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[stop_calling_me_zelda]

Characters: Tetra an OPEN
Setting: multiple locations
Format: action spam
Summary: Tetra's spent a couple of week on the remnants of her world and now she's back.
Warnings: None yet, will update if this changes

[Dorm Room 01-09]

[She hadn't quite expected to wake up in her bed in the tower but she did. It was better than the tireless, hungerless wasteland that as her world though. For awhile she just lays in her bed and, oddly, takes comfort in being here instead of there.

Eventually gets up though, checks her things to make sure no one got nosy while she was gone and then leaves her room.]

[Floor 33]

[Tetra... isn't one for farming. She's still more suited to the sea, to getting food when they stop at different islands or raid other ships, but it's nice to stop once in awhile and see if anyone else is making use of it. Someday, she might try her hand at it. If only to keep herself from getting bored (which didn't frequently happen with the tower and its administrators) while they still had time to live.

And it was pretty neat to see plants and food actually growing, even if it is just glamour.]

[Floor 25 - closed to Zelda]

[Training with Zelda. She's still not used to it, probably never will be, but Zelda was experienced and had a lot she could teach the younger princess. She found her vest, tank top and shorts from among her things. The clothes showed the wear and tear of two years in the tower, several places clearly patched by someone who isn't used to things like sewing.

And then she headed to the meadow floor. There was plenty of space there for them both, somewhere that Tetra wouldn't have to worry about hurting anyone accidentally.]

[Floor 14]

[Sometimes you just need a little bit of fun. That's what brought Tetra to the fourteenth floor where she starts poking through the collection of movies and games for something to watch or play. Maybe Link or someone will come by and play a game with her.]

Comments

Floor 14

[lorule]

[ Hilda had been told about Tetra by Link, but she had no idea about what she actually looked like. And so as she passed by the fourteenth floor, she didn't notice anything particular in this girl. Maybe a slight similarity with Zelda, but she didn't put much thought into it.

Instead she looked at the movies and games Tetra was poking at. She had seen these... Things before, but their use eluded her. ]

Excuse me, would you know what these objects are?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Well, with her hair down like she tended to wear it these days, it's hard to tell that Tetra's Hylian. And there's nothing on her to give her away as a member of the Royal Family.

She pauses for a moment, glancing at the other girl before picking up one of the cases.]

Movies and video games. For entertainment.

[lorule]

[ Yep, definitely not making any connections then. It's probably less hard to say what Hilda is, what with those pointed ears and inverted triangles.

But then, "movies and video games." ... She had whatsoever no idea what movies and video games were. And yet this girl had said that with such simplicity, as if it was common knowledge. ]

... I see. [ She looked at the case Tetra was holding for a while. Not knowing something that simply was sort of humiliating. ] And how do you use these "video games," if I may ask?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Tetra sometimes forgets that there are people who haven't been here as long as she has, especially with how low the countdown has been getting.]

I'll show you.

[She spreads them all out again, making sure each title can be clearly read before she leans back and gives Hilda the chance to read them.]

Pick one.

[lorule]

...

[ Hilda looks at them attentively-- All these name sounds weird and unpromising. She ends up chosing one however, and point it out to Tetra. ]

This one.

[ The cases she points out got the title Iron Gear Liquid 2: Sons of Anarchy. The title is stupid but this should do. ]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[She piles the others back up and puts them away quickly, sliding the disc into the systems tray and picking up a controller, tossing the other to Hilda.]

I'll show you how to play and then you can try, alright? It's not too hard.

[lorule]

[ ... Hilda took a look at the controller. How do you even use this thing? That's weird, but she goes along anyway and nods. Tetra may be able to notice Hilda holds the controller in the wrong way. That and she stares intensely at the screen as if, maybe, the power of the mind would be able to control the characters better than that silly controller.

Not to mention her pushing a few buttons at random may be messing up with the start screen. ]

Is this some sort of competitive game?

[ Since they each have a controller it got to be, right? ]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Tetra calmly reaches over and correct how she's holding it, also stopping her from pressing any buttons just yet.]

It can be but it has a cooperative option too. And since you never played before, that'll be easier. Your character won't die as much.

[lorule]

[ ... Having that little girl correct how she was holding the controller was annoying enough, but why did she assume she'd need the cooperative option or that her character would die often? Bah. ]

... Fine. But I doubt my "character" would die much in the first place.

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

["Little?" Excuse YOU, Princess, she's 13, the heir and ruler of New Hyrule. And a thousand times more experienced with the tower and things inside it than you.]

