[Midna looks over the options she's given. In column C, she doesn't even know what most of the things are. Even an 'octopus' she can't really identify minus that it has something to do with the festival at hand.]
A
B
C
Black
Magic
Octopus
Aqua
Books
Seahorse
White
Portals
Shark
Ah... Hm.
I guess... [What's her favourite? Sheesh. This is harder than she thought.] I... It's convenient? Some might call it a luxury. I call it a responsibility.
[She looks distinctly pleased, but to be fair, she imagines she made it a little easy for him. Although in hindsight, portals could have fallen into that as well and while Midna appreciates a convenient portal, technically those could fall under magic as well.]
I like smart boys. [The Twili grins sidelong to her companion.] I might have made that one too easy for you. Let's reset and see if we can get something a little harder, hmmm?
[Smart enough probably, but also straightforward enough that some things fly over his head.
But Gawain is pleased by the compliment anyways. It's hard not to be when it's coming from a beautiful woman who probably doesn't hand them out freely.]
But I am eager for whatever challenge you might throw at me!
[It's rest and he's a bit eager to see what shall happen next. Will she also give him this hint in the form of a riddle?]
Oh, those are dangerous words. [But... to be fair, she still really enjoys hearing them. Naive people are the most fun to play with.
The list updates.]
A
B
C
Feathers
Romance
Country
Scales
Friendship
Heavy Metal
Fur
Hatred
Pop Culture
[Midna frowns. She doesn't even understand the last column. The middle column makes her feel a little strange, too. But then she remembers the Octopus-Person did say something about compatibility. She supposes romance would be a given.
Still.]
Ah... This one is a little more difficult.
[What does she pick? Maybe fur. Link had fur. At least in the Twilight Realm. But the kargaroks have feathers and she kind of likes those. Which ones does she like more?]
Hrm. Honk, honk.
[Is that a joke or a hint? It's hard to say, but it's all Midna seems inclined to say so far.]
[He laughs. She smiles. At least she's funny. Truth be told, she likes laughter. But his answer...
Well.
...What's a goose, anyway? She's distracted from asking by the annoying buzz sound coming from the panels before they reset. Sometimes one loses some, and sometimes one wins, she supposes. One for one doesn't seem completely terrible.]
I still don't understand how this tests compatibility.
[She gestures over to him with slender fingers.]
It looks as though it will be my turn to guess this time. Try not to make it too hard for me.
Maybe they think we'll just have a psychic connection?
[But since it's his turn, there the categories come up. One is related to pets, the other to restraints, the third to the weather and that seems the most appropriate, considering who he is. Sunshine, Rain or Gloom.
As the knight of the Sun, the first choice is the only one.]
Alright then. I will say that nothing blooms without it.
[Midna cocks an eyebrow, unfamiliar with the term. She makes a note to ask someone she trusts later about that. Or maybe him, if he feels like speaking with her further. She has a habit of eventually being unbearable, after all.
He diverts her attention with his own riddle and she sits back as she thinks. How do things grow in the Twilight? She's not entirely certain and if she's honest, she's never really thought about it. Farming and gathering food for her people has never exactly been her job as it were. As such, she's never really lost any sleep over it.
But he's not from the Twilight. He wouldn't know anything about that. So what makes things bloom in the Realm of Light? Her eyebrows knit together.]
...Water? Like a lake? Or the sun, I suppose. Light. Something like that.
[Psychic connection would be hard to explain right now, at least in the context of a game. It's something he experienced with his Master as all Servants do, to some extent, though he knows the concept is a fairly old one.
He smiles softly at the guess, because it is very close. Granted, in places like this planet, there could very well be objects that grow without it. But that is something to ponder for another time.]
Well the answer is one of those things. It's something that is a source for it. And it cycles.
[Oh, that makes it much easier. Midna might not know very much about those kinds of things, but the Twilight has cycles, so it's natural that the sun would as well.]
Aha! My second option was right. The sun.
[She pauses for a moment, wearing that characteristically impish grin again.] I'm sure it's obvious, but I'm not very familiar with things like that or how they work. I may not have gotten that without your additional assistance.
[What a learning experience and what a fascinating man. Kind and patient as well. A shame she's not in the business of stealing people away for a personal army. She wonders if he's as gullible as he seems.]
As for the sun... Hm. Where I come from, we do not have such a thing. People from the world of the sun cannot live in my realm as they are, so they are transformed. It is something similar for someone from my realm in the realm with a sun. Light for me is a harmful thing. I suppose I would have described it as unpleasant. Too bright. Too vibrant.
