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Arrival: Multiple Prompts [OPEN]

Who: Zelda and your character!
What: Getting acquainted shenanigans and anime tropes
When: Arrival
Where: Multiple locations
Warnings: None at the moment but please mark CW if needed.

1: The Red Spring

A: When the new arrivals reached the resort town, some were pretty tired. Zelda was one of those who was extremely exhausted as she was not used to traveling this much. She desperately needed to rest. So, when she checked in to her inn room, she didn’t even complain or see who her roommate was before plopping unceremoniously onto her twin sized bed and passing out. She would awaken a couple hours later to meet said roommate and be very confused and probably a little embarrassed.

She would also be quite intrigued by the various technological marvels, examining them like an overexcited puppy and wanting to test all of them them out. Though the video games may cause a friendly rivalry if she is challenged.

B: [Incoming Anime Trope! RIP Zelda's Dignity] After a most likely very awkward exchange between Zelda and her roommate, she decided to go investigate The Red Spring. The beauty and majesty of it reminded her of the Spring of Power and Spring of Courage that she had spent many long hours in prayer. However, there was something different about this one. It didn’t evoke anxiety in her. Instead she had more of a sense of peace. As she was still a bit tired, and she knew there was still a very long journey to the final destination, the rumors she had heard about the Spring having restorative and temporary energy enhancement properties lured her in.

So, she did exactly what she would have in her own world (though she would probably have soldiers standing guard), found the most secluded space and undressed (what are swimsuits? And It’s not like the prompt specified that they were provided.), laying her clothing out neatly on some flat rocks. Zelda waded into the Spring, immediately feeling the rejuvenating and relaxing effects. She may have relaxed a bit too much and neglected to pay attention to her surroundings. So should someone stumble upon her, she would probably die of mortification. Unless someone was courteous enough to help her out with this?

C: It also may have been possible that in her relaxation Zelda could have lost track of time and before she knew it, it was sunset and the Spring lit up in a bright red hue, evoking a feeling of panic in the princess. Yup, it also happened to be a full moon that night. Would she be able to return to shore before the water’s unpredictable effects got to her? And what if she wasn’t as alone as she thought

D: If she hasn’t died of mortification the night before, Zelda would have gone to the training grounds, early in the morning before departure, in hopes of discovering what type of magic she had been granted. Though a little hesitant, as magic had been a somewhat sore subject for her, her entire life, she would like to assist someone with their own training. She would probably be quite shocked if she received praise for her efforts as she had only received negative reinforcement from her father thus far.

2. Eat Well

A: The amount of food at the banquet would be astonishing to Zelda, even as she had been to many banquets before. And the tastes! How different than anything she had eaten back home. As much as she would want to indulge, she also had manners and would take a modest helping of the things she would like to try most and set out to one of the open spaces at the long banquet tables.

Perhaps she would meet a new acquaintance and hit it off well enough that they would be acceptable roommates? After all, living alone in a strange place would be pretty lonely.

3. Grail, and Grail and Grail Again?

A: If she hadn’t found a questing partner or group already, Zelda would be just stubborn enough to try to attempt the quest on her own. Of course it wouldn’t be surprising if she ended up getting herself into trouble with some beast or another and needs to be rescued by a friendly stranger? She’s not really the best fighter.

Wildcard!
A: Feel free to start your own top level with any other shenanigans you would like to have with Zelda!

((Hoping I did this right!))

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Dust knew he was supposed to sleep indoors, here -- but that didn't stop the whole thing from feeling really weird. Beds and ceilings just weren't part of his normal life, such as it was; he felt more at home outside. So the fall of night and the rise of the moon found him walking outside the town proper, on the edge where the springs were, and thinking.

And then suddenly spotting a red glow, shining from behind the barricade that separated the springs from the outside.

'Red Springs' was the town name, but was it really supposed to be this red? Dust hesitated, but the memory of the waters Lady Tethys controlled, and what had happened when he hadn't been fast enough, gave him the push he needed. If this was harmless, investigating it wouldn't hurt. After all, it was night, now. Who'd be using the springs this late?

(Dust had no experience with hot springs whatsoever.)

Breaking into a quick jog, he loped up to the barricade, then jumped. He might not be at his peak, but he'd been able to jump heights like this since the moment he first woke up. Landing lightly atop the barricade was no challenge at all.

[ Even with Naoto trying his best to be polite, there was just no way to avoid the elephant in the room. That elephant was a girl in the springs with nothing to save his imagination from wandering. He kept his eyes shut as he shuffled his way over to the girl's clothing, grabbed it, and walked over to her to hold them out for her.

How he managed to do all that with his eyes closed, no one will ever know. ]

Um. Here. Your clothes. I'm not looking, promise.

“Hey, back off, you rubbish beast!” Zelda can hear a concerned teenaged male, as he mentally shoves the monster from her sight off to the forest it came from.

