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2020-07-04
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A Shower to Remember

Summary:

Enter Time, Twilight, Wild, Legend, Hyrule, Warriors, Wind, Four, and Sky to Untitled Group.

TIME
Good Morr’w To Thee, Boys, I Bid Thee Well,
F’r I Cometh To Thee With A Decree.

Time hast altered thine name to Father Time.

FATHER TIME
Thou Hast Been Summoned To A Shower, Doth
Not Be Absent When The Hour Cometh.
Expect A Letter Tom’rrow From Me.
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The boys are invited to Time and Malon's baby shower. They have one week to plan the ultimate prank (or foil it).
Shakespearean-style Chatfic Edition. Yes, you read that right.

Notes:

Alright, I'm putting the explanation at the bottom. Oh boy. You can thank Attic for encouraging me to do a style challenge and Glau (plus several others) on the discord for combining Shakespearean dialogue with chatfic for the inspiration. There's a second chapter with a modern version (the original draft) for readers who'd rather not wade through prose and verse lmao, I completely understand.
If you enjoy the fic please leave a comment and kudos, they make my day and encourage me to keep writing!! I've been working hard on a few fics that are on the long side so I'll be posting less frequently until they're ready to go up, but don't worry, I'll be posting content soon!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter Text

ACT I


SCENE I

Enter Time, Twilight, Wild, Legend, Hyrule, Warriors, Wind, Four, and Sky to Untitled Group.

TIME

     Good Morr’w To Thee, Boys, I Bid Thee Well,

     F’r I Cometh To Thee With A Decree.

Time hast altered thine name to Father Time.

FATHER TIME

     Thou Hast Been Summoned To A Shower, Doth

     Not Be Absent When The Hour Cometh.

     Expect A Letter Tom’rrow From Me.

 

 

SCENE II

Enter Legend, Hyrule, Four, Wind, and Wild to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     we needed to begin planning this last spring.

     this is big.

HYRULE

     Art we truly scheming to be fools at

     Time’s unborn kin’s shower of all places?

     That doth not seem like the clev’rest plan…

LEGEND

     Hyrule, thou is’t a killjoy. begone.

Exit Hyrule from Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     doth anyone else dareth defy me?

WILD

     >:)

LEGEND

     what in the ev’rloving fuck is that?

     wherefore doest thou act like this? by the three...

 

 

SCENE III

Enter Twilight, Warriors, Sky, Wild, and Hyrule to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     I need thee four to help make sure Legend

     Doest not disrupt this shower. This is big.

WILD

     you can count on me, Twi ;)

WARRIORS

     Prithee, could I request someone translate

     Wild’s messages? They cause me great pain.

     Eke, I am fairly sure that Legend is

     Planning something. I shall keep an eye out.

TWILIGHT

     I should has’t known as much. Allow me one moment.

 

 

Enter Twilight and Time.

TWILIGHT

     Congratulations, Time! This is great news!

     I wond’r if a guest is permitted?

     Asking for a friend, of course. Not f’r me.

TIME

     My Boy, I Feel I Must Inquire Here,

     Is It Midna You Seek To Bring Along?

TWILIGHT

      Time, I said I wast asking for a friend.

 

 

Enter Twilight to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     Gather ‘round, I think I may has’t a plan.

     I think ‘tis high time we get Legend hitch’d.

 

 

Enter Wild to Shower Crashers.

WILD

     Twilight is trying to stop us from ‘ruining’ Time’s shower

LEGEND

     thank thee f’r the notice, I thought as much

FOUR

     what is the plan?

LEGEND

     we fight flame with flame, an eye for an eye.

WIND

     Didst I heareth arson? I am in, aye.

 

 

SCENE IV

Enter Warriors and Ravio.

WARRIORS

     Greetings Ravio, it hast been a while!

     How art thou? How is’t business? Well, I hope!

RAVIO

     All is well, thank thee. Dost thou needeth something?

     There is a sale on fireworks to-day.

WARRIORS

     I shall keepeth that in mind. Thou dost reside with Legend, nay?

RAVIO

     I doth…

WARRIORS

     Platonically?

RAVIO

     Correct...

WARRIORS

     I may has’t a solution to that.

RAVIO

     Pray tell.

 

 

Enter Four and Warriors.

FOUR

     good morr’w, Wars,

     wouldst thee happen

     to has’t Midna’s

     contact? just ask-

     -ing f’r a friend

WARRIORS

     Nay, I doth not, and even if I did,

     I wouldst not trust thee with it.

FOUR

     so be it, then

 

 

Enter Four to Shower Crashers.

FOUR

     Warriors shall not

     help us. Wind, thou

     knows what to do

WIND

     Oh, I am so glad f’r this

 

Enter Twilight to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     Warriors, pray tell, doth thee has’t any news?

TWILIGHT

     Wars?

 

 

SCENE V

Enter Ravio and Legend.

