7th installment of the VGNU.
As the land of Hyrule fights to reform, an old evil reawakens on an island where it was imprisoned.
Secreting themselves away, the Princess of this land and her chosen hero travel to put this evil to rest permanently...
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As stated before, the band of heroes hurried quickly to their next destination: the Caves of Talus. But this time when they arrived, Link took Roger's advice and slowed down. The mountain was still covered in ice, frozen over completely, and just as fragile as before. When they finally reached the cave entrance part way up the mountain, the tunnel inside had been repaired as well. The hole they'd fallen through was gone, replaced by the unstable thin ice.
"Go slow," Link instructed, taking a cautious step forward. "Hold on to each other's belts, just in case. I'll go first."
Barry held onto Link's belt, Roger held onto Barry's, and Paul held onto Roger's. In a line, they moved forward, tapping the floor carefully as they went. The ice cracked ominously, the sound like a squeaking echo through the tunnels. It was still dark, darker than they would've liked, but this time as they were taking the correct path somehow it was at least a little brighter than before, like the ice cast it's own glow up here. Even as they turned down corner after corner, lights still flickered on the walls bouncing up from the floor.
After a while, they found there was solid ground at one point, rock instead of ice. There they took a moment to break, studying the room and the different tunnels that split off from it.
"Does anyone know which way we'd gone last time?" Barry asked. "Which way we were facing so we can tell which direction to go now?"
"No idea," Paul answered. "I think we talked about that last time. Can't see the sun from here, and even though we're less turned around this time, we were so turned around last time we have nothing to really compare with."
"Yeah," Barry nodded.
"Well we're not splitting up again," Roger said.
"No," Link agreed. "But I don't think we have to."
"What do you mean?" Roger asked.
"Look at the carvings around this tunnel entrance," Link said.
The others all came over to Link, squinting at the faint cracks in the rock.
"What carvings?" Barry asked.
"Well I don't see this many scratch marks on the rest of the tunnels," Link said. "Besides, that kind of looks like a Triforce, don't you think?"
Roger got on his knees and looked closely at the tiny triangle shape at the base of the tunnel entrance. There was almost another upside down triangle inside of the first. "I guess," he muttered. "If you squint... with your eyes closed."
"We're going this way," Link said, starting slowly down that tunnel.
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For the most part, the rest of the tunnels were easy to traverse. They couldn't hear the rushing of water like last time, the floor was more rock than ice, and the ice that covered the walls seemed to glow, lighting their way. It was clear this was the path they'd been meant to take before if they hadn't fallen through the floor.
