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An Expected Meeting [Closed. Complete]

Character(s): Link, Sheik
Content: Sheik has something to tell Link.
Setting: Jogo da Crianca
Time: Afternoon-ish
Warnings: Lack of action perhaps? Otherwise, none.

Link headed to Jogo da Crianca early. First of all, he had nothing else to do, and second of all, he was eager to see Sheik. He obviously knew something, and Link wanted to know what it was. It had also been a little while since he had seen the Sheikah, the last time being in the middle of the ice cavern on the edge of Zora's Fountain.

There were plenty of people walking around, and in some places on the streets, Link had to weave and dodge through large crowds. Thankfully, Jogo da Crianca didn't have such a dense population through it. Instead of finding a bench to sit on and wait, Link climbed a decently sized fake tree and rested on one of the larger branches, his back resting against the truck. It was his preferred place to rest, since he had been raised in a forest.

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"You're early."

Sheik had a knack for appearing out of nowhere. One moment she was nowhere to be seen, and the next, she was leaning with her back against the same tree, below and opposite Link's position, arms folded.

One would thing that Link would be used to the Sheikah popping out of nowhere, but such was not the case. The Hylian jumped and almost fell off the bench he had just sat down on.

"Do you always have to do that?" If Sheik wasn't already waiting for him somewhere, he always appeared out of the blue, and sometimes, Link just couldn't prepare himself for his sudden appearances. "So, what's going on? You said you needed to talk to me."

(Yes, Link, she did always have to do that. It was sort of her thing by now.)

Sheik nodded, only a slight movement. "I did. It's to do with the nature of this place... which, presumably, you've already heard some about." That was an invitation to share; she'd rather not waste time telling him things he already knew.

"I still don't know much. I heard something about an 'Organization XIII' and some rogue from that group trying to gain his own power." Link rested his arm on another branch, resting his head on his hand as he tried to remember other things he had found out.

"You probably ran in to the weird signs about some dress code, but I don't know anything about it. I still haven't found a way out either." Other than the basics, that was pretty much all Link knew about. He had yet to find the doors to the other worlds, and thus, knew nothing about them.

Hm. It seemed she had her work cut out for her. Sheik pushed off from the tree trunk, walking a few paces while she formulated her explanation.

"It seems no one has," she said eventually, stopping with her back to him. "This place has drawn in a great diversity of visitors. Heroes and villains... fairies and demons... all pulled from their own unique worlds, with no known way to return. But that is only part of the nature of Paixao."

"Are you telling me you know more?" Link never understood why sheik was so cryptic. Wouldn't it just be easier if he had just said everything like it was? Still, it was worth listening to him.

Link swung down from the glittering tree and landed a few feet from the Sheikah. "All I know is what I've told you. I haven't found a way out, other than the gates, and I doubt any of them lead to Hyrule." By this point, Link had traveled over most of Hyrule, and he had also stumbled upon some spots that weren't known to many, if any at all.

Sheik shook her head. "No. They don't." She'd been briefly to all four gates at one point or another, and hadn't sensed anything particularly magical about them. They were nothing more than doors.

"Even so," she went on, "did we truly enter this place by a gate? ... It follows, then, that we won't be able to leave by one." Her eyes flicked backwards over her shoulder. "But there may still be a way.

"Listen, Link. For all its size, this city, this island, is nothing more than a single room in a great castle." Whether it was an illusion, or had some degree of reality to it, was immaterial at this point. "Hidden in each of these rooms lies a door to the next. The first, in a church at the end of the world; the next, in an island cave."

She turned to face him fully, arms at her sides. "The way is perilous, and what awaits at the end, I cannot say. There are many dark forces at work in this castle." Her eyes looked eastward automatically, remembering her failed attempt to investigate City Hall.

"... There's the Organization, as you mentioned," Sheik said, pulling herself back to the topic. "A cadre of thirteen who will do anything to regain their lost hearts. No one seems to know where they are based, but the most dangerous of them is supposedly a woman called Larxene... or 'Cora,' as she might introduce herself."

Of course, she had no idea Link had already met this woman, under a different name entirely; had she known, she would have spent more time on it. Instead she turned to what she saw as the more pressing danger, not least because it had nearly killed her a short while ago.