The young man rushes in to check on her if she was alright, riding on his right shoulder is a little pink fluffball of a rodent-like creature squeaking nervously, looking for any monster at sight. While his control of kinetic magic isn’t exactly perfect, it appears that he has training hard to get it to be workable for him for a few days or weeks so far.

“Miss, are you alright?” he asks the princess.

As she was already on edge from the sudden color change of the water, Zelda jumped upon hearing the jogging, green eyes darting around, trying to find the source. And then the thud of the landing had her wincing and actually yelping as she whirled and attempted to cover herself.

Encountering another person out here this late was not what she was expecting, nor was she honestly, expecting to be out here this late; but that is exactly what happened as Zelda's cheeks flushed bright red, (and it wasn't just from the reflection off the water), as she found herself face-to-face with a complete stranger.

The princess was so stunned that it took her a moment to collect herself enough to even issue a command, though it was somewhat quiet and unconfident at first.

"A...avert your eyes!"

She looked away as if doing so herself would actually purge the embarrassing images from the stranger's mind, but quickly cleared her throat in an attempt to steady herself to try again.

"Go on..!"

Zelda stooped low in the water, as much as she could in order to preserve any modestly she had left at this point, and made her way to the edge of the spring.

Though the young man was indeed, not looking, she couldn't help the warmth that spread to her cheeks.

She was so mortified that she couldn't even manage to speak as she quickly took the garments from him and ducked behind the nearest rock in order to redress. She emerged a few minutes later, flipping her hair back, as presentable as one could get when dressing as though their very life depended on it.

The princess made her way slowly back to him, pausing a few feet away, looking away briefly before awkwardly meeting his gaze. Her face was still colored in an obvious pink hue.

"Th...thank you..." she managed to choke out at length.

Shielding herself with an arm and fully expecting to feel jaws clamping down any minute, the sudden shout had her opening her eyes just as the assaulting creature was flung unceremoniously into the dense brush that lined the clearing, before it hastily skidded away with its tail between its legs.

Zelda's heart was still racing as the young man who had come to her aid, rushed to her side and knelt down to check on her.

"I...I think so... " she nodded hesitantly, "You... weren't hurt on my account... were you?"

Of course it was now that the princess's own familiar, a cat-like creature that walked on two legs deigned to make an appearance, strolling nonchalantly out of thin air and subtly eyeing the rodent atop the teen's shoulder.

“I haven’t been attacked by any means, so I’m in the clear,” he replies to her, “No clue why it did decided to do so today. Regardless, it’s probably for the best that we need to stick together as a team in case something that happens again.”

When he notices a cat-like creature having its eyes on his familiar though, he turns around and stares at the thing like it is a very naughty child, telling it, “Hey, no familiars eating familiars, got it?”

Kyoko found the princess again, after being seperated for a while. "PRINCESS!!!!!" she yelled, running towards her full speed, arms out, prepared to glomp her if not stopped.

(I swear at some point I will have the time to do her icons!)

Have a grandfather aged fellow in a bright pink over shirt sitting beside her with his own plate. "You seem pensive. Someone gave you some food for thought?" He smiled warmly. "May I sit?"

The sudden motion, before anything, pushed Dust into action -- he dropped down to the ground inside the spa, yanking the Blade of Ahrah into his hand and ready --

And then the sudden reality of the situation hit him. Far from being some sort of danger, this was -- okay, it was definitely a danger, but not the kind you solved by hitting it with a sword. Despite his resolute no-eye-contact policy, and despite these people having skin rather than fur, he was pretty sure they covered up the same things that Warmbloods did, and pretty sure he'd made a serious tactical error.

His cheeks darkened, a blush half-hidden by his fur, as he quickly turned away.

"Uh.... sorry."

Hah...!

[ Fortunately for Zelda, she will find herself rescued by a literal knight in shining armor. Not only that, but a female knight in shining armor.

Her sword may be heavier than usual, but Saber is quickly able to leap in front of Zelda and push back the beast with a swing of her sword and a gust of wind from the Elemental Magic she's been practicing.

The beast does growl at Saber as it retreats, but the small red dragon perched on Saber's head starts growling in response. With that, the beast starts to leave and Saber relaxes her stance. ]

Are you alright, miss?

"It would be... much appreciated if you would allow me to accompany you."

Zelda got to her feet and dusted herself off.

"And thank you, for saving me." she sighed, "It seems even in a whole other world, given whole other abilities, I'm still not suited for the battlefield."

The princess offered Harry a half-smile, "No matter how stubborn I am."

She turned her attention to her familiar at the young man's scolding, holding a finger up pointedly. "He's right you know. It could prove most inconvienient for everyone involved."

The Bakeneko scoffed, kicking the ground in a pout, and put its paws behind its head.

"I can heal... a bit..." Zelda addressed the young wizard frowning, "addmittedly, I'm not proficient by any means; but I'll help however I can."

“You’re welcome, miss.”

A part of Harry is tempted to attempt this quest on his own like the stubborn idiot that he is back home, but Zelda has a point: they can do get things done more efficiently and quickly if they team up. Hopefully her familiar doesn’t make Rose its dinner.

