Friday, July 27, 2018
Taking a Break!
For the few of you who actually read this, just wanted to note that due to a car accident, I will be taking a temporary hiatus from this blog until August. See you then!
Friday, July 20, 2018
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018
Is Blue Fire Hot or Cold? Asking for a Friend
I leave the...happy family at the farm as I hike even further up into the mountains. There are seemingly no further points of interest between here and there, save for what appears to be a path down to the beach (and the sheep rustlers). Almost there!
But it turns out I’m still not actually alone. As I near the final bends in the path to the lab, I see two small children, each posted at different spots, looking up at the tech lab. Ah, so this is where a lot of the rumors in town are coming from. Azu and Sefaro, between talking to each other, both tell me of the young girl seen coming in and out of the lab. Does seriously no one ever go up there just to say hi? You’re neighbors! Nosy ass children…
I pass through a field, and I can see the path fork to the southeast, leading to the beach, or north, up a winding cliff to the lab. The beach can wait. As I make my way up the cliff, I take a moment to read the many signs placed on the approach. No solicitors, mind the lanterns, and enter at my own risk. Got it. Also, it’s good to know those tan structures I saw all around town are lanterns.
Inside is...a mess. Seriously, a disaster area. Or a college student’s dorm. There are books and papers everywhere, strewn all over the floor, stacked against the walls, falling off tables. It’s giving me anxiety just looking at it.
Other than the hoarder-levels of documents everywhere, I also see what looks like a Sheikah pedestal in one corner of the room. The same kind that granted me the four Runes, unlocks shrines, and fills in my map at the top of the Sheikah Towers. There are also two people in Sheikah robes, presumably hard at work as neither has noticed my entrance.
I approach the first person, a young girl - obviously the young girl who is the talk of the town. Wow, they really weren’t kidding. I thought young just meant like, a teenager and it was a bunch of older dues being weird. But no she looks like she’s ten, tops. Purah, hearing that I wish to speak with the director of the lab, points me to the other individual in the room, standing against the back wall. They are very busy however, and she asks that I keep my talk with him brief. Thanks!
I head back to speak with the lab’s director, Symin. He tells me that they've gathered all of the book in Hyrule that are about ancient civilizations. Then he notices my Sheikah Slate, and asks to see the Runes. He says I’m missing the Basic Runes. I’m totally down with more powers!
He introduces himself, and let's me know he already knows who I am - Impa has already spoken to him. ...How? I know I took a few detours but I still basically went from there to here. Carrier pigeon? Sheikah magic? Whatever. Then he introduces me to the director. Huh? Purah is? The fuck? I turn back around to see a laughing Purah.
Okay she’s pretty adorable. But why is she a kid? Symin says it’s her story to tell, so I go and ask. We talk. And there's a lot to talk about. Purah is the person who put me/Link to sleep in the Shrine of Restoration after I was almost killed in Ganon’s attack. She seems surprised by my memory loss, and takes down some notes to that effect.
As for why she looks like a ten year old, all she’ll tell me is that it is the result of a failed experiment and that if I want to know more I can read her journal on the subject. There are more pressing matters at hand: restoring all the functions of my Sheikah Slate so that I can rescue Zelda!
She needs me to run an errand first, of course. I need to bring a Blue Flame up from the Ancient Furnace in town, to light their own furnace up here. I’m guessing this was the glowing blue object I saw earlier in the distance. Once I light the furnace up here, Purah can use the Guidance Stone (Finally know what those are called) to restore my missing runes.
I grab a torch on the floor before heading back outside. I pull out my scope and get my eyes on the furnace. It looks like it's a clear shot from here to there on my glider. I jump from the cliff and begin my descent, the hills and cliffs passing under me. I land right in front of the furnace, just outside of the town's borders near a small pond.
I pull out my torch and light the flame with a whoosh. That was easy enough. I make my way back into town, torch in hand. Starting from the town entrance, I light each torch as I come across them, leaving a trail of flicker blue light in my wake. There are quite a few of the, I wonder if anything happens if I light them all?
Most of the torches are easy to find, out in the open in obvious spots in town. But a few are more tucked away, out on the far edge of a field or across a river I can only get to from a certain angle. The further into town I go, the trickier they are to spot, but I finally think I have them all once I am back on the final ramp up the the tech lab. I light what I believe the be the final torch on the way to the top, finally ending by lighting the lab’s furnace. This activates both the Guidance Stone inside and the Travel Gate outside - I’ve got a second warp in to Hateno.
