[Nothing like a sunny day for some spring cleaning. Not that it's exactly spring yet--the day is bright but chill, and there's still snow on the ground--but at least it's not as cold, wet, gray and all around unpleasant as most of the other days he's spent in this world have been so far. And the little house in Kakariko that one of the Zeldas found ( Read more... )

[Zelda had bided her time with actually interacting with any of the locals. There were several reasons for this, one being she didn't actually know what had happened to her, and wasn't entirely certain she should trust the word of someone she had just met and who had given her a nickname for himself as opposed to a real name. She'd finally come out ( Read more... )

[From the white shores of Lake Hylia, a THUNK of steel against wood rings out across the still, frozen water. Another thunk, then another, and at last the tree branch Link has been hacking at gives way. The Master Sword reduced to a woodcutter's tool--it's probably some sort of blasphemy, but it's not like he has any other choice. Shivering ( Read more... )

[The voices sing their memories in his head, a thousand dreams crashing into nightmares...]

( ...and still he runs on. )

[He's used to this, the ever-familiar feeling of the world fading away and then reforming around him -- it happens every time he enters a new dream. The world solidifies; snow-covered grass crunches beneath his boots.

[Snow...? It's been a while since he's seen that. Not many people dream of winter. He kneels down and scoops up a handful of it, ( Read more... )

[The Postman promptly delivers the following message; he has special rates for ultimatums and ransom letters:]


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[The mountain village is where his princess is. The lake is where she was.

[He'd almost managed to convince himself that it had all been but a very strange dream until then. But now... if she can come here, if she can be here, then... is she really just a dream? Was Koholint ever just a dream at all?

[Despite the many questions, he has no answers ( Read more... )

[Ladies and gentlemen, and creatures of all shapes and sizes! We interrupt your daily fighting/fighting/fighting/etc. to bring you this very special news bulletin!]

[If you will please turn your attention to your surroundings, you will notice that there are multitudes of parchment flyers distributed throughout the entirety of Hyrule. You may have ( Read more... )

Following the great Battle of Kakariko Village, the heroes of Hyrule assess the situation. By the mercy of the Three, there were no known casualties, and Hyrule's own latent magic soon sets to work restoring the destroyed buildings -- the burned homes, the collapsed watchtower -- and replenishing food supplies ( Read more... )

[The unexpected happens in the middle of the night, though it begins so gradually it would be hard to detect. Over the course of days, the well has been emitting darkness into the town. The amount has steadily increased this night, so much so that it can be palpably seen and felt, sitting like an uneasy fog, obscuring the few lights. It is ( Read more... )