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[newmemorywhodis]

WHO: Link and you!
WHERE: The Hangar, the Hotel, and various places across Temba
WHAT: Link searches for scientists, looks at ships, and moves into a new home
WHEN: After Link's arrival & the blizzard event
WARNINGS: None expected

The new ponty-eared arrival in Temba isn't exactly looking like a style icon as he runs around Temba, wearing the slightly oversized sweatshirt and pants that Gladio gave him. In deference to the cold, on top of that he's also tied an old ratty blanket around his neck, as if it were a cloak.

And of course, on top of that, there is the Master Sword, slung on his back.

But Link certainly doesn't let the fact that he arrived wholly unprepared for the winter cold stop him from exploring this new location.

I. Searching for quest-givers scientists
So, Link is here. He knows he's here because the Agrii want heroes to help save them from the storms. He knows, at this point, absolutely nothing about said storms, or how to stop them.

But Gladio mentioned 'smart science types'. People like Purah, or Robbie. People who might have the knowledge and intelligence to figure out what's going on. If Link's going to figure out how he's going to help...they seem like a good place to start.

So he goes looking. Maybe he manages to track someone down by name. Maybe he finds a place that looks suitably...sciency, and just figures that whoever is in there is probably a scientist. Or knows where to find one.

Either way, wherever they are, Link will find them. And then just kind of look at them, with an odd, intense yet strangely blank-faced expression.

"...Hi," he says, still staring.

II. Hangar & the ships
The ships Link found partly while looking for scientists, partly while just exploring.

When he first sees them, he just...stares. He has no frame of reference for what these massive things are. But he can't help but be reminded - at least in some way - of the Divine Beasts. But while the Divine Beasts were similarly colossal in scale, they weren't spread out across Hyrule. Not all clustered together, in one place.

Link definitely wants to see what's inside these.

Though it takes a while, before he can get into one. The first few he tries, for whatever reason, he just...can't get in. But then he comes to the one that looks a bit scrappy - the Bloodsport - and the door just opens at a touch.

He peers in. What will he find in here?

III. The hotel
In the days and weeks after Link moves into one of the Hotel rooms, a few themes will soon emerge to anyone who pays attention.

Firstly, Link clearly pays absolutely no attention to any kind of schedule; he is just as likely to leave or arrive in the middle of the night, as he is any time during the day. Though he doesn't spend all that much time in the room itself, usually spending his time elsewhere.

Secondly, he keeps bringing back things. A armfull of baconrooms. Several bunches of Chicken Daisies. Pieces of wood. Rocks. Assorted debris. Even a few small lizards, one time. Although Link soon learned - to his disappointment - that lizards don't always stay where you put them.

He also has a habit of not always taking the stairs. There's a perfectly good window, after all. Why walk down, when you can climb?

IV. Wildcard
[[OOC: Choose your own adventure! Let me know if you'd like to set up anything not covered by the above]]

Comments

III

[tyrants_son]

After seeing how frequently this newcomer has come and gone from the hotel with any manner of objects in his arms, can one blame Felwinter for being... Well, he's not sure he'd call it suspicious, but he does have to wonder. Food items are quite an understandable thing to store, especially after a storm like the one they'd just had, but there's simply no rhyme or reason to any of the other things Link seems to gather.

Link will see him when he's next climbing up to the room of his window. It's rather difficult not to notice the strange silhouette of a figure above you, watching from the edge of the rooftop like some strange vulture or gargoyle.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link had been about to drop off a pretty new flower he'd found - one that is currently tucked behind one ear, keeping his hands free for climbing. But then he'd looked up and...was that a person? Looking at him?

Were they wearing a helmet?

It was the helmet, more than anything else, that had Link shifting course to climb all the way up. Sheer curiosity demanded it.

His fingers grab onto the ledge. He doesn't pull himself all the way up - just enough so that his head is above the roof top, and Link can see.

For a moment, Link just stares back - watching, as he had been watched.

[tyrants_son]

The warlord isn't sure he was expecting that, but he remains where he stands even as Link redirects his goal and scales the rest of the hotel's exterior.

It's quite some time that passes as he seems just as content to stare wordlessly at the strange, pointy-eared man hanging onto the edge of the roof. He doesn't budge a centimeter, the only movement provided by the wind as it tugs at the ends of his greatcoat.

[newmemorywhodis]

Seemingly making a decision, Link pulls himself up. Sits himself right next to the man in the helmet, legs crossed. Looks down to where the man was looking - which, as it turns out, is the wall leading up to Link's window.

He makes a soft noise in the back of his throat. It is a good view up here.

[tyrants_son]

Felwinter takes a step back then, if only to allow Link enough room. He's still waiting as he watches, but it doesn't seem that the blond is perturbed in the least.

Fortunately- or is it unfortunately? Felwinter is patient. He wonders if the lad will explain himself, but given he's taken to just sit there, well. The helmeted head tilts to one side as though trying to figure out this conundrum at his feet.

