July catch-all

[newmemorywhodis]

WHO: Link and you!
WHERE: The diner, various locations
WHAT: Link watches a mountain, and catches up with a few people
WHEN: After Calibrations
WARNINGS: Violence for Wesker's thread


i. Food glorious food [open]

There's a few things Link does right after getting out of Calibrations. Run around in a circle bigger than the waiting room. Climb a building, and then jump off of it. Jump into the lake, just for the hell of it.

But there's two things of real note he does. The first is change from the cozy winter clothes Lark made him into the light, breezy Gerudo Outfit he arrived in. With this much warmer weather, it's a lot more suitable. But it's a much more feminine look than what Link's been wearing before now.

The second thing he does - after doing a little hunting and gathering a few ingredients - is head straight for the diner and start cooking.

He makes fish pie. Apple pie. Meat stew. Sausages and creamy mashed potatoes. Glazed meat and pepper steaks. All the meals he made in the Calibrations dreams - except this time, they're real.

He brings them out into the diner. Sets them all out on a table, for others to share if they would like. Then grabs a bit of everything for his own plate - and settles down to eat with a happy sigh.


ii. Hylian dressup simulator [closed to Lark and Zelda]

Link does, of course, like wearing his Gerudo Outfit. It's nice being pretty, nice to wear shiny things that glitter and jangle musically. It's nice, for when he feels like being a vai.

But Link doesn't always want to be a vai. And he doesn't want to wear the Gerudo Outfit all the time. So he was already planning to ask Lark to make him something else that he can wear in this kind of weather.

And then, Zelda arrived. With only one outfit, and one not suited to this heat at all. And suddenly talking to Lark wasn't just something he should get around to at some point, but something he needed to do right now.

In his usual fashion, Link does not bother to knock on Lark's door. He just arrives with Zelda in tow, opens the door, and walks right in.


iii. Gotta shield them all [closed to Ash]

With this heat, Link decides that later in the afternoon - when the sun's gone down enough to take at least a bit of an edge of the heat - is the best time to start teaching Ash to use a shield.

He brings Ash to dunes just south of Temba. There's space to move - and dunes that they can use later, for shield-surfing.

Once there, he holds out his left arm - once which has the bracer Tony made attached to it. On his back he has a second shield - one made by Dustin - but it's the bracer which Ash will be using.

"Watch," Link tells Ash, as he balls his left hand into a fist. Brings it back up against his chest, in an emphasized flick. A soft hum, and the bracer actives - creating a hard light shield, in the shape of slightly squat oval with a ridge down the centre.

This is what Link wants Ash to learn how to use.


iv. Rocks fall, everybody...does not die? [locked to Wesker]

Link had just been hanging around on the top of a building when he spot the man, just down below. The one from the Calibrations dream, right before they'd been released.

The dream had been more than enough to show Link that this man was dangerous. Not just because he'd immediately moved to kill Link in the dream. Because also because of the memories he'd seen - ones that showed that this man was a killer.

He's right below. Just next to the building Link's on. And there's a few loose pieces of stonework up here.

He grabs one. It's large - bigger than Link's own torso. But not so large that Link can't lift it up, and drop it down below.

Down where it should land right on the man's head.


v. Wildcard!

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

Comments

1.

[crystalmaster]

Radley is impressed when he comes in and everything smells amazing. "Wow."

He's even more surprised to see Link as the only one there at the moment. "Did you make all this?"

It's certainly not what he'd expect from someone who makes frog potions.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link says nothing, because at the moment his mouth is very full with a big bite of fish pie. But he does nod his head, eagerly.

He did make all of this. And he is going to eat so much of it.

[crystalmaster]

"Cool." Radley dishes up some of the things to try, still slightly skeptical. But they taste as good as they smell, and he's further impressed. "This is really good!"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link brightens a little, clearly pleased to have his food appreciated.

"Fnk-oo," he says, the words muffled from a mouth half-full.

Being able to share his cooking with other people wasn't something he got to do that often, back in Hyrule. Usually he only got the chance on occasion, when he was staying at a stable. But here, in Temba, he gets to do this more often.

[crystalmaster]

"So where did you learn to cook like this?" Radley has to ask.

iii.

[ashwantstobattle]

Ash is always happy and willing to try new things. It hadn't taken much to convince him to come out to the dunes. He'd spent so much time trapped inside once place that he practically jumped at the chance to do anything outside even if it is still pretty warm out.

He's mostly interested in just taking in the scenery but he gives Link his attention when instructed to watch.

"Whoa..." Ash breaths, impressed by the shield. "Pikachu, check it out!" He tells the yellow Pokemon perched on his shoulder.

"Pika..." He says in awe.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link pauses a moment to think. Although he does not pause in eating - he can do that and think at the same time. But he does consider the question.

