#Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner!

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner!"

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies S01E05 - Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner (1972) Hanna Barbera Productions

This episode contains the first ever ‘Scooby Dooby Doors’ skit.

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies S01E05 - Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner? (1972)

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The New Scooby Doo Movies Season 1 Episodes 5 - 8

5. Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner

This episode follows the gang arriving at Moody Manor, hoping to ask for directions, but are instead mistaken for Moody’s Nieces and Nephews, throwing them into the mystery of where their supposed uncle has gone. 

The guest star for this episode is Homer Pipsqueak! Who is undoubtedly the best element of this episode. Don Knotts (the actual guest star) plays a series of characters in this, dressed in different disguises, however, he isn’t Don Knotts, he’s the aforementioned Homer Pipsqueak, a Sherlock parody, dressing in disguises in an attempt to solve the mystery. 

Don Knotts two appearances in The New Scooby Doo Movies landed him as an almost mascot for the series, and guest stars in the show in general, going on to appear in the game Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights, all the way in 2002. The actor/comedian is likely best known for his work in shows like Three’s Company and his appearance in It’s a Mad, Mad World, a three and a half hour movie that also starred Jonathan Winters. 

Throughout the episode, Homer appears in different costumes, and it’s one of the best aspects of the entire episode, and I do enjoy the fake out of him being Homer rather than Don Knotts! Alongside this, I also love the more gothic aesthetic this episode returns to, even if this series feels like a large leap away from the horror aesthetics of the original series, I do appreciate the episodes that return to these moments. 

This episode’s villain, Captain Moody’s Ghost, is probably the most interesting design we’ve seen so far. The ghost has a snowy white face, floating in his muddy tan cloak, it reminds me a lot of Ghostface actually, although the origins of the two aren’t related. The villain also appeared in the video game alongside Don which is super fun! I’ll have to check it out soon. 

Although this one is more enjoyable, it still ends up being kind of a drag, almost all of these episodes are tedious in some way, and while this one manages to be okay, holding some fun moments, but ultimately not enough to salvage the episode for me! I left most episodes without any or many notes, so these reviews will likely be on the shorter side - as is, this one is okay. 

6. A Good Medium is Rare

A Good Medium follows the gang meeting a lost dog, who they subsequently return to his owner, guest star Phyllis Diller. While at her mansion, they learn that someone is attempting to steal her jewels, staying to aid in solving the mystery. 

I actually enjoyed this one a lot! This goes the complete opposite direction to many other episodes, where this one throws so much at you, it’s almost suffocating how swiftly ideas and concepts will rise and fall, it’s truly great! 

Phyllis Diller is such a great character in this, she pairs so well with all her characters, and despite being a character who is mostly reliant on the same joke - having had a lot of husbands - it works in the context of the episode. She’s zany enough to keep my attention in a way the heavily watered down comedy acts don’t tend to be! Phyllis was a stand up comedian and actor, along a myriad of other things, defined by a striking style and appearance, she had many voice acting roles including the queen from A Bug's Life, and went on to win six awards for her work. 

I haven’t seen any of her work outside of this episode, but I found her comedy and style to work perfectly in this world. Her appearance certainly makes her such an interesting character alone, but she felt entirely herself here, or at least, entirely her character. 

The same love cannot be shared for the villains, the phantoms and gargoyle. The phantoms have fine designs, which I mean in the most basic way possible. They wear brown jackets and hats and have striking blue faces, they don’t quite clash as much as the Scarecrow’s design, but I still can’t say this looks great! Meanwhile the gargoyle is a completely fine rendition of the creature, which were placed on houses to act as gutters. They always have such interesting designs regardless, this design does nothing special with it, instead giving a kind of awkward style to the creature. 

I do enjoy the gothic mansion and discussions of ghosts and seances, it pushes the story back into the show's horror roots which I will always appreciate. It’s something I’ve found them moving away from within this series, which I think also acts as an ode to my boredom throughout! 

