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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 25

[sageprincess]

[Zelda waits for her seated among the flowers, her flowing skirts traded in for her more streamlined Sheikah garb. She's still recovering from the unexpected trip outside the Tower, and she knows Tetra is still probably reeling from her visit home. But they just don't have the time to wait and rest anymore. Tetra needs to be as prepared as she can be for the inevitably chaotic time ahead of them.

Doesn't mean she has to like that fact. The elder princess' brow is creased with barely hidden worry as Tetra approaches.]

Are you certain you are up for this today?

Dorm!

[zelfies]

[Ever since Link stopped seeing Tetra, he had checked by her room every morning.

And afternoon.

And evening.

Never one to knock, Link pulls open the dormitory door yet again, and this time, his heart leaps.]

Tetra!

floor 33

[puppy_lancer]

[Open fields are good for crops to grow in...and they're also good for horses to run in. So now Lancer is riding Liath Macha in a circle around the growing greens, stopping once in a while to graze at the few weeds.]

[He waves at Tetra as he sees her.]

Hey, Tetra! How've you been?

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]

[Tetra slides over to sit beside Zelda, looking to her ancestor thoughtfully before nodding. She knew what was supposed have happened to their worlds but seeing it first hand? That's different. She reaches over and takes Zelda's hand.]

Yeah. No point in putting it off, right?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Wow, Link! What if she was just getting dressed?]

Link!

[She's dressed though, lucky for him. And runs to hugs him tightly.]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Grinning at the sight of of Lancer, she waves back and jogs over. Tetra knows what a horse looks like but she's never actually seen one.]

Been better.

[Or has she? ~Animus~]

Is that a horse?

[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.

[sageprincess]

[She silent for a moment, staring at Tetra's hand on her own. It's clear she has disagreements, but she doesn't voice them. She simply sighs, then picks herself up onto her feet.]

... No, I suppose there is not. What would you like to cover today? Magic? Unarmed combat?

[There's a strange nostalgia in this, with the positions being reversed from how they were years ago for her. She tries not to think about it too much, lest she lose sight of what's important here and now.]

[puppy_lancer]

[He nods and decides not to ask more. After all, she doesn't seem particularly unhappy.]

Yeah, it is!

[He pats Liath Macha on the head as the horse flares her nostrils at Tetra.]

Isn't she awesome?

[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?

[zelfies]

[Are you kidding? He has absolutely no concept of knocking.]

I'm glad you're okay.

[His voice is tiny as his arms latch around her just as tightly.]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

Can we do unarmed combat?

[She's still not used to fighting without weapons. Tetra likes having something in her hands that can damage someone, something that scares people by seeing it.

Which is exactly why she's asking this now. She won't always have a weapon on hand and there's a chance she might lose her magic somehow.]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[She's going to hold on for a bit so you better hope you aren't needed anywhere, Link.]

Me too. I went back home for a little while.

They're not lying, Link. Everything is all messed up.

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[She reaches almost hesitantly to try petting her nose.]

Yeah, she is. I've never seen a real horse before. She's pretty.

[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.

[zelfies]

[If he was, he isn't now.]

Messed up...?

[He still clings to her, not wanting to have to meet her eyes. His voice is smaller than usual.]

How?

[puppy_lancer]

[Lancer place a hand on Liath Macha's jaw so she won't bite Tetra.]

She is. The only horse that can match her for the most beautiful and strongest horse is Dubh Saiglend.

[And that's his other horse.]

She's fast too! Wanna take a ride and see how fast she can go?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[And she's not pulling away to look at him.]

They really are dead, Link. Their bodies are just lyin' around.

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Her eyes light up, one of the few times that she properly looks like a kid. Especially after being in the tower awhile.]

Can I?

[puppy_lancer]

Come on!

[He jumps off of the horse and bends down so he can help Tetra climb on the horse.]

[Lancer himself is like a kid who just wants to show off his shiny new toy.]

[zelfies]

[Link freezes. He suddenly feels as if a cold fist had gone right through his chest. It's an eternity before he manages a peep, and it really is nothing more than a peep. Intonated like a question, but not truly a word. His throat has squeezed shut.]

Tetra...

[She must be wrong. There's no way that everything could just be gone. That everyone could just be gone. Link's fingers clutch at the back of Tetra's shirt. His hands tremble.]

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[It's nice when she can just be an excitable kid rather than a pirate captain or heir to an entire kingdom. With his help, she's quickly on the horses back and holding on carefully.]

This is great!

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[She wishes she were wrong. The entire time she was back there, she kept trying to find someone, anyone, that was still alive. But there wasn't. Not one.

She was alone.]

We have to save them, Link. No matter what it takes. We have to save them.

[They still have time left. They can save them still.]

[zelfies]

[Link finally pulls away. He's being stupid. Pull it together.

He looks up at Tetra with watery eyes and nods, the corners of his mouth turned down in a frown he couldn't hide. He can't afford to think about what Tetra must have seen. His home, Outset...]