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[H3][u]The Under ~ Holograd[/u][/h3] The Climb

[b]Word Count:[/b] 453
[b]Level 5 Ganondorf:[/b] 32/50
[b]Exp:[/b] 1
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 33/50[/center]

After getting mildly distracted by the conversation with the black coated little girl, Ganondorf decided he was no longer interested in her and proceeded to get ready for the climb he knew was coming. But before that, he made sure to double check that he had binded the Spirit he picked up and ensured it was a Striker as intended.

[center][hider=For Ganondorf]New Striker spiritbound:
[url=https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-HTXidOYZB4AbtBYJ-0cDhIQ-t500x500.jpg][b]Blast Hornet[/b][/url]
A battle-ready reploid with a lower-than-average cooldown. He can perform three attacks: fly up and then divebomb with Stinger Attack, fly up and unleash a sextet of bee drones that drill into surfaces with their stingers before exploding, and Search Attack, where he targets an enemy for a second with holographic crosshairs before unleashing three seeking bee drones at a time, up to a maximum of 9 before the attack finishes. Blast Hornet takes (and confers) extra damage from gravity/force attacks[/hider][/center]

Ganondorf also decided he had no need for the Orb that Nadia found. He noted that the others were able to use to undo their Strikers and Fusions and effectively reuse the Spirits in other ways they saw fit. Certainly such a thing could be useful in the future, but for now the Gerudo accepted his Spirits the way they currently were. Well, no more putting it off, it was time to start climbing. The man looked up at the cloud platforms he would have to make use of and rolled his eyes.

[color=797979]"What a joke."[/color] Ganondorf muttered under his breath. But there was no other complaints beyond that. He knew it was better to just grit his teeth and get it over with rather than stand around grumbling. He had to jump from cloud to cloud, sometimes his weight kept him from jumping high enough and he'd have to grab an edge and pull himself up. He could already tell this was going to be slow and that he was definitely not going to be among the the first to arrive.

He was able to occasionally mitigate the climb by re-summoning the phantom horse and using it gallop upwards a distance. But its duration wasn't long enough for Ganondorf to ride it all the way up. Inevitably he did have to resort to the usual jumping and climbing rigmarole. All this blasted climbing served to remind him how much he hated it down in this Goddess-forsaken Under. The Gerudo was going to be glad to leave this hellhole and never come back.