I really enjoyed the ending magic show. It's a great escalation of the episode and pushes it in a new and unique direction that still works and feels on form for the episode, at no point did I sit and wonder why we were here, and it genuinely got laughs out of me! I love this part, and I think the humour mixed with the characters fear of the situation make it all the better; Shaggy finds himself terrified of the tricks, and as such, he messes them up, infuriating the villain, like it’s perfect! 

I really enjoy this episode, even if a lot of my reasoning comes down to finding the guest and general storyline funny and entertaining. Not perfect by any means, but certainly a great episode! 

7. Sandy Duncan’s Jekyll and Hyde

I actually like this episode too!

We follow the gang on the set of guest star Sandy Duncan's new movie, the set of which is being torn down soon, however, someone keeps disrupting the set, causing delays. 

Sandy Duncan is an actor and comedian, best known for her roles in the Fox and the Hound, The Cat From Outer Space and the 80s MLP movie. Despite this episode's setting, she’s never acted in a horror movie before! I like Sandy Duncan as a character here, she feels like a more fleshed out Candy Mint (Never Ape an Apeman), being a real person and all, although I think it’s important to note that unless stated otherwise, all these actors play caricatures of themselves, therefore when I talk about them, I’m talking about this fictionalised version of them. 

This setting takes the Where are you episode (Never Ape an Apeman) and pushes it further, allowing us to live on this set. It’s one of the only times I enjoy the large cast of villains! Usually, the large amount feels like it’s compensating, all of them are bland and it’s difficult to keep track of, giving the episode an unfinished and confusing feeling. In contrast, I found it to aid this episode’s feeling of being a set, we see costumes used all over the place, from the titular Hyde (from the movie Sandy is starring in) to Ghosts, Lions, Dragons and Pirates. 

The main villain is Hyde, his design far closer to the 1920s silent movie than the 1931 movie, while the previous Hyde (Where are You, Nowhere to Hyde) feels closer to the more animalistic design of that movie, the green in the poster likely a direct inspiration. Thus design instead is far more human, but the differently shaped eyes is likely an ode to the design of the character in the silent movie. 

Skimming through the other characters I don't care much for, or who lack many interesting ideas, we have a Native American (similar in design to episode one of this season), the pirates, the mummy (similar to in Where are You, Scooby Doo and a Mummy Too), the ghost and Sheik. 

This leaves the lion, bear and dragon. The lion and bear are simple, they are the animals, there’s nothing too exciting beyond them being these animals. At the very least, they are character types we haven’t seen yet in the series, but even in comparison to the following episode, they are wholly uninspired. However, I do enjoy the dragon, painted in violet and mauve, the creature is operated by the villain and breathes real fire, the decision to just have a dragon here is so out there that I can’t help but love it! 

Within the episode itself, there’s some fun ideas! We see the stunt double looking the same as Daphne, therefore forcing her into the role later on, which I like as a way of assimilating the gang directly into danger and the throws of the mystery. And the setting is perfect for the gags and constant chases the episode bestows on us. 

I can see myself adoring this episode if only it were shorter, but theres at least ten minutes here that drags! However, usually, I find myself bored for at least twenty minutes so truly I was happy with this one! 

And the villain is an old silent actor, it’s such a fun motive and I love how this is integrated, we’ve come a long way from every villain being greedy! Kind of. 

Also! There’s a sequel episode in Guess Who!, which is a long way away, but something super exciting to me. 

8. The Secret of Shark Island

For context, there are five episodes in the entirety of the New Scooby Doo Movies that I placed as “good” or above on my rating scale. Three of those were in this set of four! 

The episode sees the gang meeting Cher and Sonny during their honeymoon at an island resort. However soon they learn of a shark man lurking nearby. 

As guest stars, I like Cher and Sonny! They’re characters on their honeymoon, constantly telling people who they are but asking for no attention, which they never receive anyway; it presents them as egotistical and self-centred, a great concept for one of these guest stars. They also feel pretty separate from the gang for a good chunk of this, so while I enjoyed the time we did spend with them, they never overstayed their welcome. While at times they could be kind of tedious, the episode is constantly moving, it ends up being one of the best paced in the season! Funnily enough, all my favourite episodes in this iteration of Scooby-Doo are the ones that have this faster pacing, always moving somewhere! 

