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azume2018-06-30 09:47 pm
hyruglyphics) wrote in azume2018-06-30 09:47 pm
Eggterparty
[ So like, that was all something, right? A confrontation with the souls of the damned, and then a battle with a former gym leader, and finally, a meeting with a god. Even as they plan to leave, the sky is dark with storm clouds. The day seems to conspire to create barriers for the group. But even so, to many it may seem as if the evening is a hopeful one.
One of the lake guardians has been restored and the group has completed - after a month - the initial task that Cynthia gave them. They found one of the gym leaders, and learned there were those who fought for this world (even if they did lose) and still can be broken free from the control. All in all, it's mixed, but the mood isn't necessarily unpleasant, despite the rolls of thunder overhead.
However, said rain and thunder does mean it ends up seeming more sound to camp here in the cave. It's not necessarily comfortable, but there are those those who can pitch a tent or two and others who can make fires. Some people might have food provisions, or are able to make more for the group with their existing supplies or forage.
Though that said, the most remarkable thing of the night is obviously going to be that strange pulse of ... something which comes over everyone. And then, of course, the sounds of these eggs hatching . . . ]
One of the lake guardians has been restored and the group has completed - after a month - the initial task that Cynthia gave them. They found one of the gym leaders, and learned there were those who fought for this world (even if they did lose) and still can be broken free from the control. All in all, it's mixed, but the mood isn't necessarily unpleasant, despite the rolls of thunder overhead.
However, said rain and thunder does mean it ends up seeming more sound to camp here in the cave. It's not necessarily comfortable, but there are those those who can pitch a tent or two and others who can make fires. Some people might have food provisions, or are able to make more for the group with their existing supplies or forage.
Though that said, the most remarkable thing of the night is obviously going to be that strange pulse of ... something which comes over everyone. And then, of course, the sounds of these eggs hatching . . . ]
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[ Because there sure wasn't on the shore near Pastoria or in these foothills, or at least not in large amounts. That said, the Geodude seems okay with that happening like... it's cool, whatever. That said, if Camilla's hand lingers near it, the poles on it's head will start to re-attract the sand. They are pretty powerfully magnetic. ]
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Ah, it's taking back the sand!
[THIS IS SO COOL WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK. Just. She's probably going to play around with it a little bit, don't mind her.]
I don't believe I have ever seen anything quite like it...how very quaint!
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[ Zelda sounds no less excited, but she is tired, so she's a little less jumpy or peppy as she mights otherwise be, crouching down to examine the movement of the metallic stand. And she smiles. ]
Oh, so it is! I wonder... is that because it's metallic... magnetic, perhaps?
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[...It seems legit? Fire Emblem has no set timeframe of years so she may not know what magnets are but there is something attracting it back, so like. The concept, she can get.
...Of course, captain mama bird is gonna notice Zelda not being her usually perky self, admittedly.]
...Sweetie? How are you feeling?
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I'm merely tired... and I suppose I'm trying to follow that mantra of learning from failure.
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Oh, Zelda...it's okay. It's such a hard pill to swallow...
[Camilla's gonna let the strands of magnetic sand go back onto the Geodude, and once she gets her hand clean, brush her fingers through Zelda's hair. It's okay, girl.]
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She's been trying to tell herself that, at least? At least this failure wasn't something that was going to kill people. She confirmed that, but... hmm. ]
It... shouldn't be, under the circumstances. But I need to learn from it.
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[...]
...If you need to, of course, you may cry. It must be even a tiny bit frustrating, yes...?
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... This level of disappointment is not near enough for my tears. Do not worry, I ... merely am working out the problem. The difficulty in finding something to learn from failure.
[ Even if she intended - or well, at least knew she would fail at this. ]
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[Camilla just can't stand by and let Zelda have this eat at her. She refuses.]
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... Probably? Maybe? She hums, and she looks again at the rain before sighing and sitting down. There's a rock that's around here, and she allows for Camilla to do the same. There isn't a good spot for it, but the thought comes to her, a memory of a time she expressed much more serious doubts than this to Link. So much so, the nostalgia and the intermingled disappointed (particularly in that Camilla said she could cry) that Zelda mouths, more to herself than anything, ]
... A different path ...
