Waking of Saturday, November 3, 2018 ~ 3
It would take two shards of Naydra’s horn in order to enhance the Champion’s
Tunic, but I decided to just stop at one for now. Waiting for that dragon had
taken forever! And I didn’t want to
put it off any longer—I went back to Serenne, and I was gonna head north. I was
gonna.
I just noticed a few more possible
Korok hiding places along the way.... and of course with David watching when
the sun went down I had to show him what the Skelesuit did, when the
Stalcreatures started popping out of the ground.... It was a disguise! David
had had this suit way longer than I’d
had it, and he’d never known! And then when I saw the light from that fallen
star I had to switch to my Stealth Suit to run there and get it in time, just a
little detour.... Whoops, had to watch
out for that Lynel beneath Mount Drena.... How long had that been there?
And then here came Dinraal down the
canyon.
I ran. Still in my Stealth Suit I
ran, moving so fast, giving no time for baddies, my gosh, I had to get there—!
And I BARELY made it to the big canyon’s edge to shoot a scale off the dragon’s
tail as he curled and twined massively away and out of reach.
I floated down into the canyon to
pick it up; that was two of Dinraal’s
scales I had now. I could offer one to the Spring of Power....
And with a warp and a short jog—gosh Akkala was such pretty country—I did. And a
door back behind the Goddess statue opened up to reveal the Tutsuwa Nima Shrine.
It was a Major Test of Strength.
Always a good challenge....
But my controller battery was
running low; I opted to wait a bit before defeating the Shrine-Guardian. But
once I had, I felt cocky and confident enough to turn my attentions to the
three Guardian Flyers in the neighboring Ordorac Quarry. I’d deflected enough
bolts from the landbound ones.... I could probably deal with the flyers....
As it turned out it was much more
difficult than it seemed. With the Stalkers I could assume an optimal distance
away, and time my reaction to the bolt. For me it was easiest when they came in
close....
But the Flyers evidently didn’t
need to hover in the same distance to blast you. And they swung and weaved beneath their propellers, further
complicating the timing, and not even ensuring a deflected bolt would connect!
It was hard. But once I’d started I
wanted to see it through. I ended up burning through Daruk’s Protection,
breaking a few shields and using more than a few arrows, but in the end I did
destroy them all. And the run of the quarry was mine.
Disappointingly, however, there
wasn’t much to be found therein. Just a few good ore deposits, which wasn’t
entirely unsurprising, but I could find their like anywhere.
The encounter was not a loss,
though; I found something else out.
I discovered what makes my sword gleam at odd whiles.
It turned out the whiles weren’t so
odd after all. The Master Sword would double in strength, and shine with the
power to repel Evil, whenever Evil was in
close proximity.
I discovered this when I was
maneuvering around the edges of the quarry, making ready to draw the attentions
of one of the Flyers. As it moved around its small patrol-circuit, it would
come near to me and then move away again, over and over. And the range was just right, so that when I held the
Master Sword in my hand and the thing came close.... the sword would KLANG
with a ringing that hungered to be thunder, while the blade would light up and shimmer fiercely. And when the Guardian hovered away and out of
range again the light would go out, and the sound would sleep.
THIS WAS AMAZING. There was
something really cool about it,
though also a bit daunting, if not
scary.... But I felt a little bit past that kind of dread now, with the
Guardians.
I
could get close to them....
Also it would be a lie to say all
of this did not remind me at least a little bit of Orcrist, Glamdring, and Sting.
Well the Ordorac Quarry was nice,
but I didn’t anticipate ever coming back here again after the next Blood Moon.
There was ore to be found elsewhere, and this place was too choked with small
trees anyway. I swept for Koroks and other treasures, searching round every obstructing
hump of unblasted stone.... place shoulda been a lasertag course instead,
really....
Where was I? What was I doing....?
....OH
YEAH—
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