RAVIO

     Aye, I intercept’d thine mail this morn’.

     A baby shower? Doth mine eyes deceive me?

LEGEND

     please refrain from nosing in my business.

RAVIO

     May I cometh?

LEGEND

     wherefore wouldst thou ever desire to

     do such a thing? ‘twill be boring as hell.

RAVIO

     Legend, thou must think me an idiot.

     Mine own friend, attending a party, aye?

     With no scheme to ruin it? Preposterous.

LEGEND

     I hath no clue as to what you imply.

RAVIO

     Wild depart’d a moment ago,

     After buying a crate of fireworks.

LEGEND

     aye? that man is a pyromaniac,

     your theory holds no water, this means naught.

RAVIO

     Four and Wind also each bought a crate. That is thrice the legal amount. Hark, if thou doth 

     not permit me to cometh and watch the show, I will simply tell Warriors what thou is’t up 

     to…

LEGEND

     so be it, but do not get in our way. this is big.

 

 

Enter Wind to Shower Crashers.

WIND

     Aye, the information is secured!

Wind delivered Midna’s Contact to the room.

WIND

     Thou should hath seen the look on Wars’ face when I leapt from the window with his address 

     book. T’was the most amusing thing I hath seen in weeks.

LEGEND

     excellent work, Wind. pray tell, where did thee

     hide the explosives? we must be careful.

FOUR

     they are at my

     lodgings for now.

     we can move them

     to the barn the

     evening prior

LEGEND

     perfect.

 

 

SCENE VI

Enter Twilight to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     Warriors, where the hell art thou?

WARRIORS

     Twilight, apologies, I hath returned.

     Wind hath committ’d three felonies in

     Nabbing my address book… I fear thou is’t

     Plotting something of dire consequence.

HYRULE

     Wherefore thine address book? Odd strategy.

TWILIGHT

     Dear Goddess. Doth not bid me. Is she in thine contacts?

WARRIORS

     ...Mine deepest apologies, Twilight.

 

 

Enter Wild to Shower Crashers.

WILD

     Twi is losing his shit and it’s amazing to watch

     has someone called Midna yet?

LEGEND

     not yet. I hath grand’r plans f’r him...

 

 

Enter Twilight and Wind.

TWILIGHT

     Prithee, I am begging thee. Doth not give

     Legend Midna’s contact information.

WIND

     Whose contact? I doest not know what thou is’t speaking of.

 

 

Enter Twilight and Legend.

TWILIGHT

     I sweareth to Hylia if’t thee sendeth for that woman I shall kill thee and I shall savour ev’ry 

     moment of it.

LEGEND

     I doth not know what thee is’t speaking of.

     looking f’rward to seeing thee at the shower! it hath been too long.

TWILIGHT

     Thou is’t a dead man.

 

 

Enter Sky to Shower Planners.

SKY

     Apologies all, I hath just risen.

     Wherefore doth I has’t ov’r one-hundred

     Unread messages? Hylia help me.

 

 

ACT II


SCENE I

 

Enter Ravio and Warriors.

RAVIO

     I am in.

WARRIORS

     Thank the Goddesses, and thank thee dearly.

     Prithee, keep a sharp eye out f’r scheming?

     I cannot has’t him ruining Time’s day.

RAVIO

     Thou can counteth on me.

 

 

Enter Ravio and Legend.

RAVIO

     Pray tell, what is thy plan?

LEGEND

     Wherefore doth thou needst to know?

RAVIO

     I am simply curious.

LEGEND

     I highly doubt that.

 

 

Enter Legend to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     Our enemies hath swayed Ravio to their cause. I shall need reinforcements.

WILD

     leave it to me

 

 

Enter Wild and Malon.

WILD

     so here’s the plan…

 

 

SCENE II

Enter Legend to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     tonight we plan, for tom’rrow we strike.

     Four, art the pieces in their positions?

FOUR

     aye, all is set

LEGEND

     Wild, doest thou has’t any news on Twilight?

WILD

     let me check

 

 

Enter Wild and Twilight.

WILD

     how’s it going?

TWILIGHT

     All is well. I am sharpening my blade

     Lest an emergency take place at the

     Shower tom’rrow. Thou knows how it is.

 

 

Enter Wild to Shower Crashers.

WILD

     he’s freaking out

LEGEND

     excellent. our plans art in ord’r then.

     alloweth the chaos to commence.

 

 

Enter Twilight and Warriors.

TWILIGHT

     Thou shalt keep an eye out for Midna, will thee not?

WARRIORS

     Aye, I shall let thee know the minute she arrives.

TWILIGHT

     Many thanks. I cannot wait to wipe the smug look off Legend’s face.

 

 

SCENE III

Legend to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     do mine eyes deceive me, or is that her? bid me this is not some wondrous dream

FOUR

     dost thou refer

     to Midna and

     Twilight over

     th’re, together?