I didn’t see anything else triggered by the torches - maybe I missed one. I check around, maybe they’re just decoration - so I head inside to speak with Purah. She thanks me and points out the Guidance Stone not that it’s been activated. She instructs me to insert my slate and get the repairs started.
The stone informs me that I am missing the Camera, Hyrule Compendium, and some album files. It starts the repair...which is the same thing as when I get a new map or got the original runes, a drop of glowing water hitting the slate. I see the final rune square after Cryonis has been filled in, now known as the camera. Then I see a set of pictures that have already been taken, and then what I presume is the empty compendium.
Once the repairs are complete, Purah is speaking to me again. Going over the new runes, she first walks me through using the Camera, first by taking a picture of herself. Simple enough. I show it to her when I’m done, and she explains to me that the images already in the album must have been taken by Zelda 100 years ago.
She thinks that if I were to go to each of these locations, it might help restore some of my lost memories! She’s sending me back to Impa in Kakariko, she knew Zelda best and will be able to help me further. She also would like me to gather some ancient materials and bring them back, either to her or to Robbie at the Akkala Tech Lab. That’s the second mention of Akkala now, and I’m pretty sure I heard someone mention Robbie in Kakariko.
That actually triggers not one but two quests! In the first, I can upgrade my Stasis or Remote Bomb runes, or the Sheikah Sensor that helps me locate shrines. Stasis will cost me three Ancient Cores, Remote Bombs are three Ancient Shafts, and the sensor requires three Ancient Screws. Ha! Except for the Cores, I already have enough to upgrade Stasis and the Bombs.
This quest is less obvious. I know Robbie is another Sheikah researcher, with a lab based in the Akkala region. I’ve got another quest in that area, that’s where Bolson sent Hudson after they finished work on my house. The map has both quest markers far to the north, so I don’t think I’ll be completing these anytime soon, but at least I’ll be able to take care of them together. For now though, there’s still plenty to do before I even head back to Kakariko.
Let’s see what other messes I can clean up around here.
Heart Containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 36
Children: Nosy
Blue Flame: Flaming?
Purah: TBD
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| Shouldn't you be in school? |
I pass through a field, and I can see the path fork to the southeast, leading to the beach, or north, up a winding cliff to the lab. The beach can wait. As I make my way up the cliff, I take a moment to read the many signs placed on the approach. No solicitors, mind the lanterns, and enter at my own risk. Got it. Also, it’s good to know those tan structures I saw all around town are lanterns.
Hateno Ancient Tech Lab
I finally approach the building itself and see the name pop up on the screen. It only took me what, two months of writing to get to this point? I don’t waste any more time and enter the building. |
| This place is...nice? |
Other than the hoarder-levels of documents everywhere, I also see what looks like a Sheikah pedestal in one corner of the room. The same kind that granted me the four Runes, unlocks shrines, and fills in my map at the top of the Sheikah Towers. There are also two people in Sheikah robes, presumably hard at work as neither has noticed my entrance.
I approach the first person, a young girl - obviously the young girl who is the talk of the town. Wow, they really weren’t kidding. I thought young just meant like, a teenager and it was a bunch of older dues being weird. But no she looks like she’s ten, tops. Purah, hearing that I wish to speak with the director of the lab, points me to the other individual in the room, standing against the back wall. They are very busy however, and she asks that I keep my talk with him brief. Thanks!
I head back to speak with the lab’s director, Symin. He tells me that they've gathered all of the book in Hyrule that are about ancient civilizations. Then he notices my Sheikah Slate, and asks to see the Runes. He says I’m missing the Basic Runes. I’m totally down with more powers!
He introduces himself, and let's me know he already knows who I am - Impa has already spoken to him. ...How? I know I took a few detours but I still basically went from there to here. Carrier pigeon? Sheikah magic? Whatever. Then he introduces me to the director. Huh? Purah is? The fuck? I turn back around to see a laughing Purah.
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| I love a good joke... but you know we're trying to save the world, right? |
As for why she looks like a ten year old, all she’ll tell me is that it is the result of a failed experiment and that if I want to know more I can read her journal on the subject. There are more pressing matters at hand: restoring all the functions of my Sheikah Slate so that I can rescue Zelda!
She needs me to run an errand first, of course. I need to bring a Blue Flame up from the Ancient Furnace in town, to light their own furnace up here. I’m guessing this was the glowing blue object I saw earlier in the distance. Once I light the furnace up here, Purah can use the Guidance Stone (Finally know what those are called) to restore my missing runes.
