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Post by Dorn Koon on Feb 1, 2018 19:49:30 GMT -4
It was early evening, and whatever light still remained had started to vanished in the horizon. Things had finally started to settle down somewhat, as settled down as they could be with the discovery of not just one, but two traitors among the Zora and the Gorons. There was talk among the gorons to return to their homes in the mountains, now that the monsters had been removed from there. The zora had finally released the flow of the river, and it was once again like it should be, flowing and giving life to the land of Hyrule. Life it was in desperate need of during these dark times.
Erin had been less surprised then she would have wanted to be about the traitors, but there it was, and nothing could change the past, and maybe that was for the best? Yet, so many more questions replaced the once she got answered from all this, and that was even more annoying! But, something else was bothering her at the moment, Melissa. She had seen the woman leave the domain earlier, and knowing she was uncomfortable being inside that was not a big surprise, but still, something seemed off. Once she was certain Link had fallen asleep she decided to find Melissa, Link tended to be a deep sleeper and all that. Erin was certain that the woman could not have gone away far from the domain.
The young human made her way out the entrance, out onto where the fields started. It was a nice evening, calm, only disrupted by the growing darkness in the sky, that gapping hole that was impossible to ignore even if one wanted to. Erin pulled out the crystal she had been given by the great fairy and using only the smallest amount of magic she made it glow with a purple light. Erin scanned the area in search of the familiar frame that was Melissa, along with looking at the sky to see if she might find her flying around somewhere up there.
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Post by Nintendo Mastah on Feb 1, 2018 20:02:08 GMT -4
As Erin had predicted, Melissa had almost sprinted out of the Domain the very moment the whole crisis was resolved, and was now found in the air, swirling, spinning and just enjoying flying. Gods, how she loved it! It was freedom, to soar around in the sky without any problems in the world! It was almost like another world up here, a sanctuary from all her troubles, and her mood was a lot better at the moment.
She descended slightly, flying at a lower altitude, and noticed Erin waving at her, which caused her do dive and land near the other woman. She looked at her hands, and noticed they were no longer shaking, and her breathing was steady now. This, of course, meant that she gave Erin a wide smile as she approached. "We did it!", she said. "We rooted out the traitors and restored balance again. I'm glad it is over, so I don't have to be in that Domain anymore.. My claustrophobia almost broke me in there, and I'd rather not go in again.. But enough about me, how are you feeling after all of this?".
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Post by Dorn Koon on Feb 1, 2018 20:23:12 GMT -4
Erin watched as Melissa came flying and land, she did not say anything, or rather Melissa talked before she had the time to do the same, instead she listened to what was being said before she said anything herself. "Yes, we did do that. Hopefully the Gorons can find a new leader, and will be able to return home to the mountain before long. I do not think they are at all happy surrounded by all this water." She replied, looking to the river that was now flowing close to their current location. "and you did very well challenging your fears in the way you have done lately, I am very... well happy for you in a sense. You spent such a long time in there, and you did not let the fear control your actions. Not sure I could have done the same in your shoes." She smiled and looked back to the older woman. "How am I feeling?" She asked back, before falling silent for a few moments, when she talked again her tone was slow and thoughtful. "I'm not sure, I try to figure things out. Master tells me I should let my mind wander on its own, and that the ideas might come to me in time, but we do not have all the time in the world..."
She paused, then she shook her head. "But that is not why I came here, I wanted to see how you are doing. How are you feeling? You have seemed a little sad, is something the matter?"
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Post by Nintendo Mastah on Feb 1, 2018 20:41:28 GMT -4
Melissa listened to Erin talk, a smile still on her face, but when Erin asked her if something was up, her smile faltered and she sighed. "Well..", she began, walking over to a nearby rock and sat down on it, as the stone was large enough that her wings didn't get in her way as she sat down. "I don't know. I am unsure of my destiny... No.. Not destiny. Purpose. I was annointed Champion of the Gods, yet they do not answer my prayers or show me any signs or guidance when I ask them. I can understand if they want me to not rely on them, but nevertheless, I am THEIR champion, so should they not aid me if possible, or at least give me a sign that they are looking after me?".
She turned her head and looked over at Link. "Also. It's him. When I was but a squire in the Hylian army, I looked up to him, wanted to be like the legendary hero in green.Now that I sit here, no longer a squire, but a Paladin of the Light, aspiring to walk in his footsteps, he seems to dislike me, he's been disapproving and downright rude to me at times. Why? Why does he dislike me? I understand not everyone can like me, I'm not stupid, but all I want is to do what's right for Hyrule, but wherever I go I am met with resistance, hostility and distrust and I want to know what I ever did to him". She let out another sigh, heavier this time. "He's the Hero of Hyrule, not me. I have no interest in the fame and glory, and I don't desire to outshine Link either, I just want to be as inspiring as he is, but now I am doubting. The quest I did, going through the desert and up into the mountains to find the pieces of Lightbringer to reforge it. Losing Daervus, reforging Lightbringer. It feels like I did all this just to live in the shadow of a legend. Was it even worth it?".
