Celtic walked up next to Autum and leaned against the table looking at her. "So what is your plan?" He asked her. He assumed that she would read through all of the intel since that would be an easy task for her.
Autum looked at the phone she had taken from Celtic. She chuckled. "I guess the first thing would be we need to figure out how much our sleep schedules are fucked. We have no clue what time it is here." She looked at Celtic.
"As for plans, you will be teaching miss queen how to use the phone. So find some other room to teach her." Autum looked to Link and Navi. "You both will see if there is anything we can use from their supplies. Once you are done, you both will look over the changes of the land. So that way you can get your bearings here so you can lead the way."
Nodding Link looked over at her. He needed to pull himself out of this rut. He needed to believe the queens words, it was a blessing that he wasn't here. He looked at the door as Zelda walked back in with a couple of people holding blankets and pillows.
Autum looked at Celtic and nodded to him. She put her feet up on the table leaning back as she looked up at the ceiling. She would have time later tonight to ask Link more questions about the triforce. She had a feeling that this was going to be a big part in all of this. It was an unknown factor in this. What more they didn't know how these outsiders could be using it.
Celtic let out a sigh and he looked to the other two. "Can I borrow one of your phones?" He looked at Navi who pulled out her phone holding it to him. "Thanks, I'll get it back to you when I am done." He explained as he took it. He walked over to the group.
Navi watched Celtic walk up to Zelda. She was grateful he was going to teach her. Autum already showed she was an ass to the queen. Celtic at least didn't mean to be rude unlike Autum.
Zelda watched as they set down the supplies. She dismissed them once they were done. Her attention went to Celtic who walked up to her. She didn't know how she felt about these outsiders. She knew that she needed to put trust in them. They had kept the hero safe over the years.
"I'm going to teach you on how to use the phone Autum gave you." Celtic smiled weakly to her. He knew that Autum would want the room quiet for herself. "If we could go to another room to sit down and talk through it."
Zelda looked at Celtic and then to the other three. "There is enough space we can do it here." Celtic shook his head. "Space isn't the issue. She will start bitching we are being too loud." He pointed his thumb back at Autum. "So better that we find our own spot."
Zelda bit her lip, he didn't have a weapon on him. She looked at the door as Ganondrof walked in with three other people. All of them holding boxes full of papers. They all put the boxes onto the table next to Autum. Looking back at Celtic she needed to give him an answer. "Yeah follow me" Zelda answered him and nodded for him to follow her.
Ganondorf looked at Autum who got to her feet grabbing one of the boxes and started to pull out paper. He glanced at Zelda who was leading Celtic out of the room. He bit his lip as he wanted to explain the intel to Autum, but where was Zelda going?
"Zelda." Ganondorf spoke up. Zelda smiled at him. "We will be in the food hall. You are welcome to join us when you are done here." Zelda informed him. She also knew others tended to linger there, so she wouldn't be alone just in case.
Zelda led him down the hall and stopped. She looked at Celtic who had been following her. She needed to get off her chest now. "May I ask you something?"
Celtic studied her, he could tell the concern on her face. They were all technically strangers here. What more his group just showed up in their base and now claiming to be going to save them all. He could understand why she would show such concern. "As long as it's not super embarrassing." He chuckled. "I'll answer what I can to the best of my knowledge." he explained to her.
Zelda chuckled a little at him as he tried to lighten the mood a little. "Why are you and Autum helping? You both are outsiders. I have had enough shit happen so just tell me, are you here for the triforce."
"To be honest, Link never told us anything about it. We are here for him, he wanted our help so we are doing what we can. Me and my wife are in his debt for saving us a couple years ago. My wife also is his mentor, so pretty sure she will do anything for him. I just get dragged along." He smiled at her.
Zelda chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck. She felt a little stupid for it, but she needed to be cautious about everything. One wrong move is over for all of them. She glanced down the hall where the others were. Autum was his wife? It was hard to tell how she acted around him. She seemed to bark orders more than anything. What more she was Link's mentor? That ment she was a skilled fighter as well.
