[well, it's after trial. she can be found out at the canals, giving off the impression of someone who hasn't slept in about seventy two hours. a little wired, like a wild animal that's hit the point of exhaustion but isn't safe yet.]
[ the canals sound like a great place to hang out after that oofa doofa of a trial, and that's actually a genuine sentiment in zelda's case. the waterways almost remind her of her private study back in hateno village, somewhere she could get away from the hustle and bustle of the kingdom. while she's not expecting to run into anyone here, she's willing to make an exception for ylfa, especially when she sees how the younger girl looks. ]
Yes, but he was your teammate. In a situation like this... it's natural that you would have grown close to him. Your very lives were connected, after all.
[ zelda attempts to reach out and squeeze ylfa's shoulder, but she'll withdraw her hand if it seems like she doesn't want to be touched. ]
[she'll allow it, though she doesn't respond much other than that.]
Mm. More than that, I think...I felt close to him because it never felt like our lives were in danger. We were always talking about things like...which team might beat us in a swimming competition, or whether to draw us as birds or wolves.
I'm not used to that. It was fun. Whenever I told him things about what my world was like, he never knew what to say, but he still...tried.
[ denise is the true villain of this game because i didn't even get a notif for this in my dw inbox. ]
...I see. In a way, it's almost as if the full reality of the Reaper's Game didn't truly hit you until it became personal. Hikari and Yang Guifei were different because you didn't have that deeper relationship with either of them. But with Rin... he was more than another Player. He was your friend.
The truth is, I'm pretty used to being in bad and dangerous situations all the time. So I knew we were in one, but it felt like maybe it hadn't hit them yet. And I felt like I could protect them from it.
[ hi ylfa, let us hang out at the pony place! but before zelda can so much as say hello, a fucked up pig runs by, and an idyllic scene plays out in their little bubble of memory(start at 18:52, end at 21:58). her cheeks are dusted the faintest hint of pink when they come back to cloudtopia, and she gives ylfa a weak wave. ]
...Good afternoon, Ylfa. [ chuckles ] I still haven't gotten used to that.
[oh, she is such a princess. getting to have cool time and purification magic and being protected by a valiant knight...
ylfa is always a little starstruck around princesses. it's better once she gets to know them, but this memory still makes her have that feeling again, like zelda is someone she's not even sure she's meant to be talking to. her cheeks flush a little thinking about link, who zelda described in the most romantic way possible. the bisexual 12 year old feeling of not being sure if you're feeling het about the thought of a knight as heroic as the one the princess is describing, or feeling gay about the thought of potentially being seen that way by a princess. confusing!]
[ im so happy for ylfa's queer dilemma. even though ylfa might be as much of a shipper as rauru and sonia are, zelda remains in denial about how loving her words are, how smitten she seems when she talks about her knight... even if the blush upon her face belies whatever she may try to claim. ]
It's... a bit of a long story. [ beat ] Though I suppose, if neither of us have very much going on at the moment, I could attempt to explain.
Well, let's at least get ourselves comfortable before I begin. How does that sound?
[ she laughs a little and leads ylfa over to a seating area near the stable which i am now deciding exists to hold the pegasi. ]
I was sent to a time long, long before the age in which I lived because I had an important job to do. [ she takes the master sword off of the makeshift sheath keeping it strapped to her shoulder, because she's still too cheap to have bought a belt, and holds it out for ylfa to look at as she speaks. ] Do you remember when I told you about the Master Sword, about how I needed to make sure she returned to her proper owner? She was damaged in my era and needed a very long time to heal. Much, much longer than we had in the present.
It took me a while to understand why... but I eventually figured it out.
[ her grip on the sword's hilt tightens a little. ]
The Master Sword is very special—its true power can only be unlocked by its chosen hero, and it is the only thing able to defeat the Demon King. Like you saw Queen Sonia say, my bloodline is gifted with a sacred power... the power to seal away evil and heal its withering touch. Even if I wasn't the last living member of the royal family...
