Time's Moving Faster Than I Can Count

A Sinking Feeling

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"What the hell?" Twilight knew that voice.
"Uh, hi, Mayor Bo." He greeted awkwardly, the group around him shuffling.
"What did I just see?" The mayor was stunned.
"A portal. It, uh, dropped us off here. Happens a lot." He avoided the man's eyes and chose to ignore the snickering from Legend.
"Well..." Bo trailed off. "That certainly ain't somethin' ya see every day." He snapped himself out of his stupor and walked up to Link. "Come on, lad. Let's get you home for a bit."

Twilight walked with the mayor and gestured for the group to follow.  Predictably, the entire village noticed pretty quickly and gathered around them.

It descended into chaos very quickly.

Twilight put his hands over his face and groaned, the kids were talking over each other, the adults were asking questions, the group was goofing around, and Bo was trying to quiet everyone, to no avail. Time rolled his eye, and moved forward. Immediately, the boys stopped, and as a result, the village did too. He looked unimpressed as he addressed them, though the group knew he just had a serious resting bitch face and he wasn't actually upset.

"Please, calm down." He started, voice holding authority. "No one's in danger,  it's just a tricky situation. We're not here for any particular reason, the story is long and complicated, if you don't mind, we'd just like to rest a little while and we will move on."

None of them knew what to say at the man's words, until Rusl stepped to stand in front of him.

"What's your name?"
"Time."
"Time?"
"It's a nickname, if you called me by my real name it would get confusing very quickly."
"What's your real name?" Talo jumped into the conversation, ignoring his dad's warning to stay put.
"Link."
"Link? We know a Link!"
"Yes, now you know nine of us." He gestured to the group. Twilight still stood there slightly embarrassed, Hyrule hid behind Legend, who looked even more bored than Time did, Warrior stood tall, Sky stood confused, Four didn't care, Wind stood a little flashy to show off some.
"Nine Links?" Someone at the back said.
"That's why he said his name was Time, Hanch." Twilight spoke up.
"Why are you called Time?" Talo asked another question.
"Because I'm old." Time stated, and Legend snickered.
"Do you have something else we can call you?"
"Old Man!" Legend cackled.

Time rolled his eye and sighed through his nose.

"Yes, Old Man is my other name." He gestured for Twilight to come to him, so he did. "We call your Link by the name Twilight, or Rancher." He moved on to the rest. "Giggly over there is Legend, or Veteran, this is Warrior, or Captain, that's Four, or Smithy, this is Wild, or Champion, that's Hyrule, or Traveler, that's Wind, or Sailor, and finally, this is Sky, or Knight." He responded to Legend's glare with a pointed look that made him huff and turn away. "You can introduce yourselves to each of them if you want, and we'll stay out of your way. You won't be bothered by us," He turned to the group, facing so the villages couldn't see his look of disapproval that made the group look sheepish and duck away. "Will they, boys?"