[Power Sliders Session 7!] [Okay! Last time we left our heroes they had just unfrozen a giant faerie in what turned out to be the Temple of Life. Now all the ice has melted and you find yourself inside what appears to be a soaking wet tree with some mossy rocks and such and a tunnel that the Faerie has told you to follow to meet with more of her kind.] [Begin] So who wants to go in first? * Lex shrugs a little and starts walking down the tunnel. * Henry goes second. * Cassiopeia follows! * Micah will follow Cass then. * Kyler walks in, with a last look behind him at the place where Big Faerie was. [You wind your way down a tunnel that appears to be dug through a giant tree. Roots and vines twist along the walls at your sides as you head down through the spiral tunnel. At the end of the tunnel you find yourself in a large open room made out of a hollowed out tree stump, by the looks of things. Far above you can be seen the afternoon sky.] Make sure the hero is coming Where else would he go? [Around you are five faeries considerably smaller than the one you talked to before. They all appear to have just woken up and rub their eyes sleepily as they see you approach. Each of them seems to have been frozen in one of the recesses of the room until very recently and there they stay at the present. In the center of the room is a chest.] [Link has followed you down and once he reached the room went towards the chest to open it.] * Micah will just watch Link go. * Henry checks his bracelet for signs of plot pointyness. * Cassiopeia steps aside and watches the hero do his thing, resting her scythe on a shoulder. * Kyler leans carefully against a wall, keeping an eye on the faeries and the hero. * Lex just looks around at fairies in a giant tree stump with a slightly odd look on her face. [Link fiddles with the chest for a moment and finally flings it open and reaches inside. After a few seconds he pulls out a thick black leather glove with some metal plates over it. He holds it out and shows it to the rest of you! The lute in his bag plays the familiar item discovery music!] [Meanwhile the faeries float expectantly at their spots around the room.] Er what the fucking hell is that? Uh, the power glove? It's used to lift heavy things like rocks covering stairs and other items and that sort of thing. [Link happily puts it into his bag and looks around the room at the faeries. "Weren't we supposed to talk to them about something?"] Oh, right! Right! *walks up to the faeries; waves* Hi! [The five faeries turn and tilt their heads at Cass. The one furthest on her left speaks up. "You have freed us from our imprisonment. Her majesty has requested that we reward you suitably."] * Cassiopeia grins. Great! *turns back to Henry and Link* C'mon, go get rewarded! Her majesty? That would be the...uh...lady we just talked to, back there? * Kyler gestures backwards with a thumb. * Cassiopeia scours the room for interesting baubles in the meantime. [She nods to Kyler. "Yes. Each of us will train you in one fighting technique that has been lost, frozen in time with us. These techniques will help you to save our world."] Cool! * Lex looks sharply at the fairy and says carefully, "Save your world from what, exactly?" * Kyler steps forward as Cass gets distracted. "That's awful nice of you ladies...I hate to ask this, but is this gonna take long?" [The faerie seems confused. "From the great evil from which it faces of course... That is why you have come, is it not? It was foretold that a hero would come and free the Temple of Life from stasis when the time comes to save this world from evil once again."] That's... interesting. * Cassiopeia finds a pillow and blanket in a corner! With impressive packing skills, she manages to stuff them into her bag. * Henry points at Link. "That's him." [Another faerie (the center one) speaks up to Kyler. "It will only take a moment once you decide which of us you wish to learn from."] That's really vague. But yeah, we've come to save your world from evil. Hm. Okay. [The first faerie nods. "Ah yes, well of course. But you have all assisted him. Therefore you are all heroes deserving of reward."] And what is it each of y'all do, exactly? [The first faerie nods at Kyler. "We will show you."] [She floats forward a few steps and picks up a stick on the ground. She then closes her eyes for a moment and quickly spins in place with the stick out. Then she floats back.] [The next faerie floats forward and picks up another stick. She points it at the far wall and concentrates for a moment. The stick begins to glow and then fires a perfect copy of itself made of glowing energy at the wall.] * Kyler blinks and waits in case there's anything more. * Henry nods to himself. [The third faerie whistles. As she does so, what looks like a large spider with a skull on its back crawls down the wall and towards her. She reaches down and lifts up a slingshot, takes aim, and then the seed in the slingshot glows for a moment before she fires it. When it hits, rather than being damaged the spider seems only momentarily frozen in place.] [Once it becomes mobile again it moves forward towards her and crawls up the opposite wall.] [The forth faerie moves forward as well. But she is carrying several objects. A slingshot, a stick, and a wooden mannequin type thing on a stake. She places the dummy down on the ground and backs up dropping the slingshot.] [She flies forward quickly, then up into the air and points the stick down and lands precisely on the dummy's head.] Downstab! What? [She then smiles and nods to you all. "But it can be done at range too, see?" and she goes to grab the slingshot. She performs a similar move with it. Flying forward, then up and while in the air shooting the dummy in the head before landing on the opposite side.] * Kyler actually chuckles a little bit at that one. * Micah doesn't seem interested in the demonstrations right now instead he's leaning against the wall staring off into space. * Cassiopeia is glancing back and forth between the fairies and her scythe, trying to puzzle out which would be the most useful for her. [Finally the fifth faerie comes forward and places four other dummies. She moves backward and takes out her own slingshot placing 5 seeds within it and then taking time to stare at each dummy intently. She takes careful aim and then lets the seeds go. They each spread out and strike the five dummies directly on the head. She