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gondolindrim2012-11-10 07:19 pm
princetheoden) wrote in gondolindrim2012-11-10 07:19 pm
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In Which I Meet A Kinslayer
So the rain finally stopped! Which is good. Which is nice. So it's just me, the mud, and the boring part of my patrol.
Celegorm: *Celegorm blinks his eyes. It's cold and damp, wherever he is. He raises a hand to wipe his face and smears mud across his forehead.* BLAST!! *He pushes himself up on his elbows and sees Huan, who looks overjoyed to see him. The hound gives his muddy face a happy lick* Well, at least there is something familiar here. *He sits up and looks around what appears to be a small square near a gate. The city isn't familiar* Where am I?
Theo: *on this leg of his patrol, feeling a bit tired and cranky from spending the morning on cleaning duty, hasn't notice Celegorm yet but is in his line of sight*
Celegorm: Hello? Hello, there! *he struggles to stand up, but slips in the mud* Could you give me some assistance?
Theo: Huh? How'd you even get down there? *approaches, wary of the huge dog*
Celegorm: I...erm...I'm not really sure, but I would love a hand up. I'm Celegorm. *nods at the dog* That is my hound, Huan. He doesn't bite, but he does enjoy sniffing.
Theo: *not quite clicking on why the name sounds familiar and offers his hand* I need to clean my armour soon anyway
Celegorm: I'm not entirely sure how I ended up in the mud, but I apologize in advance for getting you filthy. *Huan sniffs round*
Theo: hello, dog. *polite nod, way more of a cat person* Up you go. What were you doing before the mud? Somewhere else or drunk?
Celegorm: *scratches his chin and leaves another muddy smear on his face* Not drunk. I think I was fighting with someone, but my brain is a bit scrambled. Where am I, anyway? Nothing here seems familiar. *Huan sniffs at Theo's boots*
Theo: oh. *stands to attention, ready to do greeting duty* Welcome to Gondolin! The city where the lost in time end up
Celegorm: Gondolin?! *spins around in a slow circle* Turgon's city? Never in a million years thought I'd end up here. *narrows his eyes and focuses on Theo* What do you mean "the lost in time"?
Theo: *can't help a little twitch back, smaller than elves and not quite at ease with the ones as impressive as a Feanorian* Yes. Turgon's city. Um. Okay, uh. *pulls out his sword and draws a line in the mud* This mud is time! *makes a big slash* this is Gondolin! It's like a sinkhole, with water, time, draining in and taking bits of the rest of time with it. Sometimes people show up. Like you
Celegorm: *stares at the slash in the mud* So...I just got sucked here by means of a giant hole. Wonderful. I suppose I'm in an altogether different year, too.
Theo: it's 300 years into the first age. Um, if you're before that, I'm a human. We woke up at the start of the age
Celegorm: *looks down at him* You're certainly not Elvish. That's *does some mental calculations* a step back of just over 200 years for me. *looks around for somewhere to sit* Egad...It's a lot to take in.
Huan: Wooff! [I smell cat on this one]
Theo: we have a greeting building. *helpful look* it has pamphlets
Celegorm: *shakes his head at Huan, who stops sniffing* I'm not sure what a pamphlet is, but I'd love some sort of explanation.
Theo: *wiping mud off his hand* They give you somewhere to live too. Nice little apartments for newcomers. *assuming Celegorm's regular civilian level*
Celegorm: *sniffs somewhat derisively* I'll need more than a nice little apartment. *snaps his fingers at Huan* Come. Let's see this greeting building and find out more about Gondolin.
Theo: but that's what everyone gets
Celegorm: Celegorm, third son of Feanor, isn't just anyone. And my cousin should know that.
Theo: ...oh.
Celegorm: *snaps his fingers again, this time at Theo* Let's go! I don't have all day to wait around. I want to find a home, a warm bath, a good meal and have a nice long chat with my dear cousin.
Theo: *balking at the finger snapping* well, I don't know what to do with a Feanorian. Obviously you're not common.
