Oracle of Ages, Part 7: In Which Link Meets a Variety of Unusual Creatures
So. Now that Link got the Ancient Wood, he's off to an island to find the third essence. Which means he's going to need some way to cross the sea. Let's go!
With all the bombing that went on in there, it's no wonder this dungeon is dangerously unstable in the present.
:(
I totally missed going to the north here. Oh well, I'll come back later.
Maple's music starts up! I really do love it.
Pedestrians have the right of way.
So Maple just happened to go flying along through some sort of time portal. Why can't time travel be that easy for Link?
I didn't get anything exciting, but at least I made a few rupees. Anyway, into town to find someone who can help me get to the island.
You don't say.
It's more of a dark gray, really.
Here we go. I remembered to set the emulator to GBA mode this time. Which makes the colors brighter, too, which I guess is nice? Though some things look a little washed-out now...
Nice, straightforward name. I like it.
Er... yes. Between the name of the shop and the fact that everything has obvious 100 rupee price tags, I think I already figured that out.
You heard the man. TELL NO ONE.
No idea why I decided to waste money on this piece of crap right now. Oh well, not really a big deal.
This ring might actually be a useful one. We'll see, I guess.
These villagers really should rebel. Maybe they're too tired... Oohhh! Now I get it! Suddenly, forcing people to work days on end with no sleep looks like a stroke of genius! They may not be able to work efficiently, but at least they can't stage an uprising.
I have no idea why this tree hasn't burned to a crisp long ago. Also, you wouldn't think that having seeds that burst into flame would be great for reproduction. Which maybe explains why this is the only Ember Tree in all of Labrynna.
Hey, someone with a name. Maybe he's important.
I can't help but think that this guy looks like he's going to kick the bucket before getting a chance to reach that goal. Let's hope not, though; swimming would certainly be a useful skill to have.
Very noble, I guess...?
Upon leaving, a certain theme starts playing.
Ralph kicks up clouds of dust in his haste to come talk to you.
Thanks for the hint, Ralph.
And he rushes off. Looks like he ran all the way over here just to tell Link he doesn't have time to talk to him. Oh, Ralph.
Back to the future present.
I finally remembered that I need to go to the ring shop.
How... mystical.
This, of course, is complete bullshit. Rings never lose their power. I bet Vasu's just saying this to make sure people keep coming back to his shop.
Trying to make it look like he's doing Link a favor. Yeah, right.
I don't need to get this one appraised to know it's completely worthless. Vasu, you suck.
Again, I'm pretty sure he's just saying this to keep his racket going. What's to stop people from just trying rings on to see what their effects are? It's not like there are any particularly harmful ones.
The rings on this list are in the order that you got them, so this isn't the one Vasu just gave me. It's probably one I picked up in the first dungeon.
Potentially useful, but I'm probably too clumsy to afford taking any more damage than I already do.
There's the catch. See, his shop runs on the money from appraisals. So he gives people a ring box and a worthless ring to get them hooked, and scares them into thinking their rings will become worthless if they don't keep coming back to him for appraisals. I'm onto your scheme, Vasu.
Too bad Link seems to have fallen for it completely... sigh.
Small consolation. I bet he sells them off to other ring addicts for ten times that.
"List" is just a nicer way of saying "all of the rings that should be in your possession but that Vasu is hanging onto for his own nefarious purposes". Though I can see why you might need to shorten that.
I'll put this one in my pathetic tiny little ring box for now.
Yeah, yeah. By the way, even if you can carry more than one ring, apparently Link is too stupid to realize that people have, you know, ten fingers and thus should be capable of wearing more than one ring at once. Sigh. Rings.
Some of the rings have pretty neat effects, though, so I guess I can forgive all of the silliness surrounding them.
Like dungeon maps, this would be more useful to me if I didn't already have the location of pretty much everything in this game memorized already.
You mean you'll take it from me for no good reason. Thanks a lot, Vasu.
Ah! Here's one of the fun ones. Yeah, a lot of my favorite rings have effects that aren't actually useful for anything. XD
And I'm out of money for now. Oh well.
Yup, this is the one I want. :D
Let's equip it!
Hee. This amuses me way too much.
But you can see I gave it up after like ten seconds because Link can't use any equipment in that form. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Anyway, let's get on with the storyline. Didn't someone say something about a grave?
Oh no! Those mean ghosts Ghinis!
