Desbreko

[color=indigo]Looking down at the small, plant-like being that had bumped into her leg, Samus switched over to her Scan Visor. [center]Morphology: Korok These intelligent plant creatures are a peaceful race that inhabit Forest Haven with the Great Deku Tree. Using small leaf propellers, they are able to fly and glide for short periods of time. It is believed that long ago they once inhabited human-like bodies and were known as Kokiri.[/center] Samus switched on her helmet's microphone, letting others besides Adam hear her. "Who might you be?" The little Korok looked afraid as it gazed up at her. "I'm not going to hurt you," she said, trying to reassure it. She guessed she probably did look more than a little intimidating, especially to something so small. It seemed to do the trick, though; the Korok unfolded it's little leaf propellar and started it spinning, flying up to stand on the table that Samus was sitting at. "Who are you?" it asked. "My name is Samus Aran." She looked at the Korok; it looked back. Both were curious about each other. Samus was always interested in new life-forms. "I'm Makar. Everyone else just walks past. Thanks for noticing me." Some text scrolled across her visor. "Looks like you've made a new friend." "Looks like it," she said with the microphone switched off. This creature sort of reminded her of the Etecoons that she first found on the planet Zebes, only it could talk. With the microphone back on, she replied, "Someone has to look out for the little ones in life." She smiled behind her visor, remembering her mad dash out of the exploding planet Zebes, stopping only long enough to rescue the Etecoons and Dachoras that had helped her during the mission.[/color]

[color=indigo]Bleh, what happened to quality over speed? I could have gotten one or maybe even two more if I had just made quicker, shorter posts. As it is, I spent at least a good 40 minutes on each one. It would be nice if you could tell us when there's a change in what you need to win. As in, better post quality or more speed. I can only write long, detailed posts so fast. :twitch: Anyway, I sent off my vote. . . .[/color]

