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Prompt: Something involving Time please (downfall IAU)

You got it :)

Takes place after this fic with Time and Hyrule. A good year or two before Wind and Four show up.

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Time didn’t know how long he’d been in here.

The dull white light above his head shone off of the walls, a shade of grey that was almost white. Time stared up at the tiles on the ceiling, counting again all 109 of them, then moving on to the 46 small specks that had stained some of them. There wasn’t much else to do in here, and the space didn’t lend itself well to much other than a few stretches Time kept up with as well as he could.

He had his routine he went through, and tried to mix things up to make life a little less monotonous, but... the days here still blended together, painful, boring, sometimes both simultaneously. Time’s measure of time was immaculate, but between days lost to unconsciousness and the lack of sunshine or access to windows... he was sure his counter was off.

His most positive guess was he’d been here for over a year. His least...

He didn’t want to think about it.

Time exhaled slowly, leaning against the wall. His chest still hurt from the most recent attempts at messing with his powers (or at least he assumed that’s what they were doing), and he felt drained from the repeated use of it. It was why he was counting ceiling tiles again and not much else. Especially since the... strange effects he’d been experiencing as of late might crop up when he least expected it, and he didn’t want to land on the hard floor if he fell over.

As if summoned by his thoughts, a burning feeling rippled through his chest, and Time winced, pressing a hand to his middle. Not again... please be quick.

Despite his wishes, the burning feeling didn’t fade, it intensified, and Time hissed through his teeth, gripping the sheet of the bed he was seated on.

It’ll fade, it’ll fade, just ride it out, it’ll fade—

His breath caught as it flared, and Time pitched sideways, his world narrowing down to the white-hot pain racing through his veins. It concentrated in his arms and chest, and Time bit down on his cheek in an effort to avoid crying out.

It went on for what felt like forever, and Time was on the verge of screaming when finally it eased somewhat. He exhaled with it, sweat dripping from his brow as he gasped. It took him several minutes to catch his breath, and when he sat back up, his hands shook.

Those were getting a lot worse.

Time swallowed, resting his head against the cool wall once more. He wasn’t stupid. He could guess at what they were trying to do to him, and Dark was no doubt having all sorts of fun putting him through it.

Not that he directly interfered. No, he was too busy making everyone else’s lives miserable.

A brief jolt went through his chest, and Time clutched at the flimsy shirt he was wearing, waiting for the pain to pass. It was blessedly quick this time though, and he sighed in relief. He really hoped those symptoms would fade. If they got worse, he would be in for an especially painful couple of weeks.

Not to mention make any notion of escape that much harder.

But then again, if the experiments had gone too far again, that could present him with a unique opportunity. That had only happened twice, and only one of those had been so bad that they’d had to resort to extreme healing methods, but Time was sure that if it happened again then he might be able to make another real attempt at escape.

If only he hadn’t been so weakened last time...

Time sighed, thinking back on it again. Most of it had been a blur, but the last bit he remembered clear as day, the cool brush of healing sweeping through his chest, just barely catching the boy who’d done it, his face pale and hands shaking.

Time had barely exchanged ten words with the kid, but he’d felt a brief connection with him, awful as the situation was. They were trapped, and both of them knew it.

But at least there was someone else out there who understood.

Time realized he’d lost count of the tile smudges, and sighed, wondering where the boy was now. Healing powers were always in high demand, and it was unlikely he’d been able to get away, or even been given the sad farce of freedom like most other supers had. He’d looked so skinny too, drained and weary, but even despite that he’d still managed to help Time fight through the unnatural wound he’d been given.

His powers must really be something else.

A sharp pang shook through him again, and Time hissed, rubbing his chest until it died down. He sighed wearily as the last wisps of it faded, then closed his eyes and leaned back.

I hope you’re in a better place than me, kid, Time thought wearily, the cool stone a small relief against his feverish skin.

Memories of his family drifted through his mind, his wife and sons’s faces faded by time, but still bright in his memory, and Time swallowed, longing hitting him more intensely than the pain ever did.

I hope you all are.

