Courtship, Curiosity Shop, and the Third Wheel: Majora's Mask part 23

     With no way out, Link is not getting out and the purple haired person's hideout has been revealed.  However, fox face (Hunger Games reference? in my Pixels? it's more likely than you think.) recognizes Link from the description of green clothes in Anju's letter.  Satisfied with Link's silent promise to keep a secret, the person removes the Keaton Mask to reveal he is in fact Kafei.  Tatl (that's the fairy in case you forgot, she's been here the whole time) says that the Kafei they are looking for is an adult.  Kafei mentions that a masked imp (probably Rorschach from Watchmen) transformed him into a child.

oh... close but no cigar I guess.  

  He goes on to say that his sudden transformation is not the reason he is hiding but rather something important was stolen from him.  The mask that he must unite with Anju's was stolen (read part 17 for further details) by a bald smiling man.  This character, who I have not discussed yet, is named Sakon.  He's an all around trouble maker. He robs an old lady on the night of the first day, tries to steal Link's sword in Ikana Canyon, and has a most unpleasant little canter.  Kafei is having a stakeout and cannot leave since he is waiting for Sakon to come to the Curiosity Shop.  It also just so happens that Kafei has the Keaton mask to wear in the absence of his Sun Mask.

btw, this is what he looks like.

  Apparently this is a world where everybody has a ton of masks lying around.  This is like going over to meet your significant other's parents, and upon entering the house everybody is wearing masks.  It would be alright if they were celebrating Mardi Gras, but instead they're doing whatever normal families do when you go over to visit the parent's of your significant other but with masks (I can't exactly put my finger on what one does in these situations, has dinner? talks about aspirations and interests? watches the game that isn't a video game? please leave a comment if you can enlighten me on this matter. I'm rambling from all the coffee I drank, but a comment would still be appreciated.)


  In his effort to comfort Anju in his absence, Kafei tasks Link with bringing her a pendant that only the real Kafei would own.  This effectively promotes Link to the role of intermediary and third wheel.  I sorta think this is ridiculous because Link can kill monsters, climb mountains, follow suspicious characters, avoid detection, and solve intense physics puzzles and yet he gets stuck with making the deliveries.  He's going to be the one to try and avert the apocalypse and yet he's just being the mailman working overtime.  Is it because Kafei is an adult in child form because technically Link could boast the same thing.  Whatever, Link gets the Keaton Mask for doing this because when he comes back Kafei has gone in pursuit of Sakon to Ikana Canyon.


    edited note:  I mentioned this guy is pretty cool in a previous post, and he's not a horrible person.  I just get a little belligerent after one too many cups of coffee.  We'll pick up with him redeeming himself in a treasure cave.