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A Royal Arrival

WHO: Princess Zelda, you, and Link is probably hovering somewhere close by
WHERE: Various.
WHAT: Zelda's exploring.
WHEN: Later part of July
WARNINGS: none at the moment. Will update if needed.

{ Don't break these pots | Agriculture Building }

Zelda can't remember a time where she was allowed to just sit and re-pot plants like this. There's a thin layer of dirt on her legs and hands but she couldn't feel more at ease as diligently works gathering samplings to try and grow on her own. It's nice knowing that she doesn't have to worry about being told off or that she's not trying hard enough. She has a freedom here that she didn't back home.

She feels a little guilty for thinking that but buries it pretty neatly as she buries the root of the plant she's currently potting. She can worry about her conflicting emotions after she's done here.

"There you are, little one." She says soothingly to the plant and sets it aside to pot another. It's a little odd to her that she suddenly has the knowledge to take care of these plants but she isn't complaining. She wipes her brow, smearing a bit of dirt on her forehead before delicately cutting a sampling from the next plant that has her interest.

{ Moving in | hotel }

Zelda wanted her own room at the hotel. Mostly due to the fact Link's room is... a bit full. She takes a room as close to his as she can manage and sets about putting the few pots she has up on the window sill and opens the window to let more light in.

After taking some time to wash up and once she's clean again she works on arranging her room the way she wants it. She frowns at the lay out of the room. It's not a large space but she's sure if she were to push the bed up against the wall it would at least look like there was more space.

She briefly considers getting Link to move it for her but shakes the idea out of her head. They're not in Hyrule at the moment and no one's going to tell her she can't do things for herself. Alright then, her mind made up, she makes an attempt at moving the bed on her own.

The frame is bolted down but that won't stop her from at least pulling the mattress off. Anyone crossing by might just hear her grunting and struggling to pull the mattress where she wants it to go.

{ Out Wandering }

Evening has set in and she's done all she can for her room at this point. However, she's not quite ready to call it a night as she wanders through Temba, her attention on the map as she studies it carefully. She's in a new place and getting lost wouldn't be ideal.

Besides, she should probably meet some more people and introduce herself since they'll all be working together to try and help the Agrii.

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"Oh..." Zelda sighs to herself as she shakes the excess water off her hands and arms. How undignified, no matter how refreshing the sudden spray of water might have felt in the heat.

"You frightened me. Whatever are you doing in the fountain?" She asks, still sounding a little startled.

And then Link rushes over which, of course he did. He's never very far away. She's both relieved to see him and maybe a tiny bit embarrassed. She sucks in a breath to regain her composure and takes the communicator when it's handed back to her.

"Thank you." She says a little stiffly.

Link nods, accepting the thanks. If he's aware of the awkwardness, he doesn't show it.

He looks at Sonic. Why is he in the fountain?

"You want the lake for fish," he says.

"Sorry about that," he says, giving Zelda a a sheepish, apologetic smile. His expression quickly shifts into something closer to confusion when Link addresses him though. Dude, really?

"...Bro, why would I be fishing in a fountain?"

He could specify that he was just trying to cool off, but part of him wants to see where this goes.

There is a part of her that wants to be annoyed at all this-after all, her clothes of made of leather and that's not ideal to get wet. She takes in a deep breath and decides to let it go. She made a promise to herself to be more empathetic towards others and surely this wasn't done on purpose.

She was just about to suggest that fishing wasn't likely the reason but Sonic does it himself quite effectively.

"It's fine." Zelda states, still a bit stiff. It's not fine but she's trying to move past it.

Link shrugs.

"Sometimes you can catch things in the Zora fountains." And okay, they weren't fish. Usually snails. Or crabs. But they were still seafood. And edible.

Then he looks at Zelda, a faint frown on his face. Usually he's not bothered by wearing wet clothes, but...Zelda seems to be.

Sonic stares at Link probably a few seconds longer than is absolutely necessary. This whole situation is just blowing his mind right now. He's pretty sure this lady is lowkey pissed, Link seems oblivious to it, Sonic is still in the fountain but he's kind of in this deer-in-headlights state because he has no idea what to do with any of this.

"I... sure. I don't know where that is." Link oh my God don't eat things that people throw in fountains? Anyway, Sonic turns to Zelda again and oooh boy he is going to do his level best to make this less weird.

"Sssoooo, my name's Sonic. I... see you two have already met?"

Hoo buddy he could just leave. He could be miles away in seconds and escape this forever.

As irritated as Zelda is it's really not towards Sonic and more the situation. She can see that he's trying and lets out a sigh, releasing her remaining irritation with it.

"I'm Zelda, Princess of Hyrule. Link is my knight. He accompanies me everywhere." She explains, her tone much less clipped. "I'm pleased to meet you." Ignoring the part where he splashed water on her.

Link nods along, after Zelda speaks. Yes, she is the Princess. Yes, he is her knight.

And while Sonic might think that Link is oblivious to Zelda's discomfort, that's not in fact the case. It's just that Link hasn't made it particularly obvious that he's noticed.

At this point however, he glance sidelong at Zelda. Lifts one arm, and tugs at the light, breezy - and dry - fabric of his Gerudo outfit. The question remains unspoken: does Zelda want to switch clothes?

Sonic gets over the awkwardness pretty much immediately now that introductions seem to be going smoothly, and it turns out that Zelda's already super interesting. As much as he hates being stuck here, his favorite thing about it is easily all the interesting people he's been able to meet. Thanks for keeping the weird hedgehog entertained, everybody.

"No kidding, a legit princess? Figures the person I throw gross fountain water all over is royalty."

Good job Sonic, you're a true gentleman. He finally hops up out of the fountain, carefully so he doesn't end up splashing all over again, and takes a seat on it's edge.