Cher is best known for her music, sometimes referred to as the Goddess of Pop! With that being said, she has a lot of acting credits, starring in Moonstruck and The Witches of Eastwick. She was married to Sonny at the time, but the two got a divorce in 1975. The two formed a band for a while, but outside of music, Sonny is maybe best known for his work in politics as a member of the republican party. 

I really enjoy the monster here too, a little group of shark men. Somewhat anthropomorphised by their legs and arms, these characters feel so involved in the episode, it gives it so much more intrigue and makes me enjoy it so much more! They’re sharks, that’s mostly it, probably inspired by great whites, although their shade of grey is certainly darker. 

I was pretty shocked by the fact this came out before Jaws. During the cold war, the US military were paranoid about sharks interfering with their water based operations, with this fear seeping into the general population in the 1960s, although it still was nothing major. In fact, before this, there wasn’t too much of a widespread fear of sharks. However, after the release of Jaws, the fear and hatred of sharks blew up, they became a common target with, on average, 100 million sharks killed a year. In contrast, there’s, on average, roughly 60 shark based fatalities a year. I think the fear mongering is important to put into perspective, because sharks aren’t really a threat to people, but their presentation in the media often influences many to be afraid of them, which only leads to their rising deaths. 

Taking place before the release of Jaws gives these shark men a different perspective, which I appreciate. The anthropomorphisation for a start makes them unique and stand apart from the real animal, and generally makes for a more interesting design. I love these guys! They’re so cute and angry looking, they look so fun swimming and running around the island, they truly aid in making this episode great. Again, their more frequent appearances allows for the audience to feel their presence, this episode as a whole ends up feeling closer to a Where are You episode which is only a positive thing in my eyes! 

The island resort setting is also a nice change of pace. As much as I miss the gothic and brooding backgrounds we used to receive, I’d take the varied locations any day over drear and repeated places. I think that’s something important to give this series credit for! It nails its variety of locations. 

Glad to end on a positive note! 

Episodes Ranked:

A Good Medium is Rare

The Secret of Shark Island

Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde

Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner

Villains Ranked:

Shark Men

Ghost of Captain Moody

Gargoyle

Phantom

Dragon

Bear

Mr Hyde

Mummy

Pirate

Ghost

Sheik

Wolfman

Native American

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I’m actually pleasantly surprised by how good ‘The Spooky Fog of Juneberry’ is! The first Don Knotts episode, ‘Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner?’ was pretty dreadful for the first half. Like, yeah. I get it. Don Knotts does impressions and can play a lot of characters. Whatever. Can we get to the actual mystery yet? But in this episode, Don Knotts is there, but really doesn’t overstay his welcome like that first appearance. He isn’t the main focus of the story, but the episode is enhanced by his appearance. And he actually bounces off of Shaggy pretty well! They’re both cowardly and so them just trying to get the other to go first works in very much the same way as when Shaggy and Scooby normally do it! And the fact that Shaggy and Don can just bounce absolutely terrible jokes off of each other is fantastic. I love terrible jokes and the more terrible jokes that Shaggy can make, the happier I am.

Also that ending was really precious. A nice little bookends while also being just... Very sweet. Also I feel like in terms of continuity, ‘The Spooky Fog of Juneberry’ should take place before ‘Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner.’ Maybe...? Because it was weird for the gang to be like, “Oh, wow! It’s Don Knotts! We love your work! You’re our favorite comedian!” When they’ve met him before. However in ‘Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner’ it would be a little weird that Don Knotts is accusing the gang of kidnapping and possibly hurting the owner of the mansion to get an inheritance, when he should remember them and that they helped him before... But I actually still find that pretty plausible. Like, Don Knotts is famous, it’s possible that he could have forgotten that he met the gang, while the reverse is less likely. And because these kids keep showing up where there’s trouble, I can absolutely believe that he might suspect them of causing these problems! And since the gang is always traveling together all the time, he may have not really realized that they weren’t actually related! Plus Scooby recognizes Don Knotts immediately and the gang dismiss the idea outright. If they actually knew and met him and know that he’s just living over in the town of Juneberry, it makes sense that they’d be like, “Don Knotts? All the way out here? Nah.” Just a thought.