I grab a torch on the floor before heading back outside. I pull out my scope and get my eyes on the furnace. It looks like it's a clear shot from here to there on my glider. I jump from the cliff and begin my descent, the hills and cliffs passing under me. I land right in front of the furnace, just outside of the town's borders near a small pond.
Zelkoa Pond
It’s definitely sheikah. It looks like a set of blue bombs, or even bag, all larger than Link. Made of stone or metal, they are covered in the intricate designs that line the walls of the shrines and towers. At the front of them is a smaller pedestal with a blue flame pouring forth. My target. |
| ...Why didn't they just build the tech lab next to the furnace? |
Most of the torches are easy to find, out in the open in obvious spots in town. But a few are more tucked away, out on the far edge of a field or across a river I can only get to from a certain angle. The further into town I go, the trickier they are to spot, but I finally think I have them all once I am back on the final ramp up the the tech lab. I light what I believe the be the final torch on the way to the top, finally ending by lighting the lab’s furnace. This activates both the Guidance Stone inside and the Travel Gate outside - I’ve got a second warp in to Hateno.
I didn’t see anything else triggered by the torches - maybe I missed one. I check around, maybe they’re just decoration - so I head inside to speak with Purah. She thanks me and points out the Guidance Stone not that it’s been activated. She instructs me to insert my slate and get the repairs started.
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| *BWOHM* |
The stone informs me that I am missing the Camera, Hyrule Compendium, and some album files. It starts the repair...which is the same thing as when I get a new map or got the original runes, a drop of glowing water hitting the slate. I see the final rune square after Cryonis has been filled in, now known as the camera. Then I see a set of pictures that have already been taken, and then what I presume is the empty compendium.
Once the repairs are complete, Purah is speaking to me again. Going over the new runes, she first walks me through using the Camera, first by taking a picture of herself. Simple enough. I show it to her when I’m done, and she explains to me that the images already in the album must have been taken by Zelda 100 years ago.
She thinks that if I were to go to each of these locations, it might help restore some of my lost memories! She’s sending me back to Impa in Kakariko, she knew Zelda best and will be able to help me further. She also would like me to gather some ancient materials and bring them back, either to her or to Robbie at the Akkala Tech Lab. That’s the second mention of Akkala now, and I’m pretty sure I heard someone mention Robbie in Kakariko.
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| What's that? You want me to try and destroy giant Hylian hunting robots for their scraps? Sure no problem. |
Slated for Upgrades
That actually triggers not one but two quests! In the first, I can upgrade my Stasis or Remote Bomb runes, or the Sheikah Sensor that helps me locate shrines. Stasis will cost me three Ancient Cores, Remote Bombs are three Ancient Shafts, and the sensor requires three Ancient Screws. Ha! Except for the Cores, I already have enough to upgrade Stasis and the Bombs.
Robbie’s Research
This quest is less obvious. I know Robbie is another Sheikah researcher, with a lab based in the Akkala region. I’ve got another quest in that area, that’s where Bolson sent Hudson after they finished work on my house. The map has both quest markers far to the north, so I don’t think I’ll be completing these anytime soon, but at least I’ll be able to take care of them together. For now though, there’s still plenty to do before I even head back to Kakariko.Let’s see what other messes I can clean up around here.
Heart Containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 36
Children: Nosy
Blue Flame: Flaming?
Purah: TBD
Friday, July 13, 2018
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Monday, July 9, 2018
I Think The Lack of Oxygen Is Making You All Crazy
I cross another bridge, leading me under an archway and up a path that winds up into the mountains. I pass a number of houses, buildings, and other villagers along the way. First I meet a young girl name Karin, who tells me again about the young girl she saw coming out of the tech lab. There are a lot of nosy people in this village. Why doesn’t someone just go up there and talk to her?
Most of the houses are empty, though I do find another recipe poster inside one, this one for a poster requiring a Hightail Lizard and a Bokoblin Horn. the windmills turning but what they are milling, I couldn’t tell you. In one home I find a man named Reede, who is...sleeping in the middle of the day. Apparently he works nights somewhere in town. No idea doing what. Further up the mountain I meet Ralera. She moved here from a place called Lurelin Village in the south after she married her husband. Oh! She is married to Reede, and together they watch the windmills. She watches during the day, and he watches at night. That seems...really detrimental to your marriage guys. Like you literally would never see each other. You aren’t sleeping together, literally ever.