I

[quark_assassin]

It's unlikely that Link has found Dustin's actual home here - only one other person (that he's aware of) knows where that is, and he trusts that she hasn't given away the location of his secret engineering lair to just anyone that asks. But his schedule, at the moment, is still predictable enough to track. He ends up catching Dustin on his way out of the Diner, slipping through the back door like he normally does to avoid anyone trying to flag him down for unwanted conversation--

--Except then there's Link, just. Waiting. Dustin visibly jumps.

"--F-Fuck!" He takes an impulsive step back, driving a hand into his hair. "What, what?! What do you want?"

[newmemorywhodis]

You never know, Dustin. Considering Link's tendency to explore - and by explore he means shamelessly search through every nook and cranny he can find - he might find your secret engineering la. Eventually. Just by sheer process of elimination.

But, so far he hasn't. Yet. So patiently waiting outside the diner will have to do for now.

"You're a smart science person," Link says. Something he had not realised when they'd met on the roof.

[quark_assassin]

Dustin glares, quietly fuming. Part of him wants to just storm back into the Diner out of protest for being cornered like this, but the more rational part of his brain recognizes a deeper significance for this meeting that he should pay attention to. Link seems like a very no-nonsense kind of guy - he wouldn't have wasted his time waiting out here, specifically for him, unless it was important. Unless he needed Dustin for something. And, well, Dustin can't deny that he likes having jobs to do.

Not that any of this reasoning tempers his response at all. "Sure," he says with a roll of his eyes and a dismissive wave of his hand. "Whatever. What do you want? Spit it out already."

[newmemorywhodis]

Dustin might re-evaluate his opinion of Link as a 'no-nonsense guy' if he ever sees some of the stuff Link gets up to. Like shield-surfing. Or riding bears. Or seeing how far high up he can get if he attaches a bunch of octo-balloons to a wooden raft.

"You need help?" Link says, because he's the one looking for jobs to do.

IV somewhere near the hotel

[ashwantstobattle]

Ash left to go explore the area and see if he could find anymore animals he hasn't met yet. They're not Pokémon and he can't communicate with them by speaking from the heart like he can with Pokémon but they're still cool looking and he'd still like to meet as many as he can.

Pikachu is running good way ahead of him, dashing on all fours as the two run through Temba. Pikachu pauses when he's gotten a little too far ahead and offers a wave for Ash to catch up.

"Pika Pika!" He encourages his trainer and then continues on. He pauses when he comes across the weird human? with pointy ears and an armful of things. "Pika?" He tilts his head curiously.

[newmemorywhodis]

Arms full with another haul of baconshrooms, Link looks down at the...animal? Creature? He's not sure what it is. Certainly not any kind of animal Link's ever seen before.

Maybe something like a blupee? Except yellow, and making odd noises. Kind of a pity Link doesn't have a bow, actually. He'd be curious to see if it dropped any rupies if he shot it...

Well, with his arms full and no ranged weapon available, Link is unable to immediately resort to murder. So he choose to just watch - mirroring the creature's head-tilt with one of his own - and see what it does.

[ashwantstobattle]

"Pikachu, pika." Pikachu watches him curiously. His ears twitch as he hears the familiar sound of Ash's footsteps and he turns to see the ten year old dashing to catch up. Pikachu glances at Link once more before running off, back to his trainer, climbing up to his shoulder perch with practiced ease.

"Pikapi." Pikachu gestures in Link's direction as Ash gently gets his companion.

"Whoa. You've really got your hands full, need any help?" He offers upon seeing Link has gathered a collection of... stuff.

[newmemorywhodis]

"No," Link says, keeping a hold on the baconshrooms. Sure, he could let the kid help...but there's not so many of them that Link can't manage.

His eyes still follow the little yellow creature. "That your pet?"

Pets aren't something Link has a lot of experience with - but he has seen them. There's the dogs that some people at Stables and some towns have. And Riju's sand seal Patricia, of course.

I. Science-quest!

[in_extremis]

There weren't many places belching out smoke like the Forge could on a clear, cold day, the funnel of it like a bolt pinning the city down by its corner. Mounded with snow on all sides from the blizzard, it wasn't so clear what it was there doing besides making smoke--parts and contraptions usually visible outside now hidden under the blanket, wood rotting and metal rusting for Tony to contend with after the melt. The more immediate problem was the mess inside.

This time, he had brought clothes. He wasn't going to be left without so much as a t-shirt to protect him from the cold if the Iron Man refused to be repaired. And this time, he left the door open, the imposing metal barrier swung aside to the pool of sunshine that hadn't touched the inside of this space for too long. Tony cleared the snow immediately out front first, then brought more in to start scrubbing the shame from the floors and benches--all of it blackened with soot, but blood and sweat were still unmistakable, and turned the melted snow the colour of rust in the bucket that Tony hauled back toward the door. Where he just barely stopped, bucket hefted in both hands, on the verge of throwing it directly in someone's face.

