|| 1st Flight || - [Voice]

[knightofthesky]

[A new connection appears on the network. Someone seems to be fumbling with the controls of their communicator and it takes them a few minutes to realize that it's on... and recording.]

Is... is anyone there? Can anyone tell just what exactly this place is? And why I appear to be in a dome underwater? I need to get back to the surface. Fast. [The young male voice coughs hard.] Ugh. I'm soaked to the bone.

[Another pause.]

...And has anyone seen a longsword with a blue-and-green handle? A large shield, too.

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[ Voice ]

[thewilltolive]

Well...I think there's an elevator that can take you to the surface, but I'm pretty sure you won't recognize anything up there.

...Unless you've been here before, anyway. [ And it doesn't...really sound like this guy's been here before. ]

[ Voice ]

[knightofthesky]

Ela... vator? Is that a portal of some sort? [Curious Link is curious.]

I probably won't since the Surface must be a lot larger than just the, uh... three regions I've visited. But if I can make it back to the Sky, it's be easy to get back home. Of course, I need a Bird Statue to fly back up.

[ Voice ]

[thewilltolive]

I guess you could think of it like that. [ Whoops. Kinda forgot not everyone here knows the stuff he does. ] Elevators are fon te--um, machines that go up and down, so you can get to different levels. It helps if you want to get from the ground floor of a tall building to the top without having to walk up a bunch of stairs.

Though...I guess in this case it takes you from the bubble to the island, instead of the different levels of a building. [ Now that he thinks about it, he's not really sure how that's even possible. BUT YOU KNOW, WHATEVES. ]

The Sky? Well...I hate to break it to you, but this place is a different world. Or universe. Or...well, something like that. So I doubt you could make your way back there, even if you go up to the surface. I mean, you can try, but...

[ Voice ]

[knightofthesky]

[No need to walk up or down a bajillion stairs while fighting off monsters that just won't stay dead? What sorcery is this? :D Moving on... Link lets out a sigh.]

Even if I still had the Water Dragon's Scale, I doubt I could swim to the top without running out of air first. [Air bubbles don't usually show up in open water.]

video;

[keepsthefire]

'scalled Vatheon. Aaaand you're pro'ly not gonna be getting out any time soon. Sorry.

Haven't seen a sword or a shield either, but I'll keep an eye out.

You uh... need a towel or something?

[ Voice ]

[knightofthesky]

Be wary of the sword, though. I'm the only one that can touch it. I'm not sure how Fi would react to someone else wielding her. [Yes, it sounds like he as named his sword. And thinks that it's alive.

Thunder booms above.]

...I don't think a towel is going to help in a few minutes.

permavideo;

[keepsthefire]

Eh?

[His sword has a name too, but the personification seems a little odd...

Oh hell, thunder? Really?]

... damn. Uh. Need a place to stay for a bit? Not gonna do you any good if you get sick right off the bat.

[ Voice ]

[knightofthesky]

No, I think I'll just stay here for a little while. I've been in worse situations before. But thank you for the offer.

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[zelda_hylia]

[That voice... it can't be. Can it? But it can't be Sola either, and how many copies of Link can there possibly be? Zelda rushes to the plaza with a thermos of the tea that she keeps on hand when this time of the month rolls around, a zora tunic and a towel. She's out of breath when she arrives.]

Link...

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[knightofthesky]

[Link is busy glancing around for any sort of shelter when the familiar, feminine voice grabs his attention. His blue eyes brighten and he takes a few steps in her direction.]

Zelda! You're alright! I thought you might have been- [He swallows the last word, concern flitting across rather delicate features.]

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[zelda_hylia]

Might have been what?

[Had he come from the point when Ganondorf had just taken her?]

Well, do not worry about it for now. Let's get you dried off. The welcome center is right here, you can change clothes.

[Yes, she IS carrying another tunic for him. He'll have to live with wet pants for now, though.]

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[knightofthesky]

W-well, last I saw you, Demise had just taken some of your life force... [He smiles sheepishly, feeling silly that he had even felt worried in the first place. He glances down at the shirt.]

...Dark blue? It's been a few years since the Knight Academy has used that color for tunics.

Yay! You got in! This seems a little familiar :p

[replicatedcourage]

[Sola had just picked up the SFC to contact Ion about maybe going to the park to play when he came across the voice feed of someone who sounded exactly like him.

That can only mean one person.

Frightened that Link is here for his head on the Master Sword (and completely forgetting that people get dragged her against their will), Sola boots up a voice-only reply.]

GO AWAY!

[Voice] I don't know what you're talking about, Dark Link I have never seen before :|

[knightofthesky]

[Link lets out a yelp and nearly drops the communicator in shock. The other voice sound just like him! But that's impossible. As far as the hero knows, he doesn't have any siblings or a twin...]

Who is this? Are you one of Ghirahim's minions? [Crap, why couldn't Fi be here with him right now?]

[Voice]

[replicatedcourage]

Who the fuck is Ghirahim?! I'm not anybody's minion anymore, I'm my own person and I don't want to be you so just stay away from me, got it?! I don't even have Zelda, okay?!

[Sola! Such language. Someone's been teaching him bad things. And he's completely unaware that this makes him sound like he's lying and has Zelda locked away somewhere.]

[Voice]

[knightofthesky]

Ghirahim is the Demon Lord. He's the one I've been fighting against this whole time. Are you a monster, then?

And just what is your problem? You are not making any sense. I've never met you before in my life! [And he is sure of that. He'd certainly remember a bad-mouthed version of himself running around Skyloft or the Surface.]

Voice

[cinnaponpuppy]

We all kind of arrive here like that.
[Pause.] You can try the Nook! Maybe your sword is available there.

Voice

[knightofthesky]

So I've been told. [Ugh. He almost wished he was in a dungeon fighting monsters rather than this place.]

The Nook? What's that?

[voice]

[demonicbookworm]

This place is called Vatheon... and I'm sorry, but nobody knows how to go back.

[voice]

[knightofthesky]

...Has anyone managed to leave this place? Anyone at all?

[voice]

[demonicbookworm]

Well, people sometimes are sent home...

[text]

[kingwithnocrown]

[Wow you're so screwed.]

hey!! you look really familiar~~. Would you happen to be LINK?

[voice]

[knightofthesky]

[The hero gazes at the text curiously. For some reason, it's giving him a bad feeling.]

Yes, I'm Link.

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[kingwithnocrown]

[Why would it give him a bad feeling. Gosh. So judgmental.]

hiya link! welcome to vatheon. I think I know a few people from your world.

[Voice]

[last_lombax]

Sorry. Haven't seen any swords or shields lying around. I'm Ratchet and you're in Vatheon.