Termina's Twilit Troubles

"Hey there!" Shadow Ester said, smiling coyly at Chance.

"What do you want?" Chance said, hand on his sword hilt.

"Relax, I just came to talk." Shadow Ester said. "Besides... I wouldn't attack my lover would I?"

Chance clearly blushed. This didn't look good for either of the Esters

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They went back to the entrance, though Ester kept glancing over at Chance to make sure he wasn't in pain from nearly being crushed. The idea of that mask watching them the entire time they got it on last night made her cheeks feel hot. However, she looked up to see an unfortunately familiar face. A furious look forming on her face, Ester pulled out her sword, ready to skewer this she-devil. "Shut up! Move out of the way before I sheath this sword in your face!" Ester hissed

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"Well I would, but I just thought I'd let you know that if I die... so do you." Shadow Ester said to her counterpart. "So I don't see why we should attempt to kill each other." Looking around, Shadow Ester rather suddenly said "Since we're technically the same person, I say we share him." she nodded in Chances direction when she said this.

Chance immediately began to blush. Were they really talking about this? He didn't think it would be that bad on his end to have more than one of the woman he loved, but something told him Ester wouldn't readily agree to this. "What are you saying?" he asked, "Odalwa said you sided with Majora, and frankly, that doesn't bode well with me."

Shadow Ester smiled. This time it wasn't creepy or malevolent at all. "Who was I created by?" she asked cryptically.

Chance thought for a minute. "The Goddesses." He finally said.

Shadow Ester smiled. "Exactly. my original purpose was to help the hero, not oppose her. think of this as me deciding to help you. The question now, is will you share in return, or do I leave and impersonate you to kill your dad?"

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Ester's shoulders stiffened a little. "That doesn't make any sense! When I had hit you earlier, I should have felt your pain, if your theory is true." At the mere mention of sharing him, Ester let out a growl, sheathing her sword and hugging Chance's arm protectively. Her eyes were narrow and the shadow version of herself could probably see the scorching inferno in them as she glared. "You aren't touching him, even if we are the same person. Chance wouldn't love you like he does me, anyway, so what's the point?"

Her eyes widened a bit, realizing the shadow might be able to kill her father. Though she had to doubt he would be so stupid to think this black and grey being was his daughter, even if they looked mostly alike. The girl stared the shadow down, then, after a long, stressful moment, Ester caved. "Fine. But if I see you so much as touching him, you'll wish the Goddesses would end your life." she hissed, then started to pull Chance out of the Temple and into the bright sunshine.

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"I don't think you get it!" Shadow Ester said, blocking their path as Ester tried to leave. Snapping her fingers, her color scheme shifted to an exact duplicate of Ester. Even her eyes were green. Chance couldn't help but immediately get aroused looking at two identical Esters, his mind wandering towards a threesome. Shadow Ester mimicked Ester's voice patterns perfectly now, even to the point where she didn't sound evil. "I don't always have to be black and grey. The question isn't 'Can I fool your dad.'..." she paused for dramatic effect. "It's are you willing to let another woman share your lover."

Then Shadow Ester noticed Chance's erection. "Besides, he doesn't look like he's as opposed to this as you are." suddenly, Shadow Ester started shifting through various colored outfits, her eyes shifting as well. "So" Blue. "I'll" Red."Ask" Purple. "you" Yellow. "again" Back to Green. "Will you share the man?"

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Ester paused, seeing her shadowy twin in front of her. She reached out, ready to shove the annoyance out of the way, when something strange happened. Her hand retracted when she saw Shadow Ester change to look exactly like her. She stared, her mouth agape. How was this possible?? Glancing over, she was about to say something to Chance, but she noticed the slight bulge in his pants and at once she gave a look of shock and disappointment. How could he be aroused by HER??

"FINE! Freaking fine!" she threw her hands in the air, tears starting to form in her eyes. "You can have sex with him, since he clearly wants it!" Her fists tight at her sides, she stormed out of the temple.

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"Damn!" Chance cursed as Ester stormed out in tears. "Ester! Wait, I... I can't... I didn't..." he stammered. Then he looked angrily at Shadow Ester. "YOU did this. She probably hates me now! What do you have to say for yourself?" The reaction he got shocked him. Was Shadow Ester actually... crying???

