TEST DRIVE #6

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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[envoyoftwilight]

She, in earnest, didn't like the thought of being controlled by two mere triangles. Except they weren't mere. Perhaps if days had been older, if she had been more self-righteous, and if she hadn't witnessed Hyrule's plight with her own eyes, she might have seen them as nothing more than aesthetic pieces that were more troublesome than they were worth.

Even without the naivety, they were still troublesome. The gods had a sense of humour when they divided what they called prosperity into three.

"Your name is known all across this land," she repeated. "What good does that do you? Instead of doing something useful, you toy with your conquered lands and slain beasts." Or he had no way of using his acquired power to find a way to return to where he'd come from. And considering the abilities he had at his disposal, Midna was more pleased to see him caught than free to pursue his desires.

[dragmire]

"You think in the short term. My Hyrule, the one I sought to conquer all those years ago, is gone. I lost it to the long passage of time I spent in your realm. My people are long scattered - perhaps all slain by my enemies. Where once we kept a sacred temple, they now hold a prison to execute their enemies. But even those wretched men are long dead. If I have to spend another hundred years to leave this place, what of it? Hyrule will still be there, regardless of who populates it. For now, I wait. This place makes for a more amiable distraction than your prison. Even so, it will not hold me forever."

He would return, one way or another. Then, he would visit his wrath upon Hyrule again. It did not matter if it was the Hyrule she knew, only that it was Hyrule at all. The kingdom would endure in his absence and then he would come again and take it unopposed, now armed with power and strength not of that world. He was not wasting his time, but instead planning his next invasion.

[envoyoftwilight]

And she knew when he said your that he meant her people. Ganondorf's imprisonment had happened too many years before she even rightfully knew of the man. And in those days, they were only words passed down from one to another and collected in tomes. Obviously things had changed for her, while the passage of time for him was somewhat stunted in comparison.

It bothered her that he still made a valid point. Hyrule was always going to be present, regardless of who lorded over it or protected it. And sure enough, Ganondorf would eventually find a way back and would simply reengage his plans of conquest to fruition. The Court of the Unseelie was simply a way for him to bide his time.

He doesn't see this place as a prison at all. He's not a bird with clipped wings. He's an eagle and he knows it.

Successfully quieted for too long, Midna almost shook her head in disbelief. "The power that you've obtained while you're here... Will that go with you upon your return?" she found herself asking. "Does that hold the same for everyone here?" For if it did, Midna imagined her line of thought was transparent. If he got to keep his power, then what was to stop her from gaining some for her? Could she not use it in the event she ever needed to fend him off again? Improbable, but not implausible.

[dragmire]

For once, he betrayed his thoughts in his expression. There was a moment where he realized she too could gain power to take back. The thought pleased him little and his expression became a hard line. Yet, his boast spoke the truth of it. Power he gained here would not be lost when he took his leave of the place.

"So long as you retain your shard," he answered icily. "And that is a feat that can prove most challenging."

There was an implied threat there. If she rose too high, he would swat her down if he had to. Laws of the monarch be damned.

[envoyoftwilight]

Shard. Shard. Midna's knowledge on it wasn't as clear as she wanted it to be, but she had the general gist of how things worked. And she didn't miss the way he subtly addressed her. It wasn't pointed at all, but at the same time, every word he uttered had a literal sharpness to it. If words could only cut...

"I only just arrived," she reminded him with a confidence that she wished she felt more of, rather than a feigned portrayal she was putting on. "I wasn't planning on causing you conflict right away. I need a little time to settle in first. Once I have, I'll be ready to play with you."

[dragmire]

He chuckled, though it was not cruel. No, she amused him. Certainly she was brazen and that he could respect, even if it would win her no favors if she meant to make herself an enemy. It would be a waste to have to throw her down when she rose up too high.

"Don't keep me waiting too long," he answered coolly. "I would hate to forget you were even around at all."

[envoyoftwilight]

At first she said nothing. In another day and age under other circumstances, she could recognise the traits in him that would have made him an intriguing person to be around. A misfortune that things had to be the way they were.

"I would never let you forget me," she replied, as composed as he. Beauty and brains, Midna had them both, and to some extent, both were admirable, she supposed. "Because I certainly won't be forgetting you." She couldn't. For everything he'd done and would do, Ganondorf was worthy of a spot at the forefront of her mind.