[She might not find him so easy to turn, as his loyalty to his Master has always been his best and worst quality, iron clad as they would say. Though perhaps in different times, depending on the lady's character...]
...no sun in your world? Hmmmm, I would ask how anything grows there, but obviously you are here and alive my Lady. Though I guess I take for granted that the sun is a thing of joy for everyone. For me that celestial body holds a unique significance, more so than most men.
[She raises her eyebrows. She always thought it was just easy to assume all people of the Light Realm had an appreciation for Light, as it were. The way Gawain speaks makes it seem like something a little more special.]
Are you certain I'm alive? You might need to touch me to find out.
[Midna grins in that cheeky, impish fashion before she continues.]
So tell me a little more about this significance, if you don't mind me being nosy. What's so important about it?
[He's joking a bit in turn, though still more earnestly than is probably needed.]
Though I am not exactly a living man, so I cannot judge you even if you are past this mortal coil.
[Now he think a little on if he should answer that question honestly, but then again, he's been thinking he should rely less on such things.]
I have a special blessing that was given to me long ago by a holy man. During certain periods of time, the sun will greatly enrich my strength. I'm still very strong without it of course, but well, under the light I am unbeatable.
[Midna can't help herself. In moments, she's reaching over and prodding him in various places. Nowhere inappropriate. Just his arm, his shoulder. Innocent places like so.]
You seem alive to me.
[She leans onto the panel as she listens to his explanation. It's always strange to hear someone getting holy blessings. He might not be so different from Zelda if that's the case.]
Then you are a bit like a soldier of the Light, then. Or a soldier of the Sun. [Quite literally the opposite of her, it would seem.]
I am a spirit, though I shouldn't feel any different from a living man to you.
<[He laughs at the pokes though, indulging her for a bit.]/small>
But I died a very long time ago. Right now, I could be said to function more as a familiar of sorts.
[His blessing, while uniquely powerful, pales in comparison to other Servants.]
I guess I could be called that. I am often called the Knight of the Sun and my sword is connected to that element, this sister to another mighty weapon.
[...At least he's humoured her. He's a spirit, though.
...Really? She supposes she's heard of stranger things.]
Well, you're the best looking dead man I've ever seen.
[She decides not to make anything of it. There's no reason for her to. Dead or alive, it doesn't really matter to her. He's obviously managed to get himself a corporeal form in Lunatia.]
When you say 'sister,' I assume you mean something like a moon. [Or is that too on the nose?]
[The whole point of this exercise is to talk, so he sees no issues in doing so.]
Haha, thank you! I mean I do not look too different than I did in life, so there is that.
[Arguably, he's just an idealized copy of himself, but it's hard to think in those terms. And it's fortuante that most heroic spirits are very physical.]
...That's exactly it. My King's sword is tied to the moon, though it is the more powerful weapon. [Very on the nose.]
Ah. So you were a handsome man in life as well. I hope I look half as good after I've withered away into nothing.
[Whenever that may be. If Midna has her way, that won't happen for a very long time.
Settling her chin in the palm of her hand, she sizes him up curiously. He looks like a knight. Whatever it is, he's interesting, though she tries not to pry too much.]
Your king. So you were in service. Although I thought a king should stay away from fields of battle.
[...She has to wonder for a moment if he's just playing along. She suspects that he is. The polite behaviour is nice, though a little... strange. Midna doesn't always know how to handle herself around people like that. The Zelda she knew was always polite and Midna mocked her for it.
It's a wonder she hasn't done that to Gawain yet. Maybe it's a sign that she's actually changed.]
Did you just say that your king was a she? [Midna perks up, interested. In the Twilight Realm, the title of 'king' is reserved for men who take the throne. Women are referred to as the 'princess,' which is very much why she's not called the Twilight King.
But 'King' has a really nice ring to it.]
And yes, I'm interested. If I wasn't, I wouldn't expend the effort to ask. We're supposed to get to know one another, right. I doubt they'll care if we play their game or not. Besides, I'm not here to please them. I'm here to please myself.
[It's pretty sincere, like most things about the knight, though some of it very much is the ritual that all knights fall into when speaking with a lady. Doubly so, one of such obvious standing.]
Very well then. I am glad that I am intriguing you somewhat!
[Because he would not want her to be cross. And not just because they are stuckin a booth together.]
And yes, though in life she lived as a man, so that she could become a knight, since that is an office only men can possess in my home. I didn't actually know she was a woman until we came into the new life. [He laughed then, because it was odd, especially when his own sister had done the same thing. Or he supposed sisters, but that was a whole other tale, one he didn't like to talk about.] I am the King's nephew, so that was how big the secret was.
