First Voyage; Text and then video

[chickenofthesea]

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turn on

write

where is the paper?????

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[WHACK. Hitting the computer activates the video function. Glaring at the screen is a tan-skinned man with pointed ears, a lovely gin-blossom nose, sunken eyes, and... green hair. And he's already changed out of that weird jumpsuit and into his normal clothes. The top of his orange collar is barely visible over his red cravat.

He narrows his eyes at the screen, then down at the keyboard]

Blasted... typewriter! What kind of contraption is this! Where's the paper?! Cursed LIARS, telling me I could communicate with people using this thing!

[and now he's shaking the computer. Or trying to]

HEY!! TELL ME HOW TO GET BACK, YOU INFERNAL MACHINE!! Put me back on my ship right this instant!

Comments

video;

[chickenofthesea]

Yep! Well... I guess if this world destruction thing is true... then you won't get to. But I can tell you about the adventures we WOULD have had together.

But it's wonderful, not to be at the whim of the winds.

video;

[cantstopme]

...

[Frown. Frown.]

The world destruction thing's not true at all! This place lies all the time - don't believe it, okay? The Great Sea is just fine, I bet. The Goddesses wouldn't let it just fall like that, not after the King wished for hope on the Triforce!

[This is a big deal, okay. He won't let anyone believe what this tower says! >8(]

video;

[chickenofthesea]

I'd hope not... I love the sea, and I really thought the Goddesses would be a little more careful with it! Not just let it explode or whatever! Especially if that Triforce thingy was involved. That thing is supposed to grant wishes, right? It's the most sought after treasure of all!

So this place is a tower? I ah... lost the letter.

[threw it out....]

video;

[cantstopme]

Yeah - it's a really big tower, with a lot of dangerous floors. If you don't have a sword or nothing, I wouldn't go looking around if I were you.

[And he's completely serious, too - he wouldn't even think of it.]

video;

[chickenofthesea]

D...dangerous? Really... ah... that's a shame. I haven't got a weapon, other than my knife. [but that thing is more of a utility... for gutting fish, whittling wood, cutting rope... You know. Ship stuff!] In fact, I don't see any reason why I should go farther than the galley.

video;

[cantstopme]

... Hmm...

[Oh wait! He snaps, giving the captain a grin.]

Where are you right now, Linebeck? I've got an idea!

video;

[chickenofthesea]

Ahh... at the talkbox thing nearest my room, which is 2-19. Why?

video -> action;

[cantstopme]

Just wait there!

[He turns the video feed off then, before running to go find his new friend - which doesn't take long at all.

... Whoah, you're really tall. But now's not the time for that! He's just going to tug at the back of Linebeck's coat, smiling up at him.]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

[he just sits there, fiddling with the computer and trying to figure it out so the scary green man doesn't glare at him again. He's pretty deep in thought, trying to learn as fast as possible, so he doesn't notice the familiar "taptaptap" of his little friend running towards him. But the yank on his coat works! He turns around and smiles at the kid]

Kid! So that's what you meant.

action;

[cantstopme]

Mhm! Now hold out your hands - I have something that'll help you a lot, here!

[It's a present. And golden. It's a golden present.]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

Uh... alright?

[he holds out his hands]

What is it?

action;

[cantstopme]

[Without a word, he's slipping his own bracelets onto Linebeck's wrists.]

These.

They're really important to me, okay? But they're my Power Bracelets!
I can lift up whole boulders with these on!

action;

[chickenofthesea]

[Linebeck blicks, examining his wrists]

Magic bracelets? You're just... giving these to me? [Kid... he doesn't even... dahskfhajkd] Are you sure about that?

action;

[cantstopme]

Of course! Don't worry, I've got lots of other stuff to use for myself!

I've got my bows 'n arrows, and the Master Sword.

[SHING. He pulls out the legendary blade to show Linebeck, grinning.]

It hurts evil a lot, so I'll be okay!

Besides - we're friends, right? I can trust you with my Power Bracelets!

action;

[chickenofthesea]

[he runs his fingers over the pretty little things... they seem so simple, but the magic running through them is palpable. Kind of tingly! And they changed size to fit from Link's bitty little wrists to his]

Well, if you insist, kid. [here's a genuine smile] I appreciate it. [... oh that is a nice sword] Woah. It's kind of... glowy. Is that normal?

action;

[cantstopme]

Mhm. The glow means it's got it's power to repel evil!

... I had to do a lot to get it to do that.

[No seriously. You try carrying two of your friends everywhere. Oh wait.]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

Well that's fancy! I bet there's a lot of evil around here. It seems like the kind of place... Especially with the dangerous stuff and what not.

[he grins] Let me guess. Lots of sailing, and dungeons?

action;

[cantstopme]

There is, too. But my sword can't even go through the walls, here - they've got a strong magic on them, I bet.

[... Oh, man - don't even get him started.]
Sailing and temples. Waaay bigger than dungeons!
I had to carry my friends around too, because they can't fight...

Medli's really nice, but she's really heavy!

action;

[chickenofthesea]

Huh... well, at least you've got the best kind'o weapon for a place like this! [sage nod. HE KNOWS THESE THINGS]

Eyuck. No thank you. Of course, I'm more than capable of clearing such things! But I choose not to!

... Carry? They don't have legs?

action;

[cantstopme]

Well, no, they can walk... Medli's just really delicate, and Makar is...

[How to put this?

The best way he can describe it is measuring how tall Makar is compared to himself - only a foot or so off the ground...]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

... And I thought YOU were short. The only thing I've seen that small are those little... leaf guys. What're they called? I don't remember.

[never stopped to chat, after all. Just noticed that some of the smaller islands often had one of those little wooden imps hanging around on it...]

action;

[cantstopme]

The Koroks? He's one of them! 'S why he's... kind of small.

[He doesn't like being called short, either - but he's not going to get into that. Just... look mildly annoyed.]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

[he snaps his fingers] Koroks! I totally knew that! [no he didn't. All he knows is that tiny little leaf people live on that island with the big tree] Well he probably doesn't weigh too much, at least.

action;

[cantstopme]

Oh, no... it was just really easy to lose him.

[So tiny, in such a big temple... And he got lost to a Floormaster too. Damn floor hands.]

action;

[chickenofthesea]

Well, you must have made it through. Besides, how hard can it be? Someone goes through and leaves maps in all those places, or so I hear. [because somehow, SOME WAY, Link always came back to the ship with a map of the temple in tow... where did they come from?!]