Investigation

[zelda_hylia]

Who: Zelda and ALL THE PEOPLE
Where: All over Vatheon, even on the island a bit
When: January 18-23rd, day and night (though not too late at night)
Style: Either
Status: Open!


Maybe you notice the princess staring too long at something, or maybe you notice the Sheikah scaling new heights to investigate those hard to reach places - but Zelda is definitely on the prowl for information now that the faeries are gone. She wisely avoids the ruins of the church, but nowhere else public seems to be beyond her interest. At least she doesn't break into people's houses like the other Hylian here in Vatheon.

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[kingwithnocrown]

Unsurprisingly enough, Zelda is being watched. And you'll never guess by who.

Well that's right. Orihara Izaya. On his usual prowl throughout Vatheon, he had noticed Zelda as he was just about to leave the restaurant he'd eaten dinner at. So, he had decided to follow after the princess. It had been a while since he had so much as spoken to the woman. What could she possibly be doing out this late?

He walks after her silently for quite a while, until finally, he decides to present herself.

It's somewhere in the park that he decides to step out from behind one of the many trees, a calm smile on his face.

"Princess Zelda," he greeted, "Good evening. What's got you out and about tonight?"

[zelda_hylia]

Oh, great. Well now she couldn't turn into Sheik to take a peek in those trees! If Izaya had left any means of monitoring what was put the laptop, he would probably be able to guess that Sheik at least was investigating what happened to the faeries - there had been a very detailed file on the poor thing's anatomy in comparison to the faeries of Hyrule inputted not long after they all exploded.

Zelda was all smiles when she turned to Izaya. "Hello, Izaya. I'm taking a walk around the city. That curse was dreadful, I think I have a bit of cabin fever."

She wasn't adverse to telling him more, but she wouldn't reveal what she was doing that easily. She wanted to see if Izaya was doing something similar first.

[kingwithnocrown]

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Sheik or Zelda would never know. Either way, that wasn't at the front of Izaya's mind. Instead, he was simply curious as to what had Zelda looking all over Vatheon. He wondered if maybe she had lost something. He stared at her smile emptily and tilted his head to the side, sliding his eyes away from Zelda to instead look around at where they currently were.

"Yes, it was," he agreed after a moment. "It came at a very inconvenient time to say the least," he said with a heavy sigh before he looked back at Zelda out of the corner of his eye.

"So why are you exploring around Vatheon this late at night? Did the princess lose something?"

Suddenly, he's that much closer to Zelda and leaning in close to her personal space. "I'd imagine that Sheik would be a lot more efficient at this job than you? But then again..." he trailed off, waltzing around Zelda in a complete circle until he stopped next to her, still leaning down with a smirk now present on his face.

"It's very interesting that he doesn't live with you. I thought that he did? Odd that he doesn't appear on the residential registrar though," he said. Or rather it was more or less his registrar. He kept a close eye on where everyone lived. It was valuable information really. "Ah and I never knew you had such a cruel side to yourself, Zelda! The way you treat poor Link. Shame. He's no better than a child and yet you're so negative towards hm. Tsk, tsk. But I guess I shouldn't be too surprised since you find company with someone like Shizu-chan."

Yes, Zelda, he has been watching you closely.

[zelda_hylia]

Oh, she had definitely been cooped up for too long. There was probably something wrong with her for thinking this was fun. "Well, I must have done something special to warrant such attention from you," she said wryly. "So many questions, what order shall I answer them in?"

The princess rested the hand that bore the mark of the Triforce on her hip. "You are correct. A Sheikah is far more efficient at searching for something than I would be. But it is not as if they can see every detail. Different people focus on different things. Sheik and I are both searching Vatheon today. As for why he doesn't appear on the registrar - how am I to know? If the loss of the faeries are any indication, there is trouble with Vatheon's administration currently."

Her eyes darkened as she continued. "As for the replica of Link - do you really think that's good for him, by the way, to refer to him with someone else's name? He needs his own - I did overreact the first couple times we met. He was created by my enemy. I am not infallible. It pleases me that he is being cared for, because I do not think I could do it. I am a little curious why you decided to do it, but I am grateful. Can we agree to not talk about it further? It isn't a topic I'm comfortable with."

