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[magichatmakemegrow]

Character: Vaati
Fandom: Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap (manga canon)
Player Name: Endless

[It's one thing to barely survive a wish gone wrong that turns you into a monster. It's quite another to wake up after your defeat to find yourself somewhere entirely different and soaked to the bone when there had been no water anywhere close to where you were before. Especially disorienting is that moment you notice that the sky above your head is not in fact a sky at all, but the most water you have ever seen in your life.

Naturally, Vaati is feeling more than a little overwhelmed by all of this.]

...This has to be a dream. It's just to weird not to be.

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[storm_on_a_stick]

[Arche finally feels mostly dried out from her arrival, and is flying around as usual on her broom looking around for some sort of information place. She sees a small figure sitting in a too-familiar puddle by the fountain, but the distance between them stops her from being able to hear what is being said. She slowly floats over, lowering towards the ground, to match the person's height as she always does.]

Hi... umm... it looks like you just got here?

[She tries her best to be soothing, since she knows how weird it is to land here.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

[Oh? A pink haired witch of some sort? And she has round ears too; he'd certainly never heard of anyone having round ears before. Probably just a result of the dream, he supposes. Maybe she was a result of a lingering desire for a friend near his own age... He mentally shakes his head. Preposterous; he's gotten along just fine until now with just Master Ezlo around. No need for some silly witch that wasn't even real to be his friend.

...Still, it would be good to find out what this place was while he's stuck dreaming.]

Just what is this place? And how did I get here?

[storm_on_a_stick]

[She sits and watches his confusion for a moment, then grins, leaning down over the end of her broom towards him.]

Well, I just ended up here myself, but from what I was told, it's called Vatheon, that stuff is a god that dragged you here, aaaand no one knows why or for how long we'll be here. Guess we just gotta make the most of it!

[At the words "that stuff" she points to the coral, then shrugs with her last words, eying him and feeling kinda bad she can't really tell him more.]

I ... they said they're workin' on why and how we get here but they don't know yet. Sorry.

[She sighs, then sits mostly back upright, satisfied that she's explained all she knows.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

[Vaati looks off in the direction she pointed, and immediately raises an eyebrow. His next statement comes out in a complete deadpan.]

Rocks. The god of this place... is a series of rocks.

[Okay, he's wearing a hat that grants wishes to the wearer, and even he finds the concept completely ridiculous. Why couldn't this dream be about something more normal, like triumphing in his quest to take over the kingdom or finally impressing Master Ezlo?]

[storm_on_a_stick]

[Since he seems disappointed with her answer, she tilts her head in thought, trying to decide if there's something she might have missed.]

Oh! No, it's not the rocks. I think there's little creatures or something in there. Lots of 'em. And... they're mean.

[She looks upset, realizing this really isn't helping at all. She turns her broom backwards, bristles behind her and facing up at a forty five degree angle, and she lounges back on it, her arms behind her head as she thinks.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

Little creatures? Like the Picori?

[He might've been angry about her turning her back to him for a moment under other circumstances, but this revelation intrigues him. Were these perhaps like the Mountain Picori, living in the rocks and scavenging food from elsewhere when needed? Maybe they had a large number of powerful sages among them, working together to bring people here for some purpose.]

[storm_on_a_stick]

[She leans forward, still laying on her broom but not reclined back anymore, and she looks more confused than before.]

The...what? No... they call it...

[She appears in deep thought for a minute.]

Oh! The Lmfao... or Lamufao... yea that's it!

{She leans back again, very proud of herself.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

Picori. The little people who help out humans with things. ...Or at least they're suppose to, anyway. Only children can see them, so if they're here, that may be why nobody's noticed that's what the "coral" really is.

[Vaati looks mildly irritated at this. Really, he'd have though that at least in his dreams that he wouldn't have to explain things, especially not his original species. Seriously, that of all things should be common knowledge.]

[storm_on_a_stick]

[She sits back upright, hovering just above the ground, feet swinging back and forth.]

I've never heard of those. But, from what I was told, these little critters are not very helpful at all. Hmm... but I haven't seen any kids here yet either, so I dunno... they might be those things, and just be in a bad mood?

[She looks over at the coral, staring at it as if it might answer the question.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

Maybe they decided helping without reward was too much trouble and wanted to make you humans work for them for once.

[By this time he's already making his way over to the so-called coral to check for Picori. If this was a dream, at least it made for an interesting twist on it and was pandering to his curiosity.]

[storm_on_a_stick]

[Arche follows behind him towards the coral, turning upside down and hanging by her legs from the broom, her eyes still eye level with him.]

Work for them? They just curse us, and stuff.
Y'know... you're awfully little and cute. What are you?

[She grins, hovering behind him.]

[magichatmakemegrow]

[He wheels around in an instant, looking both angry and rather embarrassed.]

I am not cute! Powerful demons such as myself are the furthest thing from cute!

[Any threat behind his words is greatly reduced by the rather bright blush he's beginning to sport.]