Wild Goose Chase

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"Don't be afraid, I promise I won't hurt you." Blue hair flying wildly behind her, Raina chased the fox through the area just outside Zora's domain. "C'mere, you little rascal!" Without a second thought, Raina dove, overshot it, missed the fox who wheeled and ran the other direction, and tumbled across the ground and into the rapids. It took her a moment to get her bearings, but once she did she rode the current down to a smoother area of the Zora river. Her body had underwent a minor transformation; she had grown gills on her neck and her hands and feet were webbed.

"Oh, please, little fox! I only wanted to see what your tail felt like." Raina pouted, soaking wet, and climbed out of the water. Due to her heritage, her hair shed the water almost as soon as she was out of the water. Her gills turned back into skin and her fingers and toes were again fingers and toes. The only thing still wet was her dress. "Drat. I'll have to try again later." In an effort to shake some of the water from her pale blue dress, Raina twirled in a tight circle and looked for something else to do. Hey! There was something shiny in that tree over there! She did love shiny things. Not able to contain herself, she ran over to the tree, scaled it like a squirrel, and reached the top in under a minute. The shiny thing was only a ring used in a bird's nest, and she didn't want to disturb the birds, so she left it where it lay. She paused for a moment to admire the sky and then looked at her arm, which hurt. Oddly enough, she had scraped it. Some blood trickled from the wound. "Well, hopefully it won't stain my dress then." Raina mumbled. She hated doing laundry.

[Gannondorf]

Lydia slowly walked by with out her mask and sheikah robes on. She was married now so she was allowed to take it off and she was more than happy to do so. She dropped the bucket she was carrying and sat on the river back with her feet dangling in the water. It had been months since she had been able to do this. She laid on the ground and locked her fingers together and rested her hands under her head. "Ah beautiful." she said looking at the sky.

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What's that? A real live person? And a Shiekah, by the looks of it. Mischevious as always, Raina found a branch that led over near the water. Silently she crawled across it, careful not to rustle any leaves. Stealthily as a mouse, she rotated upside down on the branch and hung like a sloth; arms and legs clasped around the tree branch to steady herself. Her hair hung like a large upside down tear drop, and a large grin spread across her face. Just before she mustered the courage to try and scare the woman, the branch snapped from the tree under the newfound weight and it came crashing down, narrowly avoiding the blonde's head. Raina, however, was not so lucky.

"Stupid... tree." Raina mumbled, struggling to get the branch off her. She wasn't really hurt, just had a few more scratches. She was lucky the branch wasn't too far off the ground.

[Gannondorf]

Lydia jumped and swung at the woman. Not that she wanted to it was just a natural reaction. Thankfully it wasn't hard or well aimed, "Uh are you ok?" She asked standing over the woman to check for injuries. She didn't seem to be too injured and she breathed a sigh of relief. "What are you doing out here?" She asked extending a hand to help her up. "What is your name dear?" She asked to make sure the woman wasn't suffering from a head injury.

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"Don't worry, there's no flies near you," Raina said with a giggle in response to the wild smack as she finally squirmed from under the tree branch. She took the woman's hand and stood, dusting herself off immediately afterward. "Yes, I'm fine, just going to be sore for a few days." She didn't mind; more of an excuse to visit the hot springs. "I live here, actually." There weren't any houses around, so Raina hoped it wouldn't raise questions.

"The names Raina, nice to meet you!" The blue haired girl said as she curtsied politely, just as she was taught. "And yours?"

[Gannondorf]

Lydia nodded respectfully "My name is Lydia. I'm not allowed to say my last name but you can call me Lydia or Lyds. Either one works." she said noticing the woman loved the color blue based on how much she wore. "Well now you seem to like blue alot. It looks very beautiful on you dear." she smiled and dusted herself off. "SO where do you live? A nearby cave or something?"

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The Zora palace, when I choose too... no, can't say that. She probably assumes I'm just some normal old Hylian. Better to keep it that way. "That's a lovely name, you don't hear it very often. You have quite the beautiful face as well. You're a very pretty woman." Raina could not tell a lie, and that certainly was not a lie. "I live here, there. Sometimes in a boat, under large rocks, and one time I even slept underneath a large weeping willow. But that was only when I was particularly sad." She spoke all the words in one breath, quickly, as if she didn't have time to say each individually. "Oh, and thank you for the compliment. Blue isn't necessarily my favorite color, but I like matching. Blue matches my hair, which matches my eyes, which match the river, which matches the sky... you get my point." Raina herself was beginning to think she'd never shut up, but she honestly couldn't help herself.

