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Event Nine.

Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea,
Heareth the marinere
Voices sweet, from far and near,
Ever singing in his ear,
“Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began.

On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death.

On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought.

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[ by now zelda has already awoken and oriented herself, however little that counts given their state of being, and so she goes around to tend to others. sometimes when stress is at its peak, focusing on others relieves her own anxieties. and she approaches rin quietly until she comes up closer, whether he notices her or not. ]

Come now, you shouldn't lay here. It'll do you no good.

[He fails to respond right away, unsure if the voice speaking to him was actually there and not some strange hallucination. There's a slight shifting, though he doesn't sit up or even look at her.]

What... happened? I heard m' friends. I knew it wasn't real but--

[I still followed them. He trails off, only to start coughing roughly seconds later.]

Everythin' hurts.

[ oh, poor boy. she breathes in and steels her pain, legs bruised up from the siren's handling, before she kneels down beside him. ]

I know. [ she pauses for a moment, and then reaches out a hand to rub his back, hoping it might relief the coughing. ] If you need help standing I'm here for you. Take your time.

[It does help a little, and for the time being his coughs quiet in to cold-like sniffles. His breathing is more or less normal but he could feel a weight in his chest that wasn't at all like the power of his flames. In fact, there's a distinct lack of the heat he normally feels there.

Worrying, but she was right. He needed to get up and not stay there on the cold, wet rocks. He could deal with the other issues as he got to them.

He wetly cleared his throat and finally rolled over enough to sit up properly, shoving dripping wet bangs out of his face.]

Where the hell are we?

...I'm not sure.

[ she wishes she had better news, for him and everyone else here, but they've been dumped on some miserable island with no way to contact anyone from the mainland. ]

Wherever we are, it doesn't appear we're anywhere close to the town anymore. We may be on an entirely separate mass of land.

Didn't even know there was anythin' else out here...

[Rather unimportant, but Rin has trouble focusing on the bigger picture even in the best of times.

He goes to stand on his own only to find that the throbbing in his head decided to turn in to full on sharp, stabbing pain. He groans loudly, pressing the heels of his hands to his forehead and curling in on himself.]

Fuck, my head is killin' me!

[ even as he tries to stand on his own, zelda is still hovering right by him to make sure he doesn't fall. turns out he doesn't even make the first step up. the sirens must have done a number on him. ]

There, there. Let me help you stand. We can walk to some shade and you can rest there.

[ at least like that they can avoid sunburn. ]

[Take his power away and he's just a weak kid with too much trauma to deal with. They were certainly making sure the strongest couldn't lay a finger on them.]

Y... yeah, sorry...

[He feels bad, having to be helped along like that from someone who was probably not faring much better than he was. He appreciates it, though, even if right then he's trying to keep himself from puking a second time.]

Are... you doin' okay? I don't wanna make things worse for you if not...

I'm fine. No need to worry for me.

[ even if her arms and legs are lightly bruised and she's visibly tattered, that won't stop her from putting others first before herself. she pushes up on the ground to stand again and then offers her hand down to him. ]

Come now. Use me as your anchor.

[He looked doubtful and hesitant at first, but knew he wasn't going to be getting very far without help.]

Alright...

[He took her hand carefully, getting to his feet with a slight wobble and a wince of the continuing ache throughout his body.]

Thanks. What uh... what're we gonna do now? Pretty sure we can't swim back.

[ and she helps him, planting her feet to the ground to anchor herself as he uses her arm to regain his footing. she feels more relieved than she'll say when he's up and about. ]

Swimming is too dangerous with the sirens surely at bay. For now we have to keep our wits and survive until those across the sea realize where we are.

... sirens?

[Like those noisy horns that warn of some oncoming doom? What do those have to do with them being stuck here?]

That is what I've been told the beasts are called. They're some sort of sea monster from below the depths.

Is... is that what dragged us here?

[Shit, he's actually kind of scared! He has no idea what a siren is capable of, let alone whether they can be dealt with the way he deals with demons.

Eyes slightly wide, he starts patting himself down then looking around where he'd been on the rocks.]

Shit! My sword! It's- it's back in Chroma!

As is my bow. I suppose we must start sleeping with our weapons beside ourselves from this point on.

[ it doesn't help to say that now, but she's always future thinking even in peril. ]

We're not in any condition to fight. At this point we must rely on the others back across the sea to come for us.

Yeah, that'll be comfortable...

[Rin is very much a splayed sleeper.

She has a point, though, and he's already considering it for whenever they make it back.

... if they make it back.]

So... what now? I mean, like... we're just gonna... wait?

We must. There's little else we can do.

[ which zelda doesn't mind. she's used to waiting on heroes. ]

[Welcome to Rin's impatience.]

That's bullshit. How are they even gonna get to us?!

Rin. [ pointed and quick, yet her voice ever remains even and collected. ] Do not waste your energy. You will need it if you intend to stay well.

[Rin bristled visibly at being admonished, but it lasted a brief, tiring second before his shoulders dropped.]

I don't like waitin'... not like this...

I know.

[ oh does she know. ]

If you'd like, we can sit together for the day. It's better to stay together.

What about... food? Shelter? We dunno how long it's gonna take for them to realize we're even gone.

[Having only a forum for general communication throughout the town means new doesn't always travel very quickly, and that's not even including the time it would take to organize a rescue mission of this size.

Rin was dumb, but he wasn't oblivious. This wasn't going to be a short waiting game, that was for damn sure.]

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