"Nice to meet you, too! He and I already know each other, we met back when there was this weird festival where all the food tasted like peanut butter." Yep that's what stood out the most in his mind about it.

"Why would I joke about such a thing?" Zelda asks, though 'legit' is not a term she's heard before. She tries very hard not to cringe at the description of 'gross fountain water.' It's over with, there's no sense in being angry over something that was clearly an accident, especially since no one was hurt.

She turns her attention on Link and watches the way he pulls on the sleeve of his outfit. Perhaps they could switch tops but her pants might be a bit too fitted, even for him. And then there's the added idea that she'd hearing something of his.

"Only if you don't mind." She tells him easily. "I'd hate to make you do something you don't want to do."

At Sonic, Link nods. Yes, Zelda is a Princess. And yes, they have met before.

And then he says, "I don't mind," and immediately begins pulling off his gauzy Gerudo top. Sure, they're in the middle of the square. Pretty much anyone walking by will clearly be able to see Link, without his shirt on. But Link shows zero hesitation or embarrassment.

Really, he's worn less before.

"Oh, no, sorry, I didn't think you were joking. It's a... figure of speech, or something. Heck, one of my friends back home is a princess, and she--"

He trails off as his eyes slowly shift from Zelda to Link, who has apparently decided to just start stripping in the middle of the city. Look bro, no judgment, it's not like Sonic wears clothes on a regular basis, but this isn't really something he's ever known humans to do? Or Elves or whatever Link and Zelda are, he has no idea.

"Oh, I see-What are you doing!?" Her attention goes to Link as he is taking off his top. Her face flushes bright red and she quickly turns her head in another direction to allow him some privacy. In the middle of the square.

She takes in a breath to try and calm her suddenly racing heart and tries not to given into the temptation to stare. She certainly hopes he isn't expecting her to change in the middle of the square.

Link pauses, just as he pulls the top off entirely. Why are they staring at him? Sonic isn’t even wearing clothes.

He blinks, and looks at Zelda.

“You…don’t want to switch?”

Okay no, this is hilarious. Sonic just crosses his ankle over his knee and settles in to watch this clown show unfold. He is fascinated by the way these two interact.

...Really he should probably leave. But he doesn't. Carry on, goofballs.

"I..." Zelda starts, not entirely sure how to address that. She turns to face him and-goodness, he's already removed the top and her face is feeling a bit warm. "I-" She tries again, stumbling clumsily over her words.

"I most certainly don't want to take my clothes off where everyone can see." She tells him, trying to stay stern and getting a little distracted. She knows he's missing much of his memories and it's miracle he remembers her as well as he does so she tries to be lenient when he does things that are not typically socially acceptable-like strip out in the open.

There's a faint frown on Link's face, as he tries to work out why Zelda looks so uncomfortable. And then she mentions not wanting to take her clothes off...and suddenly it clicks, and his eyes widen.

Oh no.

It's the piggy-back climb up the stairs all over again.

Once more, Link did not think this through. Now his face and the tips of his ears are turning a bright shade a red, as he's suddenly thinking it through too much.

"A...ah," he says, before awkwardly looking away and quickly putting his Gerudo Top back on.

Wow. Real talk though is this how normal teenagers act? Is this what crushes do to people? Is that what's happening here or is Link just a great big idiot? Amazing, either way.

After a couple moments, Sonic clears his throat. By the way, he's still here.

"Well, this has been fun!"

Zelda is about ready to sigh in defeat but then catches sight of the fact that now Link is blushing too and that's just made it so much worse. What exactly is he thinking about? She decides she doesn't want to know and starts to clear her throat only to have her thoughts derailed by Sonic's comment.

"F-fun?" She stammers. No part of this has been fun for her. Well, maybe not no part but most of the encounter has been rather miserable in her opinion.

Link continues to not look at Zelda. Not with his cheeks still red, and his mind still stuck on the thought of Zelda taking her clothes off.

(No Link, don't think about that, don't think about that at all...)

But look! Here is Sonic, providing a distraction. Sure, it's a confusing distraction. But Link will cling onto it, all the same. Much better to think about the puzzle that is trying to figure out just what exactly Sonic was calling 'fun'.

"...The fountain is fun?" Link would have thought the lake would have been more fun. There's actual fish you can catch, for one.

Edited 2023-07-27 07:53 (UTC)

He was going to tell Zelda that he was just kidding with them a bit, and even gets as far as opening his mouth to do so, but Link...

Link, buddy.

"...y'know, I'm starting to worry about you."

Maybe Link should be more careful when doing his extreme sports, stop landing on his head so often.

This is absolutely not going to help with the confusion, is it.

It's a good thing she doesn't know what he's thinking about then otherwise she might have blushed all over again.

She's not sure how she feels about Sonic's statement and almost feels as if she should be offended on his behalf because he probably won't be.

"He's fine." Zelda assures. "You're the one swimming in the fountain, after all."

As Zelda predicted, Link does not look insulted. Instead, he just nods in agreement with her.

Sonic is the one swimming in the fountain. Not that Link wouldn’t do so himself, especially if he happened to notice anything particularly shiny at the bottom of it. But you know. In principle, Sonic clearly cannot judge.

"Heh, okay, you got me there!"

You win this round, Zelda. Sonic will accept this defeat gracefully.

"In my defense, it's really hot out, and I can't just strip this fur coat off the way he can his shirt."

Zelda is all too aware that Link would absolutely jump into the fountain if he saw something of interest to him but they're not going to bring that up. She was going to just take her victory in stride but then Sonic had to go and mention Link striping off his shirt.

And now she feels like she's floundering again trying not to think about that. Her cheeks are considerably darker and she clears her throat.

"Some of the buildings are cooler on the inside. You should try those." She states, matter of fact and not daring to look over at Link.

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