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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[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

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...Skyloft, no. No.

You just told a nine year old that there's no one ruling this place. i.e. there is no one governing this place, therefore there are no laws here.

...Not that he kept to those laws very well in the first place, I mean this is someone who literally robs graves with nary a fuck given. When he was in Hyrule.

What is he going to do in Skyloft?

...The answer to this is "wander away," apparently. Good going.

[sky_child]

Man those damn butterflies still find a way to evade him even when he locks in on them and just

um

Where did Link go?

He almost calls out for him, but then, well. He'd feel a little awkward about that...

The question is, which way did he go? Did he go up the stairs to the Bazaar, or up the path towards the large deck?

Since he can't see Link up the path, he's going to assume the Bazaar.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

The Bazaar is actually a pretty safe bet because the decorations distracted him enough to where he didn't just go into someone's house, thankfully.

He's there in the plaza, just staring at the huge building.

[sky_child]

He lets out a sigh of relief when he sees Link from a distance.

And when he's right next to him he lets out, "Don't wander off like that! It's dangerous! You could've fallen off the edge!"

>(

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He just turns to look down at him and says, "I know how to not fall off a ledge."

He's an adult a "kid", not a baby.

[sky_child]

"In Hyrule."

Son, you have no idea how easy it is to fall off of Skyloft.

Nnnno idea.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He just looks at Skyloft, then looks at the solid ground he's on in the plaza, and then looks back at him, spreading his hands in a "ta-daaah" fashion, as if to say, "Really? Did you really think that I'd go anywhere near anything that wasn't solid ground while we are literally in the sky????"

Really, that's like basic logic. And this store thing looks pretty, but still.

[sky_child]

so

who wants to have a staring competition?

because shortcake's eyes are ready

:|

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Listen.

You're not his dad, okay.

Hell you aren't even his granddad, so...!!!!

"...What were the butterflies for?" He...was going to ask this before he left, but...Skyloft was looking pretty busy and serious about the whole thing.