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At time or writing its my birthday so, yay! Prompt: Time and his family blending in during a community event

So I saw “community event” and kind of immediately thought “county fair” for some reason and kinda focused on that, and it’s blending in but it’s not like totally the focus and... well... it’s not exactly what you asked for..? But I hope you enjoy it anyways at least. And happy late birthday :)

(Requests are closed! I’m just finishing up the ones I have)

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Twilight couldn’t help being stressed whenever his family all went someplace in public.

It was probably stupid— check that, he knew it was stupid to worry so much, especially when they were here to have fun. And he liked the Ordon county fair, it was one of his favorite things to do in the summer, he just... he worried.

He worried about Wind being so flippant about using his powers in public, since they were so hard to notice. He worried about Four, that he’d get lost or separated from them. He worried that Hyrule would get overwhelmed, he worried that Wild would use his powers without thinking, he worried he worried he worried.

And most of all, he worried they’d be exposed and have to move.

Again.

The last time was still stark in Twilight’s memory, the stress, the worry... the fear. The looks his parents would give each other, and the conversations they’d had that they’d thought were out of Twilight’s earshot (they weren’t).

So yeah. Despite loving the fair, and eating junky food and getting to pet all kinds of animals and see what his grandpa was showing this year... the moment they got there, Twilight was on edge.

Wild made to run off the second they all walked through the gates, but their father snagged his shirt, clearing his throat.

“Ground rules,” he reminded with a raised eyebrow, and Wild and his siblings sighed as they moved to a spot where they wouldn’t be overheard by anybody. “You remember them?”

“Don’t go off alone, if you see anything suspicious come find you or Mom, meet back at lunchtime at the barn where Grandpa is,” they all rattled off, and Time nodded approvingly.

“And absolutely no powers,” Malon added with a pointed look at Wind.

Wind grumbled and kicked at the dirt, but nodded, and Twilight felt a little bit of his anxiety ease.

“All right. Go have fun,” Time said with a faint smile, and they all split and ran, Wild grinning as he dragged Hyrule off to who-knows-where.

Wind ran after them, and Twilight hesitated, unsure whether to tag along or stay with his parents. Wild could get into all sorts of trouble, though Hyrule wasn’t likely to go along with anything too insane. But with Wind as another influence...

“You want to see if Grandpa is here yet?” Legend asked him with a poke, and Twilight swallowed back his worry. He was here to have fun. He needed to stop worrying about what his siblings were doing, and relax.

He breathed out and nodded at the question, and Twilight and Legend went off towards the livestock, glancing back just long enough to see Time put Four up on his shoulders so he could see over the swarms of people.

At least he probably didn’t need to worry about that group.

Legend and Twilight wandered through the fairgrounds, steadily making their way towards the big barns where all the livestock were kept. There weren’t really any games or food in this area, but it wasn’t boring by any means; lots of companies had stalls along this path, all eager to advertise, and Twilight got three free pens and a cup with the Malo Mart logo printed all over it. Legend ended up with some pens as well, along with a paper fan, a stress ball, a pair of sunglasses that looked like they would fall apart if anyone looked at them wrong, and a balloon, somehow.

He tied it happily on his wrist as they finally reached the barns, and Twilight looked around, the familiar sounds of mooing cows and smell of hay easing the anxiety still twisting his stomach.

“Heya Twi!” a cheerful voice called over the noise of the barn, and Twilight turned towards it, perking up at the sight of the blonde girl waving at him.

He and Legend worked their way through the stalls and people, and Twilight grinned as the girl ran up and squeezed them both, her face excited.

“Hey Ilia,” Twilight said, and she pulled back, still grinning.

Ilia lived in Ordon proper, rather than the outskirts where his grandpa’s ranch was, but he and his brothers often ran around with her whenever they visited. She was a good friend, even if she could be a bit intense sometimes.

“Howdy boys. You here to see the animals this year? Ordon ranch has some blue ribbons in the making, I know it!” Ilia said excitedly, and the goat behind her let out a bleat. She turned around and petted it, and Twilight did the same, the goat happily rubbing against his hand. “The goats miss having you around, Twilight. You need to visit again!”

“It hasn’t been that long. And grandpa really doesn’t have room for all of us,” Twilight pointed out, and she shrugged, giving the goat’s nose a pat.

“Well it feels like it’s been ages since you last came to Ordon. And what’s so bad about being a little cramped for a bit?”

