A super-duper surprised newcomer walks in and lets out an audible gasp. See, Miroki was walking into an old-fashioned supermarket, ready to productively go about her business...only to suddenly find herself in what can only be described as a surreal setting, made all the more surreal by the fact that the supermarket door was see-through and sliding and...oh hell, let's just say it was quite an unexpected turn of events and call it a day.

Hence a girl walks into a bar (though luckily not literally into a Bar), wearing winter attire wholly inappropriate for the setting because it was *cold* outside and she Did Not Want To Be Cold. Miroki stands a few feet inside the doorway, eyes wide, head slowly swiveling around, staring at all the things.

The sight of an...elf? existing and waving at her and greeting her does not greatly improve thing, but does have the effect of causing Miroki to cease looking around and proceed to Stare Blankly at Link.

"...Hi? Who...why...how....what?"

Yep, not sure the entirety of her brain made it through the door yet.

"Welcome to Milliways! Come here, bar explains it better than me."

"Uhh...okay!" Blank look swiftly transforming into Bright Eyed Cute Social Mode as Miroki walks towards Link.

"Soo...where's Bar? is he your brother or something?"

"Bar's the bar! She's magic."

A napkin appears, with neat cursive text on it.

Welcome to Milliways. Can I interest you in something to drink? The first one is free.

Miroki proceeds to enthusiastically address the napkin!

"Ooh pretty! I wish I could write that nicely. Well...I'll go with whatever you recommend, Mr. Bar~"

I prefer to be addressed as Ms. Bar, or just Bar, if you please.

A drink appears. It seems to be a rich hot chocolate in a ceramic mug. Two marshmallows bob in it.

"Anyway, Milliways kind of borrows doors to everywhere else? It'll let you back out again just fine, think of this as a nice break from whatever."

"Sorry Ms. Bar! I didn't mean to...I'm super sorry! This looks really delish~"

Miroki makes a satisfied noise sipping the probably-hot-chocolate; whatever it is, it tastes wonderful.

"Oh okay! I was...about to get groceries? But anyways that doesn't matter. What's your name? I'm Miroki~"

"I'm Link! Well, probably. Lost most of my memories, but I'm getting a few back so hopefully it'll be all good in the end."

"That's horrible! But...I dunno, it kinda feels like things are gonna be alright wherever you go? Sorry, that was a weird thing to say."

Miroki blushes as she takes a larger-than-usual sip of her delightful beverage.

"Hopefully things will be alright, yeah. I dunno how different your world is from mine. Probably a lot. But basically I have to save the world? I try not to worry about it and just do my best, you know?"

"But...but...are you like the President of someplace or someone Super Important? Are you tryin' for world peace or something?"

"Noooo... I'm just the chosen one. Gotta defeat the Dark God Ganon."

"Huh? Does this guy actually exist? And what if you don't wanna defeat him and like...just wanna chill instead?"

"Pretty sure Ganon exists. He makes monsters smarter and tougher. He's got this giant black goo dragon thing that is only barely stuck in the old castle. And Goddess Hylia told me so. If I don't want to stop him? Then lots of people are gonna die. So you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Oh okay...that's horrible. Can't someone like just give him what he wants so he won't fuck everything up? I'm sorry that's not right to say I'm sorry sorry sorry~"

Sigh. "He wants to destroy the world. So, no."

"Oh okay I'm sorry..."

A pause, another sip of hot chocolate. This girl thinks she's in a video game don't smirk dont smirk...but maybe this place is just weird?

"Uh I'm sorry I'm new here and I was getting food and suddenly appeared here...what is this place I'm so confused. All this...stuff and your stories and...I'm so confused I'm sorry"

"Well, it's Milliways. It brings people from all different worlds together apparently. Pretty neat! I welcome the break from looking for shrines! You're probably super weird to me, I dunno, you haven't said much about you. I can show you some magic if it'll help?"

"Wait...worlds? You mean like different planets or something? I...don't even. Sure, if you wanna show me magic go right ahead I guess?"

"Watch and be impressed."

She pulls something from her belt - sort of like a large phone or small tablet, but in a more primitive-looking case? Tap, tap. With a flash of blue light a sword appears from thin air. She grabs it. "Inventory. Dead useful. Probably shouldn't show you the explodey runes here. Maybe time stop?"