Celegorm: *sighs, exasperated already* Just take me to the greeting building. You can at least do that, can't you? If you cannot manage to help me find a nice place to stay, maybe someone else there can.
Theo: fine, fine. I thought mayve you'd want to see the king himself, but the building's fine *turns around to lead*
Celegorm: No, not yet. I need a good night's rest and a stiff drink before I take that on.
Theo: mind your step *walks past a smashed piece of masonry*
Celegorm: *dodges it as Huan gives it a good sniffing* Did someone land on that when they got sucked in?
Theo: angry oliphaunt. Most of the area's been repaired, but then the rain came. Your timing's pretty good, it stopped an hour ago
Celegorm: *frowns* Why are there oliphaunts inside the city gates?
Huan: woooffwoof! [I knew it! I knew that's what I smelled]
Theo: the same reason you are
Celegorm: So the black hole of misery sucks in literally anything??
Theo: yes. Sometimes it's as small as a bug, or a small object. Sometimes it's a big and very angry oliphaunt. *not mentioning exactly how COOL that was to see, since he feels that's unprofessional*
Celegorm: I want a house on the opposite side of the city. If I awake to see a charging warg on my front lawn, I'm going to be angry.
Huan: woof [I like chasing wargs]
Theo: it appears *anywhere* in the city
Celegorm: %$*&
Theo: I showed up in the stables.
Celegorm: *shrugs* Then I suppose I'll just have to be on my guard.
City: *streets starting to fill up now that the weather's better*
Huan: *looks excited at the idea of chasing wargs round the front lawn*
Theo: that's why there is an expanded guard now... *less cranky about Celegorm now*
=
Celegorm: Who is head of the guard?
VoodooHamster 4:07 pm
Theo: Captain Ecthelion! *note of admiration in his voice*
Celegorm: Never heard of him. I'll pay him a visit after I am finished with Turgon. I'm sure he'll find my battle expertise enlighting.
Theo: He knows plenty...
Celegorm: *chuckles* Of course he does. But not as much as me.
Dagnir: *appears on top of a wall, keeping pace with them* MrwooooWWwllll
Theo: *frowning at Celegorm and turns his head* no, go. Shoo, I'm working!
Huan: WOOOF! [CAT!] *takes off toward Dagnir*
Celegorm: STOP. Heel.
Dagnir: *low hiss and stays at the top of his wall, turning into a bigger puffball*
Theo: *reaches to grab Huan to save his cat!*
Huan: *skids to a stop, but eyes Dagnir* [Fine. But just this once.]
Dagnir: *as much as his horrible face can smirk*
Huan: *growls*
Dagnir: *sits and grooms, not that it helps his state much*
Celegorm: [I don't have time for your crap, Huan. Let's find a place to live, then you can chase as many cats as you please]
Theo: what are you doing?
Huan: *looks very disappointed*
Celegorm: Talking to the dog. Orome taught me the language of the animals.
Theo: oh. That's... pretty cool, actually
Dagnir: *looks over at Celegorm and says, very deliberately* meow.
Celegorm: Meow to you, too. *grins at the cat* That sounded more like westron.
Dagnir: mew, mew. Meow. *lolls on the fence, entering the lounge stage*
Theo: that doesn't sound like him at all. Normally it's this... yowl
=
Celegorm: He's showing off. *turns to the cat* [Sorry about Huan. My apologies]
Dagnir: *bats at invisible butterflies as his response*
Theo: he's... I think he's my cat. Please don't let your dog eat him
Celegorm: Huan won't eat him. He just likes to chase them. Once he's caught them and given them a good sniffing, he lets them go.
Theo: *relaxes* good.
Huan: [I would like to eat one if you'd let me...]
Celegorm: *cuts his eyes at Huan*
Theo: He's kind of the only cat in Gondolin, where would others be? *curious* I kind of had a theory about elves not liking cats much 'cause they don't like anything that thinks it's better than the-- *SHUTS UP*
Theo: *covers his mouth*
Celegorm: *picks at a crust of dried mud on his coat* I think you are wise not to finish that statement. You'd be even wiser if you would take me to that damned greeting building you've been talking about for the last half hour.
