From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 14:35:54

*comes bounding in the door, ahead of Vinnie* That was awesome. I didn't know that caves could go so deep!

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 14:41:00

*waits patiently while someone goes off to look for Nienor for her*

*looks over at you a little curiously, fairly certain she's not seen you around here before*

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 14:42:38

*waves at you* Hi! Can I help you? I think I live here now, or at least I will for a while until I have to go back to school.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 14:44:36

*tentatively* Um...I'm not sure...? I just stopped by to say hi to Nienor, see how she's doing. *amiably* I'm Finduilas.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 14:48:01

Oh, wow, you know my sister? That's so cool. Do you know Túrin too? He's my big brother. I haven't even met Nienor yet. Oh, I'm Lalaith, by the way. Hi. *extends her hand to shake yours*

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 14:54:09

*can't help smiling at your energy and enthusiasm*

*surprised* Lalaith. *shakes your hand* *sincerely* I've heard so many wonderful things about you. Túrin and I go way back, actually. *regretfully* We were going to be married and then— *breaks off in a hurry*

I haven't even met Nienor yet.

Is she not here? *with real concern* Or has she been unwell, do you know?

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 15:01:57

You were going to be married? What happened? Oh, I hope nothing bad. I hope no one died. I died, you know. It wasn't painful, but it was -- it was sad, I think.

Or has she been unwell, do you know?

I don't know. I was out with Vinnie. *waves at Vinnie who's resumed his usual station at the guard's desk* I hope she's OK.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 15:09:16

I died, you know.

*quietly* I know. Túrin was devastated when he lost you. *nonchalantly* I died, too. But that was a long time ago. This time we just...I made some mistakes and...well. It's not important now except it really is.

*thoughtfully* Why don't we find her then? She must be lonely with Túrin busy with who-knows-what and Melian and Thingol as in-demand as they are. And Thingol being Thingol.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 15:32:51

*diplomatically* I hope Túrin wasn't being an arse. He once pulled my hair when we were little but he was so sorry that I quite forgave him right that minute!

*beams* Can we find her? I'd like to see her. Is she pretty? Túrin's not very good at answering my questions, you know.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 15:38:44

*laughs a little despite herself* It's just complicated. *thinks you might not be the most sympathetic bystander of all time, but oh well*

She's very pretty, yes. *tilts her head and looks at you* *kindly* So are you, if you want my honest opinion.

Túrin's not very good at answering my questions, you know.

I'm not surprised. Well, some things about Nienor are sort of complicated, too. </understatement of the millennium>

*places her hands on her hips* *decisively* She must be holed up here somewhere, right? How big can one house be?

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 15:42:31

*dismissively* Grown-up stuff. Right.

So are you, if you want my honest opinion.

*blushes and looks away* Thank you.

How big can one house be?

*giggles* It's massive! It's bigger than my school and my school has loads of people in it! They make us learn calculus. *wrinkles her nose* Which is totally pointless.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 15:49:16

Grown-up stuff. Right.

*relief!*

*looks equally unimpressed at the mention of calculus* Totally, totally pointless, yes.

Wait, this place is bigger than...? Oh, dear. *wry smile* I guess we have to start somewhere. I think maybe my liaison's already lost?

*points down a corridor* Shall we try this way first? *calls over her shoulder to Vinnie* If we're not back in an hour, send out a search party, yeah?

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/08/2007 16:01:10

*walks along the corridor, prattling away about her school*

*takes care not to step on the lines between the tiles* *gets distracted by a huge portrait of Elwë and Melian and Lúthien* *points at it* Who are they?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/08/2007 16:15:17

*joins in enthusiastically now and then, remembering having a lot of the same feelings and experiences when she was your age* *is a little surprised to realize how very like you she can be*

*looks up* That's Thingol standing. I always forget just how tall he is. And he's got his hand on Melian's shoulder, and sitting next to her is Lúthien. Aren't she and Melian beautiful?

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 17:31:27

*comes up behind you as if out of nowhere! and joins in with the staring*

*sagely (as one who has been living among these giants for sometime)* Thingol's beautiful too, but only because they didn't paint him when he was yelling. It's not very realistic.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 17:38:47

I've heard he does tend to- *looks back at you suddenly*

*smiles genuinely* Hey, you! We've been looking for you.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 17:40:58

*looks at you as if she's only just recalling something* *smiles with the memory* You like to shop.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/09/2007 17:48:56

*stares at you with frank astonishment* Wow.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 17:50:19

*laughs* You bet I do. *a little uncertainly* Fin, remember? I've been wondering how you were doing.