then bows and flies back to her compartment.] * Henry claps. * Kyler nods appreciatively. "Those're really impressive. It's gonna be an honor to learn from you fine fighters." * Henry rubs his chin, and then stops to pick at something while he tries to figure out which would be best for him. * Kyler pauses for a while, then smiles a charming smile and walks over to the second fairy, hand extended. "I think your technique...suits me an' my weapon best out of all of 'em, though." He smiles at the other fairies as well, trying not to give offense. [The faerie nods and giggles at Kyler. She flies quickly around him in a swift spiral and then once she is done, his hands glow momentarily and she returns to her spot.] * Micah looks at them all and finally shrugs heading to the death from above one. "Do I have to scream DFA as I do it? It's the only one that doesn't make me look like a damn fucking ballet dancer. * Cassiopeia glances at the faeries. "Well, third and fifth are out. Second's kinda my style, but I'm pretty sure I can already toss something at folks... and I know I'm not coordinated enough to pull off the jumping thingee without falling on my face. So!" * Cassiopeia walks up to the first faerie. "Lay it on me, baby!" So, uh, if I'm not good at jumping, will the downstab make me better at it, or does it have some sort of prereq? * Kyler smiles down at his hands and back at the faerie. "Thanks, miss." [The faerie nods and does a similar dance to the one with Kyler. She spins around Cass and soon Cass is spinning, too. Then once she's done she returns to her spot and Cass ceases spinning. "Done!"] Spinspinspinmmmbrainspinspinspinwooooooooooo... [The faerie shakes her head at Henry. "We will teach you!"] * Henry blinks. "Okay, I'll take it. The mobility'll be good." * Henry walks over to the jumpy faerie. * Lex stands watching with a look of faint concentration, then presents herself in front of the fifth fairy and makes an open-handed gesture. [The jumpy faerie floats over to Henry and giggles. Then she does a spirally dance too. Except then she floats up into the air taking Henry with her. Once she is done she stops and Henry falls to the ground and hits the ground without any pain. She laughs and floats back down. "Hooray!" And she heads back to her spot.] Thanks! * Henry jumps away from her, just to see what'll happen. * Cassiopeia stops spinning after a few moments, and shakes her head. "... not dizzy. Cool." [The fifth faerie flies over to Lex and flies in circles around her and then at the end of it she flies out in front of Lex and Lex sees five of the same faerie smiling back at her and then they merge into one. "Yay!" And she flies back into her spot.] * Katsuo watches the displays and thinks to himself. "Very useful utility... Freeze shot very good. And hip!" * Katsuo walks to the third fairy and places his hand open towards her. * Lex blinks and looks around at Henry and Cass. This doesn't seem like the place to test her ability. [The third faerie giggles and flies out in front of Katsuo. Then she, like the others, spins around him and starts him spinning too. After spinning them both really fast they both appear to freeze momentarily. "Weee!" She flies back to her spot.] [The jumpy faerie laughs at Micah. "You can scream whatever you want!" She flies out and around him and then floats him up like she did to Henry. Then, just like Henry she drops him to the ground with a painless *thud!* Then she does a flip and floats back down. "Hee!" And back into her spot!] [Link, by the way, approaches the one with the energy sword thing and gets her treatment before stepping back. "Alright! Let's go! Temple's not done yet! We don't have the gem!"] Lead on, then. Ready to go! [The faeries smile and wave "Good luck, heroes!"] * Henry waves at them. "Thanks!" * Kyler shrugs and nods at Link, then turns around to give a last smile and nod to the faeries. "Thanks again, ladies!" * Kyler then follows Link out. * Micah shrugs and barely waves before he follows Link. * Katsuo bows to the fairies. "Thank you, your help is appreciated." [Then one of the walls that had seemed a solid mesh of roots unwraps itself and creates a door which Link heads through and up another ramp.] * Katsuo follows Link! * Cassiopeia does a quick (non-scythey) spin, then follows the group. * Lex follows along also. [Once at the top of the ramp you all find yourself faced with an open door and a large boulder on the other side of it. Link furrows his brow for a moment, and then he pulls on his new glove and struggles against the boulder for a moment before lifting it over his head and walking back out into... the entry room!"] * Henry walks, pondering that if he were to go more tank like, then maybe the AoE would have been better... ...wait. We just went in a big ol' circle? Yeah, but now we've got the glove so we, er, Link can move things he couldn't before. True. Backtracking. Everyone loves backtracking. [The entry room, though, like the rest of the temple is now completely thawed and appears to be made of wood and rocks. Link looks around and heads out of the temple where you can hear him gasp!] And these new weapon attacks, too. Eh? * Kyler follows Yes, backtrack classic gameplay design in Zelda. * Katsuo runs out after Link. Whahappen? * Henry runs out. * Micah shrugs. "Sure whatever. What's with the gasping one?" * Lex joins the general rush out the door to find out what the commotion's about. [Outside the door to the temple, you can see that all the ice on the continent has melted and you find yourself on a lush green paradise. The temple itself appears to be made out of a large tree and the solid ground that you walked in from now appears to have melted and you can see that the great spiral continues downward even more.] Wow. Amazing! At least we won't freeze This place's bigger than I thought. * Lex's eyes widen, but she doesn't say anything. [All of the ramps that you traveled here on actually seem to have been frozen waterfalls and now act accordingly. They carry water down the ramps and then it falls off onto a lower ramp and continues. The spiral seems, in fact, to be one giant series of waterfalls leading to what appears to be a pond at the bottom.] ...h-oooohkay. That's...hm. This is gonna be interesting. * Lex sighs faintly. "That doesn't look like it's going to be any easier to get down than the ice. And I hope there's another way out." [Session End]