Theo: we're almost there! Sorry, sorry. *bright red and sort of ducks his head and hurries on ahead*
Celegorm: *grins and thinks humans are sort of endearing when they blush* Wonderful.
Theo: it's just it's a big city and there's a lot new buildings to dodge around and *sort of babbling, embarrassed at running off his mouth*
Celegorm: *pats his shoulder* It's fine. Just do your best.
Theo: right. Yes. Sorry
Celegorm: *points* Is that it? *unimpressed*
Theo: Yes. It's a nice shade of red...
Celegorm: *wrinkles his nose* It certainly is...red.
Theo: it's to make it easy to find for newcomers.
Celegorm: It's definitely hard to miss. So, what now? Just go in and introduce myself and they'll hand me keys to a house?
Theo: well, I don't know if they *have* one they can give you for your specifications.
Celegorm: *fights off another round of irritation and bites it back with a gritted smile* Fine. I'll take what they have until they can build me something better.
Theo: they're nice apartments. Spacious. Plumbing
Celegorm: *perks up* Plumbing? Nice!
Theo: Oh good, that cheered you up. *gets Celegorm inside and hands him a developments pamphlet and goes to talk with a clerk about exactly what he's brought*
Celegorm: *eyes the pamphlet and decides that nothing is big enough. Begins thinking up plans to expand whatever tiny little apartment they give him. Maybe knocking down a wall and taking over 2 of them. Or 3. Possibly 4.*
Theo: here. *holds out a key* This is for the night, and you'll *looks over at the clerk on the phone, who gives him a thumbs up* You'll have an appointment with the king tomorrow
Celegorm: *takes the key and extends his hand* Thank you...Theoden, right? You have been a great help.
Theo: *little nod* Yes, Theoden. I'm glad I helped you, and good luck in the city
Celegorm: *snaps at Huan and they head off in the direction of the room that is circled on the map*
Theo: I better go report this to the captain. *hurries off*
Celegorm: *Celegorm blinks his eyes. It's cold and damp, wherever he is. He raises a hand to wipe his face and smears mud across his forehead.* BLAST!! *He pushes himself up on his elbows and sees Huan, who looks overjoyed to see him. The hound gives his muddy face a happy lick* Well, at least there is something familiar here. *He sits up and looks around what appears to be a small square near a gate. The city isn't familiar* Where am I?
Theo: *on this leg of his patrol, feeling a bit tired and cranky from spending the morning on cleaning duty, hasn't notice Celegorm yet but is in his line of sight*
Celegorm: Hello? Hello, there! *he struggles to stand up, but slips in the mud* Could you give me some assistance?
Theo: Huh? How'd you even get down there? *approaches, wary of the huge dog*
Celegorm: I...erm...I'm not really sure, but I would love a hand up. I'm Celegorm. *nods at the dog* That is my hound, Huan. He doesn't bite, but he does enjoy sniffing.
Theo: *not quite clicking on why the name sounds familiar and offers his hand* I need to clean my armour soon anyway
Celegorm: I'm not entirely sure how I ended up in the mud, but I apologize in advance for getting you filthy. *Huan sniffs round*
Theo: hello, dog. *polite nod, way more of a cat person* Up you go. What were you doing before the mud? Somewhere else or drunk?
Celegorm: *scratches his chin and leaves another muddy smear on his face* Not drunk. I think I was fighting with someone, but my brain is a bit scrambled. Where am I, anyway? Nothing here seems familiar. *Huan sniffs at Theo's boots*
Theo: oh. *stands to attention, ready to do greeting duty* Welcome to Gondolin! The city where the lost in time end up
Celegorm: Gondolin?! *spins around in a slow circle* Turgon's city? Never in a million years thought I'd end up here. *narrows his eyes and focuses on Theo* What do you mean "the lost in time"?
