Link Visiting Places: Twilight Princess Edition

[sky_child]

Link is very confused.

Link--the other Link, perhaps better known as Link of Ordon--said he was going to take him to Hyrule Castle Town in Lanaryu Province. Link (of Skyloft) did not know what a Hyrule Castle Town was. He did know what a Lanaryu Province was, or at least just a Lanaryu, and had used that to build certain expectations.

This hilly green landscape defies his expectations.

"Um...are you sure we're in the right place?" he asks Link of Ordon, looking around at the Not Desert.

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[cant_be_tamed]

Oh no, it's not that Skyloft is a short or scrawny kid!

It's just that this Link was strong enough to wrestle Gorons like goddamn even with some iron boots how is that normally possible!?

"...It'll be really fun. I promise!"

[sky_child]

And also because Skyloft is a short and scrawny kid.

"If you say so."

[cant_be_tamed]

There is also that, yes.

"Okay!" Time for a pretty quick lesson in HORNSE RIDING.

"Now, Epona's real smart, so there's not much you have to do. You only have to do two things, and that's let her know which direction you want to go and how fast you want to ride." Having said that, he holds up the reins, showing them to him.

"These steer her and let her know the direction you wanna go. If you pull on them, she'll slow down and if you keep doing that, she'll stop. You following this so far?"

Pleeeaaaase say yes.

[sky_child]

"You're gonna be steering, right?"

[cant_be_tamed]

"Well, yeah, but it doesn't hurt to know just in case." Also what if something happens???

He worries, okay.

"But...yeah, it'd be easier to just show you. Could you scoot back a little bit?" So he can get on and get this hornse riding out of the way?

[sky_child]

"Alright," he says, scootin' back.

He's still a little leery of this horse riding business, but he figures it can't be any worse than riding a Loftwing.

Can it?

[cant_be_tamed]

He saddles up once again, doing so with relative ease, and settles in.

"You, uh...might need to hold onto me, since I've got the reins and all."

From the sound of that, oh Goddesses it can get worse, aaaaa-

[sky_child]

Link just kinda

stares at Link's sides for a second

and then

puts his hands on them

just the sides

because that'll work rite???

[cant_be_tamed]

...He'd better start Epona off slowly.

"Alright, c'mon girl." His feet hit Epona's flank and off they go at a trot but yeah oh no Epona is moving oh nooooo.

[sky_child]

It is soon apparent that Link's current idea of "holding on" is insufficient, and that he must find a more secure means of "holding on".

This of course means adopting the more reasonable position of curling his arms around the other Link's waist and leaning in closer and

generally trying to let go of the pendulum that swings between falling asleep and acute nausea.

But it's like his hands are tied to that thing.

[cant_be_tamed]

"You alright back there?"

lol

Of course not.

[sky_child]

[cant_be_tamed]

He's going to take that silence as a "No" and slows Epona down to below a trot, just calmly walking along.

"Better?"

[sky_child]

"mmmrrggg"

[cant_be_tamed]

Okay, that didn't sound good at all and he stops Epona completely, waiting for the other Link to calm down and also hopefully not throw up.

[sky_child]

He doesn't.

It takes a moment, but he keeps it all in.

"H-how soon until we get to this Castle Town?"

[cant_be_tamed]

...Looks at the castle in the distance. Hmmm.

"...If I go as fast as possible, less than five minutes."

HOW ADVENTUROUS ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?

[sky_child]

Link purses his lips, tightens his grip around Ordon just a bit, and mutters, "Do it."

Very adventurous, it seems.

[cant_be_tamed]

"Alright!" Now there's someone who's acting more like his ancestor. He gets Epona going again and THERE THEY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[sky_child]

By the time they reach Castle Town, Link of Skyloft's skin is a pleasant shade of white, and Link of Ordon's ribs may have just narrowly escaped being cracked.

Skyloft, holding his head in one hand, reminds himself that these are not the good old days of lazing about town without a hint of excitement. He also reminds himself that whatever discomfort and nausea he feels now will soon go away--though this does little to alleviate the situation at present.

Just. Damn. Is it too much to ask for a vacation to be a vacation and not a--

Oh, well. He's the one who agreed to this, so there's no use complaining.

[cant_be_tamed]

Okay! That wasn't so bad, right?

...Right? Haha...ah.

To his credit, he waits until Skyloft is less wobbly before dismounting and then offers a hand to help him down instead of just picking him up again.

[sky_child]

The gesture is greatly appreciated!

Once he's on his feet, he makes a light attempt at a laugh and says, "I think...I'd get use to that, after a while."

[cant_be_tamed]

"Right? I told you." Really, that's all it takes when it comes to something like horses and you haven't had a chance to ever get used to them, yet.

Anyway, the Castle Town sounds pretty bustling today, as usual. Also Skyloft may notice that it gets its name from being a town...connected to the castle.

Amazing.

[sky_child]

Yes, seeing as how that crystal is awfully huge now. It's caught his attention again.

"Isn't your Zelda...?"

[cant_be_tamed]

"Hmm?" What a weird way to say that. "His" Zelda. Like, he gets what he's asking, but it feels really weird to say that about somebody who was technically supposed to be his Queen by now. And besides...

Link's shadow moves juuuust a little. Yeah, he knows, Midna. Don't say anything dumb. Don't mention what happened to the princess. Gosh, he'd probably flip his lid if he knew all the details.

"She's not in the castle, don't worry." Well...he's right about that.