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[wisdomspring]

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zelda shoulda said 'ya ha ha' when link found her in totk

[adurable]

Is there a Korok hiding under the bed?

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[wisdomspring]

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What?

:D

[adurable]

Korok.

[wisdomspring]

No, I did read the message.
I meant: why would there be a Korok under the bed?

[adurable]

Oh.

They like playing hide and seek with Hestu. But I'm playing in his place.

[wisdomspring]

Oh!
Am I allowed to play?

[adurable]

Yeah!

Why not? Hestu already believes I have an army helping me search after I found the first 900.

[wisdomspring]

[ Nine...hundred... ]

You really ARE a one-man army, you know.

Well, I did just check, and there aren't any Koroks under the bed.
I'll have to search the rest of the house...

[adurable]

Just a one-swordsman, Princess.

[ said sword seals the darkness and is imbibed with sacred light ]

Sometimes you have to solve a puzzle to find them. Or shoot a balloon.

[wisdomspring]

[ She's. Learning so much about the Koroks today. ]

"Shoot a balloon?"

[ Hmm. Looking for something along those lines (?), then...

A few minutes later: ] There's a flower growing on top of the roof! I don't think it was there this morning.
But, that isn't really a puzzle...

[adurable]

Not really. To them, it is.

[ it's cute, cheerful, compared to the other challenges he's faced ]

You have to follow the flower. When you touch it, it disappears and shows up somewhere else.

[ ... hold on. she's not going to climb the roof, is she? ]

[wisdomspring]

So, hide and seek with a flower, then.

[ There is a (perhaps worrying) lapse in replies, before: ]

It moved! At first I wasn't sure where, but it's just visible around the corner at the base of the exterior.

[adurable]

[ definitely worrying. ]

Don't chase it anywhere dangerous.

Please. They don't know you're precious. They probably think it's me chasing them.

[wisdomspring]

[ "Precious." She stares at that for a while, the sun beating down on her face. ]

I won't. I promise.
But, Link: I'm not made of glass.

[ A brief pause, and then: ]

It's both motivating and frustrating that it disappears again just as it's in your grasp.
They do stop and show themselves eventually, don't they?

[adurable]

[ no, she is made of much sturdier stuff. tempered by hardships. all the same, precious. the promise, at least, makes him feel a little better and he doesn't make such a frantic beeline back to the house. ]

They do. Eventually. After they have their fun being chased around.

[ ya ha ha ]

It's going to be hard to quit once you start collecting too.

[wisdomspring]

Good. I AM enjoying myself, you know. I can see how you were driven to find nearly a thousand.

I would say I'm surprised there are so many, but if they hide like this, they could be anywhere, and more numerous than anyone realizes.

[adurable]

Only you would say that.

Nobody else notices them.

[wisdomspring]

Nobody?
Well, I suppose I didn't really notice until you pointed it out. I hope they won't mind my playing with them, too.

[ Urge to (respectfully) study Koroks...rising... ]

[adurable]

Nobody besides you and me. As far as I know.

But no, they won't mind at all. They'll be happy to have a new playmate.

[ study all you like, just don't take the "seed" ]

I told them about you. Maybe that's why a flower popped up. They're curious.

[wisdomspring]

Then I'm honored.
And, I'm curious about them, too.

[ Naturally. ]

Hmmm. I haven't been able to find this most recent flower.
How far away can they go?

[adurable]

[ yeah, he expects no less ]

I'm going to come home to you and the Koroks talking over tea, aren't I?

[ save him some ]

Not too far. Trick is to listen carefully. There's a POP sound at the new place they're hiding. Hard to miss.

[wisdomspring]

Maybe.

[ He can imagine the lilting tone.

With that hint in mind, there's another pause as she hunts down the next one...and it transforms into a Korok! ]

"Ya ha ha!" I found it!
And it gave me a gift, I think. But, then, it vanished...

[ DISAPPOINTED ]

THERE IT IS SHE DID IT

[adurable]

[ if she can imagine his short, puff of laughter ]

A seed?

HEH

[wisdomspring]

Yes.
Well, the Korok vanished. The seed didn't.

[adurable]

Princess.

The seed is poop.