A Young Hylian

[younghero]

Not much to see here.

Just a ten-year-old boy, dressed in a green tunic, sword and shield strapped to his back. Despite being armed, he's smiling pleasantly whenever someone makes eye-contact, and gawking at the sights like any other kid. It's obvious he has no ill-intentions.

After meandering around for a while, the boy sits down on a bench and drinks milk from a glass bottle. When he feels a little more comfortable, he asks a question.

"Have you seen a fairy around here?"

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[chiron_survivor]

It's not entirely unusual for a child to be walking around the Nexus unattended, but Adia does not take the sight lightly. Is he lost? He's dressed like a warrior, but he's acting his age...

"I don't think so," she answers. "What does it look like?"

[younghero]

"Well, she's small, and her light and wings are blue. Her name is Navi."

Link put his empty bottle in a pouch on his belt, and smiled politely.

"She's hard to miss."

[chiron_survivor]

"No, I haven't seen her, then," Adia says regretfully. "Um... do you know where you are? Are you lost?"

[younghero]

The boy's face fell slightly hearing that Navi wasn't around, but, perked back up at her question.

"Nope, I'm not lost. I'm just someplace new. I'm--not sure what this place is called, but..." He rubbed his neck and grinned a little ruefully. "My name's Link."

[chiron_survivor]

Adia smiles a little at his reply. It's an adventurous attitude to have. "It's nice to meet you, Link. I'm Adia. You're in a place called the Nexus. You probably wandered here through a portal. If you retrace your steps, I'll bet you can find your way back."

[younghero]

Magic portals, time travel, it was all fairly normal to Link.

"Ah! I guess Navi's probably not here---or anyone else from Hyrule, I suppose. It's nice to meet you too, Adia."

He glanced in the direction he came, and nodded. Easy enough to find his way back. Nothing to worry about there.

[chiron_survivor]

"Well, you never know. Sometimes people run into alternates of those that they know. Is that where you're from? Hyrule?" She looks relieved that he's confident about finding his way back. She wouldn't be much help if he couldn't.

[younghero]

"Yeah. I'm from the Kokiri Forest, but, I've been staying here and there lately. I wouldn't mind seeing people from home! Even if they're from the wrong time. It'd be neat!"

Specifically a certain princess, but, he wouldn't mind seeing Malon or Saria either.

[chiron_survivor]

She wishes she had his enthusiasm. "Not just the wrong time," she corrects gently. "They might be from a world that's similar to yours, but not the same."

[younghero]

Link paused to consider that. Another Hyrule....different from the two timelines he already knew. He wondered if that meant there was another him out there.

"I guess as long as it's Hyrule."

[chiron_survivor]

She's glad that he's taking a moment to think over her words. She would hate for him to be unpleasantly surprised by an alternate, especially at his age. "You're the first person from Hyrule that I've met." She smiles. "What's it like?"

[younghero]

Her question instantly made him brighten.

"Hyrule is amazing! It's beautiful! There's fields, mountains, forests, and a lake---there's villages and Hyrule castle---and the people are wonderful! Besides Hylians, there's the Zora, and the Gorons, and the Kokiri---it's the best. I'm going to be a Knight someday and help keep everyone safe forever."

[chiron_survivor]

She's starting to get a better sense of the world Link is from. "It sounds lovely." She points to his sword and shield. "Is that why you're carrying those? You're training to be a knight?"

[younghero]

"Not--not yet."

Link hesitated. "I was a hero, but, I got sent back in time, and no one remembers it but me and Navi. I carry a sword and shield because I'm a decent swordsman and I try to train people when I can."

[chiron_survivor]

Adia's eyes widen in surprise. She's heard a lot of stories in the Nexus, but this is the first person she's met who has been sent back in time. "That sounds hard to adjust to," she says simply, before adding, "You might find people here who'd like to be trained. There is an anti-violence field that extends around the Plaza and a few other areas, though, so no one would get hurt."

[braveheartclara]

Clara wasn't expecting to see a young child out in the Nexus all by themselves, and she looks a little worried. And she doesn't seem to realize that he's armed, or if she does she thinks of the weapon as nothing more than a toy.

She wanders over towards the bench with a cup of hot cocoa in her hand, and she kneels down to Link's level. "Don't believe I've seen any fairies here. But from what I've heard this place is pretty special."

[younghero]

Link smiled at her, trying not to let his disappointment show. "Thank you. If---if you do see a little blue fairy named Navi, can you let her know that Link is looking for her?"

[braveheartclara]

"I'll let your fairy friend know you're looking for her if I see her. But can you tell me a little bit more about her? This way I don't end up getting her confused with another fairy."

Clara figures there are other fairies who call this Nexus place home. But she still has to the address the bigger issue of a child wandering around without a parent or an adult.

"What about you? This place is awfully big, and you look a bit young to be out here by yourself."

[younghero]

"Navi is about this big---" he held his hands fairly close together, "her light and wings are blue, and she's pretty chatty."

Link felt sheepish at her concern. He was just a child, but, he wasn't sure how to react when treated like one sometimes. Partially because he had been through so much, and partially because so few people treated him his age.

