#proxim bridge

[kiltons-monster-manual]

Brigo Linktober 2022 - Day 22 - (late) - NPC  [IMAGE ID: A young man with a fair complexion, brown hair and brown eyes looking in 3-quarters view with a scowl on his face.  He is wearing a red shirt, a green vest and a heavy backpack.  He is carrying a spear in a brown-gloved hand. / END IMAGE ID].  

Brigo from Breath of the Wild - my favorite NPC in that game.  He defends Proxim Bridge from monsters and will talk Link off the edge of the bridge if you stand on the edge with encouraging words, apparently mistaking Link as a potential suicide-jumper.  It just resonates with me that this NPC in a darn video game is concerned with your mental health and saving your life.  

[script-the-skeleton]

Me, waking past good ole Proxin Bridge: A hearty fish! Sweet. *tries to jump to get it*

NPC: WAIT! Don’t end your life, everything is fine!

Me, now fishless: GOSH DARNIT! I SUPPORT WHAT YOURE DOING BUT MY FISH!

[annyllel]

Here’s a different reaction you can get from Brigo if you stand too near the edge of the bridge. I’m not sure what causes him to say this rather than that other bit of dialog, but still I think it’s really neat to see the different text. I actually got this reaction first and then the one I posted yesterday.

It is sorta funny that you can trigger his text by climbing the bridge if you were going to, say raid one of the nearby bokoblin camps, as happened in a great BotW story I read, titled The Watchman at Proxim Bridge. I’m afraid I do drive Brigo batty sometimes, especially the way I zoom past on my horse sometimes or walk carelessly along the rail of the bridge...

[sheikahslate--chronicles]

Entry 13

It seems shrines are the only safe havens in this kingdom. I was aiming to get to a mapping tower in the north, but was dissuaded when I spied a massive guardian patrolling the area. I don't like how fast they move. I didn't dare get close enough to be seen by it. I began exploring around the base of the plateau when a lightning storm suddenly built up. I somehow survived being struck by lightning, and decided to flee with my horse, looking for some kind of shelter. I swear, the lightning was chasing us. We ran blindly, and I lost track of our location on the map. What I do know is I found another shrine.

Said shrine was guarded by an army of bokoblins and moblins, though. I got off my horse, preparing to run straight into the shrine, but with enemies breathing down my neck, I didn't have time to open it. We had to flee a bit farther, across a bridge, and backtrack once they forgot about us. Bokoblins, I'm learning, are very stupid.

I don't think I'll complete this shrine's trial just yet. I need time to recover from my several near-death experiences. For now, it's warm in here, and I'm out of the rain, with no fear of being struck by lightning. I might sleep for a bit, if I'm able to. Of all tasks, this shrine deals with high-powered wind. It's very noisy.

[ladyphoenixnine]