tunics | RL W/ ANGE

[...is he happy?

link is pretty happy about a lot of things, feeling excited about most, thrilled to actually be out in the world.... but...]

I'm not... complaining. [he shrugs, a sad smile tugging at his lips.]

I'm really not, I've loved my journey so far... but seeing your friends... leave you, get turned into Sages, and not knowing what's at the end of it all, it's just weird.

What do you mean, being turned into Sages..?

[ She didn't hear about that from him yet, although it can't be much good if he says they're leaving him. It's not really much she can understand, she hasn't had much friends before - at most she can think of people she misses from the community - but even so, she knows loneliness can be the most painful thing of all. ]

[...ugh, it's just so tough to even think about, honestly.

link remains quiet for a bit before finally saying something to her.]

Sages are those that protect certain temples and areas of Hyrule. Once you're a Sage, you're basically like a spirit, confined to that temple.

Saria, Darunia, Ruto.... some of my really good friends, they're all Sages now. I... have two more temples to go and I don't know who else will turn into a Sage.

Wait a moment.. [ At least it helps, focusing on him for a bit. It means she doesn't have to worry about her own problems back home, even if it's just for a moment, even that's fine. It's Link, after all, she's seen him even as a young boy so it's not like she can ignore his problems now. ]

Isn't there anything you can do to stop it? I mean, why would it specifically be all of your friends..?

...No.

[he shakes his head, smiling sadly.]

There's nothing. It's what has to be done after all and... I'm not complaining. I'm a hero, I have things I need to do as well.

[ He's okay with it that easily..? Even though it's obvious he's sad about it, he doesn't even protest when his friends are leaving him like that? It twists something inside of her, and her own expression is definitely worried - it was pretty open to begin with, showing what she actually feels for once. ]

T.. that's not right, Link.. even if you're a hero, you're a person as well..! Nobody likes being alone..!

It's okay Ange.

[it is, honest. he shakes his head a little.]

I have you, I have others from the community, I'm not really alone.

Yeah, but.. [ .. she doesn't really know what kind of argument she wanted to bring up. She just knows it still doesn't feel right, even when he says that. She knows people on the community too, after all, but even so she can't be alright with being alone in her world..

So Ange just shakes her head. ]

You're still in pain, aren't you?!

[is he in pain...? well...

link is kind of used to pain, and he's not afraid of it at all, he's far too courageous for any of this.]

You see that sunrise, Ange?

[he turns back to it now, gazing out at the rising sun.]

....I'm fighting to protect all of this, to protect Hyrule, and even though it's a little... lonely, seeing my friends be turned into spirits, whatever I do I'm doing it for everyone else.

A hero can't complain, and I'm not.

[ She does look along with it. But even so, it.. still doesn't feel right, none of his words feel right. Sure, he might be a hero, but in the end Link is still a person too, right..? Can he really say something like this, that he can't complain just since he's a hero.. even though he isn't happy, he can put aside his own feelings for the sake of everything else?

Ah, maybe she's just being the selfish one here since she knows she can't just say she's okay like that, but still..

She wraps her arms around herself as if she's cold. ]

You're way too selfless, Link.. It's almost painful to watch.

[really? he just shrugs it off, not really thinking about it too much, that's just how he is really, he doesn't care what happens to him as long as everyone else is okay.]

People need a hero, someone they look up to, and it makes me happy to be that one person.

You're not alone Ange.... I can tell you've been... really sad about a lot of stuff, but I'll never leave you.

[he walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her and he hugs her, this is what friends do so of course he's going to do this for her.]

[ .. Ange can't take it. With everything that's happened, and then hearing how sad things are for Link too and then him hugging her on top of it.. she really can't hold herself back anymore. At least there's nobody around here and she can hide her face against him a little, so she cries once again. Why does everything feel like it's so useless? Sure, she made her mind up on dying, but that means she'll only leave Link more alone.. she really is selfish, isn't she..? ]

I.. I'm.. [ she hics in the middle of her tears. ] I'm sorry.. I'm so s-sorry, Link..

[...she was crying now?

admittedly, he was a little confused that she was suddenly crying, but at the same time he knows that she's been going through a lot, that she's just been needing someone close to her.

not like he knows she wants to leave him too.]

It's okay.... you can let it all out, it's what I'm here for- you're my best friend Ange.

[ She can't tell him, she really can't. It's probably a cowardly option to take, but she just.. really can't tell him after everything he just said. It makes her stomach twist with guilt. ]

Don't s-say that.. [ She manages to say it inbetween the sobs, even if she practically has to squeeze the words out. ] Please.. [ It'll only hurt more if he says something like that, then it'll only be harder to just get rid of herself. ]

[...? is it... not true for her, does she not feel the same way? at the thought link hugs her a little tighter against him.]

I'm sorry.... it's how I feel though...

[ It makes her shake her head against him a little when she hears those words. He shouldn't apologize, it's not a problem because of him, it's all because of her, but she just.. she really can't say it after hearing all this..! ]

That's f.. fine, but.. I.. I...! [ She chokes up. She really can't say it after all. All she can do is cry against him, feeling more guilty than anything. ]

Shh... it's alright.

[he brings a hand up to her head, petting her hair now, trying to get her to calm down and he still doesn't know exactly why she's crying so much.

suddenly this newly started day was already becoming so dreary and dismal.]

[ It's not okay. She's being so shameful right now, breaking her cold exterior and showing herself like this in front of him - she can't do it, she knows it. Part of her doesn't want to let go, but if she lingers then it might hurt both of them more in the end, so.. she can't.

