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[scionofwisdom]

[There is a clunk, and by the way the person is talking, it sounds rather like someone has accidentally pressed a button on the communicator.]

What...is this magic? [The decidedly feminine voice is composed but strained, and there is evident confusion interlaced with a bit of suspicion. The speaker is examining the device, and as she begins to figure out how to use it, her voice strengthens, though her next words sound...tired.]

Where am I...? [She seems to be talking to herself, and her voice is faint; she isn't speaking directly into the device anymore.] How...odd.

[She clears her throat, then directs her voice into the communicator, fully intending on finding out just what is going on.]

Being as I am quite obviously not in Hyrule Castle, nor even Hyrule itself; I must ask for some sort of explanation. If there is someone out there that can offer that, I would be deeply indebted to you.

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[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

[For a while he was afraid she wouldn't answer, but when her reply comes he answers her question carefully.]

There are two people named Link here, both of us from Hyrule. Although the other one is from the future. Or... the future from my perspective.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

The future…[She muses, her voice more steady.] How very fascinating. How did you…come to this conclusion, then? [She supposed things such as time travel must surely be possible; after all, hadn’t her ancestors done something very similar?]

If Link is your name, then certainly you are a Hero. [This made complete sense to Zelda.] Are you…[She wants to say ‘mine’, but she refrains.]

What…is Hyrule like? Where you are from, I mean. [His answer should place him in a timeline, at least in Zelda’s mind. Perhaps that would unfold a bit more of this mystery.

Either that, or complicate things further.]

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

[Lots of questions, but they're pretty easy to answer assuming this Zelda is in fact from a time after his own.]

Um, well... are there stories about the Hero of Time, where you're from?

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[She's going to have a lot more shortly.]

Certainly. My father told them all to me when I was young.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

Uh, haha... well... here I am, in the flesh.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[Her whole body feels very, very cold all of a sudden.]

You...are the Hero of Time? [Please, clarify this. She needs to hear it.]

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

I am.

[Awwwwkward. He doesn't really feel comfortable with that title even now, but if that's what he's going to be known as he has to use it.]

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[Awkward perhaps for him; Zelda is speaking with someone who is a legend.]

It is truly an honor to meet you.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

Please, it's nothing... just call me Link, alright?

[Totally getting more awkward and embarrassed. He never knows what to say when this comes up, so instead, he changes the subject.]

I wonder if you are from Link and Midna's time, then. Do you know them? Um... this other Link, he looks like he's about seventeen or eighteen, brown-haired, sort of a serious guy...

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

Certainly.

[To Zelda it is nothing, but if he would like it to be seen as such, she can honor that.]

...I am from Midna's time yes. [The mention of the other Link causes her to pause again. She has not yet seen him as a human with her own eyes.] If...the other is from her time, then I suppose he is...[Hyrule's Hero] the Link from my time.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

Yes. [He nods, despite the fact she wouldn't see it.]

...I haven't seen him the past few days, though. I'm starting to worry.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[The sudden surge of hope she had felt was quickly squashed with his next statement.]

...That is...certainly troublesome. Now word of any sort...? [The concern crept into her voice, despite never having actually spoken with him.]

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

No...

[Where IS he, anyway? Link detects the concern in her voice, though, and is quick to comfort her.]

But - but don't worry. In the worst case scenario, he'll be back soon.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

...Worst. Case. [Keep your composure, Zelda. Keep it reigned in, it's all you have here.]

What do you mean, he will be back soon?

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

[This probably isn't the best time to terrify her and tell her that he might be dead, and yet that entails being resurrected a day later, so Link decides to just dance around that question.]

I mean just that. Don't worry about him, Princess. He'll be fine.

The ship isn't safe right now. Can you tell me what room you're in? I'll come get you if you want.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[She noticed what you did there, Link.]

I believe the...other Princess is on her way. [It's clear Zelda has a difficult time with this. She should not be on board a boat with figures from the legendary past.]

But I...would very much like to meet you in person, if you would not mind. I...think I need to see you for myself. [To believe it.]

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

I think I need to see you for myself, too. [He chuckles a little.]

What room are you in? If you step outside your door, you can see it.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[At least the feeling is mutual. She imagines she would feel rather foolish were it one-sided.]

I am in room sixty two zero seven.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think I know where you are.

[With that, he clicks his communicator off and heads towards the stairwells. After a few minutes, he finally finds it. 6207, right...?

There's a gentle knock.]

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[He was a bit faster than she had thought, but she set aside the communicator for now, and went to the door.

This was something the Princess had to brace herself for. This was...a legend. A figure of the past, someone that she had never truly thought to meet in person. So, it was with a carefully blank face she opened the door to him; her features arranging themselves into a perfect smile.]

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

[The woman who answers the door is beautiful, it's no more complicated than that. The name "Zelda" fits her just as well as it fits the Princess he knows.

It's still shocking to see this second Princess of Hyrule though, and in this moment after she opened the door, all he can do is stare with big blue eyes.]

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[Since he does not say anything at first, she inclines her head slightly (she does not bow), and speaks.]

It is...an honor to meet you in person, Link.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

...Oh - oh, s-sorry.

[Snapping out of it, he bows respectfully. She's still royalty, even if it's not his Zelda.]

Please, the pleasure's mine.

[scionofwisdom.livejournal.com]

[The barest hint of a genuine smile crosses her lips.]

You do not have to do that.

[threedaystime.livejournal.com]

Of course I do.

[He dares a glance back up at her, still in wonder.]

...are you really Princess Zelda's descendant?