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[zelda_is_your]

[ooc: Link to the Past version]

You're really going to go through with this?

I mean, you could be doing something more productive with your time.

For example, I'm saving maidens and mowing the grass for rupees.

You should try mowing the grass.

Seriously.

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[evilisfabulous]

Oh, another one.

[zelda_is_your]

So I heard.

... which explains my existence.

It also explains why it's so difficult to think up a distinctive personality for me.

[evilisfabulous]

Such a shame. Meanwhile I, Lord Ghirahim, have all the personality in the world!

[zelda_is_your]

I'm told that you're still preferable to a talkative faerie.

Or a sword that "won't shut up".

I can't imagine a sword that talks. It sounds neat-o to me.

I just laughed way too hard

[evilisfabulous]

"Neat-o"? It's absolutely amazing, I can tell you from firsthand experience. The ability to express oneself is always preferable to silence...!

tee-hee

[zelda_is_your]

My sword doesn't talk.

[holds up his sword. Literally, not figuratively]

Would it make it feel better if I talked to it instead?

[evilisfabulous]

*oh Link. If you keep this up, he might have no choice but start laughing at you.*

Who knows? They say everything has a soul. Even swords.

[zelda_is_your]

[that's the point, Ghirie~]

Even swords?

[headtilt]

I... feel really bad about using bombs now. It must be painful for them.

[evilisfabulous]

*He chuckles, finally. He can't help it. Ghirahim tosses his hair in a dismissive gesture.*

I can assure you, such paltry explosives would never harm one like me.

[zelda_is_your]

[Link has a feeling may need an adult. Oh, wait, Hyrule apparently has no adults.]

... why would I want to bomb you?

[evilisfabulous]

...are all of you this naive? It appears that the sky-boy's thick skull is hereditary.

[zelda_is_your]

[It probably is.]

I mean, if you want me to bomb you, that's okay. I'll do it. But nobody's ever asked me to do that before.

[evilisfabulous]

Foolish boy. Do you have any idea who you're talking to?

[zelda_is_your]

Not really.

[... is this man confused?]

Do you know who I'm talking to?

I'm receiving mixed messages. Do you want me to bomb you or not?

[evilisfabulous]

I am Ghirahim, servant of the one who will awaken to destroy your pathetic world. I much prefer my full title: Lord Ghirahim. But I'm not picky.

[zelda_hylia]

My mundane is wondering if yours has read any of the... "comics".

You aren't really going to such a dangerous place, are you?

[Doesn't matter that it's not her Link, it's still a Link. She's still worried for him.]

[zelda_is_your]

He's read the manga, and something about how he's a afraid to look at anything else.

[in this case, it's not "your princess is in another castle", it's "you're princess is in another game"... or perhaps "tower". Or maybe there's just too many princesses. This requires further study]

If there's people that need help, you should know that I'll need to do something about it.

[zelda_hylia]

I know. I know that, but - these games, those that run them don't intend on anyone ever putting an end to it.

[Zelda's heard terrible things about what happens to people in Animus, too. Though, there are some Links there already...]

It would be a fight against a current that's never going to cease. Would you still want to fight it?

gorgeous icons btw

[zelda_is_your]

You're right - I can't say that I'm completely comfortable with it.

[...]

But I do know that I'm completely uncomfortable not even trying to do anything about it.

[This is the same Link that went through at least ten dungeons to find "another you", after all]

aww thanks <3

[zelda_hylia]

[Of course. That's what makes him capable of being the hero, isn't it? That spirit. Her eyes shift to the sword he carries, ancient in her time and even more so in his. Finally, she smiles at him, though it looks a little pained.]

That's what makes you worthy to bear that sword. I know not what you had to endure to gain it, but... thank you, for protecting our land.

[zelda_is_your]

A bit of a tall order, but to be honest, it's not such a bad deal - if a guy can't make even one woman smile, then that would be a tragedy.

[headscratch - cue awkward transition]

How is it underwater?

[zelda_hylia]

Underwater? I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about. Unless you're referring to Vatheon?

[He isn't, is he? They weren't talking about where she'd ended up, after all, they were talking about Hyrule!]

[zelda_is_your]

[Yes, yes he is.]

Yeah, the mun-person says that you're at a game that's underwater.

... which somehow reminds me that I'm glad I never had to go underwater for one of the dungeons I've traversed.

If you'd rather not talk about it, that's also fine. What about the Hyrule from when you came from...?

[zelda_hylia]

Oh! No, it's fine. There's a barrier that keeps the water out, so we live under the ocean in a dome.

[Hyrule. That's a subject she finds difficult to broach with anyone, much less Link.]

Hyrule is... rebuilding. Ganondorf was sealed in the Sacred Realm recently. We haven't had a chance to complete the reconstruction just yet.

[That's right, Link, this Zelda is one of the sages that sealed him in the first place.]

[zelda_is_your]

... Did your Legendary Hero succeed?

[Oral tradition to be certain, but Link sort of knew all along, whether it be a memetic legacy or whatever. The ancient lore described nothing about a Hero of Time, and just the Seven Sages who sealed away Ganon. Yet... faintly, he knew. A Link was involved. But in a way that wasn't recorded in the annals of history.]

[ooc: I'm going by what Hyrule Historia said about the three split timelines. Which I find ridiculous since I'm pretty sure Nintendo's making shit up as they go, but I digress]

We have downfall Link in Vat even though Zelda's from the adult timeline herself, so...

[zelda_hylia]

[The princess goes utterly silent at that question. The hesitant way he'd asked, the fact that he'd asked it in the first place...]

I see. So you must be from the future. The answer is a complicated one. The splitting of the Triforce seems to have split time itself into multiple paths. As I saw it, yes, he succeeded. However... the Link I know in Vatheon says that he did not.

[zelda_is_your]

I see. At least there's a reality where his efforts were not in vain.

[Then again, this Link made certain that it wasn't in his own way. Then again, he's not very perturbed by it, once he finally hears it. It was more of a shock turning into a bunny rabbit than hearing the truth about this]

I can't imagine the trials you had to go through. I wish... I mean, is there anything I can do for you, Princess?

[zelda_hylia]

[Is there anything he can do? Truthfully, there isn't. She knows it's her fault that he had to rise to the challenge to begin with, her fault for being an arrogant child who thought that she could protect the power of the gods better than those who had sealed it away to begin with. Ganondorf never would have been able to take up the Master Sword. He couldn't have unsealed the Sacred Realm.]

Please, don't make such a face. If you saved Hyrule in his stead, that's all I would ask of you.

[zelda_is_your]

[Well, this Link at the very least never blamed her. Not once. ... even if he were to ever find out her role.]

If that's what it takes, then I'll continue to protect our land!

[come on, Princess! Smile! Frowning gives you wrinkles]

The journey may be difficult, but in the end, if we're able to meet each other time and time again, it just may be worth it.

[zelda_hylia]

[She folds her hands up near her chest and nods.]

I'm glad that you feel that way, Link. I know Hyrule has a presence in the tower, so you won't be alone at least. Please, stay safe.