Afternoon of Tuesday, September 19, 2017 ~ 2
Out back of Kakariko on the Sahasra
Slope, before I met the Bokoblins, I actually took a detour over toward the west.
The very first Guardian Stalker I’d ever met was over there, safely down in a
dell where it couldn’t reach me. And now I was armed with Ancient Arrows, and a
little more experience.
I once again practiced my aim with
a few normal arrows before shooting off an Ancient one; and again the
Guardian’s life meter emptied in a
heartbeat, as it shook and rumbled and collapsed and exploded to the ground.
And it left me Ancient Gears! 8D Why, if I could harvest these Guardians all right.... I’d be well on my way to a
set of Ancient Armor!
WHY do Zelda games DO that??? 8C
You want the item that makes
Terrible Thing easy! Or easier. But
the only way to GET said item is to do
the Terrible Thing without its help! So that once you acquire the item, the item which would make the Terrible Thing more
bearable—YOU ARE NO LONGER DAUNTED.
RURGH it is a WICKEDLY devious
method of conveyance for the life lesson that you don’t need the magic feather.
BLAST THEIR
MAD GENIUS.
Where the heck was I?
I was killing a Guardian.
I killed the Guardian, collected
its spare parts, and ventured down into the dell. I was sure one of the big boulders down there was a Talus. The place was
too rocky and open to not be a stage for a boss fight. But none of the boulders
I jumped on jumped back at me.
At least, not until I was done
exploring and accidentally jumped on just the right one on my way back out of
the dell.
And this one was tricky in
that its vulnerable protrusion of ore was situated somewhere down near its
butt. It stuck out from a surface upon which I could not maintain a footing. I
did the best I could with leaping blows from above and below, and eventually
the brute went down.
I would have gone straight back to
the slope to test out the mask on the Bokoblins after that, but I was further surprised by another Guardian. Another Guardian
Stalker creeping around near where the first one had been. Out of the dell this time.
You know, in hindsight, I really
should have marked my map with their locations.
Fortunately, habit saved my skin: I
was once again keeping to the high ground, and on my grassy upper shelf I
hugged the mountain tightly to keep
out of the second Guardian’s line of sight.
But somehow, many paces later as I
came near the road back into Kakariko again.... the needle red laser found me,
the Piano threw a fit, and that Guardian Stalker was coming for me.
I turned to face it, jogged a
little away from the cliff. Kept my feet moving.
It still walked as its targeting
laser bored into my shirt. Just coming right up to me.
I kept moving—the laser beeped—I dashed to the left.
I had never dodged one of their
attacks on foot before.
Leastways
not without some cover.
But I saw the blue bolt shoot past
me away on the right as I ran away from it, a perpendicular course.
Had I been in some magical Goldilocks Zone of the Guardian’s range?
Not yet crossed the deadly event horizon of its targeting laser acquisition
speed?
The outside of a record spins
faster.
I didn’t think about it. I just
nocked an arrow as the Guardian drew closer.
Did I even have time to practice
with a normal arrow?
Yes.... yes I think I did make it stutter with a hit to its
eye.
And then the Ancient Arrow.... and the
Guardian crumbled and rolled down the hill. And I ran to collect its sprawling
spare parts. More gears....
I killed a Guardian on open ground.
Just me and him. And I came
out on top.
I could kill Guardians.
After I went and sported with the
Bokoblins in my mask, I warped to Robbie’s. I was over budget on gears now. That Ancient Cuirass was as good as mine.
But as I looked at Cherry’s wares,
I considered. Items of clothing for some parts of the body have a generally
higher defense than those for others. Some items of clothing come with special
perks. I had come seeking the Ancient Cuirass, but.... would that really be the
best choice?
I also considered what materials
were required for Cherry to make me more Ancient Arrows. Because I was definitely going to be wanting more of those in the future. Ancient Shafts.... What was my budget there?
It’s tough to go shopping when
there are so many different flavors of what can act as currency, and the arrays
of what they can purchase so varied and yet overlapping.
In the end the most economical and
perk-preserving choice seemed to be the Ancient Helm. The Champion’s Tunic was
still quite strong, and it granted me
the ability to see my enemies’ life meters. Some Ancient Shafts were required
for the Helm’s construction, but not so many that I couldn’t put the balance of
what I had toward the purchase of five more Ancient Arrows, for the
bulk-discount price of *cough* four hundred rupees. @_@
Eric Sorenson would be proud at
least. :|
Heh, the helm looked.... unearthly! My eyes were covered.
Actually it looked like—
“Hey, I look like a Shrine!” I said
to David. ^_^
The top of the helm did come up in
that distinctive shape. And the bottom fringe had bright blue little circles
all around it, with a slightly more prominent one front and center where my
eyes would have been. My hair hung loose in a shaggy golden mane, longer than
I’d thought it was.
Actually I thought it looked kinda cool. XD
And so after that it was a warp to
the Lomei Labyrinth, a paraglide over the court, and a quick dash into what I
believe was the selfsame hole I had hidden in last time.
The Piano heralded the Guardian’s
approach, and I let it draw near, and took it down just the same. More gears.
That was my original four Ancient
Arrows spent. Five fresh ones left.
As long as I was on a roll, I
decided to press my luck, warp to the Akkala Tower, and attempt to take on....
a Flyer.
It was pouring freezing rain when I
got there.
I switched to my Warm Doublet, and
considered the encircling fiends.... One Flyer’s patrol took it time and again
to the dead end of one lonely turret of land that stuck out toward Zorana. Some
forgotten bastion with a few crumbling ruins on it—and a few trees for cover. I’d try that one.
I leapt from the tower and
paraglided over the Flyer, briefly wondering what would happen if I just
dropped down on top of it....
Eh, another time.
I headed for the little row of trees
and waited for it to come back.
Rusted cannons still stood faithfully
in the pouring rain.
Uh.
It’s a special kind of dread,
getting ready to make yourself seen....
The Flyer came back and just got hoppin’ mad when it saw me. When it drew
near I took a few desperate practice shots, but the angle was difficult, and
the Flyer was too close for me to dodge its first blast. Took out more than
half my hearts. But I got up again and nailed
the thing with an Ancient Arrow....!
And its life meter only half emptied.
Already it was finding me again,
charging up—oh dear.
Mipha had to come to my aid before
I was able to hit it again and bring it down completely.
So it took two shots to kill a Flyer.
Well that was good to know.
And now I had three Ancient Arrows
left....
....
Maybe in the future I’d just try to
stick to the crawlers if I could help it.
Those arrows were expensive.
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