April catch-all

[newmemorywhodis]

WHO: Link and Dustin, Tommmy, Radley, and you!
WHERE: Various places in and around Temba and Sh'ka
WHAT: Link goes hunting, bothers Dustin, makes some dubious drinks and attempts to contact the Funfronds
WHEN: In the weeks after the Ah! Real Monsters! Event
WARNINGS: animal murder


i. Senseless animal murder aka Hunting [open]

Link's hunting more frequently these days. Mainly because he learned, much to his dismay, that without his korok-enchanted pack he doesn't have a good way to keep meat long-term. So rather than doing a lot of hunting at once, he needs to head out regularly for smaller kills that he can cook that day.

So he can frequently be found in the forests outside Temba - or Sh'ka, if he happens to be there instead - moving swiftly and silently, his compound bow at the ready.

Between the trees, he spots one of the small, dinosaur-like Gallies. Crouches down, and inches further. Before drawing his bow, aiming right for the creatures head, and letting the arrow go.


ii. You can never have too many shields [closed to Dustin]

Dustin had made Link promise not to tell anyone about the Workshop, or where it was. A promise he had absolutely taken seriously, and had kept.

What Dustin had not done, however, was make Link promise not to show up there whenever he felt like it.

The challenge, however, was getting in to the workshop. Dustin had evidently left a puzzle for Link, because he soon found that the door was locked and the windows boarded up. But there was this little square flap at the bottom of the back door. If Link takes of his Sword and bow and makeshift shield - and carefully lays them next to the flap - he might be able to squeeze through.

Which he, of course, immediately proceeds to attempt to do.


iii. Making The Frog Drink [closed to Tommy and Radley]

This wasn't Link's first time cooking at the diner. He'd become a bit of a regular, actually - though he was always happy to cook for everyone else around too, when he was there. Sometimes making unusually elaborate dishes using whatever new and interesting ingredients he'd managed to find.

Today, however, it was a bit different. Today, Link was experimenting.

Thanks to the Agriculture datapoint, he knew how to make something close to the elixirs he made back in Hyrule with local plants. But the datapoint didn't tell him anything about using animals, or insects. Which meant Link had to figure out what he could make by pure trial and error.

The end result of this was Link cooking up an increasingly odd series of concoctions, using things like butterflies, beetles, lizards, crabs, grasshoppers. And, of course, frogs.

Link had a good feeling about the frog. This one, he was sure, was going to do something.


iv. Are these the new Koroks? [closed to Funfronds]

Link had heard about the Funfronds from Dustin. Knew at least a little of what they were, from the Dictionary. But hearing about them was one thing - Link wanted to see them for himself.

And he was so very, very curious.

So, he's staked out the ruins near the greenhouse, late one evening. Thought a little about how he might indicate he was friendly to them. He ended up combing through the ruins, and leaving an apple or other piece of small fruit whenever he found a little nook or cranny. He didn't know if the Funfronds were anything like Koroks, but if they were - well, maybe they'd appreciate the gifts too? Course, Koroks also liked thinks like Link picking up rocks, and shooting balloons, and jumping into circles of lilies in the water...

...Maybe he'd try those later. If the apples didn't work. For now, though, he just sits in one corner in the ruins. And waits.



V. Wildcard!

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

Comments

[doubled_speed]

"So like potions in video games," he says, frowning. That makes no sense, but his brother is a literal witch and god, and he can run faster than sound, soooooo.

"And what is this one gonna do?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link shrugs. "Don't know." He had a good guess, based on what he knew of the animal itself. But that was still just a guess. Until he tried it, he wouldn't know for sure what it would do - or even if it would work at all.

[doubled_speed]

"So you're going to taint the tools of the kitchen with frog for... you don't even know?"

That doesn't make any sense at all man.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link frowns. "...I'll clean them." He does know how to clean up after himself in a kitchen. He doesn't just...leave things a mess.

"Need to find out what works." And he wouldn't know that until he tried it, would he?

[doubled_speed]

"Shouldn't you, like, make a lab or something?"

Make a lab for all his experiments? Where he can write things down and keep things sensible. Organized too.

[newmemorywhodis]

"...Why would I need a lab?"

This wasn't like what Purah or Robbie did. He wasn't mucking about with ancient Sheikah technology. This was cooking.

[doubled_speed]

"Because it's... it's like, alchemy or medicine or something. That's not kitchen stuff."

Food and non-food items shouldn't mix.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link looks at the elixir in the cooking pot, being cooked just like any kind of food does. Then looks back at Tommy.

"Yes it is."

See? It's in a cooking pot and everything. Ergo, kitchen stuff.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy sighs and shakes his head. He'd rather this not happen.

"What if we set you up your own work area for stuff like this?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link shrugs. Honestly he still doesn't see the difference at all. But if Tommy wants to give him his own kitchen...? Well, Link won't complain.

"Okay?"

[doubled_speed]

"We'll see if we can't get you something set up for that then."

Because frankly, what if the guy accidentally creates poisons? Tommy's already certain Link would never intentionally poison them, but accidents are possible.

[newmemorywhodis]

"Okay," Link says, before turning his focus back to the elixir he's trying - hoping - to make.

He makes a soft, pleased hum at the back of his throat as he realizes it's just about done. He gives the pot a stir, and then takes it off the heat.

It's a bright, clear green colour. Just like the stamina potions he made back in Hyrule. Maybe this one...

[doubled_speed]

Damn that's not a proper color. It's a candy color. Food doesn't come out like that.

"So I take you to the hospital if you just, you know, get sick?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link gives Tommy a bit of a blank look, as if the idea of 'going to hospital' when he is sick is an alien one. Which it is. Even with Tae literally already telling him to do so if he gets hurts.

And then he just takes the elixir, and drinks it in one go.

[doubled_speed]

Geez. Tommy quickly puts his things down and comes to stand near the guy, looking worried.

"You're crazy."

[newmemorywhodis]

Crazy? No he's not. He's just seeing what it does!

Which turns out to be - as he thought it might - a big, big boost of energy. He's bouncing up and down on his toes, feeling like he could go run a marathon and climb a mountain right now, if he wanted.

"Stamina elixir!" he says. And then he doesn't just bob on his toes, but jumps up and down a few times. Because he can.

[doubled_speed]

Um, what is going on now?

"What do you mean, 'stamina'?"

[newmemorywhodis]

"...For more energy?" he says. Really, Link had thought the name was pretty self-evident.

[doubled_speed]

More energy? What? Was that...

"Can I try?"

Damn, he can't believe he's asking.

[newmemorywhodis]

Why wouldn't he ask? Stamina Elixirs are awesome.

And Link's more than happy to make one for Tommy - so he nods, and quickly starts tossing together the ingredients for another one. Which, of course, includes another frog.

[doubled_speed]

The frog thing is just going to be so weird.

"How long does this take to make?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link thinks about it. He hadn't actually timed it, so he doesn't exactly have an exact number.

"Maybe twenty minutes?" he guesses.

[doubled_speed]

Huh, that's intersting.

"And it's like coffee or something?"

Because if so, he wants some.

[newmemorywhodis]

"...What's coffee?" Link asks, as he stirs the pot. Is that another kind of elixir?

[doubled_speed]

"Drink with tons of caffeine. Gives you energy. Or, well, it makes you feel more energized, even though it's a lie."

So no, not another kind of elixir. Still...

"Let me make you some. One cup."