#skyview tower

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Linktober Day 14, akkala skyview tower!

Part of the duo’s jobs as Purah’s interns are to help with the remapping project of Hyrule after the Upheaval. Link’s the only little man sturdy enough to WANT to be flung out of a modified human canon attached to a cable, I think. (Introducing part of the research team! We have Jerrin, a hylian-sheikah researcher; bilson, a rito bolson employee; and truckson, a tarry town goron.)

Want to see more of my TOTK AU where zelda doesnt go back in time? Check out this master post:

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[charactersmashorpass-2]

"that cutscene where link gets the wire attached... i cant be the only one right"

[felidalaxy]

mob you better get away from that tower I can sense some seriously dangerous spiritual energy coming from it

[dwemer-osha]

Hey Nintendo if the Skyview towers were just built, why did you reuse the "overgrown with thorns" challenge from that one tower in botw TWICE

[toyherb]

while I think the story and game design of totk is really strong, I feel like the game lacks the sense of wonder that was in botw. it doesn't help that totk barely recognizes botw despite being a sequel. botw did happen and people will say as much, but many less prominent NPCs have forgotten Link and all of the physical evidence has disappeared or disposed of. No one mentions any of the champions except for Mipha. It's like a part of us, those who played botw, and in a way, Link, has also been buried. Just like the champions. The divine beasts. The sheikah. The gaurdians.

Maybe just like how they emerged from the ground, all the towers and shrines and divine beasts have sunken into the ground again. But no one acknowledges it, and the gaurdians themselves have disappeared. I miss the music and excitement that came from seeing one.

The zonai aren't nearly as mysterious and strange as the old Sheikah shrines. We know who Rauru and Sonia are. We understand that zonai devices are powered by zonaite. But the sheikah technology, the blue flames, its all gone up in smoke.

I dunno. it feels like I'm looking into a foggy mirror reflecting botw back at me. it's missing pieces that would make it whole. Walking around Hyrule, I feel like I keep seeing ghosts.

[thegreatandpowerfulwas]

didn’t get many photos i liked last night but really i should just focus on playing the game 😂 i like the trill of music that plays when you get out of the pond and the game announces you’re back in Hyrule 🎶

[the-blaze-empress]

40+ hours on totk and i have one (1) sage and nearly 200 apples

[melonthesprigatito]

Personally I just sell my allotted limestone on to the Bolson Construction company. Still don't know what limestone is used for, but they seem to be happy and hey, it gets me some rupees so I'm not complaining. Happy Goro Guesday, everyone.

Are there other days of the week that are like goro guesday or is there just goro guesday? Forgive me if this is a plebian question I am uneducated in these matters

Listen, I'm gonna be so real with you while it's just you and me, okay?

Rito are unbarably proud people, and Goron are absolute pranksters.

Nobody knows what the heck Goro Guesday is. Tulin came home saying it one day saying it and everyone was too embaressed to admit they had no idea what it was. We've all been going along with it and pretending for years. Any time you ask someone about it they will just sneer at you and pretend you're an idiot for not knowing to cover for the fact they also don't know and don't want to look dumb.

Rito are way too proud to admit when they don't know something, and the Gorons use this to prank us all the time 'cuz we're dumb enough to keep falling for it. Like - we're still buying limestone from them because ten years ago they said we could use it for stuff and everyone was too proud to admit we had no idea how to work with limestone. We have so much of the stuff that we put it into our food and dump it in the lake because we don't know what the pluck to do with it but everyone is too stubborn to admit that to the Gorons so we just keep buying more.

[diah-the-demon]

why is it so hard to find the fucking light dragon in totk like bruh where tf are you

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FAMILIAR FAMILIAR MASTERPOST

If you want to see my general info (and also which tags to look at my other art, click here)

FAMILIAR FAMILIAR is a self indulgent TOTK AU where Link and Zelda traverse the wild lands of Hyrule together. There are ruins to be discovered and monsters to be eaten.

This project is a linktober challenge that will extend past the month of october. Please be patient with me as this is entirely being funded by a hyperfixation and the support of beloved patreon backers (ty patreon backers). Pls note fanart, fanfics, and spinoffs are perfectly fine as long as credit is due!

Chronological Order (updating as we go!)