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The New Scooby Doo Movies Ep. 5 “Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner?”

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Today's Warmup is a sloppy screencap redraw from the Scooby Doo Movie "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner"

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner!"

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies S01E05 - Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner (1972) Hanna Barbera Productions

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Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner

The New Scooby Doo Movies Season 1 Episode 5

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I'm from a different dimension actually Damian X Reader

Pulled away to another world, Y/N uses magic science and a Little bird to help her get back home and possibly be rid of an apocalyptic event. "So, will you succumb to your doubts completely or step into the sun of this new world?"

"Aw man, this drags!" This wasn't the first time I moaned out in boredom. But then again I wasn't always in a classroom filled with rich privileged kids. "Well Y/N if you didn't always study the curriculum you might have a challenge for once," Molly said laughing at me. Molly my best friend and rival, blonde that swayed at her ankles while she stood and swept the floor when she sat her skin was so white it was almost the color of brand new paper but that also meant she was highly allergic to the sun she pretty much bathed in sunscreen. despite her paleness, her eyes weren't pink but an odd color of blue.

"Molly I know that you like slacking but I plan for other things relating to my future you know like a collage. Some of us are not only children of a rich family regarding security." I tease her my boredom slowly leaving me. I had been friends with her since I was emitted into the school, we fought over a cannoli at lunch and ended up sharing it because we needed to move in the line. She smirked at me before laughing catching the attention of the class, earning odd looks from our classmates. With how the ranking system worked in our school you were placed by your social class and your grades, so being that I was hanging out with one of the richest kids in the world was already crashing the class system. But being that I had the better grades of the school (when I say better I mean the best of the school) they couldn't complain. In a way I was untouchable.

As Molly and I continued talking the bell rang signaling for us to go home. We walked outside, Taking to her family car like I did every day and waved her off as I walked home, I tried staying clear of the alleyways on my way back to my apartment building after all the streets weren't exactly safe in Gotham. My apartment resided in a building covered in ivy and was right above a small coffee shop. I went through the back door and headed up to my room, apartment 13 on the second floor that didn't help much though the whole building smelled like coffee and sugar. Unlocking my door I walk to the kitchen and grab a cherry soda grabbing my homework and heading to my room. I lived alone despite being only 16 years old I got this place technically from the government, well I suppose not alone I do have Nightmare. Then I froze just remembering the cat, There was a reason why I named it Nightmare, one being slick and black, with red piercing eyes, the other-

"OW! Holy son of a Snickerdoodle on the fourth of July!" I look down at the cat the digging his teeth and claws into my ankle. he unhooks his teeth and claws tilting his head up he meows at me. Two he attacks out of thin air, and mostly your feet but he's adorable so there's no going back from that. " You sneaky and little cute little demon." I pick him up scratching his back he purrs at my touch leaning in. I look outside and it dark already, he must have come in to tell me to make dinner. I didn't take long making him his food and me heating my sembosa and seated at my table. I put the sembosa in my mouth, and I hear Nightmare hissing over in the living room, and a crash of glass in the living room. I rush out of my seat turning to the damage, a bleeding boy in a red costume laid on my coffee table. I run closer and take a look at him, on his chest was a small black patch with a golden R stitched to it under it was a familiar large cut turning green. "Oh no." I hear a moan and I look to the face of the stranger he wore a green mask that covered part of his face but as far as I can tell he's half-conscious. " I can't believe they're back, and I left that place so they couldn't find me I guess it was going to be a matter of time." I run my hand through my hair, from the greenness on his wound he probably killed the thing while it slashed at him which would explain the taintedness of the injury. I swung open my closet and grabbed the box with the X painted on it, opening it I take out the box covered in Celtic Knotts and open that as well. And I pull out an iridescent scale. I run back to the boy, "Hey! Hey!" I slap him till I see a shift on his face. "I'm going to help you but you need to eat this, okay?" He nodded and I stuffed the thing in his mouth, I hear him chew and I get to work on the gash, cleaning, and stitching as carefully as possible.

