From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 10:13:10

*stops in for her morning coffee*

*happens to glance your way and thinks you're kinda cute, even if you seem to have an air of someone else (whatever that means)*

*reaches for a thread of recognition and scowls when it all starts to come home*

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 10:20:48

*looks over at you*

*smiles broadly* Hello, honey, and how are we on this fine day?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 10:26:27

*lifts her chin* Don't 'honey' me, you repulsive excuse for a former Noldo.

*wishes the barista would step things up a bit*

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 10:35:44

From one repulsive excuse for a former Noldo to anouther, may I just say that you are looking exceptionally well for someone who spends all her lives in caves.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 10:40:33

*gives a most unladylike snort* I happen to like caves. I didn't exactly hear you complaining, either.

*almost laughs* Just stay away from mine this time and we're good. 'Kay?

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 10:45:35

*grins* Well, judging from the news, wine is in short supply in Delving these days. I think we can assume we won't be making the same mistake twice?

*eyes you up and down idly*

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 10:50:56

*shivers a little and doesn't know why* Yes, I daresay I can guarantee it.

*ignores your eyes on her for the time being*

*makes the next logical leap* ...You haven't seen Celebrimbor, have you? Not that I care?

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 10:57:21

*amiably* That's more than I can guarantee but we must do our level best, dearest Finduilas.

*face darkens at the mention of Celebrimbor* No. If he is here, he hasn't seen fit to make himself known to his own father. *pauses* And you?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:05:28

*finally gets her coffee and comes over nearer your table, looking as though she's debating whether to sit down*

*shortly* No. I haven't seen him. And if you know what's good for you, you won't stick around town, either. Melian may not be keeping the unsavory element out these days, but judging from what little time I've spent in converse with Thingol, I imagine Fëanorians still won't exactly be welcomed with open arms.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 11:11:10

*shoves the chair out with his foot, which is about the closest he'll get to inviting you to sit down*

I have no intention of sticking around. I can't say that I've received the warmest of welcomes but I did have something of a morbid curiosity about the place, I must admit.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:14:37

*perches at the very edge of the chair and sets her cup on the table*

Did you now. *dryly* Tell me, Curufin, do you find that Doriath is everything you dreamed it could be?

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 11:18:46

*leans back and stretches out his legs under the table* It's a positive oasis in the dessert, a shining jewel in the crown of-- Nah, who am I kidding? *wrinkles his nose and looks around* It's a bit of a dump, really.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:23:33

*really does laugh this time*

*sips her coffee* And you've been here all of...what, ten minutes? Well, you people are nothing if not restless, I suppose. Where is your every-bit-as-horrid half, by the way?

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 11:32:32

We are a restless breed it's too. *rests his chin on his hands* Yet you're the same breed as I am. Are you really so domesticated that you don't wonder about the world outside just waiting to be conquered?

*smirks faintly* My sources tell me that my -- better? -- half is comforting a damsel in distress. He does it so well.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:42:14

Domesticated? Hardly. *sighs a little* Despite my best efforts, I guess. Anyway, I've seen more of the world than you think. It's quite a bit easier these days.

He does it so well.

*looks straight at you* Huh. He must have changed rather considerably then.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 11:45:45

*idly* Yes, it is, rather. Why, in ten minutes, I could be in Hísilómë which is a novelty.

He must have changed rather considerably then.

Perhaps I should have phrased it better but I had a particular damsel in mind.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:54:04

*helpfully* If you decide to take the train there's an express out at two o'clock.

*appears unconvinced* If you say so. I certainly don't know him very well. I always got the impression nobody really could. Now you, on the other hand...

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 11:56:40

I'll bear that in mind, my lovely. How about it? Want to run away with me on the two o'clock express?

*raises his eyebrows and leans forward slightly* Yes? I, on the other hand?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 11:59:18

*laughs airily* Oh, yes, dear. Just let me run and pack a bag.

*smiles sweetly* I beg your pardon. I forgot what I was going to say.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 12:05:29

*airily* A toothbrush would be more than enough.

*leans back again and laughs* I do seem to have that effect on women. *sighs with mock-regret* It's such a curse.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 12:12:18

*flippantly* You do know how to romance a girl.

*shakes her head as if to say "you poor deluded thing"* *mildly* That effect? Really is mostly the wine. Sorry to disappoint you.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 12:17:03

*smoothly* Don't diss an Eru-given talent.

*holds his hands over his heart* *with a grin* You wound me, Finduilas. Have you never hurt of letting a guy down gently?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 12:28:14

To listen to you talk, Eru's only trying to keep up.

*shrugs* A girl who's gone through as much as I have has a right to be jaded at times, I think.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 12:39:21

*cheerfully* I couldn't have put it better myself.

*reaches out and places his hand over yours for a brief moment in a sincere gesture of almost-sympathy* Then let me take you away. We'll see the sights, get drunk and get all-over suntans. You'll be refreshed before you now it.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 12:43:21

*takes her hand away quickly*

*stares* You're completely bonkers. *smirks* I can't believe part of me actually wants to take you up on that.

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 12:49:16

How about -- *plucks a pen out of the pocket of a passing waitress* Thanks, hon. -- I give you my cellphone number and if you ever wanna leave this dive behind, you give me a call? *scribbles down his number on a napkin*

*stands up and smooths down his clothes* But I, however, have a train to catch.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 12:52:13

*laughs mostly to hide her relief at your leaving* Yeah. Now don't let your phone out of your sight until I call.

*takes the napkin and crumples it into a ball*

	From: atarince	Date: 04/27/2007 13:00:53

You've always been a crap liar, honey. *reaches down and touches your cheek before pulling you to your feet, without allowing you to pull back*

*in a low, fierce voice* But you loved me once, even if it was only for a night. *kisses you deeply, for possibly too long for (a) comfort and (b) public decency* *lets you go and walks out of the café* *lights a cigarette once he gets outside the door and walks down the street*

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 04/27/2007 13:12:01

*stands stock still and watches you go, too furious to do anything but smile*

*shoves the napkin in her purse* *but only because she doesn't see a trash can nearby* *seriously*