You've never even heard of a video game so I know you've never played one. Which means you're inexperienced. And inexperienced players have a higher death count.

[lorule]

...

[ Incredibly rude. EXCUSE you yourself, ruler of a kingdom that doesn't even exist yet. Hilda chooses not to comment on the matter, save for a brief word. ]

I learn quickly. [Then she turns her attention back to the screen.] When do we begin?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[That doesn't mean she's not going to be the ruler and isn't the current heir to Hyrule's throne. She's still royalty in her own right.]

Here. [She hits a few buttons, selecting two-player mode and starts.] It's a stealth game so try not to kill everything.

[lorule]

[ Stealth? This game sucks already. Shouldn't a true hero bravely face his enemies rather than run around them? ]

It sounds strange. [She hits a few button as well-- It doesn't take thirty seconds before her character makes enough noise to alert a guard. That and she doesn't manage to equip any weapons. And her character is hopelessly running into a wall. That is, when she doesn't accidentally trigger the pause mode.] ... Something is wrong with this 'game'. It is not working correctly.

[ Said on an already irritated tone. The only logical explanation really. ]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Oh my goddesses, are you for real, Hilda? Tetra scowls, equipping her own weapon before the guards show up. Maybe she should have made Hilda read the instruction booklet first. At least then she might have some idea of what to do.

Hindsight is always 20/20.]

There's nothing wrong with the game. You just don't know how to play.

[lorule]

[ If it was your first time with video games - no, with technology altogether - you'd suck too. Hilda doesn't reply to Tetra's comment; maybe if that little girl had actually explained her how to play this wouldn't be a problem. Bah.

Before long (hear, ten more seconds), Hilda's character would drop dead on the ground. Which prompted her to look at the screen with a scowl of her own for a second. This was enraging ]

... What is the meaning of this? [Even she could realize what her character making a scream and falling dead meant. She pushed the buttons angrily and barely managed not to throw her controller into the screen.] This game is making a mockery of me. I shall not stand to play it any longer.

[ She took on a neutral tone and expression to say this, but what could you do, the irritation was obvious in her voice. ]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

You died. [Tetra says simply, shooting several guards that came as a result of Hilda's character moving and acting loudly.][Once all the guards are dead, Tetra has her character duck into a good hiding place to lower the alert.]

That's how the game is. It's not mocking anyone. [Jeez.]

Maybe video games aren't for you. Let's try a movie.

[lorule]

[ That game is stupid. As soon as Tetra mentions the movie, she sets aside the controller. Anything is better than a game mocking her (no matter what that girl says, this game is mocking her as far as she is concerned). ]

What is a movie?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[You're kind of a brat, Hilda. Not that she'll say anything. She's a proper young lady these days. At least until one of the administrators decides to mess around.]

It's like a pictograph but it moves and has sound.

[lorule]

[ If disliking video games makes you a brat, then so be it. This moving pictograph story sounds a lot more interesting at the very least. And it's unlikely to mock her. ]

Could you please show me one?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[No. Disliking video games just makes you boring. Never mind that video games don't exist in Hyrule or Lorule.]

Sure.

[She grabs a pile of movies and looks through them, settling on a comedy eventually and putting it in.]

[lorule]

[ Wow, excuse you little princess. She'll stay here with her dislikes for those silly video game and watch the beginning of the comedy. Given Tetra described this as moving pictograph, Hilda sort of assumed this would be a recording of real events. yet small details and poor SFX caused her to raise her eyebrow. ]

I have no recollection of magic looking this way and these people speak in a most... Unnatural manner. I do believe the people here are acting a scene.

[ It's not captain obvious or anything. But heh, that sort of technology would be confusing to anyone. ]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Oh my goddesses, Hilda.]

That's... exactly what a movie is. People acting for the entertainment of an audience.

[lorule]

[ How could she have known? She says nothing for a while and watch at the movie for a while. Probably to it through the ending, though she seems barely... Amused. ]

It was entertaining. [Her tone may make this hard to believe, though she softens down a bit.] I thank you for your patience in showing me these artifacts, Lady...?

[ They had yet to introduce each other after all.]

(I fail, feel free to drop this if you want)

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Meanwhile, Tetra's enjoying it enough for the both of them. Spoilers, it's Monty Python and the Holy Grail.]

Tetra. Princess Tetra of Hyrule.

[lorule]

[ Hilda paused. Princess Zelda? Again, really? ]

You must be the one he mentioned... [The young Link that is. She didn't look as much like the other Zeldas-- Yet again, this was probably due to her age and clothing style.] My apologies. I am Hilda, Princess and Sovereign of Lorule Kingdom.