From: belthronding	Date: 06/30/2007 21:32:10

*walks down to the coffee shop*

*looks at you curiously, thinking it's a bit early for tourist season to start*

*smiles at you politely*

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/30/2007 21:36:41

*thinks you look nice and gullible*

*smiles charmingly* Pardon me, miss...I'm new in town. Do you happen to know how I might get in touch with the royal family? Maeglin and ♥♥♥Aredhel♥♥♥ and I go way back.

	From: belthronding	Date: 06/30/2007 21:38:11

*curiously and cautiously* You do? You're not Noldorin, are you?

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/30/2007 21:42:27

*laughs* That obvious, huh? *openly* No, I'm a Sinda. *figures you'll chalk him up to being one of the fine specimens of Gondolindrim diversity*

You don't look terribly Noldorin yourself, if that even means anything. I dunno.

	From: belthronding	Date: 06/30/2007 21:45:10

*delightedly* I'm a Sinda too! In fact, I'm Thingol's Ambassador to Hithlum! What's your name? Are you a Doriath local?

	From: moriquende	Date: 06/30/2007 21:50:08

*comes to the conclusion that the best way to handle this situation is to pretend that the whole Aredhel-prisoner-bitchalot-thingie never happened*

*cheerfully* Eöl's the name. Elu's family sort of! Maybe you and I knew each other in a past life?

	From: belthronding	Date: 07/01/2007 06:38:03

Eöl! Oh, my! You forged Anglachel! It was a fine sword, a fine sword.

*shakes your hand in a surprisingly strong grip* I'm afraid I can't allow you to speak with the Lady Írissë. She has been unwell.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 09:58:34

*puffs out his chest* You're damned right she was. *blinks* But you can't be...

Thingol's Ambassador to Hithlum

...Beleg Cúthalion?!

She has been unwell.

*seriously* I'm very sorry to hear that. *hesitates* She and I exchanged a few...unpleasant words a week ago when she was passing through my neck of the woods. *sighs and looks regretful* I was afraid she might take them to heart.

	From: belthronding	Date: 07/01/2007 10:04:20

......Beleg Cúthalion?!

The one and only.

I was afraid she might take them to heart.

*regards you with thinly-veiled suspicion* Then you will understand if she is unwilling to speak with you.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 10:05:22

*saunters past* *pauses near the café to light a cigarette*

*is on his daily break-out from the Royal Compound and life is good!*

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 10:11:36

*to Beleg* You must understand then why I might want to apologize to her? She ran off before I even had a chance to take back the words. This is how it went in my head.

*notices you out the corner of his eye*

*...* Maeglin.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 10:13:36

*happens to glance across*

*stares at you* You have to be shitting me.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 10:19:00

*rapidly blinks back tears of fury* Son! *throws his arms wide* Oh, Maeglin. How I've missed you, son!

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 10:35:57

*takes an instinctive step backwards* Really, man, what the fuck are you doing here? Did you, like, follow us again?

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 10:39:23

*doesn't make any move toward you* *full of wide-eyed astonishment* ...What? I-- Didn't you get my letter? About starting over?

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 10:41:11

What letter? I didn't get any letter.

	From: belthronding	Date: 07/01/2007 10:41:59

*stays seated at her table, watching this exchange, with her hand on the holter of her gun*

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 10:45:38

*broken-hearted* I wrote you a lovely letter telling you how sorry I was for all that nonsense and that I'm a changed man and that all I want in the world is to somehow make things up to you. *pauses to think* It really was very nice. Not too flowery or anything.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 10:50:47

*looks at you closely* Are you sure, man? 'Cause if you turn out to be a fucking nutbar again, I dunno if I could cope with it again. You're not here to kill Mom, are you?

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 10:54:02

*siiiiigh* No, Maeglin, I'm not here to KILL anyone unless you make me. I was a terrible person but all of that's behind me.

