Linkguistics

Tarrey Town

Intertwined with the rest of Link's misadventures, there was a town called Tarrey. It went better than you would think it would go. It still didn't go smoothly.

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Rhythmic clunking and the sound of metal on rock filled the air as the Bolson Construction Company half-heartedly started their work. They didn't discuss Vah Ruta's threat to the waters nor did they notice Link stagger into town the night before. Bolson really like the idea of new prime land to build on, but the thought of tearing down a perfectly good house rubbed the contractor the wrong way. He could have refitted the place and spruced it up with far less time and resources but the townsfolk seemed to not understand construction. It was weird. There was some old superstition about homes being uninhabitable when a warrior didn't have their body buried. Maybe his sales pitch for new homes was too good.

Whatever.

He could get some usable materials from the place so it wouldn't be as wasteful. They took their time to hit the structure in such a way as to preserve the best materials and get at the structure underneath. They could salvage a lot and turn an even larger profit with some care. The two-thousand rupees plus building materials was great for the bottom line.

The construction workers heard the sound of footsteps on the bridge and Link saying, "Hi! Is this lab?"

"Huh?," said Bolson. He turned to look at the stranger.

"I looking for lab? Purah? She is Sheikah?"

Karson realized this guy was definitely not from Hyrule or any nearby locations. His mastery of the Hylian language was atrocious. "Oh, no, the Sheikah lab is up the hill. In the other direction." He pointed upwards in the general direction. "I could show you the way if you would like..." Link was giving the hammers an odd look as Hudson took a swing at the wall. "We'd love to hear more about you, we don't get many boys visiting over here. What is your name?"

"Ummm..." Link understood the last question at least. "Link my name. What are you doing?" Karson lost all interest on Link when he heard a space instead of '-son

"In case it's not obvious, I'm demolishing a vacant house. Times are rough. Not a lot of buyers, y'know? So the villagers decided it was best to just tear it down."

"Tear it down? Obvious?"

"Um, you know, tear down, break..." The contractor was able to explain the expression with relative ease but the word 'obvious' gave them trouble. Link looked slightly less confused after the definitions were done. Bolson said, "Well, we have a house to destroy."

Link looked up at the house. "You hammer house down. Sounds... what's that word... dull?"

"Yeah it's boring. I guess a young visiting buck like you might not get what we're saying."

"...want help destroy?"

"Huh? Oh your name is wrong though. It doesn't end in '-son.' We can't hire you." The three workmen and Link stared at each other. Link did not understand one bit of the last sentence and the workmen didn't feel like explaining company policy when there was a house to demolish. "Look, we need to destroy this. Time's a wasting."

Link was not looking at the men. He had his eyes fixed firmly on the building with an odd gleam. "You don't need to destroy it. I can help!"

Hudson swung the hammer at the side of the building. "Look, you are welcome to help if you want but he won't pay you. I mean, I won't complain about help."

Link disappeared around the corner. He returned with a torch. A lit torch. This lit torch was paired with a pleading sort of look in his eye. Bolson's mouth dropped open as did the iron hammer.