“You’ve never had to share a bed with Wild,” Legend snorted, balloon waving as he crossed his arms. “He couldn’t keep still if his life depended on it. Plus he always hogs the blankets.”

“He’s not that bad,” Twilight interjected as Ilia laughed, and Legend rolled his eyes.

“That’s just because you can get him to stay still with your—”

He cut off rather suddenly, and Twilight froze, well aware Legend had been about to talk about his wolf form. The anxiety roared back as Ilia looked between them, and he felt his heart start to pound.

She’s going to find out she’s going to get her mind wiped we’re going to have to move again we need to leave or she’s—

“With his what? Ilia asked, and Legend cleared his throat.

“Oh you know, he has his ways. Most of them involve sitting on Wild,” he shrugged, and Ilia laughed again, quickly moving on from the hiccup. Twilight swallowed, trying to calm his racing heart, and based on the look Legend gave him, he could probably hear it thudding.

What was wrong with him? Usually he could handle little mistakes like that with ease, and he’d just frozen up?

Twilight swallowed again, stomach still twisting itself into knots. Why was he so nervous?

“Hey boys!”

“Grandpa!” Legend grinned in return, and Twilight calmed down somewhat as their grandpa came up and engulfed both of them in a hug.

“Ah it’s been too long since I’ve seen you kids. You’re shooting up like weeds!” Talon chuckled, patting them both on the back. “You’ve come to see our prize-winning horses I assume?”

“And cows, and goats, and donkeys, chickens, ducks, ponies... basically anything you got,” Legend said, nudging Twilight with a smirk.

Twilight mustered up a smile. “Yeah. Epona’s foals still your stars?”

“As always. One’s already won a ribbon. This way,” Talon said as his mustache upturned in a smile, and the two boys followed, Ilia joining them.

Twilight calmed down again as they walked around the barn with their grandpa and Ilia, petting animals and saying hello to other farmers. Ilia got called away before they reached Lon Lon’s stalls, but she promised she’d come talk to them again later.

Epona’s foals were still sweet and feisty as ever. She’d had one more recently, and the little thing seemed to especially love Twilight, bumping her head against his chest. Twilight smiled and patted her, and she let out a shrill little whinny, prancing as much as she could in her stall.

“Just like her mother, that one,” Talon chuckled. “She’s just here to get used to the crowds this year, but we’ll have her winning ribbons soon enough. We’ve been calling her Little Epona. With Malon’s approval, of course.”

“Well she’s definitely like Epona,” Twilight said, and hummed something under his breath, the little filly going still at the notes. Her ears flicked, and when Twilight finished, she whinnied excitedly, nuzzling at his hair.

He laughed, and Legend snorted, giving the horse a few gentle pets before pulling back. “I’m going to go see if that one guy has the baby bunnies again this year, I’ll be right over there,” he pointed, and Twilight nodded. As long as he could see Legend, he didn’t mind them separating a little.

Legend strolled away, balloon bobbing behind him, and Talon turned to look at Twilight, a thoughtful expression on his face.

“You doing all right Twilight?” he asked. Twilight shrugged, looking back at Little Epona. He didn’t really want to talk about it.

“Okay, I guess,” he said, ignoring the lump still in his stomach and the anxiety keeping him on edge.

“You sure, son? You keep lookin’ around like someone’s fixin’ to take a bite out of you.”

“No, I’m great,” Twilight tried to say in a more upbeat voice, but even he could tell it fell flat.

Talon raised an eyebrow.

“Now that’s a deflection if I ever heard one. What’s eatin’ you, son?” he asked, and Twilight leaned back against the stall, still petting Little Epona. The petting motion helped soothe him a little, and he took a minute to respond.

“I’m just... I guess I’m nervous,” he admitted in a mumble, his stomach giving itself a twist. “We haven’t all been anywhere this crowded since the last time we had to move, and I’m...”

Twilight trailed off, and Little Epona nuzzled at his arm.

“You’re worried it’s gonna happen again,” Talon guessed, and Twilight nodded. “Ah, kiddo. You gotta understand, all of that isn’t something you can control.”

