A Game of Gods: Infinities

"He was very sad. A brave man who fought for his friends. But his mission for the Goddesses haunted him. But I'm proud to see he found love and had another hero as a descendant."

Bowser, being right next to the portal was sucked right it.

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He landed a few inches behind Recette.

Link nodded, seeming thoughtful for a moment.

It seemed that he had inherited a far greater legacy than he had imagined.

Then, he smiled. "I'm not some great Hero. I'm a rancher who happens to be good with a sword, that's all."

"You still haven't answered my question about where we are, by the way."

"You're in a different world. I'll explain later."

"Ok, then."

Link continued looking around the shop.

A different world? Interesting.

How would he do this? He had to do something to help this girl and her business...

But what?

"Um, hello," Fluttershy greeted Link, slowly trotting up to him. "My name is Fluttershy," she said. She nervously kicked out her leg.

Sly looked at the newly arrived Link. "Sly Cooper, at your service." He left out the 'master thief' part. It was bad form to mention that kind of thing within earshot of a shopkeeper. He looked down at Fluttershy, noting the large bruise on her head. "That looks pretty nasty. Anyone here have something that can fix it?"

"Hey, you! Can I buy something for this poor horse's head?" Shotaro asked Recette.

"Fluttershy! Your head! You're OK?!"

Link blinked twice.

A talking pony... and a... something.

What?

"Um... Nice to meet you. I'm Link."

He nodded to both of them.

What is going on? Whatever world I'm in doesn't seem to be very normal....

He gestured to Fluttershy's wound.

"I might have just the thing for that. Hold on a second."

Pulling out a bottle of Red Potion, he gave it to the pony.

"Just rub it into the surface of the bruise. Or drink it. It's very good at curing injuries. Trust me, I know."

He smiled warmly.

edited 26th Jul '11 11:16:33 PM by troydenite

-Once again finding himself transported to a strange place, Donkey Kong proceeds to terrify any opposition away, slamming the ground repeatedly, bellowing then beating his chest for those that might not have gotten the message.-

Garland had been sucked into the portal along with everyone else, and pulled himself to his feet in the shop, watching the translation failure with some interest.

"We are to aid the girl in selling her wares, then?" He asked of the man who called himself The Doctor.

A moogle would be more suited to this task than I, he thought.

"I wish I knew. Usually the Nomads would give a hint by this point."

This post was thumped by the Eldritch Flyswatter of Horror

Fluttershy was nervous at how everyone was so worried about her bruise. "Um, is it really that bad?" she asked. Then he squeaked in pain. Yes, definitely that bad, she thought. She would have protested to Link giving her his red potion and merely ask for some ice, but she looked around the store and did not find any sort of refrigerator or an ice box around.

"Um, thank you," she said, accepting the bottle. The pony carefully used her teeth to pull the cork out of the bottle and started to drink it, sitting on her haunches and using her front hooves to balance the bottle. The pony looked incredibly cute and adorable while doing it.

Recette blinked, taken aback by this response.

"You're... you're going to help me pay off my debt?" she asked, slightly disbelieving. "I... thank you so much! I mean, I really enjoy running Recettear, but I was getting a little bit worried today and I was kind of thinking that I might not have enough money to pay for this week..."

"You got to pay it weekly? Oh you poor girl. Take a rest."

"Hm... Say, Link, do you got any more of those potions? I think they will be good items for sale." Shotaro asked Link.

"A rest?" Recetee looked shocked at that thought. "No, I love running my shop! But... your help would be really nice... you could help me collect trasure, or maybe run my shop when I can't."

"I'll help you with the store then. You got a helper right?"

"Treasure hunting sounds nice," Fluttershy said to Recette after drinking down the potion, the bruise feeling much better. "What does that involve?" she asked.

The downside to Saren's tether technique was that now three Champions were holding on by Rey's crowbar- a device hardly enough for Rey alone. The wrestler was exceedingly lucky the tool freed itself from the ground before it was yanked from his grasp, and now those two followed Lux into the violent portal.

Roughly half the champions found themselves spit out onto a cold stone platform instead of inside Reccetear. The platform was illuminated only by the blue glow of a crystal that formed the top of the sword of a statue behind them, and an incredibly large blue crystal hovering over a well of some sort in front of them. Beyond this well was a further stone terrace, three statues guarding three entrances to it in front of them, arranged from left to right. Behind them were two walls, making the platform they now rested on the top of a roughly triangle-shaped base, the base of the triangle instead an arc in front of them on which the aforementioned entrances were placed.

Beyond this base structure, it was clear why the entire area was dark; the Champions found themselves surrounded by rock, deep in an underground cave. The chamber was very large, easy enough for even the Autobots to navigate should they find themselves there. There must have been some sort of aquifer nearby, or this structure was part of a gargantuan underground water reservoir, because all around them in the walls of this cave water flowed in falls brilliantly illuminated by blue glowing crystals, similar but smaller and less intense than those that made the components of the base in which they sat.

In front of them stood a man◊ who at first glance would be intimidating◊, in his spiky armor and decidedly unnatural build and hue. The helmet was not just for show; ragged breathing could be heard through the respirator, if any of the champions were familiar with Darth Vader the connection would be immediate. A closer look would reveal this man, if such a term could still apply, was visibly exhausted.

The man stood silently, a blade of what could only be termed negative space glowing from one of his gauntlets. Around his feet small, geometric lines skittered along the ground at random angles while he hovered above them He scrutinized the Champions critically, as if waiting for some sort of coherent response.

They were a lot more normal than he was expecting.

Luxanna slowly sat up from where she landed, saved any horrific injuries by Rey cushioning her fall. She had managed to snag all her gear except her armor, she noted with dismay; it may now be lost forever. She started to don all the equipment, the bandolier carrying Galen's lightsaber in a slot which normally carried a potion. Only after she was all situated did she finally look around to what was creating the light sources.

When her eyes fell on the well in the center of the base, and the giant crystal it held, her face went ghostly pale, her eyes wide. Eventually catching sight of the figure in front, she mouthed a silent no... before slowly walking to him, eventually collapsing to her knees at his feet.

"Why did you bring me back..."

The figure eyed her stoically. "Some of us were wondering where you went..."

Despite his best efforts, the sword he was using as an anchor shattered under the strain and vanished as Archer was sucked into the portal.

With an annoyed groan Archer picked himself up off of the stone he now found himself on, rubbing his throbbing head. That was not the best of landings to be sure. He idly noticed that his shades were gone, not that he would need them anymore upon seeing the dank area they found themselves in. He noticed the blond girl on her knees, looking pretty distraught. He would leave that up to her friends for now and figure out what was going on.

Scorpion looked around the room. It was quite an ominous room with its stone construction. If there were skeletons chained to the walls, he would have thought himself in Goro's Lair.

"Back?" said Scorpion. "Luxanna, you know this man?"

Erio sat up on the stone.

"Wha... What just happened?"