What do you need to watch a windmill for anyway? Why does that require sitting on a hill all day and night? Maybe you guys are just trying to avoid your problems. You can’t run from your marital issues, people. After finishing our chat, she also points me in the direction of the tech lab. Don’t really have anywhere else to go, but thanks.
Finally, what seems to be the last building on the mountain climb to the tech lab is a large farm and Hateno Pasture. Sitting on a stool near the entrance is an old man, Tokk, who seems more exasperated than anything when he has to talk to me. Again, he points me to the lab. Thanks Tokk, been a load of fun.
Up ahead I see a woman mumbling to herself about how “They’ll all pay!” Well you seem stable and safe to talk to. Koyin here is referring to the monsters down on Hateno Beach stealing her sheep - she must be the person who wrote on the notice board earlier. She asks for my help directly, triggering yet another side-quest.
Seems to be more direct than a lot of the other side-quests I’ve gotten recently. There’s a spot on the map near the coastline just south of the village that I’ll need to head to. After I get to that fucking lab.
I approach the pasture, which stretches wide in front of me. The entire plain is on a cliff overlooking the rest of the village and the valley. I can see pretty much everything here. Including this odd looking blue-flaming object just outside of the city. Hmm.
There are dozens of sheep and cows, and even a couple of dogs to play with! I immediately forget what I’m doing to spend the next few minutes giving them all my attention. A few dropped apples later, and one of them beckons for me to follow, leading to me to another buried chest, this one containing Silver Rupee. Could have used that earlier, boy.
...you’re still a good boy though…
Before I wander too deep around the grounds of the farm here, I talk to the last person here I have yet to speak to, Dantz. He’s in one of the hay stalls, working away at carrying for all these animals. This is probably the biggest farm in the village and the only one with any livestock now that I think about it.
He guesses that I am a wanderer when he speaks to me. To be fair, it’s not as if there are a ton of humans even left in the world so any new face that isn’t a baby is probably not from around these parts. He needs help, the local deer population in nearby Retsam Forest has grown out of control and they need to be culled, and he's willing to pay me. Lucky for him I AM indeed handy with a bow, so I agree to help him. Never turn down a side-quest.
I'm plopped right in the middle of the forest after agreeing. It's not a side-quest at all, it's a mini-game! I have one minute to take out as many deer as I can, and Dantz will pay me for it when I'm done. I'll have to provide my own bow and arrows. Sounds like a deal.
Dantz wasn’t kidding, as soon as I have control of the camera again I swivel around and see a ton of deer in the woods around me. The timer is ticking, so I get to it. As soon as I begin moving, the nearby bucks raise their heads, pausing only a moment before taking off.
Should have worn the stealth suit.
The timer is still ticking, so I keep moving, just a little slower now. The deer are rather resilient, taking two hits with an arrow to take down unless I can land a head shot. I could probably just use a stronger bow, but I don’t really feel like breaking any of those so I stick to my Boko Bow.
I only manage to take out 4 on my first attempt, and Dantz rewards me with...a Blue Rupee. ...Yay. I go ahead and give it another shot - apparently I can do this as much as I like. Which in actuality very useful. I may have only gotten a few rupees, but I also managed to collect quite a bit of Raw Prime Meat, which I’m sure will come in handy cooking later.
My skills improve which each successive attempt. I switch into my stealth outfit as well, allowing me get closer to my prey before they notice. I get better with my aim as well, head-shots becoming easier and easier to land. I manage to get a few Red and Purple Rupees from Dantz for my efforts after that, as well as having a nice little stockpile of meat.
The island is...an island. There’s nothing of interest here. On the ground at least. Climbing up into the tree, among it’s branches is a single rock. And under that rock is my next Korok Seed. Thanks dude. I float back down to the ground and to my raft. Only one more stop to make.
The regular version of Retsam Forest, at least. It’s located right next to the farm of course, but now I can explore it without a timer. It’s still chock full of deer, but I leave them alone for the most part. Instead I take the opportunity to gather up resources - there are Ironshrooms, Silent Shrooms, and something new, Sunshrooms, which can raise my body temp when it’s too cold out.
I take my time gathering, leaving no stone unturned. Literally, but I don’t find any additional Koroks here. Before I leave, I put a stamp on my map on the forest - this seems like a great place to replenish resources when I need it, particularly the meat from the deer. Cartography!
