#kaso

Mononoke the movie is now in a trilogy project :D First part "Karakasa" (in theaters atm in Japan) just won an award, and second part "Fire Rat" has been announced for next March:

Btw, I can't believe I am living a timeline where Mononoke is getting merch! So many collabs are following the movie.

You can see below the ones with Favorite and Kaya (the scales earrings! the dagger hairpin!), and find more on the movie's socials.

Kaso to Fjord

Fjord smirked, "Sho' Thang lil dude~! But brace yourself! You'll only have a few seconds to get to higher ground!"

The ground vibrated as 19 and a half tons of Zorphin flipped back and landed heavily into a handstand before leaping into a second flip and crashing into the water behind him.

Featuring guest appearances by @gargoylesister's sona, @tides-that-bind-us's OC Kaso, and @asktheritochampion's Revali and OC Rahlin. Thank you all for answering asks and/or running events!

"HI MISTER PERFECT POWERHOUSE! Can I have your autograph??

What does your name mean? You're not a house youre a zora!!! OH AWESOME! I LIKE YOUR CAPE! Are those scales??? Where did you get it? Did you make it? Can I make one too?

So why do you have all that white on your head? Is that war paint? Or are those your normal markings? You know what you should do? Get some white paint and draw stuff like SKULLS on your fins!

Oh wow OH WOW YOUR SCARS ARE SO COOL TOO! How many times do you fight in a day? like a hundred?? they make me think of my brother hes got lots of scars too! He's fighting in the tournament *GASP* WHAT IF YOU TWO FOUGHT EACH OTHER??

its totally okay if you do, Im giving everyone permission to beat him up because he likes to fight!"

"What the--

"Oh!! HaHAH! A fan! Hey kid, hell yeah-- I'll give you an autograph!

"Woah aheh that's a lot of questions o- okay, well, ya know a powerhouse is a weird word that means like a tough guy, and that's exactly what I am! And I'm pretty perfect, so... Yeah! There ya go!

"Yahahaha~* I DID make my cape, ALL BY MYSELF! YA HEAR THAT!? I don't think I got time to make you one but, all you need's a bedsheet and a little paint! And some elbow grease. I'm glad somebody appreciates it!

"War paint? War paint!? Ahaaaa! Gotta hand it to ya, that's a good one! kyahahaha! Nah man, it's just my dashing good looks-- it's a cool pattern ain't it! Aw hell yeah little guy, skulls would be SO cool! Maybe I'll put em on my cape!

"Hehehehhhhh... Yeah, I got a lot of scars! All from doin' cool stuff! 'Cuz I'm a cool guy!

"I'll take your bro on! Uh... well aheh I guess if we're in the same weight class... Aw man, I wish they'd just let us do a free-for-all so I could try my hand at kickin' some real ass! I went up against this crazy guy named Big Blue this one time and MAN I got a beating and it was WAY COOL! Like, what an honor! Sometimes, you gotta get yer ass handed to ya, so you can learn a little!

"Woah uhh I think something's going on over in the promo stands... Maybe we should move outta the way...

"Uh anyway-- oh yeah! Here!"

"HI! I heard you like sandwiches so I bought a big one for you so we could do a trade! This sandwich for you if you gimme your autograph! How's that sound?

I like your eyepatch by the way! I have an uncle with an eyepatch like that! What happened? Did you lose it in a fight? WHOA!!!!! you don't have an arm either! Did someone bite it off??

Were you fighting over a sandwich? What's your favorite kind? Do you think a fish sandwich would taste any good?

I didn't know what your favorite was so I asked the vendor to make me their best one!"

whoa, that's a big sandwich...tell you what, help me out by eating half, and you've got yourself an autograph!

oh, i'll give any sandwich a fair shot. one of my favorites has got to be this one called bánh mì, but i bet a fish sandwich would taste pretty good too! just gotta find the right sauce for it.

the eye patch is just get-up for show; the wing on the other wing...see, if i wanted to be boring, i'd just tell you i hatched without it. happens sometimes. but if it's a story you're looking for...

y'know how adults are always like "eat your veggies and swallow your gravel or you'll stunt your growth and your wings'll fall off"? well...i found out the truth the hard way! i was a stubborn kid and preferred exploring over finishing my supper, so one day i was hiking through hebra when suddenly a huge snowstorm kicked up...

