Waking of Saturday, July 28, 2018 ~ 6
The quiet was exquisite.
It was broken by footsteps.
The spirit of Urbosa walked down
the steps of an inner strut, coming toward me as if from that same exterior
deck where we had met one hundred years ago.
I liked her. How straightforward
she was. How sensible and matter-of-fact.
How
could a spirit like hers ever be confined or burdened down....?
Unless.... as indicated by his many
physiques.... Calamity Ganon really had....
. . . .
Done to them what he did to the
Guardians.
“This is just the way things had to
happen, and no one is to blame,” Urbosa said, “Tell the Princess not to worry.”
Gosh
I liked her. She was so strong. So sure. Straightforward.
And when she assured me that Vah
Naboris was once again under proper control—when she said Vah Naboris, she flipped her R.
There was something.... awesome, about that. It didn’t feel out
of place. Especially considering the different words the Gerudo used for things
anyway. Very possibly a whole other language they spoke only among themselves.
The accent was striking. Charming. And her switching to and from it so easily
intimated a special kind of intelligence.
I had never thought to be picking
favorites among the Champions. And certainly not someone so mundane as a Gerudo. Really, what was so sensational
about overly tall women who were basically the same as myself, just with
rounder ears and a longer nose? And a few heads more in height?
They couldn’t spear through the waters or fly
through the skies or punch through rocks and walk through hot lava
unscathed.
They weren’t cool.
. . . .
But Urbosa was.
Gosh I liked her.
Mm, but I could never see myself
picking favorites....
. . . .
She imparted a few more words to me
before bestowing upon me a gift she said I would have use for—Urbosa’s Fury.
This was different as well. The
Champions always parted their blessings to me with great will and flair. And so
Urbosa did just now. But this time,
as the sphere of empowering light connected with my chest . . . . I only
regarded it with a solid expression—maybe gave one meaningful blink through a
deep nasal inhale. I was not thrust into a closed-eyed, overpowering serenity.
My feet did not leave the ground. Urbosa had demonstrated the motion, and now,
I only mirrored it right back—
In a swirling rush forward,
stepping strong four-to-fives, I threw out one hand and snapped my fingers and—
WHAT THE LIGHTNING??? WITH A SNAP
OF MY OWN FINGERS WHAT?????
It came down in a cacophany all around me, multiple
strikes like an aura of DEATH in a dangerous radius from my person!
OH MY GOSH!!! 8D
I
just had to hold down my melee-strike button as if for a spin-attack—a mad
Kaitengiri with THOSE FOUR-TO-FIVES
and—Krak-ka-BOOOOMMmm—
Oh
my gosh, this was too awesome.... X-)
Mipha and Daruk had been there to
get me out of trouble but this....
This was for aimin’ to misbehave.
And after only a few more words
spoken, it was time for me to leave the Divine Beast, and I teleported away in
the same shimmering white light like gleaming snowflakes floating up into the
sky....
And Urbosa led Vah Naboris TO....
Spectacle
Rock I CALLED IT.
“Nabooru, legend of the Gerudo and
revered for generations, for whom you were named, Vah Naboris...” Urbosa went
on in some such words as she led the Divine Beast.
She was proud of her people, and
rightly so—they were strong, and descended from powerful heroines.
But Urbosa had a vendetta.
Beneath her cool collectedness you
could feel it. Something seething just beneath the surface.... something you
didn’t wanna mess with.... something you didn’t wanna touch.
“It is said that Calamity Ganon
once adopted the form of a Gerudo.” Her eyes hardened. “I relish the chance to
make this personal.”
Again hinting that to be something
she didn’t normally do.... The indignation felt righteous, and appropriately waited for.... Gosh I liked her....
“I’ve been waiting so long for the
time when Link would finally rush Hyrule Castle.... and for the time I could
blast Calamity Ganon to ashes....”
Vah Naboris’ six-eyed face locked
on to the distant castle; part of it opened up and two rods extended to emanate
the giant, focusing red beam, which shot out and blazed against the writhing, swirling Calamity....
“That moment,” Urbosa savored the
thought as she stood atop the Divine Beast in the red, red sun, “will be so delicious.”
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