I don’t bother with the raft to get back to the farm, there’s a strip of forest along Lake Sumac’s edge I can walk along. Between the grumpy old man, the woman screaming about revenge, and the guy paying me to kill a bunch of deer, this place has just been a barrel of laughs.
...let’s get to the fucking Tech Lab already.
Heart containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 36
Windmills: Watched
Sheep: Rustled
Deer Population: Murdered
Dogs: Played With
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| The face of a woman who desipises her husband. |
What do you need to watch a windmill for anyway? Why does that require sitting on a hill all day and night? Maybe you guys are just trying to avoid your problems. You can’t run from your marital issues, people. After finishing our chat, she also points me in the direction of the tech lab. Don’t really have anywhere else to go, but thanks.
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| *backs away slowly* |
Up ahead I see a woman mumbling to herself about how “They’ll all pay!” Well you seem stable and safe to talk to. Koyin here is referring to the monsters down on Hateno Beach stealing her sheep - she must be the person who wrote on the notice board earlier. She asks for my help directly, triggering yet another side-quest.
The Sheep Rustlers
Seems to be more direct than a lot of the other side-quests I’ve gotten recently. There’s a spot on the map near the coastline just south of the village that I’ll need to head to. After I get to that fucking lab.I approach the pasture, which stretches wide in front of me. The entire plain is on a cliff overlooking the rest of the village and the valley. I can see pretty much everything here. Including this odd looking blue-flaming object just outside of the city. Hmm.
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| *sobbing uncontrollably* YOU ARE THE BEST BOY |
...you’re still a good boy though…
Before I wander too deep around the grounds of the farm here, I talk to the last person here I have yet to speak to, Dantz. He’s in one of the hay stalls, working away at carrying for all these animals. This is probably the biggest farm in the village and the only one with any livestock now that I think about it.
He guesses that I am a wanderer when he speaks to me. To be fair, it’s not as if there are a ton of humans even left in the world so any new face that isn’t a baby is probably not from around these parts. He needs help, the local deer population in nearby Retsam Forest has grown out of control and they need to be culled, and he's willing to pay me. Lucky for him I AM indeed handy with a bow, so I agree to help him. Never turn down a side-quest.
I'm plopped right in the middle of the forest after agreeing. It's not a side-quest at all, it's a mini-game! I have one minute to take out as many deer as I can, and Dantz will pay me for it when I'm done. I'll have to provide my own bow and arrows. Sounds like a deal.
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| SO MUCH MEAT |
Dantz wasn’t kidding, as soon as I have control of the camera again I swivel around and see a ton of deer in the woods around me. The timer is ticking, so I get to it. As soon as I begin moving, the nearby bucks raise their heads, pausing only a moment before taking off.
Should have worn the stealth suit.
The timer is still ticking, so I keep moving, just a little slower now. The deer are rather resilient, taking two hits with an arrow to take down unless I can land a head shot. I could probably just use a stronger bow, but I don’t really feel like breaking any of those so I stick to my Boko Bow.
I only manage to take out 4 on my first attempt, and Dantz rewards me with...a Blue Rupee. ...Yay. I go ahead and give it another shot - apparently I can do this as much as I like. Which in actuality very useful. I may have only gotten a few rupees, but I also managed to collect quite a bit of Raw Prime Meat, which I’m sure will come in handy cooking later.
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| The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 2 |
Lake Sumac
Before I continue up to the lab, I’m going to finish exploring the grounds of the farm here. Right next to the field, even larger than the field itself, is a large lake, Lake Sumac, with a small island at its center with a single, large tree on it. Right next to the hay stalls and Dantz is a raft, and right next to the raft a Korok Leaf. Don’t mind if I do! I cut the raft loose and use the leaf to blow me over to the island.The island is...an island. There’s nothing of interest here. On the ground at least. Climbing up into the tree, among it’s branches is a single rock. And under that rock is my next Korok Seed. Thanks dude. I float back down to the ground and to my raft. Only one more stop to make.
Retsam Forest
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| ...you guys have to be lonely sometimes, right? |
I take my time gathering, leaving no stone unturned. Literally, but I don’t find any additional Koroks here. Before I leave, I put a stamp on my map on the forest - this seems like a great place to replenish resources when I need it, particularly the meat from the deer. Cartography!
I don’t bother with the raft to get back to the farm, there’s a strip of forest along Lake Sumac’s edge I can walk along. Between the grumpy old man, the woman screaming about revenge, and the guy paying me to kill a bunch of deer, this place has just been a barrel of laughs.
