I don’t even.
Wut :|
This is perfect.
((swag…Ocarina swag))
((OMG CRYING))
((OOC: Okay, so I know that middle one is technically supposed to be Dark Link, but let’s pretend that’s PL, because this is just TOO amazing not to share!!! XDDD;))
Celtic….what in Din’s name are you posting on my blog now!?
((OOC: Relevance…>3))
I could easily ask the same thing of you, Saria. Last I saw you, you hadn’t aged a day!
I suppose we both have a lot of explaining to do.
In any case, it’s good to see you too.
It’s called the Master Sword (although it looks a little different than what it normally does right now). I pulled it from the pedestal of time as a child before it sealed my soul away in the Sacred Realm for seven years since I wasn’t old enough to be the Hero of Time. Why do you ask?
Shadow: wait………YOUR THE HERO OF TIME!? b…..but why do you look so………ghostly?
It’s….complicated. Let’s just say in short, I messed up. I messed up big time, died and am now currently stuck like this. There’s a lot more to it, much which I still don’t fully understand, but that’s about all I can tell you right now.
It’s called the Master Sword (although it looks a little different than what it normally does right now). I pulled it from the pedestal of time as a child before it sealed my soul away in the Sacred Realm for seven years since I wasn’t old enough to be the Hero of Time. Why do you ask?
You Dark Links and your explosives, I swear to Din!
Thank goddess bombs don’t affect me anymore. That would have done quite a bit of damage otherwise.
AnonymousIt’s hard to say how far I’ve travelled through the ghostly Ether. As you’ve mentioned, it seemingly goes on forever; a never-ending ethereal wasteland of sorts.
I can’t say I’ve seen anything while I’ve been in there, not even other spirits, strangely enough (well…there was that one time with the Shade, whom I had recently found out is a futuristic version of myself, so…). That said, I constantly feel as though that Epona and I are not the only souls residing there, which leads me to believe that I may be residing in an isolated purgatory of sorts while inside the Ether. It’s hard to explain.
((OOC: Not a dumb question at all! >w< In fact, I found it quite enjoyable to answer and had been wanting to answer it for a while now. :3 Thank you so much for the compliment too! ;w; It really means a lot!))
I believe I have explained a number of times how I came to be like this already, so if you really must know, I will refer you here.
As for the pros and cons for being a Phantom, there are quite a few.
I suppose I could start with the positives: Not having a need for food or drink is the first one that comes to mind. It may sound strange for some, but it has been rather nice for me not having to worry about that one extra little thing in this current form. Another pro with being a Phantom is being able to travel through the Ghostly Ether. Makes getting from one place to another much faster than normal. Being impervious to just about every physical attack is sort of nice as well. I don’t need to be worried about getting hurt as much as I used to.
However, with the positives, there also comes the negatives…and unfortunately, there are far more negatives than positives with being a Phantom for me.
The biggest con I have for this form personally, is the fact that I literally steal the life-force of a living individual the moment I make any sort of physical contact with them. This is an involuntary trait, and one that I cannot stand the feeling of. I am essentially killing whomever or what I’m touching when it happens, regardless of the fact that it is a slow process in general. I’m not even sure why I have this trait in the first place, but then again, if I am right in my theory that those ghostly knights have something to do with me being in this form, I suppose it would make sense. I had bumped into a couple of them during my encounter when I was alive and they seemed to have the same sort of effect on the living as well.
Other negatives include not being able to venture out, or come into contact with direct sunlight, not having the need for sleep, increased (and often times, unbearable) sensitivity to magical attacks, not being able to venture into certain areas of Hyrule and the constant inner turmoil I tend to feel.
Sunlight is a given. It’s just simply too painful to be out in broad daylight and it literally does burn away at what I am in general. A similar process tends to happen with most magic attacks as well, so I often shudder at the thought of what light magic could potentially do to me as a result. Not being able to sleep can be maddening. I don’t think it’s healthy for anyone, living or dead, to be trapped for eternity with only their thoughts to keep them company for the most part. It begins to eat away at you after a while. Not being able to enter certain areas in Hyrule is more of a pain than anything else. It isn’t the greatest con I have, really, but it does hinder on what I could potentially do in order to lift this curse. The feeling of being trapped isn’t always fun as well.
The constant inner turmoil is rather confusing however. I have mentioned several times that it feels like I’m always fighting with myself; with something much darker than it really should be. It can be frightening sometimes. I have nearly lost track of who I am exactly on many occasions. Thank the goddesses I have Epona there for that. She seems to be able to pull me back into awareness whenever that happens.
Moving onto abilities I’ve gained as a Phantom, some of them overlap with the pros and cons, so I’ll just name the few I haven’t already mentioned.
I can pass through most physical objects, “disappear” and “reappear” at will (this is done with moving in and out of the Ghostly Ether within one area, but I’ve been told that’s what it looks like to most people) and communicate with other members of the dead, or even some monsters that you wouldn’t be able to hear speak otherwise (though they don’t always have the most pleasant things to say).
I believe that’s about it. I hope I was able to answer both of your questions relatively well anyway.
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Relatively the same as always, Devin, thank you for asking. How are you?
In all honesty, I never really sat down and thought of this for myself. Celtic says that she knows of two which would fit me, one called Time of Dying and the other What I’ve Done. I’m not familiar with the songs since they are a part of her world, so I’m not 100% sure of the connection between them and myself, but I am willing to trust my admin on this one. She does know a fair amount about me after all.
