[Action for Zelda / video]

[blessedbyfarore]

[Action, closed to Zelda]

[Nothing to see here, just a sleepy green lump...]

[Video, somewhat later]

[Hi, Vatheon, here's a face you haven't seen in a little while. Link waves sleepily, still kind of groggy after, well, sleeping for a month.]

[Again.]

Hi, everyone. I guess I fell asleep again, huh? It's okay, I've already been to the coral. [Indeed, he woke up there.]

Um... have I missed anything important?


((OOC: Dated to afternoon of the 21st.))

Comments

[action]

[blessedbyfarore]

[Glancing down in surprise, he nods.] Okay. What spell is it? I feel really light.

[zelda_hylia]

It is a levitation spell a friend taught me.

[She takes it off slowly, holding on to him throughout.]

Do you feel well this time?

[blessedbyfarore]

Oh - okay. [And he's standing! Hurrah. Taking a tentative step to check his balance, he nods.] I feel fine. Just kinda sleepy, I guess.

[Offering her a smile, he pauses as he glances up at the coral. Huh... For a moment, the dream lingers in his mind, and the coral as it really is seems a little out of place.] I had a dream when I was asleep, I think. About you. ...And Hyrule.

[zelda_hylia]

I was wondering if I'd dreamed you there or if you actually visited!

[Zelda smiles a bit, then tucks her hair behind her ears, looking at the coral.]

It was a curse of some sort. We had dreams of the past, present, or future, and people were able to see them. Though... the dreams of the future were only that of a potential future, but...

[The princess sets her jaw.]

I intend to make it a reality.

[blessedbyfarore]

Oh - you were there too? [He blinks a little, rubbing at the back of his head. In honesty, he's still going to need a little while to process the contents of it, to accept the thought processes he underwent with his conscious mind, but...]

[He does feel a little better. Lighter.]

If it is true. If we can ever go back - I know you'll help fix Hyrule.

[He doesn't mention his doubts that it'll ever happen exactly the way she dreamt it, but... it's a nice idea. And if it does, well, no one will be happier about it than him. Zelda shouldn't have to choose between Vatheon and Hyrule, and the people in both.]

[zelda_hylia]

[The confidence fades just a bit, replaced by a slightly anxious girl looking for approval from her childhood hero.]

Do you truly think so? I was hoping you would approve of what I plan for it...

[He is the one who suffered to make it happen, after all.]

[blessedbyfarore]

[Childhood heroes generally aren't children themselves, though...]

Yeah, I think so! [He offers her a smile, hopefully reassuring her - he's noted the slight anxiety.] The Gorons and Zoras and Gerudo are really nice, they just need to get to know everyone. And I bet the Kokiri could come out if it was safe and the Deku Sprout said they could.

[zelda_hylia]

I do hope that part was a reality, too. I would love to be able to have their input on the reconstruction. You know, in other parts of the dream, they were planting trees all over!

[blessedbyfarore]

Well, the more trees, the better! [He grins, considering for a moment.] Maybe if there were trees from the forest planted in other places, they could go there. Like a bit of the forest that's outside it.

[zelda_hylia]

That must have been my reasoning, as well. I will be sure to bring it up with the Deku Sprout. Having more trees around certainly wouldn't hurt anything, anyway.

[Oh, here Link just woke up and she's already chattering at him...]

I apologize, you must be hungry. Would you like to get something to eat?

[blessedbyfarore]

[Yes, his stomach is definitely concurring with that.]

Oh - uh, yeah, that'd be a good idea. [He smiles sheepishly, scratching at the back of his head.] What did I miss while I was asleep? You can tell me while we walk.

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's fairly animated as she discusses the curses Link has missed, but the closer she draws to speaking about the present day, the more awkward she becomes. It seems... strange to speak with Link about Valentine's Day. She didn't think much of the foreign holiday the year before, but this time she knows what it means. Once, if she'd had the nerve, she would have wanted to give chocolate to him.

A large part of her still wants that.

She shakes her head. Thankfully, the brief pause in her monologue was long enough for them to reach the cafe.]

...nothing else all that important, really. Zelda is asleep now. Our house seems to have come down with narcolepsy!

[blessedbyfarore]

Wow, really? [Link has been listening attentively, and he chuckles a little at the description.] Is she getting used to Vatheon now? It's been a couple of months now, right?

[zelda_hylia]

I think she is.

[The dream her ancestor had isn't mentioned either. Her and the first Link getting married... the princess settles down at a table, smiling gratefully at the waitress.]

I'll just have some water, please. I ate recently.

[blessedbyfarore]

[Link goes for a nice big salad sandwich... and a side of fries... and hot chocolate, then sits back contentedly.] That's good. It's a good thing that Ghirahim guy isn't here any more, huh?

[zelda_hylia]

I... am not sure. Before he was returned to his own body, he confessed to me that he was not always so cruel. He's been warped by the same great evil we are destined to fight. I think he was learning to overcome that before he left.

[It probably is for the best, though. Skyloft's Link and Zelda would likely try to fight him.]

[blessedbyfarore]

I guess... [He looks briefly pensive.] Sola said he was getting better. But I guess he's gone back to the way he was now, huh?

[With a little sigh, he sits back. It's related to something that's been weighing on his mind since he woke up.]

I wish I knew for sure that people will be safe in the future. Especially in - [Steeling himself, briefly -] Especially in my time. I can't do anything to help any more, and I want to know that... well, that everything will be okay.

[zelda_hylia]

...everything will be. No matter the timeline, I assure you that I would not allow Ganondorf to have his way with Hyrule. Not forever. You awakened all the Sages. I believe we would be able to do the rest.

[Strangely enough, she sounds confident. It's something she's thought on too, though, and this is the conclusion she's come to.]

He shall not win. I promise you.

[blessedbyfarore]

[The smile he gives Zelda is small and tentative, but there's genuine relief in his expression.] I know. I think you're a lot tougher than you think you are. And - if there is a cycle, then that means that there'll be another hero one day.

[zelda_hylia]

That... is true. That is true, isn't it? The hero will always be reborn.

[So even in that timeline, they'll meet again. Why hadn't that occurred to her before? Somehow, it's intensely relieving.]

[blessedbyfarore]

[He nods, smiling a little less tentatively, the moment broken as their drinks arrive.] It'd be interesting if he - the next one, I mean - came here. It'd be nice knowing that things are okay. And - [He adds this with a little laugh - ] There'd be two Links again as well as two Zeldas

[zelda_hylia]

Oh! I did not finish telling you everything, did I? Skyloft's Link has returned as well.

[And he's dating Skyloft's Zelda! Really it's not awkward... at all...]

[blessedbyfarore]

Oh! Really? [Yup, he's looking distinctly pleased about that.] Does he remember being here the first time?

[Now, Zelda, why would that be awkward, hmm?]

[zelda_hylia]

He does not, but he has settled in to the idea of having descendants quite easily.

[She forces herself to just focus on the good parts of having Skyloft's Link around, smiling again.]

At least this time I know to not let him use the kitchen unsupervised!

[blessedbyfarore]

I'll have to meet him again.

[Family again, huh? He's smiling a bit at the idea.]

What happened with the kitchen?