Walking up to the shining stone, Cecil picked it up. . . . [color=teal]"What!"[/color] It was nothing more than a piece of quartz, glistening from the ocean spray. He dropped the stone and looked about the beach. A ways off was a large hole in the sand and Chocobo tracks mixed with boot prints. [color=teal]"Auron,"[/color] he said, and stalked over to the hole. Sure enough, the Magicite had been taken, and he was too late. "That's too bad," Cid said, back on the Ragnarok. With an exasperated sigh, Cecil said, [color=teal]"Well, just take me to Narshe. I'll try for Ragnarok then."[/color] [center]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/center] Arriving at Narshe, Cecil stalked up to the town through the thick white snow. It seemed more like solid ice than snow, and he shivered in the cold. He wondered where to find this old man that was supposed to have the Esper. Wandering among the buildings, he tried a few doors, but all that he came across were locked. Wondering what was up with this town, he finally just kicked in one of the doors. It fell clean off its hinges and landed on the floor of the building with a thud. He happened to glance down at the doornob as he walked over the door; it was unlocked. [color=teal]Oops,[/color] he thought with a sheepish grin. There didn't seem to be much there, though; only a couple chairs and a counter. It looked like a weapons ship. "Can I help you?" Cecil whirled around, startled, to look at the old man that seemed to have appeared out of thin air behind the counter. [color=teal]"What?!"[/color] "Can I help you?" the old man repeated. [color=teal]This must be him,[/color] Cecil thought, smiling. [color=teal]"Um, yes, I'm looking for the Esper Ragnarok. I was told that you have it."[/color] "Esper? Why, I haven't heard that word in a long time. That takes me back to when I was just a young'un, eager to learn about the legend of magic and the War of the Magi. I remember one day. . . ." The old man trailed off, and then started to snore louder than anything Cecil had ever heard. Bahamut's roar was nothing compared to this. [color=teal]"Make it stop!"[/color] Cecil yelled, holding his hands over his ears. Waking up with a start, the old man said, "Wha? Huh? Where am I? Who are you?" With a sigh, Cecil shook his head. [color=teal]"My name is Cecil. I'm looking for a Magicite shard and I heard you have it."[/color] He decided to avoid the word "Esper" this time. "Magicite? Why, I haven't--" [color=teal]"I know! You told me about when you were young just two minutes ago before you fell alseep. I just want the Magicite."[/color] Cecil was becoming just a little bit annoyed at having lost Palidor and now having to deal with this. He almost prefered the fights with Doom Gaze and Wrexsoul. "Fell asleep? I don't just fall asl. . . ." Again, the old man nodded off. [color=teal]"Wake up!"[/color] Cecil yelled before the man could start snoring again. "What? Who are you?" A long, resigned sigh, and then another try. [color=teal]"My name is Cecil. I'm looking for a shiny rock that glows."[/color] "Oh, well why didn't you say so? I've got one down in the basement." With a sigh of relief, Cecil followed the man downstairs into a dark, musty room. Crates and boxes were piled high all along the walls, and off in a corner was a bed. The old man hobbled over to it and reached underneath, pulling out a small wooden box. He walked slowly back over to Cecil and opened the lid revealing the Ragnarok Magicite. It glowed a bright red, and Cecil reached out to lift it from the box when the old man snapped the lid back on. "You didn't think I'd just let you have it, did you?" [color=teal]"Well, uh, yes; I did."[/color] "This stone right here is my most prized possession! I reckon it'd make a mighty fine sword if it were melted down and forged." Cecil couldn't believe this. He was [i]not[/i] going to let this crazy old man destroy the Magicite and deprive him of another Esper. [color=teal]"You want to destroy the Esper inside the Magicite?"[/color] He all but screamed the words. "Calm down. . . . I reckon there'll still be some power left in that there stone after it's been forged." [color=teal]"But . . . but. . . . But I need that Magicite!"[/color] "Hmm, maybe you do, maybe you don't. What'll ya trade me, sonny? Maybe your sword for the Magicite? That also looks like a mighty fine sword." [color=teal]"No. Out of the question."[/color] Cecil was not about to give up his Crystal Sword. He had had to kill a Wyvern to get it, barely avoiding fiery death from its many Mega Flare attacks. "Come on, now. I bet you don't even know how to use a blade like that to it's full ability." Cecil had to restrain himself now. The man was really, really starting to get on his nerves. [color=teal]"Don't tempt me, old man."[/color] "Well, what else have you. . . ." He fell asleep again, though thankfully he didn't snore this time. Glancing about the room, Cecil spotted a beautiful sword. It hand a blue hilt, a guard almost like a "w," and the blade widened after about an inch, where a strange triangle symbol was engraved on it. Picking it up, he held it in one hand and shook the man with the other. "What? Hmm?" [color=teal]"I won't trade you my Crystal Sword, but I'll trade you this,"[/color] Cecil said as he held up the blue-hilted sword. "Ooo, that's quite a nice one. It's a deal!" He handed Cecil the box, and Cecil handed him the sword. "Pleasure doing business with you." [color=teal]"Uh . . . same to you."[/color] Depositing his other two Magicite into the box along with Ragnarok, Cecil hurried out of the building and back to the entrance of Narshe. He hoped to be far away by the time the old man realized he no longer had a front door. As he walked through the streets, he heard a howl; wolves were about. And there they were, rounding a corner and coming straight at Cecil. It was a whole pack, and it would be a bloody fight with Cecil by himself. He tucked the small box into his belt and drew his sword, about to cast Haste. . . . And then the Ragnarok Magicite leapt from the box into the snow at his feet, shining bright. Then out of nowhere, a giant sword crashed straight down through the lead wolf. [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/Ragnarok.gif[/img][/center] Shining bright red, a huge explosion of fire ripped out from the blade, instantly vaporizing the wolf pack and a good deal of the surrounding snow. [color=teal]"Woah. . . ."[/color] Cecil said, staring at the Esper. The blade glinted in what Cecil could have sworn was a sort of wink, before the Esper returned to it's Magicite shard. [color=teal]"Woah,"[/color] Cecil repeated. [color=teal]"Now that's my kind of summon monster."[/color] Just then, the Ragnarok airship flew down to make a landing in the snow crater caused by the Esper's Flare spell. Cecil boarded, after collecting the Ragnarok Magicite and returning it to it's box with the others. It had been a tedious, annoying process, but he finally had three Espers.

