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The Thrill of Adventure [Active]

Character(s): Aladdin, Sheik, Anyone else who bumps into ‘em there
Content: Aladdin goes to explore the other levels of Paixao, and runs into Sheik in Spira.
Setting: Spira
Time: Afternoon
Warnings: Probably Not Much

It took a while for Aladdin to go past the gates of Niflheim Gates, mostly because he had to wait till the guards were distracted to sneak pass them. As he wondered into the Elysian Fields he saw some of the light creatures that girl mentioned in the journals. They jumped in and out the tall grass, but they didn’t bother him. Either way, Aladdin would have been prepared to face them anyway, holding his scimitar sword as he made his way toward the old abandoned the church.

Aladdin took a look at it, and walked inside the place, “This must be St. Destino…” he spoke to himself as he let his eyes search around the place. He found the steps that led to the balcony, and wondered to the hallway with the door that led to the islands. To Aladdin this was like exploring the cave of wonders, only neither Carpet nor Abu was with him right now. He opened the door, entering into the island.

This place was pretty strange considering it’s suppose to be in a large castle, and the different levels seemed like worlds, even if they were suppose to be replicas of them. Aladdin started to wonder if his world was also Replica here, though possible, it seems that he’d have to go to different levels to get to it. What’s the point if it was a fake too? It would just make him home sick, because it wasn’t the real thing.

Aladdin made his way through the island looking around at the different places, like the seaside shack, the cove, and down by the seashore. It was while he was walking by sea that he caught glance at the waterfall and decided to go explore there. Aladdin went inside the cave behind it, and noticed the drawings on the wall. Aladdin noticed a somewhat hatched up drawing that looked like Sora next to a girl that he guessed was probably Kairi, giving each other stars, this had to be the right path, because he thought Sora must have drawn that recently.

Opening the door, it was another hallway, which led to another door this time going to the Hinterlands. Aladdin looked around the forest, and noticed some of the trees around. He didn’t really pay attention to his outfit, but more to what was around him. Aladdin he noticed these doors had pictures on it, the one he decided to open, led him to another world.

“I wonder if this is Spira…” Aladdin asked himself as he looked around inquisitively, it seems that he was in another forest, but it was very different. This one was very numinous and like everything was made out of crystals. Aladdin made his way around in the forest, mystified by his surroundings.

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One did not simply run into Sheik. Really, it would be beyond embarrassing if someone were to get the drop on her. That was why she kept to the trees above the road, hidden in their crystalline branches.

Unlike the worlds contained in the floors below, Spira seemed altogether devoid of Heartless. It had its share of normal monsters, but nothing like the black infestation on the island or the shapeshifting nightmares of Halloween Town. This place was ... normal, in a way she hadn't encountered in weeks. It was actually somewhat unnerving. She had little doubt now that whatever had attacked Link here was long gone, and the mysterious beast that had helped him back to the church sat in the forefront of her suspicions. The evidence might have been circumstancial, but that made it no less damning to her.

Her thoughts were interrupted by an unfamiliar voice, and she leaned out from her current spot to investigate. It was a young man, dark-complexioned, and without shoes. Odd, but she'd seen stranger. She watched him for a moment, then -

- behind him, a beast (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Xiphos) was approaching, and fast, its needle legs making small taks on the crystal's surface. Instinctively, Sheik eased into a ready position. It hadn't seen her, but that would change if things got out of hand...

Aladdin heard something rustle swiftly behind him. He quickly turned around and saw the monster before him. Eyes widen, he held his sword, knowing that he had to fight this creature. Aladdin positioned himself to fight against the monster, “This isn’t good!” he muttered to himself as readied his attack on the thing.

Unfortunately for Aladdin, the creature was the first to leap into action, taking one of its legs to attack him. Aladdin quickly blocked it with his sword to jump back. He grunted in his jumps to hack away the creature with his sword multiple times in his ‘Quick Play’. This worked on the creature for a bit, but it bounced its attack back at him, and almost made him stumble off balance. This kept Aladdin distracted enough that the creature was able attack him with one of its legs.

