vatheon | Siren's Call

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Siren's Call

Who: Siren!Zelda and your unfortunate male characters
Where: Vatheon, anywhere she decides to appear (but usually just out of reach)
When: February 10th, all day
Style: Either
Status: Open

[Zelda has finally lost most of herself to the curse. She doesn't know why, but she feels like she has to sing for anyone that will listen. If approached, she doesn't stop, she just backs up slowly and keeps singing...]

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[Link felt more like himself than he had... well, ever. His clothing may be that of a Hyrulian knight, but his heart beats the tempo of Courage and he's spent the days of the curse helping others in any way he can, from retrieving cuccos to slaying beasts, and moving on to the next place to do the same, always keeping an ear to the ground for word of his princess, unable to shake the vague feeling that he should be rescuing her from some great evil, threatening to engulf the world.

But here she is, calmly singing with that familiar harp of Sheik's. No matter that her ears are wings, he would recognize Zelda anywhere. His princess.

Link approaches her quietly, the song she sings giving reverence to his otherwise eager footsteps.]

Zelda?

[Zelda looks up from her playing with a very out of place grin playing across her lips. She stands and dashes just out of reach, continuing the song.]

[There's something off here, something wrong, but Link isn't going to let Zelda out of his sight. He follows after, noting the song sounds familiar but off. Almost... backwards.

That's it, isn't it? Stopping mid-stride he pulls his ocarina from his hat and begins to play the song the right way around. Her song; Zelda's Lullaby. It seems like the thing to do, perhaps to break the spell she seems to be under.]

[She stops in her tracks and stares at him silently, her intention to lead him off a cliff completely forgotten. It's Link. It's not Sola, it's the real Link, and he's playing her song just like Impa taught him. She drops her precious harp in shock.]

Link...?

Zelda, you're alright. [He smiles in relief and half walks, half runs up to her now that she's not retreating.] I was worried. If there's monsters around that means Ganondorf is too, but I haven't seen any other sign. I'm glad I found you before he did.

[What he really wants to do is cup her cheek in his hand and embrace her, but he's far too shy. They've only spoken a few times, after all, and mostly to send him on the right path, but he still cares for her, still drawn to her in some inexplicable way. There's a connection he's convinced has to be more than just his imagination, but too nervous to ask if she feels too. It should wait until Ganondorf is defeated, anyway.

Instead of touching her, he bends down to pick up her harp and hand it back.] Don't worry. I'll keep you safe.

[She takes it back. With her mind in such disarray, she doesn't think to question why Ganondorf would be here. Wherever... "here" is.]

He is here, then? We must not allow him to gain control of the Triforce!

[Zelda holds her hand out to him.]

Come. I have a place that I've been staying.

[He's about to reach out and take her hand when it suddenly dawns on him.

She's naked.

Completely nude. In the buff.

Her hair may be hanging strategically (was it always that long?) but it doesn't leave much to the imagination at all.

Turning a brilliant shade of scarlet, Link whirls around with his back to the princess and digs in his hat for his blue tunic, holding it towards her without looking and his arm stiff as a rod.]

U-uuh I think you should p-put this on first!

[What was that?]

[OH GODDESSES SHE'S NAKED WHY IS SHE NAKED?!]

I-I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!

[She pulls on the tunic hurriedly, tugging it to be sure it falls properly so she doesn't flash Link.

Again.]

I'm, ah, I'm dressed now... I don't know how that happened, this place is so strange.

[And for some reason she's recalling a unicorn telling her to put on some clothes and a blond man with strange ears blushing and looking away. Curious.]

It is. I mean, it's Hyrule but it's not. Ganon's done something to it. [He shakes his head, finally turning around.] We need to get you somewhere safe so I can get to the bottom of this and set things right again. You said you were staying somewhere?

[Zelda stops and looks to him hesitantly. This isn't Hyrule. Hyrule is her life, she would know it no matter what sort of curse she was under.]

This is not Hyrule, Link. This is... Vatheon...

[Her brow wrinkles up in confusion.]

This must be a curse. One of Lamufao's curses. Yes, this one was about fairy tales, about a prince and a princess who forgot who they were...