Aw, Moosh. :(
Bring it!
Ha! That's what happens to bullies, you dumb ghosts!
I dunno, you look pretty meaty. I've never tried bear meat, but...
The positioning of Moosh's sprite right now is, um, rather unfortunate.
Did... did Link just get propositioned by a blue bear?
Anyway, despite being approximately as aerodynamic as a boulder, Moosh's specialty is flying.
This means that the moment you try to fly him over water, he'll panic and fall in. Oh well, I guess everyone's got weaknesses.
Boom. Yeah, that's definitely one animal I'd refrain from standing underneath.
Fine, fine.
Yup, he can fly. Almost across the whole screen, if you're good. It's just, well...
I
keep
falling
in D:
Now, it's tacky to blame my problems on something other than myself, but in this case, I really have to say that the emulator is giving me a lot of trouble here. No matter how I tap A, it either: a) doesn't register all of my presses, leaving Moosh to fall into the pit, or, b) thinks I'm holding the button down and Moosh ground pounds straight into the pit. I can scarcely fly two squares like this. Honestly, I find it much, much easier when playing on the Gameboy.
Anyway, I lost so much health that I need to go dig up some hearts before trying again.
And I found a hundred rupee gem! Still no hearts, though.
And then I dug up a Rope and got killed by it. Siiiigh. I'll admit it: I kind of suck at this.
Still, getting sent back here upon continuing was rather convenient. I have enough money to appraise the rest of my rings now.
By which he means it's completely useless. Equipping it has absolutely no effect. Again, I'm not sure why I wasted my money on it.
Could be a little useful. I'd rather keep my useless but fun Like Like ring, though.
This is the one Vasu gave me. It's also completely useless. I hate you, Vasu.
Back to where we left Moosh.
And... I'm gonna cheat this time. Autofire: ON!
woooosh
With the power of cheating, you can sail over even the most daunting of pits with ease! Marvellous.
And here's the grave, which I guess Link just magically knows is Cheval's, seeing as it doesn't seem to be labelled.
Right on top of an underground lake is definitely the best place to build a graveyard.
Gotta be acrobatic, as Link currently possesses Super Drowning Skills.
Cheval: kind of an asshole. So much for wanting to aid all the people of the world.
Link can get squished between these. It's kind of amusing.
I wish I could go from being a suicidally bad swimmer to a great one just by buying some flippers.
And Link takes his first-ever non-fatal dip in the water! Let's all give him a round of applause.
And why do we need this? Why, because Rafton wants it, of course. But as we haven't visited him yet, Link has absolutely no reason to bother picking up this random piece of rope. Luckily, Link's a kleptomaniac, and therefore doesn't need a reason.
Hey, where'd my blue buddy go?
Noooo, don't leave me! What about all the fun we had together? The laughter, the tears, the... the falling into pits over and over...
Link sheds a single, glistening tear as he watches Moosh fly away into the sunset.
Enough of that. Sidequest time!
Even with his little !!!!! sick, he still keeps soldiering on. What a dedicated arborist.
That's absurd. You're falling for silly superstitions, Bipin.
Um. Wow, really? That's, uh, pretty sad.
Hey, Blossom... did you know that Gasha Nuts sometimes have Rupees inside? That's right - money literally grows on trees. And your husband is an arborist.
...I'm beginning to think Bipin and Blossom may not be the brightest bulbs in the box.
Well... alright. Just because you two are so pathetic it makes me want to cry.
Somehow I always feel bad if I don't lend them as much as I can.
I can't help but feel that I just picked the wrong option in one of those "give a man a fish" vs. "teach a man to fish" deals. Ah well.
Let's explore!
Hey, now that Link can swim, why not just swim to the southern island -
Damn you, arbitrary restrictions on the uses of equipment!
Nothing much here. Fine, I'll stop dawdling.
Hm, looks familiar.
Planted a money tree Gasha seed.
Here's Rafton.
He doesn't seem to find it at all strange that someone just brought him something that hasn't been invented yet. And yes, he knows that it hasn't; if I'd visited him before getting the rope, he would have said that Cheval wasn't finished making waterproof rope.
No way. Mine.
Aw, so polite. What a boring reaction.
All right, all right.
Note that he never bothers to ask whether Link could actually read such a chart even if he had one. And believe me, I have reason to believe that he can't.
