08-07-2015, 08:57 PM
He hit the ground running, sword in hand and ready to be drawn. Black smoke filled his vision as the heat grew more intense the further he ran. A brief moment of blindness as the smoke finally thinned out and light filled his vision, then surprise. Rin had arrived in the Ashen Steppes, though he didn't know that himself, and what he expected to be a town on fire, turned out to be a mountain surrounded by the same black smoke that came from the gate that lead to this place. "Cool!" The first words to leave his mouth, just like the first time he laid eyes upon The Nexus.
The son of Satan was easily impressed, so seeing such a large mountain in person was really something to him. "Wait.. There's something I we need to do here.." He thought, scanning the area for what could be burning. But there was little luck finding a specific place or thing, as the entire place seemed to be one big melting pot, where whatever could burn, likely already was. The occasional break in the ash that covered the sky revealed a red hue, indicating that the skies were not their normal color.
Without even thinking about waiting for Shulk, Rin began walking into this unknown world, examining whatever he thought was interesting. This happened to be just about everything, so it's not like he could get too far ahead anyways. He stopped to look into a large crack in the earth, and could see so far down that even lava was visible. All of this cool stuff made the young demon have what seemed like a permanent "wow" face..
Continuing, he came across the start of a long passage leading up the mountain. He was just about to start walking up it, when he remembered his traveling companion and decided to wait. That is, until a boulder began rolling down the passage, and straight towards Rin. Running was the first thing he thought of, so that's exactly what he did. Then the strangest thing happened, when he ran out of the path of this boulder, it made a sharp turn to continue following him!
"What the hell!" He exclaimed as he continued running away. The path Rin was running would lead right back to where he started. No matter how fast the demon ran, which was quite fast due to his heightened physical abilities, the boulder seemed to go that much faster. This made it impossible for Rin to get away, since he was moving to fast to simply dodge, and the fact the boulder would probably just turn to follow him..
He was almost back to the entrance, when Shulk suddenly ran out of the black smoke where Rin had done the same, forcing him to stop. The boulder was already close enough to squash the demon if he lost any speed, so abruptly stopping wasn't the best thing to happen to him. There it was, the boulder that would likely end his life. It was almost like it was moving in slow motion, slowly rolling toward the two masses of flesh in bone, ready to smash them both underneath it's mass. He watched as it's form shifted from the familiar spheric shape, into a creature with arms and legs. His time was soon. Wait..
"What!?" Rin asked as he lowered his leg and hands after they were used to hide himself. The boulder, or what was once a boulder, had turned into some rock-person. This rock-person laughed at the demon's surprise, and opened his mouth to speak.
"Welcome to Death Mountain, bruthas." It said in a low, rough sounding voice, "Sorry to say, but it's probably not a good idea for you two to be here right now. A dragon named Volvagia and his cronies have been terrorizing this place for a while." The goron seemed to shift a little after he mentioned the dragon's name, but still held his ground, trying to prevent the two from passing.
"I guess it's you're lucky day!" Rin said with a confident smile, "We came here thinking someone was in trouble, and it looks like were right. Where do we sign up?" He was very intent on helping these creatures, even if he had no idea what they were, or if they were the dangerous ones.
"Whoa brutha! Do you know what you could be getting yourself into?" The Goron asked, surprised about how headstrong the kid was.
"I don't care, you're in danger, right? Let's go!" The goron almost seemed put off by this, but shrugged and invited them to their village a ways up the mountain. The two accepted this offer and followed the creature as he led them up the path. The mountain, or what Rin thought was a mountain, turned out to be a volcano, which would occasionally spew lava or more of the familiar black smoke. Thankfully the trio didn't encounter any dangerous monsters on their way up, and were able to make it to the village with relative ease.
The village itself was what you might expect from one so close to a volcano, small, in a cave, and dark save for the occasional torch that helped light the way. There were many goron in this village, and each one they passed with a greeting along the line of "Hey brutha," which began getting a little annoying to Rin. There was eventually a light that could be seen at the end of the tunnel, and when they walked out, there was a much more spacious area before them. It was a large, roughly circular area made up of several levels, each one becoming smaller as you went down.
