er . . . umm . . . what exactly are the intentions of the Elves?

Will do - but probably not until tomorrow or very late tonight.

Pio..... Please, oh please tell me you didn't just say that! Please tell me it was the mad reg...

*Maika drops to the floor, chanting "No more Legsie!" over and over...*

[ December 27, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

Malka--

If you think that is bad, just hold on. Pio's character in the story is supposed to be happily married!

You just can't trust those Elves.

Cami Goodchild, a small hobbit who is shocked at Pio's cavorting!

Maikadilwen,

"What Sharon said"!!! Poor Mithadan! This elf is WAY out of control.

--scandalized

Yes, poor Mith. He'll soon live up to his name with all those grey hairs that Elf is causing. If he hasn't pulled it all out by that time. And with two more to come.... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
ACK! Let's pray they'll inherit their fathers spirit!

[ December 27, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] Shocked, my lovely Elven foot - you're jealous!

[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Pio is only planning on 'chatting' him up!

I'll have you know he's quite 'wild' in his own way! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

The route has been discussed now among Pio, Mithadan, Cami, Legolas, and Radagast.

Pio has given Cami a waterproof, leather tube for storing maps in, and has copied a large map of the route for her, plus numerous maps she may need when they leave the forest.

Are you set to go yet, or is there more preparation to be done? A general meeting, or something of that sort?

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

Pio,

Can you give me a day to catch up on my "backposting"? I need to add a fair piece of information before your last post, finishing up the meeting with Legolas and Cami's letter from Gandalf.

I am also going to reserve a space should Helen need it, which is quite possible.

I would also expect one brief post after yours, and then we'll be on our way.

sharon

Pio,

I've caught up on my back posting. Cami doesn't get a man, but she does get two of her wishes--she gets called an Elf-friend and she gets a pony! (Cami is easily pleased!)

I still have to do the final post on the hobbits after the one you did. I will try and write it tomorrow if my schedule permits. I may need to do minor revisions on it, however, once Helen does her Gamba/Phura thing so they flow together well.

sharon

[img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Take your time with what you need to do.

I have just finished re-reading this chapter of The Lonely Star,and am sitting here hanky in hand because I really don't want it to end.

*sigh* Pio really wishes she had that quilt - and would add a few more squares of the Elf, Man, and Shapechanger seeing you off . . .

Still working on those fill-in spaces, but off to the City today. Might get on a bit this evening. Otherwise, I'll be back January 2.

Pio-- You gave me a good lead-in through Lorien and Galadriel back to the hobbit history of Beleriand. Remember how Maura and Cami spoke of Andreth's journal and the friendship of Finrod and Galadriel with the hobbit peoples, as well as their ties with the House of Beor? (Maura's father died fighting at Ladros.)

How strange that Cami would have known a few things some of the Elves would not have known. Ah, the joys of time travel and hidden hobbit history.

sharon

[ December 31, 2002: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

Sharon - I was just re-reading the FOTR - trying to find a suitable passage to describe the Downs for the Shire game. Read this part of "In the house of Tom Bombadil":

I wonder if Cami and her band will encounter him! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Happy New Years, all! Best wishes and minimal hangovers to all!

Of course Dad saw them arrive. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Happy New Year, All.

Bethberry

We're back from the City, and have decided to squirrel in here for the night. Folk were arriving in Times Square as we were hightailing it out of there.

Have a good New Year. We should be flying home tomorrow.

Pio -- That's a very interesting quote you mention. I remember reading it before, but I must say it takes on new meaning in the context of our story!

Hey, what do you folk think this means for our story? Does this mean Tom came all the way to the River to see the hobbits off, either down by the Falls or further up towards the north? Or does it mean he sees the hobbits later when we troop across his lands on the western migrations? The latter would not be pertinent at this particular point.

I never thought of Tom going as far afield as the Anduin.

Any ideas, anyone?

sharon

OK, guys, the Star is stalled again! We have to get the crazy ship moving and bring it into port.

Pio and I have been stalled down in the Shire, with business at the Inn and trying to get folk to come up with a doable game. Lot's of fun, but time consuming.

My ribs are finally at the point, pain wise, where I can begin to write again. I will try tomorrow to post the next installment of getting the hobbits up and out on the road.

At this point, I'm not going to worry about Tom. Maybe he's waiting somewhere around the next bend.

sharon

[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

As you can all see, I have not made any progress on Cami. That is because Pio and I have been buried under an avalanche of work in the Shire, plus my daughter is home sick from school.

I will keep trying to plug away at it tomorrow.

sharon

Down to brass tacks now:

What exactly is needed to end this RPG? What do I need to write?

Sharon - you are writing the leavetaking of the Hobbits, Elves, and Radagast.

Helen - do you want one last post as Gamba saying farewell to Phura - Do you want that just before Sharon's farewell post or can you fill in the post spot you've saved.

