A Desperate Search

This is a script-story based on the adventures of our Hero Link and a group of explorers. Its rated 12+ for Mild Language so please keep that in mind before proceeding to read on. I hope you enjoy the first chapter.

Critisism and commments are most appreciated so just feel free.

Storyline: Link and a group of archaeologists/explorers are currently on an expedition through a nearby wood in search of ancient artefacts. They are hoping to discover such artefacts that date back to the ancient period when Hyrule was becoming a prominent, occupying land. However, as they venture deeper into the wood they come across something other than artefacts, something more solitary and animate.

Main Characters:

Link: A young teenage boy who has become Hyrule’s most renowned person after becoming there savior.

Ramus: A wise man who has studied in archaeology for 20 years, he hopes to find more ancient discoveries. Ramus is the oldest of them but still acts in the way he shouldn’t. Unlike Sorel and Hunter, Ramus tends to not get involved in arguments but like anyone he isn’t afraid to speak his mind of any situation.

Sorel: The sarcastic discourteous and very demanding Sorel doesn’t like to waste time and isn’t very dedicative. He tends to complain and is somewhat identical to Hunter in terms of personality. Sorel is also an argumentative person and it seems him and Hunter ain’t exactly the best of mates either.

Hunter: A witty, arrogant person, who likes to perform everything to perfection, and is very skilled at pursuing. Hunter is also very talented at archery; he tends to carry a bow as a secondary weapon to his primary which is his trusty spear. He is somewhat argumentative and doest let anyone speak ill of him without proper retaliation.

Dodge: The agile, cunning Dodge or a.k.a “Dodgey” is a consummate traveller and poacher, he is very cynical. Dodge was once a professional hunter but tends to keep that a secret from most people. He is quite wise and open-minded and tends to feel a little difficult hanging out with people inferior to his skills and intellectuality.

Conan: A cautious yet self-assured person who seems to switch from being brave to a complete poltroon. Conan is usually quite quiet but isn’t afraid to speak his mind when the opportunity arises. He is very dedicated to his job and he is without doubt the only one with proper discipline.


Chapter I: Woods of Whispers
[As they peregrinate across the vast woodland of endless thickets and sweeping shrubberies, they find nothing worthy. Across desolate meadows and murky marshland, through cavernous caves and craggy chambers, still nothing worthy of admiration. They continue there voyage across the vast landscape. Feeling weary yet the determination to find archaeological discoveries encourage them to progress further. It seems after long travels they have finally reached a location worthy of such treasures to be discovered. They continue there adventure through the unknown wood, venturing deeper and deeper.]

Sorel: So, what are we trying to find exactly?

Ramus: Archaeological finds. What else would we be searching desperately for?

Hunter: Pah, I remember once I searched nearly the whole of Hyrule Field just to find my nanny’s pair of long johns! It seemed ridiculous but when I actually found em I realised why nana wanted em so much! She kept her precious diamonds in them, how’s that for a place to keep your treasures?

Sorel: You should write a book, titled “The Infamous travels of the Great Hunter” and for a title for chapter 1 “A Very Long John Journey”, sounds bout right to me

Hunter: Shut it Sore or you’ll be gettin a sore ass with my spear that you shall fear when I shove it up your BLOODY REAR!

Link: Quit it you two! We need to remain quiet for the duration of this expedition, who knows what we might disturb; it’s a wood after all so it’s bound to house some wild animals.

Dodge: Nah mate not this wood, it’s been unoccupied for years, it’s known by many as Whisper Wood or the Woods of Whispers. I think you can guess how it got its name.

Ramus: Whisper Wood eh? Can’t say I’ve heard of this place then. I mean of all the woods I have explored in Hyrule, I cannot recall this one at all. Do we know how old it is?

Dodge: Nope, but by looking at the trees they look at least 500 years old! Strangely none have ever been cut down for material usage. It’s as if this wood is completely abandoned from the world and that no one knows about it.

Sorel: Good grief! I wood this size is big enough to occupy Gerudo Valley! I can’t believe that no one has ever come across it, Dodge I think your knowledge is a little inaccurate. I mean come on!

Dodge: Do you dare to criticize my knowledge? Are you repudiating my wisdom?

Sorel: Sort of. I don’t mean to “oppose” to your wisdom but I think at some stage this wood was founded and may have been searched by early travellers. You say the trees look 500 years old? Well that’s a load of bull too; they are way older than that! I say they look well over 1000 years old at least!

Dodge: HOW DARE YOU CONTRADICT MY WORDS!!

Link: Dodge please! Right then shall we proceed forward?

Hunter: Well why not! Let’s go and kill some boar that may roar if you call it a whore!

Sorel: Hunter, your poetry is very POOR!