“Good point then, I’ll definitely join you,” he adamantly replies, “I can move things without lifting a finger for some reason, so this should go smoothly.”

The brandished sword made her even more nervous, and she took a few steps back into the deeper end of the spring, before noting that the stranger was indeed doing as she said. And really had no intention of attacking her.

He even apologized.

Despite the situation being what it was, Zelda wasn't one to retaliate, especially with violence so he was safe there, but that didn't really solve the awkwardness of it all.

She couldn't really see too much of his face, but his posture indicated that he was just as mortified by the arrangement as the princess was.

"I... it's all right... an honest mistake, yes?"

"Well, if we are to be allies, I suppose introductions are in order."

She inclined her head politely and motioned to herself.

"I am Zelda, Prin.." she trailed off. That had... odd effects last time to say the least, so she decided to leave her lineage out of it on this occasion. "Just, Zelda. And this is..."

Zelda brought the attention to her familiar who promptly turned, once he noticed he was in the spotlight, and vanished while walking away.

"...Haruki." she sighed and offered an appologetic smile, "Hopefully familiars need not be present in order to cast magic?"

Well, if the whole world wasn't already aware that Zelda was a princess, they would be now, as the familiar voice yelling the title echoing throughout the large dining hall could only be addressing her. Not that she was really sure of what that would equate to in this world.

She turned at the pounding of feet and stepped aside right as she was about to be 'glomped' narrowly missing the outstreached arms. She gave a sympathetic wince at the impending collision.

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She was indeed lost in her head as the gentleman's words brought her out of her thoughts.

"Oh... I aplogize. Yes, yes you may."

She frowned a moment, still having a bit of trouble adjusting to not addressing the people here as subjects.

"I mean, please do." she offered, scooting over a bit to give him more room. She blinked a few times at the odd color choice of garment he wore, but shrugged it off. It wasn't her place to judge what might be considered completely normal in his world.

Sadly, his first pun was lost on her as she was too fixated on her own social awkwardness.

Zelda was pretty sure this would be where she would meet her end, and she may have possibly brought it on herself for going out without an escort; as much as she hated to admit that.

However, it wouldn't be the first time she had found herself in such a position due to her own stubbornness, as the scene that unfolded was quite surreal, almost deja vu like.

A knight stood braced protectively in front of her, brandishing a sword and, deftly fending off the assailient.

Had it not been for the woman's voice bringing her out of her thoughts, reality slowly materializing around her, Zelda would have been positive it was some kind of strange time loop.

Well, even if the knight before her happened to be female, it wouldn't stop her from instinctively snapping into her royal demeanor. This would most likely also be obviously apparent to her rescuer.

"Yes, I appear to be unharmed." Zelda assured, "Thank you, Brave Knight."

“Harry, Harry Potter,” he introduces himself before he motions to the pink puffball, “And this is Rose the Pygmy Puff. I haven’t checked which magic doesn’t require familiars, we’ll have to find out for ourselves.”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Harry, and Rose." She returned with a light laugh, nodding to each in kind.

"In that case, it should be... an experience, to say the least." Zelda shook her head before continuing, "My familiar is a kind of cat-demon called a Bakeneko. It's not really evil as one would think being referred to as a demon. He's very much so a cheeky little brat though, which I suppose is not too far-fetched considering its a cat creature.

Zelda put her hands on her hips and looked off in one of many possible directions the duo could take.

"So, any thoughts on where to now?"

To be fair, he hasn’t thought about it since getting dragged into finding the Holy Grail and trying not to get lost via some messed up vortexes scattered across the forest.

“Never heard of a bakeneko before, but he (Haruki) does appear to be a harmless little fellow,” he admits to Zelda, “So maybe we should check around to find for any leads to that Holy Grail this random fellow is talking about. As long as we avoid those blasted portals all over.”

It would suck if they fall for one, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

[ Saber plants her sword into the ground (mostly due to her lack of a proper sheathe) and offers her hand in order to help Zelda up. ]

I appreciate your kind words. [ She smiles calmly. ] I take it you are also attempting the quest for the grail?

"The red color's... weird, right?" Surely he wasn't the only one who thought so! She couldn't see his grimace at how supremely embarrassing this mistake of his was, but maybe she could hear the strain in his voice. He took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself, some of the steam of the springs warming his mouth and throat in a humid but not entirely unpleasant way.

And because she stepped aside, Kyoko face planted. Hard. Which was an indication of how hard she would have hit Zelda had she been allowed to make contact. Kyoko bounced back, smiling brightly, despite her nose bleeding from the collision with the ground. She was just so over the moon happy to have not only a friend here, but one who is a princess!!!

"Thanks," he said, turning the chair so he could face her and lean across the back, his plate on the table to one side of him. "Need a friendly ear? Best thing about telling such corny jokes is that when someone needs to stalk they know that I'm all ears."

If one fails to land, that's fine. He's got others.

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Arrival: Multiple Prompts [OPEN]

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