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[center]Word Count: 808[/center]

[center][color=00aeef][b]Level 5[/b] [/color] - (75/50) + 2[/center]

[center][color=darkgreen]Level 9 [/color] - (57/90) + 2[/center] 

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[center][h1][color=00aeef]Link[/color][/h1][/center]

[center]Location: The Bottomless Sea ~ The Maw[/center] 

[@Yankee]
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Link was as surprised as anyone that the monster actually wanted to talk, and thank goddesses for that because the chase had started a fire in his tiny legs. He collapsed onto his knees on the platform, breath heaving as much air into his lungs as they could while Kamek kept him occupied. He watched the monster extend what he at first though was a tongue, but was shocked upon realizing that it was the full on torso of a man. That was where the voice had come from, this man fused inside the big mulduga fish. No wonder it was intelligent. No wonder it had closed its mouth to ram the stairwell earlier. That man must be the real weak point. 

Which meant, he thought grimly, that the monster might not have been as hurt as he'd thought when they dropped the platform on him. He certainly didn't seem slowed down by it. If he'd had a proper weapon he might have been able to get the man while he chatted with Kamek, but it was right there in front of the teeth and as Link watched a stream of sizzling goo was expelled from the fish mouth and slid across the floor. The man wasn't at all effected by it. Going after that part was both the most effective way to fight, and the most dangerous. 

Cadet and Ms. Fortune had made it down and split up, the monster seemingly entirely unaware of them for now. They split up, Ace actually going to retrieve something while Ms. Fortune headed off in the direction he had last seen Junior. Link pulled himself up and started moving again, putting some distance between himself and the mulduga man as he went into a full on wailing tantrum. While he repositioned to begin the chase anew Ace had gotten closer and went to work on the monsters tendrils with those trusty snippers of his. The monster flipped over, ending the dialogue by striking the platform with its balled up fins. The minutes felt like an eternity as the Cadet tumbled through the air before crashing into a heap of metal on the ground floor. It was only when he started moving again that Link regained his ability to breath. 

Kamek's dedication to diplomacy as distraction was admirable, but Link didn't think the monster was in any state to listen anymore. If that didn't work than the monster would surly go for the Cadet. He crept closer to where the Cadet had fallen, closer to the monster, and kept his voice low so it wouldn't be heard over Kamek's. "Ace?" He called out. "Can you run?" He whipped out the racket. "If he comes after you, I'm gonna drop on him. I think if I do enough damage to the eyes he has left that might stun him, make him spit up that white body. If he does, swing those into his head." He said, pointing at the clippers. "Then run."

Of course, he planned to drop regardless of if this plan worked. The monster would have harder time chasing two kids than one, and he might just distract it long enough for the Cadet to catch his breath. 

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[center][h1][color=darkgreen]Linkle[/color][/h1][/center]

[center][h2][color=red]Merge Rate: 31%[/color][/h2][/center]

[center]Location: Frozen Highlands - Alpine Skyline[/center]

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Linkle was just pulling herself up on another cliff when a sound thundered out over goat village. She looked around. Left was another goat making the rounds, right was a little hay roofed house, but when she looked up she could see Albeto triumphantly blowing the horn. 

That was...weirdly far away. Much farther than it had looked from where they had started. She had ended up on a little island jutting up all on its lonesome from the mountain. She put it out of her mind, jumping up and down when she saw Albedo looking her way and waving her arms in the air before pulling them to her mouth and giving a congratulatory whistle. “You must have been flying, I didn't even see you pass me!” She yelled up to him, hands cupped around her mouth. He had probably done something with flowers, or had just figured out a really smart way to go. She walked to the edge of the island and looked down, trying to spot that blue flag the villager hand pointed out to them.

There was a rope connecting this place to another rocky cliff, and Linkle jumped onto it and started to ride it over. Halfway through she let go and let herself fall a short way onto the roof of a nearby house, which she slid down like a slide until her feet were back on the stony ground. Getting back down had to be easier than climbing up, so she found a downward sloping path and started following it back to where she assumed the race had started.