1. Blood Moons and Headaches

2. Basement Adventures

3. Basement’s Adventures Haunted

4. Basement’s Extra Haunted

5. Lost (and found)

6. World’s Endin, Purah’s Stressin

7. Concern about Death Mountain

8. Goron City and Yunobo

9. Death Mountain vs Oversized Railgun

10. The Sage of Fire

11. Interlude

12. Goodbye Eldin!

13. Rained In

14. Skyview Towers

15. Close Call

16. Welcome To The Swamp

17. A Guide Named Yona

18. Sidon’s No Good Very Bad Two Months

19. Authority Issues

20. Lab in the Sky

21. The Water Sage

22. Reprise

23. Century Idol

24. Safe Travels

25. It’s Free Transportation

26. Song of Perseverance

27. Crack in the Maze

28. Looking for Lunch

29. Pirates, in MY Hyrule?

30. Ghost Ships

31. Great Fairy Cotera

32. Arm Collection

33. Mushrooms and Cheese

34. Three Headed Public Menace

35. Back into the Basement

36. Spider Jumpscare

37. It’s Free Spine Residue

38. Song of War

39. Wet Sand

40. Fight or Flight

41. Flooded Desert

42. Gut Conductor

43. Riju’s Bug Zapper 9000

44. The Shroud Bringer

45. Weight of Responsibility

46. Ghost Nap

47. Restless Dead

48. Lightning Sage

49. Surcease

50. Kept Promise

EXTRAS:

- Link and Zelda Reference

- Spotify

- Oneshot ficlets

(EDIT; Due to work and bills, Familiar Familiar will be returning June, just to give me some breathing room! Sorry for the wait)

[theauthorandtheartist]

I had a dream the other night that i can't stop thinking about, where a new LOZ game was released in a similar vein to TOTK, except instead of collecting sages like in that game, there was a series of dungeons/temples that were directly tied to other LOZ games, and at the end, you gained the ability to summon the avatar/ghost of the hero from said game -like the TOTK sages- to help on your quest (and get a fun power up). All of the links would have stilted dialogue with you at first, but as the game goes on they get more friendly and at the end of the game theres a cutscene where they all "move on" and it's super emotional cuz by this point they're all brothers (player-link actually emotes during this cutscene, the only time he does so, for an extra punch in the gut). I don't remember all of the details, but what I do remember was:

A Palace of the Four Sword dungeon where you gained the Link(s) from FSA. FSA Link was the simplest in terms of abilities, the avatar would split into 4 and distract enemies/fight alongside you. Pretty sure this was the first one/tutorial temple. Later on this link gives you a sidequest after which you gain the Four Sword as a weapon (its the second strongest in the game behind the master sword).

A Tower of Winds dungeon where you got Minish Cap Link to tag along. He allows you to shrink for short periods of time to get through locked doors/escape danger. Don't remember much about this dungeon except that there's a timer to get through it before yiu have to start over.

Forest temple/great deku tree/kokiri forest type place where Oot/MM link joins up with you. He allows you to rewind time for a little bit (basically the recall ability but on everything including you). Later on He gives a sidequest that results in obtaining the Fierce Deity Mask (best armor in the game).

Arbiter grounds dungeon where you get TP link. He's basically a glorified horse; you ride him around.

Tower of the Gods dungeon where you get WW/PH Link to tag along. He's like Revali's Gale and Tulin's gust in one.

The dungeon to get the Master Sword is like the Skyview Temple, and to be allowed to draw it you must beat SS Link as the final boss of the temple, After which he joins you on your quest. He allows you to do skyward strikes with any one handed weapon.

A secret, optional dungeon that you only unlock by falling asleep on this random island. It's kohohlit. The only avatars/ghosts that you can access here are OoT/MM Link and WW/PH Link (because PH was a dream and MM was an alternate reality). By the end, You get Alttp/albw/LA link who can put enemies to sleep for a time. Later he gives you a sidequest to get ravio's bracelet, which opens up a few easter eggs and secret loot.

Other links/games were included as easter eggs but they don't stick around. BOTW/TOTK Link is a recurring ghostly NPC who you can find in all the weirdest places, offering seemingly nonsensical trades that change every time you see him (10 frogs for 13 bombs, a ruby for an apple pie, 35 monster parts for a single ancient arrow, etc). There's a few places around hyrule where you see two-bit LOZ1/LOZ2 Link just vibing. ST Link takes the place of Purah or Robbie as the eccentric scientist/engineer who will upgrade your stuff if you bring him materials, and he can also upgrade your ghost-Link-friend's abilities as well since he's -y'know- Hero of Spirits.

There's murals in the castle from Cadence of Hyrule, and there's "ancient history books" about HW and AoC. Throughout Hyrule you'll meet various NPCs claiming to be from different countries here to see "the birthplace of the hero of Holodrum/Labrynnia/Calatia."