[She doesn't say it, but finds his... concern? She's not sure what it is, but that he actually wants to be fascinating in some way is almost sweet.]
If I'm hearing this right, she posed as a man and you thought she was a man the entire time. Until... she... died?
[If that's true, that's a very long time to keep a secret. Midna likes her secrets, but she's not positive she'd be able to keep one for years and years and years.]
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Ah... Hm.
I guess... [What's her favourite? Sheesh. This is harder than she thought.] I... It's convenient? Some might call it a luxury. I call it a responsibility.
[Is that too obvious.]
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He wants to say power or authority, but for some reason, a certain woman enters his head. His Mother and instantly his mind jerks to her specialty.]
Magic perhaps?
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[She looks distinctly pleased, but to be fair, she imagines she made it a little easy for him. Although in hindsight, portals could have fallen into that as well and while Midna appreciates a convenient portal, technically those could fall under magic as well.]
I like smart boys. [The Twili grins sidelong to her companion.] I might have made that one too easy for you. Let's reset and see if we can get something a little harder, hmmm?
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[Smart enough probably, but also straightforward enough that some things fly over his head.
But Gawain is pleased by the compliment anyways. It's hard not to be when it's coming from a beautiful woman who probably doesn't hand them out freely.]
But I am eager for whatever challenge you might throw at me!
[It's rest and he's a bit eager to see what shall happen next. Will she also give him this hint in the form of a riddle?]
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The list updates.]
[Midna frowns. She doesn't even understand the last column. The middle column makes her feel a little strange, too. But then she remembers the Octopus-Person did say something about compatibility. She supposes romance would be a given.
Still.]
Ah... This one is a little more difficult.
[What does she pick? Maybe fur. Link had fur. At least in the Twilight Realm. But the kargaroks have feathers and she kind of likes those. Which ones does she like more?]
Hrm. Honk, honk.
[Is that a joke or a hint? It's hard to say, but it's all Midna seems inclined to say so far.]
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He sees Midna deliberate a bit over what to choose and Gawain can feel his curiosity peak. Were the choices really that strange?]
Honk, Honk?
[He laughs a little, sure that he has this one right, because that could only be one thing.]
A goose?
[Buzzzzzzz. Nope that was wrong.]
Oh no.
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Well.
...What's a goose, anyway? She's distracted from asking by the annoying buzz sound coming from the panels before they reset. Sometimes one loses some, and sometimes one wins, she supposes. One for one doesn't seem completely terrible.]
I still don't understand how this tests compatibility.
[She gestures over to him with slender fingers.]
It looks as though it will be my turn to guess this time. Try not to make it too hard for me.
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Maybe they think we'll just have a psychic connection?
[But since it's his turn, there the categories come up. One is related to pets, the other to restraints, the third to the weather and that seems the most appropriate, considering who he is. Sunshine, Rain or Gloom.
As the knight of the Sun, the first choice is the only one.]
Alright then. I will say that nothing blooms without it.
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[Midna cocks an eyebrow, unfamiliar with the term. She makes a note to ask someone she trusts later about that. Or maybe him, if he feels like speaking with her further. She has a habit of eventually being unbearable, after all.
He diverts her attention with his own riddle and she sits back as she thinks. How do things grow in the Twilight? She's not entirely certain and if she's honest, she's never really thought about it. Farming and gathering food for her people has never exactly been her job as it were. As such, she's never really lost any sleep over it.
But he's not from the Twilight. He wouldn't know anything about that. So what makes things bloom in the Realm of Light? Her eyebrows knit together.]
...Water? Like a lake? Or the sun, I suppose. Light. Something like that.
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He smiles softly at the guess, because it is very close. Granted, in places like this planet, there could very well be objects that grow without it. But that is something to ponder for another time.]
Well the answer is one of those things. It's something that is a source for it. And it cycles.
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Aha! My second option was right. The sun.
[She pauses for a moment, wearing that characteristically impish grin again.] I'm sure it's obvious, but I'm not very familiar with things like that or how they work. I may not have gotten that without your additional assistance.
[It's like a very closeted 'thank you.']
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It is easy to take for granted that such things are not the same for everyone. I am just glad we are able to muddle through it.
[He's happy though, glad at this sort of rapport they are developing.]
How would you have hinted at such a thing as the sun though?
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[What a learning experience and what a fascinating man. Kind and patient as well. A shame she's not in the business of stealing people away for a personal army. She wonders if he's as gullible as he seems.]
