Newbie Meet N' Greet

[cityship]

Meet n' Greet, smell my feet, gimme something good to eat! Unfortunately, the newbie meet and greet takes place the same time the command staff is congregating, so they might be a little late to the party.

But the crew is there to welcome the newcomers and explain their situation. At the end of the milling and spilling about, the command staff is going to start a general meeting to apprise everyone of their situation and discuss their next course of action:

Getting off the damn ship.

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[redeyes_andblue]

"I do not believe it knew how to."

That, and it didn't know they were there. Neither had Link.

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Then it's path would be straight for his owner," Shadow Link said. "We're naturally drawn to our owners."

[redeyes_andblue]

"Drawn to attack your owners?" Sheik frowns, "Because that is what this one did. And I was under the impression that shadows cannot exist without something to cast them - attempting to kill your owner would be suicide."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Well, if the shadow is resentful, yes. It wouldn't be a bloodthirsty shadow unless it was, so he had to want to attack his owner," Shadow Link said with a shrug. "And a shadow doesn't require his owner to live. We are born with our owner, but depending on the circumstance, it's quite possible to live beyond them."

[redeyes_andblue]

"It seems rather counterproductive to me," he muses, then shrugs. "Did you resent your Link?"

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

Shadow Link was silent at that, looking distant for a minute before he finally answered. "Well...ain't that a loaded question? And here I honestly no longer have an answer."

[redeyes_andblue]

Silence in response - does that mean he does, or he did, or he didn't but now does?

"It is a bit of a loaded question, isn't it," he says softly. "But you do not seem bloodthirsty."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"I've only bee a truly 'bloodthirsty' shadow twice in many, many years. And at the time, I was very angry," Shadow Link said with a shrug. When Blue threw being a shadow in his face and when he faced off after Vio. "Most shadows are instincts. That's why it's easy to read them. I'm not just instinct. Many would say that my owner is more likely to act on instinct than me."

[redeyes_andblue]

A thoughtful sound, although he doesn't say anything yet. He can't empathise - not directly - but he can understand, to an extent.

And then he smiles a little. "Acting on instinct is one thing that your Link and mine have in common, then."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Must be a hero trait," Shadow Link commented. "Of course, now two don't act on instinct, being an optimist and a thoughtful one."

[redeyes_andblue]

A frown. "Two?" he asks, slightly incredulously, "How many Heroes are there in your time?"

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Four," Shadow Link said. "My owner pulled out the Four Sword. Take a guess what it does."

[redeyes_andblue]

[...I have heard of that blade,] Zelda murmurs, and tells him what it does.

"It splits whoever pulls it out into four, dividing them into separate personality traits?"

To be fair, he has an unfair advantage in Zelda.

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Huh, so you're clever. Figured out the personality traits with the optimist and thoughtful one. But yes, that's what it does," Shadow Link said.

[redeyes_andblue]

Actually, the Bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom had told him, but that works as well.

"It isn't difficult to put the clues together," he shrugs, "What were the other two like?"

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"The hothead and the leader. The leader was most like the original hero, but a bit less of a hothead and more instinct than thoughtful," Shadow Link explained.

[redeyes_andblue]

"The Hero, the Warrior, the Optimist and the Thinker," he says quietly - "That sounds like Link, yes."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"I'd worry if the hero is too much like mine. It's amazing what some parts of his personality are capable of."

[redeyes_andblue]

A small smile. "I imagine the hotheaded one has a habit of not thinking things through and rushing blindly into danger?" he guesses, "Or that the optimist sees the best in everyone, even those who mean them harm?"

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"More like the thinker is able to do something that even the villains can think is wrong," Shadow Link said, smirking. Though it wasn't smug this time. It was bitter. Very, very bitter.

[redeyes_andblue]

...That much, he does take notice of - both the words, and the sheer bitterness of his tone.

"What happened?"

Was the Thinker also Link's ruthlessness?

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"You know, betraying someone when they just think you're loyal is one thing. Betraying someone who thinks you're their friend is a whole other game," he said, the bitterness still there even if he seemed to be trying to hide it.

[redeyes_andblue]

A sympathetic expression crosses his face. He has been betrayed in the past, may well be betrayed in the future, and the utter wretchedness of the feeling is one he's in no hurry to repeat.

"I am sorry," he says softly.

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Why apologize to me?" Shadow Link asked, raising an eyebrow.

[redeyes_andblue]

And Sheik will raise his eyebrows in return. "I was simply expressing sympathy," he tells him, expression slipping back into neutrality, "Although if you do not require any, that is fine with me."