◇ Fifth Wind [video]

[wieldswindwaker]

[Link appears, clearly soaked to the bone, and looking devastated. He's kneeling on the wooden bridge spanning Route 32, making no attempt to move despite the rain. He's been swimming in the 40-degree weather, but that isn't why he's upset.]

Barriers. A line in the water.

[There's no gap. He's checked. Even though the water clearly flows out, in

Comments

[video]

[brave_phantom]

... Maybe to keep us trapped where they want us. So we can't even go out on the ocean?

[Sigh. Ash knows exactly what living in a world of islands is like.]

[wieldswindwaker]

Not just me, then.

[It really is sort of a 'worst case scenario' suspicion, but a worrying one nonetheless.]

[brave_phantom]

Link, you always seem to like to be near the water... Did you live near the ocean back home?

[wieldswindwaker]

[Finally, someone understands.]

The Great Sea.

[brave_phantom]

I can relate. Smoker can too, if you've ever met him. Our worlds were vast oceans sprinkled with Islands, so we spent all our lives near or on the ocean.

[wieldswindwaker]

Smoker...once.

And, similar. [Basically exactly the same, except not quite as large as an ocean.]

[brave_phantom]

Hmm.

Have you tried letting Lapras out on the Ocean? I bet it would love it out there!

[wieldswindwaker]

Have. And it did.

[brave_phantom]

I'm glad. Are you feeling well, Link? You seem to be a bit... quiet.

[Link, Quiet? Noooooooooo never!]

[wieldswindwaker]

Yes, fine. [Ffffft most of the people here don't know he can actually talk. And he IS a bit disappointed, but he won't give up. Just gotta keep going south.]

[brave_phantom]

Alright, my friend. If there's anything I can do, let me know, alright?

[wieldswindwaker]

[He nods, seriously.]

And you as well.