Knocking Aladdin down, but not unconscious, he tried to get up. However, the creature pinned him. Still holding on to his sword, he decided to stab the creature, it screeched in pain. Aladdin rolled off to the side while it was distracted. He jumped back up, holding his sword as he faced the creature again, he groaned, “I think I should have brought someone with me after all…”

That was all the more prompting Sheik needed to intervene. In a flash, she leapt from her treetop perch and landed squarely on the creature's spine with enough force to make it stumble. Another split second, and the blade of her long knife flashed in the dim light. The monster howled and writhed, and she leapt again, this time landing in an impossibly low crouch behind it. But it didn't seem to notice her, focused more immediately on the stump where one of its legs had just been.

“Whoa!” Aladdin exclaimed as he took a step back, at the mysterious figure whom leapt from the trees and attacked the creature. He watched for the moment as they slashed away at the creature. Aladdin went back to focusing on to fighting the thing and immediately went back, this time aiding the stranger at combating it. He made his move when it got distracted at its lost stump, jumping above it to slash it from above. Splitting it downward, which got it in the end, it shattered to pieces before the two.

Glancing over at the stranger who helped Aladdin, he rubbed his neck, “Um… Thanks!” The guy really did come in the nick of time. He grinned as put his sword back in his sash, and held out his hand, “I owe ya one, what’s your name?”

Sheik stood straight as she watched the pyreflies disperse harmlessly into the air. Well, it was at least encouraging that the man seemed to know what he was doing. He wasn't bad, just surprised. ... Granted, to a Sheikah, those two things were the same, but she was the only Sheikah here.

She sheathed her blade and briefly eyed his extended hand, but made no move to shake it. "... Sheik," she replied eventually, glancing back up.

Aladdin awkwardly put his hand back to his side, seems like this guy isn’t the shaking hands type. He shrugged in a chuckle, and folded his arms, “Well, it’s nice to meet you Sheik, my name’s Aladdin!” At least Aladdin tried to keep a more positive outlook on this. Maybe Sheik might make a good companion for now.

“Anyway, I just ventured here from St. Destino, do you know if this is Spira?” Aladdin asked as he looked around the mystical forest. It certainly seemed like this might be the place. He hopes he isn’t wrong anyway.

The idea of herself as anyone's companion didn't even cross Sheik's mind. What did was a twinge of mild annoyance, which she suppressed. He'd come here without even knowing where he was, though? Seriously?

"... Yes. That's what they call it." She folded her arms. "It's not a place to venture casually."

Look like Aladdin was right, this was Spira, “Oh that’s good, I wanted to see what kind of levels in this castle look like.” He looked around the place, thinking about some of the other possible levels here. Aladdin scratched his chin in thought. He knew he had to press onward to see for himself.

“Wasn’t planning on it,” Aladdin spoke to the comment on walking around casually, “I just needed to know what was here. I want to know if there is a possible way out of here.”

Ah. So their goals were the same, more or less. To escape this place, and return home... which, supposedly, was only possible by ascending to the castle's summit. They were rumors, but rumors were all she had to go on at present. That was why she was here in the first place. She preferred her information firsthand.

"The beasts are many here," she said warningly, turning away to leave. "Don't let your guard down again." Implied was that she would not conveniently be there the next time.

“Ah, sure,” Aladdin said with a bit of a blink, Sheik sure was advantageous, though, very mysterious and interesting. A rouge of sorts, that left Aladdin rather in the dusk of who he was and where he came from. He certainly was grateful that he came in time to help him defeat that monster.

“W-Wait!” reaching out a hand, Aladdin then rubbed the back of his neck, "I uh... Do you... Need any company? I mean it might be a long trip to the place, and it might be better to go with someone than by yourself."

Sheik looked back over her shoulder at him, unmoving. Did he really expect her to accept an offer like that? Helping a stranger, she didn't object to, but putting herself in extended contact with any one person was unthinkable. At best, he would slow her down... and at worst, her presence would call down some misfortune on him. Company was a luxury she could ill afford.

