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[When Cia began to open up time portals all over Hyrule, sensing the chance for adventure, and that she was needed on the other side, Linkle jumped through without hesitation. Her crossbows at her side and her compass hanging from her neck, she was ready to save Hyrule, the princess, and so on.

Unfortunately, she ended up somewhere... different. She found herself in a bizarre garden, full of statues of some weird guy. Who is that? She doesn't know, but okay then.

She pulls a map from her pack and looks at it, very clearly lost.

But hey, she's not the only one who ended up walking through this weird portal. Clearly you did too. And Linkle is running up to you.]

Heeeey! Do you know where this is? I can't find it on my map at all...

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[Looking up from her slate, at... huh.]

I'm afraid I'm as lost as you are.

Huh... I guess that portal leading to Hyrule Castle would have been too much to hope for...

[... wait, that girl looks familiar??? huh.]

You were trying to get to the castle? What for?

Haven't you heard?

[... well, she hadn't heard herself until recently, so maybe that's not weird?]

Apparently, it's being attacked by monsters... Even Princess Zelda herself is fighting! So I'm gonna go lend them a hand.

Oh, I see. Thank you for your support, but please don't worry, that's all been resolved now.

Resolved? Already- Wait, I can't have gotten that lost!

[With the location of her mansion and the monsters swarming the surrounding areas, visitors aren't something Cia gets often, not without her minions, as dumb as they may be, warning her. The only visitors she was anticipating were the Legendary Hero and the Princess and the rest of their forces.

So, when she is out for a walk through her garden in an attempt to relax her nerves, she is very much confident that she is alone. Yet, she hears a voice--not of wizard, dragon, or any bokoblins, but clearly that of a girl. It catches her off guard and she spins on her heel to face the girl. She is relieved she went out of her way to put on her mask; the look of surprise on her face is more of that of a nervous girl than some wicked sorceress and keeping her reputation intact is important.]

You! What are you doing here?

[And more importantly:]

And what are you wearing?

Huh? What about my tunic...?

[She's distracted, looking down at it, before looking up at Cia. Hm... Someone like her can't possibly be the source of the monsters. In fact, it never even crosses Linkle's mind. Instead, she assumes this woman must be just as lost as she is.

The mask is... weird, but hey, everyone's gotta have their fashion choices.]

Oh! I get it! The clothes mean you recognize who I am, right? Don't worry, now that I'm here, you're going to be okay!

[...She doesn't know how to take that. Any of that. Just why would she know this girl based on clothes alone? She looks like someone running around pretending to be Link.

And be okay? Cia is arguably the only person who could be okay in this area, what with it being hers and all.]

Um...come again? I hadn't realized I was in any danger.

[Does this girl not know where she is? Does she not know about the monsters? How did she get here? Why isn't she running away? Cia has so many questions and is caught so off guard that her mind is finally away from all those things weighing on it, even if only for a moment.]

Are you lost, dear?

Well... I don't really know where this is, but...

[She seems a little embarrassed.]

But, there's supposed to be monsters all over, right? And when that weird portal opened up, it felt like I was needed on this side... So, even if I'm a little lost, this is still where I'm supposed to be, I'm sure!

Though you must be lucky if you haven't seen any monsters yet. Don't worry about them, though! They're no big deal.

[...Her forces are kind of hodgepodge, but she wouldn't call them no big deal...]

Lost, but where you're supposed to be. That's--

[Stupid.]

--an interesting perspective you have there. There are monsters here, however, so you'd best get going to be safe. You're liable to get yourself hurt with that confidence.

Thanks, but there's no need to worry!

[she is completely unflappable.]

I'm the legendary hero, after all!

[In contrast, Cia is very flapped.]

What.

[She must have heard wrong. This is too absurd to be happening.]

Repeat that.

Huh? Oh, sure! I'm the legendary hero.

[what could be weird about this?

[She is not in the mood for someone to be playing jokes on her. Is Wizzro this bored? No, this is probably a hallucination brought about by her having a mental break.]

You expect me to believe that?

I've got proof!

[She holds out her compass...

we're going to bring a magical compass that can purify darkness to a witch sorceress who is corrupted by darkness. let's see what happens!]

See? It's a magic compass!

[Without a second thought, Cia reaches for the compass, only to pull her hand away. A strange feeling tells her to stay away from it, followed by what she swears is a flash, which she chalks up to the whole 'going crazy' problem she has going on.

She shakes her head, which feels a little clearer, but that doesn't console her too much compared to whiting out. Cia puts her hand to her head. She may not feel like she is about to explode in frustration and rage, but she's exchanged that for a headache.]

...You shouldn't go shoving magic knickknacks into strangers' faces. What would you do if I were to snatch it?

[Linkle doesn't get to MacGuffin her way to success immediately.]

[honestly that's probably for the better.]

I'd get it back. Besides, I'm sure you wouldn't! You seem nice, after all.

[YEAH, SHE SEEMS NICE.]

Are you okay?

It was a fairly recent development. I'm sorry, you travelled all this way in vain, but if you'd like to help there are certainly ways you can. The next step is Hyrule's restoration effort. Just because the castle is monster free doesn't mean the rest of the kingdom is, and there are many out there still in need of help.

That's right...

[She perks up, suddenly full of pep again.]

That's right! There's still people out there who need help, so as the legendary hero, I gotta go save them!

[the idea of how to find their way to those people doesn't seem to cross her mind...]

...I beg your pardon, as who?

The legendary hero!

[CAN'T YOU READ HER USERNAME]

You know, the reincarnating hero who shows up at Hyrule's hour of need?

[Stares at this girl for a long moment, tilting her head in confusion. Cosplayer? Imposter? Delusional?]

Is that right. But where is your sword?

Don't need it.

[She shrugs...]

It wouldn't be doing a very good job of sealing the darkness if I was carrying it around everywhere, right?

But hadn't you come to seal the darkness in the first place?

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