"Come on. You can ask me anything else you want." Celtic suggested as he motioned her to keep going. He knew that this probably was hard on her.
Zelda smiled at him and started walking down the hall. She was happy to get a chance to talk with someone else. What more she might learn where these people had come from that invaded her world. She could find out what more they had hidden from her people.
"If you can take Link and Navi to where you keep your supplies. So we can see if there is anything we need." Autum spoke up as she set out a couple stacks. She glanced at Ganondorf as she walked over to a table and looked through it grabbing a paper pad and a pen.
Ganondorf watched her. "I can get a guard to take them." he spoke up. He trusted the other two over her and the man. They were outsiders, even if the hero trusted them. He didn't know them and didn't have a reason to trust them yet. He wasn't thrilled that Zelda had walked off with Celtic.
"I don't need you hovering over me." Autum looked at him as she walked back to her seat. "It will be much faster for me to get through all of this without you being a bother. Just post a guard outside. I won't be going anywhere." She muttered as she sat down.
Link looked at Ganondorf and then away. He didn't know how he felt about him. He looked at Navi who clearly still looked worn down. As much as he didn't want to be with Ganondorf alone, he knew it would be best for her. "Why don't you stay here with Autum and get some rest."
Navi looked at Link. "I can go with you." she smiled weakly at him. She watched as he got to his feet and put his hand on her head. "Rest ok. You can set up the bed stuff or all of us. Knowing Autum, she is going to be too busy to do it."
Navi sighed and nodded. "Fine…" She glanced at Ganondorf, she could tell that Link was uncomfortable with it. "Be safe..." she spoke up as she looked at the boxes on the table that Autum had already started reading through.
"Come on" Ganondrof spoke up. He could just keep the guard outside. They still at least have their bags. He would have to search through them before he gave them back to the group. He headed out of the room. He looked back at Link, he could tell the teen was lingering back. It was clear the hero didn't trust him too much. He couldn't blame him, he was the reincarnation of evil that plagued Hyrule.
The two walked quietly down the hall. Ganondorf let him into a room and sighed. "We don't have much supplies. You are welcome to what we have." He pointed to a couple of crates. "All that is in there is old relics of the past, not sure how much aid they would be to you."
Link nodded as he walked into the room and started to dig through things. Even the ammo they had wouldn't work with their weapons. He was right there wasn't much here. He walked out the crates of the old relics he spoke up. He chuckled as he pulled out an old wooden shield.
Link set it on the ground looking at what else was in there. Nothing really of use, slingshot, boomerang, bow but no arrows. He slowly put out everything he pulled out. He didn't want to take anything that would be of use, or possibly leave them without anything. He slowly walked up to Ganondorf who had been watching him.
"Nothing?" Ganondorf questioned him. He watched him pass out the guns and ammo. Link shook his head. "No, we are good." he spoke timidly. He also didn't want to pull from their limited resources. He looked at Ganondorf as he started to head back to where Autum was.
Autum glanced at Navi who was standing behind her. "Yes?" She looked back at her. She wasn't thrilled with the hovering, it was why she wanted Ganondorf gone. She was sure he would start asking too much.
"Um.. Sorry, never seen you hand write anything before. I mean over the two years, everything has been digital. You have nice handwriting… though It's all in another language." Navi sat down next to her.
Autum sighed as she leaned back as she looked at the paper. Seemed Navi was done setting up the beds. "Old habit to write in my native tongue. Useful as most universe translators can't translate it. One of those things my culture did do right with holding back." She pointed to a small stack that had a book with it. "You can read over those, have Link look over it as well. It's the history of the changes that happen here. So you two can get familiar with any land changes."
Navi nodded as she got up slowly as she grabbed the stack sitting back down. She started to dig through and pull out what she wanted to start reading.