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Post by Dorn Koon on Feb 2, 2018 7:44:03 GMT -4
Erin listened, she did not say anything and found a nice spot on a rock where she could see Melissa. Once the older woman was done talking, Erin was silent for a few minutes as she was thinking. "That really is some serious stuff, not sure I am the most qualified to answer any of those things." She hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next, it was difficult to say for certain what she could say in a situation like this one. "I think your doing your best, and they could not ask you to do more then your best, right? I'm no choosen by the gods, I'm no hero of legend or, anything like that. I'm just me, and I think in the end, maybe being me and being you, is all that is really important." She played with a few strands of her hair as she was talking, trying to put her mind into words.
On the comment of him, she did not need to think long before she knew who she was talking about. Yet another difficult subject. "I have known Link since I was a little girl, he was always older then me, but he was always there in the village working with the goats, living by himself in that old house outside of the village. That is the person I see when I see him, not the hero of legends, just Link. I do this because he wants that, if we in the village started to treat him differently, he would be unhappy as he never saw himself as a great hero. Just a guy doing the right thing." Erin paused once more, letting her words sink in before she continued. "Think on the amazing things you have helped doing. We freed death mountain for the Gorons, we helped the people in Kakariko, we also helped the domain and exposed the corruption inside of it." Erin smiled faintly, it was a small, but honest smile. "The people effected by this see you as a hero, and I think you are one." She looked back to the entrance into the domain before looking to Melissa again. "So, let me ask, do you think you need Link's approval to be a hero of Hyrule?"
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Post by Nintendo Mastah on Feb 3, 2018 8:28:26 GMT -4
Melissa listened to the other girl, and smiled ever so slightly, but as soon as she finished, she still shook her head. "Thank you, it helps a bit. No, I don't need Link's approval to be a hero, but it's not just him. Wherever I go, people treat me with awe or resentment, even though I've never met them before. I'm not being ridiculous, it has happened on several occasions. I just want to understand WHY people resent me so, when I've done nothing but try and protect them". She gazed over at Link again.
"Maybe he just want to be 'a guy' doing the right thing, but I don't. I WANT to be a symbol of hope, I want people to confide in me, to feel safe when I arrive, to know that I will do my absolute all to protect them from harm. I'm doing my best, but seemingly both the gods, people of Hyrule and even our advesaries don't respect me". Her gaze hardened a little.
"I don't want to be authoritarian and play the 'divine champion' card wherever I go, but perhaps it is what I must do to make people listen. I think he's lying, Link that is. If he doesn't want to be a hero, he should be encouraging me that I willingly offer to take up his mantle, and his responsbility, yet he seemingly resents me for that very fact. Lately, both my faith and my confidence has been swayed due to all this. I might be an immortal being nowadays, but I am still human in heart, and I think people tend to forget that".
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Post by Dorn Koon on Feb 20, 2018 7:46:53 GMT -4
Erin was playing with the fabric in her dress as she was listening to Melissa, taking in her words and feeling this sensation of sadness. She could never understand what it was like to be chosen by the gods, nor was it a burden she would have wanted to take on. "It is sad really, but it is a difficult situation" She paused, looking at the sky and trying to figure out where she was going with this. Erin sighed and looked towards the other woman. "Master once told me that people tend to fear the unknown because it is unknown. We take comfort in the things that are familiar and known, which shows greatly how easily that can be manipulated." She raised a hand to her chin, thinking in her own words. "Look at the Zora King's royal scholar, he wanted someone he could talk with, so when the enemy showed itself in the form of a fellow Zora scholar, he did not bother to ask himself if this person was who he claimed to be. He did not bother to ask where he was trained and did not pause to think that he should have been here in the domain before if that was the case."
She shook her head. "People do not trust you, because they do not know you, and no amount of divine blessings is going to take away that. You should not question your own abilities, your own worth, or why you were chosen by the gods. You already proved yourself as more than worthy in my eyes. Besides, if you did a bad job, do you not think they would have told you?" Before Melissa could reply she found herself embraced by Erin who hugged her. "I know it's not much or that valuable in comparison to a king or hero, but I like you, Melissa. I think you are a wonderful person and a great hero. I also know that the rabbits and critters of Hyrule would feel the same, even if they do not know it. Do what you do, and you will see that everything will be better, trust me on that, I know it my heart."
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