Playing With Knives- LoZ

scene 18- the rarity of a good time

[A/N: Long title, I know.]
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"I don't know how to cheer him up now. He's been upset since then, and I don't know what to do."
"Maybe we could share stories?"
"No, that could upset him more. Anything could upset him more. That's why this is so hard."
Twilight put his head in his hands and sighed.
"I don't know what to do about this..."
Time just looked at him, not saying anything more.

Not too far away, Wind was walking up to Wild.
"Hey Wild, whatcha doing?"
"Nothing."
"I'm gonna throw pebbles with you."
Wild just grunted and watched Wind toss a rock into the water.

"I'm gonna try and make the biggest splash I can."
Wind threw another rock as hard as he could, and the splash that resulted was relatively big.
"Not bad, but I could do better."
He picked up another rock and threw it up into the sky. It fell down into the water, creating a slightly bigger splash than before.

Wild stood up and signed,
"I bet I could make a better splash."
"Really? Let me see you try," Wind challenged. Wild gladly took the challenge and picked up a rock. Wind did the same, and they threw them down as hard as they could. Wild's rock made a slightly bigger splash than Wind's but it wasn't a huge difference. Next, they threw them upwards. The difference between the splashes was about the same.

"No fair, you're stronger than me."
"Isn't that the point?"
Wind crossed his arms and pouted for a second.
"How old are you? You look too old to be pouting like that."
Wind pushed Wild.
"It's a joke! Also, I'm ten."
"Makes sense."

Back at the makeshift table, Twilight was still stressing about Wild. Time tapped his shoulder and pointed at Wild and Wind, who were playfully teasing each other. Twilight looked up and saw them.
"I think Wind solved that problem for you."
"Oh. Well, that helps. I'm glad that Wind is so good at that."

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Wild was playfully pulling Wind over to the fire, smiling.
"Hey! Careful, you're gonna make me fall!" Wind was complaining in a joking tone, also smiling. He had to walk quickly to keep up with Wild, even though Wild was just a little taller than him. Wild was pretty short, even for them, and a lot of them were relatively short.

The two of them sat down next to each other, laughing. Once everyone was seated, someone asked Wild a question.
"So, what's some of the stuff you've collected?"
"Oh, I've got a lot of random stuff."
"Like what?"

Wild grabbed his bag and started looking through it. He pulled out a helmet-like object, and he put it on. Twilight was looking at Wild like he was crazy, so Wild asked him about it.
"What's wrong?"
"That's- I- How did you get that?"
"I dunno, I just found it. I also found this, in a similar place."

He reached into his bag again and pulled out a mask. This time, Time looked at it oddly. He didn't look nearly as confused as Twilight had, but still definitely intrigued.
"Hm. I'm guessing this isn't the real thing. You aren't trying to destroy the world with the moon or anything."
"What?"
Wind stood up and stretched out his arms dramatically. "He killed the moon!"
"Not exactly..."

"Anyway... Twilight, what is this?" Wild pointed to the helmet he was wearing.
"It's the Fused Shadow. I'm guessing it's just a replica, though, since it has Midna's hair."
"Cool."

"So what else do you have?"
"Ooh, there's something funny."
Wild put the helmet and mask down next to him and pulled out a green outfit. Time laughed a little and Wind scrunched up his face.
"Ew, why would you wear that?"
"What do you mean?"
"Wind, it wouldn't be the same one. It's too big."
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, nothing."

"Okay then... Moving on."
Wild stood up and walked away with his bag. A couple minutes passed, and he hadn't come back. Wind looked around behind him and said,
"Where on earth is he?"
Right after he said that, red eyes appeared behind him.
"Boo!" Dark hands grabbed his shoulders and he screamed. The person behind him started laughing, and it sat where Wild had been sitting.

Several of the others were looking at the person, confused.
"Wild?"
"Yeah, it's me. That was hilarious."
Wind glared at him and crossed his arms.
"Wild! Don't do that again."
"I can't promise anything."
"Humph."
"So where'd you get that?"
Wild looked at Scarf, who had the question.
"I found it. That's how I got most of my stuff."
"Ah."

Wild took the mask and hat off, smiling.
"There's still more."
Wind did a fake groan. "We're gonna be here all night!"

Wild laughed and started looking through his bag. He pulled out a skull-looking thing with red hair-like stuff attached to it. He put it on his head and signed,
"There's a whole outfit that goes with this."
He put it down and opened his bag again. He frowned and sighed before putting it back down and signing,
"And... this."

He reached into the bag and pulled out an object that resembled a pot. He put it on his lap and took his ponytail out before placing the object on his head.
"What do you think?"
"It looks stupid."
"Agreed."
He reached back into he bag, still wearing the odd helmet. He stood up and took out a chestplate and pants with similar designs. He put them on and signed again,
"How do I look?"
"I changed my mind," Wind said. "It looks really cool. The helmet is kinda weird, but still cool."
"Yeah, I'm not a huge fan. It's definitely cool and stuff, but... it reminds me of something I don't like. Actually, multiple somethings."
"Really? What are they?"

Wild hesitated, then signed,
"I don't want to talk about that. Don't ask again."
"Oh, okay. Sorry."
"It's fine."
He smiled.
"Anyway, this is fun. I don't want to ruin it with bad memories."
He took the helmet off and sighed.
"I won't let that happen this time."