As for the sun...
Hm. Where I come from, we do not have such a thing. People from the world of the sun cannot live in my realm as they are, so they are transformed. It is something similar for someone from my realm in the realm with a sun. Light for me is a harmful thing. I suppose I would have described it as unpleasant. Too bright. Too vibrant.
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...no sun in your world? Hmmmm, I would ask how anything grows there, but obviously you are here and alive my Lady. Though I guess I take for granted that the sun is a thing of joy for everyone. For me that celestial body holds a unique significance, more so than most men.
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Are you certain I'm alive? You might need to touch me to find out.
[Midna grins in that cheeky, impish fashion before she continues.]
So tell me a little more about this significance, if you don't mind me being nosy. What's so important about it?
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[He's joking a bit in turn, though still more earnestly than is probably needed.]
Though I am not exactly a living man, so I cannot judge you even if you are past this mortal coil.
[Now he think a little on if he should answer that question honestly, but then again, he's been thinking he should rely less on such things.]
I have a special blessing that was given to me long ago by a holy man. During certain periods of time, the sun will greatly enrich my strength. I'm still very strong without it of course, but well, under the light I am unbeatable.
[Exaggerating a bit, but oh well.]
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[Midna can't help herself. In moments, she's reaching over and prodding him in various places. Nowhere inappropriate. Just his arm, his shoulder. Innocent places like so.]
You seem alive to me.
[She leans onto the panel as she listens to his explanation. It's always strange to hear someone getting holy blessings. He might not be so different from Zelda if that's the case.]
Then you are a bit like a soldier of the Light, then. Or a soldier of the Sun. [Quite literally the opposite of her, it would seem.]
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<[He laughs at the pokes though, indulging her for a bit.]/small>
But I died a very long time ago. Right now, I could be said to function more as a familiar of sorts.
[His blessing, while uniquely powerful, pales in comparison to other Servants.]
I guess I could be called that. I am often called the Knight of the Sun and my sword is connected to that element, this sister to another mighty weapon.
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...Really? She supposes she's heard of stranger things.]
Well, you're the best looking dead man I've ever seen.
[She decides not to make anything of it. There's no reason for her to. Dead or alive, it doesn't really matter to her. He's obviously managed to get himself a corporeal form in Lunatia.]
When you say 'sister,' I assume you mean something like a moon. [Or is that too on the nose?]
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Haha, thank you! I mean I do not look too different than I did in life, so there is that.
[Arguably, he's just an idealized copy of himself, but it's hard to think in those terms. And it's fortuante that most heroic spirits are very physical.]
...That's exactly it. My King's sword is tied to the moon, though it is the more powerful weapon. [Very on the nose.]
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[Whenever that may be. If Midna has her way, that won't happen for a very long time.
Settling her chin in the palm of her hand, she sizes him up curiously. He looks like a knight. Whatever it is, he's interesting, though she tries not to pry too much.]
Your king. So you were in service. Although I thought a king should stay away from fields of battle.
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[Gawain had a dislike of older women, but he had no doubt Midna would maintain her charms longer than most.]
Most King's wouldn't, but mine would always fight along side her men. She wanted to be an example to the people. She was what guided us.
[He pauses then, remembering old regrets now.]
Are you sure such things interest you though? I do not wish to monopolize our time here.
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It's a wonder she hasn't done that to Gawain yet. Maybe it's a sign that she's actually changed.]
Did you just say that your king was a she? [Midna perks up, interested. In the Twilight Realm, the title of 'king' is reserved for men who take the throne. Women are referred to as the 'princess,' which is very much why she's not called the Twilight King.
But 'King' has a really nice ring to it.]
And yes, I'm interested. If I wasn't, I wouldn't expend the effort to ask. We're supposed to get to know one another, right. I doubt they'll care if we play their game or not. Besides, I'm not here to please them. I'm here to please myself.
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Very well then. I am glad that I am intriguing you somewhat!
[Because he would not want her to be cross. And not just because they are stuckin a booth together.]
And yes, though in life she lived as a man, so that she could become a knight, since that is an office only men can possess in my home. I didn't actually know she was a woman until we came into the new life. [He laughed then, because it was odd, especially when his own sister had done the same thing. Or he supposed sisters, but that was a whole other tale, one he didn't like to talk about.] I am the King's nephew, so that was how big the secret was.
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If I'm hearing this right, she posed as a man and you thought she was a man the entire time. Until... she... died?
[If that's true, that's a very long time to keep a secret. Midna likes her secrets, but she's not positive she'd be able to keep one for years and years and years.]
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