Tales of Link
Starlight Sinking Into the Blue
Starlight Sinking Into the Blue
Chapter 2: The Country of Hidden Darkness, Clariye
Scene 1: The Land of Clariye, Startraw video link here!
Rocked by waves atop the surface of the ocean, we wait for time to pass.
Sara: The moon is behind the clouds. Now's a good time.
Lippy: Understood. Let's weigh anchor and start moving.
Lippy: Hm, how about over there?
Kana: The reef in front of us?
Lippy: The waves are rough enough that no one will spot us.
Sara: That's true enough, but how are we going to reach it?
--Even in the dark of night, we can tell how how rough it is around the reef in front of us.
It would normally be impossible to even approach the raging waves and jutting rocks of the cliff.
Lippy: Now is the time to show off the true worth of this ship…
Lippy: It's one of the useful features that I installed in the course of my overnight work. Leave it to my Super Chain Cannon.
Zephyr: That's not the kind of name you'd give a useful feature.
Lippy: The ship will rock a little, so please get down and find something to hold on to.
Lippy: And… Master Zephyr, it will make a little bit of a loud noise. Could you please help with a wind arte just to be safe?
Zephyr makes a small sign with his hands and casts the arte.
Zephyr envelops the whole ship in a magical wind.
By containing the atmospheric vibrations within this wind, sounds won't reach outside.
Lippy: Thank you very much. --Well then, let us begin~!
Smiling happily, Lippy holds his hand over the control panel.
Just as we were told, we get down and curl up, holding onto nearby ropes and bracing ourselves.
Kana: Hmm. I wonder what'll happen.
Zephyr: Well, aren't you excited.
Kana: Of course! It's like a jack-in-the-box.
Sara: ...to tell the truth, I'm kind of excited too.
Zephyr smiles wryly at their embarrassed expressions.
Zephyr: Well, it's fine to have fun… but make sure you hold on tight. You'll get blown away if you don't.
Kana: …? ...Zephyr, do you know something about Lippy's useful features?
Lippy: I'm starting it!
Lippy: Super Chain Cannon! Fire!
Lippy pours magical power into the control panel.
And then--
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
With a thunderous roar, the prow of the ship shoots off like a giant lance and heads for the cliff wall.
Sara: Ehhhhhh!?
The ship lurches sharply with the force of the ejection.
Kana: Waaaah!?
Kana flies into the air from the unexpected shock--
Zephyr: --I told you so!
--but Zephyr grabs her and hauls her back onto the ship.
Following our shouts of surprise, the next sound that comes is--
Clank clank clank. As the prow launches, it drags along a chain that clangs wildly and drowns out our voices.
And then--
--BOOOOM!
The ship's prow pierces deep into the cliff.
Lippy: Hm. It hit just where I expected. This should be fine. Now let's keep going.
Lippy manipulates the control panel again, and the sound of the chain scraping comes from inside the ship.
--At the same time.
The lax chain suddenly goes taut, and the ship proceeds toward the cliff face over the rough waves.
The chain is probably wound around some kind of reel, which is translating into propulsive force that pulls us toward the cliff.
Lippy: There! ...My. I'm glad it went smoothly!
As the ship proceeds, Lippy stands at the fore, chest slightly puffed with pride.
The other four of us share one thought.
Four: (How in the world… did Lippy make that…)
Lippy: ...hm?
Pulled forward by the chain, we make land on the untamed coast.
The boat is securely anchored to the neighboring cliff so that it doesn't float away.
Lippy: And lastly, let's reinforce it with a magic circle.
Lippy draws a small magic circle on the deck of the ship.
There's a faint light and then he's finished.
Kana: What did you do?
Lippy: It's a small barrier magic. It has multiple functions woven in, including strengthening, decreasing the likelihood of outside detection, and repelling monsters.
Lippy: And if the ship leaves the island or anything happens, an alert will be sent to my SMARTPHON.
Sara: That's really cool!
Zephyr: A barrier magic, huh… you're right, we should at least set up that much.
From Zephyr's tone, he isn't thinking about the rough waves.
I feel the same way.
Link: That's true…
Sara: …? What's wrong, you two?
Zephyr: Envoys are naturally sensitive to the presence of evil.
Allen: ...we can sense things you normally wouldn't be able to.
Kana: So do you sense the presence of evil?
Link: Yes… ever since we reached this island…
Link: It's indescribable… like the whole island is wrapped in evil
Sara: It has to be the effect of the Seed of Ruin, right?
Zephyr: I sense that too… but I don't think that's all there is to it. Though it's not really clear...
Kana: But it really seems to be bothering you…
Sara and Kana look worried--
And so we smile at them.
Link: Sorry for worrying you. It's okay.
Zephyr: We do sense something weird, but we're traveling to find the Seeds. It happens all the time. Of course we're gonna worry before we start looking into it.
Link: For now, let's start by setting up camp nearby. We'll go to the town once the sun rises.
Link: We have to find out if anything strange has been happening.
Sara: Okay, got it!
Kana: Then let's set up camp! Sara and I will pitch the tent!
Lippy: I will prepare our sleeping places!
And so our first night in Clariye passes--
In the morning. Once the sun rises, we begin to move towards the town.
No comments:
Post a Comment