Trudging across the rough, barren land, Cecil made his way to the deserted castle of Doma. It's once mighty walls were now in ruin, the moat all but dried up, and nothing but silence permeating the still halls. Walking up to the large double doors, Cecil shoved them aside with both hands, striding along the walkway in between dank, scummy ditches that once held crystal clear water. Looking about as he walked, Cecil spotted another set of double doors, much like the first. Again shoving the doors aside with much scraping and grinding of the hinges, he pushed his way through into a large hall. The throne room couldn't be far. Climbing a few stairs, being careful not to trip on the tattered carpets, he made his way to the other end of the long hall. Pillars lined the sides of the hall, and in the center was a walkway leading up to the end of the hall. The only thing that now seperated him from the Esper was one last set of doors. . . . And Wrexsoul, of course. Preparing himself for another battle, Cecil cast Cure on himself to further heal his wound, and stepped through the doors. Inside the throne room was much like the hall before it. Almost as vast, and just as much in ruins, the main difference was a large throne at the back of the hall. Unsheathing his sword as he stepped through the doors, Cecil expected the monster to be in plain sight--it wasn't. Walking cautiously up to the throne, expecting an attack at any moment, Cecil peered about the room. A red glow appeared about the throne, and Cecil jumped back, sword raised in a parry. In a cloud of swirling smoke, the monster appeared; Wrexsoul. [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/Wrexsoul.gif[/img][/center] It laughed, and flew straight through the air at Cecil. Just managing to dodge in time, Cecil threw himself to the side and landed in a roll, coming up with sword raised in a defensive stance. His gaze darting about the room, he couldn't see Wrexsoul anywhere. Apparently, it could disappear at will; something that would normally make the fight much more difficult. [color=teal]"Sight!"[/color] Light flashed across Cecil's eyes as he spoke the word, and he could now see a dark shadow of Wrexsoul flying about the room. While not as precise as normal vision, it was better than not seeing it at all. Dodging another lunge by Wrexsoul, Cecil jumped to the side and countered with a slash of his sword. The blade was wreathed in the flames that Wrexsoul rode on for a moment, but no apparent damage had been done. When the sword emerged, however, it was glowing white with heat. It remained solid, however, and just as powerful as ever. [color=teal]"Haste!"[/color] Casting the spell to keep up with Wrexsoul's immense speed, Cecil darted about the room just as fast as the monster, dodging, slashing, parrying, always looking for an opening; and he found one. Cecil lunged, slashing at the monster's extended arm as it pointed out at him, his blade arcing through the air. And then--Wrexsoul was gone, even to his enhanced sight, seemingly having flown straight through Cecil. [color=teal]"What . . . is happening?"[/color] Cecil fell to the ground into a kneeling position, fighting for control of his body. Wrexsoul had possessed him, and was now fighting him with his own body. His arm shaking, fighting against the monster, Cecil slowly raised the Crystal Sword up to his throat. He couldn't stop himself--Wrexsoul had too much influence. Fighting with all his might, Cecil fought against himself, and just managed to stop the blade's approach only inches from his throat. Once lapse of concentration, and it would all be over. His whole body shaking with the battle of wills, Cecil stuttered out the word, [color=teal]"L . . . Life!"[/color] A tiny angel floated down through the ceiling and lighted on Cecil's head, yellow light flashing from its wings. Then Cecil was flung to the floor as Wrexsoul left his body, flying across the room with a scream. Gasping for breath, Cecil sat up. He could barely hold his sword up in a parry against another rush by Wrexsoul as it flew back at him, and he knew he wouldn't be able to deflect this attack. Gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, he prepared for the worst. . . . But it never came. A huge roar filled the hall, and then a piercing shriek of terror from Wrexsoul. Cecil opened his eyes to see Bahamut standing in front of him, a huge ball of energy building in front of it's mouth. He was just in time to see it's attack blaze down at Wrexsoul in a huge blast of energy, Bahamut's Sun Flare. Wrexsoul shrieked again in pure agony as it was blasted against the throne and held there by the huge beam. Struggling to his feet, he stood beside Bahamut and raised his sword to eye level. Summoning up his last ounce of strength, Cecil sighted along the blade and concentrated. The Light Wave slashed out from the Crystal Sword, slamming into the pinned Wrexsoul. The monster shrieked one last time and was then cut short as the light washed over, around, and through it, completely destroying the monster as it faded into oblivion. Gasping, Cecil fell to the ground in exhaustion, the Crystal Sword ringing as it hit the stones of the floor. Lying flat on his back, he fought to keep from passing out. Beside him, Bahamut snorted, stretched its wings as much as it could in the hall, and returned to its Magicite shard. "Arise . . . my son," came a voice from what semmed to be out of nowhere. Cecil, still gasping for breath, raised his hand to shade his eyes. A bright light was eminating from the throne, and the voice spoke again. "And claim your prize." [color=teal]"My . . . son?"[/color] Cecil sat up into a crouch, fight off a wave of dizziness and trying to look up at the light as it started to fade. [color=teal]"Wait . . . don't go!"[/color] But the light was already a mere speck, shining on the seat of the throne. Out of it appeared another Magicite shard, containing the Esper Alexander. It rose up from the crystal and filled the room to the ceiling. [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/Alexander.gif[/img][/center] It shown with a brilliance of indescribable beauty, towering above Cecil in its splendor before returning to its Magicite shard. Cecil stood up, his strength seeming to have returned instantly with the fading of the light. He picked up the Magicite shard and stowed it carefully with the Bahamut shard. He now had two Espers in his possesion; maybe he could win this challenge after all. [center]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/center] Back on the Ragnarok, having been picked up by Cid, Cecil sat in one of the chairs besides the pilot's seat. [color=teal]"I'll go to Solitary Island next,"[/color] he was saying, his next target being Palidor. A pause. Then Cid answered, "Okay, off we go." Cid still remembered his experience on that island. It had been a long year of lonely solitude, his only companion the comatose Celes. Flying southwest, they arrived at the island shortly, and Cecil disembarked. He was on a small beach, just as barren as the one he had landed on after defeating Doom Gaze. Only this time, there was a shining shard of crystal in the sands. . . .

