#il engineer

Mouse with Fae… ^

…Gen with Moon… ^

…Aspect with Sea… ^

How easily are they goaded into a competition or bet of sorts?

For any of them, but especially, Engineer, the Colors, Junior, Wild, and Mask.

They're Links. They thrive on competitions! And the majority of Zelda games have something involving gambling. A common one is “choose a treasure chest.” Even the tiniest child (Mini) has betting games in Minish Cap. With double or nothing prizes! And a gacha machine! He's toast…

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, Interlink (The Legend of Zelda) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Engineer (Interlink), Wild (Interlink), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Cap (Interlink), Mask (Interlink) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary:

The War already has three Links. Why not a fourth?

I forgot about our oil slick last time.

Because they can't really hide their flaws while they're split. They're an open book. There's also the line: "There's a hole in my soul. I can't fill it. [...] Can you fill it?" And that's exactly how they are right now. They're not whole, but they fill each other's missing parts.

Honorable mention: "Call Them Brothers" by Regina Spektor and Only Son: "That's it, it's split and won't recover. Just frame the halves and call them brothers."

Engineer: I'm torn between a few.

Train song + Zelda (he's hopeless):

He's so head over heels: "I Try to Think About Elvis" by Patti Loveless. "I just can't concentrate. You're all I think about these days."

Vet (again): I already listed the Vet song that started the whole thing, but a more fitting song for him is

"I was a rose. I was an animal." (🐇) "All around is stone. All is soft inside." (He is soft inside. "Leads me through the dark." (I'm primarily thinking of the Dark World.) "I carry more than you can see."

And more. Tis a good song for the boy.

But I have almost 4 hours of music on his playlist. Let me know if anyone wants more suggestions for him. They also work for LU Legend if anyone's got a playlist for him. I've got Imagine Dragons (quite a few), more AURORA, Tori Amos, Oh Hellos, Crain Wives, Sleeping at Last, Brandi Carlile, Cosmo Sheldrake, Pink Floyd, Taylor Swift, Annie Lennox, Sia... the list goes on and on with a lot of variety.

Verdi: On one hand, we have Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots. "But now l'm insecure, and I care what people think." (He walks to the beat of his own drum, but he does stress a bit about being friends with everyone - "Why can't we be friends" by War is also on his playlist.) "Wish we could turn back time to the good old days [...] But now we're stressed out." (Things used to be simple, but now it's not. Sometimes he thinks it'd be nice to go back to being the sleepy blacksmith's apprentice, but he's tasted adventure, and he can't really settle down anymore.) "Used to play pretend, give each other different names." ("Verdi" is Link's "escapism" name. He didn't really escape, as he ended up being a Tri Force Hero in Hytopia, but an attempt was made.)

On the other hand, we have "Break my Stride" by Matthew Wilder. I did say he walks to his own beat; ain't nothing gonna break-a his stride or slow him down. He's gonna keep on moving.

And

Echo: Excluding the references to parents (since I don't know what happened to them):

which is also on Wild's playlist.

Mouse's playlist made only be an hour, but so many of his songs are super fitting. I'll start with this one because his quietness hides quite the attitude:

This (which is also on Wild's playlist):

Run Boy Run by Woodkid always makes me think of him, even though he's mostly of the opinion that he should strike down any monsters that come after him so less monsters can come after him.

Exhale Inhale by AURORA always makes me think of him, though the first two songs fit him better.

Other good ones: "Lost" by fin.

"I'm Gonna Win" by Rob Cantor (also on Cap's). There are four more AURORA songs. "No Roots" by Alice Merton (also on Wild's). "In My Own Eyes" and "Have You Ever" by Brandi Carlile. And others.

Cap: You're So Vain by Carly Simon ALWAYS makes me think of him. More as a joke, and more towards LU Warriors, but still. Another solid "always makes me think of him" song is "ship in a bottle" by fin. I've shared that one before, complete with a mini-analysis. You can read it here. There's also a few others I listed there for the other boys. (Yet another Vet one. It's like he lives in my playlists rent-free.)

"Pretender" by AJR. "Army Dreamers" by Kate Bush, which is also on Gen's playlist. That song is always giving me feels for my army boys. "I Am Not a Robot" by MARINA. "Unstoppable" by Sia.

Aspect: The first song on his playlist is "I'm me" by Us The Duo, but I'm choosing this one:

Wild: I don't know if you read the post I linked from Cap's section, but "me want bite" still takes the number one "makes me think of Wild" spot.

Others: "David" by Noah Gunderson. "In Our Bedroom After The War" by Stars. "New Soul" by Yael Naim. "Now" by Paramore.