[kingwithnocrown]

"Nyaha, yeah, you did. You existed, princess." It was a fair enough argument. It was pretty typical for Izaya to find random interest in whoever seemed worthy at the time. Granted, Zelda had quite a bit going for her what with the additional mystery of Sheik. Not to mention her general, odd, kindness. Which made him wonder...

"Say Zelda," he said, "Why are you kind to me? Do you want to understand me? Or something like that?" he asked, his voice seemingly sincerely curious. Not as much prying.

As for the mention of the handsome blond guardian, Izaya's smile remained still and gentle. "I miss Sheik. He's very handsome," he said, watching Zelda's face. "I'll have to keep my eye out for him," he said and looked away from Zelda as though he expected to see the man in question sweep by. Of course, he did not. "Is that the conclusion you've made? Ah...Link was very concerned with the death of his fairy. I hadn't seen him so upset before," Izaya said, recalling how his roommate had been so blatantly distressed.

"Someone else's name? My, Zelda, do you come from a world in which there is no one with the same name? My name is pretty unusual from my world but I'm still not the only one who's ever had it," Izaya said, his tone condescending as ever. "Besides, don't you think it's cruel to hold that against him when he was simply created in his current existence. He's just a child, Zelda. Mentally anyway. I'm helping him with that though. Ah? Why, Zelda, I've had such a horrible reputation that I've decided to be good. I want to redeem myself and I want people to actually like me. It's not really a charity case but I highly doubt that he'd judge me as others might. I selected my roommates very carefully. Ion is just as sweet and innocent. Okay, and he's also very easy on the eyes but that's okay, isn't it?"

He knew that he was rambling but that wasn't the most uncommon thing for Izaya. Either way, despite his claim to desire a reasonable reputation, his expression didn't change once. "Of course, Zelda. Most people are uncomfortable with admitting to their flaws. I understand. How has the princess been otherwise?"

[ashihara]

Chitose was also wandering around the Plaza early in the afternoon. However, it was only because she had been wondering if a certain person would arrive soon. As much as she didn't want that person to arrive, another part of her does. There are things that she needed to discuss with her and they need to talk about it now.

As she sat by the Plaza, she noticed something rather odd. Hasn't she seen this person pass by a couple of times already? Was there something she was looking for? Normally Chitose wouldn't randomly go up to talk to people but she needed to get her mind off of Mathias. "Is there something you need, miss?" Although she was sure she talked to her before, she never got her name.

[zelda_hylia]

Zelda turned to look at the girl addressing her. She seemed intelligent - hadn't they spoken before? She'd wanted to know what weaknesses Link's shadow might have.

"Not in particular. I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself the last time we spoke, did I? My name is Zelda," she said, offering her hand.

[ashihara]

There was a small smile on Chitose. "It's not a problem, I should have introduced myself earlier as well. I am Chitose, it's a pleasure to meet you." She said before giving her hand out.

"Are you sure? I have been seeing you around lately."

[zelda_hylia]

"It's good to meet you, Chitose."

Zelda looked up at the dome. "I am sure. I wanted to see if anything was different now, but it all seems the same. It's rather frustrating."

It was infuriating, even. Was there not trouble with Vatheon's leadership, then? Did they just explode all those creatures for fun?

[replicatedcourage]

Once again in the shadows of the park trees, Dark Link sat to mourn the loss of poor Navi. As comforting as his roommates had tried to be, he couldn't fill the hole the loss had left in him, and so he has sought solace in the city's park. A poor excuse for a forest, but the closest he had in this strange land.

What if I should have saved her? What if I failed at saving all of the faeries? He rubbed his neck, shifting uncomfortably on the branch. I've got to get to the bottom of why this happened and make whoever did it pay!

A rustle in the leaves of the tree next to his caught his ears, snapping him from his thoughts. "Hello?"

[zelda_hylia]

Hearing Link's voice, Sheik froze. Ah, that was right - it wasn't Link. There was no use in hiding now. He leapt over to the replica's tree like it's what he had intended all along.

"Hello," he said quietly.

[replicatedcourage]

Dark Link swung one foot over the branch so he could look Sheik in the face. Er. Mask.

"You're the guy from the other day, the other person from Hyrule. You didn't tell me your name." The shadow looks to the side, breaking eye contact. "Did... did you hear about the faeries?"

