Jun 24
erm. Go my 1xling comic
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erm. Go my 1xling comic
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[Image Description: 5 panels for the Merged Shadows AU in grey scale, set on Death Mountain at night. Panel 1: A woman’s silhouette in gold, stretches a hand out to Newt. "Take up your sword-" she says. Newt has his tongue sticking out, posed to pounce. "One more try..." he says. Panel 2: A lizard lays on the rock. Panel 3: Newt raises the Lizard up with a cheer "Ah HA!" Panel 4: A close up of the Lizard. "You shall be... Bob." Panel 5: A view of Death Mountain, lava and Newt both spot colored in red. A "Riiinnnng" emanates from the mountain. Newt holds the lizard on his head, "I guess I should go figure out what's up with that magic stuff huh Bob?" Newt says. End ID]
(Starting from after this page)
Newt will take other Lizard Name options if you wish to provide them. Bob is a placeholder. In the meantime, shall Newt- Ask his Dad about it, Look for the ringing in the Mine, Look for someone who might know in the Village at the base of the mountain?
Shall Newt
Ask Dad
Look in the Mine
Ask people in the Village
[Image description: a 4 panel line art comic from the Merged Shadows LoZ AU. Panel 1: Fin grabs the sword behind his back with a worried expression. Panel 2: A close up of Fin raising the sword, with a thought bubble "I just want out of here" Panel 3: Fin yells "Aaahh" as gold teleportation "ping" has him falling over Costa. Costa looks up with wide eyes. Panel 4: Fin, dripping water, lands on top of Costa's back. Costa screams "Who ARE you and why are you WET?" Fin looks nervously at him. End ID]
Costa and Fin have discovered the Four Sword can teleport to it's other wielders! This ability is dubbed Recollect. This ability can be called upon in the notes, but only works when the Four Sword is in the hands of at least 2 wielders, and can not collect any wielders who are not holding their sword. Wielders can reject this effect.
The Sword in the Ocean: Complete Enemies Defeated: 3 out of 8 Side Quests: 3 out of 4 Fin's Total Rupees: 5 Collected Items: Boomerang, Small Shield, Bubble Seed, Zora Flippers, Blue Four Sword (you can finish more of these later if you return to the Ocean Region)
[Gif: a character selection pixel art with Zelda (greyed out), Jay, Newt, Fin and Costa, who each highlight in color and do brief movements when the cursor hovers over them. End ID]
Character Selection: who would you like to follow now? Jay [In The Forest], Newt [On Death Mountain], Fin [The Castle], or Costa [The Castle]?
Note: Fin & Costa can not proceed outside of The Castle without Jay and Newt.
Character Selection
Jay
Newt
Fin
Costa
Character Selections will determine who is the Player Character for the next segment. The other characters will be Paused. A Paused character will have no major plot points/votes occur, and unless they need travel time, when you return to them next it will be assumed that little to no time has passed. But you can still (and are encouraged to lol) ask them questions!
[Image description: a 4 panel line art comic from the Merged Shadows LoZ AU. Panel 1: Newt walks down into the Village by the base of the mountain. He has the lizard on his head still and calls "Hellooo" with one hand raised to his mouth. Panel 2: a Goron style house built into the rock, with crystals at the top of the frame archway and a door with beads and Goron symbol. Panel 3: A wood and brick house with a covered porch. Panel 4: a young person with braided hair and bangs that fall over their face. They wear similar style clothes to Newt with a shirt instead of a full tunic. They play an ocarina sitting on the ground next to a rock-blocked cave entrance. End ID]
Welcome to Kakariko!
Time to talk to some villagers... seems most of them are retired to their house, though.
Newt knows the most mountain and magic knowledgeable people here are Goron Jeweler and armor craftsman who resides here, Gyruna, and the leader of the village, Impa. But he also sees some mystery kid!
Should Newt talk to Gyruna, Impa, or The Kid first?
Who should Newt talk to?
Gyruna
Impa
The Kid
In other news! The Lizard is now Bob Donovan!