[color=indigo]Or he could just make it so the overworld isn't as big. All he'd have to do is making the distance between islands not as much. Which is what I'm betting he'll do, if he ever does actually get all the way up to TWW. If he's going to do OOT and MM first, that's still quite a ways off.[/color]

Hey, I've got pics of all the Espers from FFVI. For pics of the ones in the challenge, just use [url]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/-----.gif[/url] and put the name of the Esper in place of the dashes. And be sure to capitalize the name. ^_^ And now, without further delay, behold my super-long post! What I lack in quantity I make up for with quality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking over the list of Espers, Cecil tried to decide which to get first. Finally just deciding to go for the first one on the list, he said, [color=teal]"I'll go to Doma Castle."[/color] "Right you are," said Cid as he turned the ship around to head northeast. "I'll have you there in no time." Roaring off towards Doma, Cid sent the airship into a climb to gain altitude before leveling off. They were cruising above the thick red clouds, when all of a sudden, the ship rocked back and forth. "What the?" [color=teal]"Turbulence?"[/color] Cecil asked as he held onto his chair. "That's not turbulence. . . ." A dark shadow flew across the sky in front of the viewport. ". . .That's Doom Gaze! [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/DoomGaze.gif[/img][/center] [color=teal]"How do I fight it from in here?"[/color] "You don't." A blank look from Cecil, then a resigned sigh. [color=teal]"Right. I'll be off, then,"[/color] he said and headed for the hatch. [color=teal]Why is it that I always get caught up in the air?[/color] he thought to himself. [color=teal]I mean, I'm not even the one piloting the ship this time.[/color] With another resigned sigh, he opened the hatch, the force of the wind almost sucking him out. [color=teal]"Show me what you've got!"[/color] he yelled, and jumped out at Doom Gaze as it flew past. Cid just stared out from the viewport for a moment as he watched Cecil falling straight down at Doom Gaze. "Crap," he simply said, and then sent the airship into a steep descent, following Cecil down. Unsheathing his sword as he fell, Cecil took a two-handed grip and plunged straight down at Doom Gaze. Stabbing the Crystal Sword down through the tattered cloth around the monster's wide shoulders, Cecil was surprised to find that his sword hit nothing else besides air, the Doom Gaze being made up of nothing but bones. It screamed and rolled in the air as Cecil landed on its back, throwing him off to the side and sending him tumbling. Circling back around, the hideous creature flew at Cecil, scoring deep scratches in his Crystal Armor with its long claws. [color=teal]"Is that all?"[/color] Flipping around to face Doom Gaze after his tumble, Cecil pointed his palm out at the monster and said, [color=teal]"Cure2!"[/color] White light flashed across Doom Gaze and it screamed again, this time in agony as the spell hit it. [color=teal]"Thought so; undead."[/color] But then everything went a hazy red-black, and visibility was reduced to less than a foot. They had hit the cloud cover, and Cecil couldn't see a thing. Taking advantage of its enemies blindness, Doom Gaze once again circled around. Swiping Cecil's left arm this time, it poisoned him in addition to scoring a deep wound. Cecil had to fight to keep from fainting as the pain of the wound, the poison, and the effect of the freefall all combined against him. Biting his tongue, Cecil slashed his sword in the direction he thought Doom Gaze had flown, but it was too late. Then, as quick as they had entered, they left the clouds and now the land below was visible. They were above the ocean, a medium sized continent off to the east a bit. Back on the Ragnarok, Cid caught sight of Cecil again as they burst out of the clouds. Blood was trailing out from his arm, seeming to fall up when compared to Cecil. "He's going to get himself killed!" he yelled at no one in particular. Gritting his teeth, Cid prepared to try and catch Cecil with the Ragnarok before he hit the water. Regaining his concentration and fighting off the effects of the wound, Cecil dodged another pass from Doom Gaze. [color=teal]"Cure2!"[/color] This time the white light flashed across his own body, and the wound on his arm closed up part way; it would take more than a Cure2 to completely heal that wound. However, he was still poisoned, and he could feel it slowly sapping his strength. Taking a quick glance down, he saw the water fast approaching; this fight would be ending soon, and there were only three outcomes. One, he would kill Doom Gaze and live; two, Doom Gaze would kill him; or three, both would die as he killed Doom Gaze but not in time for Cid to stop him from plunging into the ocean below. He definitely liked the first option best, but the chances for it weren't looking good. [color=teal]"I'm at least going to take you with me!"[/color] Cecil threw himself forward through the air, lunging at Doom Gaze with his sword raised. Doom Gaze flew at him, slashing at him once more, but before it could make contact the sky was rent with its horrible scream. The bones of its right arm flew away off into the air, Cecil flying past with a wide arc of his sword. Turning in mid-air Cecil gritted his teeth and held his sword out with both hands on the hilt, holding the blade up and sighting along its edge. He remembered doing this when he was a Dark Knight--it was the Dark Wave Attack. He didn't know what would happen now that he was a Paladin. Not caring, he forced all the energy he could muster into the Crystal Sword, pointed its tip at Doom Gaze . . . and fired. Cid, even having the protective canopy of the Ragnarok, had to cover his eyes. A flash of pure white light streaked out across the sky at Doom Gaze. Ripping through the monster before it even had a chance to scream, the Light Wave ripped up through the clouds and shot out into space, lighting up the sky with its brilliance for miles around. In front of Cecil, Doom Gaze blew away in the wind, nothing left of it but ashes. In its place was a silver-hued jewel. It flashed gold, and then a huge black Dragon arose in a flash above it. Swooping down below Cecil, Bahamut caught him on its shoulders before landing deftly on the shore of the nearby continent. [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/Bahamut.gif[/img][/center] As the Ragnarok set down a little ways away, Cecil dismounted and stared up at Bahamut. The dragon reared up roared, spreading it's wings wide, before returning to the Magicite shard that had landed next to it in the sand. Cecil walked over and carefully picked up the shard, holding it in both hands. "That was quite a show!" Cid walked up and slapped Cecil on the back. "You scared the hell out of me when you jumped, though." [color=teal]"Sorry about that."[/color] He coughed. [color=teal]"Just a minute. . . . Heal!"[/color] a multi-colored cylinder of light played up and down around Cecil before fading away. He coughed again, this time not sounding quite as ragged. [color=teal]"Had to take care of the poison."[/color] "Yeah, are you okay? Your arm still looks pretty bad. Maybe you should rest in the airship awhile before you head over to Doma Castle." Cid gestured to a large, deserted castle a ways off to the east. [color=teal]"I'll be fine,"[/color] Cecil said as he tucked away the Bahamut Magicite. [color=teal]"I need to hurry up if I want to win this challenge."[/color] Cid just shrugged and headed back to the Ragnarok as Cecil started trudging towards the castle, a new fire of determination in his eyes. He would have to use his new Light Wave attack sparingly, as it weakened him greatly for a short time after its use, but it would also be a great asset for the coming battles.