There were far more goron in this place than the tunnels, and hey all came to greet the two. They were surrounded by rock-people now, each one greeting them or asking where they were from. The one that had approached them at the base of the mountain spoke up to talk over the rest, "If you're still wanting to take on Volvagia.." the rest of the goron became silent at the mention of the dragon, "Then follow me, I'll take you to the elders."
The son of Satan was easily impressed, so seeing such a large mountain in person was really something to him. "Wait.. There's something I we need to do here.." He thought, scanning the area for what could be burning. But there was little luck finding a specific place or thing, as the entire place seemed to be one big melting pot, where whatever could burn, likely already was. The occasional break in the ash that covered the sky revealed a red hue, indicating that the skies were not their normal color.
Without even thinking about waiting for Shulk, Rin began walking into this unknown world, examining whatever he thought was interesting. This happened to be just about everything, so it's not like he could get too far ahead anyways. He stopped to look into a large crack in the earth, and could see so far down that even lava was visible. All of this cool stuff made the young demon have what seemed like a permanent "wow" face..
Continuing, he came across the start of a long passage leading up the mountain. He was just about to start walking up it, when he remembered his traveling companion and decided to wait. That is, until a boulder began rolling down the passage, and straight towards Rin. Running was the first thing he thought of, so that's exactly what he did. Then the strangest thing happened, when he ran out of the path of this boulder, it made a sharp turn to continue following him!
"What the hell!" He exclaimed as he continued running away. The path Rin was running would lead right back to where he started. No matter how fast the demon ran, which was quite fast due to his heightened physical abilities, the boulder seemed to go that much faster. This made it impossible for Rin to get away, since he was moving to fast to simply dodge, and the fact the boulder would probably just turn to follow him..
He was almost back to the entrance, when Shulk suddenly ran out of the black smoke where Rin had done the same, forcing him to stop. The boulder was already close enough to squash the demon if he lost any speed, so abruptly stopping wasn't the best thing to happen to him. There it was, the boulder that would likely end his life. It was almost like it was moving in slow motion, slowly rolling toward the two masses of flesh in bone, ready to smash them both underneath it's mass. He watched as it's form shifted from the familiar spheric shape, into a creature with arms and legs. His time was soon. Wait..
"What!?" Rin asked as he lowered his leg and hands after they were used to hide himself. The boulder, or what was once a boulder, had turned into some rock-person. This rock-person laughed at the demon's surprise, and opened his mouth to speak.
"Welcome to Death Mountain, bruthas." It said in a low, rough sounding voice, "Sorry to say, but it's probably not a good idea for you two to be here right now. A dragon named Volvagia and his cronies have been terrorizing this place for a while." The goron seemed to shift a little after he mentioned the dragon's name, but still held his ground, trying to prevent the two from passing.
"I guess it's you're lucky day!" Rin said with a confident smile, "We came here thinking someone was in trouble, and it looks like were right. Where do we sign up?" He was very intent on helping these creatures, even if he had no idea what they were, or if they were the dangerous ones.
"Whoa brutha! Do you know what you could be getting yourself into?" The Goron asked, surprised about how headstrong the kid was.
"I don't care, you're in danger, right? Let's go!" The goron almost seemed put off by this, but shrugged and invited them to their village a ways up the mountain. The two accepted this offer and followed the creature as he led them up the path. The mountain, or what Rin thought was a mountain, turned out to be a volcano, which would occasionally spew lava or more of the familiar black smoke. Thankfully the trio didn't encounter any dangerous monsters on their way up, and were able to make it to the village with relative ease.
The village itself was what you might expect from one so close to a volcano, small, in a cave, and dark save for the occasional torch that helped light the way. There were many goron in this village, and each one they passed with a greeting along the line of "Hey brutha," which began getting a little annoying to Rin. There was eventually a light that could be seen at the end of the tunnel, and when they walked out, there was a much more spacious area before them. It was a large, roughly circular area made up of several levels, each one becoming smaller as you went down.
There were far more goron in this place than the tunnels, and hey all came to greet the two. They were surrounded by rock-people now, each one greeting them or asking where they were from. The one that had approached them at the base of the mountain spoke up to talk over the rest, "If you're still wanting to take on Volvagia.." the rest of the goron became silent at the mention of the dragon, "Then follow me, I'll take you to the elders."
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