Majora's Mask: The Untold Story ((Official RP))

After being set down, Vina looked up at the potion shop she'd been brought to. It did, indeed, look busy.

"Still," she muttered to herself, "that medicine is the only cure I know of. If the owner of this shop can't acquire the ingredients or back-engineer the formula..."

Stalfos, stalfos. Everybody, stalfos. So, you won't be here anymore.

Vina shook her head. The voice still sounded faint, but it was getting stronger. The seal she'd cast was never designed to work against such a curse, and was developed by sages anyway. Magic or not, she wasn't a sage.

But, sage or not, if she couldn't find a cure here, she'd probably have to create her own...

Mako frowned slightly. He could almost sense the tension coming off of Ipsa towards the impolite Zora. "My brother," he addressed him formally, "is that any way to speak to someone whose help you're requesting?" He wasn't unkind about it, keeping his voice from sounding to condescending.

Javen smiled, having been addressed formally for the first time in quite a while. "Of course brother. Forgive my rudeness," he bowed slightly to the fellow Zora before turning to Ispa and Kotake, "My apologies."

For some unknown reason he felt better being reprimanded. He'd indeed been away too long if he was that outrightly rude. It made him ask the question he'd been wondering about since he saw the new worker "Miss? May I inquire as to when you started working here? I've been here a few times and never saw you here."

Caro reached the top of the latter and approached the door slowly, pressing her ear against it. She could hear quite a few voices inside. How could that many people even fit in there? Glancing back over her shoulder at Vina and Koria, she made a brash decision. Caro puffed herself up and burst through the door, weaving between people and scuttling as fast as she could, her eyes dead-set on the counter.
Leaping up onto the counter, she cried, "HELP KOTAKE HELP!!" flailing her arms about, creating quite a little spectacle.

Javen startled back and fell over a small box, hitting the floor with a thud from the sudden assault of sound and dread. "Waaaaah!" His head hitting the wall with a squish that made him groan. "Why do people insist on screaming in this swamp? Oww... My fin." He began to rub his head-fin and noticed it was soft, "That's gonna bruise."

Standing slowly he looked at Deku clad in Garo grabs but with it's hood lowered. "W-what's going on?"

Mako nearly fell off his bench. "GREAT GODDESSES!" He regained his balance, noticed something, and tilted his head to the side. "Hey, aren't you the Garo from before...?"

Vepo looked about at all the people filling the shop. He began to grow more worriedd. He thought to himself, I have not been around this many people in so long. He slowly moved toward the wall, and sat down curled up.

"I- what?" Caro looked over her shoulder and noticed Mako there. She had regrettably forgotten all about him in such a short amount of time! That was the Scrub in her, she thought wryly. "Ah, well.. that doesn't matter right now. There's something- something ! Someone needs help! I-" she talked in circles, "You know what, I have no idea what's going on." Caro shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. "But, someone out there needs help! A cure? A curse? I don't know! Just, Kotake, I need help!"

"So you passed through those damned woods have you?" Koria gave a soft sigh. I wish you luck... until it leaves your body I cannot fight it nor can I truly help you.

Vina nods, really only half-listening. Most of her attention is on the barely-audible commotion inside the potion shop.

"I guess I've spent too much time reading, because I really should've known better. What's done is done, though, and I'd rather focus on trying to undo what's been done."

"I'm not exactly much for parties either" she gave a small chuckle looking up at the potion shop. I don't see you getting up into there to quick... what do you need to cure that anyway...

In answer to the lizalfos' question, Vina pulls one of her rattier-looking tomes out of her bag, and starts rifling through it at an alarming speed. Once she finds the appropriate page, she shows her companion a complex alchemical formula.

"To break the curse," she says, "I'll need a few items that can ordinarily be found at any well-stocked apothecary. However, I'll also need a specific type of mushroom from the Lost Woods itself, which presents something of a problem. And there's another issue."

Without being asked, she casually points to a red X beside the formula's beginning.

"Specifically, I never quite got the hang of this one. I think a competent alchemist could figure out what I got wrong, and from there re-do the formula accurately... but I'm not really sure..."

(For obvious reasons, I should note that Twinrova should not be able to provide an appropriate remedy. I don't want to force anything, but it's still far too early to resolve Vina's little condition.

