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Day 138 ;; Open
Who: Princess Mopesalot Zelda and OPEN
Open: Open
When: Day 138
Where: the Memorial
What: Zelda is paying her respects and being lost in thoughtagain
Format: Action
Warnings: Zilch
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[ Zelda had finally left the hospital a couple days ago and taken her scant belongings to one of the empty apartment rooms instead. Rather than lay abed for the entire day, Zelda was forcing herself to develop some sort of daily routine. It began when the cloudiness of "nighttime" subsided, at which time Zelda went to the memorial to pray. ]
[ There were no relics related to Hyrulean religion for Zelda to pray to, but she prayed anyway, kneeling solemnly. After her prayers, she sat on a wooden bench and began to write in a blank diary she had picked up at the Lost and Found. Anyone who sees her writing will be unable to read such a strange language. ]
[ Please interrupt her, whether during prayer or while she writes. ]
Open: Open
When: Day 138
Where: the Memorial
What: Zelda is paying her respects and being lost in thought
Format: Action
Warnings: Zilch
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[ Zelda had finally left the hospital a couple days ago and taken her scant belongings to one of the empty apartment rooms instead. Rather than lay abed for the entire day, Zelda was forcing herself to develop some sort of daily routine. It began when the cloudiness of "nighttime" subsided, at which time Zelda went to the memorial to pray. ]
[ There were no relics related to Hyrulean religion for Zelda to pray to, but she prayed anyway, kneeling solemnly. After her prayers, she sat on a wooden bench and began to write in a blank diary she had picked up at the Lost and Found. Anyone who sees her writing will be unable to read such a strange language. ]
[ Please interrupt her, whether during prayer or while she writes. ]
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And where do you call home, sir, if not here?
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A couple of odd tattoos weren't going to phase Gohan in the slightest. ]
... I don't have one. [ The statement sounded more like a revelation than anything else, but Gohan couldn't muster up the energy to be properly surprised. ] Even before this whole... Calamity happened, I don't think I ever really had a home since the androids...
[ A moment of silence as he thought about it further, eyes becoming that much more fixated on the campfire flames. ]
... Or much of a life.
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Yours was a world besieged by war. [ It was an observation rather than a question. ] As was mine.
[ Her yellow eyes return to the empty sleeve. ] Were you a soldier?
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Sometimes, he wondered how he wasn't dead. Other times, he remembered that he should've been. That fact has hung over his head since his arrival here, and even know, he... simply didn't know what to do with himself. ]
... I wasn't supposed to be.
[ The words slipped out before he caught them, but he wasn't very concerned with backtracking. Instead, he simply let the words flow, more than he'd ever done in this place. ] I was supposed to be a scholar-- at least, that's what my mother wanted be to be. Of course, my father was a martial artist, so the first thing mom did was prohibit dad from teaching me any fighting.
[ He chuckled at that, although it was once again a mirthless chuckle. ] Look how that turned out.
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[ Brought by fate or mistake into a conflict not his, forced to don a mantel he was not prepared for, perhaps had never imagined wearing. ]
We do not always consider the desires of our heroes when we press them into service. We ask a favor that they did not offer.
[ She looked down at her gloves for a long time. ] I lost my hero to a battle that I could not fight.
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No, his father was a hero. At the end of the day, Gohan was simply trying to wear a pair of shoes that he just didn't fit into.
... However, rather than decry her, he bit his tongue. The last thing he wanted was to potentially upset someone he just met. Looking up from the fire, he managed to catch her looking down at her gloves. And it wasn't until then that he began to truly take notice of how oddly geometric her tattoos were. ]
... What happened?
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I do not know. I was ... not conscious for some time before the Calamity struck, and I only awoke afterward to find him as an ash statue. [ She pursed her lips. ] He died in battle against the foe who usurped my kingdom and turned my people to spirits.
[ She shook her head, then said distastefully in a low voice-- ] How he must have cursed my name when he died.
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... Ash statues...?
[ He genuinely wanted to know what the statues were supposed to be, but he had a sneaking suspicion that he hoped against all hope was wrong. Given the context, it wasn't hard to guess though. And it only made him dread the answer that much more. ]
... Did... I mean, people who... [ People who die. ] ... There are... ash statues...?
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[ It wasn't something that she wanted to tell him, but she suspected that he would go find out for himself if she tried to keep the truth from him. That's what she had done, after all. ]
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How was he supposed to deal with that? ]
... I see. [ He didn't know what to say, he really didn't. All he knew was that the potential of finding a familiar statue out there left him with a cold sweat. ] ... Thank you for telling me, miss...
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Zelda. [ She supplied at his behest, then added. ] Formerly, Princess of Hyrule.
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... Gohan. [ He answered, idly scratching the back of his neck. ] Just Gohan.
It's nice to meet you, Ze-- uh... princess, I mean.
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The pleasure is mine, Gohan. Circumstances aside.
[ And it really was nice to meet him. It was nice to know that, even though her heroes had died, others lived on. Small details like these gave her a little bit of hope to hold onto, a little bit of familiarity to cherish. ]
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Listen, um... I'm... sorry if I made you uncomfortable with my rambling. [ He paused, trying to collect his thoughts. ] I haven't really had the chance to just... talk these things out, and it just sort of started spilling out after a certain point. Not that I regret talking about this, I just...
[ He was used to dealing with things alone, was what he wanted to say. ]
... A-Anyway, thank you. I know we just met, but thank you.
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It is my pleasure to listen. [ She said again, but truly it was. ] It is my belief that, to share one's thoughts is to accept others into one's life. One need not face the end of the world alone.
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He didn't have to face this alone. He knew he didn't have to face this alone. He'd always been able to face anything with the help of his friends. So then, was that why he was so weak now? Because he had no friends? Because he lost everything and was left with nothing?
... Gohan wasn't sure.
But maybe, just maybe... that meant there was nothing to lose by letting someone in. ]
I'm glad you think that...