The Lakebed Temple [EVENT]

The timing of the letter that Rularu received from Marianne was almost scary in how convenient it was. Just as she had learned about the corruption in the water and the source of it was likely in the Lakebed Temple, she received a letter from Marianne, explaining that there was likely a shard of the Twilight Mirror somewhere in Lake Hylia, and that she was organizing investigations into the various temples where they were likely to be found. She also asked Marianne to join her. This caused the Zora Princess' heart to skip a beat. She was rather touched that Marianne would reach out to her like this. However, as much as she would have loved a chance to be at Marianne's side, Rularu felt that she would be better dealing with the shard in Lakebed.

After sending Marianne a response telling her this and wishing her luck in her own explorations, she began her preparations for the upcoming dive into the dungeon. No matter what this twilight shard or whatever it was called was doing, it needed to go.

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Once the day of the exploration into the ruins came, she set out for the meeting point, arriving as if on cue with Selene's question. However, she was in a more serious mood than usual. She spotted the three who were already there and approached them. Of course, she recognized Anastasia; how could she not. Although they never personally interacted, this was the Zora who lead the rebellion against the previous king and subsequently placed her father on the throne. They were the first one that Rularu would address, in a rare moment of humility from the otherwise haughty princess. "I am Princess Rularu Groupan, the daughter of King Rivan and current heir to the throne. It is an honor to actually meet you, and I look forward to fighting at your side."

She then, after giving a nod of acknowledgement to Phima, turned to Selene. "You are..." she pauses for a moment, trying to remember the name she'd been told when being briefed on who would be joining this expedition. "...Selene Merrows, correct? I've heard quite a bit about you. You seem to be quite notable among Hylians...regardless, I hope you know how to swim. The temple itself is underwater, and while the interior isn't entirely submerged, it will still be next to impossible to go through it without having to swim underwater. Honestly...not being able to breathe underwater sounds awfully inconvenient..."

She wasn't trying to be rude, but this is Rularu we're talking about. Regardless, as her words trail off, she looks around, before finally directly addressing Phima. "You are the one organizing this, correct? Do you have a plan? I'm eager to rid my home of the filth that is polluting it, so I'd prefer to have this over and done with soon. Also...I was under the impression that a Kokiri would be joining us. Have they not arrived yet?"

Hearing the rude Kokiri's words, Rularu immediately got defensive. "Sh-shrimpy?! Hmph! That's really rich, coming you!"  However, she was quick to regain her composure; she was trying to be more mature, though it was clearly that she still felt incredibly insulted by the Kokiri's rudeness "Oh well...I suppose I shouldn't expect someone who is literally stuck as a child to show any maturity. I'll be generous and let it slide just this once..." She really as trying to be the bigger person here. Meeting a certain Hylian princess made her realize that she should probably work on her people skills a little more. Especially if she was one day going to rule over her people like her father. Alas, one doesn't simply change overnight, and some habits die hard.

Either way, Rularu watched as Phima gave a brief overview of how the Skullfish had crowded around the entrance, and passed around items for the two non-Zoras to help them breathe underwater. Rather impressed by the invention, Rularu spoke "...how interesting. I must admit, I had been wondering how our non-aquatic friends would deal with breathing underwater. When this is over, I'll be interested to hear how you came up with such contraptions. Something like this could greatly improve our relationships with the other races..." Nevertheless, that was something she could ponder later, for now, she had a temple filled evil fish monsters that needed to be cleansed. Anything else was going to have to wait until the waters of her home were safe to swim in again.

Thus, she watched as Phima gave a rousing speech, then...proceeded to perform what was hands-down the most ungraceful and inelegant dive she had ever witnessed by anyone. Let alone a Zora. After a moment of stunned silence, she watched as Anastasia followed, then the annoying Kokiri jumped in afterwards. Letting out a sigh, she leaped off the cliff herself, diving into the waters below with little effort. As she surfaced, she gave Phima an incredulous look "...are you sure you're a Zora?..." Nevertheless, as they approached the entrance to the Temple, she frowned upon seeing all of the Skullfish. Brandishing her weapon of choice, a silver longsword, she looked to the others. "So...what's the plan? I must say...I knew there would be a lot, but I wasn't expecting this many."