I should also note that she doesn't know anything about the Happy Mask Salesman, or about the Song of Healing.)

Ipsa shied off from the Zora as he came closer to the counter. Please, just make him go away... But at the sound of the door being practically broken through, she nearly dropped one of the more expensive bottles. Leaping to her feet she was surprised to see a Deku scrub in some sort of cloak jumping around, screaming of curses. Boy, was the shop ever busy today.

"Oh my, erm. Kotake?"

(( hehehe forgot about that :3 that is a VERY nice idea ^.=.^ and I won't force a cure for you :3 ))Koria gave a small nod, she wasn't exactly an alchemist. They best she had ever done is make a weak red potion on the field.

( aye me and Vina are outside, I couldn't climb the ladder with her ))

(( no prob now as per my last post >.=.> ))

Koria gave a small nod, she wasn't exactly an alchemist. They best she had ever done is make a weak red potion on the field.

"Come on, come on," Caro urged, flipping up her hood again. "I need a potions expert down here!"
Abruptly she turned and jumped down off the counter and out the door. Good, they're still down there, she thought, shimmying down the ladder and scuttling over to Koria and Vina.

Vina places a bookmark at the appropriate page, and struggles to her feet.

"What's going on up there?" she asks. "I'd prefer it if I could have a relatively quiet consultation, the formula I'd like to discuss with the owner is rather complex. Perhaps I should come back later?"

Glancing back at the shop, Caro fidgeted where she stood, and huffed. "Somebody should be coming to see you," she complained. "There's some kinda Zora convention going on in there, or something..."

Vina nods.

"That's somewhat unusual," she notes. "Most zoras that I've met were rather solitary in nature... but then again, I've never had a chance to see one of their settlements. Maybe if I can find a way to break this curse, I'll try locating the one I've heard of in the western bay..."

Javen rubbed his head as he left the shop, holding the ladder and easilly sliding down the sides "Huh.... So what's going on?" He said looking to the Deku with a puzzled look. This whole day had been sort of "funny." He looked at the studious female, just as curious about her as she may be of him.

Vina returns the zora's stare, but remains silent. She was never a very social person to begin with, and recent events have left her somewhat rattled. After a few awkward moments, she reaches into her bag for one of her books and begins to read. Stories never left her feeling uncomfortable.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Go see what all the hullabaloo's about while I tend to this young man!" Shouted Kotake as she tried to calm the man curled up against the wall. "Now now, I can't have anyone having a nervous breakdown in my shop."

Ipsa nodded to her mistress and grabbed a few red potions before running out of the shop. At least these ones weren't so questionable since they weren't made by novices. Yes, the scrub wasn't lying. Her eyebrows furrowed at the small gathering below, urgh, the Zora was there too, great. Tucking the bottles into her apron pockets, she made her way down the ladder and approached the group.

"Erm, I'm from the shop. Did something happen?"

His gaze left the girl as she began reading. Then, seeing the young apprentice approach, he shied back, not wanting to upset her anymore than she already was. Leaning back against a nearby tree he just let his mind foam over like the sea against the rocky beach crags. after a moment he groaned softly and adjusted his head so the bruised area on his head-fin wasn't pushing against the tree he was leaning on.

If you weren't paying direct attention you really wouldn't notice he was actually watching the entire situation unfold before him. His mind working as to whether or not he should offer his help seeing as how he'd upset the witches apprentice, however unintentional it may have been.

"Alright... that's it... we need a little more order here!" she shouted, " if were going to get anything done at all!" she rushed over ot the ladder and egan to climb up opening the door to the potion shop " alright! anyone who's not injuered or helping to heal the injured needs to get outside! Let the potion-sisters work! Your probably confusing the poor old girls to no end!" she imediantly left the shop dropping down the deck and onto the platform at the bottom. landing on all fours with a loud thud. Standing up and wading into the water, stema boiling around her scales.

Vina winces a little at her scaly companion's outburst, and looks up at the child addressing her.

"I have a... condition... that I feel your instructor should be able to help me with."

And then, she realizes something. Something that could ruin her current plan of action entirely. Taking her alchemical notebook and opening it to a basic potion formula, she puts it in front of the young girl.

"Tell me, have you ever seen anything like this among your teacher's notes?"