I woke up on the love seat in front of the coffee table, I was groggy and covered in blood and sore. I am still am holding the box full of scales so I lift it and it's lighter then it should. I shoot up opening the box, my heart sinks. My eyes look up to the coffee table to the and see the boy sitting upright holding my bag of glinting scales his green gloves holding them by the ribbon black hair cascaded over his face, to be honest, it looked odd. I come back to my senses and snatch the bag from him. "those are dangerous," I quickly put the bag into the box, and look back at him. "you need to rest that wound won't heal well unless rest. especially With what you fought, I'm uncertain on how you even managed to survive this that long and crash into my window," I hold the box close to my chest, "just who are you Mr. Cloak-and-Dagger?"

He scoffs. "This is a joke right what are those things." He points to my box.

"It's something precious and rare now answer me window breaker, Just who are you?" I glare at him. "Might I remind you I saved your life?" The intruder glared back with equal intensity.

"My name is Robin son of Batman." He said as if he had a foul taste in his mouth.

"Well Robin son of Batman," I said, " can you tell me how you're going to fix my window?"

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Blackinnon Week 2021

Monday 13th “Rumor has it I make you nervous”

Word Count 1070, Can also be read on AO3 @ inthemiddle2

Marlene was standing alone in the old transfiguration classroom. It was one of her favorite classroom, even in the dark of night the big windows allowed the moon to shine in, lighting most of the room. She was standing by the window looking out enjoying her alone time. She had been in her own head too much these past few days, she wanted to be alone.

“Nice night.”

Marlene jumped at the voice that came from right behind her ear. She whirled around to smack Sirius in the chest, “Merlin you scared me!”

Sirius grabbed the hand as it went to strike again, “Odd I hadn’t heard scared but rumor has it I make you nervous.”

Marlene quirked her eyebrow at him, “What are you talking about?” She had meant for it to come out as more of an accusation but their proximity was making her flush. It was more whisper.

“James pulled me aside after dinner and asked if knew why you were acting so weird. He seemed to be under the impression that I did something wrong. He pointed out how jumpy you’ve been around me, he’s say you seem nervous.”

Marlene tried to step away from him, she need to create space but Sirius just gripped her hand, holding her flush to his chest. Looking her dead in the eyes, “I’m inclined to agree with him. You’ve been avoiding me.”

“That’s ridiculous” Still not sounding as confident as she would have liked.

“See I don’t think it is. We always run together during practice and for some reason you were hauling ass like a hippogriff was chasing you. And then at dinner I sat down and suddenly you were stuffed but you had only taken two bites and I know Sheppard’s pie is your favourite. So.. what gives McKinnon?” He finally released her hand.

Marlene shoved him, not that he moved but more it pushed her back and she was happy for the space. “God you are so full of yourself.” It was nothing she hadn’t said to him before but this time there wasn’t a teasing tone. She words were sharp. “Have you ever thought that maybe it has nothing to do with you! Or maybe I’ve just grown up. We’re in 5th year Sirius. Maybe I don’t want to deal with your immature shit. Maybe I’ve just out grown you.”

Marlene didn’t know why she was being so harsh with him. It just seemed like the safe option. For a moment she say a flash of hurt cross his face. She knew she had sounded whiny and she was regretting responding in that way. Marlene looked to the ground with shame.

A slow smirk came across Sirius’ face “Bullshit.”

Marlene’s head snapped up, “What do you mean Bullshit??”

