Waking of Friday, February 8, 2019
While logging, I’d been referencing
YouTube for unremembered details about the Thundra Plateau, and was shocked to
remember how unconcerned the Piano was as it sat there picking its nails in the
rain. When all of a sudden Oh.... so that’s where the Rubber
Armor is....
I’d always meant to avoid spoilers,
but....
Whoops!
I started at my house in Hateno.
Spoke to Bolson. He wondered about
Hudson.
I was gonna go find Hudson.
But first, took a detour and warped
to the Thundra Plateau to pick up the Rubber Shirt! That was a sneaky place to
hide a treasure chest.... Now all I lacked of the set was the headpiece....
Warped back to the Wolf Shrine in
Akkala—or, warped there for the “first” time.... Sailed down, lighted on the
land bridge, same thing. Hi, Hudson!
He’s out here building a town.
Gave him ten bundles of wood. And
now.... he needs a Goron.
Well....
If the lovely red rocks here were fated
to be leveled anyway....
I warped to Goron City. I thought
perhaps one of the diggers from Gorko Tunnel might be the one Hudson was
looking for; they seemed like hard workers.... But neither of their names ended
in –son. I asked around town, but
could find no one who fit Hudson’s qualifications anywhere. Nothing.
So I ran down to the South Mine,
and it was there that I met up with.... Greyson!
He was looking for somewhere where
he could use his strength to help people!
“Tarrey Town!” I tell him, “It’s in
Akkala!”
Oh cool, he liked that. - u - So he
called to his little brother Pelison to come along and the two of them started
off! Right into their own little cutscene blackout.
Well! c:
I warped after them, and Tarrey
Town had another building!
AND A TROMBONE! 8D
The music had been simpler when it
was just Hudson, but now.... it had
another layer!
That was cool! ^__^
What was more, Greyson was much
happier working for Hudson. ^_^ And little Pelison, still in his big yellow
hardhat, had opened an ore shop! He said with all the rock they were moving
around, they were finding some pretty good stuff to sell!
Well this place was developing
quickly! :D
I spoke to Hudson again, and this
time gave him twenty bundles of wood
to help out. But he had another issue he was dealing with as well.... his
clothes kept wearing out. He said he needed someone skilled in tailoring.
Probably a Gerudo.
Well I knew just where to find one
of those!
Gerudo Town! :D
But of course, Hudson had also said
he could only take on someone whose name ended in –son, per Bolson Construction Company policy.
Criminy
biscuits....
I asked around anyway. The clothing
shop? It seemed like a good place to start looking for a tailor.... But their
names didn’t end in –son.
WAIT.
OH MY GOSH I knew where this was
going.
That
one. That girl, the Gerudo, at Kara Kara Bazaar.
That one. What was her name? It
ended in –son, I was sure of it.
The one who was looking for her
true love.
Oh my gosh I so knew where this was
going....
I sand sealed out to Kara Kara
Bazaar! And I found her. Rhondson!
That was her name. And she told me she was still continuing her search for a
husband.
“Go to Tarrey Town!” I tell her!
^_^
“Tarrey Town?”
“It’s in Akkala!”
“Akkala... That’s a long way from
here...”
But she considered, and conceded to
herself that it wasn’t like she was getting anywhere here. And so she decided
that.... She’d do it! She was gonna go home and pack a huge bag; it was gonna
be a loooong journey.
And so she went.... with that same
musical outro into a blackout.
They had all walked away with that
same music. Tarrey Town music....
This was getting exciting! :D
I warped back to Tarrey Town! Still
more rocks had been cleared away and there was yet another building! And little harp-like accent thingies to the
music!
Hudson had been the Piano and the
English horn. Greyson the trombone. Now Rhondson a harp or something like it.
What a lovely ensemble this was turning out to be! ^_^
Rhondson now also had a clothing
shop. And she sold the Desert Voe stuff! 8D
When I spoke to her she said she’d
had to repair Hudson’s clothes just about every day. And she went on to say
that actually.... it had been a little rough. The holes were enough to deal
with, but.... Hudson’s clothes also stank of sweat. And whenever she brought it
up, Hudson got all defensive! “Is this the only kind of voe I’ll meet around
here?” she wondered unhappily at me.
She wondered....
Heh, but I didn’t.
Her future writ itself all over the
sky right then and there before my eyes.
Oh
this was going to be good. X-)
I continued exploring the houses
again, and I saw some.... Hylians?
“Who are you?” I blundered. I
didn’t recall going and finding anybody else to come here....?
I spoke to the woman and child
first. Ruli was the mother, and her daughter Hunnie had been in poor health
lately. They thought it would do them good to move out here where the air was
fresh and there were not a lot of people.
