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Tweak says, "FREEEEEDOM!!"

Link (sleepinghero) wrote in kingdomofruin,
@ 2018-03-02 08:34:00

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character: bolson, character: karson, character: link, character: purah, character: symin, character: uma, location: hateno village, location: tarrey town

Just to keep track, Link's running a couple errands
((This is both to give me something to do, and also so I know wtf all was said. It's not like I haven't done something like this before. XD;))

Link heard Pruce leave the store behind him only a few seconds after he did, but didn't turn around. What would be the point? The conversation was over.

"It feels like you're having some success," he said softly, looking around for signs of life in the early dawn hours. He was noticing that his thoughts had become narrow, almost hyperfocused on each task as it came. He was barely thinking about anything beyond getting to Uma. The rest was there, but it felt muted.

I'm sorry, Master Link, but this is the best I can do. I am unable to calculate how long I will be able to keep this filter in place, the Sword replied. But I will hold it as long as I can.

"Don't apologize," he said. "Glad for what I can get."

He nodded to Ivee as he passed by Reede's house, where she was waiting at the door. "Just running an errand," he said to her unasked question, passing past view of the door over the steep incline of the plot of land the house sat on and the main road.

First one on the left past Reede's house. Not far to walk.

He knew that Pruce said that Uma was used to being woken up at strange hours, and it was just late enough in the day that he figured most people in town would be awake and at breakfast, but given that he knew Uma was getting on the older side, he still would feel guilty if he was waking her up, or interrupting her breakfast.

Before knocking, he stopped to pull a sheet of paper out of the Slate's inventory- he used the notes function on it for his own stuff, but sometimes there was a need for doing things the old fashioned way, at least for giving people notes -and then the flowers, wrapping the roots of them in the paper to protect them. There was no need to announce the presence of the Slate's technology until Zelda was out and about.

Then, he took a breath, pushing any concerns he still held over the issue those flowers were for back behind that filter that the Sword had in place, and knocked on the door.

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castofthewild
2018-03-02 02:59 pm UTC (link)

Fortunately for Link's conscience, Uma was up and had just finished washing her breakfast dishes, preparing for her day.

"Coming," she called, putting away the cup she just dried, before answering the door.

She wasn't expecting to see Link of all people there- he'd always seemed too healthy to need her care. "This is a surprise," she said. "I'm hoping it's a good one. I'm not often called on this early unless it's for something wrong."

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	sleepinghero 2018-03-02 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Not anything wrong," he said. "Nothing that's an emergency, anyway. May I come in?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	castofthewild 2018-03-02 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course," Uma said, stepping back to let him in. "I'm glad to hear it's not an emergency." She eyed the flowers, though with the way he was holding them, she couldn't quite see what they were. "I would be flattered you'd bring an old woman flowers, but I don't think those are for me, are they?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepinghero 2018-03-02 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Actually, they are," he said, then held the bundle of Silent Nightshades out to her. "I've been told that midwives have been missing these for a few decades." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	castofthewild 2018-03-02 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	Uma's eyes widened, staring at the small bundle of Silent Nightshades. Silent Nightshades! "Where on earth did you find those, boy?" she asked, gently taking the bundle from him. "We've been missing these for ages." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepinghero 2018-03-02 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	"In the Lost Woods," he said. "That's the whole plant, roots and all. I admit there was an ulterior motive for finding those, but I was told you'd want them anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

castofthewild
2018-03-02 03:08 pm UTC (link)

Uma spared him a glance, but only just that, gently unwrapping the paper from around the roots to confirm that the entirety of them had been saved. She didn't doubt Link's word, but it still felt like something she had to see with her own eyes. "You have no idea," she said. "I don't know how you got in and out of those woods, but I know there's going to be a lot of women who will thank you, if I can get these to reproduce."

Finally, satisfied that the entirety of the plant was intact, she looked at Link. "You said you had an ulterior motive. I'm going to guess that you know a young lady who will need one?"

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sleepinghero
2018-03-02 03:11 pm UTC (link)

"A friend of mine," he confirmed, not about to offer any more about Zumi's identity. "She and her life partner are going to be in town within the week. They don't actually know if she's going to terminate yet or not. She'd wanted to, but couldn't keep any of the methods left out here down. She didn't want to be pregnant out on the road- they travel a lot. But even if she still wants to terminate, neither of them knew what part of those they needed, and they didn't want to risk complications."

He shook his head. "I don't think they knew where to get a midwife when they were trying before. But I brought as many of the flowers as I could. Like I said, I was told you'd want those anyway."

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	castofthewild 2018-03-02 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	Uma was already in motion, listening to Link while she gathered up her potting soil and pot she used to coax new seedlings to life during weeks that were proving too rainy or too dry for them to grow properly. "Am I correct in guessing that they're going to want a chance to decide if they want to settle before they make their final decision?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepinghero 2018-03-02 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	"That's right," Link said, watching her. "They'll be staying at the inn in the meantime." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	castofthewild 2018-03-02 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	Uma returned to the table with a medium sized pot, and a sack cloth bag full of soil that was rescued from a field just before planting season, after it'd been tilled. "Do you know how far along she is?" she asked. "And her age?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepinghero 2018-03-02 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	"About two and a half months," he said. "As for her age, she's just shy of twenty, or maybe just turned. I haven't seen her in awhile, I just found out last night when I ran into her that she was having trouble. She was nineteen the last time I saw her, but I don't know when her birthday is, so she might be twenty by this time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	castofthewild 2018-03-02 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Good," Uma said, pausing to count how many flowers there actually were. Eight. The medium sized pot wouldn't be big enough for all of them. She returned to the corner with her potting supplies. "Is her life partner to be the father?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)