1st Shard

[cantstopme]

Characters: Lil' Link and you!
Setting: Room 1-18 and both dorm floors.
Format: Either or!
Summary: Link freaks out and then freaks out a little more.
Warnings: None I think; will change if it happens?

[Room 1-18 and probably the hallway too.]

[Of all the ways Link has woken up before, this had to be the worst. First was the sleep paralysis; that gave him a good spook, since it's definitely never happened before. Only thing that equals paralysis in his mind are those stupid Redeads - but after gaining movement again, he already checked the room for those.
Thank goodness there aren't any. Yet.

But second was realizing, hey, this definitely is not anywhere he remembers being. Definitely, definitely not. This place is too... fake feeling to be anywhere on the Great Sea. So of course, he got up to check the room out.

And that's when he noticed the third thing - that collar clamped around his neck. Oh, this ain't good, no sir; it feels like something evil, and just looking at what he can see of it gives him a little bit of the heebie jeebies. Which means it must come off, and now.

So if you pass by that room or are lucky enough to be in it, you may or may not find Link with his back to the floor, hands clasped on what he can grab of the collar, and his little legs scooting him backwards across the ground like he expects it to help. It's probably pretty dumb looking.]

[Around the dorm areas.]

[Later, of course, is time for a little exploration; he's grabbed all he can carry out of his trunk, and he's making his way around to try and find the door outta here - which in his logic means "go around and open every door you find". So feel free to notice the little nine year old hero peeking his head into your room, there.]

Comments

[theherourherocouldbelike]

A few of my things were in a trunk like this at the end of my bed when I arrived.

[cantstopme]

[He looks at it for a second then, before nodding and opening it up to get a good look -- and would you look at that!

He nearly climbs into the darn thing, excited at the prospect of having almost all of his things in a place like this.]

Even my sail is here! ... Oh, but my Skullhammer is missing... I guess I don't need it too much.

[After a moment, he pulls his sword and shield out of the trunk, hanging them on his back as always, and unsheathing the small Master Sword for Link to see.]

Here it is.

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He laughs a little.]

It's so small!

[BABY FI]

[cantstopme]

[WH - NO IT IS A LONG AND MANLY BLADE THANK YOU]

No, it's... it's just a little short is all!

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He spans his arms a few feet apart.]

You see this? From here--- [He moves his right arm] -- to here-- [He moves his left arm] --is how long my sword was.

[cantstopme]

...

[And gawking again because whoaah.

Now he's looking his own sword over a bit...]

... But why is mine so short?

[theherourherocouldbelike]

Maybe it's because you're young?

[cantstopme]

No, Grandma said I was a man, now that I'm as old as the hero of legend.

But... aren't they the same sword?

[theherourherocouldbelike]

How old are you?

[This kid can't be 17-18]

[cantstopme]

...

[Oops.]

... Nine.

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He ruffle's Link's hair again.]

You're still young.

[cantstopme]

[HUFF.]

I'm not that young.

[And you screwed up his hat.]

Heroes aren't kids, you know; and I'm a hero, too!

[theherourherocouldbelike]

What have you done in your legend?

[cantstopme]

Well, uh...

I gotta start at the beginning, okay?

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He nods]

wee woo wee woo spoilers kind of

[cantstopme]

Well, see; it was my birthday and my little sister gave me her telescope, but when I looked through it I saw a big bird drop a girl in the forest on our island. I got a sword from Mr. Orca to go save her, but when we got out of the forest, the bird took my sister instead!
I travelled with pirates and got tossed in the sea, and a talking boat rescued me. We sailed and got the pearls of the goddesses so I could get the Master Sword so I could fight Ganondorf and get my sister, but it didn't work so we went to the temples to make it work again, and it did!
But we got my sister anyway. We found out that Tetra was Zelda and we had to protect her because she had the Triforce of Wisdom, and then we went looking for pieces of the Triforce of Courage, but Ganondorf had gotten underwater into Hyrule and took Tetra away, so I had to go save her too. The King stepped in and made a wish on the triforce, and it made Ganondorf angry, so he attacked us!

And that's when I stabbed Ganondorf in the head and saved everyone.

~master story teller~

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He blinks.]


...so....this Tetra.....


....was Zelda?

he is a /pro/ ok

[cantstopme]

Mhm. We didn't know it, but she was Zelda the whole time!

I like her better as Tetra, though; it's hard for her to be a pirate in a dress.

[theherourherocouldbelike]

Was she a princess?

[cantstopme]

Mhm. Princess Zelda; she was the heir to the throne in Hyrule, but the King kind of destroyed it, so she doesn't really get to rule it.

[There's a lot more to his story obviously, he just... needs to fill in the details.]

[theherourherocouldbelike]

I see.


I met a Princess Zelda a few days ago. But she seemed a lot older then you and she told me that other girls in her family were named Zelda so she could be someone else.

[cantstopme]

[He blinks a bit then, before his face slowly turns into an expression of "But what if she IS Tetra??"]

Are you sure? She... she's really mature for her age! It's really easy to think Tetra's a lot older than she is.

[A pause.]

She might be older than I am, though, I don't really know.

[theherourherocouldbelike]

She's definitely taller then you, in fact, she's only a few inches shorter then me.

[cantstopme]

... Oh...

[Yeah, that's not Tetra.

He goes silent again, then, not sure what to say now. He's not much of a talker, usually - you just got him on a tangent, you jerk. B(]

... So... If you're not the Hero of Time, what hero are you?

I'm the Hero of Winds, so you have to have a title too, don't you?

[theherourherocouldbelike]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm just. A hero. I don't have any fancy titles like the Hero of Time or of Wind or anything.