OOC: Out of line?! Far from it! I wish more people would do stuff like this!
. . . though Sovelis may well be changing his mind after this next post.
IC:
Zaboorak can't help but laugh, not only at Sovelis' betrayal but also his questions.
'Well, well, well . . . yesss, thisss mussst be the Tempessst I have heard about . . . quite intriguing.' The Zora flashes a grin as he turns Allconus' face in the Human's direction, allowing him to see the glitter in his eyes that is transferred as well. "You wisssh to aid usss in exchange for the Triforsce'sss power? I am happy to obli -"
A loud, long laugh interrupts the puppet, and all turn to face General Noval as his frame shakes from humor. "Don't even try it, Zaboorak!" he calls out, smile stretching from ear to ear as his chuckles echo throughout the throne room. His closed eyes drop towards the floor as he shakes his head, and then his gaze reappears, a sly look on his face as he stares straight at the man. "Tell the truth - you don't have the Triforce. You went to the Tower, had your Hakiems search it . . . and they found nothing at all."
Veldam's mouth drops as he twists to face the General, allowing Shada and Koura's wild stuttering to make up for his own speechlessness. Allconus' face is suddenly frozen, for the Zora does not want them to see the storm of curses that are emerging from his mouth, and momentarily breaks off the direct controlling of his puppet that he's been using - all of which only serves to confirm Noval's words. Finally after a few moments of silence in the chamber, Allconus' eyes narrow. When he finally speaks again, the voice is low, only a trace of anger in it, but sounding somehow . . . feral.
". . . and ssso you demonssstrate the reassson we came here for you, General: your Royal Elite Remnant hasss accesss to information even we Hakiemsss lack." The councilor abruptly stands upright, drawing a sword from his belt that had somehow escaped the notice of all those present. "It is prescisssely asss you have sssaid.
"Why did we come here? What are our plansss now? It isss your turn to tell the truth, Richarn, and I sssuggessst you not hold anything back." The scraping of metal against sheathes emerges into the air as the three L2 Hakiems draw their own weapons. The fourth Sheikah, the one with the white robes drawn around him, only sits back and grins as he awaits the revelation.
Allconus roars. "You know the identitiesss and locationsss of ALL the other Golden Onesss! Do you not?!"
Shada's mouth drops as she turns towards the General.
'He knows?! Is that even possible?!' Noval's lips purse together, as certain a reply as Zaboorak's silence had been.
Allconus finally shrugs. "I expected nothing lesss. Why do you think we invaded the cassstle? Two reasssonsss." He begins to pace about the dais, waving the sword around almost casually as his left hand rises into the air. He holds up two fingers. "The firssst: to draw you here. It wasss obviousss that if the Royal Family came under attack, you would russsh to do your idiotic duty and defend them with your pathetic little life.
"The sssecond: ssso that we could have a bit of . . . leverage . . . to get what we want. No matter what loyaltiesss you might feel towardsss my golden kind, undoubtedly your king and princesss are of a higher priority." At this moment he stops, throwing a side glance at the fourth of the Hakiems. "Would you care to explain the rulesss of thisss engagement . . . General Laxin?"
A sharp intake of breath is heard from several of those gathered as those last words are uttered -
General Laxin. Noval suddenly feels the blood draining from his face as he takes an involuntary step backwards. The Hakiems Tribe has only five 'Generals', and they are the most powerful of the Sheikah's numbers. For a General to actually be here . . .
Shada's thoughts sum it up the best:
'We're dead.'
The white haired, white clothed Sheikah strides up to where the King and Zelda sit, and it is at this moment that anyone curious will notice something strange about the pair: they sit calmly in their thrones, eyes closed and without emotion on their face, almost as if they are asleep. Certainly they are not reacting to anything that happens in the room. "Watch this," the Hakiem says calmly, drawing back a knuckle and hurling it towards King Harkinian himself.
Only to have it stops short as it hits something solid. A shimmer of energy can be seen at the point of impact, roughly five feet away from His Majesty. The shimmering moves along in a spherical motion, revealing the otherwise invisible barrier that has formed around the Royal Family members. "As you can see, these two are utilizing their magical essence to create a rather strong barrier . . . though not one that will stop us. We've been waiting for you all to arrive before we break it, but now that you're here . . ."
From behind his back, out of nowhere at all, an enormous spiked hammer emerges in his right hand. It is shaped similarly to the Megaton Hammer, having a pointed end that looks sharp as a needle and the opposite end a hexagonal surface - though this sledge is much, much bigger than even the Hero of Time could have hoped to wield. The handle is as long as a staff and roughly a foot in diameter, save in a pair of spots that are a bit slimmer and obviously where he can grip the weapon, and the entire surface shimmers with a dark gleam - black gold, one of the rarest and strongest substances in the world. "So here's the deal: either you divulge the information, and we'll pardon you all for killing our numbers, leaving at once . . . or you can get through these three Hakiems
and Councilor Allconus before I crack through this barrier and kill them both.
"Your choice, but I suggest you make it quick - this weapon of mine ain't just for show."
Hakiems L2 x 3
STR – 4; DEF – 5; AGI – 7; INT – 3; SPI – 6; SPL – 40; HP – 50
Items – Gilded Sword
Abilities – Shadowmeld, Avenging Strength L4, Elemental Burst L3, Disarm L3, Unarmed Combat L4, Shield L2, Jump L2
Brainwashed Councilor: Sir Yaen Allconus
STR – 2; DEF – 12; AGI – 3; INT – 4; SPI – 7; SPL – 50; HP – 60
Items – Gilded Sword, L1 Chainmail
Known Abilities – Elemental Burst L2, Life L1
Laxin, General of Wind
STR – 14; DEF – 10; AGI – 18; INT – 10; SPI – 22; SPL – 200; HP – 600
Items – Hurricane Hammer, L1 Chainmail, Gust Rings x 10
Known Abilities – Shadowmeld, Almighty Vengeance, Elemental Burst L3, Unarmed Combat L4, Shield L2, Jump L2
Their Majesties' Barrier - 300 HP Remains
Almighty Vengeance - this technique can only be learned by the Generals of the Hakiems Tribe. Whenever a fellow member of the Hakiems Tribe is killed, a Hakiem General gains +1 to all stats. This ability can stack on top of itself. In addition, once Almighty Vengeance has been invoked, the General's physical attacks deal twice as much DMG (this does not stack).