"Posting Commercial Advertising: In some cases, members join our forums and simply post one thread to advertise their own site/forums. This form of advertising is strictly prohibited on OtakuBoards.com. However, we do allow members to use their signatures to advertise their own personal site (or any non-profit, non-commercial site)." [color=indigo]That's a quote from the [url=http://www.theotaku.com/rules.shtml]rules[/url] page. So, as you can see, people posting links to other forums is against the rules. As such, a thread asking people to post links to other forums is also against the rules. And, as a result, I'm going to close this thread. Thread Closed[/color] [b]Edit:[/b] [color=seagreen]Bleh, sorry about the misunderstanding. It sounded like you were asking for links to other forums. The thing is, introduction threads are also against the rules, since they tend to generate spam and not much else. We used to have an intro forum, but it was deleted for that reason. So, um . . . I guess I'll just leave this closed. :cross: Feel free to introduce yourself around the boards in your posts, though. Just remember to stay on topic for the rest of the post. :)[/color]

[color=indigo]The purple gunship cruised at high altitude, a mere speck in the sky when viewed from the landscape below. It was a fast and agile ship, quite at home in both atmosphere and the vacuum of space, and it was home to the toughest bounty hunter in the galaxy: Samus Aran. "We're approaching the castle," read the text that appeared in the corner of Samus' visor. She liked the new link between her and the ship's computer. With the upgrade, she could converse with the computer at any time over the encypted wireless link no matter how far from the ship she traveled. "Thanks, Adam. I'll take it from here." Samus leaned forward in her seat, taking the controls. "No problem, Lady." As the ship switched over from auto-pilot to manual, Samus sent the ship into a sloping dive. On the horizon she could just make out the red dot that was the roof of Princess Peach Toadstool's castle. As she approached, the large crowds of the festival came into view as a sea of multi-colored specks, swarming around the castle and in the nearby town. Circling around so that she was coming in from behind the castle, she set the ship down softly, wanting to attract as little attention as possible. "Don't let anyone in," she said as she opened the bottom hatch and dropped down to the ground. "That seems to go without saying," the text scrolled out on her visor. "As it should," Samus said as she stepped out from under the ship and started around to the front of the castle. The sun glinted off the emerald green visor of her crimson helmet and she could see her reflection in the moat as she walked along the edge of it, the orange and yellow [url=http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/gba/b/mf_2.htm]Fusion Suit[/url] bending and forming to her body as she walked. Rounding the corner, she saw the rows of troops in front of the castle, with Mario standing in front of them. The troops seemed to be in a bit of disarray, she noted. She wondered if Mario would try and recruit her; the classics could use another hero--or heroine--the way things had been going. She was reluctant to get involved, but she could use the money. Being a bounty hunter had its ups and downs, and right now an up would be quite welcome. We'll see, she thought. Right now I'm just here for the festival; he can talk to me afterwards if he's interested. Striding past the lines of troops, she headed for a large, open tent set up on the main lawns of the castle to provide shade from the noon-day sun. There were a few tables and chairs set up around an open-air resteraunt that had been erected next to the tent, and Samus sat down at one on the edge. Surveying the crowds, she wondered what events were planned for the day and who all was here. The 16-bit era had been one of the greatest in the history of gaming, so the attendees were sure to be many and varied.[/color]

