voicetesting and homeless

[ganonplz]

A journal? For me? Pretty generous of you.

Only took you about ten years!

Still, it's good to be able to do something different for a change. Yeah, I'm a sage and all, but do you have any idea how boring it is to have people worship the ground you walk on? I need some excitement.

I just hope you find a place that delivers.

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[timezone]

Finding it hard to steal treasure from old tombs with all those followers?

[ganonplz]

Heh. A sense of humor and handsome? I should be warning you to keep watch on your rupees.

But you handled my resident pain in the side pretty well, so I'll let you off the hook.

[timezone]

Well, I couldn't have done it without you and the other sages. But that doesn't mean you can come after my rupees.

[ganonplz]

Why, Link. That wouldn't happen to be a challenge, would it...?

[timezone]

Only if you want to see who can steal who's jewels faster. I'm a card carrying member of the Gerudo, too.

[ganonplz]

Hahahaha... for a man, that's less "stealing from rich men" and more "attending to a Mother and raising your own children".

[timezone]

Not for me, and you know it.

[He gave a soft bark of laughter.]

I've missed you, Nabooru.

[ganonplz]

You too, kid. Though I've gotta admit...

This mun has been catching me up to speed with Ganondorf, in that Wind Waker thing.

...Never thought I'd kind of feel bad for the bastard.

[timezone]

I've heard things from the Link's I've met of that world. Not a lot... but whatever happened there, it doesn't excuse his actions in our time.

[ganonplz]

Not arguing that point. The ends don't justify the means, but at least it seemed he was trying to make up for what he'd done.

Kotake and Koume raised him that way, so they're partly to blame, but there were plenty of us trying to show him that they were selfish to begin with, only caring about their dark magic and none of our ways. Respecting the Mothers, honoring Nayru for the water she brought us, things like that.

But when you already have a huge ego and think the world owes you something...

Too bad it took such destruction and bloodshed for him to finally get some of that through his thick head.

[timezone]

From what I've been told, his actions in that world were little better than his actions in our time. Even if it did get through his head some, he still stuck to his old tactics of releasing monsters and harming innocents. And he wanted to destroy the world as it had become to make it into what it once was just so he could have it.

If he were ever actually repentant of his actions and wanted to make up for it, I would give him the chance. I'm sure Zelda would too. But knowing that he's figured some of it out and still held onto his ways... I don't hate him, but I don't feel sorry for him either. I can't.

[ganonplz]

....Heh.

Maybe it's because I still remember him as a dumb kid who picked fights he couldn't win.

[timezone]

[Link gave a single, firm nod. He wasn't going to say more against Ganondorf when he didn't need to. And he didn't want to hurt Nabooru's feelings by doing so, either. She was closer to the King of Evil than anyone else Link had ever known.]

This isn't about him, though, so let's not make it so it is. This is about you. And not seeing you for a while.

Do people really worship the ground you walk on just because you're a sage?

[ganonplz]

Aww, but I was about to get to the part where one of the older girls knocked him onto his backside!

...and...okay. So I might have been exaggerating.

[timezone]

Do you get to visit home a lot? What are your duties like?

[He wanted to ask if Zelda talked about him at all, but that would be rude.]

[ganonplz]

Of course. I'm mostly in the temple enough as it is. And eh, duties. Not much to 'em.

[timezone]

So... do you see the other sages much?

[not_a_gerudo]

[Have a much younger and more wimpy looking Ganon than you're used to, Nabs.]

You're a sage, Nabooru? I didn't know that!

[ganonplz]

Not really. I did mention I was a loner, didn't I?

[ganonplz]

*........

staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare*

[not_a_gerudo]

[Stares back.]

What? Have I got something on my face?

[Even weirder is that he's dressed in Hylian clothes. Royal Hylian clothes.]

[great_king_of_evil]

[ Is she complaining about how she's treated? okay, nope. ]

And do you have any idea how boring it is, sealed in the Dark World for 200 years?

[ganonplz]

Hmph. Serves you right, you know.

[great_king_of_evil]

True, I've only tried to make the world a better place for our people.

I guess not everyone is as patriotic and devoted as I.

[ganonplz]

*oh no you didn't.*

Don't give me that sack of tektite dung. The only thing you have ever cared about is yourself, Ganondorf.

[great_king_of_evil]

That, is what you have convinced yourself of to justify your betrayal.

But if I had cared only for myself, I wouldn't have bothered directing Hyrule's resource to the desert when I took over. Nor would I still adorn the symbol of our people hundreds of years after they were all slaughtered by the Hylians.

[ganonplz]

I didn't have to convince myself of anything. You convinced me of that yourself when you started stealing from women and children and disregarding everything that makes us Gerudo. Don't you get it, Ganondorf? It was your own selfish actions that brought so much misery on us!

Don't you remember why we're thieves in the first place? To remind selfish men that their material gain means nothing. It's too little, too late, Ganondorf. Especially for you.

[great_king_of_evil]

Was it my actions that had the sun burn on our homeland? was it my actions that had the wind bring death when the night fell? Was it my action that had the King of Hyrule wage war to unite the Kingdom? Was it my actions that had this very kingdom ignore the suffering of our people?

The suffering the Gerudo have known precede my and your birth.

[ A low chuckle. ]

And now, after you lectured me, you dare to say we're thief to remind selfish men that material gain mean nothing? Nabooru, I knew you were misguided, but it appears as though you have created yourself your own little world where you have the perfect explanation where everything I do is Evil and everything you do is Good. Such a shame the real world is a much different bplace.