"WHOAAA! You're like a mountain WITH LEGS! I never seen a goron as big as you! What kind of rocks do you eat?

anyway can I get your autograph? I got rupees but no rocks sorry!!

I thought goron's only had white hair NO WAIT I know another goron who has red hair…red rock hair? but hes grey! he lives out in the ocean! where do you live?

Howcome you did the Eld-Rich Divebomber only twelve times? if I were like you I'd do it like seven hundred thousand times! What other moves do you know?

why are you missing your teeth? did someone punch them out? OOOH do they grow back? Howcome they're yellow????

And my dad and brother are gonna fight longer than thirteen seconds just you watch!"

"Well, well, if it ain't da teensiest pebble on Double-F's back! Git up on yer Uncle Uranium. I'mma show you how dis stadium'll really gon' look like when yer big enough ter lose yer Daddy's fights for 'im."

[THUNDERCRUSHER grabs Kaso around the middle and sets him on his back, getting up from the booth so he can give the kid a proper look around at his own height.]

"HAW! Naw, I ain't big. Ever'one here's jus' TEENSY!...Yer daddy excluded, natch. Must be sommat ter do wit dat Hyrule volcano. See, da one I'm from? One waaaaaay up north'a Eldin? ‘S’like, THREE TIMES as hot - an' da rocks? Like ROCKET FUEL.

"Not like da shit 'round here. Tell me, sommat 'round here leave a buncha diet granite sit inna ground? Like, ya jus' can't get da energy you need, eatin' local!"

"...Well, aside from places wit' da stuff growin' from my back. Speakin' of, I got a sack'a dat stuff hangin' off my shoulders dere. Swing it over, yeah?"

"...aw yeah. Dat's da stuff."

[CRONCH]

"Fu---uhhh, shit, yeah, dat's da stuff. Wanna bite, kid? It'll put some shine on yer fins."

"...no? Awright, more fer me."

[CRONCH CRONCH CROOOONCH]

...

[SPIT-TAKE]

"Shiiiiiit, you done seen a salt goro? I thought those fu--err, bidness partners went tits up, like, a century ago! Real 'collapsin' island' shit, too, like not even an island left where dey used ter live.  An' you say you saw one?"

"Fuckshit, I need ter collect onna bet. Errr, you didn' heard dat shit from me. Da bet, I mean."

...

"D'awww, kid. Kid, kid, kid. You kin on'y do da Eld-Rich Divembomber thirteen times. Back home, I tried doin' it fourteen times, an' you know what happened?"

[Dramatic pause.]

"Everbuddy died."

[He nods gravely.]

"Had ter skip town after dat, I did. Change my name, start braidin’ my hair, switch ter gold bracelets...so many dead goros. I’ll never ferget dere faces...”

[Beat.]

“...HAW! Jus’ kiddin’. Why stick ter one move when you got so many others? Like my Hinox Haymaker, or my Bone Blast Breakdown, or my–hang on, dis is jus’ sommat I’m gon’ have ter show you.”

[THUNDERCRUSHER reaches up, grabs Kaso by the scruff of his neck, and shunts him onto a booth next to a decently-sized fruit tree. He gives the child a grinning double-thumbs up, running his tongue on the underside of his broken, uneven teeth, then tears off sideways in a frenetic pinball roll that bashes into two, three, four, five, six booths down the aisle. 

Fellow fans have to dive screaming out of the way as a twelve-foot boulder reduces displays to splinters; bouncing back towards the tree, a hand the size of the average Hylian’s waist shoots out, grabs the tree by the trunk, and clotheslines it with such force that it rips it out of the ground. The tree upends itself, spinning tangentially with the force of THUNDERCRUSHER’s hand, only to be met with a vicious kick at the main branch that splits the trunk in twain.