I'm concerned about you and your mother. I saw her the other day for a few minutes and she didn't seem quite "with it", if you know what I mean. *without a trace of irony* Has she considered seeing a psychiatrist?

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 11:21:18

*brightly* I was a terrible person too. Everyone blames you for that.

*thinks for a moment* We-ell. She has seemed very -- depressed -- recently.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 11:30:24

Awww. A chip off the old block!

*hangs his head a little* I know you could've turned out differently if not for some of things I did. I won't deny that.

She has seemed very -- depressed -- recently.

*looking worried* I knew there was something not quite right. I asked her if she'd like some tea and she screamed something about not being a prisoner. Does that sound reasonable to you?

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 11:37:50

I know you could've turned out differently if not for some of things I did. I won't deny that.

*seems faintly appeased by that*

Does that sound reasonable to you?

It sort of sounds like she thought she was a prisoner, actually. *shrugs, unperturbed*

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 11:41:49

*practically believing it himself* So seeing me pushed her off the edge? Wonderful.

*holds out his hands, palms upward, as if to show he's unarmed* *simply* What do I need to do, Maeglin? It's a new world. Tell me what I'm supposed to do.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/01/2007 11:59:53

*looks at you blankly* I dunno. All I know is that apparently people don't like it when you betray their kingoms so I've been avoiding that.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/01/2007 19:33:23

*cheerfully* Atta boy. Uh. Just stick with that plan and you'll be golden?

*uncertainly* Don't make any rash judgments right now. I'll be staying in town a few days. If you feel like ditching your mother sometime, you can reach me at the Roadway Inn, okay?

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/02/2007 16:28:01

Roadway Inn, huh? Classy place.

*thinks for a moment* Are you still living in a dump in Nan Elmoth?

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/02/2007 16:48:31

*resists the urge to throttle you* *a little sharply* Yes, well, not all of us care to bother with the frills of a decadent existence.

*vaguely* Nan Elmoth? No. I'm in Menegroth temporarily until I decide where I want to put down roots again.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/02/2007 16:52:13

*shrugs* But Mom likes her home comforts, you know? I guess I got used to 'em.

*perks up a little* I like Menegroth.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/02/2007 17:00:16

*eyes you closely* At least in Menegroth you get some sense of reality--the way the world really is. The dirt and the grime and the excitement. *smirks* Not like here. The fucking malls come in packs, it looks like.

*says all this as though (a) he actually likes Menegroth in the slightest and (b) he's not just a hermit who lives in the woods and has no idea what he's talking about*

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/03/2007 13:29:36

*shrugs* Uncle 'káno likes things to be safe. *wrinkles his nose* And old-fashioned. And safe. Did I say safe? Because I'm not supposed to go out unsupervised. I mean, what's that about?

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/03/2007 13:33:23

You mean somebody related to your mom treats you like a little kid? *eyeroll* 'Scuse me while I die of shock here.

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/03/2007 13:39:41

*shrugs* Uncle Turvo treats me like I'm an escaped convict or something. *looks distinctly underwhelmed*

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/03/2007 13:43:02

*brightly* Well, in a way I guess you are one. Which is more than I can say for him.

*glances shiftily at Beleg* Anyway. Give me a call when you escape your handlers one of these days. We'll catch up!

	From: maeglinlomion	Date: 07/03/2007 14:22:32

*glances at Beleg too*

Let me know when you're leaving town, Dad. I may come with.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/03/2007 19:25:01

SCORE. *shrugs as though it doesn't matter to him in the slightest* Suit yourself. *digs in a pocket for a scrap of paper* Write down your number for me like I don't know it already?

*gives an innocent little wave to Beleg* See you around, Cúthalion.

	From: belthronding	Date: 07/03/2007 19:32:05

*watches this whole exchange with a degree of the utmost suspicion*

You can count on it.

	From: moriquende	Date: 07/03/2007 19:38:24

*walks off whistling*

*retreats to the peace and quiet of his motel room to track Aredhel's movements*