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[The cold air that rips across Hyrule Field is particularly savage today- a harsh storm the previous night having left every bare tree branch in Hyrule encased in a sheet of perfectly clear ice. The snowy ground, previously soft and fluffy, has also been frozen hard as concrete ( Read more... )

[There was a guard here when he was a kid, a guard in that Keaton mask. Since he isn't here, well... the guard's former post is as good a place as any, so he kneels against the wall and starts checking over his gear. He should be fine -- he always is, after all -- but he still has that voice in his head nagging him to check all of his gear before ( Read more... )

[In the center of Hyrule Field there is a strange sight that has appeared overnight. Most of the residents of Hyrule wouldn't recognize what it is, but the muns should.

It is a large-screen TV. Every video game system in creation is attached to this TV at once magically. An enormous freestanding shelf holds every video game ever made -- there are ( Read more... )

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[In Hyrule Field between Castle Town and Kakariko Village there is a white canopy. Next to the white canopy flaps a white flag; under the white canopy is a white table. Sitting at this table is the King of Evil and Darkness, looking unconcerned and absorbed in a novel of questionable quality. Tea is set up, but his novel is so engrossing the tea ( Read more... )

[It's what should be the dawn of the First Day, though the man stirring on the cot in the Castletown guardhouse wouldn't know it as such ( Read more... )

( The Events Preceding ;; Written by hero_of_smash, edited by severs_twilight )

[It's another beautiful day in Hyrule. The sky is clear, the weather warm, the lakewater cool. And then there's a gasp as a person surfaces from beneath the water, his long blond hair a curtain over his face. Ah, it's been so long since he could just relax and swim like this.

[He glances back towards his gear laying on the shore, but it's all ( 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... )