From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 11:17:57

*opens her door looking weary after a long night's work*

*grins at you after a moment's brain freeze* Nienor! What a nice surprise. *huuuugs!* Are we doing lunch today? I've forgotten what day it is.

*thinks it's a bit odd that you're out on your own but doesn't particularly blame you for wanting to get away from the palace*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 11:21:15

*practically bounces with excitement*

Lunch! Yes lunch and making new friends. I like friends and I like you, Fin. Are you my friend? There's this strange lady who is not my friend and she's so very angry at everyone and everything and there's another girl that talks too much that you said was a sister? It's all very strange.


*brightly* Lunch.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 11:26:23

*laughs* Of course we're friends, duh. Hang on a sec... *pulls out her phone and makes the fastest phone call in the history of telephony*

*gathers her coat and her handbag and leads you out the door* *locks up and links arms with you*

*teasingly* Who talks too fast now? Lalaith? And what strange lady? Melian?

she's so very angry at everyone

Not Melian.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 11:30:51

*walks along with you happy*

Lalaith

She has such strange words and she doesn't understand or see. But she wants to and she's nice and she's such a funny little thing.

Melian

*frowns* Not Melain, Melian is nice and funny and doesn't talk too fast and is never angry at anyone except Thingol but that's okay. *darkly* This one is called 'Mother' and she took me away and I don't know anyone anymore and she says I am 'feeble'. I don't like her at all.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 11:36:26

*leads the way to a little café down the street*

*nods* She seems nice. *smiles* Happy. Miracle of miracles.

'Mother'

*surprised* You mean Morwen? *pondering* She is your mother, you know. You really don't remember her at all? I'd think you two would know each other best of all. She's probably just worried about you. You know better than I would how mothers are?.

I think I'd like to meet her sometime to suck up.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 11:39:41

*looks at you like you're mad*

You want to meet her? She talks on and on about propriety and what's right and how things will be when we go home and what my father would say and she doesn't think Túrin should have to be bothered with taking care of me but Túrin has always taken care of me and I don't want that to stop now. Túrin will tell her what's what. If Túrin can stand up to her at all.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 11:51:28

*shrugs* She can't be that bad. Maybe she just misses the way things were when it was just you and her. Why don't you talk to Túrin about it? Tell him how much he misses me while you're at it. If he knows she's making you unhappy I'm sure he'll ask her what's going on. *winks at you* He's pretty brave, yeah? He wouldn't stop looking after you just because your mother's...what—old-fashioned?

*arrives at the restaurant and finds a table that will seat three*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 11:57:36

*nods firmly* Yep, you're right. Turam-- *forcefully* Túrin is brave and he won't make me be where I don't want to be. *laughs a little* Even Dr. Ron was easier than her.

*takes a seat* *looks at the empty seat*

Are we making a new Mablung friend?!

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 12:06:03

*comes in and catches the tail end of this*

*is wearing dark sunglasses and his hood pulled up* *yes, a hood. shut up.*

*takes the chair next to you* Old friends do ya? *brightly* Got a kiss for me, cookie?

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 12:09:39

*practically shrieks* Mablung!! *goodbye incognitoness*

*leans over and gives you a big kiss on the mouth*

I haven't seen you in ages and ages and you didn't come see me at the palace OR when they trapped me in the air duct in the hospital. Some friend.

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 12:16:01

*d'oh!*

*takes off his glasses* *grins* I can't keep up with you, sweetheart. You move too fast or I'm too slow. Probably a bit of both. But I'm here now and my face is mostly healed, aren't I? *winks at Finduilas*

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 12:17:43

*bites her lip to keep from laughing* I'll just go powder my nose then, shall I? Order me a sparkling water.

*leaves the table*

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 12:19:52

*doesn't even notice Finduilas leaving*

*firmly* Well. You'll just have to learn to move faster. I've already beaten the Balrog at the end of Level One and I need someone to help me jump over the crumbling staircase.

I'd come visit you but I don't know where you live. They don't watch me as closely now. Fools.

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 12:48:32

*seriously* I know. Fin told me. You'll never make it over the stairs if you try jumping, though. There's a series of hidden blocks you have to climb over.

*grabs a pen off the table next to them and starts writing on a napkin* I'll tell you where I live, but you have to get permission before you come and see me, honey. You know how those killjoys will worry if you don't. *pauses writing mid-street to look at you* We're They're afraid you'll get up to shenanigans and not realize what you're doing.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 12:52:14

Hidden blocks? That's silly, why are they hiding? I'll find them.

*watches over your shoulder as you write* *peers at you* *very seriously* I always know exactly what I'm doing. It's them and you and everyone that doesn't understand. It all makes sense and I always understand. The rest of you are just too slow, remember.

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 13:02:31

*tosses the pen back over to the other table but leaves his hand firmly on top of the napkin*

*stretches his other arm across the back of your chair*

*brushes a light kiss over your temple* I'd like to think that, kitten, but the truth is, there's a lot of stuff you don't remember—or won't remember, I don't know—and you've got some serious problems. *as though reciting* And until you fix some of that stuff we kinda have to play by their rules. You dig? Your brother is a scary, scary man and I like all my parts where they are right now.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 15:56:06

*laughs* Túrin's not scary at all, he's a big baby. I'll tell him what to do and he'll do it and that will be the end of it. He should know that if things are going to be fixed they're only going to be fixed with you around because that's the only time that things are right for the fixing.

He's sort of stupid sometimes.

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 16:48:58

*snorts* Easy for you to say. You're a girl. Kid's a soft touch when it comes to his womenfolk.

He's sort of stupid sometimes.

*laughs* You know this and I know this, but babydoll, if he even finds out I saw you today, he will kick my ass again, and it'll hurt, and I'd prefer if you didn't tell anyone I said that.

	From: wailingwoman	Date: 04/16/2007 16:52:24

*laughs* Your secret is safe with me! *quite seriously* I won't tell him I saw you today but I will tell him I want to see you and he just can't say no to me, can he?

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 17:16:28

*smiles* Maybe you're right. AHAHAHAHA. I guess we'll see?

*taps the side of your head* But you have to work on straightening this out, okay? If I get you it's likely because I'm short a few cards myself.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 17:17:19

*breezes back in and sits down*

Whatever you two are plotting, I won't be an accessory. Let's just get that on the table right now.

	From: mablung	Date: 04/16/2007 17:18:34

You're already an accessory, Fin. Sorry to say. *looks at Nienor fondly and then back at you* But you've been so helpful and gave me such good information the other day that I feel compelled to keep up my end of the bargain.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/16/2007 17:27:19

*lifts first her eyebrow, then her glass* Oh? Cheers.