...let’s get to the fucking Tech Lab already.
Heart containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 36
Windmills: Watched
Sheep: Rustled
Deer Population: Murdered
Dogs: Played With
Friday, July 6, 2018
Monday, July 2, 2018
She's Just Not That Into You or Your Bugs
Now that I’ve washed the taste of that motion-controlled marble maze out of my mouth, It’s time to explore the rest of the town. I see a small farm and house hidden in the north, behind the armor shop - missed it on my first pass. As I approach, I see a small woman, Tamana, standing among some Cuccos and sweeping. I speak to her and she immediately accuses me of trespassing. And then apologies, offers me a free Bird Egg, and asks me to leave. ...okay. Bye.
I move on, this time to the dye shop. I figure I might as well try it out at least once while I’m here, right? I walk in, past Senna, and take a look at the inside of the place. The most unique feature of the shop is probably the two large tubs along the western wall. Above both is wooden platform, with a set of stairs along the left edge leading up. All over the shop I see posters, similar to the one in the general store showing a recipe, except these seem to be color coded rather then for a particular food item.
I go ahead and speak with the shop owner, Sayge. After a terrible dye pun, he explains the basics of the shop to me. They’ve been around for ages, but after the Calamity (I assume) gathering ingredients became too dangerous, so the shop no longer produces its own dyes. Instead, they have their customer bring in their own ingredients for dyeing. The process is fully reversible, and it only costs 20 rupees. Doesn’t seem unreasonable. Let’s give it a shot!
I switch to the Hylian set except for the head, which I swap for the Climbing Bandana. I speak with Sayge, who brings up a menu of 15 different colors to choose from - significantly more then there are posters in here - but it also shows me a nice preview image of what my clothes will look like. I scroll through the options and end up settling on a light blue. Kind of a cool feature, letting people customize their stuff like this. Can’t recall previous Zelda’s coming anywhere near this level of customization.
I’m then instructed to select five items from my inventory of the color I have selected. I pick the thing I have the most of - Blue Nightshade - most of which I gathered near Cotera’s fountain. I remember there being a lot of this all around Kakariko, so even if I was running low, gathering more won’t be an issue. Link holds them all in his arms the same way he does when cooking. He’s so awkward and adorable.
After confirming my selection, it’s cutscene time! I see link on top of the wooden platform, holding the bundle of Blue Nightshade. And then...the floor gives out, and Link is dropped directly into the tub below. That seems...excessive. But it works! I witness Link standing in is new all-blue duds. Not bad, if I say so myself.
I exit the dye shop in my new duds and head across the first bridge in the center of town. On the way I pass a few buildings, though they are all empty. A couple of homes, a windmill, and what looks like some sort of outdoor kitchen area. I almost take a few utensils to use as weapons, before I notice a woman standing on a dock next to the dye shop. Her name is Clavia, and she has a quest for me.
She points out three trees on a snowy mountain overlooking Hateno. She found a letter in an old book with a riddle: “When the three summit trees become one, turn your back to them and head toward the sea. A trail encased in stone awaits you there.” She knows that whatever the riddle is talking about is east of those trees, near Afromsia Coast. She can’t go there herself - she has a child (choices, honey) - but she knows I can. She says we can split the treasure. Now, I dunno about that, a trial means a shrine, and I don’t think you can divvy up Spirit Orbs. As we finish speaking, I can see that I have a new Shrine Quest!
Leaving Clavia, up ahead I can see the Inn, but first to the left of that is a path leading up to a large house on a hill. It’s not immediately obvious what the building is, but it seems larger than the others. There’s even a shed. The home also houses the village’s Goddess Statue in a small alcove outside. Actually, I think I remember Teebo mentioning that the chief of the village had a Goddess Statue outside of his home. I'm still one orb short of an upgrade, so I can't do anything with it for now.The inside is empty, save for another journal. The “Girl’s Journal,” as it is labelled, gives me another recipe! This one is for Pumpkin Stew. You start with a Fortified Pumpkin, then add Tabintha Wheat, Fresh Milk, and Goat Butter.
Exploring more outside of the house, I notice a figure in a nearby field that overlooks the rest of the village and valley below. His name is Reede, and he is the head of the village, the chief previously mentioned. He looks rather young to be the head of a village, but Link’s techncially over 100 years old so who can really say. He talks about how the village has managed to recover and survive after the Calamity, and let’s me know I am welcome in the village for as long as I would like.
