+1 Doctor

[not_the_question]

The Doctor arrives in the Nexus.  And he's not sure how he got here.  Not that it matters.  He has no TARDIS and no memories of Clara.  All he has are the clothes on his back, his sonic specks, and his trusty guitar.  Okay, he has a little rucksack filled with a change of clothes and other odds and ends that he's collected on his quest.

He looks around and this place looks... rather American, considering.  Of course, everything looked American to him these days, he's spent far too long in the States looking first for the TARDIS and then for Clara.  He so far has been unsuccessful at both.

"Excuse me, has anyone seen someone called Clara?"




{{OOC: The Doctor's Canonpoint will be in flux until I figure out which one is best for this setting.  I'll make it clear in his threads.}}

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[younghero]

Link looked a little sheepish. "When I was older, I was looking for Princess Zelda---and I found her. Now, I've been looking for my friend Navi. She's a fairy."

He fingered the Ocarina of Time as he spoke, tracing the Triforce design.

[not_the_question]

"When you were older... Did you have a different body, or time travel?"

Time Lord, there's a huge difference to him. He was older when he was younger and younger when he was older... until now. Now... he's just old. That's depressing.

[younghero]

"Both, I guess. I mean, I traveled seven years and back again. So, it was still my body, but, because they sealed me away for seven years first, it was older."

Link rubbed his head. "Sorry, I know that sounds weird."

Don't get him started on Termina. Three days over and over and over...

[not_the_question]

"Not weird at all. I get a new body whenever I'm about to die."

Sort of... except for the past two-hundred billion and something. Where he actually died. They could swap closed-energy loop stories. The Doctor would probably win. (Even though it's not a competition.)

"If it were me, I'd forget the faery and stick with the princess."

He's clearly met some faeries in his day.

[younghero]

Link looked surprised and a little impressed. "Do you use potions?"

"They're both my friends. Navi helped me so much! I don't think I could have succeeded without her." Link had trouble keeping friends. Most were sacred sages, ruler of Hyrule, or they vanished.

[not_the_question]

"No potions. Well. Not any more. Maybe early days before they were able to change our DNA..."

And well, he doesn't think Link will understand, so he stops.

"Well, faeries can be very helpful, of course. But that doesn't mean that they're better than princesses."

[younghero]

He gave a little smile. "Zelda's my friend too. She gave me the Ocarina of Time, and we're connected---but, shouldn't I be helping you?"

[not_the_question]

The Doctor had tried to change the subject. He must be losing his touch.

"I thought we had established that you can't help me, since I can't tell you any more than her name."

[younghero]

"You did, but, you can't just give up," Link responded. "I wouldn't be much of a hero if I didn't help people whenever I can."

[not_the_question]

"I never said I was giving up. I said you can't help me. Besides, old-fashioned heroes only exist in old-fashioned stories...."

He breaks off. He's sure he's said that to someone before. Someone important. He can't place it though. The pause is brief. He's used to encountering these 'Clara-shaped holes'.

"I never trust anyone who so flippantly admits to being a hero."

[younghero]

"That's ok. I'm used to that."

How many times had he had to prove himself? Link had lost count by this point.


"I'm not bragging. It's what the sages called me. Older-Zelda said I should have a childhood, but, I'm not very good at it. I keep finding people who need my help. I...like helping people."

[not_the_question]

The Doctor can't argue with that. In the end, it was one of the reasons why he left Gallifrey.

"Do you seek them out, or do they seek you out?"

Because, these days, the Doctor is still sought, even though he deleted himself from history as much as he could.

[younghero]

"I think it's fate. The Deku tree knew I had a different destiny, so maybe it's less me and more the goddesses or something.

I don't always look for people, but, I seem to find them. In Hyrule they'd seek me out a little, but, in Termina that was all...chance. They needed me..."

Link rocked on his heels and scuffed his boots like any other little boy while he spoke.

[not_the_question]

"That's a lot of responsibility for someone who looks so young... Do you remember being older?"

Shifting attention from himself again, because deflection is a good thing.

[younghero]

"I was taller and stronger, but, that was pretty much the only difference. They said I was too young to be the Hero, so they sealed me away for seven years so my body could grow up."

Link didn't know if there was a difference in his thinking when he was "older" or not.

[not_the_question]

"Interesting. I was stuck in a place and the only thing that aged was my mind. How did it go for you?"

To be fair, most things new or different are interesting to the Doctor.

[younghero]

"I was asleep, so I don't remember those years."

Link scratched his ear. "But, Zelda gave me that time back after we defeated Ganondorf."

[not_the_question]

"How did she manage that?"

Because he's a Time Lord and even he can't do that.

[younghero]

"She's a sage...and she used the Ocarina of Time."

Short answer: Magic.

[not_the_question]

"This... Ocarina of Time... What is it? How does it work? What does it do?"

Because Time is his thing. Why would anyone mess with the fabric of time?

[younghero]

Link held up the cobalt and gold instrument. "My Zelda gave it back to me. If you play the right song you can travel through time....or across Hyrule."

He'd play to demonstrate, but he didn't know if it would work here.

[not_the_question]

"Music as time travel... the TARDIS would be jealous. What's Hyrule?"

All these foreign names. He's not in the states now. Where had he ended up. And why?

[younghero]

"It's a world....a kingdom. The Gorons, Zora, Hylians, Kokiri all live there. Termina is another world, it's almost a mirror of Hyrule in some ways. I've been to both."

Link was glad he had found someone who believed him.

[not_the_question]

"Ah different planets and different... ruling parties."

Okay, he can work with that. He's done all sorts of travelling.

"So... how did you end up here?"

Wherever 'here' is....

[younghero]

"I walked. S'better than getting to Termina, I fell there."

Link smiled a little.