It was only because he wasn't completely incompetent that she replied at all. "Our paths may cross again, Aladdin. And if not... farewell."

With that she crouched, and leapt back into the trees, not even bothering with a Deku nut. Her supply was running low, anyway.

Aladdin watched Sheik disappear off. He figured the guy would decline, but it still was worth a shot to ask. He rubbed the back of his neck and lifted his eyebrow. Man, was he dealing with more than he knew. Aladdin sighed, “Well, looks like I’m on my own again.”

Making way through the forest, Aladdin took his time to look around to all that was around him. Including the crystals and the weird creatures. Aladdin let himself be on the look out this time for any unexpected visitors that might pop out like that one monster. He wouldn’t want to be caught off guard again. Clutching to his sword, he pressed on.

Eventually leading out of the woods into a long valley. Looks like Aladdin’s journey only just begun. He walked along the grass, encountering various creatures. Though this time, he was able to take care of them if they came up to try to attack him. Aladdin stopped to rest for a little bit, he kinda wished carpet was here, it would make his trip a lot easier to get around, that’s for sure.

Luckily Aladdin was able to rent a Chocobo from a lady to ride through the valley. It took a couple of tries to know how to control one, but since he rode on a horse before. He knew what he was doing. After a long while, he crossed the plains through to a large mountain. Climbing the mountain was a pretty hard task itself, eventually he found his way through the caves. Though he wasn’t lucky on his encounters with one fiend after another, it was exhausting. After defeating an Imp, he decided to get some rest, and sat on a rock. Reaching out to get out some water from his container, he sighed, “Man… This place is huge for being just a level in a castle.”

The Calm Lands appeared anything but their name. Time and time again Genie found himself forced to face fiends who dared challenge him. Malboro, Mech Scouter and Skoll, they all fell, effortlessly taken down by the blue djinn. Though, as easy as they were to take care of, that by no means made them any less annoying to deal with. Collecting data was difficult in a swarm of what might as well been mosquitoes. Genie mumbled to himself while he scribbled down a few notes, only pausing to adjust his glasses before he moved on.

The next Genie Golf Classic was to take place somewhere new, somewhere exciting. The whole point of it was to familiarize oneself with the foreign terrain and meet new people. Oh, and have fun. Having fun was very important too. He had hoped Spira would be the perfect place for this, the Calm Lands a nice, open valley which was perfect for a temporary course. And, by his notes and drawings, it was. The only problem was the ‘fiends’ running about and attacking everyone. Again, simple enough to take care of but annoying when one is in the middle of a golf game. More than their swing would be off. He sighed and looked down at his notes. There was always the idea of some sort of force field, but the strength of these ‘creatures’ seemed to vary. It had to be strong enough to stun them but not kill them – or anyone else who mistakenly (or curiously) walked into it. He brought his pencil to his chin and began to tap it gently against it.

Maybe he was over thinking this, his thoughts clouded by the many alternate options. A break, just a little one, could help. Yes, it couldn’t hurt. Genie placed his notes down beside him and leaned back in the hot spring he had decided to stop and enjoy. The frigid chill the mountain held had little effect on him, but that did not mean he could not enjoy the warmth that the spring offered. He looked up at the caves roof and had just begun to close his eyes when a familiar voice filled his ears. Someone else was in the cave. They weren’t very close, but the cave easily made up for the distance, echoing the person’s voice from its walls.

“Aladdin?” he asked himself before cranking his head back and shouting to the boy. “Yo, yo, yo! Al, you be up in this cave too, brotha?”

Aladdin looked up, a bit surprised at what he thought he heard was, “Genie?” Calling out to his friend, he got up from the rock he was sitting on and went toward where Genie’s voice was echoing.

“Genie? Genie are you in here too?” Aladdin called out, what was his friend doing out here? Did he decide that he was checking out this Spira place too? Or was Genie just making sure Aladdin was doing all right and all? Aladdin lifted his eyebrow as he looked around, trying to distinguish where his big blue pal was.

A cool blue glow reflected off the walls of the cave, the light growing more intense the closer one got to Genie. He had not intended to beacon Aladdin to his location like this but if it worked better than his voice, he was not about to argue. Sometimes being a giant light bulb paid offer. Other times, not so much.