[Image Description: 5 panel lineart comic for the Merged Shadows AU. Panel 1: Fin swims in a loop cheering "haha!" A sunken statue is settled in the bottom of the seabed. Panel 2: Fin cries "Eek!" while looking at a Octorok, hiding behind his shield, boomerang in one hand. The Octorok is wide-eyed, rock heading toward it, with a "poof" surrounding it. A recovery heart flies back toward Fin. Panel 3: The Eel cave is shown with two slightly closed eyes glowing in the darkness. Ahead of it, the four sword stuck in the sand. Panel 4: The sword glows, indicated by a gold "Shing!" Panel 5: The sea is colored in black. Fin has 3 red hearts in the left corner. Fin swims idly in front of the cave and glowing sword. Their shadow, choppy on the sea floor, looks wide-eyed. The Eel cave has one wide eye visible. End ID]
Having swam all the way back to the cave, Fin destroyed another Octorok, regaining a Heart (3 total), and arrived at Night.
Should Fin: try to sneak around and grab the sword, or try to stun the eel with the Boomerang
BOTH options will Initiate the Boss Battle: Characters can not Rest in Boss Battles. If the Player Character looses all their hearts, we will reset to the Last Save. Additionally, Boss Battle poll events will only last 1 day, instead of a week.
Should Fin
sneak up and grab the sword
stun the eel
[Image Description: 3 panel lineart comic for the Merged Shadows AU. Panel 1: Fin raises his shield to the Eel's open maw of teeth. He looks wide eyed behind the shield. Panel 2: Fin stabs the Eel with his sword in the mouth, shouting "HA" Panel 3: The Eel begins to charge again, swimming around Fin in a circle. End ID]
Fin got 1 hit on the Eel after avoiding being bitten with the shield! Should Fin Swim Away, Attack with the Sword or Stun with the Boomerang?
Should Fin
Swim Away
Attack with Sword
Stun with Boomerang
[Image Description: 8 panel lineart drawing for the Merged Shadows AU. Panel 1: Fin swims through a seaweed forest, pushing a hand against a patch of seaweed. He holds a seahorse in one hand. Panel 2: A octorok spits a rock at him. He puts his shield up, and the rock ricochets with a "Tong" Panel 3: The rock hits the octorok in the head Panel 4: it "poof!" vanishes and leaves behind bubble-shaped seeds on a stem. Panel 5: Fin picks up the seeds, looking at it quizically with a "hm". Panel 6: a close up of the seed is labeled "Seed Satchel: Bubble Seed" Panel 7: Fin lifts his head over the water with a "gasp" Panel 8: Fin holds out the seahorse to the Zora Stergi. Stergi has his arms crossed "Ah, you're back... I suppose a deal is a deal." End ID]
Stergi: Those flippers are handcrafted. I expect you to take good care of them... just like you handled this seahorse.
Fin has added 1 Bubble Seed to his seed satchel and Zora Flippers to his inventory! Bubble Seed: A bubble-shaped seed that holds a small splash of fresh water in its pods. Zora Flippers will be automatically used in deep water and do not need to be Equipped. Fin is ready to go to the Eel!
Should Fin: test the Flippers and try to swim to the Eel, or ask the Fisherman for another boat ride?
Should Fin
Swim to the Eel
Ask the Fisherman for a boat ride
[Image Description: 7 panel lineart comic for the Merged Shadows AU. Panel 1: a close up of Fin's hand throwing a boomerang. Panel 2: The Eel is hit in the head with the boomerang with a "KAH", eyes wide. Panel 3: Fin swims to the four sword, arm outstretched to grab it. Panel 4: The eel shakes its head, eyes scrunched up closed. Panel 5: Fin holds up the sword with a look of surprise. He hears a "tinnn- woosh!" Fin's eyes and the sword hilt are both colored blue. Panel 6: The eel wraps around Fin, electric charge surrounding it. Panel 7: "KRRShh" Fin is electrified, half a heart indicated next to him. Fin's expression scrunches up, and his hair goes rigid as he holds onto the sword firmly. End ID]
The boomerang gave just a little less time than expected.... Fin lost half a heart to the Eel's electric power, leaving him with 2.5 hearts! Should Fin swim up to escape, attack the eel with the sword, or Shield? Remember, in Boss Battles you only have 1 day to respond!
Should Fin
Swim up
Attack with the Sword
Shield