Sirius was still just smiling at her shocked face, “You heard me, McKinnon. I’m calling bull. shit.” Marlene just glared at the unfairly content boy. “Now, come on and tell me what’s really bugging you because I happen to know you were a big fan of my immaturity last week when I charmed Knott’s hair red and his food to run away from him.”

Sirius closed the gap between them, “You were such a fan, you had pumpkin juice squirting from that cute little nose of yours.” He gave said nose a little boop.

Marlene knew he was right, she really did have pumpkin juice coming from her nose. She looked up at him and blushed but she knew she needed to tell him the truth. She looked to the ground, unable to look at him while she said it.

“ihadasexdreamaboutyou” It was a mumble but it was the best she could give.

Sirius didn’t understand a word she had said, he raised one eyebrow, “what was that McKinnon?”

Marlene groaned, running her hands across her face, “I said, I had a.. a sex dream about you.” She peaked through her fingers.

Sirius let out a bark of a laugh, “Oh that is rich McKinnon” He swung an arm around her shoulder, “I knew even you couldn’t resist all this raw sexual energy.”

He was never going to let her live this down. She didn’t have to look at him to know he was smiling, his teasing voice was enough. “Tell me what was it that did it for you? Was it at practice, running with no shirt? Or was it when me and James took a dive in the lake last week. Or” He was having trouble getting his words out, he was cracking himself up, “or was it when I punched Roiser last week. Took him down with one hit ya know”

Marlene rolled her eyes at his antics but she honestly felt better that it was out there. Him teasing her was nothing out of the ordinary and she was ready for things to go back to normal between them. She shoved his side, “You’re such a prat you know that? …but if you must know it was last Tuesday.”

Sirius thought back to Tuesday. He didn’t remember anything significant happen that day.

“Tuesday?”

“Oh Merlin… you dolt. I can’t believe you’re making me explain this.” Marlene ran a hand across her face. She was still tucked under his arm. “I had over slept and missed breakfast so I was running to potions. And you being you, were just late for potions. Anyway I…” She was going to have to rush out this last part, “I came across you helping that little first year Slytherin boy who had no idea where the McGonagall’s class was. It was really sweet and that night I had the dream so there now you know and we can move on.”

Marlene pulled away from him but Sirius grabbed her wrist, “Wait, McKinnon. It’s fine, really it happens to us all. Although a little weird that’s what got you going but hey to each their own I guess.” Her face was beat red, she turned away from him again. He was still holding her wrist when he said with a shrug, “besides it’s not like I’ve never had one about you.”

“What?!” Marlene turned around at that.

“Yeah, loads of them honestly.”

“Oh”

“Although mine were definitely not as G rated.” Sirius gave her a wink and walked out the room, leaving a red faced Marlene McKinnon standing with her mouth agape.

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So I Don’t Forget Again: A Breath of The Wild fanfiction

Entry 170: Rito Village

 Even though I can’t fly and most of their techniques involves the intricacies of flying and shooting at the same time I’ve still learned a lot. Teba said we were going to take a break today; he had noticed my arm started acting up yesterday and thought I needed a break. Yesterday he thought I just might not have stretched enough before training but seeing me this morning he thought I might have pulled something and suggested I ask Saki to take a look at it.

I guess I’ll have to visit the Domain soon. I’m not even near finished with the medicine I have now. Feels like a waste to have not finished this stuff before getting new medicine, but I was given an excess amount since they didn’t know how long I was going to be gone for.

Bossa Nova kept nudging my arm and side, I think he’s noticed too. That or he just wants scratches and pets. After getting here he practically had been getting them nonstop from just about everyone. With no one petting him I guess he now wanted me to pet him, and he nudged me less after I pet him. There’s also plenty of foliage here. I think Bossa Nova is getting spoiled here. I hope he’ll be okay with leaving when I’m done here.

I found Amali calling out for Kheel. She had gone missing and Amali was searching around the whole village. Though things are much safer, the Yiga have been around attacking people.

Teba and I had been using them in training as targets. I understand it’s to protect everyone in the village, but… I feel nauseous seeing the bodies pile up.