Well it was pretty country, and
very refreshing out here. Given you could keep the Guardians out of your pajamas.
“Now if my daughter’s appetite
would just pick up,” Ruli went on. For she was sure Hunnie would do better if
she would just eat more. “At night I need to talk to Papa again...” she
finished mysteriously.
Who
is Papa?
I hadn’t seen anyone else in the
house.
Hm.
I looked around and THERE WAS
ANOTHER HYLIAN SITTING ON THE GROUND LOOKING AT THE LAKE.
THIS WAS ALL GOING WAY TOO FAST! 8D
“Are you Papa?” I asked him,
running up.
But he gave no indication of even
knowing the other two.
My
gosh how many people were moving out here??
Hagie was his name. He all but
shoved 100 rupees into my hand to make me go kill the two Guardians in the
lake. Sidequest, huh?
So I did. Easily.
Felt good, man.
On a quest so small I thought about
being more present, but.... I just warped to the Wolf Shrine and sailed back in
from the other direction, instead of climbing back up the big red rock.
The hundred rupees had been Hagie’s
downpayment, and so now that the deed was done (he saw everything, he said), he
gave me the rest: 20 rupees. Pfft.
Hagie remarked on my evidently
apparent disappointment before the Sidequest
Complete banner flashed across the screen. “Hobbies of the Rich” had been
the name of that one.
That guy was loopy!
Aaaand I needed to harvest more
wood, because this time.... Hudson
needed thirty bundles of it. And
after a time and going through some trees up the hill—which might have entailed the instance that
certain Big Yigaman ghosted out to fight me and I narrowly evaded the razor
shock from his WindCleaver only by dint of being shorter and standing downhill,
and was thenceforth happy to assume that WindCleavers could not pitch their
strokes—I delivered. I went back to town, and gave Hudson the thirty bundles of
wood.
Hudson told me that with the growth
of the town, they needed distribution. They needed a general store. They needed
somebody who knew how to distribute goods and keep a store running.
“So a traveling merchant?” I asked.
Oh great, I’m gonna have to find somebody
on the road....
“Yeah, a Rito would be able to get
around and move goods!” says Hudson.
Oh.
Well, the only Rito I knew of
outside of their hometown were Kass, Frita and Guy. And none of their names....
well....
....
Hmmmm.
....
So I went to Rito Town and started
up around the Neck, looking for SONS....
Not Laissa. Not Harth—“Not you I like you too much,” I said.
WAIT A MINUTE!
I
stopped.
“That guy!”
I jumped over the rail and sailed back
down to the first level and found.... Fyson!
The sulky teal one who wanted to leave his mom’s store and open up a store of
his own and sell anything he wanted!
“Heard of Tarrey Town?” I grinned.
I told him all about it, and he
remarked that Akkala was pretty far away.... But he also said that he’s got to
leave the nest somehow.... and the thought of his own store.... It sounded wonderful....
He’d do it! ^_^
And he went.... and walked off into
the blackout. Every time one of these people had walked off, he’d had that same
little music that saw him off....
I warped back to Tarrey Town and
there was a fresh clarinet! ^_^
Ah!
But it felt so special that a denizen
of my favorite town in the game should be accompanied by my own instrument. ♡
And Fyson was selling arrows! 8D
Handy! ^_^
And now Hudson needed 50 bundles of wood! 8O
I didn’t have fifty bundles of
wood!
Aaaand ssoooo.... I decided I’d
better just fall back on an old reliable source of mine, and went and blew up
the woods outside of Hateno, in the old Concussion
Forest.
Remember?
After I’d completely deforested the
slopes west of Hateno Village, I came back to Tarrey Town—and in fact I did
catch Ruli and Hagie together.... so Hagie must have been the “Papa” of that
family—and remembered I needed to talk to Rhondson some more....
And I talked to her....
AND THEY WERE ENGAGED!
RHONDSON AND HUDSON WERE ENGAGED!
“What!?” I say.
But haha, she only laughed at my surprise, and said I could talk to
Hudson to know more.
Heh, I’d forgotten to talk to her
last time. Guessed I’d never know the interrim.... unless I checked YouTube or
something.
So I talked to Hudson and gave him
the fifty bundles of wood.
And he wanted to talk about
something a little.... personal....
I asked him what it was....
“I got engaged!” he says.
“No way!” I say, XD “To who?”
Was
that in the game? Eh I’ll chalk it up to a Clemensism.
“To who?”
“To Rhondson.”
Aaaand
my choices: “You’re a cute couple!” or “What a surprise!” XD
I say.... “What a surprise!” XD
“You say that, but for some reason,
I think you mean the opposite,” says Hudson. XD XD XD XD XD
He goes on, “Anyway, we want to
have a little ceremony to celebrate, but we need someone priest-like to
officiate.”