"At the center of this city, though, is another dark force - the self-styled Mistress of All Evil, Maleficent. ... She may even be the one responsible for bringing us here." Sheik included that as a possibility, not a fact, but it still made the most sense to her, falling well within her usual parameters for evil. "She commands an army of shadow creatures known as the Heartless, dangerous in their own right, and even on her own she is a witch of great power." No pretender could concoct an aura of darkness that thick and foul. "As you are now, you cannot defeat her."

Here she paused, watching him. If he had any questions or protests about that, now would be the time to voice them.

Link listened intently to what Sheik had to say. He wondered how he had gained all of this information, but then again, he was a Sheikah. Link was sure he had his own ways of doing so.

"Wait. We're in a castle?" Even Ganondorf hadn't created something so elaborate. Well, not yet anyway. "So, do you think this Maleficent did all of this too?" Link opened his arms, indicating that he meant the whole castle/illusion thing going on in Paixao.

Link didn't like the idea that he couldn't defeat her, but he took it as a harsh truth, just as he couldn't exactly defeat Ganondorf at the moment either. "What do I have to do?"

Sheik didn't answer right away. Truth be told, she didn't know. She didn't know who was responsible for all this, or what should be done. Even what could be done. For all the information she'd gathered over the past few weeks, she still felt as blind as a newborn animal... and as weak.

She had already dragged Link into so much trouble in the past seven years, asking him to risk his life time and again for the sake of someone who was basically a stranger to him. But there was nothing for it. He was her sword arm, the strength to her weakness. She needed his help.

"... Search the castle," she said at last. "Follow the upward path to its pinnacle, and find out what lies there. Uncover the truth behind this world of illusions."

Once again, vagueness. Either Sheik didn't know the answer, or there was a reason behind finding out for himself.

Link nodded. "What should we do about the Organization thing, and Maleficent?" He really didn't want to ignore them, especially if they were the ones behind everything. Seeing as how they were as evil as Ganondorf, he wanted to see them all defeated, and everyone who was brought here to be sent back to their respective homes. "We can't just let them run this place, can we?"

There had to be a way of defeating them. For Ganondorf, Link was in the middle of awakening the sages and receiving the medallions to gain more power so he'd be ready when he finally did face him. What was there to do about the Organization and the Maleficent person?

"And what about the heartless things you talked about? We can't let them torment people either!" This mess was as big, if not bigger, than the one Link was also facing back in Hyrule. He was going to need more help if he was going to put a stop to the problems here.

"The Heartless are mindless beasts. Treat them as you would any monster." That, at least, was straightforward. She personally relished the idea of seeing those wretched creatures skewered on the Master Sword. (W-well. As much as she allowed herself to relish anything.)

"As for Maleficent and the Organization..." Sheik frowned. She would rather not admit her ignorance on the subject. "... They operate behind a close-kept veil of secrecy. Much of what they do, they do unseen and unsung." She looked directly into his eyes now. "That's why, Link. Before you can do anything to stop them, you must peel back the layers of deception that surround them. Otherwise, all your efforts are in vain."

Link nodded. He understood what he had to do now. Before he could go in and attack, he had to find out more about what he and Sheik were dealing with. Although it was clear that the Organization and Maleficent had much power, it wasn't clear as to what their power could really do.

"I guess we should just start wandering around the place then. If we can map out the castle, it'll be easier for us to know which way to go later." Link was a great fan of maps. If he couldn't find one around, he'd make his own. The map on the journal thing only showed the 'city' of Paixao. It didn't show any other worlds or parts of the castle. The only way to know more was to explore and find out. He felt like he was in another temple, just that this one was a lot bigger.

"Mm." Sheik nodded once. Wandering wasn't exactly how she would have put it, but it was the most apt description of what they were actually doing.

"... The first door stands in a church far to the southwest, outside the city gates," she said. Unseen, a Deku nut slipped into her palm. "We will meet again, beyond it. I'm counting on you, Link."

Then, in a flash, the nut burst against the ground, and when the light cleared she was gone.

Before Link could respond, Sheik had thrown the Deku nut and disappeared. Thankfully, he had grown used to seeing the movement he made as he threw the nut, and Link was just barely able to cover his eyes before the blinding flash paralyzed him.

He sighed and pulled out his journal, looking at the map and finding the...'church' (whatever that was). Once he found a nice path to where he was going, Link put his journal away and started heading for his destination, though, he was sure Sheik would forgive him if he went ona slight detour to get a bite to eat first.

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An Expected Meeting [Closed. Complete]

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monologues sound be~tter~ au~to~tu~ned~

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