Theo: *can't help a little twitch back, smaller than elves and not quite at ease with the ones as impressive as a Feanorian* Yes. Turgon's city. Um. Okay, uh. *pulls out his sword and draws a line in the mud* This mud is time! *makes a big slash* this is Gondolin! It's like a sinkhole, with water, time, draining in and taking bits of the rest of time with it. Sometimes people show up. Like you
Celegorm: *stares at the slash in the mud* So...I just got sucked here by means of a giant hole. Wonderful. I suppose I'm in an altogether different year, too.
Theo: it's 300 years into the first age. Um, if you're before that, I'm a human. We woke up at the start of the age
Celegorm: *looks down at him* You're certainly not Elvish. That's *does some mental calculations* a step back of just over 200 years for me. *looks around for somewhere to sit* Egad...It's a lot to take in.
Huan: Wooff! [I smell cat on this one]
Theo: we have a greeting building. *helpful look* it has pamphlets
Celegorm: *shakes his head at Huan, who stops sniffing* I'm not sure what a pamphlet is, but I'd love some sort of explanation.
Theo: *wiping mud off his hand* They give you somewhere to live too. Nice little apartments for newcomers. *assuming Celegorm's regular civilian level*
Celegorm: *sniffs somewhat derisively* I'll need more than a nice little apartment. *snaps his fingers at Huan* Come. Let's see this greeting building and find out more about Gondolin.
Theo: but that's what everyone gets
Celegorm: Celegorm, third son of Feanor, isn't just anyone. And my cousin should know that.
Theo: ...oh.
Celegorm: *snaps his fingers again, this time at Theo* Let's go! I don't have all day to wait around. I want to find a home, a warm bath, a good meal and have a nice long chat with my dear cousin.
Theo: *balking at the finger snapping* well, I don't know what to do with a Feanorian. Obviously you're not common.
Celegorm: *sighs, exasperated already* Just take me to the greeting building. You can at least do that, can't you? If you cannot manage to help me find a nice place to stay, maybe someone else there can.
Theo: fine, fine. I thought mayve you'd want to see the king himself, but the building's fine *turns around to lead*
Celegorm: No, not yet. I need a good night's rest and a stiff drink before I take that on.
Theo: mind your step *walks past a smashed piece of masonry*
Celegorm: *dodges it as Huan gives it a good sniffing* Did someone land on that when they got sucked in?
Theo: angry oliphaunt. Most of the area's been repaired, but then the rain came. Your timing's pretty good, it stopped an hour ago
Celegorm: *frowns* Why are there oliphaunts inside the city gates?
Huan: woooffwoof! [I knew it! I knew that's what I smelled]
Theo: the same reason you are
Celegorm: So the black hole of misery sucks in literally anything??
Theo: yes. Sometimes it's as small as a bug, or a small object. Sometimes it's a big and very angry oliphaunt. *not mentioning exactly how COOL that was to see, since he feels that's unprofessional*
Celegorm: I want a house on the opposite side of the city. If I awake to see a charging warg on my front lawn, I'm going to be angry.
Huan: woof [I like chasing wargs]
Theo: it appears *anywhere* in the city
Celegorm: %$*&
Theo: I showed up in the stables.
Celegorm: *shrugs* Then I suppose I'll just have to be on my guard.
City: *streets starting to fill up now that the weather's better*
Huan: *looks excited at the idea of chasing wargs round the front lawn*
Theo: that's why there is an expanded guard now... *less cranky about Celegorm now*
=
Celegorm: Who is head of the guard?
VoodooHamster 4:07 pm
Theo: Captain Ecthelion! *note of admiration in his voice*
Celegorm: Never heard of him. I'll pay him a visit after I am finished with Turgon. I'm sure he'll find my battle expertise enlighting.
Theo: He knows plenty...
Celegorm: *chuckles* Of course he does. But not as much as me.
Dagnir: *appears on top of a wall, keeping pace with them* MrwooooWWwllll
Theo: *frowning at Celegorm and turns his head* no, go. Shoo, I'm working!