WIND

     I assumed thou asked her here, as a jest?

LEGEND

     Nay, I didst not.

WILD

     wait what? 0-0

LEGEND

     I aspir’d to has’t Twilight think I did invite her so he wouldst be in a panic all eve dreading 

     her arrival. Howev’r, this… is so much bett’r .

 

 

Enter Twilight and Warriors.

TWILIGHT

     Wherefore doest Legend appear so satisfied? He hath not ceased laughing since she arrived 

     and I am beginning to wond’r if I have fallen f’r some elab’rate prank.

WARRIORS

     Aye, and Ravio hath been laughing with him…

     I think we hath been duped.

 

 

Enter Four to Shower Crashers.

FOUR

     I cometh with

     troubling news.

     the fireworks

     hath gone missing.

LEGEND

     oh no.

 

 

Hyrule to Shower Planners.

HYRULE

     Merry news. I hath discovered and hid

     two boxes of fireworks. I think their

     plan is officially foil’d to-day.

TWILIGHT

     Thank Hylia, at least something hast gone right.

 

 

Enter Wild and Malon.

WILD

     we good to go?

MALON

     The box is on the roof! Prithee, be quick.

     I wouldst not want thou breaking thine arm thrice.

WILD

      that only happened one time!

 

 

Enter Twilight to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     Hyrule, did thee not retrieve the fireworks?!

HYRULE

     I didst! They all w’re hidden in the barn!

SKY

     Pray tell, how did they then manage that show?

WARRIORS

     We has’t a traitor in our midst…

 

 

Enter Twilight and Wild.

TWILIGHT

     I can see thee up th’re.

     Come hither.

     I simply wish to speak with thee.

 

 

Enter Legend to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     all’s well that ends well, I believe our plan hath been a success. cheers to thee all.

FOUR

     didst thou not see

     Wild running

     for his life not

     a minute past?

LEGEND

     that is’t his problem, not mine.

 

 

ACT III


SCENE I

 

Enter Father Time to Untitled Group.

FATHER TIME

     Hark! For I Must Thank Thee All For Thine Gifts,

     Thou Hath Made A Shower To Remember.

     Malon Didst Warn Me Of A Surprise, And

     Thou Didst Not Disappoint. Bravo, My Boys.

 

 

SCENE II

Enter Twilight to Shower Planners.

TWILIGHT

     Time knew all along, our work wast f’r naught…

WARRIORS

     We hath been had once more.

SKY

     I cannot comprehend wherefore thou even try. Legend hast always found a way…

HYRULE

     T’was enjoyable to watch, I cannot lie.

TWILIGHT

     Hyrule, not thee too!

 

 

Enter Legend to Shower Crashers.

LEGEND

     alas for the element of surprise.

WIND

     Whomst sold us out? I simply wish to speak with thee.

     ‘Tis not a threat! Unless...

FOUR

     t’was Ravio?

     I didst not trust

     that rogue merchant.

LEGEND

     nay, Ravio was beside me the entire event. likely to prevent Twilight and I from brawling, 

     though it appears that Wild required the protection more than I.

     lest...

 

 

Enter Legend and Warriors.

LEGEND

     Warriors, thou didst plan for this, did thee not?

WARRIORS

     Nay? Whatever do you mean?

LEGEND

     I attest thou didst convince Ravio

     to accompany me to the shower,

     lest I be occupied by his presence.

WARRIORS

     Nay, I wouldst nev’r!

     Did thee enjoy last eve? I received a lovely thanks from Ravio this morn, he seems quite 

     pleased with thine chivalry .

LEGEND

     Wind hast thine address book. doest thou think I shall not use it?

WARRIORS

     Thine threats are empty. Thou didst not even use it this time.

 

 

SCENE III

Enter Twilight and Wild.

TWILIGHT

     Wild, I wish to speak with thee about

     the party last eve. I apologize.

WILD

     I’m not talking to you right now :(

TWILIGHT

     Wild, prithee hear my words. I didst not know!

      For mine own actions, I hath been deceived.

      Last eve, I didst think thou the enemy!

WILD

     you ruined my favorite tunic, Twi! and after all I did to make Time and Malon’s day special…

TWILIGHT

     I shall buy you a new one! I beg thee,

     Whatever shall I do for thine pardon?

WILD

     well…

 

 

SCENE IV

Enter Legend and Twilight.

LEGEND

     I hath just been made aware thou gaveth Wild thine Dominion Rod. wherefore in the hell 

     didst thee think that wouldst be a clever plan? he hast recruited Wind and the two terrors hath 

     been reorganizing my belongings all week. ‘tis driving me mad.

TWILIGHT

     Good Morr’w, Legend.

     Thank thee for the note, I hath no regrets.

LEGEND

     this means war.

TWILIGHT

     Do thine worst.

 

 

THE END