It would seem so, yeah. Not with you, though? *smiles at you* I'm...ah. *clears his throat and runs a hand through his hair* Not-exactly-a-rehousing-anyway.
You'd already gone by then.
I think Beleg told me about you. *really just guessing* So we were friends then? *has a moment of panic when he wonders if they weren't "just friends"*
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Date: 08/06/2007 15:05:19
*shakes her head* I have a very good memory. *pauses* I don't mean to boast! I just do. :)
Not-exactly-a-rehousing-anyway.
*pushes your shoulder* Oh come on, everyone is. We couldn't have survived the end of the world or anything. X)
So we were friends then?
*nods again* Best of friends. You were young and you hadn't learned about Elves yet and I taught you. *tilts her head conscientiously* Yes, you were a good learner, I promise.
*can't help but laugh* Better than mine, clearly. *mischievously* Not sure that's saying much for you, really.
We couldn't have survived the end of the world or anything.
*lip-bite* Funny you should say that. I'm told there was this whole end of the world thing with me where *mumblemumble*ainu*mumble*
You were young and you hadn't learned about Elves yet and I taught you.
*relieved* You--oh! When I was a boy. That explains a lot actually. *genuinely happily* Lessons from Dad would have been something awful.
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Date: 08/06/2007 15:19:11
Lessons from Dad would have been something awful.
*eyes widen* You mean from Elu Thingol? Oh this was much nicer out here than in his city, don't you think? It was nice when you were here. Hardly anyone stays. They just pass through. :s
*readily* Mm-hmm. Still is. If my whole family wasn't in the city I'd probably move out tomorrow. *realizes after a moment that moving from place to place as the mood takes him shouldn't really be all that difficult for a being like him*
*sees the look on your face* *teasingly* I don't mean to boast! I just am. *picks up one of your hands and squeezes it lightly, experimentally* Oh, stop looking at me like that. It'snotthatbigadeal.
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Date: 08/06/2007 15:33:25
*lets you take her hand that's kind of nice*
But... you... how can...?
*gapes* Do you have powers? Do I have to pray to you like the others? Can you hear what I'm thinking? Oh no not this skirt it's got holes in it did I leave my diary in the tree I think I forgot to eat my granola bar I should really do laundry when I get back but there's extra food in the fridge I was gonna drop the leftovers for Mablung later...
Ohmyeru NO. *facepalm* I'd die if anybody prayed to me.
*a bit cheekily ('cause hey, it's cool)* I do have some shiny new powers, though. I wouldn't read your mind unless you wanted me to, for some reason. Except now you've got me thinking about it and you're kinda shouting and you keep a diary? Really?
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Date: 08/06/2007 15:47:54
ou're kinda shouting and you keep a diary? Really?
*suddenly clamps both her hands over her mouth*
*muffled* Youwrntposetnotht.
...
*embarrassed* *puts her hands on her forehead* You weren't supposed to know that. ... Cheeky. ;)
*thinks you're easy to talk to, considering he hardly remembers anything about you*
You weren't supposed to know that.
*in mock surprise* What? Why'd you tell me then? Okay, okay, my fault. I'll stop.
*...*
*sweetly* It'd be a nice refresher course for me, though, don't you think?
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Date: 08/06/2007 16:00:48
It'd be a nice refresher course for me, though, don't you think?
*mouth drops open* That is not a proper request, Adanedhel! Young ladies have a right to their secrets sometimes. Especially the girlish fantasies. *sighs*
*tries her very, very best not to "shout" at you* ...Are you really just passing through? Or are you gonna stay for a visit? :)
*impish grin* I may have been sick the day you taught 'proper'. Among other niceties, I'm told.
*would never intentionally trespass on your thoughts, of course* *hopes you know that, seriously*
*isn't particularly keen to deal with Thingol's impending bad mood* Stay? *looks up at your tree doubtfully*
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Date: 08/06/2007 16:16:56
*follows where you're looking* Oh no, that's just one of my sitting spots. My place is still down the way.
Do you want to see? You can have supper with me. I think there's enough. *with complete sincerity* I don't think Mablung's eaten all the cheese and crackers.
*gets to his feet and dusts himself off* *smiling* I'd love to, absolutely. *offers a hand to help you up* ...Are you sure you didn't have other plans?
Mablung
*groans* Oh, no. He's gotten to you, too, has he?