[ganonplz]

*...this would technically be the part where he would jump to start a fight with her. Nabooru's not one for words, and last thing she remembers, neither was he. He really has changed.*

I haven't created anything for myself. I actually listened to the Mothers, unlike you. And the Twinrova sisters don't count.

Maybe you've spent so much time waterlogged that you forgot the joke about Gerudo having sand for blood. The desert is a harsh place, that's true. But it's as much a part of us as we're a part of it. The only person who sees suffering in it is you.

[great_king_of_evil]

What you said don't count, I call them mothers. But whatever fits your perfect image of the world.

And I wouldn't call myself the only one who complained. The children who died before the age of ten, the elders who passed away because of the extreme, our people who work hard everyday only to see the neighboring Hylians granted everything in return for nothing. Those who, unlike you, appreciated my work and believe me, it was more than half.

There are two kinds of people in the world Nabooru. Those who accept fate and do nothing, those who defy it and are ready to lose their soul to do so. It's easy to guess which category you fall in and which one I fall in.

[ganonplz]

And sacrifice everything we are? The ends justify the means, is that what we've come to?

I can't believe I ever thought you to be anything but the kind of person I despise.

[great_king_of_evil]

Sacrifice everything we are, Last time I checked my dear, not one Gerudo was required to step out of the desert and attack Hylians. I took full responsibility and formed an independent army to prevent further harm from reaching my people. What you are is intact. I sacrificed myself to the cause.

On my hand I have difficulty believing I once made you my right hand and trusted you with my plans. A shame really because you have potential.

[ganonplz]

Don't call me that. *she means it too. She will kill you, or try, if you try going sweet on her mostly because she's still sentimental.*

Potential, huh. Yeah. Like your witches found the potential to turn me into a mindless slave in Iron Knuckle armor for seven years. With you or against you, and if we're against you we'll be made to think for you, right Ganondorf?

[great_king_of_evil]

Whatever you prefer.

[ Actually he said it in a sarcastic way- Either way her reaction is as funny as expected It's fine mostly only anger and hatred subsist on his side. ]

Actually not. You see Twinrona didn't inform me until it was too late. Do you truly believe I would have kept you as a mere mindless iron knuckle in the depth of an ancient temple for seven years knowing your potential? That's a waste truly, I'll admit they have had an error of judgement.

I'll be honest, if I had been informed I would simply have placed you under arrest till the war's end. You'll understand that during war, one cannot simply let traitors run around freely.

[ganonplz]

...do you have any idea how much I hate you.

[great_king_of_evil]

Keep trying to convince yourself. The psychology books I have read in the tower call this autosuggestion.

[ganonplz]

*Ganondorf stop using words she doesn't know the meaning of aaaaargh.*

No convincing needed. You can stuff your books.

[great_king_of_evil]

I am not going to bother counting the number of times you have claimed to hate or despise me this past discussion. When you hate someone, and believe me I am well place to know it, you only state it once before moving on or acting upon that hatred.

[ Stop? Never. ]

The fact that you keep affirming your hatred of me, again and again. It simply points out that you don't believe your own words. You need to speak them many times to convince yourself that they are true. Quite sad for you really.

[ganonplz]

....hmph. I'm not going to beat up on an old man.

[great_king_of_evil]

Technically I'm only a few years older than when you sealed me. I barely aged all those years, unless you speak on a mental level.

Truth is, you won't try to beat me up both because you cannot and do not want.

[ganonplz]

*can she get out of this conversation now? No? _{Damn you mun.}*

Yes, that's completely it. I'm still shackled to a mistake of a tryst I was involved in back when I thought you were a halfway decent man.

*if sarcasm could kill...*

[great_king_of_evil]

That's more complicated than that, but you are nearly there.

[ It wouldn't be honorable to get out while he wins besides. ]

You're also probably annoyed at the fact that I were right- The Hylians exterminated our kind and the Gods flooded Hyrule. Since you are proud, you cannot admit you were wrong, hence our behavior.

[ganonplz]

*she can't deny it's overkill. She can't deny that she's angry, at both Hyrule and the gods. What, did they wait until she was dead and start slaughtering her people? But she won't admit it to Ganondorf. He's right about her pride. And she hates herself for still having feelings for this man.*

Don't presume that you know everything about me. You still act like everyone else is wrong, and you're the only one who's right. I'm glad that I wasn't stupid enough to marry you. We may both be thieves, but I don't steal innocent people's lives in a desperate attempt at revenge. You and the King of Hyrule aren't so different.

[great_king_of_evil]

Oh, I wouldn't have married you anyway, fear not.

[ Oh, she doesn't need to admit it. her words are pleasant enough as is. ]

I act like if I were right and if everyone were wrong. Is it only an act? Wasn't everyone convinced the Gods would always protect people and wasn't I the only one to realize we should find ways to live without them?

Me and the King are very different. I don't kill uselessly, and I am not desperate for revenge, not any more. I was, when I first escaped the Dark World... But now, all that motivates me is to see Hyrule rise again and for our people to have the live they desire.

[ganonplz]

*She's tired of arguing with him.* You're nothing but a self-absorbed, cruel man, Ganondorf. And as long as you stay that way, you'll never be capable of making amends.

[great_king_of_evil]

[ Oh well, if she wants to have it that way. ]

If it comforts you to think so. I'll wait until the day when you will be unable to hide behind your fantasies. If anything, your attempts at denying truth were entertaining. I hope to see you again soon.

[ganonplz]

And I hope to never see you again.

[desert_fate]

Nabooru!

[Here Nabooru have a very tan Link running up and hugging you. He isn't even in the traditional hero clothes and his voice denotes more a desert dialect than anything.]