I could think of nothing I wanted more than to heal the sword and return it to Link. It is the least I could do, for the man who has done so, so much for me.
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Date: 2023-06-25 02:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-06-25 02:53 am (UTC)Ylfa? Are you all right?
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Date: 2023-06-25 03:07 am (UTC)I'm - I think I'm better, knowing some answers.
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Date: 2023-06-25 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-06-25 03:41 am (UTC)[she says it in a slightly squeaky, teary voice; it's hard to hear it said in those terms, to acknowledge it as a loss. but nice, too.]
I didn't know him that long, but I got attached to the way things were.
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Date: 2023-06-25 05:17 am (UTC)[ zelda attempts to reach out and squeeze ylfa's shoulder, but she'll withdraw her hand if it seems like she doesn't want to be touched. ]
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Date: 2023-06-25 12:31 pm (UTC)Mm. More than that, I think...I felt close to him because it never felt like our lives were in danger. We were always talking about things like...which team might beat us in a swimming competition, or whether to draw us as birds or wolves.
I'm not used to that. It was fun. Whenever I told him things about what my world was like, he never knew what to say, but he still...tried.
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Date: 2023-06-27 05:15 am (UTC)...I see. In a way, it's almost as if the full reality of the Reaper's Game didn't truly hit you until it became personal. Hikari and Yang Guifei were different because you didn't have that deeper relationship with either of them. But with Rin... he was more than another Player. He was your friend.
Is that closer?
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Date: 2023-06-27 11:19 am (UTC)[she thinks about the question.]
The truth is, I'm pretty used to being in bad and dangerous situations all the time. So I knew we were in one, but it felt like maybe it hadn't hit them yet. And I felt like I could protect them from it.
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Date: 2023-07-11 05:00 am (UTC)...Good afternoon, Ylfa. [ chuckles ] I still haven't gotten used to that.
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Date: 2023-07-11 12:45 pm (UTC)ylfa is always a little starstruck around princesses. it's better once she gets to know them, but this memory still makes her have that feeling again, like zelda is someone she's not even sure she's meant to be talking to. her cheeks flush a little thinking about link, who zelda described in the most romantic way possible. the bisexual 12 year old feeling of not being sure if you're feeling het about the thought of a knight as heroic as the one the princess is describing, or feeling gay about the thought of potentially being seen that way by a princess. confusing!]
What happened? Why were you in another era?
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Date: 2023-07-12 05:48 am (UTC)It's... a bit of a long story. [ beat ] Though I suppose, if neither of us have very much going on at the moment, I could attempt to explain.
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Date: 2023-07-12 12:38 pm (UTC)[it just feels like storytime; princesses and knights make for the best stories.]
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Date: 2023-07-14 04:36 am (UTC)[ she laughs a little and leads ylfa over to a seating area near the stable which i am now deciding exists to hold the pegasi. ]
I was sent to a time long, long before the age in which I lived because I had an important job to do. [ she takes the master sword off of the makeshift sheath keeping it strapped to her shoulder, because she's still too cheap to have bought a belt, and holds it out for ylfa to look at as she speaks. ] Do you remember when I told you about the Master Sword, about how I needed to make sure she returned to her proper owner? She was damaged in my era and needed a very long time to heal. Much, much longer than we had in the present.
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Date: 2023-07-14 12:59 pm (UTC)Yes, I remember.
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Date: 2023-07-14 06:57 pm (UTC)[ her grip on the sword's hilt tightens a little. ]
The Master Sword is very special—its true power can only be unlocked by its chosen hero, and it is the only thing able to defeat the Demon King. Like you saw Queen Sonia say, my bloodline is gifted with a sacred power... the power to seal away evil and heal its withering touch. Even if I wasn't the last living member of the royal family...
I could think of nothing I wanted more than to heal the sword and return it to Link. It is the least I could do, for the man who has done so, so much for me.
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Date: 2023-07-15 11:03 am (UTC)[this is a very romantic story already. she nods! keep going.]
But you still have the sword here?
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Date: 2023-07-15 03:28 pm (UTC)[ lol. lmao ]