Various Zelda's would show up too. You get a sidequest where you have to sneak aboard a ghost pirate ship. It's Tetra's. There's a mysterious sheikah warrior who repeatedly accosts you on your travels to loredump and test if you're ready to fight the big bad. She only ever brings you down to half heart, at which point she makes a disappponted comment and leaves. you aren't able to beat her until near endgame, at which point she reveals herself as sheik, has a brief conversation with Oot/MM Link, gives you some cryptic foreshadowing advice and a few fairies, and dips. BOTW/TOTK zelda is similar to her link since she can be found all over the place, but she deals exclusively in ancient materials and dragon parts. TP Zelda gives lore/exposition when you finally make it to the castle, right before the big bad fight.

Big bad is an amalgamation of all ganons/ganondorfs/big bads across the timelines. He telegraphs attacks via shifting forms to look like various bad guys (forms tentacles like bellum and Majora (at the same time) before slam attack, gets blue pig face before charge attack, long purple vaati hair and bat wings before AOE gust attack, scales up his arm and X on face before big AOE lightning blast, and big fuck-all sword and gerudo features before slashing. 2nd phase has it split into like 5 separate beings to fight you and all your friends at once (each one has different features: one is similar to bellum/majora, one is more beast-ganon, one more demise, one Vaati-esque one, and one Ganondorf-like one). The music is harsh and disjointed, cobbled together from many other games, and the noises that the beast makes are screeching and painful.

By the end of the game, there's a big deal made by SS link that you are the final Link in the cycle, that it's over, that you finished what he couldn't. There's a sense of hope, but also of sorrow, since all your new friends are leaving now. They're ghosts, they're dead, they've done their duty and it's time for them to rest. Before they go, though, each one gives you one last gift (the ability they've been helping you with this whole time) and one last sidequest (one for each of them) for you to accomplish: find their treasures, keep them safe.

Post game is you running around without the ghosts (FSA Link's ability duplicates you now, giving you 3 buddies to fight with, but they can't give dialogue and they last like 30 seconds so it's not the samel), doing mini-dungeons and fetch-quests in order to obtain major key items (all old and unusable anymore) from the Links' adventures, (the Beetle, goddess harp, spinner, shards of the fused shadow, deku/goron/Zora masks, gnat hat, various kinstones, pictobox, deku leaf, LA instruments, Ocarina of Time, wind waker, etc) and some from games not mentioned previously or not from your gaggle of links, (Harp of ages, rod of seasons, silver arrows, a doppel, ST panpipes, a revival doll, Cadence of Hyrule Lute, HW blue Scarf, old and broken Terrako, champion's tunic, BOTW champion's picture, trirod, etc). In post-game, there are new NPCs to replace the links/zeldas that used to fill those niches, but it's not the same. They're gone. It's a bittersweet feeling.

After you finish all the post game and get all the treasures (basically 100%ing the game), you get an achievement called "archive of the ages" and a special cutscene where Player Link sets the Master sword down on the side of his bed, looks out the window of his house at the brilliantly setting sun, smiles, and falls asleep. You may no longer play on that save file anymore. The adventure is over.

Basically I dreamt up a game that was a love letter to the entire series, and I'm sad it was just a dream. Logically i know this will never happen because that would mean tying up LOZ and it's too much of a cash cow for Nintendo to ever stop making, but it was a wonderful dream to have for a little while.

[ghostieblotts]

YOOOOOO WAIT HELL YEAH I'm so happy those worked out so well!! Mate I bet if you did a Barb cosplay at some point it would absolutely rule :D also I can't believe I accidently matched a running thing with Elle there!! And oh man I think you would love Purah. She is very strange, she is a genius, she survived the apocalypse, she's probably in her 120s or thereabouts in totk and only looks younger because she invented de-aging technology (originally intended to be used on aging soldiers) and proceeded to use herself as the test subject, she keeps calling Link 'Linky', almost immediately after confirming he wasn't dead she launched him hundreds of metres into the sky without actually explaining what she was doing. She's swaggy as hell basically

YIPPEE hell yeah thank you!! My guys :D (this is a win in my book) also. You are the third person to say I'm like the Captain this is wild. I seriously need to watch BBC Ghosts so I can see this guy

Well. Tanya Freemont, obviously, because she's your girl. But also Barb Larvernor for the technological swagger, and also a little bit of Purah (BotW/TotK) for similar reasons. And for some reason Elle Woods? Disclaimer that I have never watched Legally Blonde. There's just something about the power of "what, like it's hard?" that feels like your vibe.

hi oh my goodness sorry i didn't see this right away, my phone decided to stop giving me tumblr notifications for hours(??) so i only saw when i logged in on desktop. and thank you!!!! i love love LOVE barb she's my everything! i was thinking of going as her to spies even.. you GET it. AND ELLE MY BELOVED! my friend and i have a joke that i am literally the elle woods of my compsci class (which is made up of all blokes bar me) so youre bang on the money there too i think. i haven't actually played any zelda games (actually i don't think any of my devices can even run them) but i trust your judgement here by now.

you remind me of owen because like.. well obviously thats Literally you. tadius too of course for the same reason (i mean my mental image of you is literally in tadius cosplay) i think of the captain from bbc ghosts as well because he has a similar kind of energy i think? i'm long due a ghosts rewatch but it's something in his mannerisms.