[color=indigo]Yeah, Break is right. If you're just guessing at an answer, don't post a question. Anyway, it doesn't look like anyone is going to get my question (kumkuat14 was wrong), so I'll just post up the answer and ask a new question. Anyway, the answer is, in the Milk Bar is East Clock Town. If you get up on the center of the stage and look a little to the left over at the things on the shelves, three of them sort of blend together at that angle to look like Jigglypuff. I'll post the picture I took so you can see. And here's the new question. You should answer this one and [i]only[/i] this one, since the others don't count because kumkuat14 got mine wrong, making his question invalid. So, here we go. . . . [b]Question:[/b] In A Link to the Past, what do you get out of the second treasure chest that you find? (As in, the first one that you find other than the one in your house).[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by SonicSlash [/i] [B]They have been making a realistic one.It was shown with a battle(Link vs. Ganon) at E3.It just it is not progressing as fast (favorly,i am happy of that;I like cel-shaded);actually,progressing very slowly.it is because cel-shading a game is a LOT EASIER than making a realistic one.they will probably put the realistic opbne,like Dan Rugh said,on the gamecube's descendant. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo]That movie of Link fighting Ganondorf from way back was just a movie they whipped up to show off the GCN's graphics. It wasn't actually from a game, that's just the graphic style they originally had planned for The Wind Waker. I haven't heard anything at all about Nintendo making a realistic-style Zelda game. I've heard that they might in the future, but that there are no plans for one right now.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mei [/i] [B][color=green]If you're stuck on anything..maybe you should read the walkthrough Des' posted earlier in this thread.^^()[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo]Um...that was for the Water Temple, not the Spirit Temple. But, seeing as BunnyBunny05's post is about five months old and she hasn't replied yet, I don't think she's going to now. She's probably either gotten passed it on her own, or found help somewhere else. Anyway, if you see someone that's asked for help and the post is more than a couple weeks old, don't reply as it's pretty pointless. Especially if someone has already posted up some help or asked the person to be more specific as to where they need help and they haven't gotten a reply back. It's very, very unlikely that the person will still require help if the latest post is more than a couple weeks old.[/color]

[color=indigo]o_0 . . .When I click the "WWW" button, it takes me to "http://otakuboards.com/www.shineget.com/blog". Anyway, you can find a link to my blog in my signature, but I'll also put the info up here since if I don't post my signature won't be in this thread, and hence no one will see the link. . . . Or something. :cross: [b]My Blog:[/b] [url]http://www.desbreko.blogspot.com[/url] (Yes, I'm too lazy to host it myself. I did make a simple little custom layout for it, though). [b]Blog Name:[/b] You Don't Want to Know [b]Thoughts/Reasons:[/b] Well, the reason why I made it was because people kept telling me I should make one. So it sort of started out as a way to get people off my back about it. ;) After a while I started to get into it more, though, usually posting once per day. And those posts would usually consist of totally random crap that happened to me that day or that I was thinking about. (The "Random Thoughts" section that I had going for a while). Then I started to lose interest; I didn't really feel like typing out my thoughts and that anymore, and now I barely ever update it. Maybe I should start again. Most of the time I don't like to talk about overly serious stuff in it, but sometimes it spills out.[/color]

