Linkguistics

Part 16: An Unconventional Séance

We look back before the Calamity where most people are trying to get some sleep. We then check on 100 A.C. and see how much fun it can be trying to communicate with people who only appear when you are doing oddly specific actions.

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Link remained functional long enough to change clothes at the behest of Robbie and Daruk. Urbosa's suspicions were confirmed after Link had washed off and changed clothes. He was handsome. Zelda and Mipha both had a moment where their breath stopped before they looked away. Urbosa noticed. The Champions and Zelda were offered a few cots by the Sheikah so they could get some rest.

Of the two cabins they'd been given, they put Link in the one with a single entrance to watch. Revali and Mipha were on Link-watching duty at the moment. It wasn't too eventful and neither person was sure what to do about Link. They both awkwardly watched the figure on the cot which had decided to huddle under the blankets. There was the occasional sniffle from Link and a miserable aura prevailed in the cabin they'd selected.

Mipha's turn had come. Revali stuck around to back her up in case of an emergency instead of heading to bed. She leaned her spear on her shoulder as she looked at Link.

"Link? Do you want to talk?"

"Ifyo ufin dtheancie ntevil I nee dt oslayI mgo nnane edam inuteit sbee nalo ngday."

Mipha quietly turned to Revali and asked, "What did you do? He was more cheerful when we were trying to kill him."

"I didn't do anything. It just started crying after it had been writing stuff. Ask Purah and Robbie, they were the ones who were writing back." Revali folded his arms. "Maybe he's having a crisis of conscience or something?"

"I don't think he's Ganon. There's the Sword and he just doesn't seem evil." They could have kept talking all night if there weren't people that might be awakened by the noise. There wasn't much they could say about Link that hadn't already been said. "Maybe we could get a luminous stone nightlight in here?

"Good idea. It will be much easier to see any suspicious behavior."

"It might help with that, too. My little brother sleeps much better with the one I carved for him." Revali opened, then closed his beak. Anyone else would have been chewed out. Mipha was way too kind sometimes. Both assumed combat positions when they heard a sound outside.

Both relaxed when they saw it was Urbosa. "Vasaaq. Zelda should be waking up soon and the researchers are almost done loading the pack horse with what marble they could find. Is there anything to report here?" There were missing chunks of flooring even after the search.

Revali shrugged, "No, it's just been like this our entire shift. Was it the same for you and Daruk?"

Urbosa nodded and regarded the miserable pile of blankets with blond hair and a purple hilt sticking out of it. Only those who knew Urbosa well would recognize the thoughtful look in her eyes. "Mipha, I'm guessing that you've tried helping Link?"

"I have."

Revali said, "This is a shameless ploy to gain sympathy if you ask me."

Urbosa held a hand to her chin in a thoughtful way. She left and returned minutes later with a bowl of leftover soup. "Link? You missed dinner earlier." She set the food down next to the cot then took a seat on the bed on the other side of the cabin. The scent of pumpkin wafted.

It wasn't long before Link ate the soup and the atmosphere got marginally less depressing. After waiting for a while, Urbosa got out a pencil and some paper and scribbled on it. After some more waiting, she had Link drawing... something. Even Revali was trying to get a closer look. It was a step up above children's drawings. Link had settled on some glorified stick figures.