[heroesrest64]

Researcher and the Minuscule Hero

(This would be the same reader from Cbinsb but in a different scenario lol. I just wanted to write minish Four tbh)

“How are the calibrations going? Do you think it’ll be ready for launch by the end of the day?” Purah calls down from her lab upstairs. You squint a bit, eyes bleary from staring through your magnification goggles for a bit too long.

“Er… yeah. A test launch. We are not putting a living hylian into that thing any time soon…” You grumble, turning your head slowly so as not to cause yourself a headache before looking out towards the skyview tower in the distance. You’ve been working on calibrating the launch sequence- trying to make it have less backlash, as previous testing had told you shattered bones would be the least of a Hylians worries if they truly were to be launched from the fickle device.

As you’re staring into the distance, one of your lenses auto-focuses on a movement. It's so small you swear it wasn’t even there, but you’re confident in the make of your goggles. They wouldn’t focus on nothing.

…

You still have the rest of the day to finish these calibrations. Surely catching just one little bug won't cause too much of a delay.

With a sneaky grin, you hop off of your stool, scurrying out of Josha’s lab and towards the skyview tower, where your goggles had told you the movement was coming from.

Whatever you’re looking for must not be visible to the naked eye, as you find yourself walking in circles, nothing but wood shavings, weeds and freshly threaded dirt to be seen. Since it was your goggles that first picked up the disturbance, it would stand to reason they would show you what you’re looking for once more.

It’s almost comical, the fact that putting your goggles back on immediately reveals a hooded picori.

“Oh my goddesses…” You breathe, looking at the little guy, who’s looking up at you in turn- probably too scared to move, knowing how the species as a whole reacts to being spotted. You remain motionless, just letting your goggles auto-focus to get a better look at the small creature. It’s hard to get the finer details since it’s just so small, but you can just make out the tell-tale red and white feather, nearly the same size as its regular body, which is decked out in greens, reds, purples and blues. It’s… a little odd, thinking about it. Picori tend to be very good at camouflaging- wearing multiple colors like this one does may be a sign of evolution for the picori as a people, although the only benefit you can think of would be to attract a mate. Or perhaps the picori are developing fashion trends? An interesting study.

The picori is rocking back and forth now, and while you can’t see its face, you get the distinct feeling it is getting impatient. Perhaps waiting for your gaze to turn from it so it can find a new hiding place.

“Apologies, little one. I didn’t mean to stare. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a picori.” You apologize, averting your gaze. It’s disappointing, you had wished to study the phenomenal creature for just a bit longer, but it has a life to be living, as do you.

With one last cursory glance over the empty space the picori once stood, you place your goggles back on your forehead, sighing deeply before marching back towards Josha’s lab, intent on finishing your calibrations before the day ends. You don’t notice the curious eyes following you as you work.

~~

“Well! It looks like it won’t be killing anyone anytime soon. Are you heading back to Hateno, then?” Purah asks, giving your collapsed body a cursory glance. You groan, face pressed into the hard wood of the desk that’s slowly become your home over the past week. What even is a bed? All you know is tabletops.

“...Yes. Need to check on Link's horse.” You mumble, sitting yourself up slowly, stretching each muscle, then popping some of your joints. Purah flinches at just the sound of it, delicate nose scrunching up in distaste.

“Right. Well, get home safe, and make sure my lab hasn’t been overrun with yiga! Ta-ta now!” Purah pushes you up and away, immediately mumbling under her breath once she thinks you’re out of earshot. You squint as the morning sun beats down on you, swinging your bag over your shoulder with a sort of finality. Time to head home.

~~

Your bag is filled with unfamiliar berries and nuts. Not in the sense that you don’t know what they are- it’s just… you do not remember putting them there. There’s also a pile of leaves carefully tucked into the corner of your bag, an indent in the middle reminiscent of a nest. Was there, like, a mouse sleeping in your bag or something?