I was under the impression that I was only going to choose the color of the whole team, not the colors for each individual character. That's what it sounded like from Sage's post, but I dunno. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just as Auron finished speaking, a flush was heard from the stern of the ship and Cecil came back up to the bridge to replace his cut-out. [color=teal]"You know, this thing is kind of handy. People don't even notice when you slip out to take a bathroom break until you're back. I bet I could even catch some quick naps using this thing."[/color] Leaning over to Auron, Zidane nudged him with an elbow. [color=orange]"I think we voted the wrong person in as captain,"[/color] he murmured. [color=teal]"You only say that because Rinoa was the other choice,"[/color] Cecil smirked over at Zidane. [color=orange]"Huh? What, I, uh. . . ."[/color] Zidane trailed off and gave an innocent little smile over towards Rinoa. Maybe Cecil was sharper than he had thought. Auron just shook his head and let out another sigh, and Rinoa remained silent. As the airship set down at the base of a sand dune, Cid stood up from the pilot's chair and smiled. "Well, here we are." [color=orangered]"But there's nothing here but desert,"[/color] Zell said as he looked out of the front viewport. "Looks can be decieving," Cid said as the ground started shaking. The Redwings scrambled for something to hang on to as the ship rocked on its landing gear, all five staring out at what looked to be a huge pit opening up in the sand before them. Out of this rose a giant castle, the sand falling from its stone walls and towers like waterfalls. With one final grinding shake, its two watchtowers spread out from its sides, locking into place a ways out from the main castle. "Welcome to Figaro Castle. Oh, and Zidane. . . ." [color=orange]"Huh? Yeah?"[/color] Zidane looked a bit startled, wondering what Cid wanted. "You're probably going to have a bit of competition while you stay here," Cid said with a wink and started towards the exit hatch. As the team followed, streaming out one by one to meet the people exiting the castle, Zidane fell behind a bit while pondering Cid's words. [color=orange]Competition? What did he mean by [i]that?[/i][/color] he thought. And then it became all too clear as he stepped out of the Ragnarok's hatch and saw their host. King Edgar Figaro, bowing and kissing Rinoa's hand before leading her up the steps and into the castle. He caught a wink from Edgar to Cid, who walked in behind Edgar and Rinoa with the rest of the team following.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PoisonTongue [/i] [B]Desbreko, where do you live? If it?s South Jersey, I?ll play against you in SSB1.[/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo]Well, I'd love to, but I live way over in northern California. :cross: Your description of your multi-player battles sound a lot like the ones me and my friends had. I remember playing Mario Kart 64, the first game I got with my N64, with my brother and his friend. We'd play Battle Mode for hours at a time, just beating the crap out of each other while trying not to scream the obscenities as one of us lost but then got revenge as a bomb. (We didn't want to our parents hear, heheh). And the fact that we were all about evenly matched made it even more fun, because no one person would win much more than the rest. So, we were all trying to play our absolute best in order to win. That, along with SSB, was the pinnacle of my multi-player gaming experiences on the N64. The same thing with GoldenEye 007, although they were always better than me at that, since I didn't really play it except for multi-player. And then I got Super Smash Bros. when it came out, and it pretty much became the god of multi-player games. We would sit down after school, and just play non-stop until our parents made us stop. (Usually around dinner time at 6:00 or 7:00 PM). It was great; I wish my friends had also gotten SSBM for the GCN when it came out, so we'd be evenly matched. As it is, I just slaughter them all since I'm the only one that owns and plays it a lot. And while that's fun for a bit, it gets old after about a half hour. :twitch:[/color]

[color=indigo]The thing is, I don't think the earth oribiting the sun creates time. If the earth were to stop orbiting the sun, time wouldn't suddenly freeze, it'd go on; the earth just wouldn't be moving anymore. As you mentioned, this would kill everyone on the earth, but that doesn't mean time stops. I mean, why would stopping one thing in the universe also stop everything else? So yeah, I don't think the earth orbiting the sun makes time possible here on earth, we just measure time by that orbit. I think it's the other way around. Instead of causing the earth to orbit slower or faster to make time travel slower or faster, you'd have to slow down or speed up time to make the earth spin slower or faster. How do you do this? Well, I don't think it's possible for us to manipulate time, so I don't think we'll ever find out. And I also never got why traveling faster than the speed of light would affect time. I mean, light is the fastest moving thing in the universe that we know of. Say we make something that travels faster; then that becomes the fastest moving thing. Why does this affect time? I don't see any connection. As mentioned before, traveling faster is going to make it so you get somewhere sooner, but you can't get a negative number from a posative number by dividing it (which is what you're doing to the amount of time it takes to get somewhere by traveling faster). It's always going to take [i]some[/i] time to get there, and that means you're definitely not going to get there before you left. So yeah, I basically think time travel is impossible. I don't think time is something that humans can alter.[/color]

[color=indigo]*arrives at the last minute to sign up* ^_^ [b]Character Name:[/b] Samus Aran [b]Reason for Choosing Character:[/b] Yeah, yeah, I know; I didn't choose Link. Well, this time I decided to go with a different character because Link gets a bit old after playing him in every RPG that's he's available for play in. Any character would after a while. But anyway, I decided to choose Samus because, outside of the Zelda series, she's my favorite video game character. I like her personality, and you have to admit that she's just cool with that Fusion Suit. (Or Power Suit, but I decided to go with the Fusion Suit for this RPG). Anyway, yeah, I mainly wanted a change and I also just really like Samus. . . . If you can't tell from my new banner and avatar, heh. [b]Knowledge of Character:[/b] I'm a pretty big fan of the Metroid series, and have played every game but Metroid II: Return of Samus. I know the storyline of the entire series, and have just played through Metroid Fusion twice in a row, so I also know Samus' character pretty well. I know how she acts, what her abilities are, what she's done and likely to do, all that.[/color]