“Exactly, that’s the problem,” Twilight said, and felt his chest squeezing tighter. “I can’t control it. Something might happen any moment where one of us will have to use our powers, and then everyone will see and they’ll get their memories wiped and we’ll have to move again and—”

“Whoa whoa, hold your horses Twi,” his grandpa said, putting his hands on his shoulders. “Calm down.”

“But—”

“Breathe,” Talon said firmly, and Twilight breathed in, then slowly let it out. “Thank you. Panicking never did anyone a lick of good.”

Twilight looked down at his shoes, and his grandpa was quiet for a few moments, his hands still on Twilight’s shoulders.

Little Epona nickered softly, and Twilight leaned back, going back to petting her neck.

“I used to worry about your mother’s powers being discovered,” his grandpa said finally, and Twilight snuck a look at him. Talon was watching him with a look both fond and wistful on his face, and glanced over at Little Epona. “She’d go off to school, and I’d worry she’d accidentally use her horse-soothing voice without thinking, try and talk to some deer that’d run by, do things people aren’t s’pposed to be able to do... any number of things.”

“How did you stop?” Twilight asked softly.

Talon hummed. “I don’t know that I ever fully did. Malon was a bit of a wild thing when she was young... if she’d wanted to use her powers in front of people, I doubt I could’ve stopped her.”

His eyes went distant for a moment, then he sighed, and turned and put a hand on Twilight’s shoulder again.

“But I trusted her to listen to me anyway. I took her by her word, and she took me at mine. That was all we could do.

“I guess what I’m tryin’a say is... you can’t control your circumstances, kiddo,” Talon said gently. “You just have to accept whatever life throws at you, and go from there. It’s not under your control if something happens where one of your family members’ll need to use their powers, or even if they do by accident. The only thing you can control is how you react and respond.”

His face softened, and he squeezed Twilight’s shoulder.

“Have you talked to your folks about any of this?”

Twilight shuffled his feet. “...Not really.” He didn’t want to add something else to their numerous worries. Especially something as dumb as being a little anxious.

“Well I would bet it would help,” Talon said with a smile. “I’m willing to be a listenin’ ear, but your folks will probably have a better solution than I would. And I know it’s hard, but you’re too young to be worryin’ your head off the way you are. Try and take it easy, son. You’re here to have fun, after all. Try and take a break from your worries.”

Twilight gave him a nod in response, not completely convinced, but... feeling a little better all the same. Grandpa always had a way of doing that.

Talon gave him a quick hug, and Twilight squeezed him in return as Legend wandered back their direction.

“All the guy had was turtles, can you believe it? No rabbits, just turtles. Who brings turtles to a fair?” Legend griped, then looked at Twilight and his grandpa as they pulled back. “...Everything okay?”

“Yeah,” Twilight replied, and Talon patted his shoulder. “Do you want to go see if Wild won anything at those games he always tries before we have to eat lunch?”

Legend grinned. “Boy do I. How long before he loses his patience and gets Wind to help him cheat, do you think?”

Twilight sighed. “He probably already has.”

Somehow though, the thought didn’t bring with it nearly as much anxiety as it would have earlier.

“See you boys later,” Talon waved, and Legend and Twilight waved goodbye as they left the barn, but not before giving Little Epona some goodbye pats. The filly whinnied happily as Twilight said goodbye, and he smiled as he and Legend went to go find Wild.

His stomach still felt tight as they walked out of the barn, but Twilight put it firmly from his mind, deciding he wasn’t going to let his anxiety ruin his day.

Sure he was still nervous. And worried about his family, and what the day might bring and what the future would hold. But he was going to enjoy himself regardless.

A faint strain of accordion music drifted through the air, mixing with laughter from somewhere nearby, and Twilight smiled as Legend excitedly nudged his shoulder.

He wouldn’t let worry over the unknown ruin the day for him.

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How did Time and Malon meet? (IAU)

Well, they met very briefly as kids, but it was only a passing thing, and they only remember the other a little when they’re older and meet again.

But anyways this is how they actually meet:

So when Time is older, he doesn’t drink coffee all that much, but he still sometimes likes a cup or two. He mostly likes the milk honestly, but sometimes a bit of caffeine is nice. So he occasionally stops by this one small place, pretty local, pretty quiet, and gets a coffee. Sometimes a muffin. It’s a nice place for a break too... the coffee is mostly an excuse.