Humming out a curious note, you close your bag back up. It’s none of your business if a little mouse decided it wanted to hitch a ride to Hateno. You continue as you were, though your steps are more careful, and you make sure to keep your bag from swinging around too much.

As always, you make a point of grabbing any bugs, fruits, vegetables, herbs or interesting rocks on the path. With the calamity quelled, there are less monsters than ever, and the few you do run into are at such a low level that even a couple headshots from your bow are enough to fell them.

The world is so calm now, so different from how you grew up. The birds chirp happy tunes, grasshoppers flit about, new flora greets your eyes, and you stoop to pick them up.

It’s around midday when you reach the wetland stable. Your stomach grumbles, and you stop by the cooking pot for a quick meal. The creature in your bag seemed to like sweet berries, or perhaps that’s just what was around at the time. You hum, digging around a bit, and eventually come up with a few apples and courser bee honey. Honeyed apples sound nice. As for the main part of your lunch… Something more filling, perhaps? A veggie curry, in case your companion is averse to meat.

Your meal is eaten with a certain swiftness. If you laze around too long, you won’t make it to Kakariko until late into the night. You plate up a couple apple slices and a scoop of the rice and curry into two small bowls that you’d usually use to sort small machine parts. They’re placed into the bottom of the bag with some care before you're back on the road once more.

~~

The strung up chimes warding the entrance to Kakariko village make themselves known an hour after sunset. You’ve been traveling since the sun rose at five this morning, your only stop being the short lunch break at the wetland stable.

You’re exhausted, back aching, legs numb, eyes dropping with want of sleep. Still, it would be unwise to rest without dinner. The cooking pot out front of the general store calls your name, and you swiftly walk over, categorizing what meals you can make with the ingredients you gathered along the way.

Apples, tomatoes, herbs, honey, mushrooms, boar meat from the pig that had come running at you. It’s all the same foods you already had on hand. You… really don’t want to eat the same meals twice in a row.

“Ho! The little researcher. Stopping by for a visit?” A voice calls, and you peek up to see Olkin marching up to greet you. A basket of pumpkins strapped to his back catches your attention.

“Hello Olkin. Just stopping by for the night- I'm heading home in the morning.” You sigh, leaning back on the wooden stool you’re settled on. Olkin glances at the ingredients set out before you, eyes landing on the meat and spices before you.

“Looks like good eats. Could be better with a pumpkin, eh?” Olkin suggests, pitching his gourds as he is wont to do. You laugh, waving him closer while reaching for your rupee pouch. You frown upon finding it heavier than usual. Peeking inside reveals a couple extra green, blue and red rupees. When did..?

Shaking off your confusion, you reach for one of the red rupees, handing it over to the pumpkin farmer, who takes it eagerly before handing over one of his pumpkins.

Your meat stuffed pumpkin is quickly prepared, and you’re about to start digging in when you remember your travel companion. You almost forgot about it, your exhaustion getting the better of your senses. Still unsure of the creature's opinion on meat, you hesitate for but a second before shrugging. It should know better. If it doesn't want to eat the meat, it will leave the pork alone. Opening your bag, you find the bowls you’d placed in it earlier empty and clean. A new serving of meat pie is placed in one of the bowls, but it feels paltry compared to your earlier lunch. Surely you have some sort of desert to offer.

The honeycomb catches your attention this time, and you remember the honey candies your mom would make for you in your youth. Perfect.

With the main meal and dessert plated up, you gently set the food in your bag for your companion before returning to your own meal.

You’re about halfway through when you notice the bowls you’re sure you set inside your bag now arranged on the ground by your feet. What..?

A bite appears in the cooked slice of pumpkin. An invisible creature is eating your travel companion's meal. Either that or-

You’re quick to retrieve your magnifying goggles, clumsily strapping them to your head and pushing them up the bridge of your nose. It takes a second for the lenses to focus, but when they do, you’re astonished to see the same picori from the day before chowing down on the pumpkin and meat inside the bowl.

“By the three… I accidentally kidnapped a picori.” You mutter, horrified.

This is bad on so many levels. First of all- Picori are endemic creatures. Each is specially evolved for the environment they’re born in. And while Hateno isn’t too different from the Hyrule Plains, it’s noticeably colder.

A second problem arises when you consider this particular picori’s lack of natural camouflage. The children in your hometown aren’t… unkind, per se, but they’re curious, and often take a hands-on approach to learning. If they catch on to this picori, it will be pulled every which way until the children are satisfied.

Though… thinking about it, perhaps its unusual fashion is why it decided to join you on this journey. The recent fashion boom in your hometown has led to people everywhere setting out on fashion pilgrimages. Perhaps a new, more fashion-forward genus of picori has begun to sprout up.

