The Hyrule Paradox: Worlds Collide | BOTW Isekai (Book 1)

Chapter 18: The Newbies

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"Who's there?! Who are you?" the panicked voice sounded female, teenaged, and vaguely familiar to him. Before he could address it, he made sure Olivia had made it completely onto the platform before whipping around to see who it was.

"Hello?"

He didn't see anyone, but then he spotted a pair of fearful eyes hiding behind some rock rubble that was stuck in an entryway to the top of the tower. The eyes moved higher to reveal a face. Jordan gasped at who he saw.

"Who are you two?" the woman asked curiously.

Jordan thought this was pretty obvious for who she was talking to, but then realized that he still had his hood up, and his face was less recognizable. He pulled up his hood and the woman gasped.

"Jordan?!"

"Emily?" came his own confused response. She frowned, seemingly momentarily forgetting her fear in her confusion.

"Wait, what are you doing here? And who is standing behind you?"

Emily Tollin was one of Jordan's many cousins. She was 17 years old, almost eighteen, and had just started applying for colleges. She had a light complexion with long bright blond hair. She was several inches shorter than Jordan, so she was probably around five and a half feet tall. In school, she was a very good student, and an extremely kind person. Since she had a younger brother, she was somewhat versed in sports though she didn't play and preferred other hobbies such as working with animals. She was a little skinny, but not noticeably so.

In her current state she appeared to be quite stressed, which Jordan figured was quite logical for her situation. Jordan answered her questions calmly so as to try to calm her down.

"Oh I have no idea what I'm doing here. This is Olivia Bergensson, she's my best friend. Olivia, this is my cousin Emily." Olivia gave a hesitant wave.

He turned back to Emily but she hadn't come out from behind the rubble. He started to approach her, but an uncomfortable look appeared on her face. "Don't come over here! I don't have any clothes! I'm in my underwear!"

He stopped dead in his tracks and looked away quickly before he could see anything he didn't want to and said, "Oh yeah sorry, I forgot about that. Don't worry, we brought clothes."

He took the bag off his pack and put it on the ground. He found a pair of trousers and a tunic, and threw them over the rubble to Emily. "Here, put these on."

Scuffling sounds ensued as Emily put clothes on, and soon she stood up wearing her new clothes. Thankfully, they fit her well if not a little long, so that wouldn't be a problem.

"There, now you've got some clothes. How are you?" he said, walking over to her.

"Okay I guess..." in that moment she seemed to recall why she had been so stressed when they had first made contact, "but we're in big trouble! Look!"

Emily waved her arms frantically at the ledge of the tower, which was guarded only by a small lip, and there were no guardrails to stop anyone from falling off the circular platform. Olivia and Jordan moved over to it to look out to where Emily was pointing. Jordan spotted a monster camp several meters from the base of the tower, and what looked like four individuals being held captive by the bokoblins. Jordan looked closer to try to recognize them, and his eyes went wide when he did. All of them. His brain started to panic at what he saw, but he kept his features and his voice calm as he spoke.

"Huh. What an interesting predicament." he said, slightly underselling the situation though his tone was grave.

"But don't you see who it is?!" Emily pointed wildly at the people below.