caughtinanetwork | Video; Questions

[As pleased as Sola was all throughout the RPG curse, cutting weeds and fighting monsters and just generally being in his element, he seems much more sombre when he appears on the network in the early hours of Monday morning. He's sitting on a couch, a small blue instrument in his hands. It seems he can't sleep.]

I thought the curse would help me forget about it, but...

[He turns the ocarina over in his hands, not looking at the camera.]

...what happens if you died on your world and then you get sent back there from here?

[He knows too many where this is the case, and if the tightening of his fingers around the object in his hands is any indication, it's something that weighs on him a great deal.]

And, um, Zelda? If you see this, I'm really sorry I couldn't make a wish.

[He tried very hard, but he just couldn't make it.

Unable to think of much more to say, Sola simply sits and turns the ocarina over in his hands, either waiting for an answer or simply unwilling to turn off the video.]

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I think- you just go back to how you were.

...that's why we need to figure out how to stay, right?

But what about everyone who's already gone...?

[He's scared for himself, certainly, but Ion and Link and any others...

It's too much and Sola looks a bit like he wants to cry.]

I dunno. But- they came here once, right?

Do you think they'll come back?

[He sounds doubtful.]

Ion's been gone a year.

I don't think we can count on them to just come back.

I was just thinking... if we figure out how to stay, maybe we can figure out how to bring them back, too.

That's what everyone keeps saying but no one is saying how. We don't even know how the scientists are controlling the coral, or if the coral really is the thing that's bringing everybody.

I'm still going to ask it for help though... Other people here, the ones in the bubble from here, ask it for help so...

I don't know how either. I'm not really- good at that kind of stuff.

Me either, but I have to do something...

[He's quiet for a moment, then nods.]

I'm going to the coral.

To the coral?

What are you going to do?

I'm going to ask it really nicely to bring my friends back.

[It's as simple as that. It's all he can do and he's not sure if it'll work, but he'll be damned if he doesn't try.]

D'you think it listens to that kind of thing?

[It seems unlikely, but... he sounds just a little bit hopeful.]

I won't know unless I ask.

[He's got to try or he'll never forgive himself.]

I guess not.

...maybe- I'll try it, too.

Okay.

[He smiles a little.]

Maybe if enough people ask it, it'll listen.

Yeah. Maybe.

You're- asking for your friend Ion?

[A nod.]

Ion and Link. I know Link is probably in the spirit realm at least, but... he was really happy here and I miss him a lot. I mean, he's my brother...

Yeah. I'm sure he'd wanna hang out with you again.

I'll- ask about them, too.

Thank you.

[Sola smiles a little.]

Who are you asking for? I'll pray for them, too.

[Fair is fair after all.]

Xion. You met her when she was here, right?

Xion!

[Yes, he does remember her. In fact, she'd been one of the few people to be right up front with him about being a replica.

And he hadn't been praying for her too. He feels terrible.]

I'm sorry! I'll pray for her too! For all the replicas, everywhere!

[There's a strange desperation to his voice, as if he's been doing something wrong and scrambling to fix it.]

[Not the response he was expecting.]

H-hey, you don't need to- freak out about it.

I'm not freaking out, I just-

[Forgot. It sounds awful.]

I'll go pray now, right now.

[The feed clicks off right that second as Sola gets up, presumably to make his way to the coral.]

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