"Why can't anyone ever be nice to me for once? Huh? First Vaati creates me and treats me just like another monster, then Ganon uses me to take over Hyrule and ultimately get sent to the Twilight Realm there! Then Link tries to Kill me every time we see each other, and now this girl somehow hates me possibly worse than Link does!" And with that, she reverted back to her black color scheme...

And promptly began spouting a river of tears not unlike an anime character would.

Chance was now torn. either he could stay here and comfort this Shadow Girl, or he could find Ester and comfort her. Either way, Ester needed to see this. the way Shadow Ester really felt about every incarnation of the Hero... It was comforting to know that even though she was hated by all of them, she simply wanted a friend.

Chance sighed. "Maybe if you told Ester that instead of tormenting her and blackmailing her into letting you have sex with me, she would be more open to that very thing."

Shadow Ester sniffed. "You think so? I suppose I was being a huge ass to her..." She stood up, dusted herself off, then said, "I'm tired of wearing black anyway. Can't wear green, that's hero's garb... hmmm." She tapped her chin in thought for a moment. "Purple it is then!" and with that her color scheme once again changed. "Let's go find Ester!" She said, grabbing Chance's hand. Thankfully they didn't have to go far, and found her crying in much the same manner that Shadow Ester had been.

Chance motioned for Shadow Ester to stop, and walked over to the original. "Ester, your Counterpart has something she wants to say to you." Then he nodded at Shadow Ester, who stepped forward and began a lengthy explanation of how every single Hero, whether it be the Hero of the Picori(Four Swords), The Hero of Time(Ocarina of Time) or the recent Hero of Clock Town(Majora's Mask), they had always hated her. She went on to explain her feelings, and that though she was tethered to the hero, she did have a choice on how she helped them. Since they had always assumed she(he at the time) was an enemy to be defeated, she went along with it, and was usually then classified as evil. since her fate was to help the hero succeed, however, she had to get creative, and she was actually responsible for the magic in the jars that kept restocking themselves with arrows and other useful items. she finished by saying, "So I'm sorry for being such a huge ass to you. I guess I don't have much experience making friends. And no, I didn't have sex with your boyfriend."

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Ester had swam through the now crystal clear water with her mother's mask, and was now leaning against one of the large trees on her forehead. She could tell that her mother's spirit wanted to know what had happened, but she was too distraught to tell her or to even ask advice. Tears kept running down her cheeks as she kept wondering, what would have happened if she had left Chance on that rainy, rainy night? Would it have been worth it, the lack of heartache? She wasn't sure. All she knew was that Chance seemed to have used her to get some of his memories back, then got rid of her.

Hearing Chance's voice made her lift her head, but she didn't face them. She listened in silence to the long explanation, slowly wiping the tears away from her cheeks. After a long moment of silence, she turned around, though her eyes met with Chance rather than Shadow Ester. She walked up slowly and deliberately towards him, looking him straight in the eye. It was an intimidating look, a fierce one. "What about you? What do YOU have to say?"

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Chance returned Ester's gaze with an apologetic look. He then proceeded to apologize and said "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I-I just couldn't control myself. I mean, she looked exactly like you. Please forgive me?" Chance asked. When he didn't get an answer right away, he continued. "If it helps, I won't have sex with her until you are comfortable with it."

Shadow Ester frowned, but other than that, made no move to oppose the statement. After all, this Hero was the only one who actually might accept her help without portraying her as the enemy. "I suppose I can agree to that as well..." Shadow Ester said. "But there has to be something I can do to get off!"

Chance ignored that comment, and hugged Ester. "I'm sorry! Come on." he lifted her chin to face him and smiled. "Do I need to buy you chocolate," he joked "Or are you going to be okay?"

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She watched him with a seemingly impervious-to-emotion stare, he kept getting all flustered about it. The mention of making love to Shadow Ester when she was comfortable made her brows crease with irritatedness. Why did he keep insisting on that? Yes, she was nearly exactly like her, but it was the principle of the matter. He shouldn't look at another woman like that. She wouldn't do it if Chance had a twin, so he shouldn't if she has a lookalike!

She allowed herself to be pulled into the hug, though her arms hung limply. When he took her chin and lifted it up at her, her stone mask broke with a little grin. "Chocolate would be nice. Alright, I forgive you" With that said, she returned the hug, pressing her cheek against his chest, and gave a little look to Shadow Ester. "It's going to take a while to get used to you following us around..." she muttered.

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Shadow ester smiled happily. Maybe it would be good to directly help the hero this time around...