"Aaaaaaaah? It....it...it...appeared! But how?"

A moment of silence; you can almost hear the gears grinding in Miroki's head.

"So...are you as lost as I am with this whole 'strangers from different...planets meeting in a bar thing?' If you know something, enlighten me pretty please?"

"Milliways is as Milliways does. Apparently. It just borrows doors, with no clear reason for it, and people wander in and chat and eat and drink and then out again. I've been here for a few hours and nothing terrible has happened except I met a lot of weird people and most of them were already used to it. Nobody wanted to come help destroy Ganon, which is understandable."

"Whaaaaat? Does that mean that we could visit each others'...worlds? But could we get, like, trapped there? Like this seems so wonderful but it can become so horrible so easily!"

"Yeah, you could come to my world! Or anyone else's if you get them to open the door for you. But there's no guarantee of when you'd get a door back, that's the problem. Could be trapped. Different people get doors more or less often. Some every couple of days. Some once a month. Some only get them once or twice."

"Aww...that's so shiny but risky that I wanna cry. Like...if I knew I could get back then I'd happily follow you back just for fun and since you seem so damn...cool, and I wanna help save your world if it's really in trouble. But I don't wanna be trapped there forever. It's not like people who matter would miss me, but..."

Pause. Lightbulb!

"Don't be mad at me for saying this, but you could come see my world for a time? Like I have room in my place and you could come chill? Maybe then we could go to your world someday and make everything okay again?"

"...Time is supposed to be paused in my world as long as I'm going back eventually. Could be... Good. A break from rollicking around and trying to gather spirit orbs. But then again... I don't really want to get out of tune, you know? A few hours - a day or two - is a nice break. A month or two is long enough to forget how to fight."

"...if you're okay with me being super honest? I think you so deserve a break. You're trying to save a whole world, and...I think it'll make you stronger to have a bit of time with a friend to chill and recharge. If time's stopped, that's so cool and you won't miss anything "

Suddenly thoughtful

"We...we can be friends, right Link? You're just...so cool I wanna be around you, I wanna learn from you, and I wanna make things just a little bit better for you if I can."

"We can be friends! I just can't abandon Hyrule for, like, more than a couple days. Wouldn't be right." She makes a gesture and remembers she's holding a sword. With a shrug and another couple of taps, that disappears.

"Ooh wonderful! Of course, of course...you've got some serious world-saving to do after all~!"

Miroki takes off her grey wool jacket and plops down on a bar stool beside Link.

"You really should try one of these hot-chocolate things, you know - they're quite delicious."

"Yep, I've got a big job ahead of me. Can't forget it. Hot chocolate? What's chocolate?"

"Just tryyyyy it! You'll love it, I promise~"

Miroki hands Link her cup. To taste the delicious hot chocolate, of course.

Sip. "Hylia's- Sugar! So sweet! And I guess the other flavor is the chocolate? Mmm!"

Big sip. Almost a gulp. "Gack. This is apparently a drink best enjoyed slowly."

Miroki giggled. "I told you you'd love it! Just remember, its for sipping, not inhaling~"

"Do you really not have chocolate in your...world?"

Sip, sip. "Nnnnnope. It's a little like... Well, not really, it's not really like anything I've had before except sugar."

"I mean, you're not really like anything I've had before either~" says Miroki as she playfully pokes Link on the nose.

Haha. "I bet. Nobody here has proper ears and they've never heard of Hylians. You all look like Gerudo to me! Except light skin and shorter."

Miroki giggles and reaches out to touch Link's ears! "They're so...adorable~"

Link leans back as soon as she moves. "Woah hey wait a sec, personal space? You want me to go and grab your nose suddenly in return or what?"

Miroki freezes at the sudden movement and pulls back, contrite. "I'm so sorry! Sorry sorry sorry they were just so cute!"

"...It's okay. I mean, I guess where I'm from you don't touch people's faces, you know? Unless it's like kissy stuff, which, uh, don't know you very well yet."

"Yeah, I'm super duper sorry, I shoulda known since you carry a sword and shit around, yeah? But..." A mischievous grin formed on Miroki's face "...are you really sayin' you don't wanna grab my nose?"

"You won't find out unless I drink a lot more booze."