Zelda looked at the message as it came to the phone. "Did she reset the phone?" Zelda looked at Celtic as she held the phone to him. "No that is pretty much how she labels everyone in her address book."
Zelda frowned at the label for Navi's phone. 'Contact 2453' is all that is said. "Um, do you care if I change the name in here?" Celtic chuckled as he held out his hand. "Let me change the names for the phones we have. All of them will be just as generic." He traded phones with her as he started to mess with Autum's contacts.
Zelda looked at Navis phone smiling as she looked at the background on it. It was, Autum, Link, Celtic and Navi looks like they were at a picnic table. It was clear Navi made her phone more personal than Autum's. "How long has Link and Navi been with you two?" Zelda asked, trying to figure out how much time passed between their worlds.
"Two years and a couple months." Celtic spoke as he looked at Zelda who was looking at the background of Navi's phone. "The two of them have a house right next to ours. About every morning, Link and Autum goes out to spar. Navi has gotten pretty good at fighting as well." He chuckled as he set the phone back on the table as he finished.
"Um, what type of job do you and your wife have?" Zelda looked at him. She wasn't sure if Link would even have a job or Navi. She also wasn't even sure what type of jobs they would have.
Celtic looked up trying to decide how to answer. He was lucky with Mira becoming an upper, she was able to push him out of the elites. She put him as retainer under herself, because of what she had found in his records. She found it was the best choice so he could live free.
Autum on the other hand had dropped being Black Ash for the most part. Once in a while she would do something for an old client by herself, but other than that she was done with the persona.
"We do bounties off and on. Autum thought it was a good way to teach Link and Navi." Celtic explained. "I'm also sure she does it to keep from going stir crazy." He chuckled.
Zelda looked at the phone he handed back to her. She took it flipping through the contacts to see what Celtic put in there. They were all bounty hunters? It would be good for getting a person who was wanted. But Hyrule was under these people's rule. How much would they be able to do against them?
Celtic watched Zelda clearly thinking about what he said. "Autum has a military background. She will figure out the best course for us to help you guys here." He wanted to avoid the topic that they both were basically trained clean up crew and what more Autum went on to being an assassin. He wasn't sure if that would help the queen's worries or possibly put Link in a bad light because he was training under Autum.
"Thank you for teaching me." Zelda spoke up as she looked at him. "Being up to search the com net and seeing if I can match the tech they have will be extremely helpful."
Celtic nodded, he could tell she was clearly worn down. She had been at war for many years. "It's nothing, so don't worry about it." Celtic looked at Navi's phone and he picked it up. "You are welcome to ask me anything else if you want." Celtic spoke up. He was trying to help her keep her spirits up.
Zelda set the phone down and she sighed as she ran her hands through her hair. This all was the last thing she expected. For the hero just to show up with his own little group. "Do you think you have a chance? I mean, is it worth it to keep fighting?"
Celtic looked at the table thinking. He had no clue how big the losses were. There were alot of unknowns here. "I don't know if we have a chance or not. But we are going to try and do whatever we can to make it work. I know to Link it is worth it as this was once his home. For you, this is your home." Celtic looked at her hoping he had the right words for her.
Zelda smiled weakly at him. "Thank you Celtic." It gave her a bit more confidence in this group. It made her happy to hear they were really just here to help them. The goddess really did answer her prayers.
Autum dropped another stack of papers on the table. She looked to the last two boxes, she was grateful that her species were very quick readers. If not it would be a few days to get through it all. She looked at Navi who had passed out in the chair reading. She chuckled some. Her attention went to the door as Link walked back in.
Link walked up to Autum and shook his head. "Not much there, I also didn't want to take what little they had." He knew that Autum was letting him call the shot. The time he stayed with her, she pushed his confidence and trained him as much as she could. She would let him lead some of their bounties as well.
