From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 17:49:01

*receives your message*

*thinks you may just be preparing to donate a sizable chunk of money to the mission or soup kitchen or Blackout Relief Fund*

*shows up with a degree of promptness enthusiastic enough to impress any prospective patron*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 17:50:36

*gets word you've arrived and comes down to greet you in the sitting room*

Ah, Finarfin. Good of you to come. Not that I give them a choice or anything, but still. *chuckles*

Have a seat. *orders tea*

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 17:53:00

*pleasantly* Oh, no, sir. Thank you for the invitation. I know your schedule must be incredibly busy.

*seats himself neatly in a high-backed chair*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 17:55:43

*waves that off* In matters as important as this one, it's only fitting I devote my full attention. Wouldn't you agree?

*very generously does not comment on the fact that you're SITTING IN HIS CHAIR, DAMMIT* *nonchalantly selects another chair to sit in*

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 17:58:39

*blinks* Yes, I suppose so...shall we get straight to the point then?

*thinks it's rather a good thing your charitable intentions are so transparent if you expect your company to jump right into the deep end without so much as a bit of small talk or introduction*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:02:33

*steeples his fingers* Yes indeed. You're an open sort of man, Finarfin. I like that.

*waits for his tea to be prepared just as he likes it* *receives his cup and takes a sip*

*sits back comfortably* Excellent. Now. Before we go any further, I should tell you that you needn't be apprehensive. *benevolently* I'm behind you one hundred percent.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:05:40

*smiles warmly* That's wonderful to hear. I admit I was a little nervous about coming here. I imagine you must get tired of listening to the same solicitous spiel about a thousand times a day.

So when you got in touch with me, well, I was certainly very encouraged, sir.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:10:16

*laughs* Oh, I don't know about a thousand times a day. But I do hear your sort of case quite often, it's true. I won't lie to you--you're the first such supplicant I haven't sent off on an impossible quest to prove your worth. Those quests tend to end in death and, usually, dismemberment by industrial-strength meat grinder. Not that I've completely ruled out the possibility.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:16:03

*chokes on his tea*

*laughs feebly* Well then. I'm quite honored!!??. *cough*

*wonders what kind of horrors lie in wait for the telemarketers unlucky enough to dial you*

I wish I could promise you that I will be the last such beggar. Not that I'd believe our working relationship could hinder your future generosity, by any means.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:19:26

*lifts a finger* Don't mistake me; I'd only think of granting such a boon to someone who has no plans to touch my daughter, ever is a model of morality and good character. See that you remain worthy of my esteem.

your future generosity

*takes a cookie from the tea tray and nibbles it delicately* Now what can you mean by that, hmm?

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:29:54

*gives you a strange look* I would never presume to see myself as the beneficiary of such a gift. If I ever fall to corruption of judgment I do hope I will at least retain the presence of mind to name a successor to see to its...due administration.

*scratches his head* Simply that you have shown yourself to be a generous man, sir. What we agree upon here today could never stop a man such as yourself from cementing similar agreements with those other poor men who have as great a need of the good fortune you so kindly give.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:33:10

*horrified* A 'successor'??

*nearly seething* 'Similar agreements'? Do you mean to tell me you intend to spread around my...good fortune, as you call her, once you've finished with her?!

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:37:22

as you call her, once you've finished with her

I've heard men assign gender to their ships, but this is ridiculous.

*pauses as he tries to figure out what the hell he said to piss you off so suddenly and thoroughly*

*quickly* Of course not, sir! What you do with it...um...her? later is your own business! I didn't mean to imply...you don't have to share, uh, her at all if you'd rather keep her for yourself! It's perfectly within your rights!

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:40:04

*really cannot believe he's hearing such foul talk from you, of all people*

*jumps to his feet* How dare you? HOW DARE YOU! "Keep her for myself"?? I should slay you where you sit!

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:46:11

*squeaks* No one would think ill of you, sir! I mean, hopefully they would for the slaying bit... *babbling* After all, you have to keep some for yourself, it's not selfish of you...you have a household to run and a lovely wife and a beautiful, beautiful daughter to feed, and...and...? Money's not exactly a renewable resource!

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:50:13

*frowns, utterly bewildered*

you have a household to run

*stares*

a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter to feed...money's not exactly a renewable resource!

*keeps staring as the gears start turning*

future generosity...due administration




*bursts into gales of hysterical laughter*

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:51:29

*is startled away from his covert search for escape routes*






Sir?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:54:00

*doubles over and clutches his sides, still shaking with laughter*

AHAHAHA you thought OHOHOHOHO I was HEEHEEHEEHAHAHA give you money ahahahahaHAHAHAHA!

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:55:32

*forgets his fear for his very survival long enough to let real disappointment settle in*

*along with general confusion of course*

You weren't going to give me money?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 18:58:01

*collapses in his chair*

*takes a very long time to collect himself* *keeps breaking into fits of giggling nevertheless*

No, you moron. Why would I give money to some bleeding-heart charity or *snicker* some fucked-up delusion-slinging church? I was asking you to marry my daughter.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:00:08

Oh. Oh!

Oh?

*no longer feeling all that polite, to be fair* I can't. I'm celibate. I think I mentioned that part already?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:00:51

*touches the tip of his nose* And that's why you have to be the one to marry her. Don't you see?

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:01:35

Not really.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:05:01

*drums his fingers on his armrest* You honestly don't want to marry Lúthien? The most beautiful child of Ilúvatar in all creation? The woman who seduced a Silmaril from Morgoth himself, [ew]? The most perfect, delightful, brilliant jewel of a child who ever lived? ♥ ♥ ♥

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:07:29

*enunciating very slowly and clearly for fear he'll mess up the words* No. I honestly do not want to marry Lúthien. But thank you for thinking of me, sir.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:09:08

*sighs*

*grumbles* *without any real conviction though* Oh, just get lost then, will you?

	From: ingoldo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:10:34

*nods and collects his coat from the maid, who has appeared in a display of uncanny timing*

My regards to your wife and daughter.

*leaves*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 03/20/2007 19:11:42

*pooches out his lower lip* *to the maid* And it was such a good plan, too.




*giggles*