From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:02:40

*taps you on the shoulder*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:08:40

*turns around and looks up at you*

*and up and up and up and*

Hi Unclelwë am I really stayin' here dis is the shiniest I seen da treehouse you drawed it was a berry nice treehouse I like treehouses I bet you could fit a tree in here could we build it big enough ta fit Grampa too??

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:16:55

*looks at you like you're talkin' crazy talk*

*severely* I like my treehouses outside in the real sunshine. I also build The Best Treehouses in the whole entire universe. Just ask Lúthie. My favorite saying of all time is "a treehouse is not a treehouse without a Ybox 3000 and a multi-player adapter."

*offers a hand to you*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:18:50

*you're hardcore, man*

*will remember never to play Ybox with you unless he's determined you don't know any cheats*

*takes your hand tentatively because what else can he really do? you look like you could probably beat him up and take his lunch money*

I like 'em in da sun too?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:21:51

*very seriously* Excellent. Then we're in agreement.

*walks you through the room* Now. In here there will be no running, no shouting, no pestering of servants, no writing on walls, and no horseplay of any kind.

*continues walking to show you the rest of the downstairs*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:22:56

*siiiiiiighs*

*nods obediently*

*really has to work his little legs to keep pace with you*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:25:20

*opens a door*

*in as humdrum a tone as he can muster* In this room there will be running, shouting, pestering of servants, writing on walls, and all horseplay of every kind.

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:26:54

*continues nodding obediently for a second*

*...*

*snaps his head up to look at you questioningly, wondering if you just said what he thinks you said*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:29:47

*hunkers down to your level and points* See that banister over there? Nobody—and I mean nobody—ever slides down that banister since Túrin was a kid at the old house.





Waste of a damned good banister.

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:33:42

*giggles!*

How comes you don' try, Unclelwë? *happily* It looks real slideitty.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 08:37:58

*snorts* Best case scenario: I break my neck. Worst case: They put me away like your father.

*rings for a servant to take your tiny suitcase from you and head upstairs*

*follows after him, waiting patiently for you to negotiate the steps two at a time, or up one and down two, or in bunny hops, or according to whatever batshit kid idea you might have today*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 08:40:21

like your father

*is having way too much fun to pursue that line of questioning for the moment*

*tears off down the hall and back to you several times before you've caught up, because man, grownups are slow sometimes*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 09:10:17

*stops outside the door to your room to answer his phone*

*sharply* Yes, what is it? ...A matter of national security? Mm-hm. Right. ...How am I supposed to know what to do with a chocolate bar? Mm-hm? ...With almonds. Yes. *shifts his eyes to you and quickly away again* And caramel. And there's no room in the kitchens?

*sighs a mighty sigh* Very well. *coolly* Bring it up here; I'll figure it out. *snaps his phone shut*

*looks up and down the hall* *calling* Celeborn! I'll show you your room now. Celeborn? *looks down* Oh. There you are.

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 09:12:54

*knows what his grandfather would have to say about bad manners if he were to make further casual inquiries into the Candy Bar of National Security*

*really, really would like to hear more, however*

*forsakes all thoughts of chocolate approximately two seconds later when he is shown in to his room*

*immediately runs over to test his bed for bounciness*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 09:17:36

*trying very hard to laugh* And here is the thermostat...and that painting over there is an original Gailrin.

Now, I don't much care what you get up to in here, but a word to the wise? Melly will throw a fit if you harbor any wildlife. My son tried that once a long time ago. Only once.

*clasps his hands together neatly* Any questions?

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 09:20:04

*incoherently* Bedsy bouncy *bounce* micey mousey *bounce* urple pouncey *bounce* miggsy moops! *bouncebounce* Do you *bounce* like *bounce* blueicecreamUnclelwë? *BOUNCE* *shrieks with glee*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 04/18/2007 09:21:35

*headscratch* Of course I don't. What a vile concept.

*looks up as a servant enters carrying, indeed, a monstrous bar of chocolate* Ah. Let's see. *points to a side table* Why don't you just put it there for now? Eru knows there's no room anywhere else.

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 09:23:47

*stops bouncing in a hurry*

*climbs over to the edge of the bed and perches there like a cat waiting to pounce*

*innocently* Whatcha gonna do wiffa chocolate, Unclelwë?

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

*handwaves* Oh, I don't know. It'll probably just get thrown out eventually. I can't think who might want such a thing.