Dodge: I say we proceed, what have we got to lose! This may well be our last chance of finding something meritable, but I highly doubt it with our rotten bloody luck!

Conan: Dodgey’s got a point, all we’ve found is several turds, turd tracks, ditches full of turd, oh and guess what, a trial that led us to even more piles of turd!!

Sorel: Don’t forget the bucket of turds we found under a tree! All we’ve found is ****!

Hunter: We might as well be called “Explorers of the Giant Turd” cause I highly doubt where gunna find anything else! Yes, yes and we might as well call the search “The Hunt for the Giant Turd!” geez…

Ramus: Come on people, we need to remain optimistic!

Sorel: The last time you said that we ended up finding a chest...full of turd! I mean who in the world would burry turd?? I ask you, who???

Hunter: Probably some wacko dudes with nothing better to do than to have a poo on the grass and then bury it! Probably waiting for some suckers to dig it up and get the stench, we certainly got that!!

Link: So are we going in or what?

Conan: Well I’m up for another worthless hunt, got nothing better to do I suppose!

Hunter: Me too! Be fun to find some more faecal remains.

Sorel: Yeah whatever, don’t care really.

Ramus: Well I’m ready, let’s proceed!

[The group of slightly depressed archaeologists proceed forward into Whisper Wood in hope of finding something worthy. The old looking trees stand very stall indeed as the incandescent, apricot sun glistens through the leaves shinning a ray of light on our weary travellers.]

Link: Wow, seems never-ending at this stage, but hopefully it will be worth it

Hunter: Yeah and the Princess Zelda is going to dye her hair grey! Geez…

Ramus: Hunter will you give it a rest already! All you do is moan and groan! You make more noise than a rooster high on sugar or worse yet a cow with constipation! Just shut it will you!

Sorel: I know tell me a bout it! He’s about as worthless as chicken that can’t lay eggs!

Conan: Hey people! Is there a reason we are using farm animals as possible insults? We got a job to do! And Ramus you should know better.

Ramus: Oh don’t you start!

Link: ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Hunter: Look, what is the probability that we are going to find something worthy anyway??

Sorel: You don’t even know what we are going to find yet you pillock!

Hunter: Don’t you dare call Hunter a pillock! I am the almighty and you are a lout! Merely a grain of sand or the tiniest fragment of broken glass!

[Link unsheathes his sword to bring justice]

Link: RIGHT!!! WE BETTER ALL SHUT UP RIGHT NOW OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE HEAD!! GOT IT???

Conan: Cripes! Easy man, save it for the life threatening animals we may encounter!

Link: I might not at this stage!

Hunter: Ok, ok chill dude put the dangerously looking pointy thing away before it may hurt someone!

Sorel: Whoa…! Right, let’s calm down now fellas yeah?

Ramus: I agree with you Sore

[Link finally after pointing it aggressively at everyone puts his sword back into his sheath]

Link: Now, if we are ready lets continue our journey.

[As they take there first steps they just realise that Dodge is nowhere to be seen.]

Conan: What the…? Where did he go off to?

Sorel: Oh just great! He probably ran ahead, got bored of us arguing probably.

Link: Well let’s move quickly and catch up with him!

[The travellers increase there pace, and begin to run slowly through the small thickets and the thin tree branches obstructing there path. They become slightly anxious and concerned for the wellbeing of Dodge.]

Conan: Do you think he’s ok?

Hunter: Probably not, but you know what Dodgey’s like! Always wandering off as if he doesn’t deserve to be among us so called “inferior numskulls” pah! He aint that smart!

Ramus: But he hasn’t wondered off before you fool! Do we think we should split up and look for him?

Sorel: No! The last time we split up looking for the same thing we ended up on different corners of the forest and couldn’t find each other until the following morning! I think we should stick together on this occasion, just to be on the safe side.

Link: Perhaps he went on a scavenger hunt, is Dodge that sort of person?

Hunter: Nope, he packs his own seed and salmon sandwiches for such emergencies. Why don’t we abandon him and ditch this dirt pile and come back in a while, I’m sure he’ll return with a smile and enough stamina to walk an extra mile. Ha, how’s that for poetry in motion?

Conan: What a gasbag! I say lets just keep walking and see what we find; you never know it might be Dodge! Or it might be a cow with wings or a chicken with two heads, imagine the possibilities!

[The explorers begin to starting walking steadily once again, the sun slowly fading away behind the tall, prodigious trees. The faint rustling of the trees as a gentle breeze sweeps by. Suddenly a weak noise is heard from afar, and it seems to becoming louder. The team panic slightly and remain hidden within the bushes. Hunter holds his spear with a tight grasp as if he’s ready to pounce out like a lion. Conan remains quiet and cautious and the others slightly shocked but not scared in any way.]