"Alright." Autum glanced at Ganondorf who walked up to the table sitting down. She shook her head and looked to Navi. " Help her to go lay down. The papers she has I want you to read over."
Link nodded as he walked up to Navi. He took the book out of her lap setting it on the table. He gently shook her. "Navi." He smiled at her as she jerked awake.
"I-I" Navi looked to where the book was. She looked at Link, her ears low. "Hey.." she laughed a little. "Come on let's get you over a bed." Link suggested to her. Navi shook her head, grabbing the book. "I'm fine, I can read this." She looked at him.
Link took the book and frowned. "How about we take the book and papers over there with us?" He decided to offer up. He watched her slowly get to her feet. "I'm not going to fall to sleep." Navi whined a little as she grabbed the papers. She walked over to the makeshift beds on the ground and plopped down. She leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. She hated how she felt. The mix of the seals and the lack of strength she had was draining on her.
Link slowly sat down next to her. He held the book to her. "I'll start with the papers and you can finish this." The two of them traded. He looked to Autum who was sitting back at the table already back to reading.
Ganondrof watched Autum. It was hard to tell if she was just skimming or looking for keywords. She was going through page by page so fast. He wasn't sure what she would get out of it, just going so fast.
Autum glanced at him, she knew what he was thinking. "Yes, I do read this fast." She looked at him. "Why don't you get our bags for us. Since you aren't going to be much help here."
Ganondrof studied her getting to his feet. "Do you need food or anything?" he asked her. He thought he was trying to be a good host, even with how she was acting.
Autum set the paper she was looking at on the table thinking. She glanced back at Link and Navi. "Water and something small to eat." She looked at him. "Also what time is it here?" she realized no one had asked and she needed to try to make sure the group got up early.
Ganondorf looked at her and then to his watch. "About 8pm." He spoke up. He could tell by Autum's expression it wasn't what she was hoping for. "I'll get your bags and something for you all to eat."
Autum watched him leave. She grabbed another stack as she leaned back. It was a lot later than she would have liked it to be. She was awake and would have to force herself to sleep. Didn't help that she went to bed late last night.
Link got to his feet and walked up to Autum. "There is another name here and it says they were an outsider." Link explained as he pointed at a name on tha paper. "Says that he is the one who started to mass produce the tech here."
Autum looked at the name he pointed out. It meant they hired out to speed up everything. She was sure the name would be possibly an alias. "Thanks." Autum spoke up as she grabbed the phone and typed in it. "If you find anything else like that let me know."
Link nodded and looked at the stacks of papers she had read over. A lot has happened over the last year even. "Link." Link looked to Autum. "Don't think too hard. These reports are as little as little as no new activity." She put her feet up on the tablet trying to get comfortable.
Looking at her, he then turned to go sit back down with Navi. He let out a small sigh as he sat down on the ground. He looked at Navi who clearly was trying to keep herself awake. He chuckled and went back to reading.
Zelda covered her mouth laughing as she looked at the video Celtic showed her. He was just showing her things that were on the com net. She glanced at the door as she saw Ganondorf walk in. Zelda smiled at him as he walked up to them. "Do you need any help?" Zelda asked him as she got to her feet.
"If you and our guest here wouldn't mind helping to gather some food and drink for the others." Ganondorf spoke up. He watched Zelda make her way to the kitchen. He glanced at Celtic who got to his feet.
Celtic looked at Ganondorf, the man seemed to have a very dark demeanor. He frowned a little, it was clear he wasn't as trusting as Zelda was. "Just tell me what to do." He spoke up not wanting to cause any issues.
"Follow me." Ganondrof spoke as he headed off to where Zelda was. Letting out a sigh as he looked at all the things that Zelda was gathering. "We don't need a feast for them." He walked up next to her.
Zelda looked at him. "They are going to be helping us. So we can give a bit more to them." Zelda spoke up as she pulled out some fruits out of the rigged fridge.
