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[famtastic]

[she's sitting in one of the quiet rooms, up to her elbows in glitter, probably best not to ask]

Hallo! I'm the Doctor. [she scrunches her nose] Sorry if that's awkward for some people. [she'd deal with that later]

But! Well! That was a bit of a question, wasn't it? What will make us happy. I mean, avoiding the existentiality of it because that is a broad spectrum requiring much deep thought and lots of poor decision making skills--

There are a lot of choices, and I don't know how to choose.

A lab would be nice. More labs. All the labs. A pool. Love a good pool. Good for barbeques and catching your falling wife from a fifty foot drop. ... er... that might be awkward too. Sorry. Plants. Could always use more of those. Double rooms well-- I'd rather be able to stay up as late as I like.

But clocks! Now, clocks are intriguing. What does that mean? Does it mean a room with clocks? Does it mean clocks throughout the train? And what kind of clocks? Wall clocks? Grandfather Clocks? Kicksey-Winseys? I had a Kicksey-Winsey once made by ...Bloody Stupid Johnson, I think is name was. Never did tell the time but every hour on the hour it would hunt you down and give you a boot in the rear. A great way to get things done if you get settled in one particular task.

Oh but I like art, and I love games.

D'you think I can choose all of them?

I think we deserve all of them.

What do you think?

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[wisdominshadows]

I think that giving all of them at once might dull the novelty of each singular addition. And also that the ability to choose gives us a certain feeling of control over our environment.

[famtastic]

It's all psychological innit? Have to keep them entertained. Something to look forward to. It's a ploy to keep everyone complacent. Whether or not there's good intentions behind it or bad if they can and they won't then there's something behind it.

[a shrug]

Not really sure what to make of them or it yet. But you never can be really sure, can you?

[wisdominshadows]

No, you certainly can't.

I am trying not to let the thought sour me on the vote, but I'll admit to finding it a bit difficult.

[famtastic]

Fair enough. I mean you might as well take what you can get. See the good, expect the bad, both will come in equal measure. [they won't]

By the way, what's your name?

[wisdominshadows]

One must be optimistic.

[No, they definitely won't.

Dipping her head in more proper greeting]

I am Zelda of Hyrule, Doctor. A pleasure to meet you.

[famtastic]

Zelda of Hyrule. Never been there. What's it like? Anything like-- well-- here is kind of-- not really a place but it's a good basis of comparison maybe?

[wisdominshadows]

Oh, [She half-sighs the first word, voice laced with wistfulness] very little like the train at all.

Hyrule is vast and it is lonely, and I have known it to be perilous indeed. But for all the danger there it is still very fair, and it is my home. It is still strange to be so far away from it.

[famtastic]

I know the feeling. [the universe was also like that. She was always in it, true. Well, usually. But nothing beat being in it and free, spiraling out to dangers untold and wonders uncounted]

I'm sure you'll return one day. Even better, you'll return with stories. Not much will beat this.

[wisdominshadows]

That would depend greatly on the disposition of the audience.

[She's not sure that 'I missed out on the first year of the post-Ganondorf rebuilding process because I was kidnapped by an eldritch world-travelling machine' is going to fly with a lot of her people, to be honest.

Though who knows, maybe they'll create a republic in her absence and she can run off to be a Sheikah bard. Stranger things have happened.]

[famtastic]

Fair, but-- some stories, I don't know. I don't know how anyone can say no to stories. Especially brilliant ones. Even if they don't like them it's something exciting, isn't it?

[wisdominshadows]

I am sure many on the train will have such an experience....

[A shrug.]

But my guess is that many in Hyrule will have had quite the fill of excitement over the past few years. And there will be a different story on the people's lips regardless- one much closer to home.

[famtastic]

The great thing about stories is that when one ends another begins. [a faint smile]

In any case, I hope you get home soon...

[wisdominshadows]

It does at that.

And apologies. I shouldn't inflict a glum mood on others.