Hunter: *whispers* Unoccupied huh? Pah, my foot! I bet there are all sorts of screwballs and weirdo’s in here! Nothing but a forest full of fruitcakes! Time to impale me some cuckoos!

Sorel: *also whispers* Careful Hunter we don’t know what we are dealing with here…

Hunter: *whispers* Pah, well I am fully aware of what I’m dealing with! Any noise like that its got to be a crackpot of some kind!

[Then as moments elapsed, footsteps could be heard very clearly. Whatever it was wasn’t to far away at all, perhaps only metres away.]

Conan: *whispers* Do you think it could be a hungry carnivore? It might be a Dodongo!

Ramus: *whispers* Fool, Dodongos don’t live in these type of habitats. Umm…say Hunter, your not going to do anything stupid with that spear now are you?

Hunter: *whispers* Are you kidding?? I’m gunna give whoever or whatever it is a good spear up the rear! The strategy here is to avoid being detected or distinguished in any way by your enemy, the key is to take em by surprise which is what I am ace at doin!

Link: *whispers* Quiet guys it’s getting closer.

[Link unsheathed his sword and so too did the others. Then the footsteps suddenly stopped.]

Hunter: NOW!!!

[Hunter pounces from the bushes with the force of a lion and takes the person down straight away. The others follow behind him as they point there weapons. The figure was lying on his stomach and Hunter was about to stab him until…]

Dodge: What in tarnation! Get the hell of me freak! It’s only me!

Hunter: Aw man! It would be you!

[Hunter withdrew his spear and stood up and Dodge soon after.]

Dodge: What were you thinking??

Hunter: What were YOU thinking?? Running off and leaving us!

Dodge: I thought I saw something so I decided to investigate alone, its not like you lot were doing anything useful anyway!

Sorel: Hey I resent that!

Link: Well I’m glad it was you. This time let’s try and stick together yeah?

Ramus: Good to see your safe Dodge, but now we must move on…together this time!

Conan: Phew, well thank Din it was you and not some anonymous so and so waiting to kill us all!

Hunter: Get real Con!

[The crew are finally reunited and now they venture forth into the deep Whisper Wood. No sounds of birds could be heard only the wind and the rustling of the trees. Yet in this forsaken place many secrets are still waiting to be uncovered. There desperate, excruciating search continues…]

Dodge: Hmm…I wonder, I wonder…

Link: What’s up Dodge, something wrong?

Dodge: Earlier on when I decided to wonder off, I swear I saw something in the distance. But as soon as I went to investigate it was gone, it like…vanished, it was really weird.

Hunter: You sure it wasn’t just a figment of your imagination? You see a lot of things lately!

Dodge: Are you questioning my judgement? I know what I saw!

Sorel: What did you see exactly then?

Dodge: It was too far away for me to identify what it was exactly, but I have a rough idea that we aint the only ones in this wood. We best be careful and more vigilant from now on, you never know what to expect.

Conan: Your scaring me man, I hope we don’t become the hunted or something I mean imagine that!

Hunter: Pah! Hunter never becomes the hunted for I shall be the hunter and IT shall become the hunted! With my trusty spear I shall perforate, percolate, and penetrate anythin that stands in my way!

Ramus: Hunter, give it a rest. As dodge said this wood is unoccupied so there is no chance of becoming prey

Conan: Are you kidding?! This place is bound to be teeming with all sorts of wild beasts and…

Dodge: Quiet fool, I’m trying to listen out for any natural sounds. If my interpretations are correct Whisper Wood has remained unoccupied for at least 500 years. If we were to stumble upon such wildlife of any kind we would be unprepared and not ready, so we must remain quiet.

Link: *whispers* Ok guys move slowly and keep your ears open. We can’t afford to be jeopardized by creatures in obscurity so we must keep both eyes and ears focused.

[As they begin to walk slowly they stumble upon a deep ditch.]

Ramus: Well, well what do we have here then?

Hunter: It’s a ditch you moron!

Ramus: It’s an expression you scatterbrain!

Dodge: Hmm…intriguing, it looks as if it’s been dug up using an excavating tool of some kind. By the looks of it, it hasn’t long been dug up either.

Sorel: Hey your right! Look there; it looks like a shovel, maybe that’s what whoever dug this up used.

Hunter: I think we already know what dip-****! He didn’t exactly use an icepick did he? What I wanna know is why this particular spot was dug up in the first place!

Link: Good question, hmm…what do you think Conan?

Conan: Beats me man, all I know now is that we aren’t alone in here anymore!

Hunter: You really are a pillock ain’t ya Con? It’s blatantly obvious ain’t it, geez…

Sorel: So where do we go from here fellas? Shall we stay put and investigate or advance onward?

Hunter: I say we ditch this ditch and find a better pitch, man I’m so cool.

