#I'm way too lazy for legendaries rip

[laxyaklovesloz]

The Legend of Zelda: Real Courage | Chapter Twenty-Four: The Betrayal

This time through the city, Lila saw the preparations for war. Gerudo women everywhere armed themselves with all manner of weapons for which they were trained. They donned armor, shields, and helmets. They readied their battle horses.

Lila was going to betray them all.

Once out of the city, she had to light her lantern. The night was as dark as could be. Gerudo Valley and Hyrule Field were much more creepy than in the daylight. Sometimes skeletons would pop up, but Lila just ran around them. Now wasn't the time to fight small threats.

The gate into Castle Town was closed, but a side door was cracked ajar. Exactly the neglect a lazy guard would facilitate.

Lila carefully entered the open door. No one could be seen, but down a hall, she could hear gruff voices and the clink of glass bottles. She walked forward but winced at the sound of her footsteps. She lifted the hood of her cloak and waited.

Laughter erupted from the party; no one appeared.

They must be too drunk to notice, Lila thought and hurried on to the sewers.

Once through the sewers, she doused her lantern. She didn't want to risk the light when she entered the dungeons. With her hand outstretched, she made her way to the secret stairs. The only light was from a torch far away, so only a hint showed. It was hard to find the stairs, and when she did, they were as pitch black as she remembered. She slowly made her way upward.

Finally, she was at the top. Lila pressed her ear against the wall and listened.

"...to bed. You'll be too tired for studies tomorrow."

That was Zale. Lila's heart thundered.

"Will you tuck me in?" Zelda. Such a sweet, innocent voice.

Zale sighed, "Fine!"

"And tell me a bedtime story?"

"No, it's too late—!"

"I'll tell you one."

This third voice startled Lila. It was Mori. Of course. He was with Zale.

She searched for a way to enter the room. No time for light. They were already walking away.

She found the handle and pulled with all her might. The door swung open loudly. Zale spun around to face her. Lila rushed to embrace him. Shock rooted him in place, and Zelda screamed.

"Zale! Oh, Zale. I'm so glad you're still alive!"

"Lila, what...?"

"No time. You need to get out of here."

"Brother, who is she?" Zelda asked.

It was Mori who answered first. "That's the girl I was with Lila. Don't worry, she won't hurt you."

Lila held Zale at arm's length. Her vision was blurred with tears. "You're not safe here. Shadow Chieftess Ganondra is coming to attack your castle."

"What?" Zale shouted. "What are you talking about? How do you know? And what are you wearing?"

"I'll explain later. You and Zelda need to run. Mori, get them out of here!" Lila pushed Zale toward the door and waved at Mori and Zelda.

Zale mumbled, "How do you know her—"

"Go!" Lila roared. She pulled out her sword. "I'll stall her. Run!"

To her relief, she heard them run down the stairs. But then Zale said, "I'm not leaving you!"

Lila whipped around. "You must!" He closed the door and watched her wearily.

"Why are you here?" he asked more calmly.

"I told you, you're in danger!"

"How do you know?"

"It's a long story." Lila shifted and flitted her eyes around the room. She finally took stock of what was around her: a large bed with curtains, a large wardrobe of dark wood, a matching desk, and a bookshelf filled with books.

"Start with your new clothes," Zale said. He hadn't moved from the door.

"What about them?"

"They are the clothes of the Legendary Hero, and you're wearing them."

Lila scratched the back of her head. "Yeah, well... that's true."

"Does that mean you believe me?"

"What about?"

"That you are this generation's Hero of Cour—"

"Stop it!" Lila shouted. "What do you know? I couldn't possibly be—"

Before Lila could react, Zale rushed to her, took her hand, and ripped her glove off.

The three triangles shone brightly this time, the same one brighter than the others. Lila snatched her hand away.

Zale looked at her with desperate eyes. "Why won't you believe me?"

Lila returned his gaze. The tears were about to come back. She didn't know how to answer him, and he didn't interrupt her silence.

The main door burst open. Lila pushed Zale behind her and raised her sword. Lady Ganondra herself stood under the arch.

"Ah, there you are," she said, taking in the situation. "I do hope you have done as I asked."

Lila could feel the wrath behind her words. For a second Lila faltered, but she steeled herself against the chieftess’s power.

"I will not let you touch him." The words came out less strong than she'd hoped, but at least her voice didn't waver.

All pretense fled Lady Ganondra's countenance. She glared at them, rage boiling from her eyes.

"You made a terrible choice. Kotake, Koume, take them."

Lila hadn't noticed the witches in his shadow. She tried to attack, but Kotake used her ice magic to stop her in her tracks. Then Koume hit her head with a flaming rod.

"Traitor," was the last word she heard.

[drunkcleric]

ngl all my legendary attempts I just give up on after like two minutes but hoo boy if I don’t hoard supplies to get other people legendaries

[fluffybunnybadass]

used to always nickname my pokemon. every single one. refused to reuse nicknames too. somehow this dropped as i got tired from working too much (+depression)

i literally cannot imagine moving anyone past their current gens. I love and miss them but also it felt so sus and unsafe at first with Bank's introduction.And then my switch of 3 years bricked dead beyond repair and hope so i lost all of my gen 8 pokemon. yeah. i'm not moving anyone up

but also because it makes a game feel super empty and hollow (rip my r/e files but i will never regret having done that back when we didnt have annual game releases lmao)

using the alternate A buttons bc im lazy and being one-handed at the moment of play (so r/l/zr/zl??)

i have not had a team less than 8-10 pokes in several generations. Maybe gen 4? which also involved me mixing and matching all my gen 3+4 teams of the time so nope nvm.

i used to always organize boxes by types and match the background to it, but there's just not enough space in a modern pokemon game, esp since i picked up the masuda method back when swsh launched.

sometimes, if i'm getting frustrated with pokeballs, i start finding ways to press buttons or screen touches that would "work".

i SWEAR 2 ARCEUS THAT LEGENDARY POKEMON HAVE LOWER CAPTURE RATES WHEN IN THE RED + STATUS EFFECT, BC THOSE BITCHASS PUNKS DON'T STAY IN POKEBALLS AS WELL AS THEY DO WHEN IN YELLOW/JUST ABOVE THE RED ZONE (this is my thought)

absolutely refuse to start new save files on my games, even if i wanna replay, bc i have made so many memories and events and data/records that will be lost if i do. i grow too attached, too quickly

gotta catch em all

i prefer having female pokemon over male ever since they introduced genders in gen 2, all because of some sexist kids on the playground saying things like girl pokemon arent that strong. if it has a gender it best be female if it's going on my team

whatever game i got first in a gen would be my "main" game, which maybe not so quirky, but also i could not tell you my plat/hg teams because they were not my "main" games bc i had diamond.

side/mini games are good, actually.

tell me a quirk you have while playing pokémon. for example i literally never use a full team of 6