[color=indigo][b]Answer:[/b] On the fountains near the entrance to West Clock Town and also on the border stones of the tiles on the ground. [b]Question:[/b] In Majora's Mask, where can you see a cameo of the Pokémon Jigglypuff? (It probably wasn't intentional, but it's there. And I took a picture as proof to anyone that doesn't believe me).[/color]

[color=indigo][b]Answer:[/b] They're called Battle Bats or Big Keese depending on where you look, and there's six of them. [b]Question:[/b] In Link's Awakening, what is the name of the bay where you find the entrance to Level 5: Catfish's Maw?[/color]

[color=indigo]Has anyone else noticed that quite a few of the themes in The Wind Waker are actually highly changed remixes of themes from older Zelda games? I've noticed quite a few, but I was wondering if anyone has noticed more. So far I've found these: Fairy Theme - This one's obvious, heh Outset Island - OOT Kokiri Forest Aryll's Theme - LTP/OOT Zelda's Theme House - OOT House (Obvious) Beedle's Shop - OOT Shop (Again, obvious) Windfall Island - LTP/OOT Kakariko Village Dragon Roost Cavern - OOT Dodongo's Cavern Forest Haven - OOT Kokiri Forest Inside Forest Haven - OOT Kokiri Forest Getting the Master Sword - OOT Getting the Master Sword Hyrule Castle - LTP Hyrule Castle Phantom Ganon - OOT Ganondorf Battle Ganondorf's Theme - LTP/OOT Ganon(dorf)'s Theme The King's Theme - LTP Hyrule Castle Zelda's Awakening - LTP Opening Theme Zelda's Theme - LTP/OOT Zelda's Theme (And again, really obvious) Ballad of Gales - OOT One of the warping songs. Jalhalla - OOT/MM Kaepora Gaebora's Theme (Slightly) Hero of the Wind - LOZ Opening Theme Ganon's Tower - LTP/OOT Ganon(dorf)'s Theme So, anyone else have any to add to my list?[/color]

[color=indigo]Do I believe that there's life somewhere in the universe besides on earth? Possibly. I wouldn't really be too shocked if they were to find life on some other planet. Do I believe that there's intelligent life with the ability to think, reason, and communicate somewhere other than earth? No, not really. Why? "In the beginning, God created the heavens and [b]the[/b] earth." That's one earth, one planet that the Bible mentions that God created life on. Now, it could be that the Bible just doesn't mention other life; I don't know. So, yeah. . . . I personally don't think there's intelligent life elsewhere, but I'm not going to say that there definitely isn't.[/color]

[color=indigo]On the first one, with Link, you should move him over to the left a bit. Center him more in between the Z icon and the text on the left. Also, get rid of that dark line on it. The black and white border on it looks good, though; one of the few banners where I think it actually looks good. ^_^ For the second one with Gohma, you should put a space in between "Queen" and "Gohma." And you might see if you can find some sort of background for the image; the white looks a little plain. Probably something dark would work, maybe something that looks like it's out of the Deku Tree, since that's where you find Gohma. The positioning of the pic is pretty good, though. Looks sort of like you're standing off to the side, and it's looking over and down at you. Might work a little better that way if the pic were higher up on the banner, so the eye was up around the middle of the banner (vertically, that is), but it's okay as it is.[/color]

[color=indigo]Wow, you finally made a good animated banner. ;) *claps* . . . *with one hand* :p Hmm. . . . I think it'd be better if, at the end, it split up into the three parts but the parts were narrower. And then instead of getting narrower and narrower until they disappear, they'd get shorter and shorter until they disappear at the center.[/color]

[color=indigo][b]Answer:[/b] 1. Weird Egg 2. Cucco 3. Zelda's Letter 4. Pocket Egg 5. Pocket Cucco [b]Question:[/b] In Link's Awakening, how can you miss getting a Secret Shell, yet still collect the maximum of 20?[/color]

"In the interview, Aonuma confirms that he is already working on a follow-up to The Wind Waker, much like Majora's Mask was a follow-up to Ocarina of Time." [color=indigo]So, yeah, the second one is already in development; they probably started on it soon after they finished TWW. Personally, I'm betting on a Q4 2004 or Q1 2005 release. That'd give them about two years to work on it, which is about how long MM was release after OOT.[/color]

[color=indigo]Well, I original had the size of the Prime banner bigger, but I could find anything to go in the background without getting in the way of the logo. It looked really empty that way, so I reduced the size. Maybe I should make it a littler wider, though; it does look a bit cramped. Yep, it does look better when it's a little wider. Specifically, 400 instead of 350 (pixels, that is). *updates banner* There, how's that? Oh, and by the way, I added the Metroid Fusion banner which I got done. Take a look back up in my first post.[/color]