Ramus: You wish! Anyway I say we hang round here a while and see if we can find any clues to who exactly made this and for what purpose.

Dodge: I concur, Con?

Conan: I don’t wanna move on man I’m too cautious, I think I’ll stay put!

Hunter: You lazy, gutless git! Now that makes three against one!

Sorel: Alter that figure cause I am staying here too, ha!

Hunter: What I bunch of torpid trout’s! What ever happened to the intrepid bunch I used to know?? Huh??

[Dodge walks slowly towards Hunter and gives him a really dirty look. His expression is mere anger and disgust.]

Dodge: Listen pal, I know you think we are wasting our time and that YOU want adventure but know this, we are doing our job! Which you should be doing as well! I am really not in mood for you right now; your language bores me so much! I’d rather be sat out in the middle of the field watching a snail race than listen to your drivel all day long!

Hunter: Persistency is our priority, you lot seem to disregard that completely!

Dodge: Look, we rely on a series of principles that we must comply with in order to remain in the business. Our priority is to investigate anything that may be of significance to our current objective. Anything at all that is associated with archaeology, namely this here ditch.

Hunter: In my opinion this could be considered nothing more than a mere turd dumping ground, than of any importance whatsoever!

Sorel: WHAT?? That ditch is over 4 ft deep!

Hunter: Perhaps the poor sod has diarrhoea

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Hunter: Don’t give me that blank retort!

Ramus: And don’t give us any more of your rubbish remarks!

Sorel: To be quite frank this…

Hunter: Frank? Who’s Frank?

Sorel: Means honest assface! Anyway, to be honest by looking at the depth and outline this ditch looks fit for coffins to be buried in, or several maybe.

Link: You’re right; it has a rectangular shape very similar to those where coffins are descended to. Hmm…what do you think?

Conan: Well every ditch is dug up for a purpose right? Perhaps someone is trying to hide something.

Hunter: Yeah…or a simple explanation maybe is to wait for some poor bugger to fall down it! Ever heard of simplicity?

Dodge: Pah, I highly doubt that! Maybe if you just think before opening your fat yap you might get somewhere in life.

Hunter: What? Can’t blame someone for having a little joke now can you? Perhaps the poor sod who dug it wanted to hide his secret stash of…

Sorel: Lemme guess, his secret stash of Zelda nude pictures.

Hunter: Huh? How did you know?

Sorel: You’re predictable.

Hunter: I’ll take that as a compliment.

Dodge: Quit fooling around you two, we must search for an elucidation to why this ditch was dug. Hunter secure the area, Sore you go with him. Ramus I want you to interpret this ditch and measure its perimeter, length and width. Link you go and rummage around this nearby area for any food and Con you’re going in the ditch buddy.

[Link walks off quietly.]

Ramus: HEY!! I’m giving the orders here bub! ……ummm…err…well what are you waiting for you heard the man now go pronto! *whispers* Dammit…*sigh*

Hunter: I’m on it beefcake, come on Sore.

Sorel: Hang on! So what you gunna do Dodge? Just sit on your backside and do zilch? I find that most unfair!

Dodge: Quiet fool and get on with your assigned duty stat!

[Hunter and a displeased Sore walk off into the distance.]

Conan: WHAT?? I gotta go down there???

Dodge: That’s what I said was it not?

Conan: Yeah…yeah, but…

Dodge: I will not tolerate reluctance from anyone, especially you. Now you will do as you are told, it’s only a ditch for Din sake!

Conan: But it looks dark and unwelcoming…

Dodge: Don’t be absurd! Your feeling discouraged because of how it looks? It’s a ditch, your not going to get pulled under by some creature or fall through it! Now quit dawdling and get down there, we need to know precisely how deep it is and what exactly is down there.

[Conan reluctantly accepts and takes several deep breaths before crouching down and looking down at the ditch.]

Ramus: Oh for the love of…

[Ramus gives him a boot up the rear and down he falls into the ditch below and a thud is heard.]

Ramus: Sorry, but you did look like a right ass.

Dodge: Agreed. Oh and in response to Sore’s question, I think I will sit peacefully and read up on my “Dictionary of Ditches” while munching on a delectable seed and salmon sandwich.

Ramus: Oh brother…

Notice as you read this first chapter Link doesnt play a big role well that is certainly going to change over the course so dont worry . His role shall become more important, I just thought I might introduce my made-up characters first.
Chapter II: The Lone Cartographer
COMING SOON!

Wow that was good. At the start you think Ill never manage to keep up with six characters but then as you read on, you have written it so that every chracter has there own personality. Have you got the plot all worked out like in the next chapters or are you taking on each one as they come?

Looking forawrd to chapter two.

Very, very nice. The plot is strangly good and the characters really do feel real. I like how you strained to give each person a personality. I'm actually interested to read more. Good work.