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Date: 08/06/2007 18:16:34
*let you pull her up* Oh, no! *...* *realizes that sounds totally lame* I mean, nothing that can't keep, you know. /:)
Oh, no. He's gotten to you, too, has he?
*laughs* Family is like that. ;)
Just let me get the rest of my stuff. *climbs up to her branch* *grabs her journal, handbag, and the rest of her lunch*
*could really get behind the idea of having no particular plans* *ever*
*raises an eyebrow* Family? Seriously? You poor woman.
*watches you climbing nimbly through the tree* *impressed* I don't know if I'll ever get used to that.
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Date: 08/06/2007 21:44:54
*calls down from the tree* Yeah, like, cousins? Second once removed. *realizes something* He never even told me you were a God now and everything! He's in trouble.
*jumps down*
I don't know if I'll ever get used to that
*dumps everything into the basket on her bike* Yeah, you were never as good at it. *matter-of-factly* So I beat you at hide-and-seek. :)
*climbs on her bike* So are you taking a break out here from... Wait, do you have a job now? Did they give you a new one when they made you a God?
*cheerfully* Mablung never was big on the details.
*shrugs* I haven't really been in close touch with the other Valar. Lately I've mostly been running Dad's army. That's code for "making sure he never actually uses one". *pauses* I think I'm still a bit in denial about the whole Vala thing, to be honest. *thinks that's the first time he's admitted that aloud*
So I beat you at hide-and-seek.
*smiles faintly as he watches you get on your bike* I imagine I can race you, though. *closes his eyes and thinks in the direction you mentioned earlier* Is that yours with the garden out front? And the blue door?
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Date: 08/06/2007 22:02:22
a bit in denial about the whole Vala thing
Really? *in mild wonderment* So you just kind of... woke up and you were like that and you didn't get, like... instructions or anything?
*stands and watches you* *awe*
Wow. *nods* And with the clothesline in the back and three chairs on the porch?
*tries to sound detached but doesn't do a stellar job of it* Well, I assume I came back this way to kill Morgoth and...is it terrible that I haven't really thought about it much? *reddens slightly* I guess I'm repressing that bit, too.
*small nod* Loser does the dishes? *the corner of his lip twitching* Ready, set— *vanishes*
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Date: 08/06/2007 22:14:51
Hey that's not fai--
*watches you vanish and her jaw drops* :o
*kicks back the kickstand and starts pedaling like mad*
*has to stand up off the seat to get as fast as she can go*
flitting through the woods in front of him, pointing out trees and calling them strange names
setting the kickstand on your bike and clomping up the porch steps
*rubs his eyes* Yeah. *more firmly* Yeah, I'm good. *brightening* I guess Mablung really didn't get it all. *pours out two glasses of juice and hands you one*
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Date: 08/06/2007 23:02:56
*takes the glass, still watching you with a little touch of wonder* It's okay. I can't finish a whole cake on my own anyway.
I've never seen anyone do that before. That was really something... *picks up a carrot stick and munches* *talks, thinking as she goes* I hardly ever see anything except the usual stuff now... there's more people than there used to be but I think that's because they want to live in Hithlum? *don't ask her what's up there though*
*breaks a bite off a slice of cake and pops it into his mouth, still clearing his head*
*is perfectly content to listen to you talk* *after a little while* They're everywhere now. It's different now that everything's open. I've spent a fair bit of time in Hithlum in the last couple- *misses a beat while he searches for the right word* -months. Not my old home, though.
*thinks about the relative lack of trees in Hithlum* So you never get away from Doriath?
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Date: 08/07/2007 08:41:55
*sits there for another minute or two before deciding she should just fill up a plate for you* *doesn't know how much a Vala appetite is, but figures it's got to be a lot*
*shakes her head* I like the forest. *thinks* I can see the mountains though, when I get up real high. They look almost the same as before, isn't that funny?
*remembers she still has a granola bar from before* *starts to eat that first* Mablung gave me a phone so he could send me text messages when he's in Delving. I tried sending them back but it took me like half an hour to do one. *snicker*
Hey, thanks. *(his mother would approve)* *takes the plate from you and just picks at the food*
*considers* They do look the same. *really has no recollection of the creation of this world* I guess we must have thought there's no point in messing with a good thing? *has another thought* I can show you pictures of the places I've been, if you want to see. The pictures in my head, I mean.
it took me like half an hour to do one
*laughs* I know what you mean. I sort of miss letters, actually. Not that we'll convince anyone to go back, I expect.