Whatcha lookin' for, Ralph?
Ralph, trying to act all casual, like he wasn't waiting there hoping that Link would come along.
Hey, I hould be the one saying that to you, buddy. I've befriended a blue bear, gotten waterproof rope, and found a ring that turns me into a shield-eating monstrosity! What have you been doing, huh? Yeah, I thought so.
"That weird guy," huh? I'd berate him for being vague, but unfortunately, that description is enough for me to know exactly who he's talking about. Sigh.
Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure that's exactly why you keep eagerly running over to talk to Link every time you see him, then rushing away all flustered. It's all for Nayru. Of course.
It's okay, Ralph. You don't have to try so hard to convince me. I promise I won't tell Nayru about your little crush on Link.
Link idly wonders about the possibility of a threesome.
At some point it seems I dug up another 100 rupee gem, so it's time to buy out this shop.
Okay, if we have to, let's... let's go see the weird guy.
But wait, who's this?
Boxing gloves, natch. Well, he is a kangaroo.
I can't help but help out someone who seems so forlorn.
...yeah, let's ignore that guy for now.
Hm, looks like I'll have to dig around.
Oh. That was easy.
Aw, I wanted to steal them and take up boxing myself.
But one look at that sad little face banishes any such thoughts from my mind. He just seems so heartbroken without them. (Ricky/boxing gloves OTP?)
How he even knows that Link is looking for something is a mystery for the ages.
The power to leap small ledges in a single bound, and the ability to cause mini tornadoes. A perfectly natural combination.
By the way, only female kangaroos have pouches. Yet Ricky is referred to as "he" in all official materials.
Hey, maybe Ricky's transsexual?
Wow, actually, thinking of him that way somehow makes Ricky much more interesting in my eyes. Transsexuals are vastly underrepresented in media, and they often seem to be portrayed in a... less than flattering light. But here's Ricky, just a normal guy who happens to have a pouch. Rock on, Ricky.
It's way more interesting than thinking that the creators just didn't know squat about kangaroos, anyway.
Tornado.
Impressive.
Slightly less impressive, as that's nothing I couldn't have done myself.
Here we are. Guess I've got no choice but to talk to him now.
At least I get to burst his bubble. Or balloon, as it were.
Can't a guy just like green?
A fairy, are you? Well, I guess I'm hardly one to question anyone's orientation, but to refer to youself with that term...
Oh, homophobic villagers. I see...
Sorry, I already have enough friends, thanks.
...is it just me, or does that sound like a threat?
Um. Yeah, no need to worry about that. Anyway, I actually do need him as a friend, so I guess I gotta talk to him again.
I have a feeling that saying you'll be someone's friend just so they'll give you a map is probably rather unkind. Sorry, Tingle.
How nice, that he just happens to give Link exactly what he needs.
Now if only you knew how to read it!
I have a feeling that's not going to be often.
Thanks for the hint. Now Ricky speaks up...
I can't exactly blame you.
He gives a couple punches as a farewell. Seeya, Ricky! I'm sorry I used think you were boring! You rock!
Uh, yeah, I'm off, too. I feel a little sorry for Tingle, though. No one likes him, the poor guy.
Just passing through on my way to a time portal.
That she's using so many exclaimation points is making me a little worried for her sanity.
I will, my love <3 I definitely won't get caught in a storm and end up shipwrecked or anything.
You, uh, seem to have a little flooding problem there, Rafton. It's probably because of things like this that your house doesn't exist in the present.
To sea at least!
?!
...
Now, where am I goin'?
Hm...
Gasha tree's coming along nicely.
Dum-de-dum
What an interesting building.
Pollution is very bad for your health.
Somehow small whirlpools arranged in perfect lines seem a little unnatural.
I feel like I should be singing something sea-related.
We are two mariners ~ Ship's sole survivors ~
No, no, ending up in something's belly isn't for much later.
There's those pirates again. What are they up to?
But perhaps I should be more concerned with where Link is going.
(Link tilts his head at the chart, perplexed)
(He flips it over, makes an "Oh..." sound)
(Little does he know he's still holding it sideways)
Oh, look, some sort of land. Maybe we're on the right track?
Hey, looks like we're almost there!
Or not.
Shame Tingle didn't give Link a compass along with the chart.
Nothing but open ocean as far as the eye can see.
Um. Is that some omninous music I hear starting up?
