Disclaimer: Caution: Speaking to, looking at, or even thinking of Tingle for extended periods of time can cause irreparable physical and emotional damage. In clinical tests, prolonged exposure to Tingle has been shown to cause cancer. Read at your own risk.
AN: The quotes in this chapter... They're all real, taken directly from the Tingle Turner's "store" menu.
What Is This Stuff?
Link eyed the bottle's sparkling contents suspiciously, trying to decide whether or not he really wanted to drink it. To be completely honest, he had no idea what the stuff was and, if Link could trust the man, neither did Tingle. Before the hero bought the portion of Kooloo-Limpah, Tingle very clearly told him that "Not even I know what may occur, sir! This is a test of your courage!"
Yeah... Why Link got the stuff anyway was a mystery, even to him, but it reinforced a rather disturbing trend he had noticed. Whenever Link called Tingle on the Tingle Tuner, the creepy fellow would arrive almost instantly and start hawking his questionable inventory before Link could even manage a simple "hello." The hero was beginning to suspect- Well, was practically convinced that Tingle was motivated by greed, not some silly obsession with fairies or a desire to aid in his quest to save the world. A fair assumption, to say the least.
Even stranger were the goods Tingle tried to sell him. Just what exactly was "Ting?" Link guessed, hoped, that it was just a potion that Tingle rebranded to suit his theme. All three colors of the stuff looked like potion and smelled like potion, but he couldn't be sure. And the things Tingle told him about each product were more than a little unsettling, especially what he said for Green Ting:
"Replenish your magic power with this! You can't survive without it, Mr. Fairy."
Just what did that mean?! The memory of that disturbing conversation definitely helped Link make up his mind. No, he decided, he would rather not drink the strange, unidentified serum that Tingle sold him, and poured the bottle of Kooloo-Limpah out onto the ground where it sizzled faintly.
Link didn't entirely trust Tingle, despite how helpful and courteous the man seemed to be. It too often felt like the guy was a ham actor overplaying his part. And besides, that Kooloo-Limpah was far too sparkly for Link's tastes.
AN: Seriously, what is the "Ting" that's for sale in the Tingle Tuner shop? A second-rate, off-brand potion that Tingle brews himself on his lonely island? Yes, it must be the potion equivalent of moonshine! Either way, the whole affair seems questionable to me...