I offered to search outside the village for Kheel.

She was at Warbler’s Nest. She wants to finally have singing practice with her sisters but they refuse to go and she refuses to leave till they join her. I told her that if she had to practice here I or some other warrior should be there. It seems she doesn’t know about the Yiga. I thought about explaining the situation to her but I shouldn’t scare her, what if she becomes too scared to leave the village even when it is safe. I tried telling her there were other dangerous creatures around like wolves, but she still refused. She didn’t need to practice here every day, but it had been so long she at least wanted to sing here just once. I told her that I wanted to hear their singing and didn’t want to miss a thing, so I asked her if she’d please come with me to find her sisters so I could hear their recital practice.

First Kheel and I checked back home and found Genli at the cooking pot, she wanted to do some cooking and had sent some of the others to help her collect some missing ingredients while she prepared. She did tell us where she thought some of the others would be at like the store and such.

When we were searching Amali spotted us and was relieved to see us back safely. She told Kheel it was still too dangerous to be out. I explained I’d be there to look after them, but Amali wasn’t happy. Apparently Teba had told her we were taking a break and told me I was to be resting, not fighting still. I explained the situation with my arm but that only got her to say that was even more reason to rest. She then sighed, saying I am an adult who could make choices for himself but she highly recommended that I return to the zora before my infections get worse and become more permanent, maybe even stay with them till I’m fully healed since all the Divine Beasts had been appeased now.

Even if I’m still fighting, for me, just staying here is a rest. Amali paused for a moment then so softly told me that whenever I needed a break I could always come back here. She then told me to go back to playing with my sisters as Kheel seemed to be getting impatient. She then got flustered noticing what she had said and apologized. In a lot of ways I am rather similar to Kass and with how I’m always with her daughters, playing with them and such whenever I returned from training with Teba I was like a big brother to them. Kass had spoken much of me before Amali and I had actually met, and the tales were so accurate, she felt like she had known me for much longer than we actually had, so in a way I felt somewhat like her own child as odd as it may sound. Especially with how Kass spoke of me in a similar way he had of their daughters.

When Amali and I were hugging Kheel joined in, confused but didn’t want to be left out. I promised her I’d be more careful and that I’d go see the zora doctors soon and return better than ever. Amali said that when I come back, I should bring my boyfriend so she and everyone else could meet him, though with Kass’ many tales of Sidon he sounded like a great person. I think Sidon would like that and I told her I’d see what I could do.

Cree was buying goat butter. Notts was supposed to be helping but seems she wasw slacking off and Knotts was out fishing. I had to do a bit of climbing to reach her, but we found her on her stone perch and she joined us in our search. Knotts was very close to the village, on one of the pillars which were connected by bridges, there’s a little lake on one of them and there we did some spear fishing to get a hearty salmon. They said I fish funny; I didn’t think spear fishing could differ so much from zoras and rito but I suppose like fighting it can surprisingly be very different.

We all returned to the kitchen to cook with Genli. We made Salmon Meuniere, and it’s delicious! They wanted to make seconds but I convinced them not too so we wouldn’t spoil our appetite for dinner.

On they way to Warbler’s Nest they rode on Bossa Nova’s back, constantly giving him pets which I think he was very pleased with.

After some practice they asked me if I sang too. As far as I could remember I didn’t think I ever tried. They… didn’t seem too pleased with the result. I’m now their pet project of sorts. They want to teach me so I can become a great singer and serenade “The fish prince”. It’s common practice to sing to win someone’s heart and they wanted to help me with my relationship with Sidon. They said cooking was good but since I travel so much, I need to do more like their dad who sings a lot for their mom and them. They then got the bright idea of getting Kass to teach me, since we both have deeper voices than them and maybe someone with a slightly more similar range to me could help more. They pushed and pulled me all the way back to the village and demanded that Kass teach me. This whole affair was kind of embarrassing, but… the thought of singing for Sidon is nice.

