First string: arrival and reunion (open, backdated to just before the dream event)

[sageninja]

Characters: Sheik and YOU!
Setting: Starting off in 5-04, then floor 28 (the music room; closed to Zelda), floor 22 (the art gallery), and floor 13 (the cathedral).
Format: Starting with action, but open to prose too!
Summary: Sheik awakens and searches for familiar faces.
Warnings: Nothing yet, will be updated as needed.

5-04

[Sheik's eyes narrow as he crumples the letter in his hand. Hyrule, destroyed? Is this perhaps a trick of Ganondorf's, who somehow escaped the Sacred Realm? Or maybe one of his lackeys, angered over their master's defeat?

A brief search of the room reveals a trunk filled with items from Sheik's home; he changes into his regular clothing and arms himself with some Deku Nuts and a small blade, then departs, running his fingers over the collar around his neck as he goes. It's time to find answers.]


Floor 28

[Examining the peculiar room he's in, Sheik takes in the various instruments that are lying about. His eyes fall on a small lyre, and the corner of his mouth twitches. It's nice to see something he recognizes in such a strange place. He picks it up and idly plucks at the strings, letting his mind wander. He hasn't had enthusiasm for playing lately, not since being so consumed by researching the Sheikah.

Suddenly hearing a familiar melody, he stops playing. Perplexed by the silence, he looks down and realizes that he was the culprit. Zelda's lullaby...]


Floor 22

[Sheik is standing in front of a large stained glass window mounted on the wall. There's a strange light behind it, illuminating the figure of a proud Sheikah warrior. As Sheik gazes at the artwork of Impa, his brows furrow in confusion. He doesn't remember ever seeing something like this in the castle. Maybe Zelda commissioned it after Ganondorf's defeat? A pang of loss hits and he curls his hand into a loose fist, letting it rest over his heart. He wishes he could see her again.]


Floor 13

[If the music room and art gallery weren't confusing enough, now he's in a cathedral that's inside a tower. Standing behind the pews, he hears a mumbling sound coming from the altar; but when he goes closer to investigate, there's suddenly silence. Feeling uneasy, he starts looking around for signs of a threat. The stillness reminds him in some ways of the Temple of Time, though that does little to ease his mind.]

Hello?

[Strange. He spoke clearly, yet he can barely hear himself. He doubts anyone else, should they be here, can hear him.]

Comments

[zelda_is_your]

Oh, uh. We know each other?

[No, of course not. He must know one of the other Links. Man, they were popular. More so than him. Jealous? Maybe.]

I mean. Yeah. I'm Link.

But there's a lot more Links in the chain around here, y'know.

[/cue rim-shot]

[sageninja]

[He raises a brow at the joke, but doesn't comment. If Link doesn't know him, then... Is this not the same Link that he knows?]

My name is Sheik. You do not appear to be the Hero of Time, although you look very much like him.

[zelda_is_your]

Something to do with heirs to courage or something. It's all very convoluted. All I know is that our journeys had their similarities, but took place in different times, apparently?

I never heard of a Hero of Time, but I figure he's probably my ancestor. Or maybe my descendant. It's all so very confusing.

[shrugs]

Anyway, nice to meet you, Sheik. This tower isn't exactly ideal, but it's not all bad. I take it you just got here?

[sageninja]

[That's a lot to take in at once.] Nice to meet you as well.

Yes, I arrived here today...although I don't know where 'here' is. What do you know about this place?

[zelda_is_your]

Let's see... you're in a room you have to sleep in, your first meal has to be oatmeal, you wear a collar that determines which day of the week that the creepy guys take you into a room, 95% of the things in this tower are going to try to kill you, and people will either know you, think they know you, or won't know you at all. And doubles. Oh so many doubles.

... yeah, you already know there's more than one Link.

[sageninja]

... [He blinks. This Link is not only more talkative than the one Sheik knows, but he also seems to be a bit more...what's the word...sarcastic?]

I see. [He fights back the smile that tugs at the corner of his mouth.] You seem to have been here a while.

[zelda_is_your]

Meh, maybe... a month or two?

Time sort of flies and messes around, 'round here.

[shrugs]

Anyway, we just need to make the best of it.