paixaorpg | A Royal Arrival [Complete]

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A Royal Arrival [Complete]

Character(s): Zelda, NiGHTS
Content: Zelda arrives in Paixao.
Setting: Vanaheim gate
Time: afternoon
Warnings: none

Zelda opened her eyes and blocked out the sun with a hand, temporarily blinded by the light. As her vision, so used to dreary rain and twilight, grew accustomed to the harsh afternoon light, she tried to ascertain where she was. She saw before her a spectacular domed area, perhaps a village or town, and a short line to enter. Bewildered, she moved to the back of the line. Perhaps the guard would have information.

The guard was a surprisingly young woman with pale blue eyes and short blond hair. She smiled brightly at Zelda, but showed no recognition. "Welcome to Paixao, ma'am!"

An ivory-colored contraption was held out to her, and she took it, turning it over in her hands as she tried to figure out what it was.

"Your journal," the guard provided.

"Do you know how I arrived here?" Zelda asked.

"Sorry, ma'am," the guard said, and moved on to the next in line.

Well, she couldn't have expected a guard to know all of the workings of her realm anyway, or have any idea who she was, as this was certainly not Hyrule. She continued inside--Paixao, was it?--and was stunned. This was absolutely massive, beyond even the Castle Town. What sort of country could support such a place? Even the trees glittered. She hardly knew where to go first. But she could not stand there gaping. She moved forward, deeper into the town.

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NiGHTS had been whirling busily around the city, doing... well, whatever she had felt like, really. She had scared a few people and helped a couple of others, and she got the distinct feeling that she had sufficiently annoyed Ryuuzaki - which made her chuckle. Now, though, she was getting bored. What was there to do around here?

The Maren was considering leaving the city to go and look around, and was, in fact, heading towards the gate she had entered in when an interesting looking woman stepped inside, looking confused. NiGHTS nodded to herself, grinning a little at the thought of another interesting person, and she could sense that the woman was tied very clearly to the Green Ideya - the Ideya of growth.

So she dropped down in front of the woman and offered her a friendly smile. "Hi!"

Zelda took a step back as the peculiar creature dropped in front of her, but kept her face tightly controlled, showing only mild surprise and curiosity. She had never seen such a creature in Hyrule or the Twilight Realm. But there was something about--her?--that reminded Zelda of Midna.

"Hello," Zelda replied. "Is this your home?"

Having a native guide to this realm would be advantageous.

NiGHTS cocked her head to the side, brilliant gaze flickering over the young woman. Hm. She had the Red Ideya of courage lingering about her as well. As a matter of fact, she had most of the Ideya, which was rare indeed. It was a wonder, then, that NiGHTS had never seen this woman before; surely, she must have dreamed. Even so, the Maren could not be everywhere at once.

Mentally shrugging these thoughts off, NiGHTS grinned at the woman and shook her head. "Nope!" she responded gaily, "I'm not from anywhere near here." Although NiGHTS hadn't been here for long, she was fairly sure the citizens here were unable to dream - she had never heard of this place before.

"My name," she continued, "is NiGHTS. What's yours?"

"Then it is common for people to arrive here without warning?" Zelda wondered, half speaking to herself. She looked up at the mention of introductions. "Oh, I apologize. I am Zelda, of Hyrule."

She refrained from mentioning her royal status; there were times when it seemed to push her above others, and made them less willing to speak normally to her. In such a place as this, she did not want to take the chance, even though she suspected NiGHTS wouldn't have cared either way.

NiGHTS shrugged, not particularly concerned at the moment. "I suppose so," she answered, somewhat carelessly, and she smiled. "Oh! Nice to meet you." She couldn't immediately recall any Visitors to her realm from Hyrule, but perhaps she had either forgotten them or they simply hadn't come her way.

NiGHTS, for her part, also didn't care about royalty; she treated everyone much the same (unless she was in a certain mood, of course). This tended to either annoy those she interacted with that happened to be royalty, or they were relieved. NiGHTS didn't really notice either way, anyway.

