From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 17:10:53

*is curled up on the bed, looking out the window between the bars*

*doesn't bother to answer you*

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 17:18:06

*locks up behind him and pops down to the basement to double-check the tracking info for Celegorm's cell phone* *is happy to see the poor fool's holding steady near the train station in Menegroth, just as he suspected he would be*

*comes back upstairs in search of you* *sing-songily* Darling! I got you a present.

*sits down on the bed next to you* *sincerely* Why so glum, honey?

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 17:29:59

*dully* Because I haven't breathed fresh air in three days.

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 17:36:43

*leans across you to stick two fingers of each hand through the window bars and pull up the sash* There. Problem solved.

*touches your chin to tilt your face toward him* Do I get a reward?

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 17:39:45

*tries to pull away from you but doesn't have much room to move*

*whispers* Please. No.

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 17:45:58

*sighs a little in frustration* *contents himself with kissing your cheek lightly*

*goes into the other room and returns with the result of his venture into town*

*hands you the box* For you. Go on, open it.

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 17:58:11

*knows, just knows, that you won't give her any peace if she doesn't open it*

*reaches for it and unties the ribbon around it* *is, perhaps, a little curious*

*takes the present out of the box*

*--*

You have to be joking.

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 18:06:23

Joking, what? *starry-eyed* You'll look so lovely in it, honey. *fingers the fabric of the dress* Where would you like to go on our honeymoon? I'll take you anywhere you want to go within the confines of Nan Elmoth. *laughs*

*may or may not actually be joking*

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 18:30:29

*scrambles away from you, horrified* Have you lost your mind entirely?

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 18:35:01

*stands and yanks the dress out of the box and throws it at you angrily*

Why is it crazy that I love you? Why is it crazy that I want to be near you? Why is it crazy that I should want us to be a family again? Who in this world could love you more, or better, or less conditionally?! You fucking heartless bitch.

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 18:38:11

*backs right into the corner*

*screams back at you* I don't love you! I hate you I hate you!

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 18:43:52

*walks over to his closet and starts throwing clothes and things into a suitcase, muttering to himself*

*coldly* You know...? I think I'd rather be alone for a while after all. *almost amusedly* Sweet Eru, I'd forgotten what a shrew you can be.

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 18:45:58

Go, just go! Don't come back! See if I care! I'll starve and I don't care!

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 18:49:06

*as though you hadn't even spoken* I have business in Belegost, dear. Don't wait up. *steps back over to you and grips your head tightly in his hands*

You may very well starve, actually. *kisses you with bruising force* More's the pity.

	From: irisse	Date: 06/11/2007 19:26:52

*pushes you away as forcefully as she can and curls up tighter in her corner*

*covers her ears with her hands and closes her eyes* Go away.

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/11/2007 20:09:00

Goodbye, pumpkin. Try not to miss me too much.

*finishes gathering his things and departs from the house without another word*