I'll get us down the river and all the time switching done if you'ld like. Us to the 4th age w/Levanto, the hobbrim back to where they belong, and the Elves to their appropriate time.

Mithadan - can you do a final short wrap-up scene when that's done

Goodbyes and sniffles are done. I will write a brief description of the hobbits' early morning departure, and then I am truly finished!

Helen-- you may tag into my space as needed (even in the middle if you want to do it there) for Phura and Gamba.

Oh - here it is 11:30 P.M., I've just read your last post, Child, and I'm sniffling . . . 'bye . . .

I'm sniffling too. I better go to bed.

sharon

That's it. Over and out. Cami has made her final post on the Star.

*sniff* All right, I'll do the Phura/Gamba post soon... in he next couple of (very busy) days; probably in the middle of your last post, where the asterisks are.

Pass the box of tissues.

[ January 08, 2003: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]

"Wait! You left one of your books, Cami...!"

Great final post, Child. Very in character and very Tolkienesque.

This is sad indeed. Endings always are, even happy ones. Cami is a great character. She will be missed.

Mark 12_30, don't forget Gamba's Epilogue!

I guess Pio and I will wrap it up. I hope we can get our act together and do Chapter 2 sometime soon...

Ooooo! Tricksy, she is. Nasssty Hobbit. I see that no sooner do we lose the adult Cami than we gain the adolescent Cami! Great idea Child! You get to RP your own backstory!

Er, Mith, Okay, I didn't know it was going into this RPG but that sounds good actually. Where should it go? Now? Or after "finis"? Whatever you want.

My final post is done and posted - Adiós amigos!

hobbrim overboard TeHe. And like always I get to be a gadfly. You have to go back and edit. What about Phura, Azraph, and Andril? Did you forget them???

sharon

[ January 08, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

I also did an edit of Pio's post to tie up a few loose ends. I guess Pio can take a crack at Phura, et al.

Mark 12_30, go ahead (or not) if you wish. I thought the epilogue was for the RPG not the fan fiction but either way is OK by me.

Roll credits!

CAST PARTY at my place!

OK! That was my final - do you hear me, final edit for you, Mz. Gadfly!!!!!

Changed a few words and now everyone is where they are supposed to be, I hope.

*does a happy dance

The d*mnable time crystal is now beyond our reach. (Though I think that while we're at the Cast Party, Pio wil look for where Mithadan has hidden the REG and his laptop - we need to be ready for the next BD b-day party, ladies!)

*puts on her lampshade hat and her dancing shoes, hooks her arm through Bird's plaster spackled one, and heads out for the partay . . .

I've edited the following posts:
posted December 29, 2002 09:34 PM
and Sharon's longer post. Better late than never.

Pio, got one of those lampshades for me?

Oops, oh yeah, epilog. I'll add that too.

[ January 09, 2003: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]

The Lonely Star - Chapter 4 has been closed. If anyone is perversely inclined to edit a prior post, tell me please (and I will try to disabuse you of that ill-conceived notion).

I'll leave this discussion thread open a while longer, then both will be closed and shipped to Elvenhome. This thread is magical in a way. You'll note that it is 26 pages long, though the forum's programming shuts threads after 20 pages. I had nothing to do with this thread evading the Down's restrictions and, to my knowledge, none of the other Admins did either. Just a little extra bit of magic for the crew of the Lonely Star...

Helen,

That was great! Maybe I'll manage an epilogue for our fanfiction.

sharon

Is there a way to send an RPG to Elvenhome, but maintain an active discussion thread for the fanfiction adaptation?

sharon

Sure. I'll just leave the thread open in Elvenhome.

Thanks!

sharon

Mith, you said "Cast party at my place." Where's that? I haven't seen any party posts...

*Dons party hat and seizes a bottle of Moet while inserting a cd into the player. Soon Sting's "Shadows in the Rain" is rocking the house (followed appropriately by Enya's "Only Time").


Let's have the party here!

Puts two bags onto table, looking puzzled as stuff tumbles out. Nuts, chips, salsa, and several bags of M&Ms (plain and peanut) scatter onto the table. Several bottles of soda roll and fall off table.

"Uh, Oh, " says Mith, hoping nobody opesn them very soon.

"Hey, I thought this was sound equipment. What happened to my cables and microphones?" Gamba says, scratching his head. "I'll be back." Phura, Gamba and Azraph re-enter carrying electric guitar, bass, and keyboards. Kesha has a drum. "Quick, let's get this set up before Mom objects, " Gamba mutters. "Who's got the monitors? Hurry up with that soundboard. Mith? We need power."

Bethberry offers streamers, more champagne, and a medley of music, from the Eurythmics to Nickle Creek, The Smiths, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and, last but not least, Neil Young "Harvest".

Thanks for a wonderful read, all of you.(I thought you would never end. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

Bethberry