“Oh how I wish we could converse. I have much to ask you, little one.” You sigh, tapping your spoon on the edge of the make-shift bowl the pumpkin has become. The picoris feather-like tail swishes, indicative of the creature turning its attention on you.

“I’ve heard of some children capable of speaking to picori, adults too- though they apparently have to be very lucky.” You hum, entirely to yourself, though it seems to jumpstart your little friend.

The picori scrambles, tail twitching this way and that as it appears to search its person for something. Ever curious, you crouch down, knees up to act as a perch for your face. You’re a lot closer than you have been in the past. It’s easier to make out the creature’s face now, more rounded than you expected. Not very mouse-like, as other witnesses have attested. Granted, most eye-witnesses have been children.

The picori finally seems to find what it was looking for. It poses, tiny little arms on its hips, tail curled in satisfaction, lips upturned in a smug grin. The picori immediately deflates when you snort, becoming bashful. The change in demeanor only makes you laugh more.

“You found what you were looking for, right? May I see?” The picori lights up once more, waving its arms in a ‘come hither’ motion. You lean in a bit closer, but that doesn’t seem to be the right action.

Your hand, then. Perhaps it wants a ride.

The picori leans over your palm, smaller than a field mouse, and drops what looks like a small seed in your hand. You carefully lift your hand back up, zooming in on the minuscule seed with your goggles.

“I’m not familiar with this seed. Do you want me to plant it?” You ask, pinching it between your forefinger and thumb. The minish shakes its head ‘no’ before making a gesture like taking a bite. Ah! He must want you to eat it.

You stick the small seed on your tongue, or even having to chew it before your tongue starts to tingle, and a heat rushes towards your ears. You gasp, placing a hand over your mouth as the distinct feeling of foreign magic rushes through you.

“Did it work?” A small voice speaks up at you. You’re absolutely stunned to realize the picori is the one speaking.

“Uhm.” You breathe out dumbly. Right. It- He- asked you a question. “Y-yes? I think? I’m meant to hear you now, right?”

“Yes! It worked!” The picori leaps up and down in his spot, and you can’t help but smile at his excited reaction.

“Now you can take me to Links house.”

…What?

“What?”

“Oh! Uh, wow this is a lot to explain…” The picori trails off, grabbing at his tail and wringing it in his hands.

“Well, I’m listening.” The little guy glances up at you, a sharp, calculating look. It’s one Link used to give you all the time. Careful. Assessing. You keep your expression open, and he stops bristling, deigning you innocent and worth his story.

“I’m not actually a minish- or picori, as those less familiar call them. My companions and I were cursed, then cast into this world with no discretion. One of my companions calls this place home. Link.” He peeks up at you, checking that you’re following along.

“Then you heard me talking to Purah about visiting Links house and decided to tag along. Resourceful.” You hum, leaning back so your back is resting on the wooden bench, then gesturing to your knee- a silent offer of a different perch. The shrunken man takes the new resting spot easily.

“Exactly. I’m hoping at least one of the others would’ve made their way there by now, then we can start working on finding a way to fix this whole mess.” He sighs, plopping criss-crossed on your knee.

“...I doubt you’ll find many solutions in this world. Magic is a foreign subject to most. Though, perhaps princess Zelda can offer her aid- she’s become better attuned to her magic in the years following the calamity.” Your head is starting to hurt from wearing your goggles for too long, and your earlier exhaustion is creeping back in.

“We should finish our dinner then head to the inn for the night. This conversation can be picked back up in the morning.” You decide, offering your hand once again. Your miniscule companion climbs on to the offered limb, tiny hands clinging to your thumb as you drop him off in front of his meal.

The two of you finish eating in silence, then head towards Shuteye Inn. You pay for a bed, arranging a pillow and scarf to serve as your companions bed before flopping onto the other side, giving the small man as much space as possible.

It’s only as you’re drifting off to sleep that you realize you never got his name.

[dai-mondai]

The Yunos and their dates

Here's I'm going to dicuss each Yuno and what I think happened in each of the dates she went on

This post will only cover the non-leads (Green, Ribbon and Heart), I'll do another post covering the main two.

Before I dive in though I want to establish a couple things.

One, I am assuming each of them are with a different client. This is because of this question and answer.

Since she's wearing different clothes and hair in each of these setting I'm assume first that the cilents are different, unless there's something that supports otherwise.

Two, I'm going to colour code and refer to them as the following

Umbilical - School Uniform Yuno

TearDrop - Lingerie Outfit Yuno

Heart - Karaoke Yuno

Ribbons - Car Yuno

Green - Skyview Yuno

And three, have fun! This, like many of my posts, are to gather my thoughts about these characters.

