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]

...It is? He looks at the goddess statue again, then back at the other Link and...his face.

He probably doesn't get the full...breadth of feelings that Skyloft is going through, only thinking of it in a "Childhood Friend" kind of way. He'll learn later, when he sees the kind of love that would make someone wait patiently in their home for their fiance, minutes before the world ends, but that's a whole world away.

For right now, the "Childhood friends" feeling works, and he puts a hand on the other man's (not boy, they're both men now) shoulder, but doesn't say anything else.

[sky_child]

"Hylia...the goddess...Zelda, she...it's her, and..."

He should feel lucky. He is lucky, that he grew up among his people, that everyone here still knows who he is. He should be grateful for that.

But how can he feel grateful when he feels so alone?

He sinks to his knees, fists pressed against the grass. What a pathetic sight he must be! The goddess's chosen hero's just a sad little boy crying selfishly about his friend when the lives of so many are at risk. Why is he weeping for himself, when he could be out there completing his mission? Only one more piece of the song left to learn before Levias taught him his part, after all. So what was the delay? Why was he crying, when he was only born to fight? Why did he feel sorry for himself, when all he ever had been was a tool?

He punches the ground, hard, an frustrated cry escaping from his clenched teeth.

Why was he doubting his mission when he knew that it was right?

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

...Oh no. Oooooh no, how does he fix this?

He doesn't know how to fix this, oh no, how do you emotions???

So he takes Skyloft by the shoulders and hoists him back up, and shockingly, it's as gently as he possibly can, like he's handling a Cucco egg, followed by gently dusting off and patting down his tunic.

"...I'm sorry." They shouldn't have come here. They should go somewhere else, probably...

[sky_child]

"It's o--" He stumbles forward a bit, one of his knees giving in. He places his hands on Link's shoulder to prevent him from falling on him.

"It's okay. Y-you didn't know...she's...she's the megami tensei reincarnation of the goddess..."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

So, if she's where the Royal Family comes from...it's so odd, he's never heard of Hylia until now, but it makes so much sense. Hylians coming from Hylia, Hyrule being named after her...so it sounded like she was going to be okay, at the very least.

"You know...they say the Royal Family can do all kinds of things. Like magic and all kinds of powers. I've...never heard of Hylia before, but it makes a lot of sense now, if she's a goddess. Maybe...ah, come on."

He tries to walk him away from the statue, again, as gently as he possibly can, which is just a miracle.

[sky_child]

"Ah--I can't--my knee..."

It's still not working. :(

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Oh! Sorry. Then they'll...they'll sit down. Yes, that seems like a good idea. He helps Skyloft into a sitting position before sitting down next to him, letting him rest, if...that was why his knee was acting all weird.

"...Do you want to see what Zelda gave me?" Oh, hmm, he must be talking about the Ocariner.

[sky_child]

"You mean that instrument? Sure." Pause. "...and you can play it, if you want."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"I-I'm not really that good." Liar, your songs can warp reality, you are plenty good. Anyway, he reaches into his tunic (not even wearing chain mail under that, good gods) and reverently takes out the flute-like instrument. It almost looks like it's made out of the same material as those..."Hylia-colored" things, like the Goddess Cubes. It also bears the mark of the Triforce, near the mouthpiece.

"...This is the Ocarina of Time." This is what led to his sleep.

And yet, he clutches the thing as if his life depended on it.

[sky_child]

That's cool and all, but check out his harp.

"...I guess I didn't tell you I had an instrument of my own. This is the Goddess Harp."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Hey that's a pretty sweet-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiit a second here.

"...You...I know someone who has that..." Like, the exact same one he is pretty sure.

How did Sheik get it, though???

[sky_child]

Blink.

"...this exact same harp?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"I think so? It has those things on the ends, too."

He points to the curve/beak things that taper off, which...yeah, there probably aren't a lot of other harps out there that go for the same stylistic choice.

[sky_child]

"Are they a member of the Royal Family?" he asks, as if all of his babbies gonna be royals in the future.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"Um, he's one of the Sheikah, and they serve the Royal Family, so that's probably why he has it..."

Ooooh, so like Impa then.

[sky_child]

"Oh...well...did you want to play anything on your ocarina?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He stares at his ocarina, pondering this very important question. Hmm, nothing that would remind him of the girls right now, so...

...Ehehehhehehhehe. Okay.

He plays a quick, jaunty little tune, pretty good for someone who just started playing an instrumen-why is it suddenly night out?

[sky_child]

NANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Ahahha okay that's enough of that face.

He plays it again and it's daytime!

:D?

[sky_child]

what is this sorcery?

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He gives Skyloft the most heroic and stoic of all stares...before trying to stifle laughter and then completely cracking and bursting into outright giggles because W O W the faces Skyloft makes are the best??? It doesn't really help that the childlike giggles are coming from a voice that already went through puberty.

Who...decided that it was a good idea to give reality warping sorceries to a nine-year-old?

[sky_child]

We just don't know.

But Skyloft is torn between melting at the strange adorableness of the other Link's laughter and flailing and asking him what the heck happened.

"I, uh, guess it's called the Ocarina of Time for a reason..."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"No, that worked with my other ocarina. It depends on what the song does! It's called that because you use it to open the chambers in the Temple of Time. It's like a key."

Ohh, well that makes sense too.

[sky_child]

"Oh. It's kind of like my harp, then. I can't...do what you did but...if I play it in certain areas, I can find things like...stones or walls, ah...it's a little weird, but. I also use it to find portals."

And that's all he is going to say about the portals.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"Ohh, that's useful." He nods, seemingly satisfied with Skyloft's explanation about the harp.

"Do you want to hear another song? Uh, I promise it won't to anything weird this time." ...Maybe.

Probably.