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[kingofthisworld]

Dealing with the fools aboard this ship is beginning to grow tiresome.

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[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

...I can, although I am not very good at it...

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're instructions will be fine.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[If she does it, though...]

You will use it against me. You will use it against the others.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I will not filter anything from you.

[Everyone else is on their own.]

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

...!

[Zelda is skeptical. If she really needs to, she'll find a way around filters.]

I suppose that is acceptable. Very well then. I will show you what I know. What will you give me in return?

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

What would you like?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

Nothing. Never mind. Where shall I meet you?

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

My room. Perhaps then you can tell me what it is you would like in return.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

What is your room number?

[She knows they're on the same deck, and she has no plans of even touching what it is she would or would not like.]

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

6371

[What is it? Curious minds want to know.]

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

I will be there momentarily.

[Right. He's only... like down the hall, which is disturbing as all get out.

She's quick to move, though. No sense in prolonging the inevitable. Then there's a knock at his door and a very patient Zelda standing behind it.]

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[He answers after a moment and smirks at his guest.]

Zelda, welcome.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[He's still frightening. She bows to him, as well as she can in something that isn't a dress.]

Ganondorf.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Come in.

[He steps aside, to allow her entry before shutting the door behind her and returning to his seat.]

You needn't look so worried, Princess. No harm will befall you.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[A brief look around; nothing's really changed. His address causes her to look up at him, a little annoyed.]

I am not worried. I said I would show you what I could. I am here to do precisely that.

[She reaches for her comm device and lifts it for him.]

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Oh my apologies then.

[He smirks anyway and gestures toward a chair.]

Have a seat. And you've yet to tell me what you would like in repayment.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

...It... it was nothing.

[Zelda eyes the chair and she seats herself, careful to maintain her posture. Then she pauses and shakes her head at him.]

I said I didn't want anything.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

You lie. But [A shrug] if you say you do not want anything, I will not press it.

[He gets up and gets his comm device and returns to his seat.]

Where do we begin?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

You cannot give me what I want.

[It was so simply put that it almost seemed venomous. Instead, she drew up her comm and entered a few buttons.]

When I first came here, people told me that if I didn't lock some things I said, Captain Redd or the crew could read it. I'm still not very good at it myself.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[An eyebrow arch.] And you are so certain of this, Princess?

[He watches her type then looks down at his own device.]

I only know how to post to the network and how to turn it on and off. So you are far better off than I am.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

I am positive.

[A few moments of tinkering around on hers, she rises from her chair and inches over to him, handing over her comm.]

When you choose to place something on the network, there's an option to filter things by way of code.

[She simply points out the line she uses to lock anything of hers.]

It's just a manner of remembering it.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[His brow furrows as he scans the screen to see the code. It looks simple enough. So he'll give it a try.

He looks at Zelda.]

Did it work?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[She arches an eyebrow at him and then withdraws her comm.]

Well... Given how I wrote it, it should work. You said you wouldn't lock anything from me.

[Zelda pauses.]

Is that true?

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Of course it's true.

[He lowers his comm and looks at her.]

Do you doubt me?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[She holds her comm to herself and tips her head at him.]

Of course I do. Why shouldn't I?