[x] Basic magic practice.
[x] Basic spiritual exercise.
Fairies as a race do not appear terribly impressive, whether in physical stature, mystical potency, or the scale of the deeds they perform. Indeed, to most residents of Hyrule, fairies are considered little more than pretty lights which may occasionally help out an injured traveler. Those who have taken the time to study the little creatures know better. For one thing, fairies are, if not immortal, long-lived in the extreme. For another, they are as intelligent as the average Hylian - which admittedly isn't saying much, if your recollection of the average Hylian's intelligence is at all accurate, but that still puts fairies vastly above the fireflies they resemble. Fairies are also very curious, and they love - as in, are absolutely obssessed with - gossip.
Briar is a fairly typical example of her kind. Her understanding of any given subject is not terribly deep - a fairy's attention span is more or less proportionate to her size, which tends to preclude serious study - but she has at least a basic grasp of any subject you could care to name. This has obvious benefits when it comes to your personal training, which you decide to focus on the mystical side of things for a while. After several months under Briar's "tutelage," the results begin to show. You figure out how to meditate, and the brief periods of added clarity the practice gives you each day pay almost immediate dividends, improving your ability to recall your dreams and to harness magical energy. You're now experiencing flashes of Ganondorf's life on a weekly basis, and from these you're able to take considerable additional instruction on the subject of magic. Between the dreams and Briar's helpful pointers, you've upgraded your magic to the point where you can bring down a whole swarm of annoying gnats in one go, convince a seagull that dropping a turd in your vicinity would not be a good idea, or give an irritating playmate a biting shock.
Gained Magical Prowess F+++
Gained Mental Prowess F++
Gained Past Life Experience D
Gained Social Prowess F++
Gained Spiritual Prowess F+++
There are some drawbacks to this progress. Your active use of magic has intensified your aura, and while the improved control that comes with your use of meditation is sufficient to restrain most of the excess, you still leave a faint magical "smell" that Briar tells you any practitioner and some magically-sensitive demons could pick up. It only persists for a minute or so after you've moved on, but that's a minute longer than you're entirely comfortable with. Even non-sensitives can dimly pick up on your power, which makes you that little extra bit scarier. Briar doesn't seem to mind - she says your aura feels like the magic of Hyrule, which she's missed for a long time (how long, she won't tell you). In addition to all of this, your skin has darkened ever so slightly. At the moment, it looks like a light, full-body tan, which doesn't draw any serious comment in southern California, but when you look at yourself in the mirror, you can't help but notice how it makes you look just a little bit more like a Gerudo.
Gained Aura of Power E
Gained Intimidating F++
There's been an interesting development at home. Your mother told you that you were going to be a big brother in a few months. That's something Ganondorf's memories offer no help with - as far as you can recall, he had no siblings. Briar has entirely too much to say on the subject, being one of... a hundred and three children? Seriously? Wow, with that many siblings, you'd be well on your way to raising your own army...
Daycare is starting to get a bit awkward again, as various kids once again take to avoiding you and calling you "creepy," prompting watchfulness from the adults. Well, it's just one more year of this, and then you're off to school. That should be interesting, at least for a few months. On another note, two more of your peers stop coming to the daycare. Knowing what you now do of the Hellmouth, you have to wonder if they and the others before them really did just move away, or if something darker is at work.
You don't have as many guests at your fifth birthday. Briar and the now fully-grown Moblin make up for it.
How will you spend the next year?
Pick 2 courses of action.
[ ] Basic combat practice.
[ ] More magic practice.
[ ] More mental exercise.
[ ] More physical exercise.
[ ] More social practice.
[ ] More spiritual exercise.
[ ] More Moblin training.
