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Who: You
When: Day 40, Early Afternoon
Where: Kitchen(= In the common area
What: Magic!

[At approximately the 3 o'clock hour on day 40, there is a loud, odd noise, a bit like a party blower crossed with an explosion. On the wall in the common area you will find the large, irridescent words:]

Well done.

[And you might be somewhat taken with very obvious changes to the building in the north-east corner of the level 3 common area.

First off, it's low front wall has now been covered with a shining metal counter top, complete with indents and glass covers, rather like any mess hall food line. Beyond that you can see a fully formed, industrial grade kitchen. Metal counters for prep areas, shelving for storage, white ceramic plate, bowls, silverware and glasses. Shelves full of stainless steel pots and pans of every size and need, and drawers full of excellent cooking knives (but having come from Hok, they will instantly go dull if used for any purpose other than cooking). Bakeware can also be found, including sheet pans and bread pans, muffin trays and bunt pans.

Large appliances have been taken care of too. There are at least four large ovens, several gas stovetop burners and a large griddle that has a grill attachment. In the corner there is even a brick oven, perfect for wood fire baking. There are several deep sinks, for cleaning dishes and plenty of space to dry them. An entire shelf is full of bright, durable white towels for the task.

And, if you venture into the kitchen and to the back, you will discover walk in pantry, fridge, and freezer. The pantry has been generously stocked with spices, as well as some basic god given baking supplies: sugar, flour, cocoa, yeast, and so on.

Finally, just outside the kitchen itself, there are several long, mess hall style wooden tables.

Basically, Thusia, you have a fully stocked kitchen, with everything you need to feed the populace, minus the actual food and, of course, chefs.]

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You became everything he'd hate...

Yes. Only to be expected. My existence ensured that he could keep following the strength in his heart, since I held all his weaknesses.

And that's how my heart always was. As time went on, it became weaker and blacker and whatever light it had was crushed when I was seen as enough of a threat that a part of him decided to play cruelly.

Heh, I really am the darkness. I caused that sort of behavior in the hero I admired more than anything.

That's so sad, Shadow....you didn't deserve that.

No, I didn't. And I hated that I had it anyway. I hated the gods, I hated the World of Light, I hated everything so much....

Except...for two lights. One that was shining brightly and one that was just enough to be a flicker in the night.

Of course, the shining one was my owner. Even when I was angry and bitter at him, I couldn't hate him. I could never bring myself to kill him until I got really mad. Dangerously mad. But all my plans never had them die, not until that part of him played cruelly...and put out that light.

Barely a flicker of anything...I wanted to die when the Dark King revived me. I didn't care about anything, I just wanted to go back to that oblivion and be away from all of it.

I even wondered what I did to the three goddesses that my fate was like this. None of it was fair and if I could do it easily, I would have set fire to the world and just died with it. I could barely muster any sort of anger with the princess, it was mostly frustration.

[Hearing his story is just making Becca sob. She feels so bad for him, and wishes there were some way to make things better for him.]

Oh Shadow...

....where does a weak heart gain strength, Becca?

...Either by facing darkness, or drawing it from friends...

When yer darkness, ya can't really face it.

The princess did...something... I dunno. You two talked, and she said something, and you snapped out of it, right?

What do you think she said?

That you'd never get what you want doing what you were doing?

...

[He actually pauses to consider that.]

...she was good at saying a lot with only a little. Kind of did, in a sense.

What did she say, then?

[There is a long silence. Not because he's trying to remember. Partly because he's trying to decide if he wants to just say....but mostly because of how powerful the words were.]

They're very precious words. Not to be spoken light. Do you understand?

...I understand.

At that time...it was all she said to me.

....

"You think that light is always harming you? That's not true." [Spoken calmly, evenly. Slow, but steady enough to say he remembered the words perfectly without much thought.] "You are one of the 'Links.' You are actually a hero yourself."

[want to cuddle a Shadow]

You ARE a hero.

Not yet and that wasn't the important part.

Edited 2012-04-20 12:48 (UTC)

...You needed to accept yourself, instead of looking for validation in him?

Could be taken into that, and the second part is part of it.

...Then I don't get it.

I focused so much on one thing...that I missed everything else.

Only when I was broken so much that I could no longer care did that light I hadn't noticed showed me how bright it was.

And this isn't the first time you've brought up this story...so this isn't the first time you think I've focused too hard on something...

Exactly.

I nearly destroyed the world, Becca. I succumbed to the weakness inherit in my heart and ignored the parts I really wanted to follow.

All because I refused to allow myself to see what was around me and focused only on what I was being denied.

Princess Zelda was the first person to forgive me, and believe in me. The first person to say 'you can be better than this.' She never tried it before so directly.

I think she knew I wouldn't have heard it before.

[just...thinking about this for a while]

[cuddle a Shadow?]