"Uh."

He stared back, then over his shoulder to try to see what they were looking at, because it didn't exactly feel like he was the object of interest here. The Iron Man was back there, standing dark and silent, and not about to answer, so eventually Tony had to produce for them, "Hi."

[newmemorywhodis]

That smoke was definitely something that caught Link's attention, as he surveyed the landscape from the top of a nearby building. In Link's experience, where there was smoke that was always something to find.

But that smoke didn't look like just a campfire. There was too much of it. In fact, it reminded Link of the Ancient Furnace, at the Hateno Tech Lab. Link was willing to bet that there, he might find a scientist.

And hey, here he was, having found someone. Progress?

"You're a scientist?" Link says. His eyes drift to the armor in the background. Not the same as Ancient Sheikah technology, but...maybe similar? Certainly it looked interesting, at least.

[in_extremis]

This should not have felt like an insult, putting Tony on guard with the bucket withdrawn against his chest then, eyes narrowing then darting to try to figure out what confrontation exactly had just arrived at his door. It was usually a confrontation, after all, when someone showed up with an accusation to make of him, and it was only worse when he was actually true. Nothing else, though, was telling him that he had any reason not to admit, "Sometimes." Maybe he didn't exactly cut an academic figure in his leather gloves and sweatpants, he was willing to rationalize the question. In the meantime, his mouth was still moving, "Sorry, you've got me at a disadvantage, my people didn't tell me to be ready for a game. I'll get one for you, just give me a--here we go, this is it: You're a..." There wasn't a lot of immediate information to glean about this unexpected guest, except that his clothes didn't fit and he was very stare-y. "Nobel winning philosopher?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link's expression is rather difficult to read. He's oddly blank in the face, largely expressionless. Still, something in him brightens just a little, when the man replies in the affirmative. He has found the right person!

(It does not occur to Link, at all, that the man might feel judged by the question. Not to mention, Link wouldn't even know what an 'academic person' would look like. He only knows a handful of scientists, and they're all...well. Pretty eccentric. Tony would fit right in.)

Apparently, the man wants to...make guesses about Link? Not exactly what Link was expecting, either. But if that's what the man wants to do, well, who is Link to deny him?

"...No?"

Hotel

[crystalmaster]

Radley is happy for more company where he's staying, but Link's strange habits definitely don't go unnoticed. The lizards are the only thing he really takes issue with. Yeah, no, he doesn't want those things getting into his room, thank you very much.

The window thing definitely makes him stare. "... Uh ... did you lose your key or something?"

He's pretty sure none of the rooms need keys. Maybe the door is stuck?

[newmemorywhodis]

Alas, after being brought to their new home, the lizards soon decided that they weren't interested in staying. Where they are now, nobody knows. Certainly not Link.

Perhaps Radley will be lucky, and they won't make an appearance in his room.

As for Link, he just pauses with one leg swung over the windowsill, and turns to look at Radley. Link never lost a key in the first place, so...

"No." No, he has no lost a key.

[crystalmaster]

"... Okay. Is the door stuck?" Radley asks.

[newmemorywhodis]

"No," Link says, again. The door is perfectly fine; Link has simply chosen not to use it this time.

He looks at Radley for a moment, before swinging the other leg over and starting to make his way down the building.

III

[stitch_witch]

Oh yes, he was very odd, the young man that was moving through the hotel right now, arms loaded with all sorts of things. Odd enough that Lark cannot help but pause and take in the look of the young man. His clothes are seriously mismatched, a sword rests on his back, and of course, there's the eclectic load of what he is carrying. Lark, in her thick sweater and warm leggings under a shirt looks... Intrigued by the young man.

Not so much as the large wolf-hound at her side. Little Bear's tail is thumping vigorously, clearly eager to go meet the stranger. Lark had a bit of a firmer hand on his discipline than the children had, though, so she just stayed silently watching him for another moment before speaking.

"Would you like help carrying your things?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link was about to explain that no, he didn't need help, thank you. But then one of the pieces of wood he was lugging back shifted, and tumbled out of his arms.

He looks at it, lying there on the ground, before looking back at the woman. And the dog, who Link cannot pet right now because he has no arms free to do so.

"...Maybe?"

[stitch_witch]

She smiled softly, trying not to be amused at how Link had lost the item. For now she moved forward to collect some from the top of the pile. And the fallen piece of wood? Well, it was more like a stick and yes, Little Bear was happy to race forward and pick it up. The dog looked very excited.

"Someone isn't playing enough fetch," she told the dog with a smile. "I'll tell Lerith for next time he takes you for a walk."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link watches the dog as he runs and jumps around them.

He doesn't say anything in particular. The woman seems to be busy talking to the dog, so Link probably shouldn't butt in. He just walks towards to the hotel entrance, and trusts that they'll follow.

(No climbing back into his room - not this time, at least.)