Not jealous

[gelgannel]

Gelgannel: *finishing up his paperwork for the day, sipping tea*

Idril: *not sure what to do with herself for the moment since Yaban is busy, and her uncles are taken care of for the moment, so goes to check on Turgon and Idril3, pausing at Gel's desk* Is he in?

Gelgannel: He's in a meeting with the lady Luthien at present, princess. *looks up, bit of his dredlocks falling over one eye*

Idril: a-ah... *finds the word hitched in her throat when she sees him again, feeling that rush again like the first time she saw him* ...will it be a long meeting?

Gelgannel: *nods* He told me to just leave when my time was up, I didn't have to come help him get ready.


Gelgannel: Do you need me to take a message? *being polite after his screw ups interacting with her before*

Idril: Oh. Um, no. I was just bored, so I thought I'd come visit.

Gelgannel: seems he's busy for now. *apologetic shrug*

Idril: Okay. Thanks anyway. *glances at him again* ...are you working long?

Gelgannel: I'm done after this paper, actually. I was just going over some budgetwork. *sets his pen down* You want me to entertain you? *little smile*

Idril: *shrugs* You don't have to. I just thought if you're finished soon, and you're bored too.

Gelgannel: I wouldn't mind

Idril: *short nod* okay.

Gelgannel: *hurries through his last bit of work and gets up, offering his arm to Idril*

Idril: *takes it, a bit hesitantly* ...where to?

Gelgannel: there's a concert in the park we could go to. Just a few dwarven musicians

Idril: ...dwarves?

Gelgannel: you've heard dwarf music, right?

Idril: *shakes her head* I haven't yet

Gelgannel: well, tonight's as good as any

Idril: Um. Okay. *CAN do this, Idril, you're already friends with a human!*

Gelgannel: *takes the stairs, figuring she doesn't want to use the lift after her last adventure*

Idril: *notes that, appreciative, and walks down with him* Which park?

Gelgannel: the one with the ent, so as always, remember to keep your distance

Idril: I've sat near it. She doesn't bother me.

Gelgannel: well, you don't want to get whapped just in case. *protective voice*

Idril: *small smile* Okay. We'll sit somewhere else

Gelgannel: maybe near a fountain?

Idril: Sure. You pick

Gelgannel: *picks up something sweet from a food cart on the way, little teacakes made to look like flowers and sits them at one of the park fountains with a good view of the ampitheatre*

Gelgannel: I like this one, the dolphins remind me of the ocean

Idril: Do you miss it? *settles on the edge of it, looking out into the park*

Gelgannel: I do. It was nice. Blue. Huge.

Idril: would you go back?

Gelgannel: Not sure. I'll think on that

Dwarven Musicians: *come up onto the stage and set up their instruments*

Idril: *nods and watches the dwarves curiously, surprised she doesn't have the urge to run and hide yet*

Gelgannel: *holding onto her arm still and offers her a teacake*

Idril: Thanks. *takes it and nibbles delicately at it* ...you don't have to hold me, you know. I'm not going back into hiding.

Gelgannel: ...oh! *hadn't realized he was still doing it and pulls his arm away* Sorry, Idril

Idril: *kind of sad he let go anyway, but is determined not to push it again, and nods to him* It's okay.

Gelgannel: you feeling okay? *not directing her attention to the dwarves the park is filling with*

Idril: ...you mean because of the foreigners, don't you.

Gelgannel: I'm a foreigner too, you know

Gelgannel: Not many elves who look like me among your people

Idril: *shrugs* You're still an elf. But yes, I'm feeling okay

Gelgannel: oh good. *pats her hand*

Idril: And I'm doing pretty well, so don't yell at me if I do run off in a bit

Gelgannel: I'll hold my tongue. They're starting

Dwarven Musicians: *start playing a slow, steady song*

Idril: *nods and goes quiet*

Idril: o.o *finds it's quite pretty*

Gelgannel: *keeps glancing over her to see how she's liking it*

Idril: *looking fairly entranced, seeming to enjoy the music, even though they're dwarves*

Gelgannel: *grins and leans back to enjoy, nibbling on a teacake*

Idril: *forgot about hers as she listens and watches*

Gelgannel: *discreetly steals one*

Idril: *finds herself swaying a bit with the music*

Gelgannel: it feels like being underground

Idril: *small nod* It's amazing... o.o

Gelgannel: glad I brought you?

Idril: *quick nod and smiles over at him* Very! Thank you

Gelgannel: good! Good. *smiles back*

Idril: *genuinely smiling at him and looks back to the little stage*

Gelgannel: *gets up after and dusts off his pants*

Idril: *gets up, too, and sees her forgotten teacake* Oops.

Gelgannel: eat up?

Idril: *picks it up to nibble delicately, stretching her legs*

Gelgannel: that was your multicultural event of the night *stretches his arms and looks up at the stars*

Idril: *looks up with him* Nice night

Gelgannel: *nods* the lights here don't interfere so much. *walks under a lamp with a blossom-shaped light*

Idril: Mhm. I think the architects designed it that way

Gelgannel: walk you home, then?

Gelgannel: that's a joke. We live in the same place

Idril: *sticks her tongue out at him, feeling playful* So funny.

Gelgannel: you can walk me home

Idril: Mmhm. *walks with him* I'm proud of myself. I've made a human friend and I enjoyed a dwarven concert!

Gelgannel: oh? Who's the human?

Idril: A historian named Yaban! He's actually really great. *smiles*

Gelgannel: *flare of jealousy* ...oh?

Idril: Mmhm. He took me to see the oliphaunt baby, even.

Gelgannel: better than a concert?

Idril: *laughs* They're very different things

Idril: But I DID get to pet the baby

Gelgannel: maybe we can go see this oliphaunt

Idril: You haven't seen it yet?

Gelgannel: not yet, no. I don't go to the animals much

Idril: Oh, Gel, it's just *precious*! So cute. *grins*

Gelgannel: then I'll come see it. *firmly*

Idril: *smiles* That was a fun afternoon. Two new things in one afternoon - a human friend and a baby oliphaunt

Gelgannel: you're experience the world again

Idril: Yeah. Don't tell dad. >.>

Gelgannel: why not?

Idril: He'll stop answering my demands. *winks*

Gelgannel: manipulating your poor innocent father *shakes his head*

Idril: Hey, that's what kids do!

Gelgannel: do they now? The past is a fascinating place

Idril: *snickers* Mhm. You should spend more time with me. I can teach you all the tricks. *grins*

Gelgannel: You know, I should

Idril: Hm?

Gelgannel: spend more time with you

Idril: Oh. ...really? *surprised, really*

Gelgannel: *nods* if that's agreeable to you

Idril: *just still surprised he wants to* ...you want to?

Gelgannel: I do, yeah

Idril: ...what about dad?

Gelgannel: he wouldn't object to us being friends, right?

Idril: No, he wouldn't.

Gelgannel: then it's fine

Idril: *being good and not pointing out that he wasn't objecting when she was trying for more-than-friends, either* So... Friends?

Gelgannel: Friends.

Idril: *smiles* okay