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First Voyage; Text and then video

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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!

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[details! They keep him alive!]

Well I sleep at night, so I guess that's pretty convenient.

Shadow... monsters?

Mhm. Shadowy monsters. Big, black, ugly things that all look different. I'm not sure if they're actually different monsters or not, though...
But there's a lot of'em at night, but there are some during the day!

The ones that drip everywhere are kinda harmless, though. Don't even do a thing!

[Except, you know, turn into a mangled form of you at night and try to murder you. But he doesn't know that.]

Uh... huh.

.... I better get started looking for the exit.

Well, um... a lot of people have tried, and even I can't find one...

But good luck, I guess.

It'll be really hard.

Kid, you're talking to the Great Sea's foremost treasure hunter! I'll treat the way out like a treasure to be found! Ha! I even have not one, but THREE vials of blue chu jelly. You know you're impressed. [fufufufu]

I've had a lot of blue chu jelly before, though...

[He had to get like... tons of it to get a bottle of blue potion.]

But that is really neat, Linebeck! Blue chuchus are hard to fight!

A... lot? Well how much is "a lot"?

[because he definitely just looted some half dead chus, just saying]

Well, I had enough to make a couple bottles of chu potion...

So, um. A lot?

[He's not really sure how much is a lot?? He just stuck it in his bag after all.
Which, in retrospect, isn't very sanitary.]

[the captain sighs and deflates... Blue Chu Jelly is one of his most prized treasures! It's rare! And expensive!]

I guess I should have expected that... you just beat me at everything, kid. [he straightens up and fixes his cravat] When you grow up, you'll be a hell of a sailor and treasure hunter!

Oh... hehe. They weren't hard to find, Captain Linebeck!
You know what; I'll try and remember to help you out with stuff like that a lot whenever I get to go home and have those adventures with you!

[Hey, if he's going to be a hell of a treasure hunter, it would be unfair to not help out, right?]

Well of course! That's one of the things ya helped me with, kid! Apparently those old dusty dungeons and temples are just full of treasures. Pearls, skulls, gold, gems! Stuff to sell. Helped keep the Linebeck in ship-shape. Paid for stuff like a cannon, too. Goddesses, that was expensive... but you can't beat it for squid-shootin'.

Kind of like the cannon the King had, I bet! I fought a lot of Big Octos with a cannon when I was adventuring by myself.

[... Oh - ]

Hey, Linebeck; you said you like treasure and stuff, right? Want to see a treasure I got from one of my friends?
It's really neat!

Mmhmm. I gotta say, it was a good investment. Before I had to sail pretty far out of my way to avoid those buggers. Now I can just blow them up! It's very relaxing.

[so expensive... and yet.... so worth it.]

Hm? Well, sure. If you'll show it to me. [which... he's sure you will. Since you GAVE HIM magic bracelets]

[He just really likes showing this thing off, so of course he's gonna show it to Linebeck!

He reaches into the collar of his tunic though, pulling out the Golden Scale that the Hero of Time gifted him, his smile bright and wide.]

This is a Golden Scale - it helps me swim a lot better than normal! I can dive for a really long time, it's great!
It's really important to me, too - I got it from a really close friend.

[ooh. That's a pretty fish scale. Big, too!]

Must've been a hell of a fish, to get a scale like that. [he laughs] Well! That's useful then! For a kid who lives on the ocean, your swimming skills always struck me as.... eh.

Not a fish - a Zora!
They don't live on the Great Sea anymore though; they're the Rito's ancestors.

But it really is useful! I could swim just as good as my friend Forest can, and he can turn into a Zora!

[Hey, it's not his fault he sucks at swimming! It's not like his grandma could teach him...]

So wait, Zora are fish people... why did they become birds? [seems like FISH would be good in the ocean.... he waves a hand] Eh whatever. I guess the Goddesses thought that would be better.

[blink] How's he do that, then?

He's got a magic mask to do it! Well, at least, I think it's magic. He puts it on, and he turns into a grown up Zora, even though he's only a little bit older than I am!

[Forest explained WHY he becomes a grown up, but little Link here's already forgotten why...]

Magic... masks. [face-scrub] There sure is a bunch of weird stuff in the world.

Mhm. Like talking trees and stuff - but I guess that's 'cause he's kind of a big spirit or something?
I dunno; I don't understand spirits and stuff all that well yet.

[He doesn't understand any of the major Hylian religions, in fact.]

Talkin' trees, huh. You really have seen everything, kid!

Mhm, I guess so!

But I bet you've seen a lot neater stuff, huh? Since you're a sailor and all! An adventurer!

... Well of course! I've seen whole PODS of whales, giant birds, mermaids! No talking trees, though.

Oh... I've never seen whales before! Unless Jabun counts, but I think he's just a big fish.

And what's a mermaid, Linebeck?

Jabun? Eh? No, whales are mammals, boy! Look like fish though...

A mermaid? Hehehe... well, a mermaid is a beautiful lady that lives int he sea and has the tail of a fish.

First Voyage; Text and then video

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