Ange quickly shakes her head, letting go of him and taking a few shaky steps backwards. ]

I.. I can't, Link-- I've got.. t-to go back..

[...what?

he stares at her, not understanding what just happened. he brought her here to talk to her, to make her feel better, but... him saying that they were friends... really upset her. why?

he was normally good at puzzles, at figuring out traps and the like- but this was something he just didn't get, and it bothered him.]

....I..

[he stepped back as well, turning his head away from her.]

....I apologize.

[ She can't say it.

But she can't not say it either.

Seeing this look on Link's face.. it hurts. It hurts a whole lot, since he's always so kind and nice and.. ]

I'm sorry.. [ Her voice cracks a little, and she just both looks and sounds really broken. ] I.. I'm going to die, so.. i-it's better if you don't get attached so you won't get hurt again..

[...what....?

he wasn't eve sure if he heard that correctly, if what she was saying was the truth or not. he had just informed her that he felt better that she was still around even though all his friends were leaving him and that was the truth, but to hear such words... to know she was going to die.

link frowned at that, his expression turning a bit harder, steeling himself he stared at her with a little more intensity, the stare of a hero- the look that he wanted to save her.]

What do you mean? [he wasn't angry, he was overly concerned for her, and the way his blue eyes stared into her own should say that he was determined to protect her from this fate as well.]

[ Ange knows it the moment she looks at his face and sees those determined eyes. She's a moron and she knows it. She's the one who's going to kill herself, she's not in any other danger - well, not more than she usually is, either way. And yet he looks like he wants to protect her from whatever it is that's threatening her..

.. Then how could she ever tell him that the threat is herself..?

For a moment she feels very tempted to just turn around and run even if she doesn't have a worldhop device, but it's that last logical thought that keeps her grounded, even though she's starting to feel more and more helpless the more she speaks. ]

I-- ... j.. just that. I'm going to die, I already know that.. a-- and I don't want to hurt you.. [ She swallows thickly. ]

[if she would have run he would have chased her anyways. link takes another step towards her, searching her- needing to know.

how does she know this?

not like he knows his own fate, he's a hero, the hero of time, but he knows what it's like to mess with something as crucial as time.]

...Please tell me.

[why won't she tell him everything...?]

I don't want you to die, and I won't let you die.

Twelve years ago, my family died, and I... Yes, surely I died on that day as well..

[ At least this is easier. It's not even a lie. She truly believes it, there's moments where she's fully convinced it's true. Ever since that day her life has been so crappy since she technically hasn't been alive anymore. It's like seeing a last daydream before she dies, a really, really long one.. ]

.. That's.. why it can't be helped. There's just going to finally be an end to this long dream I see from right before I died.

[no, that won't happen... he can't let it happen. link takes another step towards her, his expression determined now, no signs of wavering.]

I'm the Hero of Time, I'll go back in time and I'll stop that from ever happening to you-

[can he really do that...? who knows... he has the power to control time, this is true, making night into day and so forth but... twelve years? that's far too much.]

...Or something... I..... I just can't let you die Ange.

[ .. Yeah, that's right, isn't it? Even after he says the first part, she knows it too. Even if he's the Hero of Time or anything like that, there's no way he can change anything twelve years in the past - and even if he did, it wouldn't be her who would become happy, she knows that. She's already the Ange from a world where they never did come home, after all.. ]

I'm sorry.. Link. But.. I.. I can't be saved anymore. [ At least that isn't a lie. She's already lost all will to live, so of course she can't be saved anymore. ] After the next game, I'll be gone, so.. I don't want you to get hurt too much. You're too nice for me to let that happen..

Stop it Ange.

[he shakes his head, his hands forming fists at his sides as he feels the emotions building within him. he doesn't usually get irritated or mad, but right now he can't deny what's stirring within him.]

I can't.... I can't ignore this, and I can't leave you! You realize this, don't you?!

[she should know what he's like, what he's always been like, ever since he's been a kid he could never turn away from someone in need.]

Yes..

[ It's a genuine answer. She knows Link isn't the type to do it, even if she asks him too - even if she'd plead or beg, he wouldn't listen to that, he'd still be so stuck on the idea of saving her. But for a moment she wishes he wasn't. ]

Just...

[ She opens her mouth.

But then she closes it again, shaking her head softly and her gaze turning downward. ]

.. I'm.. just sorry, Link. I'll go home now..

[he reached out to her at that, his hand grasping at her wrist.]

No.... no don't go, at least not tonight-...

[he's almost... afraid, and he's never afraid, he can't ever be he's the courageous hero. but the thought of her leaving, that she'll go back to her own world and he'll never see her again.

and he's used to not seeing his friends again.]

Please?

[ She was already trying to walk away, but the grip on her wrist stops her. She can't do now and she knows it - not when Link sounds so.. so desperate. It almost breaks her heart, really.

So even though it'll only hurt him more and it'll only hurt her more.. ]

.. Hmm. [ Ange nods a tiny bit. ]

If you want me to stay just for tonight.. that's fine. [ Not like Ange wants him to be alone either. He's too kind of a friend for that, too important. Hurting him is already enough to break her heart. ]

I have a room to myself back in Kakariko... we should go to it.

[even though the sun is still just rising, so actually- she'll have to be here the whole day with him.]

[ She can't back out now.

And honestly, Ange isn't in the right mindset to protect. She feels so tired and empty at the moment, drained of the only thing that kept her grounded. So she just nods. ]

Just.. bring me there then, please..

RL W/ ANGE

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