There’s also a video game called The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. In it, the hero, a child named Link, has three days to save the world before the moon crashes to earth. The game revolves around a repeating three-day cycle and the use of magical masks that transform Link into different forms. One of my favorite subplots involves a woman named Anju, who is engaged to Kafei -- a man who mysteriously disappears
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I've always been fascinated by the idea of a side character’s perspective -- watching the hero rush around to save the world while your own life slowly unravels. What does it feel like to live in a story you don’t control? What does it mean to hold on to love when time is literally falling apart? What happens when your story isn’t the one that saves the world?
In the Bavarian province of Germany, there’s a clocktower in Munich called the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in the Marienplatz. Every day, the clock re-enacts the wedding of Duke Wilhelm V and Renata of Lorraine, followed by the cooper’s dance. At the very end, a small golden rooster perched high atop the tower chirps three times, signaling the end of the show.