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[truthinshadow]

[There's a new Riku around today. And he is quite odd, with a tattoo over his right eye and clothes that seem more like a medieval ninja crossbreed. He even has a loose, purple scarf around his neck, and his eyes? They're red instead of the normal cyan. Riku seems to be wandering the hallways, poking his head into rooms, though he's highly interested in anything electronic. They don't have those in Hyrule, after all.]

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[truthinshadow]

[...Sorry, Axel, he is assuming you're a monster. He's pulling a dagger from his waist, slowly creeping up. This place doesn't look like a dungeon, so many someone is in trouble! Hope you have super-Hylian hearing and can catch the very soft, very, very quiet footfalls, because he's creeping close enough to peer around the corner.

Eyes are usually weakpoints on large things, after all!]

[nagaxel]

[nope, he has really awful hearing, actually. especially for very quiet or high-pitched sounds. this place has made him soft, too, as the majority of the people he's met have been very nice to him and haven't treated him as a threat at all.

he's half turned toward the books, one in his hands, back to Riku. have you ever seen a giant snake with a man's torso, Riku? a man's torso with a headful of red hair, too.]

[truthinshadow]

[No. But there are pretty unique monsters in Hyrule, and he hasn't seen all of them! So he's going to sneak up as close as he can. The lack of a giant eye somewhere on his back is welcome, though, since it means he's not seen. When he's close enough, though? Going to try driving that dagger into your tail. Sorry, he doesn't know you're not a bad person.]

[nagaxel]

[that gets a shrill, startled noise, the book falling to the floor, and his tail thrashing upward, hard enough to knock several books off the shelves and probably at least make Riku stumble. Riku has the advantage of maneuverability in here, but Axel manages to get his upper half turned around to see what the hell did that. he looks a bit surprised to see that it's just a Riku-human.]

[truthinshadow]

[He stumbles all right, but quickly regains his footing and-- ...Why is there no giant eye. Big monsters always have giant eyes! Hurry, Nagaxel, might wanna incapacitate him while he tries to figure out where to put that dagger next.]

[nagaxel]

[because giant eyes are a bad thing to have in a desert, duh. this human looks like he's still on the attack, which is DUMB, because what kind of monster reads books and hangs out in libraries, seriously. he would try and pin Riku, but that kind of speed wouldn't work well right now, not when it's this cramped, so he takes the safer route and lowers himself slightly, so he's not as tall and threatening, and holds his hands out, palm up.]

Pleassse! I mean you no harm, honessstly.

[truthinshadow]

[WELL, that got his attention. He was about to go for your face, but then. Talking. Monsters don't talk. So color him confused. Also, all sorts of monsters. Have you seen the Forest Temple? They live in an abandoned mansion and even play games.]

...You can talk?

[nagaxel]

Of courssse I can talk, I have a mouth.

[that was sort of matter-of-factly stated, because it's obvious to him. check out that narrow, forked tongue, and the hint of sharp teeth!]

[truthinshadow]

There are lots of creatures in Hyrule that have mouths that don't talk.

[Most of them try to eat him.]

[nagaxel]

I have a mouth like yoursss, I mean. Isss thisss Hyrule where you are from?

[sounds like you need to stop pissing them off, then. P: ]

[truthinshadow]

Yeah.

[I don't piss them off! I just mind my own business and they try to eat me!]

/crawls back to this, hi i hope you're still interested in this thread

[nagaxel]

Well, it isss not where you are now, asss you may have guesssed. I am perhapsss not the besst to exssplain it to you, but I can try if you wisssh.

[ah, so it's your face that's the problem! /what]

I AM. Just

[truthinshadow]

[Or maybe they aren't intelligent like you and will eat anything prey-sized.]

...You can try?

[nagaxel]

[that doesn't explain moblins, though. i think those are just assholes. he sways uncertainly, uncomfortable with this, and also feeling a bit penned in in here.]

Thisss iss a kind of... crosssroadsss of worldss. Individualss are drawn here againsst their will and without their knowledgsse, and mossst do not return to their homess. I have been told that mosst of thossse few who do return have sssaid that time had not passsed there.

[truthinshadow]

[Agreeing on the Moblins.]

...Right.

[HE CAN ACCEPT THAT. Because legends. Though now he's going to just. Lean against a bookcase and rub at his temples.]

...Well, this is something I'll need to work out.

[nagaxel]

It can be confusssing at firsst, for many people. Sssome find a better life here, othersss merely sseem to tolerate it.

[he pauses, watching Riku for a moment.]

What ssort of placsse iss your home?

[truthinshadow]

It's a kingdom called Hyrule. It's a land blessed by the Goddesses.

[He's... Not sure how to describe Hyrule... Maybe he can draw a map.]

[nagaxel]

[the best explanation would involve the level of technology, but that's not really something he knows how to ask.]

Are there any beingss like mysself there? You sseemed to think me a monsster, but on my world my racsse wasss jusst a curiossity.

[truthinshadow]

Nothing exactly like you that I know of, but we have our fair share of strange creatures. Like Redeads.

[Man, screw Redeads. 8| Except not, like, literally. That's gross.]