From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/06/2007 21:36:43

*rings you on your cell phone when she gets home just so she can say she did her part* *mostly*

No new developments on Maglor. Your mother and I are working on it. The end.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 13:14:33

*brightly* My mother and you are working on it? That's a sentence no man likes to hear from his wife.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 13:18:21

She's a lovely woman. *sweetly* I'd hardly believe she was your mother if she hadn't told me so herself.

Thanks so much for standing me up, by the way.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 13:25:10

What can I say? I take after my father.

*chuckles* Wait just a minute. Everyone else is standing me up.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 13:36:22

*eyeroll* You don't say.

*very slowly (so you can understand)* No, sweetie. You were supposed to be there hours ago. Remember? I had to carry on an actual conversation with your brother, and honestly, I don't know if I'll ever recover.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 13:39:42

Wait, what? I thought we were meeting at nineteen hundred hours? Bugger. I missed a conversation between you and Turco? Please tell me one of you recorded it!

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 13:46:24

*dryly* So sorry to deprive you of surefire entertainment. It sucked. The wine was pretty good though.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 13:47:32

Wine? I missed wine? *sighs heavily* And I'm going through such a difficult time right now and everything.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 13:53:16

*is hanging up now*

*totally*

You? What are you talking about?

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 13:57:04

Well. You know. Cáno's in jail. I mean, Cáno. Anyone else and I wouldn't bat an eyelid but Cáno's the good one. Sort of thing really rocks a guy's belief system, y'know?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 14:04:22

Oh. Poor you. I weep.

*frowns* And why did you guys feel the need to come into town, anyway? Are you gluttons for punishment? Nerdanel will flip out when she finds out you're here.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 14:14:01

*evenly* Do not tell my mother that we are in town. We don't want to worry her. She has enough on her mind with Cáno and all.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 14:22:44

*...*

We. Are. Handling. Things. You know that, right? And Celegorm knows that? And Caranthir? And Maedhros?

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 14:31:30

*blandly* We understand completely. We're just here for moral support. Moral support that we're not actually telling Mother or Cáno about.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 14:42:07

*decides to meet you halfway on this* Well, I guess it's probably safer for them if they don't know you're about. Legally speaking.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 14:43:49

Legally speaking, of course.

*switches tack* So. Are you coming here or will I bring a nice bottle of red over to yours?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 14:49:28

*has cut the hesitation down to one-point-oh-seven seconds* That would be a no. On both counts. I swear we just had this conversation.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 14:54:44

*innocently* Did we? I swear, the shock over Cáno's done awful things to my short-term memory.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 15:08:09

*rubs her eyes with her free hand* Yeah. We really did. But you have fun with that wine. Order pay-per-view or something.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 15:18:02

*lets out a sigh* I miss you too, darling-love.

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 15:25:20

*quietly* Don't, okay? I'll let you know when there's news about Maglor.

	From: atarince	Date: 08/07/2007 15:33:08

Only because you asked so nicely, love. *brightly* Be sure to! I gotta go, can't stay in the same pub place for too long or else they'll find me and that would be a tragic loss to my family, don't you agree?

	From: ivrinsun	Date: 08/07/2007 15:39:30

*wonders if there's a way to answer that seriously without incriminating herself one way or another*

Be careful, please? *amending that* Think of the poor taxpayers who'll be responsible for your correctional upkeep.