Wind's picking up.
Lightning strikes.
Large mammals fly past.
This is quite a storm.
And all goes white...
With all the bombing that went on in there, it's no wonder this dungeon is dangerously unstable in the present.
:(
I totally missed going to the north here. Oh well, I'll come back later.
Maple's music starts up! I really do love it.
Pedestrians have the right of way.
So Maple just happened to go flying along through some sort of time portal. Why can't time travel be that easy for Link?
I didn't get anything exciting, but at least I made a few rupees. Anyway, into town to find someone who can help me get to the island.
You don't say.
It's more of a dark gray, really.
Here we go. I remembered to set the emulator to GBA mode this time. Which makes the colors brighter, too, which I guess is nice? Though some things look a little washed-out now...
Nice, straightforward name. I like it.
Er... yes. Between the name of the shop and the fact that everything has obvious 100 rupee price tags, I think I already figured that out.
You heard the man. TELL NO ONE.
No idea why I decided to waste money on this piece of crap right now. Oh well, not really a big deal.
This ring might actually be a useful one. We'll see, I guess.
These villagers really should rebel. Maybe they're too tired... Oohhh! Now I get it! Suddenly, forcing people to work days on end with no sleep looks like a stroke of genius! They may not be able to work efficiently, but at least they can't stage an uprising.
I have no idea why this tree hasn't burned to a crisp long ago. Also, you wouldn't think that having seeds that burst into flame would be great for reproduction. Which maybe explains why this is the only Ember Tree in all of Labrynna.
Hey, someone with a name. Maybe he's important.
I can't help but think that this guy looks like he's going to kick the bucket before getting a chance to reach that goal. Let's hope not, though; swimming would certainly be a useful skill to have.
Very noble, I guess...?
Upon leaving, a certain theme starts playing.
Ralph kicks up clouds of dust in his haste to come talk to you.
Thanks for the hint, Ralph.
And he rushes off. Looks like he ran all the way over here just to tell Link he doesn't have time to talk to him. Oh, Ralph.
Back to the future present.
I finally remembered that I need to go to the ring shop.
How... mystical.
This, of course, is complete bullshit. Rings never lose their power. I bet Vasu's just saying this to make sure people keep coming back to his shop.
Trying to make it look like he's doing Link a favor. Yeah, right.
I don't need to get this one appraised to know it's completely worthless. Vasu, you suck.
Again, I'm pretty sure he's just saying this to keep his racket going. What's to stop people from just trying rings on to see what their effects are? It's not like there are any particularly harmful ones.
The rings on this list are in the order that you got them, so this isn't the one Vasu just gave me. It's probably one I picked up in the first dungeon.
Potentially useful, but I'm probably too clumsy to afford taking any more damage than I already do.
There's the catch. See, his shop runs on the money from appraisals. So he gives people a ring box and a worthless ring to get them hooked, and scares them into thinking their rings will become worthless if they don't keep coming back to him for appraisals. I'm onto your scheme, Vasu.
Too bad Link seems to have fallen for it completely... sigh.
Small consolation. I bet he sells them off to other ring addicts for ten times that.
"List" is just a nicer way of saying "all of the rings that should be in your possession but that Vasu is hanging onto for his own nefarious purposes". Though I can see why you might need to shorten that.
I'll put this one in my pathetic tiny little ring box for now.
Yeah, yeah. By the way, even if you can carry more than one ring, apparently Link is too stupid to realize that people have, you know, ten fingers and thus should be capable of wearing more than one ring at once. Sigh. Rings.
Some of the rings have pretty neat effects, though, so I guess I can forgive all of the silliness surrounding them.
Like dungeon maps, this would be more useful to me if I didn't already have the location of pretty much everything in this game memorized already.
You mean you'll take it from me for no good reason. Thanks a lot, Vasu.
Ah! Here's one of the fun ones. Yeah, a lot of my favorite rings have effects that aren't actually useful for anything. XD
And I'm out of money for now. Oh well.
Yup, this is the one I want. :D
Let's equip it!
Hee. This amuses me way too much.
But you can see I gave it up after like ten seconds because Link can't use any equipment in that form. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Anyway, let's get on with the storyline. Didn't someone say something about a grave?
Oh no! Those mean ghosts Ghinis!
Aw, Moosh. :(
Bring it!
Ha! That's what happens to bullies, you dumb ghosts!
