“They sure are cute, aren’t they?” Sparky whispered, trying not to interrupt the song. “We’ve been earthbound for a while, so we’ve gotten to watch them grow up. They’re pretty much always this adorable, I really hope they figure out how much they like each other soon!” he said, still watching Zelda as she twirled and leaped, at one point cursing the carpet that had caused her to stumble. 

“Yeah, they’re cute, but don’t be fooled, they’re a pair of scamps. That girl is definitely Wind’s and Tetra’s descendant. She has this one family friend that the two of them are always pulling a prank on- one time they managed to sneak into his house and turn his dresser inside out! At least all the pranks are pretty harmless.” Green snickered. By this point the two friends had reached the part of the song where Zelda had gotten stuck, and Link was trying to recall what exactly his thoughts had been when he’d written it. Zelda nodded at the explanation, pursing her lips as she considered the choreography, and ran through several iterations of poses and tumbles before she settled on something that suited her. They started running through the whole song again so that Zelda could see how well her new choreography fitted with the rest of the routine. 

“They’re so talented!” Sparky gushed, unable to contain his affection for the boy that was his successor and the girl that was his descendant. “Zelda’s been a dancer for years now, and she’s so naturally graceful and so well suited to it! I love watching her… she used to ice skate too but apparently she decided she hated the cold. And Link, well he’s pretty much a musical prodigy- that kid’s been making music ever since he figured out that an armful of pots and a spoon could make a song. I’ve lost count of how many instruments he plays… I think he owns like… six? seven maybe? I think the only music class he doesn’t do is choir, which is a shame really, because he has a nice voice!”

“It’s probably because he considers that more his brother’s thing, same as why he doesn’t really play that… what’s it called… um the one that looks like a guitar but with four strings and the pitch is lower.” Vio interjected, a sad sort of smile on his face. “Anyways, we should probably go and leave them alone now… usually we’re invisible unless we show ourselves to someone on purpose, but we have stronger tie to Link because we’ve all got the Hero’s Spirit, so the possibility that the invisibility might slip is a bit high. Plus it looks like they’re wrapping up now-” he pointed out the two friends who had finished their impromptu practice session, verbally hashing out a few of the leftover kinks in the program while they gathered their things. “-and I don’t know how likely they are to see you. They’ve got enough to worry about later, I don’t think they need to be burdened with the knowledge of the Fourth Wall just yet.” Vio flinched as he heard a tiny cracking noise somewhere behind him, and turned around to see that he had indeed put a new, tiny crack in it. A quick glance around the room told him that at least no one else had noticed the results of his blunder. He smiled sheepishly at the Repairman “Ah, sorry… I forgot not to mention it directly…”

The Repairman kept bobbing as he listened to the ghosts.

“Yeah…” he admitted to Sparky. They really were kind of cute together!

He stifled a chuckle as the pranks were being described, and nodded to agree with Sparky. The kids sure had the talent. As a Toon, he had to at least bob to any music that was above decent.

“Wow, that’s quite a bit,” he said, impressed. It was expected of some Toons to know most instruments, but he didn’t know that Links were known for playing music, too. He just presumed they shot magic bolts, swung swords, and not much else during their adventures.

“You mean a cello?” asked the inkblot, who was not expected to know his instruments.

The Repairman just shook his head and stuck a wad of ACME Pre-Chewed Bubblegum into the new crack in the Wall.

“Yeah, we should probably get going,” the Repairman replied, “but, uh, where to?”

Oddly enough, he still wasn’t getting any other alerts on the Wall. Must be a slow day…