Turning in the direction he had heard his friends voice, Genie cupped his hand over his mouth and proceeded to call out to Aladdin. “Nope, just us rocks here after a combination of chemical processes, erosion, tectonic forces, microorganisms, pressure, and atmospheric influences.” He replied jokingly. “Sorry. Try again later.”

Being able to spot that faint glow of blue, Aladdin decided to follow it. The voice of Genie’s was definitely getting louder as he got closer to it. Climbing over some of the rocks, he made his way onto the path toward where he supposed his big blue pal was. Aladdin just chuckled, that’s Genie all right, he wouldn’t be able to think of anyone else who could make jokes about rocks. Well, not at the moment anyway.

As soon as Aladdin was able to reach Genie, he could hear the water of the spring, and feel the warmth emanating from it. Aladdin turned a corner and there was his best friend chilling in the cave. “Genie! What are you doing here?” Aladdin said with a smile, happy as he was to see his pal, he would like to know what he was doing all the way out here.

“I could ask you the very same question.” Genie replied with a hint of suspicion. Though he knew Aladdin had intended to explore the castle and join the much anticipated race to the top. To find him here came as no surprise to the genie. To bump into him was another. A sly grin spread across his features as he looked to Aladdin. “Although, I suppose I already know.” He continued and tapped his nose knowingly. “But don’t you think it’s a little early to be getting into trouble? You only got here two weeks ago.” Of course, he was only teasing and knew well of his friends good intentions.

He waved to Aladdin to join him, shifting in the spring to reach for the notes he had placed beside it. “I’ve been doing some observations of this floor or worlds geography, if you would. The landscape is perfect for the golf course I’ve been planning to erect. Mini golf course, that is.” Genie waved his notes, as though to prove his point before placed them back down, safely away from the spring. “I want to mix it up a bit. Besides, who doesn’t like mini golf?” Without pause for Aladdin to answer, the genie continued. “There’s such a scenic view of the area from up here, the sort you see on postcards. I just had to see it for myself! And snap a picture for my vacation sideshow. Maybe I’ll even make it my desktop. I love Mickey n’ Pals but I’ve had the same image for months! I think Mickey would understand. At least, I hope he would. But, anyway, the springs I just stumbled across on my way up. I just thought I’d relax for a bit.”

Aladdin folded his arms as Genie conversed with him, returning the smirk back at his pal. But of course he’d suspect him with that, he chuckled, “Trouble? Me?” Aladdin knew he was nowhere near innocent, in fact Genie probably knew that already, “Come on Genie, the only trouble I would be in, is if I were caught.”

Luckily there weren’t any monsters to jump up out of nowhere at them right there, otherwise they would be in trouble. Aladdin sat next to Genie on one of the rocks near the spring, leaning his elbows against his knees. He lifted his eyebrow about golf, but oddly enough, he actually knew about the game Genie was talking about. Aladdin saw him playing it before a couple of times in the past.

“Yea? You think this place could be good for Golf?” Aladdin quirked an eyebrow, though Genie would probably be able to win some rounds now that carpet wasn’t here to challenge him. Though Aladdin bet if anything the monsters might get in the way of that game here. Not wanting to be pessimistic or anything, but they would present a problem. Unless one rode on a chocobo during it, and somehow, that wasn’t too hard to imagine. It would be something that Genie would do to fix the problem.

Though Genie brought up a good point about relaxing Aladdin, he slumped a bit in his spot, with a sigh. “Yea, I was doin’ the same thing myself earlier, those monsters just keep appearing all over the place around here,” Aladdin said, thinking about all the random battles he had while he was here, some short, some strenuous.

Genie gave a small sigh. He knew Aladdin would say that. How typical. He was rather tempted to ‘catch’ him, if only to tease him, however thought it best he do so another time. That way he had the element of surprise and really make Aladdin fess up.