Considering I own a home here now (again), I don’t think I count as a visitor anymore.
I leave Reede in the field and head back down the stairs, turning the corner towards the Inn. I see a man standing outside, next to a stable containing a donkey. Manny is posted here outside of the Inn every day, saying it’s his job to check out anyone suspicious in the village.
Or at least that’s what he implies. In actuality it seems like he’s kind of a creeper, instead standing out here and checking out any women who may walk by. In particular, it seems he has a really strong crush on Prima, who runs the inn. Like, really strong, strong enough to trigger another side quest!
Manny would like to know what kind of present Prima might enjoy. Not for himself, but for “his buddy’s friend.” Right. Well...why don’t we find out? I leave Manny at his post and head up into the inn.
It’s a nice little inn. Seems to have more amenities than the one in Kakariko had at least. There’s a fully stocked kitchen (I mean, as stocked as a kitchen I can’t actually interact with can be), and even a decked patio area. Sitting outside I speak with a gentleman named Worten, who tells me about various places he’s traveled to. Or tried to travel to, at least, seems like he hasn’t been able to actually get in to any of the places he’s visited. A place that was burning hot, a place he was unwelcome, a place that was too dangerous to get to and one that was too far away. I’m guessing I will be visiting these places one by one. Hopefully I get further then he did.
Back inside, I see Prima standing at the counter. When I speak to her, though, I can only talk about staying at the inn - there’s no option to talk to her about anything else. The hell? After a few attempts to make her say anything different, I went back outside to Manny, thinking I skipped a step in the quest or something. But nope, he has nothing new to say, and the info for the quest hasn’t updated either. I go back inside, this time searching through the inn’s room. Maybe there’s a diary I need to read? But still, nothing.
I walk back down to Prima, frustrated as all hell. And this time, she talks to me!
...Oh. I had to stand behind the counter for her to talk to me about non-work stuff. That’s...very specific. But at least she’s talking to me now. I ask her about what she likes, and after she begins to talk to herself, (does she not know I can hear her? I’m literally right next to her) she decides (lies) to tell me she likes crickets. She just dreams of having a collection of 100 Restless Crickets, Right.
I return to Manny with this information. I don’t really care if she’s faking it, this dude’s kind of a creeper so I’m not exactly rushing to get him with the object of his affections. He does at least confess to me that it is in fact him, and not his friend, who wants to woo Prima. And to do so he’s going collect a hundred crickets. Or, as seems much more typical for his “type,” he’s going to ask me to collect them.
He’s only asking me for 10, planning to collecting the remaining 90 himself. It’s not as though the game gives me the option to decline, but I agree. I have a few crickets on me already, 6, so I’ll only need to collect a few more. I should be able to find them around here, having found a few in the grassy plains around the village already. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for now.
Heart Containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 34
Clothes: Dyed
Village Leader: Messianic looking
Prima: Harassed (I'm so so sorry)
I move on, this time to the dye shop. I figure I might as well try it out at least once while I’m here, right? I walk in, past Senna, and take a look at the inside of the place. The most unique feature of the shop is probably the two large tubs along the western wall. Above both is wooden platform, with a set of stairs along the left edge leading up. All over the shop I see posters, similar to the one in the general store showing a recipe, except these seem to be color coded rather then for a particular food item.
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| ...this place definitely isn't a cover for a meth lab, right? |
I go ahead and speak with the shop owner, Sayge. After a terrible dye pun, he explains the basics of the shop to me. They’ve been around for ages, but after the Calamity (I assume) gathering ingredients became too dangerous, so the shop no longer produces its own dyes. Instead, they have their customer bring in their own ingredients for dyeing. The process is fully reversible, and it only costs 20 rupees. Doesn’t seem unreasonable. Let’s give it a shot!
I switch to the Hylian set except for the head, which I swap for the Climbing Bandana. I speak with Sayge, who brings up a menu of 15 different colors to choose from - significantly more then there are posters in here - but it also shows me a nice preview image of what my clothes will look like. I scroll through the options and end up settling on a light blue. Kind of a cool feature, letting people customize their stuff like this. Can’t recall previous Zelda’s coming anywhere near this level of customization.
I’m then instructed to select five items from my inventory of the color I have selected. I pick the thing I have the most of - Blue Nightshade - most of which I gathered near Cotera’s fountain. I remember there being a lot of this all around Kakariko, so even if I was running low, gathering more won’t be an issue. Link holds them all in his arms the same way he does when cooking. He’s so awkward and adorable.
