Link Visiting Places: SKY WORL EDITION

[sky_child]

Link had left the bar to make some arrangements--namely, making sure that the door lead him to Skyloft, rather than the Lanayru Caves--or the Lanayru Gorge. Wouldn't that have been confusing to the old dragon, walking out with another human?

Not that the people of Skyloft wouldn't be any less confused by the Link. Skyloft was a pretty tight-knit community for such a large island, and it'd be hard, explaining the other boy in a convincing fashion. He's hoping he can explain it away by saying he's a fan from one of the outlying islands. But he has his doubts about that...

Doubts he will set aside for the time being. It's time to wake the other boy up!

So he's knock, knock, knocking on his door.

"Hey, Link? It's me...Link!"

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[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...Wow, what a question, um.

"Yeah...why?" You are planning something. You have the face of someone who is making plans, he can tell.

[sky_child]

Yes, he is making plans, hoping they will transpire.

"Well I was wondering if...you wanted to go somewhere else today! Somewhere like...Skyloft perhaps?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...Skyloft? He said something about that before, when did- WAIT! Whatever sleep was left on his face vanishes immediately.

"You mean your home?" THE PLACE THAT'S IN THE SKY???

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

HE'S NOT LYING, RIGHT?????

[sky_child]

"Yeah!"

He must've gotten that snap right outta sleep thing from Zelda's side of the bloodline or something 'cause it sure as fuq didn't come from his.

He wishes he could be that alert on demand.

And sometimes he is.

But that usually involves danger.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

WHY ARE YOU STILL STANDING THERE WE'RE GOING TO SKY WORL, GOSH.

Here he will even help Sky get going by leaving the room and then grabbing his arm again let's go to the door yes Sky Island come on yes.

[sky_child]

"Whayuh--"

HE WISHES LINK WOULD STOP DOING THAT DOES HE REALIZE HIS OWN STRENGTH AND ALSO WHEN HE DOES THAT CAN HE FEEL HOW LESS MUSCULAR HIS ANCESTOR IS IN COMPARISON I MEAN HE'S DEVELOPED SOME MUSCLE OVER HIS ADVENTURE (KOLOKTOS SWORDS DO A BODY GOOD) BUT NOT THAT MUCH AND OW OW OW OW OW OW OW

He didn't like it when Zelda dragged him off to places either but it was a much more pleasant experience seeing as how her hand is as big as one of his fingers and ignoring the one instance where she almost dragged him to his death, that was just an oversight

"H-hey, stop!" he calls out as they approach the door. He just knows the kid would try to open the door himself otherwise, sending them both back to Hyrule. And he doesn't want to visit that Hyrule!

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He probably doesn't, and it's probably a thing he has to be told, but at least he stops and lets go, since he doesn't quite know how the mechanics of that door works, so there's that.

He still stares at the other Link though because when is Sky Worl happening come on.

[sky_child]

It's gonna happen it's gonna happen just be patient okay!

Look, see, he opened the door. Bam! It happened. After you, good sir, into the corridors of the Knight Academy.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Yessssssssssssss out of the way nerd, here he comes, into a....build....ing.

...Hmm. At least it looks pretty nice in here. Kinda big, too. Just be thankful that he's not immediately trying to raid every single room in here (yet).

[sky_child]

That's not gonna happen 'cause it's Shortie's turn to grab Big Beefy Manchild by the arm and drag him out of the building. He's hauling the other Link out there impressively, for such a small guy.

Outside, they're greeted by a yellow stone wall, separated from them by a few feet of grass. There's an archway opening up to a flight of stone stairs to their right, and a patch of magenta-colored flowers, and some pots sitting at the far edge of a wooden platform that Link subsequently runs to and breaks with his sword.

And then he runs into the wall.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Shockingly, breaking the pots doesn't strike him as odd, but he does snicker a little when he runs into the wall.

Nice going, bro.

[sky_child]

There is a moment where he stands still, smiling brightly, hands held before him as he holds some sort of blue bug with big pinchers that he subsequently places

"So this is the Knight Academy," he says, returning to the other Link. "This is where I go to school."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"...What's a school?"

...Right, raised by Immortal Fairy Children.

[sky_child]

"It's a place where you learn things, like how to read and write...this one teaches me how to become a knight."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...OH! Like the Hylian Knights!

Except technically not but still wow that is really cool.

"So who are you defending?" Just...Skyloft in general or...?

[sky_child]

"The people of Skyloft." Pause. "Well...that's what everyone else is doing. I have my own mission."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He nods without having to ask because he thinks he understands what that mission is, yeah.

"So, who's your king?" ...Uh.

It's probably kind of hard for him to picture a place that doesn't have a monarchy...

[sky_child]

"We don't have a king," he says flatly.

I mean duh.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...............Um.

"...A queen?"

That whooshing was Link completely missing the point.

[sky_child]

"No. And we don't have a princess, either."

Just Zelda.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

.........That is...a little much for a nine-year-old who's used to monarchies as a Thing, because it looks like he starts to open his mouth to say something, then closes it because he's honestly blanking on what to say.

[sky_child]

"Want to see the rest of town?" he asks, giving not a single fuck about Link's inability to comprehend a society without a monarchy.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Yes thank you for getting his mind onto totally cooler things!!!!

"Yeah!"

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[sky_child]

"Alright," he says, smiling and cheerful as he beckons him towards the stairs.

A dirt path winds its way from the base of the stairs. Just ahead of them is a lone tree sitting in a stretch of grass by another set of stairs. To their right are two more trees--and the clear, open sky. A wooden platform sticks out just beyond the edge of the ground beside them, ending not too far from another, smaller island with an open chest.

To their left is a stone wall from which the second flight of stares descends, and before this wall a patch of tall grass with

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[sky_child]

MOTHERFUCKING BUTTERFLIES THAT LINK IS GOING TO CATCH WITH HIS BIG BUG NEST THAT HE PULLED OUT OF NOWHERE

FLAILING IT IN THE AIR WHERE THE BUTTERFLIES AR--

WAIT NO STOP

STOP FLYING AWAY YOU MOTHERFUCKERS HE NEEDS YOU FOR POTION UPGRADES GODSFUCKINGDAMI--

He got a Blessed Butterfly!

These can be found in all the provinces. In rare cases, they can be found flying in strange locatio

THERE ARE STILL TWO MORE BUTTERFLIES HE HAS TO CATCH DAMMIT GET THE FUCK BACK HERE