First let's talk about Green.

"Where'd you get your half-baked sense of justice"

There's not as much that I can say on her but we can infer her date from these three images.

“Good morning” “Good night”

Together they're on a very high floor enjoying the view. Maybe the top of an apartment? It looks to be around mid-day with how bright the sky is. How many stairs would she have to climb? She's always the third one on the spiral staircase.

"Just me alone, the warmth starts fading away / Just me alone, it really is lonely. Let’s reload the warmth"

Though never the highest.

Anyways, she looks a bit bored on the staircases, at least the view is nice. There's nothing noticeable on the client's stairacse. Perhaps there's not much to them.

"Even this makes you happy right?"

Late into the evening, they're having a drink. Though it doesn't look like she has touched her drink, and there looks to be a small desert on the left? So this probably isn't dinner or anything.

This is a new floor, lower than the previous one, the buildings look closer and the design of the windows are different. The view is great, you can see Toyko Tower! The client has a very nice place, assuming it's the clients place.

"The episode reloading on an endless loop"

Or maybe not.

Look at Tokyo Tower, we could only see the top of it before, now it's more eye level. And now the windows go all the way to the floor! Is Green and her client checking out every floor of this building? What is this building anyways?

Huh, The Prince Park Tower Tokyo? It's the only one nearby that's tall enough with a similar roof I believe.

Which means first they were at the top of the building for sight seeing, then probably enjoying one of its many lounges for the evening. Most likely the STELLAR GARDEN Sky Lounge with it's view and it be very close.

And then ended the night in one of it's guest rooms.

“Good morning” “Good night”

Mostly one like the Panormic King Room with it's tall windows, but perhaps any Panormic Room.

Assuming the Client isn't a member, booking a room like that for a nigth ranges from ¥80-¥100 000 for the night.

So let's say it's ¥90 000, that would make it around AUD$947.72 (or USD$594.50)! And that may not be covering the lounge!

Her client was determined I'll say. I'd think he may be cheating, taking her to a hotel. And she probably knew this.

"Even this makes you happy right?"

But let's recap the date. They both arrive at The Prince Park Tower Toyko, early on they go to the top of the building to enjoy the view, that Green enjoyed enough to highlight, then they shared an evening in the Sky Lounge. Afterwards they hed to their Guest Room for the night. Maybe have breakfast in the morning depending if the client booked with provided breakfast.

And that's that? Seems like it! Though I could speculate on the client.

One, possibly a repeat client.

"The episode reloading on an endless loop"

Two, this client may be cheating with the lengths they went to be private, or they just wanted a very nice night (doubt). But yeah, she's calling out someone's sense of justice and it's not just Es/Audience.

That's all I do for Green for now.

Next on the list?

Let's do Ribbons.

"I'm the one who chose, let you and you and you all in"

Now she's a bit more interesting. Let's see what's up.

Also Minigram Ribbon!

"I want to be with you as many times as I can"

Alright, no leading on this time. She's likely in Yokohama as you can see Tokohama Cosmo World in the background.

I think the view is Minato No.1 Bridge, due to the railings, which is part of Kishamichi Promenade, a waterfront walkway that has an old railway inbedded in it. It's considered a Historic Walking Area.

Her and her client went on a walk in Kishamichi Promenade. Neat. So this client is more of a sight seerer.

It's very bright out, so I'll say around mid day again.

Also before I forget.

"Let's reload the warmth / The lies are endless"

She goes from being the highest on the staircase to the second lowest. And there's shoes, big bag and a present on the client's stairs. Also the order of images goes from her picture being shown last, to first, first and first again. She seems important.

"That is probably an amazing thing"

She doesn't seem too happy. But it's amazing, probably.

Next we see her, she's in a car. Looks comfortable? If the client is a sightseerer then they need a way to get around. I'll assume it's the client's car.

We see her with a B-MOOE bag that she didn't have before, maybe it's the client's? Though it isn't on the staircase at all. It's odd to say the least. I'm not sure what B-MOOE would be in reference to.

She also has a drink as well in a clear cup and straw. So they went out for drinks.

It's bright out so it's still daytime.

Desire, bestow, and desire again

She appears tired.

Her skirt is askewed. She finished her drink in the cupholder and is now drinking bottled water(?). The bag is gone. Still in the car, chair now reeled back. But now it's late. This is probably after having sex with her client.

So recap: They go to Kishamichi Promenade and walk on the Minato No. 1 Bridge. Then they get into the car, at some point get drinks, and spend the night in the car.