*brightly* All right then. Just come back downstairs when you're ready or push this button here if you need anything. Lupe loves it when you press it to the tune of 99 Bottles of, um, Sodapop on the Wall. Dinner is at six o'clock, sharp.

*waits until he's out in the hallway before he starts laughing*

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 10:02:54

*wanders out of her mother's room while she's supposed to be napping her mother is napping*

*toddles up and down the hall looking for something to break do*

*hears the noise of FUN in your room and pushes the door open*

Ah ba da do?

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 10:08:20

*has ventured so far as to tear back one corner of the candy bar wrapper*

*pulls his hand away quickly when he hears his door open*

*stares at you* 'lo. Oo're you?

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 10:13:42

*ignores your question and heads straight for the candy bar*

Eeeeeeaahhhhhhh

*starts tearing the paper off for you*

*what were you waiting for anyway?*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 10:17:07

*gapes* Nooooooooo...!

*grabs his candy bar and holds it up out of reach of your arms*

*his grandpa totally didn't mention annoying little girls as part of the Doriath package!!*

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 10:19:01

*stares at you in utter shock that someone would deny her something*

*opens and closes her mouth a few times while building up momentum*

...

*SCREAMS!!!!*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 10:23:03

STOP IT STOP IT stop?? it?

*climbs up on a desk*

*breaks off a tiny square of chocolate and tosses it into a far corner of the room*

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 10:25:57

*immediately stops it! but not because you said so, okay, it doesn't work like that*

*toddles after the chocolate*

*squats down on the floor and shoves the chocolate in her mouth, staring at you while sucking defiantly*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 10:34:36

*munches on a considerably larger piece of chocolate*

*eyes the Doomsday Button covetously*

*thinks it's positioned a little too close to your current coordinates for his comfort*

*pauses with his mouth full to break off a slightly larger chunk and toss it in another direction, hoping to detour you*

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 10:40:22

*toddles off after the new piece of chocolate*

*retrieves it and somehow manages to haul herself onto your bed*

*sits there and devours the chocolate while bouncing slightly and watching you always watching you*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 10:56:18

*slides off the desk and presses himself flat against the wall*

*inches over toward the button, never taking his eyes off you*

*reaches the button and starts pushing it frantically* *screw 99 Bottles of Sodapop, this is an emergency*

	From: elm0	Date: 04/18/2007 11:02:44

*wanders in, having unpacked a bit*

Hello, mate. Found a friend, have you?

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 11:14:03

*waves over at you from her chocolate covered perch*

Ahdoooo. *points at Celeborn* Cannga new aba?

	From: elm0	Date: 04/18/2007 11:19:05

*crouches down, with his arm around Celeborn* I have no idea what you're saying, sweetie, but I think we need to get you cleaned up a little.

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 11:24:40

*is not going one step nearer, thank you*

Oo is dat, Grampa?

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 11:33:41

*slides down off the bed and toddles towards you*

*puts a chocolate covered hand on the big guy's nose and stares at you*

Ah? Babado ooo do?

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 11:39:54

*suspiciously proudly* He's my grampa. Better'n yours prolly.

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 12:20:06

*frowns as she thinks* *doubts anyone could be worse than that guy anyway*

*shrugs* *points at you* Ooo oo?

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 12:49:06

'm Celly. *puffs out his chest* I mean Celeborn.

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 12:52:02

*smiles when she hears that name because she thinks she's heard it before*

*decides you're A-OK (even if you are a little stingy with the chocolate)*

*wraps her tiny little arms around you and laughs*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 13:01:09

*holds his arms out to his sides stiffly*

*looks at his grandfather with apprehension* Why's she huggin' me? *to you* You smell like mommies.

*takes the melty piece of chocolate currently in his hand and moves it closer to your line of vision in the hopes of distracting you*

	From: nerwende	Date: 04/18/2007 13:03:27

You smell like mommies

*suddenly remembers her mommy, who she hasn't seen in some time*

Ammmaaaaaaa?

*ignores the chocolate and toddles out of the room at full speed to go find her*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 13:08:24

*breathes a largish sigh of relief*

*weirdo*

	From: keleborn	Date: 04/18/2007 11:15:08

*runs over behind you and peers around your legs*

*whispers through a mouth full of and covered with chocolate* No. It screams 'n' it's squidgy.

	From: elm0	Date: 04/18/2007 11:18:17

*pats the top of your head* Probably because she doesn't know you, that's all.