“It’s a surprise.” he told his friend. Genie wanted to keep this tournament well under ties and didn’t want any information regarding it to leak. And though he trusted Al, he was not sure he could trust the walls that surrounded them. Maybe he was being a little paranoid about the whole thing but who honestly knew if others lingered in the cave, listening to their conversation, waiting for Genie to reveal the details of his tournament? It was a little silly but only so to everyone who wasn’t Genie. He eyed the rock walls in suspicion before looking back at Aladdin.

“Those creatures are a tad problematic, aren’t they? Though, I wouldn’t go so far as to call the monsters, even if they have the tendency to act like ones.” The genie rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “I haven’t decided what to do about them yet. I don’t want to hurt them but I don’t want them to hurt others either.” He stopped and pointed to Aladdin’s feet, changing topics completely. “Aren’t you going to at least put your feet in? They must been aching.”

Aladdin shook his head with a smirk at Genie. He didn’t think anyone else would be anticipating something like golf out here. Though, he may be mistaken, but he thought he probably still needs to meet more people around Paixao before he can make sure. Aladdin adjusted in his seat as made himself comfortable, noticing Genie offered that he should at least let his feet rest in the spring.

“Oh, I guess I should,” Aladdin slid his feet into the water, massaging them a bit in the water so his muscles could relax. He glanced back up at his friend as he continued to try and relax, “Hey… You haven’t seen any guy named Sheik around here, have you?”

The genie stared at Aladdin for a moment, blinking numerous times, as though unsure of his friend’s question. There was a moment of silence between them before he spoke. “Sheik?” he repeated, a brow quirked. “That’s not short for Sheikah, is it? An ancient clan of ninja warriors sworn to protect the Royal Family of Hyrule, also referred to as ‘the Shadows of the Hylians’.” Genie pursed his lips in thought. “To my knowledge they’re considered extinct.” After a moment, his lips twisted into a mischievous smile. “Although, just because they say they’re extinct, that doesn’t make it necessarily true.” At this, he shared a wink with Aladdin.

“But this gentleman, Sheik, what did he look like? About yea tall? Skin tight, blue suit, big Sheikah emblem on the chest? The Sheikah emblem, being a red eye with three triangles resting above it, tear drop bellow it. Oh-! Wait a minute.” Suddenly, the commonly known Milton Bradley game ‘Guess Who?’ appeared in front of Genie. The game board levitated above the water, just at the perfect level for the genie to flip the characters down without much effort. “Is your person covered in bandages? Does your person have blonde hair, red eyes?” The game vanished in a puff of blue smoke. “Nope, haven’t seen him!”

It had been several days since Sheik turned down Aladdin's offer to accompany her and set out across the Calm Lands alone. To her great surprise, she'd found more than monsters the further she traveled. There were people here, going about their business as if unaware of the castle and perfectly at home. People, and chocobos, the strange riding birds that halved the remaining time to the mountains beyond.

They were... tricky to get the hang of. But that was a matter for another thread.

The temperature dropped the further she climbed up the mountain, past the point where her flightless mount could follow. But, eventually, she reached it. And to her surprise, even in this inhospitable climate, she heard voices from within a cave as she passed.

Keeping to the shadows, she investigated, and within a minute or two she'd discovered the hot springs as well. Aladdin was there, but with him was a strange-looking blue creature who, like so many, she couldn't identify. And as luck would have it, the conversation had just turned to her. Perhaps bad luck. The blue man knew a lot more about her and the Sheikah than anyone had since she arrived here. Who was he?

(Probably she was about to find out.)

Stretching back, Aladdin listened to Genie, remembering how Sheik was. He guessed that made sense that the guy was a ninja warrior. Aladdin scratched his chin, “Hm… Sheik did kinda act like one of those guys.”

Observing the way Genie described Sheik, board game of ‘Guess Who?’ and all, Aladdin gave a nod, “Yea! He looked just like that!” But then gave a somewhat disappointed frown when Genie admitted he hadn’t seen the guy. Aladdin sighed, and rubbed his fingers through his hair, “Well… He’s somewhere ‘round here, the guy came in and helped me one of those creatures attacked me by surprise! Man, I sure would have been in real trouble if he hadn’t came in, but he… Well, he kinda took off after he helped me…”

Aladdin scratched the back his neck with a chuckle, “Guess the guy’s one of those lone wolf types, huh?”

