It's that time again.

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[Spring's time has drawn to its end; its annual duties have concluded. Today is the day to awaken the Summer.]

[The Oracle of Seasons makes her way to the center of Hyrule Field. Hyrule has no Temple of Seasons, but she finds the field suitable to her work. It is bright, and open, and lets her commune with the spirits perfectly well.]

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[in_to_shadow]

[There's nothing like the sun when you've been deprived of it for several days. While normally the Sheikah would avoid direct sunlight, this time Sheik is relaxing in it, soaking in all the vitamin D he was deficiant in the warmth atop one of the low walls that dot the field.]

[Which is why he doesn't immediately notice the dancing girl nearby until the dance has already started - and then he can't look away.]

[It's like watching fire.]

[He starts as a bramble nearby suddenly grows blackberries. (Ripe ones, too, and beautifully sweet.) Licking a droplet of juice off his fingers, he sits and watches the dancing girl, waiting for the dance to end.]

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[Around and around and around she goes, and where she'll stop, nobody knows. Din is a blur of red and pink as she whips her legs in a mad pirouette, leaping across the field as she does. The grass is springy and fresh beneath her feet.]

[Finally she begins to slow, and with a final burst of energy, she culminates the dance in a spirited back handspring, landing on the field in a perfect split. She bows her upper half over the leg extended in front, not moving for a few seconds, letting her body relax. She'll observe her company presently.]

[in_to_shadow]

[Not quite sure what the correct protocol for watching a dance in the middle of the field, Sheik settles for clapping lightly, pushing off the wall and standing.]

[Not approaching her directly, he settles for calling out softly -] That was beautiful.

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Why thank you.

[Din looks up and regards the Sheikah curiously.]

I hope I didn't disturb you?

[in_to_shadow]

Not at all.

[The... he supposes it was a verse... words that she spoke before, he had caught the word summer towards the end, hadn't he? And that reminds him of the date, glancing up in to the clear blue sky and the bright sun overhead.]

The dance you did - it is because it is the solstice?

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[She thought a little. Good excuse, that.]

You could say that, yes. Celebrating the arrival of summer. I do a dance like this on all the solstices and equinoxes.

[in_to_shadow]

You're a dancer, then?

[Well, that much is obvious, at least. He ducks his head a bit, laughing softly.]

I mean - do you dance year-round, or just on the solstices and equinoxes?

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[Din laughs pleasantly.]

I dance often. At home I belong to a performing troupe....here, it's just fun.

[She gets gracefully to her feet.]

My name's Din. Yes, like the goddess; no, I'm not her.

[in_to_shadow]

[He smiles a little at the clarification - this must be the dancer from - where was it, Holodrum? - that Shad had told him about.]

I am glad to hear that - I imagine that if you were indeed the goddess, you'd be slightly more - ah, terrifying.

[Din is not his favourite goddess - if only because she is the patron of Ganondorf.]

[Partially to confirm that this is the same Din that Shad spoke of - ah, she must also be the other he had met with red eyes - he asks,] And where is home?

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[She's a little surprised by the question, but answers without any real trouble.]

Holodrum. It's a neighbor to Hyrule, at least in my own time. In this time, I don't know. And...who might you be?

[in_to_shadow]

[Holodrum... he isn't entirely sure he's heard of it, although the name rings a bell - didn't that odd Thing in the lava hot tub mention it at some point?]

...You wouldn't have happened to have heard of Subrosians, would you? One mentioned Holodrum before. [A beat.] He was very odd.

[There was a question there, wasn't there?] My name is Sheik, by the way.

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Subrosia? Sure, it's an underground realm that lies beneath Holodrum. The people down there are a little strange. Good, though.

[in_to_shadow]

[He laughs quietly, nodding.] Have you ever got a bizarre nickname from one? I was greeted as 'Mr Tall and Strangely-Attired'. [And 'Mr Pink and Squishy', but he's not getting in to that.]

How long have you been in Hyrule for?

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I don't think I've ever actually met one, so I can't say I have. That sounds amusing, though.

[She thinks.]

Let's see. I was here for the spring equinox, so...a little more than a season. You?

[in_to_shadow]

[He nods - not that long, then.] A little longer than you - I arrived at some point in winter. Perhaps... a little more than four months?

In this Hyrule, at least. I am from here, originally. Just... not this version.

[dancingseasons]

I hear that a lot. In fact, most people I've met are from some version of Hyrule that isn't this one.

[She does some limber stretches, not liking to stay still very long.]

I've yet to find anyone else from Holodrum. I did meet one man from Labrynna, though. And two people from a place called Termina.

[She prefers to not think about them, however.]