Skyward Sword Chapter 5: Please Don't Set Me on Fire This Time

Hello, loyal reader(s), and welcome to Chapter Five of our saga. In today's post: Earth Temple! Well, I won't waste any more time. Let's get to it!

Actually, I should probably mention that as a byproduct of moving, I was forced to buy a new TV, so the pictures for this post and all posts that follow may look slightly weird, because...yeah. Also, you may or may not notice that for this post, I wasn't actually playing the game. That's right - I had a guest player for this part of the game. I still played the temple, but we were at the same areas in the game, and I was too lazy to take pictures and play at the same time, so this is what you get. Yay!

Okay, back to the posting and everything.















Oh, this is going to be fun. Look at all that lava.

So, among the first things that happened was this (after I solved a bomb puzzle with the Beetle, rolled myself through the lava on a giant boulder with an eye painted on it, and fought a Lizalfos). One of the Mogmas wants me to get his Bomb Bag back. Um, can I just keep it once I get it? Something tells me I'm going to be able to do that.
















Sure. It's fate, I guess.















Let's not get uppity, now. I'm the one you're asking to get your Bomb Bag back. You need me, not the other way around. Now shut your smart mouth!

Here's a spot where we found some Eldin Ore. Yay!















After I made my way through a nearby door, I was confronted by not one, but two Lizalfos. Let the games begin!














Bring it on, you chumps.
















Okay, you know what? Let's just skip to the good part.














Sweet! I don't have to give this to the Mogma guy, do I? That would be completely lame.














Oh, come on! This is the requisite lava and bomb dungeon! I need this thing, man!














YES! I'm the Hero! Just give me back the Bomb Bag already!














Okay, just give me a second to toss it into that lava over there. Of course I'm going to take good care of it! Geez.














Not sure why this picture is here. I think this room was full of Bokoblins and those weird lava frog things, but this was after we killed them all. So, uh...cool.














Here we are running over one of the lava frog things with the eye boulder. So, so satisfying.














This, uh, does not look so satisfying. We'll have to try really hard not to lose control of the boulder and fall into the abyss.

Okay, it actually wasn't that hard. But it certainly looks daunting.














Here's the spot where everything went all Indiana Jones on us! Well, the first time, anyway. See those gate-looking things across the ceiling at the top of the ramp? Those swung down and dropped rocks on the ramp while we were running up it, and we had to take shelter in the alcoves on the left.














And here we are running up another ramp, hopefully to find another treasure at the top.














Yay! It's the Boss Key! I mean...this thing.














Great, another puzzle where I have to make the key fit in the door to get through the door. Joy.

And now I have to go to the boss door. Oh...uh...what's that funny noise behind me?




Whew. We escaped. Through the Boss Door!















Welp, looks like we got the golden dragon puzzle done. Onward!














Well, look at that. It's the giant boulder rolling its way through the skeleton stuck to the ceiling. That's going to end well.
















At some point we came across a chain, and Fi had to offer her analysis.














Well, that helps, I guess. Except that regardless of whether she was bound or not, now she's free and WE STILL CAN'T FIND HER. Argh!

So eventually we found our way up one last ramp, and guess who was waiting for us at the top?














You again? When am I going to get to beat the crap out of this guy and get him out of my hair once and for all? And don't say, "The end of the game."














You know, I don't think "flustered" is the word he's looking for, unless he wants to date Zelda, I guess. Which kinda-sorta makes sense, I guess. But whatever.














Well, that blew that theory out of the water. He wants to resurrect his master, eh? I wonder who his mysterious master could be. I bet it has something to do with that monster thing we saw in the visions at the beginning of the game!

Eventually, of course, he got tired of monologuing at me (as they do) and decided to wrap up the discussion.














Groan. What monstrosity are you going to unleash on me now?














Hey, it's the boulder from before. Do I get to run away from it like Indiana Jones again?














And there goes the boulder, rolling...
















Well, that's...unexpected.















For this boss, I had to avoid the boss while it tried to stomp me, then throw bombs in its mouth and slash at its eye while it was stunned.














See? There we are, slashing away at the eye. Die, boss!

But, at long last...we were victorious!














Die, lava monster! I didn't like you anyway!















Vanquished.

See, Ghirahim? I'm not such a pushover after all!














And there's the glowy door I have to go through to find Zelda! Let's hope this time she's actually there!
















HOLY CRAP, SHE'S ACTUALLY THERE.

And this is where I'm ending this for now. Next time: ZELDA AT LAST! Well, hopefully.

Skyward Sword Chapter 4: Now I Feel Like I'm Watching West Side Story

Hello, everyone! Sorry for the dearth of new material in the last few weeks. I recently moved to a new place and didn't get Internet access set up as fast as I thought I would. So, apologies.

