#Yes this is based off of Koholint but I took a lot of liberties

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HLS 1: Island of Silence

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Zelda:

Statement of one Marin of Lurelin, concerning an island that was not there before. Statement found in a diary, dated June 16, about 32 years post calamity. Audio recording by Zelda Bosphoramus, Head– and only– Archivist at the Hyrule Library for the Supernatural.

Statement begins.

Statement:

I found a new island recently. Well, I say that, but that makes it seem like I went somewhere new and found an island. That's not what happened. I was out at my usual fishing spot, and I noticed something on the horizon that had never been there before. I don't mean that I hadn't noticed it before. I had been to that fishing spot probably thousands of times. If it had been there before, I would have seen it. But there it was, shimmering on the horizon, and I decided to see what it was, because I'm an idiot, apparently.

The seas were maybe a little rough, but I've seen worse.

The island didn't look too weird at first glance, if you ignored the giant egg on top of the mountain. There really wasn't much on it. A small forest, the mountain, the egg, that was about it. I was wondering around for a bit, and I couldn't shake the feeling that it was too quiet. I mean it was fine for about 5 minutes, but then it got really unnerving. I didn't hear any birds. I didn't hear any animals running around. I didn't even hear any insects. It was odd, and the longer it went on, the more anxious I got. The silence felt hostile somehow, like it wanted me dead. I told myself that was ridiculous, I was just anxious and paranoid because I was in an unfamiliar place, but I just couldn't shake the feeling. I hated the moment I realized I was too far away to hear the ocean.

Eventually I stumbled on a village. I almost cried in relief, because finally, I wasn't entirely alone. But the people weren't quite right. Most of them just stood there. A lot were completely silent until I talked to them, and when I did, they would only repeat what they told me.

I ran away from that place at top speed, let me tell you. And I happened upon the mountain. I looked up, and I could almost see the silence grow thicker, and I understood, almost instinctively, I think, that the silence was emanating from the egg, if that makes sense. And I had to know why. So I started climbing. I climbed as high as I could, just to see the egg, the see why it caused so much of that hateful quiet that bled into the very earth. I was probably a dozen yards below the egg when I fell. A rock crumbled beneath my foot, and I didn't hear it. I didn't even notice until I was falling, grasping at the rock to try and catch myself, but I couldn't. The fall took longer than it should have, and it hit me in those minutes that there would never be anyone around to save me. Certainly not now, and when it came down to it, not ever. I hit the ground hard, and I'm pretty sure I'm lucky to be alive. As it is, I probably won't ever be able to use my legs again.

After that nasty fall, I woke up in my bed. Apparently, 3 days had passed, and I had washed up on shore, so bruised you couldn't tell if my skin was tan or purple. Since then I've tried to avoid being alone. There's enough animals about, making lots of noise that I can handle it, not to mention the sea, but without people, it's a bit too close to that infinite and hostile silence I never want to face again.

Zelda:

Statement ends.

I'll be honest, when Link brought me this old diary, claiming it had something for, and I quote, "that spooky library of yours," I was… skeptical to say the least. But this does seem quite promising. It will be very difficult to confirm, as Miss Marin died years ago, according to Link, and there are very few details to confirm at all. Still, it seems plausible, and I can't dismiss it immediately, so I will assume it has some measure of truth.

The ease that Link found this entry with is interesting, and not entirely out of character. I may need to recruit him, his annoying habit of snooping may prove useful.

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