"It is a pleasure, NiGHTS," Zelda replied. "Have you been here long?"

Even if NiGHTS wasn't a native, she seemed friendly enough, and perhaps she would be willing to tell her a bit more about this place. It was very different from Hyrule. The more she knew, the faster she would be able to return home.

"No," NiGHTS answered pleasantly, "I haven't. I've only arrived here a little while ago." How long it was, she didn't know; it was difficult to tell day from night in a domed city.

She rather liked Zelda so far; the woman was calm and pleasant - and NiGHTS could swear she felt the red Ideya within her.

[ooc: OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY. I didn't even get an e-mail notification for the reply! D: D: D:]

"Perhaps you could tell me what you know of this city so far?" Zelda asked. She would not want to go into a situation uninformed if she could avoid it. "Are there any particular landmarks? A castle, maybe?"

After all, it would be best if she met with the rulers as soon as possible. She would need to ascertain their positions and see if they would aid her.

"Hm..." NiGHTS floated back a bit, pondering. "There's nothing like that here, as far as I've seen - but there should be a map on the journal they handed you on your way in."

A few more moments of remembrance, and the creature snapped her fingers. "That's right! I've heard about a mayor around here, but I don't know where that person lives. If you ask around, though, I'm sure someone else will know."

A mayor? Her eyes widened. If this place had a mayor and no castle, then it was just a smaller part of a larger place. And the idea of a city larger than this was almost beyond her comprehension. What sort of city would surround a castle in this realm?

She turned her attention to the ivory box in her hands. A journal? Perhaps it was magic. Opening it uncertainly, she spent a few fruitless moments trying to make it work, and finally looked to NiGHTS.

"Do you know how this device functions?"

NiGHTS shrugged. "I do," she responded cheerfully, taking out her own journal in order to be able to show Zelda how to use it. "It's pretty weird, but it's still kind of easy to figure out. Well, it is once you get used to it," she laughed.

She wondered why this strange place kept pulling people in. Maybe there was something more to this than there seemed to be.

"We've nothing like this in my realm," Zelda said, comparing the two machines. They seemed more or less the same, except for minor aesthetic differences.

If everything in this city was as strange to her as the journals, adjusting would be difficult. But she would adapt as needed to allow herself to survive here and return to her kingdom.

NiGHTS, being from an innately changeable realm, couldn't say the same. Back home, everything could change at a moment's notice, although the realm of Nightopia was arguably more solidified as a whole - and the Dream Gate never seemed to change at all.

"I don't really know if there's anything like this back home," the Maren replied slowly, "but a friend of mine, Owl, would. He's not here, though."

The machine proved simple enough to turn on, at least. While the thing was still foreign, it was not as difficult as she had thought it would be. Perhaps it would just take a bit of adjustment.

But she could not spend all day at the gate when she had to find a way back home. First, she needed somewhere to stay. A moment of fumbling accessed the map, and she looked at it uncertainly.

"Which of these are hotels?"

NiGHTS smiled at the woman, her eyes friendly and understanding. She drifted to Zelda in order to look over the woman's shoulder, slender fingers pointing to places on the map. "That one is, and... that, I think," she replied, indicating the buildings. "I don't stay in any of them, though."

She didn't stay in any of them, come to think of it; staying in a domed city was ridiculous enough without putting a second roof over her head.

She nodded as NiGHTS pointed. "Thank you. I mean no disrespect, but I would like to establish a place to sleep before I do anything else. I would not object to company, however."

She was not sure as to the quality of any of the inns NiGHTS pointed out. As long as they were not too bad, however, Zelda would make due.

NiGHTS nodded. "Sure!" she grinned, especially at Zelda's not-so-subtle hint about company. She would stick with the woman tonight, at least; she was definitely amusing enough. Although, she wouldn't go inside yet another building if she could help it; one roof was bad enough.

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A Royal Arrival [Complete]

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