"Oh, I'm fine. Don't worry about me," he laughed.

[braveheartclara]

"Gottcha!" Clara smiles and she finally takes a drink of her hot cocoa. "So, a chatty fairy with blue wings. It seems like your friend Navi won't be all that hard to find."

Clara takes another sip of her drink, and she points a finger towards the bench. "May I?" And even if she put faith in The Doctor when it came to the children previously under her charge, she knows that the world is full of dangers but it is still worth exploring. But still she's concerned about the kid.

"This place is pretty big, and even with this anti violence field, I still would feel awkward about not worrying about you." She offers Link a warm and friendly smile. "It's just the teacher in me, that's all."

[younghero]

He nodded and let her sit beside him, scooting so she would have more room.

"I'm pretty good with a sword," Link replied cheerfully, trying to reassure her, not realizing that most people were not comforted by a ten-year-old proclaiming competency with weapons.

"What do you teach? I've never been to school before. My friend Saria taught me to read and I can write my name."

[braveheartclara]

Clara seats herself down besides Link, and she places her cup down on the ground besides her feet. With a bright and cheery smile on her face, Clara looks impressed about Link's sword swinging skills. Or as impressed as one can be when it comes to a kid knowing how to swing a sword, or perhaps Clara wants to think it is a wooden sword and not a real one.

"Oh, that's good to know!" She responds with her own cheerful voice, and she places her hands on her knees. "I teach English." Clara sounds proud, and she takes in Link's clothing and his appearance a little more.

"Do you like reading?" She sounds curious, as she tilts her head to the side. "Because, if you do I heard there is a gigantic library here in the Nexus."

[chocolatechipbadass]

Weird that Tina isn't the youngest in the Plaza all of a sudden. She's perched on the back of a nearby couch messing around with something sticking out of a stuffed rabbit plush until the kids speaks up. She's quick to put her toys away and hop down to approach.

"I sure ain't but I would so be up for catching one. I don't think I've never seen a fairy before, kid."

[younghero]

Link laughed and shook his head.

"Oh, man, she would hate it if someone tried to catch her. But, um, if there's healing fairies, those are fair game. You'd need a bottle to put them in, though."

He tried to picture the chewing out that would occur if someone tried to put Navi in a bottle, and despite himself ended up grinning again.

[chocolatechipbadass]

"Is she your friend? That's tiiiiight! My friends are all bigger than me. I don' think you could make a bottle big enough to hold Brick in, but damn would that be funny to try."

Tina's a mess of scraped knees, patched up clothes, and bright semi wild eyes. She grins toward the other kid's way.

"Whats she look like?"

[younghero]

"Navi's about this big, she's got a blue light and blue wings. She's the smallest of my friends, but, she's really brave."

He grinned back at her.

[fuego_de_valor]

"Are you talking about a Fairy Pokemon?"

Candela is just walking around the Nexus today, needing some extra space from other adults, so seeing Link's young face is refreshing. She doesn't take a seat next to him yet, just stands a respectful distance away.

"I can help you search, if you'd like."

[younghero]

"Pokemon? No--no, I don't think so. She's just a fairy companion. Not a healing fairy and not a Great Fairy."

He smiled cheerfully. "I'd appreciate help, sure!"

[fuego_de_valor]

"Ah, my bad. I'm still not used to certain things being different in other worlds. That still doesn't change my offer though; I'll do whatever I can to help you find your companion."

"I'm Candela. It's a pleasure to meet you." She gives Link a friendly smile, while extending one hand to him for a shake. "...So, is there a trick to finding fairies? Do they like certain places or things?"

[misterhix]

This one was young, like the one it saw before it.
Youth, linear time progression this one began and the one before it also began, there was a time before this small one just as there was time before it.
Looming towards the boy in green with a slow and possibly threatening certainty it dripped thick globs of sticky pink hair clumps onto the floor of the plaza as it moved to answer, to converse, to know more.
"INFORM, WHAT IS "FAIRY"?"
The voice, if it can be called that, was loud in the sense that it shot to the front of the mind, almost as unable to be ignored as a church bell ringing next door.

[younghero]

Link stared for a moment, hand halfway to his sword, before he realized it was speaking to him. He let his hand drop to his lap, keeping a wary eye on this new conversation partner.

"A fairy's a magical creature with wings. They can be guides and friends...they're small."

He held his hands a little ways apart.

[misterhix]

Parameters were set and no less than every life form it could reach in the Nexus met some criteria. Size was relative, it had no concept of the word "small". Magic was even more puzzling.
"EXPLAIN "MAGICAL"!"
It boomed into the boys head.

[younghero]

Link gritted his teeth, shaking his head.

"Could ya tone it down just a bit?"

Rubbing his temples, he explained, "Magic...magic is magic. You change things with your will, or because you've received a blessing."

[misterhix]

A new concept to understand, will.
It had no working concept of what desire or motive was. Steadily it floated on the spot, attempting to bring its understanding closer to the boys.
"FAIRY IS COMPANION."
It did not understand the idea of communication at a less jarring level but this message was conveyed slower.