Oh,
I have known just the guy for MONTHS....
“Priest-like, huh...” I smirk.
Hudson continued, “If we’re looking
for a people devout enough to have a priest-like person...I’d suggest the Zora.”
Way ahead of you buddy. X-)
And again, the stipulation of the
name ending in –son....
I was in Zora’s Domain in a trice,
hoofing it up out of the shrine chamber and making my way back toward the
sleeping quarters....
Kapson.
“If during your travels you meet
any engaged couples I would like you to introduce them to me.” He said this as
if we’d just been continuing our conversation from so long ago. “Joining two
souls is a true honor, one I shall stake my life on. Just one more
wedding...and I shall be fulfilled.”
“Get a load of this...” I said. XD
XD XD XD And I fell into the inevitable gesticulations.
Kapson looked pleased. “I have been
waiting to hear those words,” he smiled. “Now, please tell me the specifics...”
“Tarrey Town in Akkala!” I let him
know.
“As for the location... Hmmm...”
Kapson thought to himself. “Tarrey Town in Akkala... Akkala isn’t too far from
here. It would please me to hurry there right away.”
And here I was given a choice of
response: “By yourself?” or “Yes, please!”
I showed concern; he was quite an
old fish. “By yourself?”
But he laughed a grizzled old
laugh. “No need to worry about me. I have always had confidence in my fins and
feet!”
Well that was good to hear, then. He
sounded like a hale old fish. :) And
he was bigger than I was anyway....
“It has been a long while since I
have had work. I am eager to put my skills to good use! You should come as
well. I will start my preparations in Tarrey Town in the meantime.”
And he walked off with the same
music.... ^_^
Hahhh....
So
he really wasn’t for Tye and Sorelia after all.
I followed after him right away....
And, you know, despite all the
buildings, and the beautiful red rocks being cleared away.... Tarrey Town still
really was quite lovely. ^_^
Only....
It was RAINING when I warped back!
I DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS ON A RAINY DAY.
I went to look for shrines instead!
Or something....
Studying my map I warped here and
there, poking and checking.... Okay, a CHEST beside the shrine name meant all
the treasure inside had been gotten.... I looked around, sweeping the cursor
over my shrine-markers. Dang I’ve missed
a lot of treasure.... Huh, the Blessing Ones were probably just weapons I
didn’t have room for....
Okay
back to Akkala. Impatience took me quickly and I warped back to Tarrey Town.
The rain had stopped.
And now there was a guitar. ^_^
Heh, a guitar for a Zora, how fitting....
The island was completely developed
now. Five comely buildings stood in a neat circle around the edges of the now
flat rock. Oh but I wish they hadn’t paved the little Goddess statue pond. It
seemed so.... sterile, now. It looked
like.... It looked like....
It looked like IKEA.
....
I found another new Hylian in town
as well, lounging out on a balcony. A Sheikah! I spoke to him....
And oh my gosh it was Granté! Wasn’t
he.... Robbie’s and.... her....’s.... son? Jerrin!
Jerrin. Robbie’s and Jerrin’s son? He was.
And HE
SOLD ULTRA RARE ARMOR?
UUUHHHHHHHHHHH?????? THIS KID SOLD
THE ENTIRE RUBBER SET????
WHAT IN THE WORLD WHERE DID HE’S
GOT ALL THESE CLOTHES??? [[Grammar from my original notes.]]
OH MY GOSH HE’S GOT THE OLD SHIRT,
WELL-WORN TROUSERS, Rubber ensemble, Climber’s ensemble, Barbarian ensemble,
Sand Boots and Snow Boots!
And the ensemble pieces were 4,000
rupees a pop!
Huh.... I wondered....
Not that I had that kind of cash on
me right then.
I looked around some more.... And found
that Ha! Kapson ran the inn. XD That
was a nice, grandfatherly fit for the hale old fish. ^_^
I visited with him and he said an
important guest had yet to arrive before the wedding could take place.... and
that I could talk to Hudson for the details....
So I went back outside and talked
to Hudson. He was grateful that I’d found Kapson.
“He and I talked earlier,” Hudson
started, “and he said that he literally was a priest before he retired. You
can’t get more priest-like than that.”
XD
“And his name is Kapson, so I have
no objections there.”
Naturally!
We talked a bit more, and I
gathered that Oh, he wanted me to
find guests! Bolson and Karson! But of course. XD
Hudson said he was busy preparing
for the ceremony, and asked me if I could invite them.
Oh
buddy.... You’ve got your hands full;
just leave it to Link....
The stage seemed set.... This was
all so exciting!
Almost all seemed to be just about
in readiness....
