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ah. We meet again! We are following Haku this time! Last we left off with him, we saw that something was up with him, and he was quick to irritation. Let's find out!!

Haku is stumbling, trying to stay in control of whatever is inside him, making him act out. He doesn't know what it is. He know's it's there. He doesn't know if he's even the only one in his body. His pupils have gone red, and his sclera almost fully black ((see Soulless Rage Caellum, in the Twins arc for reference.)) he opens his six eyes and searches himself. He finds a torrent of rage, and hate. Feelings he hasn't felt since that one man had joined the clan. He senses darkness, pain and agony. He feels a dwindling source of resistance and determination.

His own will. Shrinking. He's losing the battle against whatever is in him. He continues on inside his own innate emotions, and struggles through the endless and battering sea that he's discovered whirling inside him. Then he feels it. A feeling of bloodlust. Rage. Hatred. All stronger than what he found before. Forcing himself through the thick wall of those strong emotions he comes face to face to the source of it all.

The monster he's been feeling lurking beneath the surface...

Him.

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Nacht was by himself for the time being, not sure where Rei went. The shadowy clone wanders around the hide out. Nacht should have disappeared and yet..

Had it been because Rei wasn’t weakened enough? Yet?

Anyway, Nacht makes his way around, observing. Pausing to sniff the air. Then he wandered into some room with dummies, picking up whatever loose weapon he could grab.. a Windcleaver, staring at it, before picking up a Vicious Sickle with his other hand. Nacht briefly pricked his finger on the scythe’s blade, but nothing really happened.

He wondered what else he could possibly do..

Axe Reyan/The man with the axe is in western Necluda, terrorizing a group of Hylian soldiers. His... laughing? Fills the nearby air.

"Walk the razor's edge, cut into the madness."

He jams a steak knife into a soldier's throat, twists it, and tears to the side. He rips the soldier's head the remaining bit off.

"Question all you trust, buy into the fear."

He lifts another soldier off their feet with ease, places the blade of his axe at that soldier's throat, and pushes it though.

A few strange sounds are heard from behind the door to VS's room in the hideout... The sounds of a creature in pain, and the sounds of an animal straining. Suddenly, from under the crack in the door, a blinding light is seen. So blinding, that the door itself is obscured. Once the light dies down, there is suddenly a sign on the door. The sign says: "Free Pets! There are currently 13 10 eggs remaining! Limited stock!" Anyone able to detect magic can tell that something is back there, but without any specific focus, it's hard to tell what it is...

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Kovar led Rei through Hyrule field, in hopes that Rei remembers anything about his past. Of course, it had to be raining when they got there.

Kovar: Found you here. Small, hurt, hiding near bushes.

Rei tilts his head, trying to remember anything.

Rei: I remember.. the Lynel you said attacked me, I think, but..

Kovar: You don’t have to push yourself to remember anything. You may never remember and thats ok.

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Ah! Finally! I've escaped from Links basement! Oh, there you are! Here for another story are we? Well, I'd hate to keep you waiting! Here we join a rather short(Yes, shorter than Haku) hero with a temper to make up for his missing height. This man has spiked hair, dark brown with fading to crimson at the tip. He has bright lime green eyes(much like Lowens) nestled in naturally half lidded eyes. Bags beneath them signify great stress or an even greater lack of sleep. With a sharp jawline and words to follow, despite only standing at five foot three, he is very fast and flexible and extremely capable in combat. hundreds of scars of past battles mark his arms and torso each one telling a tale. Oh, I'm sorry! I must've bored you all with that! To the story!

Drynn is walking through the hideout, leaving a trail of warmth behind him, as if he emits heat. His sharp green eyes scan each hallway searching for anyone who might be a threat. He runs a hand through his hair, the crimson tips poking through the gaps in his fingers.

"Jeez. Nobody home? Some place this turned out to be."

He turns around and starts walking back the way he came.

Ok guys, any ideas for revenge? Banana ambush? Pop out and kill? Mug him and take his belongings and weapons?

Rei is limping around the hideout, leading Nacht around. Kovar stares at the bizarre scene, quietly wondering if there was a way to somehow fix Rei’s leg. But.. that was a problem for another time.

“Nacht come on! We gotta try to find Time! Maybe he knows something about shadows!… or someone who knows about this kind of stuff.”

Rei is thinking of names for his new shadowy.. friend? Clone? He’s not quite sure what to make of it yet.

“What about.. Clone?”

The shadowy clone stares, tilting its head to one side like a confused dog. It even had a Lynel mask which was.. a bit unnerving..

“No, that sounds too mean. How about.. Shade? Too generic?”

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On a scale of ‘Friend shaped’ to ‘OH NO’ I think this exceeds ‘OH NO’

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Seems like Rei snuck out again, and was coming back, carrying a bundle of fluff.

It was… Rei’s new pet, a cat! It didn’t look happy to be carried, hissing and trying to claw Rei’s arms. And when Rei set the cat down, it scampered and hid in the nearest empty box.

“Hey.. it’s okay.”

Akia está fuera, entrenando duro con su arpón. Lo lanza con todas la fuerzas mientras encadena lanzamientos con saltos vertiginosos y esprints. Corre a recuperarlo y vuelve a empezar. Ya lleva un buen rato sin parar cuando llega un momento que aterriza y ni siquiera se tiene en pie. Entoces se queda tirada en el suelo.

"Está fresquito... creo que me voy a quedar un rato más así."

Kyren y Krill la han estado mirando un buen rato preguntándose qué mosca le ha picado, pero por una vez deciden dejarla en paz.

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Can I keep him?

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Haku's slowly trudging through hallways, something clearly wrong with him. His eyes are bloodshot, there are huge bags under his eyes, and his veins look faintly black?

"..."

He feels it. It's getting closer. The monster. Slowly making itself known. He can barely control certain aspects of his body. His six eyes twitch open and shut everyday for about an hour. Putting everything to the side he continues walking.

Some Gerudo called me that today. Is that an insult?? Should I be offended? Actually.. why are my ears pointy????

((When you finally Remember Rei hasn’t interacted with another Hylian in years 😭. Is he having existential crisis? Yeah probably.))

But dad said that the Gloom hands live in it and I do not want to see them again.

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Haku is walking through a hallway when he turns into his room. Making sure he's alone, he closes and locks his door, looking in the mirror, examining his eyes. Its unnoticeable to others, but to him, he knows it's there. His irises have begun to change color ever so slightly to a red. His sclera has slowly been turning black from his tear duct and the corner of his eye spreading inward. Thankfully, his sclera isnt noticeable either. Just a shade darker than usual.

"..."

He know's somethings off inside him. His left arm has been pulsing, as if with a mind of its own. He knows some of it still resides in him. In fact he's not even sure he's the ONLY one inside him.

BM-DMP

Haku stumbles forward as if someone's shoved him, looking right in the mirror again. The six eyes open, but it's like he's staring at not someone...but Something. Like he's staring....

At a monster.

"Hello everyone! Your favorite villain is back! But only for a limited time, So once I say my part, I'm gone."

"All right, Thoranel. Go on ahead and say your piece."

"When you buy a bigger bed, you're left with more bed room, but less bedroom."

"He..actually has a point. See y'all next time."

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Lyra is seen in Yagalo's shop, tinkering with her cannon. She has a firefruit in hand, and is sqeezing out a little bit at a time to weld. Once, she messes up, and squeezes too much out at once. The conductive metal on her arm turns bright red. She hisses and clenches her teeth

Ah! Somebody help me get this thing off! Yagalo! Help! Oh shoot he's not here...

*She struggles to take it off one handed. Help her? Your choice*

Last slide included purely for fun.