After practice I assisted Amali in the kitchen again. Many of the Rito dishes involve a meat of some kind and I think many of them would be good for traveling, maybe not the fish meat pie, but many of the other ones seem like they could work like the Salmon Meuniere.

Kass and I did some chatting after dinner. He asked me it this is what it’s always like when in stay in a place after appeasing the Divine Beast, all the training I had been doing. I told him it differs from place to place, but this time… all I have left is finding the Master Sword and Defeating the Calamity and I want to make sure I’m ready. I told him staying in places is more like today, learning something, entertaining children, just… living here, and training to be a warrior is a big part of living here, though I had been training to excess lately and I told him I’d probably be letting up on it. Kass told me it was a good idea, I did so much fighting already and even if the art was my one true love, too much of anything was never good.

We just chatted, I’ve just chatted with others before, but this just felt especially nice. I wonder if it’s just Kass being Kass or what Amali had told me before, but I just really liked this. Maybe it was the soft playing of his accordion when we hadn’t talked for a while, just watching the sunset.

I asked Kass what he was going to do if I defeated the Calamity. Kass told me he’d still be searching for ancient songs. Even if I completed my task, that didn’t mean his job was done, and being a bard is his life, he’s not just doing it because of a dead man’s wish, like me and my journey.

Kass paused for a moment telling me he still didn’t have a song for Revali but he did have a song for someone else, the hero from a hundred years ago. Kass told me that though I can’t remember much his master was there when the Calamity had struck and met the old, dead me. Kass told me of how his teacher had loved Zelda but she had clearly fallen for someone else, the dead hero, and that likely colored this song, but even with jealousy he believed the hero would return and poured that belief into a song. It was still something that could possibly shed some light on my fogged memories even if heavily warped by another impression of that man.

“An ancient hero, a Calamity appears, Now resurrected after ten thousand years. Her appointed knight gives his life, shields her figure, and pays the price. The princess’ love for her fallen knight awakens her power/And within the castle the Calamity is forced to cower. But the knight survives! In the Shrine of resurrection he sleeps, until from his healing dream he leaps! For fierce and deadly trials await. To regain his strength. Fulfill his fate. To become a hero once again! To wrest the princess from evil’s den. The hero, the princess-hand in hand-Must bring the light back to this land.”

Kass asked me if the song had helped any. I… feel something tugging at the back of my mind, but I can’t seem to quite reach it. I know there was something bright, but… nothing else. But the song, I died protecting Zelda? Kass told me his teacher had witnessed it. And it was as Kass had explained before, his Teacher wanted to help and seek out the ancient songs of the hero long past to help me, and after he died Kass took on his wish. Kass said that it was too bad the hero would never return. After all he died saving the princess. He knows, he learned of my past when I had my panic attack, when he had me read through my journal with him. He knows, but… it’s like back in the Zora’s Domain now. He did however tell me that should I meet the princess I should give her my condolences for being a different person, her knight gone, and if she lives, to try to let her down easy about Sidon and I. I asked him if it was a shock to find out when I was panicking. He told me he had a suspicion ever since we solved that deer puzzle together, so he wasn’t surprised. He then started giving advice. Talking about grieving, how he had tried to deal with his feelings about his teacher passing, someone like family to him. About working with your worries, being so scared about the people you care about when traveling. About getting stuck in your head when you have no one else to talk too, one piece of advice that really struck me was speaking aloud to yourself, even just hearing the words not just in your head can make quite a difference. About how to deal with the deathly loneliness all that plus traveling through such barren landscapes on your own can bring.

Kass asked me if I could do a favor for him. He just wants to see me one last time before I set off to fight the Calamity, share a day with him and Amali and his daughters if I could. He said it might be a selfish wish, but to place his own heart at ease before I go fight the thing, he wanted to see I was prepared and felt ready to do so, maybe by then he’d have a song all of his own for me, he had a lot of material to work with after all.

Kass just pulled me into a hug when I started crying. I thanked him and told him I’d be happy to and that I was just happy to be here with everyone. He told me he was happy too.

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