Genie nodded along to Aladdin’s words, showing concern at the mention of his friend’s trouble. Part of him wanted to scold Aladdin for going out on his own. The other, wished he had dedicated more time to watch over him and insure he kept out of trouble. Although, with Aladdin, that was close to impossible; ‘trouble’ was practically that boy’s middle name. But, to be fair, his heart was in the right place. He sighed, reminded of the discussion he had had with the boy before. Aladdin was so concerned about others, determined to free those trapped inside the castle, Genie wondered if that left room for his friend to care about himself. Still, he had promised to restrain himself from trying to change Aladdin’s decision and to say no more of the subject.

“I’m sure he’s bound to show up.” He replied in an eerily knowing tone regarding Sheik. “Why don’t you ask him yourself?” His eyes slowly wandered past Aladdin and to the shadows which Sheik had taken cover. However, he made no other mention of the ninja’s presence than with his eyes. Far be it for Genie to interrupt Sheik’s spying. Although, in Genie’s opinion, the act of spying on someone usually worked better when those spied on were not aware that they were being watched.

Sheik cursed silently to herself. Had she really been that careless in choosing cover? Or was it the same faculty that allowed him to know who she was? And most importantly, did he know more than that?

The time for disappearing had passed. She had to know where this blue man's allegiance lay. She eased herself into the light, so that half of her was easily visible to anyone looking that way.

Aladdin looked up to where Genie’s eyes drifted, taking a step or two to take a better look. That’s when he saw Sheik emerge from the shadows. Aladdin’s eyes lit up. Whoa, was that guy really there the whole time? He really was some kinda ninja warrior! Aladdin spoke up to him, “Sheik! You’re here!”

Sharing a grin to Genie, before looking back up, Aladdin waved his hand, “Hey! How long have you been up there? Why don’t you come down and join us?”

A smile tugged at Genie’s lips when Sheik revealed himself from the shadows. He had not expected the warrior to step out so willingly. Of course, he hadn’t exactly given Sheik as much of a choice as the man would have probably liked, but they were past the point to debate such thing. Aladdin knew of his presence now. He nodded to his friend and followed his glance back to Sheik, another nod given as a silent greeting.

“Always room for one more.”

Almost before they'd finished speaking, Sheik leapt forward, and with a midair twist and a slight pop of air, disappeared. In the same instant, she reappeared on a rock a few yards away, crouched with one foot on it and the other on the ground, eyeing Genie warily.

"I've never met you," she said to him, less a declaration of fact than a demand for explanation.

Aladdin watched as Sheik came out on top of rock. Just about right after he disappeared from where he was before. Aladdin stepped back a bit in surprise when Sheik did it, and rubbed the back of his neck with a slight chuckle at himself. Really he should have expected that, but still. The guy sure is sneaky!

“Oh! Right!” Aladdin cleared his throat, “Sheik, this is my friend Genie! Genie, this is Sheik.” He said as he waved his hand between the two in introduction for them to meet.

Unlike Aladdin, Genie did not appear fazed in the slightest by Sheik’s sudden movement. The only real movement he made was to gain further comfort in the hot spring, during which time Aladdin made introductions. He followed his friends glance to Sheik, the ninja’s accusing gaze met with only a smile. For the most part, he appeared rather reserved. However, that never lasted long with Genie. He could only restrain himself for so long before his excitement got the best of him and turned him into the second greatest horror next to the fangirl: the fanboy. … or maybe that was Mary Sue. Genie had far too many run-ins with her that he would have liked to remember. Needless to say, Sheik was in for more than ever expected.

“Are you a real Sheikah?” the genie asked, suddenly appearing by Sheik’s side in a cloud of blue smoke. He wasted no time in invading the warrior’s personal space, eyes practically sparkling as he leaned in closer. Any distance made by the ninja would be cut short, Genie wanting to absorb every last bit of the Sheikah. “I never thought I’d get to meet one in person. Oh, this is totally awesome! If only the guys back in Hyrule history could see me now.” Summoning forth a rounded stone, a similar emblem carved into it as that which Sheik wore, the genie held it out along with a small chisel. “Will you sign my Gossip Stone? Oh, please, oh please, oh please?”