*puts a hand on Lalaith's shoulder* And this is Lalaith. *watches you carefully for any sign that you recognize the name*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 17:52:49

*smiles shyly* I was all alone here with Thingol and I thought everyone had forgotten about me. *grasps you hand* I'm so happy to see you.

*stares at the girl* *after a time* I hear laughter everywhere.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:00:49

*tsks* Of course nobody forgot about you. *skips right to giving you a big hug* *really, truly pleased* I'm so glad to be here. And to see you feeling well.

*nods* 'Laughter', that's right. *pause* You're sisters, Nienor.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:02:52

*hugs tight!* Of course I'm well, I'm always well. Don't listen to those silly doctors. They speak in riddle and rhyme and don't make any sense and don't sense any make. I know what I am and I am fine.

*stares at the girl some more* She looks different from me.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/09/2007 18:07:32

*stares right back at you* *after a moment* You look like Mother.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:10:36

*thinks for a minute* I can see her? A little. It was a long time ago. Before the dragons and the lost and the baby.

*smiles, lost in her own thought* Mablung was there.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/09/2007 18:15:00

*is way confused* Dr-dragons? Baby? Mablung?

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:18:17

*sympathetically* Someone should have warned you about the dragons.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:18:44

Shhhhit.

*aside* Um...I or someone can fill you in later? The kiddie version.

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/09/2007 18:54:52

*nods a little worriedly* OK. That sounds like a good idea!

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 19:04:14

*gives you a reassuring smile* Like I said. Complicated!

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:16:35

Mablung was there.

Oh! *had completely forgotten her other reason for coming here* I just saw Mablung the other day, actually. *casually* He asked how you were doing.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:20:06

*brightens up immediately* He asked about me? What did he ask? Did you know Mablung and I have been friends for many many many many years? Longer than time. *laughs* Not really longer than time, but a long time.

You should tell him I beat the Balrog. And tell him to come visit. That's what friends are for - friends are for that.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:27:26

*knowingly* Yeah, I'd heard that about you two. He just, ah, wondered how you were feeling and said you two had a lot of fun together. I think he misses you.

tell him I beat the Balrog

???

*nods* I'll tell him. *wracks her brain for the sort of information Mablung would probably like to know about the crazy girl, omfg* You must really like him. A lot. A lot?

Real smooth, Fin. Real smooth.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:30:56

I think he misses you

*giggles like a little girl* I want him to miss me.

You must really like him.

*looks at you like you're the crazy one* Of course I like him. We're the very best of friends. *as if she's imparting a great secret* He calls me 'Cookie'.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:39:14

He calls me 'Cookie'.

*can't help giggling a little too* *truthfully* He's a piece of work, that one.

We're the very best of friends.

Ohhh. Friends. *drops a conspiratorial wink* *innocently* Is that all?

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:41:54

*totally doesn't understand innuendo* Friends? What else could we be? He's not my brother. *laughs* Or my mother. Or my husband. Yet.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:46:47

*shrugs* Nothing else, I guess. Just friends. *as if just coming up with the idea herself* You don't get to pick brothers. Husbands, though, sure.

*valiantly does not burst out laughing at the thought of Mablung ever getting married*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/09/2007 18:51:15

*thoughtfully* Túrin doesn't like Mablung to talk to me. I doubt he'd let him marry me. Maybe someday, though.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 19:02:46

Maybe someday, though.

*thinks this very interesting information indeed*

*decidedly* You and I should have lunch one day this week. Get you out of this stuffy house. Out and among other people. Make some new and/or old friends. What do you think?

*doesn't go so far as to name Mablung in her plans if Túrin's likely to kill her for suggesting it*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/10/2007 10:34:07

*bounces excitedly* I'd like that I would I really really would!

	From: urwenlalaith	Date: 04/10/2007 12:44:17

*has been preoccupied by more portaits further along the hallway*

*comes back to you*

*mostly to stare at you some more*

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/09/2007 18:10:00

*laughs* As long as you're happy. That's the main thing. *thinks that's probably about as reasonable a sentence as she's likely to get out of you, all things considered*

*tactfully examines a few more of the paintings in the corridor while you and Lalaith get acquainted*