Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

Honestly, Irina did not expect Revali to actually come up with a joke in this situation. But he did anyway, and Irina watches him blankly for a second before her expression softens and she starts laughing. “I did get that one,” she adds with a grin.

Link is preparing the food but idly listening. After a few moments, he also bursts into laughter after he gets Revali’s joke.

Irina turns to look at Link and grins at him, happy that he is also laughing at the joke despite everything.

Link smiles back to Irina and Revali, but when he looks at his feathered friend his smile softens slightly. He brings them both some water then sits next to Fred with the remaining water from a jug.

Redvali could feel the entire pain of that joke. It was clever, but definitely painful. Still, it was nice to hear, even if the situation was still tense. Aftering hearing the plan that's been developed, he considers who he might wish to partner with. Eyeing the group, he lands on one and approaches with a bit of caution.

"Kala," he begins. "I'd like to partner with you."

He can feel the potential risk in this situation they were in, but it was worth a shot."

Kala eyes the Red Rito. She crosses her arms, thinking about the risks of partnering with the other half of Blue. After some time, the princess simply nods her head to Red.

Revali groaned, "Oh, come on, it couldn't have been _that_ funny," he shook his head. "Anyhow, since we have to start pairing per our captain's rules, you might as well pair with me since you're already here." He finally looks to Irina with a smirk. "And we should probaly start finding something to do. Search the lower decks and see what we can bring back."

_Gatu does what Mipha asks, trying to conserve energy and not move a whole lot to spark pain. When she asks him to lay down, he does so, albeit with some hisses of pain here and there. The burns up his left arm that go up to the left side of his face partially varied from first to third degree due to how close he was to the explosion when it happened._

"How bad is it? I've avoided looking down, or at my reflection in anything, but I guess I got banged up a good bit like the rest of you in one way or another." _Gatu says to Mipha in a somewhat-joking tone to lighten the mood despite how bad things are right now..._

_It wasn't very effective..._

Mipha gave a small smile to Gatu, she could see the effort, however strained it was. "It's bad," she remarked simply enough. "But it's not beyond healing. It will just take time. I think your process of avoiding reflections is a keen one." Her smile spread more as she looked upon him warmly. "But I think we should be alright. If you recall, you were in the water and your reflection was present there. To that effect, if the water was an issue, I suspect our mirrors might have accosted us by now."

She looks over Gatu's body, briefly hovering over him to see his conditon before returning to her kneel. "The water should be fine, but your thoughts are on a good track. Maintain that level of suspicion. We are not out of this, yet."

Redvali was internally relieved, but he had to play it off cool in front of Kala, so he offered her a thumbs up. "Good, glad you accepted. Let's head to the lower decks and see what we might find down there." He briefly looked back towards his other half then to Kala with a slightly pained expression. He was apologetic and understood what it meant to partner with him, but he didn't intend to betray that.

Irina thanks Link for the water with a nod and takes a sip before chuckling at Revali, “It was funny, and it was exactly what I needed.”

When he offers -or decides- that they pair up and search the lower decks, she nods. “Sure. Let's do that.” Then she gets up and carefully tries to go down the ladder, although a good part of the ship is not even there.

Link gives Irina a concerned look, as if telling her to stay on guard. He looks to Revali as well and says, “Everything is a mess down there so be careful.”

He turns to Mipha and says, “I can stay by your side, however, someone should stay with Fred. Gatu, you also seem rather burned. Are you able to move easily?”

"To an extent, though with some difficulty..." _Gatu replies to the Hero of Time when he comes over and asked how he's doing while Mipha starts to heal him._

"My left arm tingles and gives me shots of pain up and down it when I try to move it due to the severity the burns must be. I'm trying not to look so I don't freak out or something, since the last time it ever got this bad was when this bully I knew at school thought it'd be funny to sneak in hair spray and a lighter, threatening a kid about five years younger than me that it was either to get torched, or hand over all their rupees their folks gave them for lunch money..." _Gatu brings up his past a bit, making a bit of small talk with Link._ "...I'm sure you can imagine what happened next when I was passing by and saw what they were doing."

"Once I've recovered, are you and Fi up to trying my idea out? I'm fairly confident that it'll work and get us all free from the living shadow trapping us in this barrier..."

Link looks a little perplexed at Gatu’s story. He doesn't seem well informed on topics of hair spray, school, or bullies. He offers, “I understand. The last time a bull sprayed me, I spent an hour in Lake Hylia washing it out.”

He examines Gatu and says, “The fact that you can move is good. Also, if you can feel the burns then that is also good. It's the ones that you can't feel that are concerning.” He stands up and adds, “You look fine, too. Nothing a little time won't heal.”