"Caroline (feat. Elton John)" by Brandi Carlile:

I woke up long after dawn Twenty years had come and gone I know when it changed for me A day in June you came to me I've seen through someone else's eyes With nothin' on the other side Every motel, every town Pieces scattered all around Promises that I can't be Someone's heart that I can't keep Days so long I couldn't speak Roads so rocky I can't sleep But I've seen things so beautiful All around this broken world That pale in comparison to you Caroline, I'm on my way back home to you Imagine what I'm a-goin' through Without you by my side It's been a long, long time Oh, won't you say a prayer for me I hope you will remember me You're always on my mind I have seen the canyon lands Crooked lines like in your hands To swear the earth was split in two I wouldn't lie I promise you That I have seen it, you will too You could not believe if not for Photographs I took for you, Caroline They've built towers to the sky It hurts sometimes to watch them try They run themselves into the ground But I know you will love them And their city lights and city sounds There's beauty in the struggle Anytime I feel it get me down I see you smiling Caroline, I'm on my way back home to you Can't imagine what I'm a-goin' through Without you by my side It's been a long long time Oh, won't you say a prayer for me I hope you will remember me You're always on my mind My Caroline Yeah, my Caroline Now, I have seen things in the sky Stars and lights and birds and I I've been rocky mountain high Told them all about you Because you are still the only thing That constantly amazes me I love the road and I've been blessed But I love you best

Character introduction post for this Links Meet here. Ao3 link to series here.

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Summary: The engineer confronts the sailor over his “stolen” shield. Some reveals happen.

Featured characters: Wind, Engineer, Mask, and Cap

Words: 1,193

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The group set off at an easy pace.

The engineer wasted no time in making his way over to the sailor. The sailor’s lips quirked in a frown at the sight.

“I told you, this is my shield,” the sailor said in advance.

“So mine is still safe at home with Niko?”

“How should I know? I don’t know what you did with it. If you think it should be there, then it’s probably there. If it’s not, it has nothing to do with me.”

The engineer watched his expression carefully.

“Can I see it, please?”

“Fine, but don’t touch it. I’m not stupid.”

He took the shield from its place on his back and held it before him. The engineer looked at it very carefully. His eyes seemed to be tracing some marks that were there and some that weren’t, but he didn’t touch it.

“Wow,” he breathed. He looked from the shield to its owner. “Then you really are… How old is Niko?”

^ For Vet, Junior, Mini, Cap, and anyone else

Vet is a miserable sick person. He's all snotty and gross and just wants to curl up in his blankets with his tea and be taken care of by his uncle. He's drinking warm stuff constantly so the congestion doesn't turn into a nasty headache. (Spoiler: it will.)

Edit: Forgot to mention that "miserable" applies to both himself and anyone who needs to interact with him. He radiates bad vibes. Just imagine a manga panel with a big dark gloom surrounding a pile of blankets in the corner of camp.

I have no idea what's going on there. ☝️ Imagine they're blankets.

Junior simultaneously wants to suck it up and continue about his day without fuss and be coddled. Unfortunately, he's mostly on his own right now (current company excluded) while he searches the farthest reaches of Hyrule for a place to leave the Four Sword. Thankfully, he hasn't gotten sick since before his adventure, so he's still used to his grandpa letting him push himself just a little before sending him to bed with some hot cocoa to chase down the medicine with. His most common symptom is an annoyingly drippy nose.

Mini gets a variety of symptoms depending on what's going around. A cough and sore throat are most common. Sometimes his nose runs both directions at once and upsets his tummy. But luckily, he only gets one or two symptoms at a time, and he has his grandpa to take care of him. He's not a fan of medicines, but grandpa Smith makes sure he takes whatever bitter stuff he needs to get better. If Verona from town hears about it, she might drop off a meal. Zelda has to be stopped from visiting for fear of her getting sick, but she's very practiced at getting what she wants with or without permission. And of course Mini gets blamed if she gets sick even if it's her fault.

Cap powers through. He presents himself in such a way that it can be hard to tell he's sick. You know it's really bad when he ends up taking a break. He has people around him who will care for him, but he's stubborn, so the best they can do is leave tea and soup in his company and hope he doesn't ignore it.

Mask is kind of the same way but he's more obvious about it. While Cap is functioning with a smile on a carefully prepared face, Mask is scowling and red-nosed. He's great at taking care of others but is hypocritical when it comes to taking care of himself. He tends to sneeze a lot and is likely to run a temperature while shivering because he's cold.

Engineer is slightly more likely than the others to get a stomach bug and a fever. :( He's likely to take care of himself because he doesn't want Niko to catch it.

Twilight also powers through. He just overall prefers to be active. Being sick is boring and he'd rather be working even while coughing and sneezing. But he knows to stop and rest sooner than Cap does.

Wind is a complainer. He doesn't feel good, he's tired, he's bored, he's missing out, his nose is sore from wiping it, he's hot, etc, etc, it goes on. Fortunately, it doesn't last long because Granny's soup is more or less magic.

Those are the ones who stick out to me the most.

I guess I could tack on that Mouse hides that he's sick like Cap does.

On one hand, a musical about trains!! 🤩