(Prolly gonna head to bed for the night~ I'll be back tomorrow though!)

(Wait. Found it. That's how she sounds in my head.)

"Mm...it's easy because I like doin' it. I think that's how I look at it." She takes her first bite. That familiar fishy taste hits her mouth almost instantly, along with the mellow taste of the broth and... "Amazin'! This is the best stew I think I've ever had! You gotta teach me how ta make

"It ain't all that hard work really. Jus' business as usual at the ranch." It surely does! Malon can already feel her mouth watering even before taking a bite! "Where'd you even find a loach that big anyway? Ain't they supposed ta be rare?"

"Well I ain't gonna pass up a free meal. As long as you're offerin'!"

Introducing "I find everyone beautiful. I ve been told its a weakness, but...i rather like seeing the beauty in everyone." Valentine Bloodstone "Oh, Tu es toujours aussi rayonnante." Le Prince Charmant "Pour la dernière fois, je ne suis pas Nightcrawler !"

"Not even for a small payment?"

"...gotta be a way to get my measurements off the record." She's still on that?

>:)

(Feels like I should also mention Malon is multi-ship, with each ship being its own timeline)

"Ain't any closer to figurin' out why the lake doesn't have water in it either..." Malon stops near the edge, peering out at the open space. "We ain't exactly dressed fer adventurin', but maybe we can find something?"

"...yeah. Kinda glad you dragged me here actually, grasshopper." She pulls herself up onto the ledge proper, standing up and walking forward through the entrance. "...it's massive. Who could've built a place like this down here?"

(Sure I'll be a thief too.)

"You betcha! If you ever need help, just holler and I'll come runnin', rain or shine!"

It's kind of thrilling right now. Her and Linkle exploring a Temple together...could this be considered an adventure? "This way," Malon says after a moment of scanning their surroundings. She swims right over to the ledge, resting against it for a moment and looking into the temple properly.

She swims up when Malon feels Linkle start pulling her up! She surfaces next to Linkle, gasping for air as well! "Gah! You ok, Linkle?" Her gaze turns to Linkle, ignoring the Temple in front of them for a moment. They'd been down in the water for a while!

Malon keeps her eyes partially open as she joins Linkle in swimming towards the opening. She'd keep guiding Linkle in the right direction, remembering her directional challenges. In for a green rupee, in for a gold rupee as they say...

Boots were usually made of leather, right? Like Linkle's thigh high... anyway. "Right. One. Two..." She gets ready. Bracing herself to jump into the cold water!

She nods to Linkle. It looked like they'd have to dive underwater to get in though. Hopefully there'd be a place to breathe soon when they got in! "Are you ready, grasshopper?"

"Fried eggs and hashbrowns are a quick and easy start to the day."

(It's more that I'm skittish around new people. And I tend to not be great at going 'uh yeah let's do this as a plot' and kind of just go go go with whatever comes to mind. Water Temple with Linkle and Malon? On the spot because they went to Lake Hylia to swim.)

"...what was I saying?" /ref

(It would be when the site breaks when I post that stolen bandwagon-)

— / / ❝ 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 . . .

(Nope, still being weird.)

(We back up now? Is the butterfly done having a seizure?)

(Me and Bean both noticed that too. Think Bluesky is being weird again)

Yeesh, slippery and steep. Definitely not a great combination. Malon takes it slow, letting Linkle lead them down the basin. Keeping her eyes focused.

(Sure I'll be a thief too.)

Malon has...well she had a small knife on a leg holster? That was at least something to protect herself with. "Careful...it's steep here. This place wasn't made ta not have water in it."

"I DID NOT SAY THAT!?"

"That's pretty smart. I'll hafta try that with some of my pants too. Some of the older ones got so many holes in it you'd think I got attacked by cuccos or somethin."

"...well alright then. I know I ain't gonna be able ta stop ya. I see that glimmer in yer eye." Besides, she'd be beside herself if Linkle didn't come back in one piece. So Malon had to go, if only to make sure Linkle was ok!

"...on the bright side, at least my measurements aren't bein' broadcast to the world."

"Uh...you do realize that place might be super dangerous, right...?" Not that she's not itching to look herself. Malon looks to Linkle, and not at her swimsuit this time. "...you sure about this, grasshopper?"

"Not a bad fit! I'm kinda jealous, where'd ya find shorts like that at?"

"...huh, well ain't that somethin'." Her vision is drawn to the weird structure. "Think I've heard of some sorta temple bein' at the bottom of the lake, but I didn't think it was real."

"It is! It's a real big lake, so big that it's hard ta even see the other shoreline. What's it doin' lookin' like this!?" She glances around. "It's just one big basin now."

(Gdi, I got that reference. I'm cackling.)

"I... ...this feels like a huge invasion of privacy."

"With the roads bein' as dangerous as they are, I ain't surprised." She gets to the beachside and... "...hold on, where's the water? Where's the consarned water?"

"H-HANDS?? Wait, we ain't gotta do it like that!"

"Old fashioned way...? Wait. With the measuring tape?"

"Whew. Crisis averted..."

"Wait no! My measurements are confidential!"

"Who the heck paid for...you know what. Ain't even mad. Nope. Not at all. How much to reveal the perv?"

Something must be getting at her tongue. Ah well, she seems happy. Blushy even. Malon claims that hand and trots off towards the water. "I ain't been to Lake Hylia in a long time!"

"Wh-bu-I- You can shout out a gal's big tits but can't tell us who wants ta know?"