Victor's search is in vain. Every weapon, piece of armor, or other item have been confiscated. He can only hope that the Hakiems, not knowing the harp's value, have merely put it with the rest of their stuff.

Blank has no more success with his ropes than Victor had. All he gets for his efforts is a bunch of pain shooting up his arms.

However, fortune has not left the group yet. Within the span of a few minutes, Rose locates the knots around Grenada's wrists. Doubtless the woody structure of a Deku's body makes it more difficult to tie a sufficient knot, because after about five minutes of struggling against her own bonds, the mercenary's begin to loosen. In no time at all, the Deku's hands are free - sore, but free.

Grenada immediately starts turning to untie Rose's ropes, but stops short as a shadow falls across the window. He quickly puts his arms behind his back as the door opens up. A lone Hakiem stands there. "Well, well...leave for a fifteen minute lunch break and everybody starts getting all rowdy."

He eyes the small group of Victor, Grenada, Rose, Link, and Denning. "Don't even think about escape," he says. "You guys are all deep in our base. There's no chance that you could get out alive." He brandishes his Deku Sword, giving you the chance to spot a red handkerchief tied around his upper arm. Victor and Grenada, who were at the Golden Battle, may remember Alpha indicating that this is the sign of a Hakiems initiate.


In the next room over, Shada sighs. "We searched for the Hakiems' base for years," she mutters. "Figures we'd find it like this..."


The door to Victor's cell closes abruptly, leaving the group in the dark again. But the guard stays put this time. You might consider being a bit more quiet from now on.

ehh. Azador wakes up, his eyesight was still a little foggy.. he saw some people walking around... After a few seconds he saw all clear again....

What!.. Three sheikah's stand next to him...
what is happening are you the Hakiem?

If so, I would like a word with your "superiors"

OOC: Uh, Azador, you're in the same room as Shada, Arco, Dogura, Raven, and Nogare. There aren't any Hakiems there.

But if you really want an audience with the Leaders, I guess I could arrange it...but you'll probably miss out on a lot of the dungeon. What's your choice?

When he realized that his harp was gone, Victor let out a few frantic "No!"s. He searched for a few more minutes as if hoping that he might have missed it somehow, only to further confirm his fear. He would've shouted out in frustration had the guard not entered the room.

The Bard noticed the red hankerchief and did indeed recall the meaning of the handkerchief, and he realized that this would probably make their escape a little easier. Still, he mourned the loss of his harp as if it were a living person, and vowed to get it back no matter what. Sighing heavily, he decided to report his find- or rather, his loss- to the others. The Bard pushed himself towards the wall a little more so that Blank might hear his whisper as well.

"Hey, guys, my harp is gone. I think they took all our stuff when they put us in here..."

Blank winced yet again, the pain skyrocketing up his arms and straight into his shoulders. Unable to hear Victor's statement due to his grunts of frustration, he collapsed in exhaustion, letting himself fall back against the wall (and the rock, unfortunately). He heard the guard speaking to the others in the next cell over, and immediately stifled his growing shouts of anger. Sidling across the room to Tayro now, he whispered as quietly as he could. "Tayro, Grenada's binds are off in the next room. Maybe you can get mine off."

The nomad showed the scholar his roped hands behind his back, and then waited patiently, hoping Tayro was able to undo the awful tethers.

OOC: I'll be heading off to work soon, so I'll be gone before long. Of course, Alpha, you can control Blank freely until I get back. In about six hours

OOC: oke, sorry i didn't get it...
act like it didn't happen oke?

IC: can't people have a proper nap around here?

Whats going on.. in here eh.. wy i am tight up in the first place.

Once the guard is gone, Grenada gets up and brushes himself off. Hearing Victor's discovery, he quickly searches his own person, soon realizing that he is missing his Deku Sword and L1 Chainmail. The Deku looks at the bard sympathetically, but gets back to the business at hand, quickly turning back to Rose and working on her knots. Once she is free, he goes to Victor, then Denning and Link.

Once all five are free, Grenada brings them all into a huddle. "Okay, so what do we do about that guard? We have to take him out somehow."


Shada looks at Azador jealously, wishing she could be resting on a pile of hay like he is. "The Hakiems. They got us, Azador..." she says sadly.

OOC: If you want, Azador, you can have your little meeting...you'll just miss a bunch of the challenges the other guys have to face.

"I'd say burn the door down, but they probably have my Scroll of Fire," Rose says sourly.

OOC:maybe a little later oke?

Are these hakiems nuts.. or something FIRE.. the little rope that was tight around azador burned away..

wasn't that hard was it?

eh.. my hair its burning!.. water WATEr please...

Hearing the voices of his comrades made him feel slightly better.
"Everyone! Are you alright?!"-he asked, trying to see if the others could hear him.
As he waited, he boticed Blank trying to get himself free from the ropes binding him, and a pool of blood near him.
"Blank! You're bleeding!"

Trying to approach the Nomad, he noticed a Hakiem storming in a room adjacent to his.
Oh just you wait! Let me just get my hands on you and I'll...
His thought's interrupted the sudden close of the cell door in the other room.
When he noticed, Blank was already beside him. Hearing Blank's request, he promptly let out a "Sure!"
HE moved closer to Blank's hands, noticing his ropes were quite tight
"This might hurt a bit."
Gioseppa said my teeth were quite strong. Let's see if that holds true.
He then started to chew on Blank's ropes.

At the sound of a fire, the Hakiem glances into Azador and Shada's room. In a split second, the door flies open and the Hakiem suddenly looms over Azador's burning form. Not bothering to put out the flames, he reaches inside the man's clothes and grabs the Scroll of Fire that someone had mistaken left on Azador's person. Before anyone can do anything else, he rushes back out, slamming the door behind him.

But he leaves the mage untied. Almost as if Azador is seen as no threat...


Tayro's teeth have no better luck than the rocks. Without a free pair of hands, it seems that the binds are going no where.

Blank sighs unhappily. "I guess it was just because he was a Deku then. Forget it Tayro, we'll try again in a little bit."


Grenada nods sorrowfully towards Rose. "They took all our stuff, it seems. We'll have to make due with our natural talents..."

FAVOR OF THE GODESS.. the fire dissapeard with out a trace..
aah thats better...
eh.. guys what are we going to do now...need some fire?

Rose lets out a chuckle. "My best natural talent is playing my flute, and the Hakiems took that too. Not that it would help us much."

eeh.. arn't there any other mages out here... or do i have to bass the door with some magic? But that would make a lott of nloise.. so a whole army of hakiems could be waiting for us..

A small smile forms on Shada's face as she tries to find even a little humor in Azador's comment. But she can't. So, still serious, she says, "We could all use a little fire, Azador. But you're right, that would only bring them here. We have to escape with as little noise as possible." She suddenly perks up as she realizes that Azador is free. "Hey! Could you untie my ropes?"


Grenada chuckles along with Rose. He needs it. The entire group needs some source of relief from the overwhelming dread of being captured by the Hakiems Tribe.

He slowly glances around. "Victor's talent is music too, and he can heal us with Favor of the Goddesses...Denning can pray - we could sure use some of that right now - fight, and use Shadowmeld...Link can...be Link..." He trails off. "I can kill and fight. And spit Deku Nuts out of my mouth."


OOC: SL, I know that you're an admin and all that, but...well, you didn't sign up. Soon as RG gets here, he'll have to delete it.

The main reason I'm doing this is because no one - and I sure as heck mean NO ONE - knows where the Hakiems' base is. Darilan, frankly, couldn't just stumble across it. So, sorry SL.

But, with that said, can this still be an Event?