[ She casts her gaze down, looking at the blank-faced Geodude. ]
... I do not have pride as a warrior. Combat was never something I had a talent for, and so unlike yourself, or Yuri... or Jake, I would assume, I do not - my frustration is far less in the loss itself. I do not think truly think I could best her, though I did ride on the promise to Rin.
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[...]
Is your frustration in...what you perceive is your inadequacy...?
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[ ... Is that it, really? ]
... This inadequacy can be worked through, though.
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[So like. She kind of gets it. Though she purses her lips just a bit, though she's definitely a little lost.]
I take it that is not the source, then.
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[ She hums a little bit, looking out to the sky. ]
Learning from failure itself is such an odd concept to me. I suppose even if I know how it makes sense, it does give me pause.
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...]
Zelda. Sweetheart. Were you...expecting, if you had failed, for everything to fall to pieces...?
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No. No. I was not. [ But she does make a fist at her side, and she looks to the rain again. Her tone isn't... it's not lost or anything, but it was abrupt. ] Truthfully, I - was afraid, but I did not think I could win, that was not my purpose. She, Saturn, everyone has said that combat is non-lethal here, and I even confirmed as such. [ To fall to pieces... ]
... And so cognitively, there could be no doubt that my loss in the battle is the most logical an ideal choice. From how she spoke with Kayneth, it might well have triggered something in her, and it seems it may well might have.
[ However... ]
Though I suppose... [ Thunder strikes, echoing into the cave. It cuts off what she was going to say, and she exhales before just admitting, ] ... That is different than my other failures.
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She mends her look before it should become too noticeable. She did have a point, as much as the idea of what could have happened otherwise would have simply just. Been bad? Real bad.]
...Sweetheart...even so, that's...a rather bleak way of looking at it, don't you think?
[Of course, that bit about 'other failures' raises a few flags.]
...But what do you mean?
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Oh, is it...? I had not thought of it as such, but perhaps it is.
[ She does notice something in Camilla, but maybe she just was being... well, maybe Zelda was just being too dire and unpleasant? She can't be sure. She looks to the horizon, thundering and raining as it is. Hmmm. ]
... I found it relieving, honestly. [ Mm ] From when I was quite young, my training had begun to fulfill my destiny. But what was demanded of me - to commune with the ancient spirits and gods, and to awaken the power to seal the darkness... they were ever silent to me. I had no ability in it at all.
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...Camilla finds one of her hands going through a portion of Zelda's hair, idly, if she'll allow it, and running her fingers through it in what's attempting to be a comforting motion.]
...I can only imagine how crushing that must have felt. To work towards something for your life, only for it to all be for naught...
[She can't help but feel sorry for her.]
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It haunted me every moment. [ . . . ] I wished for nothing more than to be of help to my people. But I... [ . . . ] I suppose, in the end, I was able to fulfill my role, and those memories are now mine to bear.
[ Zelda that doesn't explain anything? But all the same, she did jump a little at the affectionate motion but she accepts it, smiling softly to herself. It really did remind her of Urbosa...
Her eyes feel hot. Maybe she did want to cry? ]
It maybe simply be the contrast eating at me.
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...Oh. Camilla's not entirely certain how to take that, really; she's said it before that some of the people she had known...they passed on, didn't they? Was that because of what she couldn't do?
Either way, Camilla listens. She'll even scoot in a little closer, honestly, and she's pretty close to wanting to give Zelda a hug.]
...You must hold a lot of pain in your heart.
[Camilla's words are incredibly soft, when she says that. She keeps her hand where it is, too, but...really, what else can she say to that? The poor girl's already been through so much...]
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She said it to Link.
... The Hero of Hyrule, as Bucky reminded her, he must be so worried now.
She wishes she could have said even one more word to her father, but there was no helping that, was there? She had left them all to die. She exhales and leans into Camilla's touch a little more. She does, yes, but it's ... it's noting exceptional. ]