Okay, anyway.

So, when I left off, I was at a spring looking for Zelda. Turns out it's called the "Skyview Spring." At least you can actually see the sky here, as opposed to Skyview Temple, where...I don't remember seeing the sky at all. Maybe in that end area right before the boss? I dunno. Well, anyway.















You can kind of read that title card. Yay!

So, where's Zelda?















No Zelda there, but I do see a crest that needs to be Skyward Strike'd. Struck. Whatever.














No Zelda there either, but it looks like Fi's got something to say. Okay, Fi, say whatever it is your message is going to say, which is probably either a reiteration of something I already knew or something I could have figured out for myself pretty easily.





Oh. Oh, okay. You're doing some kind of weird ice-skating-on-water routine. I get it.

Well, whatever. Give me my reward!















A broken piece of rock. Well, that's cool, I guess. That red thing looks like a ruby. Maybe I can pry it out of the stone and hock it for some cash? That would be so rad. But first, I have to go back to the sky and explore a little bit. What's this weird pumpkin-farm-looking place here?















The Lumpy Pumpkin? That's what you call this place? That's...cool. But what is that hanging up over the table over there? A chandelier with what looks like a Heart Piece on it? Well, I'd better go upstairs and check that out. What's this? A sign saying not to bang around too much or the chandelier might fall down? Oops.














I got a Heart Piece. I regret nothing.















Look at the mess the barmaid's going to have to clean up. Glad I'm not her!














Oh, I'm not pretending anything. I did it. What are you gonna do about it?














Yeah, and?














Good luck with that, dude. I'm out of here!

So, I headed back to Skyloft and used my newly-acquired slingshot to make Beedle's flying shop stop for me. And inside, I found this!














Yay! Now I can catch bugs!

I also bought a wallet so I could carry more Rupees, but you don't care about that. Let's move on.














What is with these cat things? They're little hellions at night but perfectly friendly during the day? Lame.

When I was done with the cats, I ran across Kukiel's mom. Apparently her precious daughter who likes to run off ran off (as they do) and hasn't come back. I was given the task of finding her. I can't remember the exact events I had to do, but at one point I had to go back to the Lumpy Pumpkin (Heyyyy guys!) to talk to some old man, who said he'd seen some kind of ghost monster in the Skyloft graveyard. He said I had to hit one of the gravestones with my sword and it would make a secret door open, which would lead to the lair of monster. So I waited until nighttime and did what the old man said, and this is what I found.















Apparently he's a friendly monster who just wants to hang out with little kids. Uh, okay. Oh, and he wants me to help him become a human. I can't help but think a better message for this guy would be "Maybe you should learn to embrace who you are...oh, and stop spending time alone with little kids." Well, whatever.















Yeah, okay. That sounds like a totally innocent game!














Yeah, I...I don't know what to say to that.

So anyway! After I was done apprehending child molesters tracking down missing children, it was time to head to the next area - Eldin Volcano!















Yeah, I got it. But thanks.














Yay, a volcano!

So I headed down the one pathway I could follow, and ran into these guys.















From their music, I couldn't figure out if they were the Jets or the Sharks. Either way, they're pretty cool.

So, I made my way through the first part of the volcano area, apparently without taking any pictures of it. Oh well. Suffice it to say that it was, well, interesting. Eventually I found an inside cave-type area, where one of the gang member guys gave me THIS!














Yay! Now I can...dig? I guess this could be useful.














Oh, right, I should say what it was I was trying to do here. Well, as usual, I was chasing after Zelda but was one step behind her the whole time. Then I got to (presumably) the entrance of the temple, but there was no way across! Or so it seemed, until for no apparent reason a bridge extended itself over the gap.














Um, cool.














A mysterious woman in black is talking to me. Should I be concerned?














Ooh, mysterious. I wonder who she could be. As usual, I'm sure I'll find out as soon as the plot says I should.















Buried what? The lower half of your body? When are we going to see that, anyway?














Oh, I get it. And I get to find all the pieces, right? Cool, I'll get right on that. Fi told me to dowse for the key pieces, but whatever. I figure if I head in the only direction I can go, I'll be all right. And for the most part, I was! Go figure.















Here's a spot where, being in a volcano, I had to run through a hot spot. And right after that, I got to slide down a really big slide!















Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

So, eventually...















Yay! I can get into the temple! Whoo!

So I put the key in the door...














...and headed inside.














And that's where I stop for today! Sorry this one is comparatively short. Moral of the story: take more pictures!

Not sure when my next post will show up, since I'm, uh, not quite done moving yet, but...yeah. Until next time, heroes!