There have been many adventures in my life, but one which I always remember had to do with a green hooded fairy man. Many have heard of the adventurer known as Link, most famous for his escapades in the land of Hyrule. I too knew him, but only in passing. It was during my time returning from my previous engagements with Sonic, a story which I only tell on the darkest of nights, and at the deepest of drinking bottles.
But that is besides the point, Link is a man of many mysterious, and for the longest time, I was under the impression that Link was, in fact, a mute. When I first met him, he was rushing across a long winding road on horseback, the only noise coming from his mouth subtle and aggressive shouts to keep his horse moving. To this, I felt nothing really. I simply shrugged my shoulders and kept about my business. I walked home, still licking my wounds inflicted by that insufferable hedgehog, before hearing behind me the subtle trotting of hoofs. Naturally, I turned, surprised to find my along my concrete pathway Link, still on horseback looking at me with the most intense stare I've ever encountered.
This was not your average stare, there was no intent to search me out, or seek for me to talk. Link's eyes were simply wide open, intense, his fairy flying around me and changing colors as his gaze never faltered. I stopped my gate, and stared back, uncertain of what was happening. I looked him up and down, and cleared my throat.
"Is there uh, something I can help you with?" I asked, hoping to get some kind of quick answer. But the only answer I received was Links fairy locking onto my general area letting out a short shout.
"Watch out!" It commanded, causing Link to scream at the top of his lungs before jumping off his horse and drawing his sword.
"Whoa, what the hell man?!" I stammered, slowly limping back, his fairy still fluttering around me hurriedly, I attempted to flick it away, but this only seemed to agitate Link more – who, in retort, quickly prepared his weapon and attempted a strike at me. His sword glistened through the setting sun, and I managed to dodge only by falling over, "Please! Why are you… why are you doing this?" Link made no reply, instead, that wretched fairy flew from me and went to Link.
"Hey, Listen!" It shouted, before Links unbreakable gaze went from me to the fairy. His eyes never lost their intensity, they always remained completely wide eyed, aggressive, his face expressionless. I expected him to speak to the fairy, but my luck wasn't found. Rather, they simply stared at one another in complete silence, the only sound I caught being a subtle dinging, as if text was being read and forwarded. I looked around my surroundings, determined not to find myself at the end of a sword – especially after managing to survive the terrifying beast I knew to be Sonic.
Quickly! I thought to myself, looking for perhaps another rock to use. But before I could take in much of my surroundings, to my luck, policemen pulled up near us, no doubt interested in Link's weaponry.
"Is there a problem here sir?" He asked Link, who turned his gaze slowly towards the policemen, only blinking once as the dead stare found the officer. They stared at one another for a time, the Officer's idling engine the only sound heard in the background, "Well?" The officer said. Link simply let out another shout, a very sharp and distinct shout. Something along the lines of the following.
"KEEEEEAAHH!" And then fell silent, staring. The officer cleared his throat and looked to me, then back to Link.
"You two aren't on the drugs are you? You goin to that uh… comic thingy?" He asked, pointing near a convention area.
"EEEEEAAAHHH!" Was Link's reply, before quickly putting his weapons away. The officer let out a slow nod.
"Well… I guess eh… just watch the props then." The officer then took off, my mouth open in disbelief as I slowly looked back to Link and he to me.
"Uh… so can I go?"
"HAAAAAAAH!"
"Is that uh… is that a yes or…" Before I had much time to finish the question, Link's weapons were drawn once again, and I couldn't help but feel my body tense.
INTERMISSION, TAKE A SWIG OF YOUR DRINK, SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THE BAR KEEP, THEN… WE CONTINUE BY THE FIRESIDE:
