gliding across the skies [an arrival, not a dream]

[winged_scholar]

[A golden winged hawk glides down currents of air, circling and circling as he searches for yet another character to add to the mismatched collection in the ancient sky book. He needs to seek this out for the hero and by helping the hero he will aid the princess, the slender and sad princess he wants nothing more than to hold and comfort

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[elixirsoup]

*A chibi Link looks up from the map he was studying at the mention of the word "Hyrule".*

You mean this is Hyrule!?

[winged_scholar]

[Shad looks slightly startled and rubs at his spectacles.]

It would appear to be. Why?

[elixirsoup]

Th-that's what the other me said... but it's not underwater!

[winged_scholar]

[Shad frowns.]

Why would Hyrule be under water?

[hylianxsheikah]

[It's a lovely thing, sitting in the grass watching the hawk spiral over the field, wings spread wide against the blue sky. It gives Zelda a feeling of peace, though no little sense of longing as well, wishing for the freedom exemplified in that flight. She's delighted to see the hawk come down so close to her.]

[...Seeing it transform into a man is not what she was expecting. Zelda climbs to her feet, eyes widened, too startled to think of anything to say.]

[winged_scholar]

[Shad finds it strange himself, when he steps outside to think about it objectively. When he spots Zelda he pauses, her beauty nearly taking his breath away.]

High...highness?

[hylianxsheikah]

[He recognizes her...she doesn't know him, but likely he's from some other time, with some other Princess Zelda.] I'm sorry...I don't know your name. You--how did you transform like that?

[winged_scholar]

[Shad smiles a little. Poor darling...she's a bit confused, isn't she?]

Shad, your highness. I'm the royal scholar.

[earthtriplicity]

[he's been walking around the field, wondering why a field that should have only been a cathedral and a grassland had so much... topography. Sure, it was as good a time as any for him to review for exam, but he would have much preferred the option of logging out of 'Hyrule'.

Attention moving to the sky, the hawk doesn't make an impression on him originally... At least, not until it landed and turned into a guy. What? When did a morphing character class come into effect?]

[have a baffled and oddly dressing Hero goes 'O_O' in your direction, oh feathered bookworm]

[winged_scholar]

[Shad gives the young hero a shy smile.]

Why, those are new clothes! Didn't imagine there'd be much of anything like that laying around.

[earthtriplicity]

[a pause before he returns the smile. The other player seemed nice enough...

Until he's asked about his clothes again]

[a baffled look before he looks at his own character model. The outfits in Sol Invictus didn't skimp on details but it wasn't as if they were- oh, right, this wasn't suppose to be part of the 'game'. like he was going to believe something. Just... Have to wait for the replies to his PMs

Looking up again, a quick message skims across the 'screen']

» These are the clothes that came with the character model.

[winged_scholar]

[Shad frowns slightly, trying to work that out.]

Character model?

[glimmeringdusk]

[ After her encounter with the Shad she met in the village, Zelda decides she needed to be alone for a while, to simply think about things, and come to terms with what has happened to her and with the fact that the Shad she knows and longs for is not here. So, it is with a heavy heart she sits in the field, head resting in her hands.

At first, she doesn't notice the man standing there, until she hears him speak. She freezes, that voice, she knows that voice. She jerks her gaze up and it falls on him. Heart twisting within her, she stands, her gaze hardening as it lands on him. Another false Shad, she assumes, another to look upon and feel her heart to break with every gaze.

Hello, Shad.

[winged_scholar]

[Shad turns and stands stock still before sinking to his knees in the grass, head bent and eyes downcast.]

My lady. My...my highness.

[glimmeringdusk]

[Zelda feels herself wobble slightly at the sight of him, but she shakes herself out of it. Her eyes travel over him, every single detail exactly as she remembered.]

Oh, how hard this will be...[Her voice is a whisper, a hushed tone that those with only the sharpest of ears could hear. She takes several steps towards him, a hand reaching out but falling back to her side and clenching the soft skirts.]

That...is unnecessary, Shad. Please.

[winged_scholar]

[Shad stands on shaky knees, eyes wide as he drinks her in. His beauty--his princess.]

Milady. As usual, I am in utter awe of you. How may I serve you this day?