"We don't need much." Celtic walked up and leaned against the island looking to the two. "Something small to eat and something to drink would be fine." He knew how war did limit resources and he didn't want to pull from them.
Zelda let out a small sigh of defeat as she put back a few things. She grabbed some bread and set it on a plate next to some cut meat. She knew that the meat would go bad the quickest. She looked to Ganadorf who filled up a pitcher of water.
Celtic watched Zelda grab some glasses out. He grabbed the plate to help out. He looked at Ganondorf who clearly was watching him. His ears went low, he was trying to make a good impression on the man.
The three headed out of the kitchen to where the others were. "Celtic showed me how to use Autum's phone. There are a lot of things we can look up on it." Zelda looked at Ganondorf as they walked down the hall. "It's clear even with this phone we will learn a lot." She looked at him smiling. She was doing all she could to keep her hopes up.
Celtic looked at the couple of guards who were standing outside of the room. They were holding their bags and weapons. He followed them all into the room.
Autum looked up as she dropped the stack she was working into a box. She glanced at the guards who came in with their things. She looked at Link and Navi who was at the table with her. They were pointing at the map talking about some of the changes.
Link and Navi looked at the group that came in. Navi grinned as she saw Celtic with a plate of food. She walked up to him when he set it on the table. She started to make herself a sandwich.
Zelda set down the cups and walked up to Autum. She looked at the boxes that were now on the ground and then to the last box on the table. She looked at Autum, was she gifted with speed reading? She knew Celtic said that Autum should be able to get through the reports, but part of her didn't believe it.
"Looks like from my estimates about 5 months or so of reports aren't here or very limited." Autum spoke up as she dragged over the other box on the table. It was the least full out of them.
Zelda sighed as she took the top paper out of the box. "We had a bad attack about then, we lost a lot of people. So we had to pull back our forces in areas. We haven't had to be able to collect much intel." She explained to Autum. She watched Autum sit back down clearly thinking about what she had said. Zelda sat down in the chair next to her.
Zelda looked at the report she was holding. "I know that will limit how much you will know going in. We are at the point of just trying to survive." Zelda sighed. She hated admitting it, but they were losing very badly. They were getting towards the end of this war and they were going to lose.
"It's fine." Autum explained as she tipped the box grabbing out the rest of the paper sitting it on the table. "Might give us the upper hand. They might think that you are still rebuilding or given up." Autum looked at Navi and Celtic who clearly had helped themselves to the food and drink. "I need to get back to reading these and come up with a plan with my group." she looked at Zelda hoping she get the hint to leave.
"I will be going with you tomorrow." Ganondrof announced to the group as he sat down in another chair. "I suggest that Link stays here. The last thing we would want is for his triforce to fall into the wrong hands."
"He is more useful with us, and here clearly your people barely can hold together what you have here." Autum argued. "If you want to come, you can but Link is coming with." she snipped. She wasn't going to risk them getting attacked and then unable to keep Link safe.
"I'm going as well." Zelda piped up. She looked over to Ganondrof who was giving a look at her. "What? I am going. I will help save Hyrule from them all. I can fight still." She snapped at him.
"Then who is going to stay here and run the base?" Ganondorf spoke up. "You need to stay here, the last thing we need is you getting caught or worse!" he argued with her. "You need to stay here and command."
Navi and Celtic both watched the couple quarrel with each other. Navi looked at Celtic her ears low. He pointed at the sandwich he had made and pointed to Link. Navi nodded, grabbing it and ran up to Link.
Link frowned watching Ganondorf and Zelda fighting. His ears were low, he didn't know what to say. He looked at Navi who held a sandwich to him. He took it. He glanced at Autum, he could tell her patience was ending with the two of them.
The two jumped as Autum slapped her hand on the table. "Your fighting is pointless." She snapped. She looked to Zelda who was next to her. "You will stay here and run point here. That phone I gave you, we will be able to contact you. We need you to be listening to chatter and relaying it to us. Got it." She looked to Ganondorf. "You better not slow us down, got it? I don't care if you think you are going to protect Link. He is a very capable fighter. So that is final, got it."