[zelda_hylia]

He looked so dejected. Sheik could hardly stand it. He nodded, settling down nearby.

"I saw. It was cruel. I didn't know they were actually alive until then," he admitted. After considering it for a little while, he continued. "My name is Sheik."

[demonicbookworm]

When Ruca noticed Zelda, he hesitated a little, before approaching her. She seemed staring at something, but Ruca couldn't guess what exactly was it, even when he looked in the same direction she did.

"Hello, Miss Zelda." he greeted eventually. A soft smile appeared on his face.

[zelda_hylia]

Zelda stirred from her thoughts and smiled at Ruca, turning to face him. "Hello, Ruca. It's been a little while, hasn't it? How have you been?"

She folded her hands in front of her politely. "Were you safe during the recent curse?"

[demonicbookworm]

"Oh, I've been well and I hope you have been, too... Um, and the curse didn't bother me too much." He answered quickly. And yes, "too much". Ruca didn't have a lot of people to talk to, so he managed not to confess anything really important either.

"But... what happened recently..." thinking about what happened to those poor fairies, he saddened a little.

[zelda_hylia]

"With the faeries? It was quite disturbing. I thought that they were constructs, but it seems they were alive."

Zelda rested a hand on his shoulder. "Faeries do not live in the same way that you and I do, though. If they were true faeries, they have merely abandoned their forms in this world and returned to their own."

Any friend of Medic's is a friend of Heavy's (and mine. :B)

[sandvich_good]

It was obvious from the start that Heavy wasn't paying attention to where he was going. And to be far, you couldn't blame him with all the stuff he was carrying. The base was almost done, but Heavy still had to pick up some supplies. And he'll be carrying that huge stack of said supplies when he almost crashing into Zelda, getting out of her way but dropping several packages as well.

"Oh, am sorry! Did not see you there."

Yay~ I think the person Zelda was going to get ahold of to paint the base dropped, sob

[zelda_hylia]

That man was massive. Zelda backed away a couple steps, then relaxed slowly when he proved himself to not be hostile.

"I-it's quite alright. Here, you dropped some things." The princess knelt down to pick up a couple of the packages. "Quite the shopping trip!"

It's alright, it's the thought that counts anyway. Am sure Medic will not mind much.

[sandvich_good]

He hadn't even realized he dropped something, so Heavy was grateful for that. "Thank you!" he gave a slight smile after saying that and put the packages down and stretched a bit. "Da, is big trip. Am working on finishing base. Still have many things to build." he took the packages from her hand and placed them on the pile on the ground. Might as well take a break.

I hope you can manage sufficient amounts of RED on your own~

[zelda_hylia]

"That must be a lot of work. Were the buildings already in the city not satisfying to you?"

She looked over the supplies curiously, but didn't handle them.

[typeadvantage]

It wasn't Cheren that noticed Zelda at first, being so preoccupied with checking over the Pokemon he had obtained during his previous stay in Vatheon and had just recently recovered. Indeed, it was Espeon that first noticed the princess, pausing in the middle of his training to look at her. Cheren, naturally, has to check to see what exactly is distracting his Espeon, since interrupting training is a big deal, okay.

"Hey. Do you need something?"

[zelda_hylia]

At first she was irritated that her search was being interrupted again, but then she laid eyes on the Espeon. That has got to be the cutest. thing. EVER. She lit up as she turned to them.

"No, not in particular. May I ask what the creature with you is? Is it sentient?" She tilted her head, looking down at Espeon. It seemed intelligent, at least.

[typeadvantage]

Espeon tilts his head in response, his tail swishing from side to side as he watches Zelda curiously. Since you know, new people are interesting and all that. Cheren, on the other hand, raises an eyebrow at Zelda's question. While he did know that many people in Vatheon came from different world and were unfamiliar with Pokemon, that sort of question was still sort of odd for him to hear. Pokemon were Pokemon.

"Well, of course he is," he replied. "Most Pokemon are, especially Psychic-types like Espeon."

[zelda_hylia]

"Psychic? How fascinating. Can you speak telepathically, Espeon?" Zelda had received telepathic messages before, and she would definitely like to refine the ability. She does seem to realize that she's interrupting something after a beat or two.

"I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Zelda."