One day he ends up there on the early side, and sees that they’re getting a delivery of milk, which he doesn’t really think twice about. He’s about to go in then hears a yelp, and sees this girl struggling to keep all of the milk from falling out of her truck.

He runs over and helps her and her father who runs out too, and once they’ve got it settle again, she introduces herself as Malon. Time maybe falls in love right there because she then lifts two cases of milk up with barely any effort. And then he starts going there every week, coincidentally when the pretty red haired girl is there delivering milk.

Warriors and Sky tease him mercilessly the second they find out.

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Hai :3 its me again. I have an idea for majora, being that times kids are way more chaotic than majora. So, they jump majora and hes like "Time I can handle, But not these gremlins!"

Majora, ten minutes after kidnapping any of Time's kids: oh my gosh take them back the blue one won't stop talking and the short one keeps turning into four people and I thought there was a red one but he disappeared and now there's a rabbit WHY IS THERE A RABBIT I DIDN'T KIDNAP A RABBIT--

Time: yeah they do that. now perish

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I have some ideas for Time's new powers if youre going with him being experimented in DIAU. Maybe pyrokinesis, or explosion powers, wind powers, shield powers, and healing similar to Hyrules to reference Dins Fire, Nayrus Love, and Farores wind from Ocarina of Time. Maybe shapeshifting if you feel inclined to include Majoras Mask?

...Experimenting? *frantically hiding papers behind my back* have you been looking at my wips??

I mean uh... *cough* those are very nice ideas, thanks for mentioning them :)

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Names is my new favorite IAU fic

Aww really? I’m glad to hear that, I wasn’t so sure about that fic at first, but I’m glad you liked it :)

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Soooo.... *proceeds to punch DIAU Cia really hard and teleport away*

Yeah she very much deserves that. Warriors appreciates the punch on his behalf 👍

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YES TIME IS somewhat ALIVE

Again:

Maaaaaaaaybe

Though if you're looking to read something with the downfall iau and Time, might I suggest this fic?

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I just finished hyrule warriors! What a great game! *proceeds to turn into warriors*

Turn into Warriors as in "learning the power of friendship and overcoming your personal faults in order to defeat evil and save the day"?

Or something else XD

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Is ganondorf in IAU?

Yep! I guess technically there’s more than one of him, so I could slip him in some other places, but his current role is that guy who shows up at the end of the first movie, the one who declares war on peace and happiness.

The Underswiner!

a glorious pun of which I cannot take credit for, but I forget who exactly it was that suggested it

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Does wild in IAU have ADHD?

Good question. I don’t know if it’s true adhd or more hyperactive young boy (because while they’re similar there are differences, trust me <- has two little brothers), but because of his powers he definitely has trouble holding still for long periods of time. It’s not so much a focus thing though, he just wants to be moving, not sitting.

And sometimes he can sit around and be fine, especially if he’s already used his powers a bunch, but in places like school where he has to sit for hours, it’s... not great.

So I’m going to say he doesn’t really have it, but his powers affect him in a few ways that are a little similar.

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PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF HYLIA. LET TIME LIVE

Hmmmmmmmm I shall consider it

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Glad to see you enjoying totk, pro tip, stock up on zonaite

Yeahhhh I realized that pretty quick. I talked to that one robot who’ll make the battery things for you and he was like “yeah I’ll need 100 of these to help you” and I had. Six. So obviously those are needed

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swamp Link reminds me of kid goku from dragon ball (see attached), both of them are feral children who live in the wilderness who were found by rich people, except goku lived in the mountains

Yeah I can see why you'd think that, though they're really not the same. Swamp Link was more found in the swamp and continued to live in the swamp raised by semi-feral parents. It's a little more of a tarzan vibe? But not exactly. It's just got similarities. Plus swamp Link doesn't look like that kid at all XD

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your fics are peak and youre a pretty cool. stay frosty 🫂

😭 thank you 🫂

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*slowly glances to toward you after finding out disney is working on incredibles 3*

does this mean....more IAU content?

Depends if I like the movie or not 🤣

But yeah, probably. If nothing else I’ll use it for ideas later on, even if I don’t follow the exact plot or anything.