I dunno, you look pretty meaty. I've never tried bear meat, but...
The positioning of Moosh's sprite right now is, um, rather unfortunate.
Did... did Link just get propositioned by a blue bear?
Anyway, despite being approximately as aerodynamic as a boulder, Moosh's specialty is flying.
This means that the moment you try to fly him over water, he'll panic and fall in. Oh well, I guess everyone's got weaknesses.
Boom. Yeah, that's definitely one animal I'd refrain from standing underneath.
Fine, fine.
Yup, he can fly. Almost across the whole screen, if you're good. It's just, well...
I
keep
falling
in D:
Now, it's tacky to blame my problems on something other than myself, but in this case, I really have to say that the emulator is giving me a lot of trouble here. No matter how I tap A, it either: a) doesn't register all of my presses, leaving Moosh to fall into the pit, or, b) thinks I'm holding the button down and Moosh ground pounds straight into the pit. I can scarcely fly two squares like this. Honestly, I find it much, much easier when playing on the Gameboy.
Anyway, I lost so much health that I need to go dig up some hearts before trying again.
And I found a hundred rupee gem! Still no hearts, though.
And then I dug up a Rope and got killed by it. Siiiigh. I'll admit it: I kind of suck at this.
Still, getting sent back here upon continuing was rather convenient. I have enough money to appraise the rest of my rings now.
By which he means it's completely useless. Equipping it has absolutely no effect. Again, I'm not sure why I wasted my money on it.
Could be a little useful. I'd rather keep my useless but fun Like Like ring, though.
This is the one Vasu gave me. It's also completely useless. I hate you, Vasu.
Back to where we left Moosh.
And... I'm gonna cheat this time. Autofire: ON!
woooosh
With the power of cheating, you can sail over even the most daunting of pits with ease! Marvellous.
And here's the grave, which I guess Link just magically knows is Cheval's, seeing as it doesn't seem to be labelled.
Right on top of an underground lake is definitely the best place to build a graveyard.
Gotta be acrobatic, as Link currently possesses Super Drowning Skills.
Cheval: kind of an asshole. So much for wanting to aid all the people of the world.
Link can get squished between these. It's kind of amusing.
I wish I could go from being a suicidally bad swimmer to a great one just by buying some flippers.
And Link takes his first-ever non-fatal dip in the water! Let's all give him a round of applause.
And why do we need this? Why, because Rafton wants it, of course. But as we haven't visited him yet, Link has absolutely no reason to bother picking up this random piece of rope. Luckily, Link's a kleptomaniac, and therefore doesn't need a reason.
Hey, where'd my blue buddy go?
Noooo, don't leave me! What about all the fun we had together? The laughter, the tears, the... the falling into pits over and over...
Link sheds a single, glistening tear as he watches Moosh fly away into the sunset.
Enough of that. Sidequest time!
Even with his little !!!!! sick, he still keeps soldiering on. What a dedicated arborist.
That's absurd. You're falling for silly superstitions, Bipin.
Um. Wow, really? That's, uh, pretty sad.
Hey, Blossom... did you know that Gasha Nuts sometimes have Rupees inside? That's right - money literally grows on trees. And your husband is an arborist.
...I'm beginning to think Bipin and Blossom may not be the brightest bulbs in the box.
Well... alright. Just because you two are so pathetic it makes me want to cry.
Somehow I always feel bad if I don't lend them as much as I can.
I can't help but feel that I just picked the wrong option in one of those "give a man a fish" vs. "teach a man to fish" deals. Ah well.
Let's explore!
Hey, now that Link can swim, why not just swim to the southern island -
Damn you, arbitrary restrictions on the uses of equipment!
Nothing much here. Fine, I'll stop dawdling.
Hm, looks familiar.
Planted a money tree Gasha seed.
Here's Rafton.
He doesn't seem to find it at all strange that someone just brought him something that hasn't been invented yet. And yes, he knows that it hasn't; if I'd visited him before getting the rope, he would have said that Cheval wasn't finished making waterproof rope.
No way. Mine.
Aw, so polite. What a boring reaction.
All right, all right.
Note that he never bothers to ask whether Link could actually read such a chart even if he had one. And believe me, I have reason to believe that he can't.
Whatcha lookin' for, Ralph?
Ralph, trying to act all casual, like he wasn't waiting there hoping that Link would come along.
