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Yeah, I'm currently playing the game, so the bracelet is basically the reason you merge. But I think there are these cracks that are like, paper thin, but are also magical? I'm not there yet though. I think they teleport you, or something
Yeah, in the playthrough that Arin and Dan did, the cracks either take you to just secret little nooks or like totally different areas of the map I think? And they help solve puzzles and stuff. I dunno, Arin’s magic, he’ll probably figure it out.
Heh. But, now that I think about it, if Dan had the mergy powers, would Arin do the same, or would he just fly around where Dan was on the wall? Deep questions
Very important question. I’m pretty sure the power came from a bracelet thing, right? So it only affects the wearer. Arin would just have to try and keep up by fluttering along, but luckily he’s small enough to fit in the tiny wall cracks that Dan slips through sometimes
LoG: Egobang. Do something really angsty, and turn it into fluff, then angst again. Heheh
Is it sad that the only LoZ monsters I know are octoroks and dodongos? Anyway, this got a little longer than it should’ve probably
Arin tried to give Dan directions. He tried to be helpful and teach Dan how to use all of his gadgets and items. He made use of his fairy powers and healed Dan when he needed it. But it all felt so useless. Dan did fine on his own, he didn’t need Arin’s help.
“Do…Do you need anything?” Arin tried, desperately looking for some way to feel useful. Dan was packing for the day’s adventures, stuffing anything he could possibly need into his surprisingly large pockets.
“Nah, I don’t think so,” Dan said, not even looking up from the pile he still had yet to sift through. “It’s just gonna be a simple mission, kinda grind-y, so you don’t even have to go if you don’t want to.”
It felt like a punch to the gut. That was it, that was how Dan was telling him he wasn’t needed. He sat himself on Dan’s dresser, curling in on himself. “I—Do you not want me to go…?” His voice was small and desperate. “Would you rather I stay here?”
“What?” Dan looked up, his expression incredulous. “Of course you can come, Ar. I just didn’t want you to feel like you have to. I mean, you don’t need to go, but if you want to.”
“That’s the point, Dan! You don’t need me!” Arin’s body shook, wings trembling, body aching as little sobs escaped him. “Nobody needs me.”
Dan rushed over to the fairy’s side. “Arin, whoa, hey! I didn’t know you felt like this.”
It took a moment for Arin’s sobs to die down, turning into tiny hiccups and sniffles. “I just—I want to belong somewhere. But I can’t even be useful here, with you.”
Dan scooped up the fairy, nuzzling Arin into the crook of his neck, something he knew always comforted Arin. There wasn’t much he could say, aside from assuring Arin over and over that he was needed. He was where he belonged. He was so important.
The genuineness must have finally gotten through. Arin had calmed down, asking if he was still invited to go along with Dan on his training day, to which Dan replied that obviously he was. Dan let Arin sit on his shoulder as they started off, the closeness making Arin feel safe and secure.
Of course, Dan had been right earlier when he’d told Arin he didn’t really need to go. Dan was merely farming Rupees off of Octoroks, leaving Arin to begin wallowing in his own anxiety yet again. He tried to remind himself of all the things Dan had said earlier. All the affirmations and promises and reassurances.
But it was interrupted by the roar of a Dodongo ripping through the trees. Dan turned his head toward the sound, eyebrows furrowed. “Those things don’t wander around outside the temples,” he muttered. “What’s one doing way out here?”
Arin shrugged even though Dan couldn’t see him. He wasn’t asking Arin anyway, they both knew it was unusual.
Dan dashed off toward the sound, almost knocking Arin off of his shoulder in the process.
“Y-You’re gonna fight it?” Arin asked, expression tinted with fear.
“I’m not just gonna let it roam around out here where it could hurt someone.”
That was true. After all, Dan was the Hero. He had the Triforce of Courage, it was only natural that he would go after this beast. But it didn’t stop Arin from being terrified when they reached the monster.
Dan drew his sword, hardly noticing when Arin hopped off his counterpart’s shoulder and fluttered back a few feet. He was in full battle-mode, ready to take down the vicious Dodongo that stood before them.
And so he fought. His sword clanged against teeth and claws, slash over leathery Dodongo flesh. Dan tumbled and lunged and dashed, trying to trick the beast and confuse it. He laid bombs that the beast foolishly gulped up a few times, but it wasn’t enough. The Dodongo was strong and Dan was taking too many hits.
“Dan!” Arin yelled desperately, knowing this fight was getting far too close to an unsavory ending. “I want to help! Let me heal you!”
A dismissive hand waved back, though Dan didn’t turn to look at him. “I’ve almost got him, don’t worry.”
“But—“ Arin was terrified. “Dan, let me help!”
In a moment of frustration, Dan turned back for a moment. “I said I’ve got it!”