THUNDERCRUSHER unrolls himself, panting and staggering slightly from the dizziness, only to spin about and give Kaso another double-thumbs-up.]

“DAT…is my Yu-No-Nuffin Railsplitter. You want…I kin teach dat shit ter you - wheeeen yer older an’ a whole lot wider ‘round da flanks.”

[For someone so dazed by his own attack, he has no problem poking Kaso’s middle on the first try.]

“EAT YER ROCKS, kid!”

…

“Oh, these?”

[THUNDERCRUSHER leans in, giving Kaso a good view of him sticking his own tongue into the empty sockets in his mouth. He then leans back, patting his gut in a hearty guffaw.]

“HAW! Yeah, naw, dis here’s a curse I done picked up from –”

[He looms close, ‘till he and Kaso are nearly face to face.]

“--a tawkin’ wizard robe.”

[He then leans back, putting his arms on his flanks, and looks off into the middle distance.]

“Yeah, he got reeeeal cheesed when I beat da shit outta his stompin’ grounds. Pounded 'im flat, a’course, but not till Whiz Robbie managed ter get sommat outta its mouth: Sommat like ‘YOU DUMB FART’HUFFIN’ ROCKBITER, YOU THINK YER GON’ GET AWAY WIT’ DAT? WELL, HERE’S A WHOPPER: YER GON’ LOSE A TOOF EVER’ TIME YOU BEAT A MAN IN MORTAL COMBAT - AN’ YOU WON’T GET ‘EM BACK ‘TILL YOU LOSE DA WHOLE SET!”

“...An’ wouldn’ you know it? Right canine popped free da instant I done turned dat whizzer ter smoke. Still keep it on me, a'course, as a memento’ve da occasion. Here–”

[He leans in again as he reaches into his beard, plying apart the hair just above the ring holding all his braids together. Nestled inside, threaded along a massive cavity running from crown to root, is a massive, yellowed tooth.

THUNDERCRUSHER grins again at Kaso, once again showing a number of missing teeth as he hides the tooth in his hair again.]

“As you kin see, I bin busy beatin’ dat curse. Wonder if ennyone here’ll–” [throws a pair of air quotes] “-’help me’ break it? Heh heh heh heh heh.”

…

“Well, damn, kid, I’m sure hopin’ they do! They can’t help me lose da whole rack if’n yer dad an’ bro jus’ toss in da towel, can I? I wanna wreck dere shit. B’hey, you wanted some signage on yer poster, right?”

[Scribbling noises.]

“Awright, kid! ‘Ere you go.”

“Now go tell yer Fat Daddy what T-Crush says he’s lookin’ forward to a poundin’, awright?”

[THUNDERCRUSHER clicks his teeth.]

"HI! HI! HI! YOU TWO ARE SO COOL! Can I have your autographs? I have rupees!

I like your outfits! Yours makes me think of a zorca because its a black outfit! Is that for camouflage?

What does the eyeball painting mean? Does it help you see better? is it a lucky symbol?

Do you think you'll fight each other??? Will you still be friends no matter who wins? My brother and dad are fighting too but I dunno if you'll get to fight them BUT MAYBE YOU'LL BE FRIENDS TOO!!"

Crystalline was listening and panicking right up until they heard, "friends" in the context of Vaati, at which point...

"Listen here," Crystalline starts to say, but Vaati is quick to grab their shoulder and give it a rough squeeze that hopefully looks more friendly than it actually is.

"We're siblings, so of course we'll be friends no matter what happens," Vaati says, doing his best to offer up a small smile. He can hear Crystalline making inarticulate noises but chooses to ignore them. "There's no need for rupees - we'll be more than happy," he shoots Crystalline a meaningful look, "to give you our autographs and answer your questions. Right?"