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[younghero]

[There's muffled childish cursing and a weird angled view of a little blond boy with pointed ears. He's dressed in green and has a shield that's too large for a child, and a sword that's just right.]

This is weird.

[The boy peers at the camera, big blue eyes curious.]


Navi, where are you?

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[youfool]

[Well, who doesn't like swords? Clowns, on the other hand...]

Can't say I've heard the name; sorry, young man. Mine's Ted, if that's any comfort. How about your own?

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[younghero]

[There's a small yelp, as the boy almost drops his device. He fumbles with it and hesitantly responds.]

I'm Link. I think I'm lost. This stuff doesn't make sense.

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[youfool]

Huh! What are you linking?

[Oops, probably shouldn't ask children about the significance of their names]

Ah, not to worry; I think I know exactly where you are. Possibly even where you want to go. What "stuff" are you referring to?

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[younghero]

I--it's just my name. What the Great Deku Tree named me.

[Link paused.]

The words and papers and stuff. And now my fairy's gone.

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[youfool]

Ah, I see. I'm sorry to hear that.

[Named after a Tree. He really has to know.]

Well, erm, yes, it's probably a lot to take in in one pass. You see, Link, you've been, ah, spirited away to a place very, very far away from what you've known. So now the thing to do is...get settled. In fact, we've got a Children's Home specifically for the purpose. Would you like me to come get you? We can talk more along the way, if you like.

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[mrhero]

[ The view on this end is big blue eyes from slightly older blond boy with pointed ears. In the royal blues. Sword that's of the legendary variety.

Is anyone else getting a weird sense of familiarity here? No? Just him? ]

Nice hat. [ There are better ways to start a conversation. ]

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[younghero]

[And his day continued to get strange. But, that seemed to be his life in general as of late.]

Uh, thanks? It's what we Kokiri wear. Uh...the boys, at least.

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[mrhero]

[ Yup. Definitely familiarity. It's written all over his face. ]

You live in the forest? [ He should get Zelda. She'd be fascinated by this. There's some history lesson he's forgetting here. ]

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[younghero]

Yeah, in the Kokiri Forest, with the Great Deku--

[Link's face fell for a moment.]. Before the Great Deku Tree died, he watched over us.

It's near the Lost Woods...you don't wanna go there, trust me. Grownups become Stalfos if they get turned around in there.

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[mrhero]

Sorry for your loss. [ Hm. ]

The Great Deku Tree is in the Lost Woods now. Different one.

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[generalgrievous]

Is that your weapon?

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[younghero]

[That was an easy question. And, it distracted him from being worried about where he was.]

Yep!

It's the Kokiri sword. Mido let me keep it.

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[generalgrievous]

Have you fought in battles?

[He apparently isn't making any judgement on the boy being perhaps too young or too small.]

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[younghero]

I--I've killed some monsters. One was eating the Great Deku Tree....another was blocking the Gorons from getting food, and they were starving. The last one cursed the Zora's guardian spirit and was making him sick.

[That was normal, right?]

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[generalgrievous]

Are the Gorans your people?

[Having been fighting in wars since his own childhood, Grievous does think that's perfectly normal to have been killing monsters.]

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[ivegotadream]

I can understand that this is all strange. Want to talk about it?

[Because that helps, right?]

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[younghero]

[Oh. A girl. An older girl, but, still. Link's tone became a bit more respectful.]

I'd, uh, appreciate any help or, um, information you could give me.

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[ivegotadream]

I might not be as helpful as some others here, but I do know where some cool places are.

[Might not be cool for others though.]

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[younghero]

[Until recently he had been stuck in the same forest all his life, with his own batch of bullies who delighted in tormenting him. New places were always interesting!]

What sorta cool places?

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[ivegotadream]

Mostly shops and that kind of things. Oh, but there is a park also. That's pretty cool.

[koishi_komeiji]

And upon exiting the bay. There was a green thing. With glowing eyes. Floating. Right there. In his face.

"Hello there!" She was a little difficult to focus on... but not too bad. In fact the longer Link would look the easier she would be to see.

"I love your hat!"

[younghero]

Link stared for a bit. Navi wasn't there to remind him about manners, so, he was going to have to remember all by himself.

"Um. Hi! Thanks, all the Kokiri wear 'em."

[koishi_komeiji]

"Hehehe. I dunno what a Kokiri is but it's super cute." And with that said Koishi just... snatched the hat. And then placed her own on Link's head. It was a little lopsided by design, Link catching a glimpse of a scar above her left temple before it was covered again by the most heroic of caps.

Her third eye bobbed forward, closed, the arteries looping itself into a heart. "My name is Koishi Komeiji. It's nice to meet you!" Koishi you're supposed to say that before stealing people's hats. Or, in this case, swapping them.

[younghero]

"Hey--" Well, a trade was fair enough, he supposed. Skull kids didn't even give anything in return, so, this was actually a plus.

With his new hat, Koishi could probably see his hair is pulled back into a very short ponytail, keeping his hair off his neck. Link rubbed that neck as he tried to explain who the Kokiri were.

"Kokiri are the children of the forest. We're raised by the Great Deku Tree...or...we were. And we all have our own fairy companion...but, mine seems to have left me. Already...."

Of course, he wasn't actually a Kokiri, but, the boy didn't know that just yet. No one had told him he was adopted.

[koishi_komeiji]

"Well I don't know what a Deku tree is but it sounds important! And I've met a lot of 'children of the forest' but they didn't look anything like you. I'm a spirit of the mountains myself. I love being high up and chasing deer and laying in the snow!"

She reached down to grab Link's hand. She had every intention of dragging him along with her. Possibly to ice cream. Sweets were always a good choice, right?

"We're here now. And that's fine too. I like it here. But we don't have any fairies around at all. Except in Fayren. Kind of. But they're not always very nice. Mister Spades thinks I'm a fairy but I'm absolutely not. He's a silly person."