[Gannondorf]

"Aw why thank you!" Lydia said blushing. Her?beautiful? There was no way. She was too toned and wasn't curvy or polite enough to be beautiful in her mind. No she was simply another woman. Nothing more nothing less. "I mean I'm not that pretty right? I'm just another girl." she paused and inhaled sharply to calm herself down bur she was running out of options. Blue. She had to talk about blue "So do you wear blue make up too? I think blue is a beautiful color so I could see why you would wear blue make up."

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"What do you mean, 'not that pretty'? Darlin' you are fine as momma's china." Raina said this with such sass that she nearly embarrassed herself. "I don't know why you would think that you're not beautiful. I mean, c'mon." The girl really did think she was beautiful. Must be her momma didn't tell her enough when she was little.

"Make up? No, mother said it would take away from my natural beauty and distract from my chubby little cheeks." Raina self consciously felt her cheeks. She liked them. "I normally wear pale colors. I don't like being bold. Mother said my personality does that well enough on it's own. I don't know why I mention her that much, I mean I'm not a child anymore, but most of her advice sticks with me, y'know? And certain shades of blue are depressing, so I don't like to be near them. I also like pink. What's your favorite color?"

[Gannondorf]

"My favorite color is crimson." Lydia said smiling "You see about the whole pretty thing a girl has never called me pretty before and that kind of makes me sad. But I wasn't called pretty by anyone until a few years ago. Ya see all Unmarried sheikah women must wear a mask. Our faces could distract men from their jobs and us from focusing due to vanity that would come from our looks. It also makes sure we get married for love and not for looks." she chuckled and pointed to her cheeks "I'm married so I don't have to wear one! But me and my husband aren't exclusive so I can look around for another... Well I would say man but that would be a lie." she turned away to hide her blushing face "I mean well let move on from that."

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"Crimson? Like your eyes? Hey, that's pretty neat." Raina nodded to herself, mulling it over. She didn't see that color and her hair getting along any time soon. "Well, I'm glad I'm not a Sheikah. See, being half-" You're such a dope. "interested in wearing a mask, I think it would be a pain to wear one all the time. And really, who cares if you're pretty or not? We're all pretty. And all them boys, men, whatchamacallems, they're all handsome, too. Because it's what on the inside that counts." Raina was too busy babbling to listen to much of what Lydia had to say. She liked hearing her own voice. A little self centered, but it didn't mean she didn't care.

"Why are you and your hubby exclusive?" Quick to jump to conclusions, Raina continued with wide eyes. "Did he do something terrible?"

[Gannondorf]

"True." Lydia said sighing "It still feels good to be complimented." she shook her head and smiled "No he didn't do anything wrong! He just well I mean we are allowed to see other people so long as we stay together." she explained "I was looking for a woman actually but ya know no luck so far." way to sound confident and in charge Lydia. This girl must think you are a desperate freak who can't get what they want. "But you get used to it fast. The mask is very light and let's you breath with out a problem."

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"No need to be discouraged. Perseverance and hard work pay off in the long run." Sounding more and more like a Zora everyday. "I'm sure you'll do fine! Lady Impa is a Sheikah as well, correct?" It wasn't every day you got to meet a Sheikah; they were a seemingly dwindling species. "You know what are cool? Kikwis. I've never seen one, only heard about them in stories. I'd like to just sneak up on one and pounce on it, just to see what sound it would make." Raina was by far an animate person, acting everything she said out with her hands. Emotions were displayed as if they were trophies upon the wall. "Well, a mask isn't as bad as what I have."

[Gannondorf]

Lydia nodded "Impa is a full blood like me." she watched the girl talk with a smile. How anyone could have that much energy was amazing to say the least. "I mean I could date you!" she said trying not to sound desperate but knew she was failing at it horribly and was probably scaring the poor girl she was talking to. "If you want to of course but I doubt you'd want to date little old me" she grinned and crossed her arms under her chest. "So what do you have that is worse than a mask?"

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"Date me? Poppycock. You're much too great for someone like me. You deserve none but the best, and yet, I am not that person. I will state it plainly; you are beautiful and must truly believe that before going on any dates, because let me tell you, if you don't keep your assertiveness all hell might break loose! Who knows what might happen?! There could be explosions! Bang! Sword fights! Clash! Ahhhh!" Raina sometimes got a little carried away. People said she'd grow out of it.

"Well, see," She was going to do it. She trusted this lady. She knew Impa! "I may or may not be Prince Ralis's sister, which, you guessed it, makes me half Zora. And, well, whenever water touches me, I..." A demonstration would serve her better. She approached the river, stuck her hand in, and within a matter of seconds, her hands and feet were webbed and her neck had sprouted gills. "Imagine trying to hide the fact that you're not normal in the rain." Raina pouted.