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| Mood. |
I exit the dye shop in my new duds and head across the first bridge in the center of town. On the way I pass a few buildings, though they are all empty. A couple of homes, a windmill, and what looks like some sort of outdoor kitchen area. I almost take a few utensils to use as weapons, before I notice a woman standing on a dock next to the dye shop. Her name is Clavia, and she has a quest for me.
She points out three trees on a snowy mountain overlooking Hateno. She found a letter in an old book with a riddle: “When the three summit trees become one, turn your back to them and head toward the sea. A trail encased in stone awaits you there.” She knows that whatever the riddle is talking about is east of those trees, near Afromsia Coast. She can’t go there herself - she has a child (choices, honey) - but she knows I can. She says we can split the treasure. Now, I dunno about that, a trial means a shrine, and I don’t think you can divvy up Spirit Orbs. As we finish speaking, I can see that I have a new Shrine Quest!
Secret of the Cedars
Leaving Clavia, up ahead I can see the Inn, but first to the left of that is a path leading up to a large house on a hill. It’s not immediately obvious what the building is, but it seems larger than the others. There’s even a shed. The home also houses the village’s Goddess Statue in a small alcove outside. Actually, I think I remember Teebo mentioning that the chief of the village had a Goddess Statue outside of his home. I'm still one orb short of an upgrade, so I can't do anything with it for now.The inside is empty, save for another journal. The “Girl’s Journal,” as it is labelled, gives me another recipe! This one is for Pumpkin Stew. You start with a Fortified Pumpkin, then add Tabintha Wheat, Fresh Milk, and Goat Butter. |
| ...Jesus? |
Exploring more outside of the house, I notice a figure in a nearby field that overlooks the rest of the village and valley below. His name is Reede, and he is the head of the village, the chief previously mentioned. He looks rather young to be the head of a village, but Link’s techncially over 100 years old so who can really say. He talks about how the village has managed to recover and survive after the Calamity, and let’s me know I am welcome in the village for as long as I would like.
Considering I own a home here now (again), I don’t think I count as a visitor anymore.
I leave Reede in the field and head back down the stairs, turning the corner towards the Inn. I see a man standing outside, next to a stable containing a donkey. Manny is posted here outside of the Inn every day, saying it’s his job to check out anyone suspicious in the village.
Or at least that’s what he implies. In actuality it seems like he’s kind of a creeper, instead standing out here and checking out any women who may walk by. In particular, it seems he has a really strong crush on Prima, who runs the inn. Like, really strong, strong enough to trigger another side quest!
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| Is this the Hylian version of an Incel? |
A Gift for My Beloved
Manny would like to know what kind of present Prima might enjoy. Not for himself, but for “his buddy’s friend.” Right. Well...why don’t we find out? I leave Manny at his post and head up into the inn.It’s a nice little inn. Seems to have more amenities than the one in Kakariko had at least. There’s a fully stocked kitchen (I mean, as stocked as a kitchen I can’t actually interact with can be), and even a decked patio area. Sitting outside I speak with a gentleman named Worten, who tells me about various places he’s traveled to. Or tried to travel to, at least, seems like he hasn’t been able to actually get in to any of the places he’s visited. A place that was burning hot, a place he was unwelcome, a place that was too dangerous to get to and one that was too far away. I’m guessing I will be visiting these places one by one. Hopefully I get further then he did.
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| ...We all have big ass ears, you have to know I can hear you. |
I walk back down to Prima, frustrated as all hell. And this time, she talks to me!
...Oh. I had to stand behind the counter for her to talk to me about non-work stuff. That’s...very specific. But at least she’s talking to me now. I ask her about what she likes, and after she begins to talk to herself, (does she not know I can hear her? I’m literally right next to her) she decides (lies) to tell me she likes crickets. She just dreams of having a collection of 100 Restless Crickets, Right.
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| I'm older then you. |
He’s only asking me for 10, planning to collecting the remaining 90 himself. It’s not as though the game gives me the option to decline, but I agree. I have a few crickets on me already, 6, so I’ll only need to collect a few more. I should be able to find them around here, having found a few in the grassy plains around the village already. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for now.
Heart Containers: 5
Shrines Completed: 11
Koroks Found: 34
Clothes: Dyed
Village Leader: Messianic looking
Prima: Harassed (I'm so so sorry)
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