and tries to peer into an opening. "Let's explore it!"

Saria grabs one of the vines to make a small climb to one of the openings. "Hellooooo!" She looks inside and hmms. "I am so curious to see what is in there..." She follows you, wondering if you fit into the opening.

Link barely fits but he squeezes in, pushing past vines and other plants. There is a sudden drop but plenty of vines to hold onto. He climbs down. Some light filters in from other windows and a hole in the roof. He reaches a large central room and calls out to you.

Saria almost falls as well, and not as gracefully as Link. She grabs onto the vines, almost getting trapped in them, but climbs down after Link and looks around. "This is place is so mysterious! I wonder how long it has been empty. We should be careful; there might be some skulltullas and deku babas around."

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A certain Gerudo chef is examining the few fallen logs at the edge of the Woods, turning them over and disturbing the life within as her little troop begin the trek to Kokiri Forest proper.