Hey, I hould be the one saying that to you, buddy. I've befriended a blue bear, gotten waterproof rope, and found a ring that turns me into a shield-eating monstrosity! What have you been doing, huh? Yeah, I thought so.
"That weird guy," huh? I'd berate him for being vague, but unfortunately, that description is enough for me to know exactly who he's talking about. Sigh.
Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure that's exactly why you keep eagerly running over to talk to Link every time you see him, then rushing away all flustered. It's all for Nayru. Of course.
It's okay, Ralph. You don't have to try so hard to convince me. I promise I won't tell Nayru about your little crush on Link.
Link idly wonders about the possibility of a threesome.
At some point it seems I dug up another 100 rupee gem, so it's time to buy out this shop.
Okay, if we have to, let's... let's go see the weird guy.
But wait, who's this?
Boxing gloves, natch. Well, he is a kangaroo.
I can't help but help out someone who seems so forlorn.
...yeah, let's ignore that guy for now.
Hm, looks like I'll have to dig around.
Oh. That was easy.
Aw, I wanted to steal them and take up boxing myself.
But one look at that sad little face banishes any such thoughts from my mind. He just seems so heartbroken without them. (Ricky/boxing gloves OTP?)
How he even knows that Link is looking for something is a mystery for the ages.
The power to leap small ledges in a single bound, and the ability to cause mini tornadoes. A perfectly natural combination.
By the way, only female kangaroos have pouches. Yet Ricky is referred to as "he" in all official materials.
Hey, maybe Ricky's transsexual?
Wow, actually, thinking of him that way somehow makes Ricky much more interesting in my eyes. Transsexuals are vastly underrepresented in media, and they often seem to be portrayed in a... less than flattering light. But here's Ricky, just a normal guy who happens to have a pouch. Rock on, Ricky.
It's way more interesting than thinking that the creators just didn't know squat about kangaroos, anyway.
Tornado.
Impressive.
Slightly less impressive, as that's nothing I couldn't have done myself.
Here we are. Guess I've got no choice but to talk to him now.
At least I get to burst his bubble. Or balloon, as it were.
Can't a guy just like green?
A fairy, are you? Well, I guess I'm hardly one to question anyone's orientation, but to refer to youself with that term...
Oh, homophobic villagers. I see...
Sorry, I already have enough friends, thanks.
...is it just me, or does that sound like a threat?
Um. Yeah, no need to worry about that. Anyway, I actually do need him as a friend, so I guess I gotta talk to him again.
I have a feeling that saying you'll be someone's friend just so they'll give you a map is probably rather unkind. Sorry, Tingle.
How nice, that he just happens to give Link exactly what he needs.
Now if only you knew how to read it!
I have a feeling that's not going to be often.
Thanks for the hint. Now Ricky speaks up...
I can't exactly blame you.
He gives a couple punches as a farewell. Seeya, Ricky! I'm sorry I used think you were boring! You rock!
Uh, yeah, I'm off, too. I feel a little sorry for Tingle, though. No one likes him, the poor guy.
Just passing through on my way to a time portal.
That she's using so many exclaimation points is making me a little worried for her sanity.
I will, my love <3 I definitely won't get caught in a storm and end up shipwrecked or anything.
You, uh, seem to have a little flooding problem there, Rafton. It's probably because of things like this that your house doesn't exist in the present.
To sea at least!
?!
...
Now, where am I goin'?
Hm...
Gasha tree's coming along nicely.
Dum-de-dum
What an interesting building.
Pollution is very bad for your health.
Somehow small whirlpools arranged in perfect lines seem a little unnatural.
I feel like I should be singing something sea-related.
We are two mariners ~ Ship's sole survivors ~
No, no, ending up in something's belly isn't for much later.
There's those pirates again. What are they up to?
But perhaps I should be more concerned with where Link is going.
(Link tilts his head at the chart, perplexed)
(He flips it over, makes an "Oh..." sound)
(Little does he know he's still holding it sideways)
Oh, look, some sort of land. Maybe we're on the right track?
Hey, looks like we're almost there!
Or not.
Shame Tingle didn't give Link a compass along with the chart.
Nothing but open ocean as far as the eye can see.
Um. Is that some omninous music I hear starting up?
Wind's picking up.
Lightning strikes.
Large mammals fly past.
This is quite a storm.
And all goes white...