caughtinanetwork | Video: Dopplegangers (Filtered from Dark Link)

[Zelda turns on the feed, looking worn. She's covered up the red around her eyes with makeup (though not all that well), and she's avoiding looking directly at the camera.]

Some of you may have had your houses broken into on the night of the New Year's party. I apologize deeply for the behavior of the man who did it, he is from my world.

I need your help. Anyone's help, really. That man is a magical construct created by my worst enemy. I estimate that he was created a short while ago, no more than a year's time. If his master were present I would say that he is a puppet and needs to be disposed of, but his continued existence without Ganondorf here to maintain the spell suggests that he has a consciousness of his own. I don't know for certain what his intentions are, but a preliminary scan showed that he has little to no direction.

[She puts her head in her hands.]

He is currently convinced that he is Link...

[She can't go on. She turns off the feed, but she'll answer anyone who calls her. Really, anyone. She's completely at a loss for what to do.]

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I don't believe that you and Shizuo are monsters.

[She sighs heavily. Honestly, she should probably put on a strong face to stop Izaya from poking at her, but she doesn't have the energy.]

I don't believe that he or anyone else is inherently evil, but I cannot ignore the fact that he was created by my enemy, a person who has proven that he wishes to dominate over my land with no regard for its people.

Even so, I can't picture Ganondorf doing something as underhanded as this. He has always been direct. I don't think that he would create a shadow of the hero just to attack me emotionally... it is more likely that he was created to fight Link with no further instructions.

[She pauses, then looks at Izaya oddly. Then, she smiles.]

You have a very strange way of guiding someone towards the answers, Izaya.

Tch. Shows you how much you know about us.

[For a long moment, Izaya doesn't say much of anything. He merely stares at the video before he looks away from it and off screen somewhere.]

What do you mean by that, Princess?

You put me on the defensive so that I would seek to justify myself and discover the answer on my own, did you not?

[She's still smiling.]

It's a strange sort of kindness, but it is very you.

[His eyes slide back onto the camera and there's the faintest hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.]

I'm not sure I know what you're talking about, Princess.

[And then a beaming smile, waving a hand dismissively through the air.]

It is so flattering that you think so highly of me though~! And that you believe to know me. It's charming. Ah yes...Well I have things to do, people to meet. You know. The life of an informant.

Do be careful, Zelda. I would hate to see anything bad happen to you.

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. Have a good day.