Zelda sat silently, she only ever had Ganondorf really talk back to her, but he was her lover, yet here an outsider. She looked away and nodded. "I understand." she spoke quietly.
"Run off." Autum looked at her and then to Ganondorf. "Go spend what time you have together, before he runs off pretending to be useful." She snipped as she lend back looking at the report she was reading.
Ganondorf stopped at the door looking back. "I recommend that we leave about 6 to get the most light as we travel tomorrow." he recommended to her. Autum looked at him. "We'll be up." She spoke up.
Navi frowned at how she was talking to Zelda and her fiance, even if it was Ganondorf. She wanted to tell Autum she needed to learn some manners, but she felt it might make it worse at this point.
Celtic watched the two leave. He walked up and sat on the table next to Autum. He held out a sandwich for her. "Eat, its later here than we both expected." He had remembered to ask Zelda about what time it was.
Autum sighed as she took it. She looked to Link and Navi who both were looking at her from her snapping at the others. "Sit.." She spoke up. "I need to know about your triforce and what you know what it can do."
Link looked at her and then to the chair behind him. He sighed as he sat down. He was across the table from her. The issue was, he didn't know much of what it could do. He only saw it a few times.
"I'll be honest I don't really know much about it. The memories I have, none really show what it's power is. But I do know it has allowed me to summon the master sword in this life." Link looked at her. "Other than that I am at a loss. I never really saw it appear after that." Link explained.
Letting out a sigh. "So we have one that amplifies magic, one that can transform the user and give them strength. Which some of that can change based on the user. All that we know is that yours does is summon that blade." She looked up at the ceiling. "Sounds like you got the shitty piece." she chuckled.
Link frowned at her comment. He sighed as he looked at the table. Though it was true, compared to the other two pieces, his didn't really do much. "So what is the plan?" Link asked her.
"We will head to the mountains tomorrow. We have a three day journey. We need to scout out how bad it is there. Since we are talking about five or so months of recent information. Last bit of information said that there were other outsiders there. But it seems just the place is just parties." Autum explained as she dropped the papers she had onto the table.
Navi rested her arms and head on the table listening. There were more outsiders here? She didn't like the idea of more people with tech they were going to have to fight. She closed her eyes and sighed. She didn't want to rest but she felt like she might just pass out.
"You should get some rest Navi" Celtic spoke up as he looked at her. "We need to be up early. I'm sure resting will help you get some of your energy back." he smiled at her being hopeful.
Navi looked at Celtic shaking her head. "I need to finish the book I was reading." "Go sleep." Autum spoke up looking at her. "Link or Celtic will finish it. We need you rested up for tomorrow."
"But.." "Navi… " Link looked at her. "It's fine, there isn't much left. Worse case we just have Autum finish it." he chuckled. Navi sighed as she looked at them and walked over to the beds and laid down.
Autum looked back at her. She feared for Navi. The girl was close to death. She read antimagic barriers killed a lot of the dimensional faeries, but she didn't expect it to be so quick. They barely saved her in time. She was grateful that sealing her magic worked. As much as she would want to leave her here, she feared that these people couldn't protect her. She knew if these outsiders figured out she was a dimensional faerie she would be just as valuable as Link. This meant she couldn't lose either of the two.
Celtic walked over to Navi and bent down. He smiled at her. "Don't worry ok." he held her phone to her. "Get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." "You can keep it for the night." Navi smiled weakly at him. "We all know you will want to play something before you sleep." she giggled a little as she laid down.
"Thanks Navi." He spoke as he got to his feet and headed to the others. He knew Autum would and to go through the rest of the reports and talk with Link whatever she had him read about. It was going to be a long night to figure out what they were going to do. What more they were going to have to wake up early.