Kyros pov
Waking up from the night's sleep I stretch my wings and nudge both Zelda and the felyne awake. As they get up I also rise up and try to stretch but stop when I get a cramp on my wing and stand ramrod straight as the pain courses through my back. I grumble at the pain and look over at the cabin as Mineru comes out rubbing her eyes and walking back behind the cabin.
"Well looks like everyone is awake and we need to head out before it gets to hot," I say as Zelda and Mineru nod along with the felyne. Turning to the felyne I ask," what's your name?"
" Mreow mry name is shard," says shared in her felyne speech. Zelda squeals at the cuteness and hugs the felyne before looking through the sheikah slate and picking out a traveler's sword. She grabs the pick and fuses them together creating a new weapon for shard. Having the handle becoming grooved and thicker and the bone pick becoming a mixture between bone and steel gaining a curved sword like blade a felyne sized naginata. Shard grabs the spear and starts thrusting and slashing before turning back to Zelda and jumps on her shoulders. " Mreownk you." Says shard as she sits comfortably on Zelda's shoulder weighting practically nothing apparently.
" Hmm, felyne species are known protectors of those they keep close and also good cooks, fishmongers and gardeners," says Mineru remembering the cat like species with fondness," they're also some of the best at pampering women. Ahh the last time us girls went to the hot springs in the tabinatha region. So much fun and a little bit too much drinking involved."
" I've got a feeling some wild story was involved but I'll hold back on the questions," I say as I look at the mountain side and see the faint orange glow of the shrine. " We've got a climb to make," I say as I turn back to the girls and they both nod.
" I know a way," says shard as she extends her paw in the air. We look at her and she takes off through the forest with us following her. Following the speedy felyne through the forest near the cabin slightly going up the mountain she suddenly disappears cresting a hill. Walking up and we find a small cavern opening recessed into the ground. She waves at the bottom of the cavern entrance. Looking at the girls we descended into the cavern and our slate goes off saying. " Plateau moss cavern."
" Well let's get through this," I say as Mineru primes the bowgun and I pull out my boko reaper and travelers shield. Walking through the cavern we find large growths of moss and stone walkway cross crossing above our heads. Following shard she grabs this glowing green bug and zips up to a higher ledge above our heads. Looking at her as she waves at us as I look at the jewels like lilies that has a sparkling petals and a giant green lightning bug like bug hovering above them. Walking up to the jewel lilies the great wire bug flies towards my wrist but stops as it flutters around before going back to the lilies waiting.
" It won't work without a slinger," says Mineru as we look at her waiting for answers. " A slinger is basically a tiny crossbow that slings various ammunition and other objects but it also has a capability of storing wire bug silk for wire bugs both lesser and great wire bugs. My friend the sage of time created it during my time off of notes she compiled."
" So we have no way of going further," asks Zelda.
" No, thankfully I have know how to create some simpler versions and I have already," says Mineru handing us some simple looking slingers that look like a wrist crossbow from assassin's Creed. Putting them on the great wire bug flies towards my wrist and grabs onto the slinger then launches me with surprising strength up to the stone pathway where shard is waiting. Landing on the pathway followed by Zelda and Mineru we continue on our way following shard until we reach a rounded chamber with a hole in the ceiling. " Up there and the strange things is just a quick walk," says shard using some large mushrooms growing as a trampoline and bouncing up and out of the hole.
" Well the hole is too small for us and too high up," I say as Mineru walks up to us and grabs my bracelet and the tablet.
" Here this is called ascend, it will let us flow through most types of ceilings but it usually needs at least minimum flat surface to work. My brother was so good with the skill he could flow through the air at great speeds and seem like he was floating through the air."
Activating the ascend ability my bracelet glowing green while Zelda's slate glows green. Using the ability by following mineru's example of facing our palm to the ceiling we flow through the ceiling in a green looking void. Before we know it our eyes are assaulted by light as we climb out of the ascend portal and we're on top of the mountain.
" Mreover here," says shard waving at us from a ledge. We walk over and see the shrine below us. " Well what are we waiting for," says Zelda climbing down the ledge and activates the shrine as we follow soon after. Shard climbs on Zelda's shoulder and we enter the shrine's lift descending into the once again impossible domain of the shrine. Walking off the lift we go to the guidance stone and we gain stasis from the ancient shiekah runes. We nod going through the trial as Mineru hums at the uses of stasis and ultrahand. It was almost pointless to get this rune now but I remember using it to basically launch myself and enemies into oblivion. Completing the trial and gaining the spirit orb we exit the trial and find it's almost night time. " Guess we'll call it a day and try for the last shrine tomorrow. But I'm worried about the rathalos on this plateau," I say as both Zelda and Mineru nod. A rathalos isn't easy in most monster hunter games and we have no elemental weapons as of right now so all we could possibly do is drive it off for a while and get off the plateau. We all use the slate to transport to the sheikah tower for the night.