The client, eh, maybe not be in the car for so much of it? I don't think she's the biggest fan of this client either. But maybe that's just my likes and dislikes.

Now there is a reason I called her Ribbon, as her hair has the same yellow ribbons as the balloon.

And this means the baby, represented by the balloon, is mostly likely Ribbon's Client.

Unfortunate for Yuno, as that wasn't whose baby she wanted

She eyes for the Red Ribbon. She wanted to have Heart's Client baby.

Though she most likely only learnt this after conception.

Which brings us to Heart.

"Happy or sad? Why decide?"

This one will be fun.

What day is it tomorrow?

Now who's that in the background? It's Hachiko!

In Shibuya, Tokyo, Hachiko is considered a must see Statue in Toyko.

Its of a faithful akito dog, who waits for his owner 9 years after his death. Very devoted.

A part of me wonders if Heart wanted to see the statue a lot too, after all she likes dogs.

In any case, she seems to be enjoying herself.

I should mention her stairs too.

"Just the two of us, I feel a little tingle inside / Just the two of us, I finally found it"

Just the two of them

She's at the bottom of both staircases, the most grounded. She goes from looking straightforward to happy. A lot of stuff on the client side. More gifts I believe.

"I know you will respond that way"

They're doing karaoke! Isn't that fun. Hey wait.

Hey Yuno likes Karaoke! Dogs and Karaoke, seems like a pretty great date.

Though unsure where exactly they're doing the karaoke. In Shibuya likely, it seems to have quite a few karaoke bars, though I don't have enough to figure out if it's a specific bar.

Also her bag is gone, might as well take it off.

"The fading warmth makes me anxious again. Tear drops succumb and fall"

Still in the Karaoke booth. Vampire playing in the background. The fact that Vampire is associated specifically with this Yuno and Client is pretty forward. Especially in the middle of it.

Wonder why she would kill this client when it seemed like they were having such a good time. Even seemed like she wanted to have their child. She took the time to put everything back on and do her hair afterwards.

Huh who said that.

Anyways recap of Heart and her client. They went to Shibuya, saw Hachiko, did karaoke and nothing else happened at all. Completely normal day.

So that is what I think how Green, Ribbon and Heart's dates went, aswell as some random stuff about them. All very interesting and different days. I'll talk about the other Yunos at a later date. Maybe.

Hope you enjoyed <3 I'm so tired (eepy)

English Translations from MILGRAM Wiki

Yuno's First Trial Interrogration Questions - Milgram Fancult (Nyanko) (Marshmallow-qa)

[gingerdusk]

I would have added more references to BoTW. IMO it could have been a completely different Link & Zelda & the story would have been the same

Seriously. Half of it feels like "things we wanted to add to BotW but didn't have enough for a DLC for" and the other half feels like "original Zelda title we wanted to make that corporate decided had to be in the same universe," if that makes sense.

But 100%, more BotW references:

More people should recognize Link. You COULD go Witcher-style with it and have it read your BotW save data for completed quests to see who does actually know you, and they do have some form of that with registered horses, so we know it's possible.

There should be Sheikah tech in places. I understand not wanting to reconstruct the shrines, especially if they don't have any use anymore, but they could be setpieces; you interact with it and it's like "No longer active...it's served its use" or something like that.

Monuments made of the defunct Divine Beasts.

Scorched earth where Malice once was.

People talking about how their lives have gotten better since the end of the Calamity (even if the Upheaval threatens to uproot all of that progress).

Link fanclub the way Sidon had one.

Someone who got into horses because they saw the Ganon fight from afar.

Statues of the previous champions that are given proper respect. Maybe if you do all the sidequests in a given region, you get a temporary blessing that grants you the champion's power, BotW-style.

Monuments of battles like the one in Castle Town's ruins with the Silent Princess on it.

The towers. You could have even turned those into the Skyview towers, just make a doorway into the already-hollow interior, have the roof split open, and yeet Link through it.

Master Cycle Zero should have still been a thing. Robbie should have been working on it to give you as a present.

Huge gaping burnt holes in Hyrule Castle from when the Divine Beasts SHOT THROUGH IT.

I can probably think of more but this is off the top of my head.

[riddle-of-sphinx]

a way the sheikah towers could have been implemented in totk: put a chasm where every tower was, and have the remains of the towers be your source of a map in the depths (lightroots still producing the light though). That way you can still have the new SkyView towers without destroying the previous ones, which why would you? They're really useful. It would also be a good tactical move on ganondorf's part, because getting rid of the towers gets rid of the advanced map, and a way to make him more menacing than he is