Huan: WOOOF! [CAT!] *takes off toward Dagnir*
Celegorm: STOP. Heel.
Dagnir: *low hiss and stays at the top of his wall, turning into a bigger puffball*
Theo: *reaches to grab Huan to save his cat!*
Huan: *skids to a stop, but eyes Dagnir* [Fine. But just this once.]
Dagnir: *as much as his horrible face can smirk*
Huan: *growls*
Dagnir: *sits and grooms, not that it helps his state much*
Celegorm: [I don't have time for your crap, Huan. Let's find a place to live, then you can chase as many cats as you please]
Theo: what are you doing?
Huan: *looks very disappointed*
Celegorm: Talking to the dog. Orome taught me the language of the animals.
Theo: oh. That's... pretty cool, actually
Dagnir: *looks over at Celegorm and says, very deliberately* meow.
Celegorm: Meow to you, too. *grins at the cat* That sounded more like westron.
Dagnir: mew, mew. Meow. *lolls on the fence, entering the lounge stage*
Theo: that doesn't sound like him at all. Normally it's this... yowl
=
Celegorm: He's showing off. *turns to the cat* [Sorry about Huan. My apologies]
Dagnir: *bats at invisible butterflies as his response*
Theo: he's... I think he's my cat. Please don't let your dog eat him
Celegorm: Huan won't eat him. He just likes to chase them. Once he's caught them and given them a good sniffing, he lets them go.
Theo: *relaxes* good.
Huan: [I would like to eat one if you'd let me...]
Celegorm: *cuts his eyes at Huan*
Theo: He's kind of the only cat in Gondolin, where would others be? *curious* I kind of had a theory about elves not liking cats much 'cause they don't like anything that thinks it's better than the-- *SHUTS UP*
Theo: *covers his mouth*
Celegorm: *picks at a crust of dried mud on his coat* I think you are wise not to finish that statement. You'd be even wiser if you would take me to that damned greeting building you've been talking about for the last half hour.
Theo: we're almost there! Sorry, sorry. *bright red and sort of ducks his head and hurries on ahead*
Celegorm: *grins and thinks humans are sort of endearing when they blush* Wonderful.
Theo: it's just it's a big city and there's a lot new buildings to dodge around and *sort of babbling, embarrassed at running off his mouth*
Celegorm: *pats his shoulder* It's fine. Just do your best.
Theo: right. Yes. Sorry
Celegorm: *points* Is that it? *unimpressed*
Theo: Yes. It's a nice shade of red...
Celegorm: *wrinkles his nose* It certainly is...red.
Theo: it's to make it easy to find for newcomers.
Celegorm: It's definitely hard to miss. So, what now? Just go in and introduce myself and they'll hand me keys to a house?
Theo: well, I don't know if they *have* one they can give you for your specifications.
Celegorm: *fights off another round of irritation and bites it back with a gritted smile* Fine. I'll take what they have until they can build me something better.
Theo: they're nice apartments. Spacious. Plumbing
Celegorm: *perks up* Plumbing? Nice!
Theo: Oh good, that cheered you up. *gets Celegorm inside and hands him a developments pamphlet and goes to talk with a clerk about exactly what he's brought*
Celegorm: *eyes the pamphlet and decides that nothing is big enough. Begins thinking up plans to expand whatever tiny little apartment they give him. Maybe knocking down a wall and taking over 2 of them. Or 3. Possibly 4.*
Theo: here. *holds out a key* This is for the night, and you'll *looks over at the clerk on the phone, who gives him a thumbs up* You'll have an appointment with the king tomorrow
Celegorm: *takes the key and extends his hand* Thank you...Theoden, right? You have been a great help.
Theo: *little nod* Yes, Theoden. I'm glad I helped you, and good luck in the city
Celegorm: *snaps at Huan and they head off in the direction of the room that is circled on the map*
Theo: I better go report this to the captain. *hurries off*