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Date: 08/07/2007 09:10:51
*gets a forkful of meatloaf*
The pictures in my head, I mean.
*a little curious* You mean like your thoughts? *hushed* You can do that? *she will stop saying that eventually, really*
Not that we'll convince anyone to go back, I expect.
*shrugs* I could write you a letter? I write stuff down all the time. People to share them with are a little harder to come by.
*thinks your excitement is kinda sweet* *embarrassing him a bit, yeah, but sweet anyway*
*grins* Sure. *floats a memory near your consciousness: standing at the edge of Lake Mithrim on a cloudless day* *is relieved by this not being quite so taxing*
*obviously pleased* Would you? I think I'd like that. Only you have to promise not to harp on my handwriting when I write back.
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Date: 08/07/2007 09:29:30
*smiles* Of course I would. You were always good about not telling me I was silly to talk to. Good friend.
floats a memory near your consciousness
*closes her eyes from the surprise* *puts her hands out like she's lost her balance or something* It's a lake! *sits and gets used to the picture* That's so pretty...
*wonders how good a friend he could have been if he left to defend the marches and forgot about you entirely* *a touch ruefully* A better friend now, I hope.
*adjusts what you're seeing slightly, amused by your changing expressions* And see the mountains? From one end of the lake and all the way around south to the other. All that's Mithrim. You okay?
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Date: 08/07/2007 09:44:57
*sees all those things, enthralled* Wow...
*puts her hands on your arm* *blinks her eyes open*
*quietly* But I never believed all those bad things they said about you, Túrin. You were never like that when you were here.
*sighs* I'd like to think that. But somehow I always ended up doing the wrong thing, you know? *dismissively* Well. It's in the past.
*sticks his tongue out at you* Oh, I'm a tease now? *stands to collect the plates and everything together on the tray* *pointedly* I always make good on my commitments, see? And my mother would kill me if I didn't at least know how to tidy up.
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Date: 08/07/2007 11:15:50
*trails behind you into the house, mildly dazed from the mental picture-show*
*smiles* *opens a cupboard and absentmindedly unhurriedly looks for new containers to re-pack the rest of the food in* Well I think your mom would be so proud of you. :)
*gets a bit of a look around the kitchen while he runs water in the sink* *thinks Mablung probably digs your quirky style* *kinda digs it himself, truth be told*
You'll have to come and see me now and then, too, you know. *quickly* Oh, I know I can't lure you into the city. *feels fairly sure of this, at least* But I can meet you at the edge of town and pretend I know the best places to eat and tactfully remark on my very-much-suburban apartment being too messy to take you back to. It's an awesome plan, admit it.
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Date: 08/07/2007 11:45:34
*goes momentarily pale at the thought of going deep down into Delving*
*totally tries to brush it off* You have a place in the suburbs? *thinks that through* *a little eagerly at the idea of seeing you more* Am I gonna get lost? Are you gonna make me eat weird foot that city people like? *whispers* Like raw fish? That can't taste good, how can it taste good?
Don't ask me! I'm not a city boy; I just live there. *fondly* Beleg loves the stuff but then we all know she's a bit bonkers.
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Date: 08/07/2007 13:39:03
Actually, no? But does it matter?
*deer-in-the-headlights* Oh no, what are you going to get me into? *breaks into nervous laughter*
Beleg loves the stuff
*notices that's the second time you've mentioned Beleg* *remember he was very nice about that time she had to go testify for you and didn't make her feel bad about all the hyperventilating* I think I've seen him come through here. *pauses* No, her, I mean. *g* Not so much lately though?
*shrugs* Well, I'm not really going to move to the suburbs. You think the city's bad? Suburbs are the worst of both worlds. I'm not even joking.
Yeah, she was in Hithlum for awhile. Diplomatic stuff. *with undisguised satisfaction* But she's home now.
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Date: 08/07/2007 13:51:24
the worst of both worlds. I'm not even joking.
Oh. That sounds... *tries to put together the worst things she can think about the city (e.g. REALLY REALLY HORRIBLE SCARY BAD) and the worst things she can think about the country (e.g. not that bad at all once you come down to it)*That sounds awful. :s
*watches your face* Aw, you got so happy-looking now. :D
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