What. Just... what. Personal space, dude.

Sheik leaned away from Genie's fanboy assault, to the point where she was dangerously close to falling off her perch even with her crazy balance. She wasn't about to dignify any of those bizarre questions with an answer, and besides, his breath...

If only to try and make Genie back off, she accepted the Gossip Stone, even though chiseling her name into it was not only impractical but stupid. Instead, she turned her gaze to his companion. "Aladdin," she said darkly, "you certainly keep strange company."

Aladdin watched as Genie got excited over Sheik.He cringed as his friend literally poofed all around him. He gave a somewhat nervous chuckle in response to Sheik’s comment about Genie. Honestly, Aladdin loved his friend, but he can be a bit much for some people. It didn’t surprise him much that Sheik was a bit overwhelmed by him.

Shrugging Aladdin just said, “Heeey, he isn’t so…Well, that’s just’s… well that’s just Genie for yea! Heh heh, you’ll get use to him after a while.” Waving his hand dismissively.

The genie had either not heard Aladdin’s words or chosen to ignore them, his attention appearing solely on Sheik. And while the Sheikah appeared anything but impressed by his display, Genie was the complete opposite. He sat- well, levitated in place and took in every detail of Sheik, looking at the warrior as though they were an idol. Sheikah were, after all, legendary. However, if Sheik felt uncomfortable, it was only to be expected. He was very… That was to say Genie always… Well, what Al had said.

"I am the bubblegum stuck to your shoe." Yeah, he was also the neurosis that required a five hundred dollar an hour shrink.

Sheik grimaced beneath her face mask and got to her feet, taking a few steps away from Genie before she faced him again. Close proximity with a normal person was bad enough. But this being, who had both an intense interest in her, and enough magic to cloy even her dulled senses... she couldn't take him as lightly as he was taking her. His enthusiasm didn't render him less of a potential threat; if anything, it rendered him more of one.

Eyeing him coldly, she folded her arms across her chest. "... You are of Hyrule, then?" she asked. She'd heard legends of genies and so forth in her travels, of course, but they were old and obscure.

Aladdin had a feeling Sheik would be caught off guard by Genie’s enthusiasm. All he could do really was stand back and give a kind of sheepish grin. Well at least Sheik was on their side, right? Though the place Sheik mentioned made Aladdin tilt his head in curiosity, “Where’s Hyrule?”

“Nay, thou art from nowhere thee would knoweth.” He replied playfully, though most sincere. “I have travelled to all corners of the world, the universe, longer than time itself has even existed. Boy, do that makes me sound old. I’m not going grey, am I? Showing signs of wrinkles? Smell of prunes or denture cream?” Genie asked worriedly, examining both his hair and face in handheld mirror. He stretched his face with his free hand, as though to rid it of said wrinkles before checking his said odour. Then, lastly, tossed the mirror aside and held an ear trumpet next to his ear as he leaned in slightly closer to Sheik to hear the ninja’s response. A response which he did not even bother to wait for before he spoke again. “Common error: I’m a genie, not a ghost: blue skin's good for the ultra-violet rays, bro. I spend afternoons fulfill wishes not haunting the living. But, all that aside, trust me, Hyrule is just the beginning of what I know.”

Turning back to Aladdin, Genie poked the boy in the nose. “Hyrule is just short of the second star to the right… Or is that Never Land? None the less, it’s a magical kingdom commonly known for its ‘beautiful and prosperous land’. Lush forests, tall mountains, vast lakes, a rather barren desert... You get the idea. All ruled by the Royal Family of Hyrule.” His hooded gaze flickered back to Sheik. “It’s said to connect to other realms through magical artifacts and portals. Of course, anywhere magic is present some higher power is sure to be present, even if only in myth alone…”

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late, what are you talking about, a wizard is never late...

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