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[swordcrazy]

Characters: AU Ghirahim and you!
Setting: Room 1-04, cafeteria, cathedral, graveyard, and then a general night prompt
Format: Actionspam, will match comments
Summary: The spirit of a holy sword is not happy about his situation.
Warnings: Standard Ghirahim warnings include being a creep, invading personal space, and unnecessary violence. Others will be added as they come up.

[Room 1-04, dormitory hallways]
[This is not what being sealed is like. Ghirahim knows what being sealed is like, and it does not involve waking up somewhere unknown in a tacky bodysuit.

He had been prepared for being sealed now that his role was done - was not happy about it, he could hardly imagine a fate more boring. But he'd been prepared, and all that was left to do was say his farewells to his master.

This was not the plan. And unusual complications to plans upset him, make him irritable.

Ghirahim doesn't intend to stay long in his room - just long enough to change out of the clothes he was given and into his normal attire. (He doesn't care if anyone is in the room to watch him do this.) Then, after that, he'll be out to explore the rest of the tower.

His priorities are simple: figure out what this place is, figure out if his master is here, see if something can die to let off steam.]

[Cafeteria, Floor 1]
[He takes the elevator, after finding out just how tall this tower is. He'll explore more on the way up, but the exit would of course be near the ground, if there is one.

Someone with a red collar gives him a bowl of oatmeal. It looks utterly bland at best. In fact, after he sits down and prods at it with a spoon before taking a small taste...]

This is disgusting. I won't have a single bite more of this trash.

[It's not actually that bad, but Ghirahim's standards are high. When you don't really need to eat, they tend to be.]

[Cathedral, Floor 13]
[There's no symbols of the goddess here, but it's obviously a place of worship nonetheless. Ghirahim stops his exploration here, if only to search the place.

What for, he's not sure. The goddess is not subtle in her signs. He refuses to do the interpretive dance part of translating messages - but he's always understood them. He may doubt Hylia's wisdom on many subjects, creating him and expecting him to turn out anything other than he was, but not knowing what she wants at all is...]

I wonder, if she isn't here at all, what would that make me?

[Without a hero to guide or a goddess to follow, he'd be without purpose. And it is difficult to imagine for him. So he keeps searching.]

[Graveyard, Floor 48]
[The sighting of his own name on a tombstone is what makes him pause on this floor. How strange. He's clearly alive, and in no need of a grave marker.

He might have overlooked that, but he spots a 'Link' on a nearby headstone. And when he goes to examine that one, he spots another grave with the same name.

Ghirahim searches the entire floor and counts two occasions of his name and ten of his master's. The numbers are what leave him at a loss. No man, not even the chosen hero, has died ten times. He knows that the markers mean something else, but he doesn't know what, and that leaves him profoundly unhappy.

What has happened to his master?

Ghirahim stays on this floor, sitting on a Link's tombstone, until darkness falls.]

[Anywhere, night]
[Night brings with it creatures meaning to kill anyone they sight.

Excellent. He was getting incredibly frustrated with this situation he's in, and there's nothing like bloodshed to cheer him up.

He slays monster after monster with daggers in the throat or his own swordplay. Most of them aren't challenging, and he toys with them before ending the game. It's not as fun when you can't see the fear in their eyes when they know they're outmatched, but it's something to keep him occupied.]

Comments

graveyard

[myblueskies]

[Every few weeks Romeo went to visit all his friends in the graveyard, it took a long time because there were so many of them. He had his hands full of drawings and stories he had made to put on the graves, and he blinked when he came upon the graves of all the Links and saw someone very familiar.] Mister Ghirahim?

[swordcrazy]

[That's his name, but the small boy approaching doesn't ring any bells. Then again, most people he's met he forgets due to how little he cares about their faces.]

You have the advantage over me, I'm afraid. I don't remember your face - have we met?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo doesn't even blink, he is used to people he knows not recognising him] It must have been another mister Ghirahim I knew, sir, we shared a room. I'm Romeo!

[swordcrazy]

[That'd explain the number of graves, a little.]

Maybe you can explain a few things for me, Romeo. You say you've met another Ghirahim? Someone exactly like me, down to every last detail?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo stared at him, taking in his appearance] Yes, at least he looked like you. Just like you. But I don't know if he was like you because I don't know you yet.

[swordcrazy]

That's close enough for our purposes.

[He'll regret saying that when he finds out about his doubles' allegiances.]

You see, I am completely without equal in my world. So hearing that you've met a double of mine is a surprise.

[myblueskies]

Well he would be from a different world, there's lots of worlds with lots of different people. [He pointed at the grave Ghirahim was sat on] Like mister Link. Lots of worlds have a mister Link and there was lots of them here all at the same time!

[swordcrazy]

And these Links. [Ghirahim tried to keep the urgency out of his voice, and only halfway succeeded.] What has happened to them? You know, don't you?

[myblueskies]

They went back to their worlds, sir. The worlds are all dead but sometimes people go back because their souls get lost and can't stay here. They sometimes come back again though.

[swordcrazy]

So the worlds have been destroyed...

[The heroes wouldn't like that. Probably would blame themselves for not saving them, if he knew his heroes. Well. He couldn't allow that to stay.]

Is there no way for us to bring them back?

[myblueskies]

[He nodded sadly] We're working really hard to stop the administrators and get all the worlds back, we've not got very long left though.

[swordcrazy]

Humans have such tiny senses of scale to begin with. How long is not very long?

[myblueskies]

Um... well its past new year now so five months. I think.

[swordcrazy]

I wouldn't trust a human to properly make a kettle of tea in five months. [This is so very, very aggravating.]

Who are the administrators you mentioned?

[myblueskies]

Humans are not as stupid as you think mister Ghirahim! [He sees that this Ghirahim has the same prejudices as the one who came before.] We will be able to stop them if we all work together! The administrators are miss Ruana, mister Jason, mister Riki and Zo who is just little. There was another one called mister Dax but miss Ruana ate him.

[swordcrazy]

By all means, prove me wrong. I'd like little better than to be surprised by your wisdom, power, and courage. But that won't happen.

[Ate him, ugh... Disgusting. Ghirahim is a man of some standards - he isn't a demon after all.]

[myblueskies]

Yes it will. [He doesn't sound annoyed, just certain. Ghirahim is far from the first person with such opinions about humans. He managed to get Protoman to admit that not all humans were weak, he will succeed here as well.]

[swordcrazy]

Hm. You're certainly confident for such a tiny child.

[myblueskies]

I'm not that tiny! I'm thirteen now, that's quite big for a human person.

[swordcrazy]

[Ghirahim chuckles at that.] It's hardly more than a whelp.

[myblueskies]

I'm not a whelp!

[swordcrazy]

Did I strike a nerve there, child?

[myblueskies]

No. It's just not a nice thing to call someone.

[swordcrazy]

Perhaps you know this already - I am not a nice person.

[myblueskies]

Yes you are. [Romeo looked at him seriously] You just hide it really far down so you don't even know it