The Poe's Cloak

The guard stiffly looked him over and turned to completely face him. With the cloak on, the guard couldn’t be sure if they were just some weird teenager or not. The man scoffed, just what he needed, another kid out pulling some kind of prank. “What are you doing walking around with your arm out like that for? What are you holding onto?”

“Oh uhhhh…nothing.” He puts his hand down. “Just stretching.” He stretches with one hand then another, then with both.

The guard’s helmet hid his squinting eyes from view, he didn’t believe the weird kid at all. “Uh-huh, you’re gonna have to go stretch somewhere else. The gate isn’t a place for goofing around!” The man straightened himself made a shooing motion towards the boy.

“Ok, Ok!” He excitedly is led towards the gate, he’s very excited himself and the shaking ceases, it’s replaced by happiness and energy. He’s even laughing!

“No no…I’m fine…I’m not cold, so spiders that drop down on you…” He starts shaking again. “Gross…”

“Oh yes, and they’re very big too! Much bigger than the average Hylian and they have skulls on their spider butts! You’ll see-ah, you’re shaking again. Are you sure you’re not cold?”

“O-oh.” The poe awkwardly shuffled the map so if faced the correct way. “You want to explore around Death Mountain? There’s a lot to see around there, like the Goron City. This One has even heard that a great fairy lives at the very top of the mountain!” This One folded the map up and shoved it back into the folds of its cloak. “You’re going to have to watch out for tektites and boulders when exploring around the mountain though.”

“A great fairy? What’s that? And what’s a tektite?” In all of his travels he’d never heard of one of those. And most fairies he’d seen weren’t very great.

“Well... She’s a fairy and shes great!” The poe raised its arms above its head in an attempt to show how big the Great Fairy is, “Great like ‘big’ great. But I guess shes also just... great... You’ll see.” The ghost trailed off, it didn’t think it was doing a very good job describing the fairy. “Tektites are big jumpy bugs and are kinda like spiders. This One doesn’t like them, they’re gross.”

The poe laced its fingers together and waited patiently for its new friend to come back out again. Thoughts of what it was like inside the temple came to mind as it stared up at the large windows. ‘If only This One could peek in through the windows.’ It thought itself. The ghost couldn’t help the growing jealousy that welled up in its chest the longer it waited.

After about ten minutes he exits it. “Wow…it’s quite beautiful. Here see?” He sends over a telepathic movie to the poe, showing his view of the temple.

At first the ghost was startled at the sudden telepathic link, but it faded into excitement and awe as it ‘watched’ the movie. “Wow.” it sighed, “Thank you for showing This One the temple!” The poe reached into its cloak and pulled out a small notebook and matching quill. They both looked like they belonged in a gift shop and were quite tacky. This One wrote Hylia knows what for a couple minutes before returning the items to its cloak before giving, as much as a ghost with no visible face could, an ‘okay, I’m ready’ look to its new friend.

He smiles and waits happily, after it is done. He speaks. “Alright where to next, I’m very curious about this world now.”

“Well, that depends on where you want to go.” This One produced a map that looked like it had been folded the wrong way one too many times. Once unfolded, the ghost held the map out to show its friend. The map was upside down.

The poe laced its fingers together and waited patiently for its new friend to come back out again. Thoughts of what it was like inside the temple came to mind as it stared up at the large windows. ‘If only This One could peek in through the windows.’ It thought itself. The ghost couldn’t help the growing jealousy that welled up in its chest the longer it waited.

After about ten minutes he exits it. “Wow…it’s quite beautiful. Here see?” He sends over a telepathic movie to the poe, showing his view of the temple.

At first the ghost was startled at the sudden telepathic link, but it faded into excitement and awe as it ‘watched’ the movie. “Wow.” it sighed, “Thank you for showing This One the temple!” The poe reached into its cloak and pulled out a small notebook and matching quill. They both looked like they belonged in a gift shop and were quite tacky. This One wrote Hylia knows what for a couple minutes before returning the items to its cloak before giving, as much as a ghost with no visible face could, an ‘okay, I’m ready’ look to its new friend.

He’s at first curious at what This One is saying. “What did you ta-?” He stops as they arrive at the temple of time. “Whoa…this is…incredible…” His eyes light up in wonder.

The poe started to gently push the boy towards the temple door. “Go inside and take a look! When you come out be sure to tell This One all about what its like inside.” The pushing became more insistent the closer the two go to the door. “Go, go!”

“Ah hey hey OK…you can’t enter the temple?” He stops and turns around to face the Poe, his back to the door of the temple.

The poe’s shoving didn’t stop when he turned around. “Nope, its a holy place. That’s why you must go in for This One and tell it all about it! It wants to know what its like inside. Go on!” 

He’s at first curious at what This One is saying. “What did you ta-?” He stops as they arrive at the temple of time. “Whoa…this is…incredible…” His eyes light up in wonder.

The poe started to gently push the boy towards the temple door. “Go inside and take a look! When you come out be sure to tell This One all about what its like inside.” The pushing became more insistent the closer the two go to the door. “Go, go!”

This One frowned when its friend struggled to remember. It had forgotten about his memories being all jumbled up and missing. “There are some that are placed of worship; like the one here in the city. But the rest are quite dangerous and people stay away from them. Though there are some dumb and brave adventurers that think themselves strong enough to make it through and find any treasures hidden inside the temples.”

He seems to perk up at the sound of treasure and danger. “Whoa…like an adventure…wait you said there’s one of those temples here? Could we go to it?” He looks at the Poe with pleading, childlike eyes, which from under his hood, look up with pleading sparkles.

“Forest Temple? Oh so like the factory in the jungle…No I never saw an old building. I came into this place and landed in a clearing, there was a tree, a stump of a tree…what else…a very large stone pedestal, and a doorway…oh the dagger was stuck in the tree stump, but I never went into a temple. And Kokiri forest? Was that where I was?” He takes the dagger back and sheathed it.