Author's Note: Vina naistri everyone, it's Twilit Lofe. I can never get anything across well enough but I hope this is barely acceptable.

Disclaimer: Zelda belongs to Nintendo, and if I make any other references then you are free to either disregard them or find out where it's from. Any Hylian spoken is Kasuto's conlang but at some point I may switch to Sarinilli's.

Link woke up before sunrise that morning, which was quite unusual. Typically the sun would be at it's halfway point just when he began to think of opening his eyes. There was no apparent reason why, until Link noticed that he was lying on the floor and a largish rock took up residence on his matt. He didn't know why this happened, but has since learned to ignore the rocks and simply tossed it out the window as usual.

He pulled a green shirt from the left side of the shelves by his matt and put it on with ease. Like all the rest of the shirts he owned, it was much too big, but his old clothes could never fit anymore and these clothes were extremely cheap. Link simply put a belt on his waist and passed it off as a tunic. He put on the same pants he wore yesterday and set about making himself a breakfast.

Link took a roll from a basket and put a kettle on his small stove to heat up some water. He made a mug of something bitter but energizing and drank the whole thing as soon as it was cool enough. He then decided that it was about time he left his stupid house and watched the sunrise. Link put on his old leather boots, tucking in his pants, and went out. He was tempted to slam the door but had to close it gently or risk the door breaking. Just by the way it moved he could tell it was fragile.

Link then realized his mistake and went back indoors to lie on his matt for a while, and maybe get a couple hours more sleep. He lives on the western coastline.

A few hours later it is Link's normal waking time. Link had indeed fallen asleep again, and this time he was woken up by a medium sized rock on his chest. He rolled over, causing it to fall on the floor, and stood up to throw it out the window. Odd. Two rocks in one day. Link turned around to put on his boots but remembered that he hadn't even taken them off, and grabbed his satchel before heading to work.

"LIIIINK! You're quite late again, I'll never get any of those herbs if you don't arrive in the morning. Head to Legoyolo and pick up everything on that list, and arrive before sunset," croaked the lady carefully watching a cauldron. Link took the long list from the table and read through it before folding it up and putting it in his satchel. He bowed slightly toward the woman and left the potion shop.

Link worked as the assistant in a potion shop, a job that nobody wanted to take. When he was looking for a way to earn money in Ásfrodoat it seemed so convenient and was immediately hired, but he soon found out that the townsfolk considered the job to be cursed. Many potion assistants would disappear, be it on journeys to pick up ingredients or deliver potions, or just working inside the shop. Those who one day went in the shop and never came out were speculated to have been used as potion ingredients themselves. Link simply ignored these rumors, and so far he's been perfectly safe.

Link reached the horse stable near the town gates and checked his wallet to see if he had enough money to rent one. But not today, there wasn't enough to also get all the potion ingredients. He left the stable and continued to the gates.

"Link daia Mëlíkh, potion assistant. Heading to Legoyolo," he said to the guard. The guard opened the gate for him and made a sign to wish him good luck, fist over his heart with the last finger extended. Link noticed that a lot of people tended to do that, even the other travellers on the road between Ásfrodoat and Legoyolo. When he wrote to his parents that he became the potion assistant in Á their reply almost sounded like a goodbye and the signature included the Mëlíkha symbol of wishing luck.

After an hour he made it to the gates of Legoyolo, and repeated to the guard his name and intent. Again with that good luck sign, huh. Link decided to sit down and eat somewhere before buying potion ingredients. He found a place immediately upon walking into the town. Inside it seemed relatively clean, so he sat up at the bar and handed over 10 rupees, asking for some food.

Link was served some sort of cabbage soup. Despite how hot it was, Link ate it quickly and left the restaurant. He knew how long the list was and how time consuming it could be going all over Legoyolo. Link's first stop was a small place down an alley, where he arranged to have various amphibians delivered to the Ásfrodoat potion shop. This took up a good hour, because of how hard it was to communicate with the person there.

"Ontan katakën?"

"Nani, pantan, five frogs," Link explained again, holding up the fingers on his hand.

"Ank.. dono?"

"Fornivans those ëk the rest ank Ásfrodoat potion shop, got it?"

"Kono?"

"Ásfrodoat , deliver it there!" Link was getting frustrated with this person, and simply wrote down his order on a scrap of paper before leaving. The rest of the trip was considerably smoother, if a bit tiring.

There was still some time left before Link had to get back to the shop, and a bit of extra money to spend on some sort of treat. He knew that the potion master would have prepared dinner for the both of them, so not food. Looking around at the shops in the main square, at the people walking by... well almost everyone seemed to be wearing a hat. Why not get one, Link's head suddenly felt bare. There was a stall selling some simple cloth hats.

Link looked at the selection. There were barely any of the normal hats left, just some of the strange looking ones. Nobody bought them, who'd want to look like a crazy fool? But there were a few long hats with pointed ends, and the colors would probably match the shirts Link has. He bought a straw colored hat, a hat that reminded him of autumn, and a green hat that would match the shirt he was currently wearing. Link paid 16 rupees and immediately put on the green hat, neatly folding up the other two and putting it in his satchel.

He walked to the town gate, bags of potion ingredients in his hands and a new hat on his head. He thought about what the potion master would think of his hat, and how he'd show the townsfolk that yes, he's still alive. Link noticed that the guards were talking to each other, and one pointed at him. Really, being potion assistant isn't that bad..

"Sir, we're going to have to arrest you," said the guard who pointed at him earlier, as another guard took the bags away and held Link's hands behind his back.

"W-why, what's going on, what did-"

"We'll explain later. Bring him to the holding cell."

Link was quickly shoved behind bars in the guard station. But why did they arrest him? What did he do wrong? What was going to happen?

Terrible. It's too slow.

Hylian:

Mëlíkh - Link's hometown

Ásfrodoat - his current town

Legoyolo - another nearby town

daia - of, "Link of Melikh"

"Eight frogs?"
"No, five, five frogs"
"To... where?"
"Deliver those and the rest to Asfrodot potion shop, got it?"
"What?"
"Asfrodot, deliver it there!"

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