The Dodongo leapt forward with a roar. Dan was left on the ground, crumbled and weak. The beast retreated after Dan didn’t move for what felt like an eternity for Arin.
The fairy rushed over, already yelling out Dan’s name. “Wake up!” But no response came. Jostling, yelling, begging—none of it worked. For the second time that day, Arin collapsed into sobs. “Please, Dan, you’re all I’ve got. You have to wake up.”
Can we just have some more info on what kinda stuff link!Dan and navi! Arin get up to cause those boys need more love- au anon
Absolutely!
Danny’s adventure is all about him kind of teaching himself how to do hero-y things, so he has to learn how to use the Master Sword (which he finds by accident), learn how to save Princess Zelda, learn how to defeat Ganon and temples and dinosaur-bosses. Danny is learning all of this by trial and error (and a little bit of help from Arin, who doesn’t know much more besides the lay of the land and how to use most items).
And Arin is trying to get home! He lost his fairy family a while ago and had been hunkered down in the forest when Danny stumbled upon him. Danny promised to help him find his family, “because that’s what a hero does!” But they also eventually form a bond and close friendship and blah, blah, blah.
Ok so do link!Dan and link!arin like sometimes have to hide their navi's because people are like o my god fairies! And some people might just have some other ideas with what they could do with the navi's (money) -au anon
Oh yeah, that’s a good point! Probably, yeah.
Like the Shovel Grumps see them as just kind of like...magic vessels. Which need to be collected. Which is not good for them. And the MegaGrumps see them more like gnats and think they’re annoying and just want them to not exist. Steam Quest Danny and Ross probably ask the navis for a lot “wishes” or whatever, not realizing that they’re not really as magical as the two are thinking and that they wouldn’t grant their dumb wishes anyway.
And that’s just a few examples off the top of my head.
(Pt.1) What if it was sort of a reversal of how Navi Dan and Link Arin met. Like, Arin finds Dan instead. Dan has been searching for the hero, but he has no idea who it is. He's been searching so long, he's cold and tired and hungry, even wounded from being attacked. Arin finds him wounded and passed out, before taking him home and trying to help him. He eye dropped feeds him health potions and stuff and after Dan wakes up, Arin commented about how his clothes are all ripped and worn. -KB
(Pt.2) Dan just shrugs it off before Arin runs off and comes back with a Barbie doll with this scrunchy and dress. "I have away all my old dolls, but you can have the clothes off of this one" Arin offers. Dan thinks they're lame at first, but as soon as he sees himself in them, he's like "oh my god these are perfect I love them". Dan stuck with Arin for a while. Finding no hope in his hero search. Until he sort of realizes all at once "......Arin's the hero, isn't he?" -KB
Oh my gosh I’m so stuck on Arin feeding him like you’re supposed to feed a little bumblebee sugar water or something. That’s adorable.
BUT YES. Actually, I imagine this is probably how navi!Arin and link!Danny met, but it’s cute the other way around, too. navi!Arin was a very lost fairy, so he didn’t even know he was destined to find a hero like Danny, but Danny took care of him in his time of need, so they just kind of...stuck together.
And the barbie doll clothes oh my god ahhhhhh. I’m flailing because CUTE
LoG Maybe Atin growing huge was a curse. They would be traveling in a dungeon, following the set path. Seeing the old man, and refusing a handjob, he puts a curse on Arin. He grows huge out of nowhere, like during a boss battle. An added is that he is naked. He then has to borrow Dan's clothes until Arin gets his, yet bigger. Navi!Arin wearing Dan's beanies and stealing his belts. :3
something tells me that old man got a little more than he bargained for. He was just trying to get one part to grow lol.
I like to think navi!Arin would be less embarrassed about it than navi!danny is. he’s just like “oh well I guess I’m naked now” and link!danny is like “NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR DISTRACTIONS DAMMIT.” because he is trying to fight a dude for god’s sake.
and also, Arin in Danny’s beanies is so adorable. just the thought is just ahhhhh
Within our sea, we mention Navi!Dan growing. Do they eventually get his clothes to normal? Does the same happen on the other side of the story? Navi!Arin grows despite Danny not wanting him to. But lots of fluff is involved.
oh yeah, I imagine eventually that would all work out. (although I am currently trying to construct a picture of Danny in Arin’s clothes for the time being because it sounds adorable.)
Although, I haven’t thought about on the other side. I want there to be an alternate way for navi!Arin to get himself grown. Like an item or something. Or a curse? (or like the opposite of a curse I guess? since it’s not really that bad?) Just for something that makes it happen on accident because that isn’t a part of their quest, y’know?
All of a sudden, poof, there’s Arin! Full-sized! And also...naked...nice. And both of them are just like “this is not what should be happening oh god.”