It's not as simple to answer as you might think. Because there's what Link remembers learning about how to cook...and there's what he doesn't.

"Muscle memory?" he says, eventually. And after he swallows his current bite of food. "And guessing, mostly. Unless someone gave me a recipe."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link holds the shield out for a moment. Lets Ash and Pikachu get a good look. Then he brings the shield back in. Arm held close to the chest, bent at an angle so that his forearm is parallel to the ground.

"Hold like this," he says. "On your left arm, always. Even if left-handed. Left side guards your heart."

These were lessons that Link didn't really remember receiving. But the knowledge was still there, under the surface. Even though he always wanted to use his left hand to write with, he still knew that his sword couldn't go in the same hand. Because the shield always needed to be on the left.

Someone must have taught Link that, a long time ago.

[crystalmaster]

"Muscle memory?" Radley blinks. He's never heard of that being used to describe cooking before. "... So, basically, you're saying you don't consciously remember."

Well, it can't all be guesswork. Everything tastes too good.

IV

[sunglassesincluded]

Unlike other inhabitants of the city, Wesker does not have an extra sense to warn him of incoming danger. But that's nothing he necessarily need. Or at the very least has found himself to be lacking. And so, while he likes to consider himself to be someone that stays aware of his own surroundings, he does in fact not anticipate stray boulders to come falling down on him while he is crossing the city.

When he notices the large rock and looks up only to find himself faced with what would be impending death for most people, Wesker grimaces and darts away at the last second, only to see the massive rock dissipate before hitting the ground.

"What the-" The man hisses, his tone aggravated and he looks up.

[newmemorywhodis]

Links nods. Yes, that’s exactly right.

And it wasn’t guesswork now. These were all things Link had made before. But in the early days, there were definitely a few dubious dishes.

[newmemorywhodis]

Wait.

What?

What happened to the rock?

Link frowns. It’s one thing if the rock had missed, but disappearing altogether is something else.

Link is not a scientist. But he knows a few. He’s been around them enough to know that when something doesn’t make sense, you should repeat the experiment.

So Wesker will soon see a pair of hands reaching out, and dropping another rock off the top of the building.

Once again, it’s aimed to land right on top of his head.

[crystalmaster]

"Huh...." For him to not remember that, what else doesn't he remember?

"It must be frustrating to have gaps in your memory like that."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link pauses. Really pauses, because he even stops trying to eat around talking to Radley. His fingers close around the form in his hand.

"...Yes," he says softly. He was used to it, really. Didn't really know what it was like to not have most of his memories missing. But that didn't mean he didn't wish he could remember more.

[crystalmaster]

Radley just nods sympathetically. He won't pry. "If you ever want to talk about it, I'm a good listener. But if you don't, that's okay too."

He tries to think of a happier subject. "You're welcome to come here any time to make delicious food like this." He smiles.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link, talk about it to someone? But...that would require talking.

With actual words.

That he would have to say.

No, Link's much better at being on the other end of these kinds of conversations. Which is why right now Radley is just getting a blank, slightly perplexed look in return.

"I cook here sometimes." Link certainly hadn't waited for permission to do so. Although he didn't exactly operate on a schedule. More just...whenever he felt like cooking. Which was not always at the same time that other people felt like eating.

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, I know," Radley smirks. "I don't remember you coming up with most of these dishes before, though." Or any of them. "I'm sure everyone would love them."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link shrugs. "I made them sometimes."

Just not usually together, in this kind of spread. He usually didn't make this many.

(At least, not since he arrived here. Back in Hyrule he'd batch cook all sorts of things, all the time - but in Hyrule, he had his Korok enchanted pack.)

[crystalmaster]

"I'm lucky I happened to come upon them now, then," Radley says.

Part of him thinks he would definitely hire Link as a cook back home. The other part, though, wouldn't want frog potions and such being made in his kitchen, so he doesn't say that aloud.

[newmemorywhodis]

There's also the fact that, while Link is a good cook, he absolutely does not keep to any kind of schedule. He cooks when he feels like cooking. Not necessarily when you actually want to eat.

"Couldn't cook anything in Calibrations," Link says, with a little huff. So perhaps it's not really luck so much, as Link just...needing to get some long overdue cooking out of his system.

[crystalmaster]

"It sounds like it was torture in almost every way possible," Radley grimaces.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link hums in agreement. Perhaps if they'd had things to do, it wouldn't have been so bad. But it was just so...boring.

Link's not used to being cooped up in one place, unable to go anywhere.

"...You dream of people's memories," he adds. He still wasn't sure about how he felt about that part.

[crystalmaster]

"I was told people get stranded in the memories," Radley says. "It sounds horrible."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link frowns. That didn't seem quite right, at least not as he experienced it.

"Not the memories," he says. He thinks on it a little further. "Maybe the dreams?"

[crystalmaster]

"It sounds awful either way," Radley says.