Furia

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@DearTrickster Thank you! :)

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For a moment the Gerudo stared as her blood seeped from the wound and floated away into the darkness.

A decrepit voice tore through her focus. More, it wanted. More blood? But the others did not seem to hear, not with Lethe falling into the depths and the skullkid laughing her face off. Naviela frowned, but otherwise did not react to the fall. Not while knowing that she only needed to reform her wings to get out alive again. No, there was no worry to be found within her - but, before Navi could once again cut herself on the arrowhead the skullkid already snatched it out of her hands.

That one was far too eager to prance about and take freedoms not given to her.

But then she accidentally cut Zeph and his blood flowed away into the darkness, similarly to her own. Again the voice recoiled across the cavern walls.

...it seemed annoyed to have to repeat itself?

Which was strange, because it suggested a certain sense of sentience.

"More blood for a sacrifice?" Navi mumbled out, but Zeph was already on the case. With the trace of his edge the wound increased in intensity and the blood flowed richly. It surprised the Gerudo how eager the man had been with his offering. It already weakened him, made him less strong than others.

And he did not know the people around him.

Why did he have so much faith in them?

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Hey, guys, small update: I got like a bajillion assignments due this week and last week. I will try to get a post out this weekend! I am really sorry for the wait.

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Naviela took a long and hard look at herself or rather the reflection staring back at her.

Her expression blank of emotions; no anger, no fear for what might come or disgust at what was shown to her and the others. But deep inside the Gerudo was seething. Not because of what it showed, but because of the memories flowing back at her. The sight of Ganondorf smirking at her, like he knew what she was planning and thinking it folly.

It had been him who broke the cycle. Every few hundreds years, a male born to lead them further into the future, until the birth of Ganondorf and his obsession with eternal life. No more males born to them to lead them into prosperity. Just endless stagnation as they waited and hoped and knew that as long as the Gerudo King was still alive, but trapped, that the cycle would not press on and give them a new leader for a new age.

Finally the Gerudo reacted by spitting in front of the scythes and their reflections.

"Lies? Maybe not. Our fears and inner-most worries? I think so." The woman thought to herself, but she kept her silence for the moment. There was no need to bring it out on the open.

At least not for the moment.

When the Skullkid mentioned the arrows, Navi decided to check them out, while the child was testing out the path ahead. She'd try and pull one out, attempt to study it and see if there were any clues or anything special about them.

"Hmm."

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My bad, guys! After exams I kinda was thrown into new assignments and generally was exhausted. I will get a post out today. :)

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And posted!

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Just a small heads-up, exams are coming up next week again, so I will be a bit occupied until they are done!

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@Captain Jenno, @Furia, @Baklava, & @DearTrickster

Who truly knew the mind of the Gerudo?

She was a creature made of sand and dust and iron edges. Even the inflection of her tone was dusty scratch, like Naviela had seen too much to truly be capable of taking things too seriously. So perhaps the huntress had been jesting with the title or perhaps she had been as serious as one could be, while running around in cramped hallways with fresh blood still painted on her skin. A question that was perhaps best left unanswered.

The Gerudo arrived only seconds after the skull kid and Lethe herself.

Magic was clearly in the air as the skeleton head animated and left them a curious message. Sadly, there wasn't much that Navi could do about it or the puzzle itself. She was no mage and barely had any experience in it- other than being able to almost smell it when it occurred.

An interesting knack, but not something that helped them here.

"Perhaps the wall is an illusion? It has a different color then those opposite of us." She finally observed, while studying the wall holding them back from going forward. "It could be that our friend simply passed through it in his roll?"

It was simply a suggestion, her mind was that of a warrior and sometimes of a thief, riddles... Navi had little patience for them.

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Hey, guys! So the exams took more out of me than I expected, but I just wrote up Navi's part in the story. If anyone wants to add something, feel free. :)

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@Baklava By Friday! That's my last exam and my holiday starts then. I will probably have something up on Thursday though, we will see how it goes. :)

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@Baklava Thanks! I will check it out in a sec, been a bit occupied with exams this week.