[And only a kiss would break the spell. She steps over to him with her jaw set. Does she love Link? She's not sure. It's something beyond love, something that echoes through time and space - but if they might be the pair that need to find each other, she won't hold back. Zelda takes hold of both of his hands and looks up at him quietly.]

[Link's breath catches in his throat as she takes his hands. The look she's giving him, it's one he doesn't recognize, but somehow makes his stomach do mild flips anyway. Not necessarily bad flips, but flips all the same.

A prince and a princess? Sure, she's a princess, and she hadn't seemed to know who she was when he found her, but he's no prince. He's just... Link. from the forest. Just a fairy boy adventurer, no one special.]

What's a Lamufao? [He shifts his feet nervously under her set gaze, glad for his gloves because he can feel his palms starting to sweat.]

Close... your eyes, alright?

[It's too hard to do with him looking right at her like that. It's also too hard to clarify what she's about to do, so he'd best not ask.]

And what might we have here?

[Shinra slinks forward, his powerful feline body pulling his human ears closer to the alluring sound of a woman's voice.
A fair maiden to challenge to a riddle...how perfect. The sphinx was starting to feel hungry after a day prowling through the forest.]

[This siren has no desire to lure monsters like herself to their doom, only men. She lowers her harp, looking mildly disappointed, then pauses. Didn't she have a sphinx that was following her around? She'd given him... something. What was his name?]

Is that you, Duke? No, I suppose the coloring is wrong...

I think you might have the wrong sphinx.

[Which was a bit strange in itself.
Shinra takes a step forward and stares up at the siren, a curious frown on his face. This girl looks so familiar...]

I'm Shinra, master of medical riddles and scholarly denizen of the forest.

Good to meet you, Shinra. I am Hylia.

[She dipped her head to him. Zelda doesn't quite remember her name, and Hylia (usually her last name) seems fitting.]

[In the woods perhaps? Well that is where Sir Reynard is, oh, or uh, wait no, I mean Summoner. Well, ...kind of. He's almost completely gone.]

[The dressed fox makes his way through the woods, having learned them so well, as well as it's residents, about and about he scampers, trying to find something of value, someone of value, but naught a single of 'his friends' does he find. Soon though, he comes across what appears to be... a female? Some species he's seen around here and there. Human, right right. A rather pretty one at that... hmm.]

[~~Lysunder~~ Reynard sniffed the air momentarily before moving quietly to a nearby bush, eyes peering through the leaves.]

The pleasure's all mine.

[Hylia...nope, doesn't ring a bell. At least he won't have any remorse if he ends up eating her.
Shinra trods closer to Hylia, a courteous smile on his face.]

If you've met a sphinx before, than you must have correctly answered their riddle. I'm impressed.

[The quiet rustle was not missed by the siren, but she continues her song anyway. She has no interest in harming a little forest creature that makes its home here. No, her interest lies with bigger prey.

Still, it seems as if no one is around. She pauses, then launches into a jaunty rendition of Saria's Song (though she wouldn't know the name if asked) instead. Maybe the little animal will like that better.]

It was nothing, really. He did not wish to devour people, so I freed him of his compulsion to stay in that spot by answering his questions.

[She'd been so confident then that she could defend herself from a sphinx, but now... she was less confident. Those large paws were frightening.]

...do you wish to devour people?

Hmm~ [A smile as he listens before slowly creeping out of the bush. Reynard watches for a bit longer before standing to his hind legs and dusting himself off, awaiting the end of the song before he speaks.]

Oh how fair. My wife would be jealous of such a maiden if I was foolish to bring attention of it to her.

Oh my, you can speak? How interesting!

[She looks amused, resting her chin on her hands.]

I suppose you should not tell your wife, then!

Hmm, or maybe I should? Perhaps she would be just as enchanted. If not her I could tell any of my dear cousins. [he chuckles, small paws stepping a bit closer.]

Or dear Hinze, if I ever can find the boy.

Why don't you tell me about him? I might have a song that would call to him.

[Zelda smiles pleasantly. Such a cute little fox, though why he wants to wear human clothes is beyond her. Who likes clothes?]

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Siren's Call

yes he thinks he's Link :D

And looks like him too!

This is gonna have the worst fallout after the fact.

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She answered all the riddles of the other Sphinx. Better watch that Triforce of Wisdom! XD

don't worry, Sphinxra's got a few tricks up his sleeves! er, paws...

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