He thought a moment, trying to remember, then said, "They called me Snaga.."

"Well then Snaga, do you know from which elven realm you come from?"Thengise asked wanting to know more about the elf.

'Snaga' tried to remember again, back to when before he was taken away. "..Mirkwood?" He mumbled, then turned back to face her, still glaring.

"Ah well then we are among the same elves for i am also from Mirkwood,"Thengise said not mentioning that she was the princess for she did not see it necessary.

He went silent again, then closed his eyes completely, and crumpled down to the ground. He then rolled onto his side, facing Thengise.

Thengise slowly stretched out her arm and began to stroke the elf's hair. She had more confidence around the elf, but was still afraid of what he might do.

The elf lay still, allowing anyone to do what they please with him. Even though he was asleep, he appeared to be troubled, and whimpered softly, hardly heard over the crackling fire.

Thengise kept stroking the elves hair and soon fell asleep along side him.

'Snaga' rolled around more in his sleep, muttering a few words.

Kalia looked down and saw Thengise sleeping next to their psychotic friend. She smiled and hoped that he trusted them by now. She landed next to Sorell and whispered to him.
"Hello. Do you think he trusts us? I hope so," she said, not hearing his answer. She walked over to Thengise and Snaga and looked at him. He looked almost sane, Snaga did. She smiled and softly patted his head.

The elf rolled over again, murmuring some more. "Tomorrow.. we'll go... maybe soon... come back, we're not ready... no!" The last word was almost a shout, and he awoke, startled. 'Snaga' sat up, then sluggishly fell upon the dirt again. He whimpered, then vomited out a black fluid along with grainy brown objects, then sat erect, glancing towards Thengise.

Kalia looked at the stuff he had spewed and stepped away. She didn't want to hurt his feelings, but it was just so gross! She looked at him.
"Are you all right? Want some water? Food? What happened?" she asked, looking at him.

Snaga trembled and allowed the rest to drip down. He looked up at Kalia, and didn't reply.

Kalia ran over to her pack and took out a small piece of cloth. She came back over and sat in front of Snaga but away from the vomit, holding up the cloth.
"I'm going to wipe your mouth, all right? Because you're pretty dirty, and I don't want you to eat any of that. Here, sit forward," she said, holding the cloth on her hand.

He sat forward, and almost went to sleep again.

Kalia put her hand behind Snaga's head and gently held it up while softly patting his mouth and chin with the cloth.
"There, is that better? Here, go back to sleep. I'll wake you guys up when it's time for dinner, ok?" Kalia said, looking into Snaga's eyes and seeing he was tired. She gently lowered his head back onto the ground and watched him close his eyes.

Thengise looked at the vomit on the floor but didn't move because she didn't want to startle Snaga. Instead she fell back asleep by Snaga once more.

Kalia looked at Thengise and smiled. She was so trusting. She stood up and walked out of the camp to a little stream, to wash the cloth. As she stood up, she decided to wash her injured leg. So she sat back down and washed the dried blood off. She stood back up and walked back into the camp. Immediately, she knew that something was different. She didn't know what, but something was.

The elf woke up momentarily to watch Kalia, but then fell back into a deep, uneasy sleep.

Kalia sighed and relaxed. It was just the crazed elf. He had been momentarily awake. She looked up. The sky was beginning to get lighter. She looked around and saw that everyone but her was asleep. She turned and went to prepare a breakfast of yummy pancakes, grabbing the various ingredients from her bag. She didn't notice as someone came up behind her.

Thengise woke up still sitting by the elf. For once in a long time she had slept on the floor instead of a tree. She quietly got up and saw that Kalia was making breakfast. She walked over to Kalia and said,"Looks good." She said looking at the pancakes and realizing she had startled Kalia. "I always seem to startle you,"Thengise giggled.

[ July 30, 2002: Message edited by: Thengise Greenleaf of Mirkwood ]

Kalia smiled and thrust a bowl with ingrediants into Thengise's hands.
"Why yes you do. And since you're the first one awake, you can help me! How did you sleep?" Kalia asked, heating the fire.

Later than the others, the elf arose, slowly sitting up. He smelt the food, and watched the others.

"I slept well as a matter of fact even though i wasn't in the comfort of a tree. What about yourself?"Thengise asked as she finished making the last batch of pancakes.
She looked over at Snaga and realized he was waking.

Thengise saw how Snaga was watching. She went over to Snaga and set a plate of food in front of him along with a glass of water. "I thought you might like some,"she said to Snaga as he stared at her.

Kalia focused on the mix.
"I didn't sleep. I didn't realize it, but I was up all night. Is your friend awake?" she asked, looking at Snaga.

'Snaga' looked down at the plate. He had almost forgotten that the gag was still on, and reached behind his head to take it off.

Thengise helped Snaga unbind his arms and let him take off the scarf on his mouth. She just left the legs tied as they were. She watched as he began to eat the food. He seemed starved.

<<<I thought I tied your hands? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] >>>

((Uhh.. I guess the ropes got loose. :P))

<<<Oh never mind>>>

<<<I put in that I took it off of him after I realized that>>>

((Please continue..))

<<<U go first The Fifth. continue from where u were eating.>>>

<<<Yes, please do>>>

The elf soon finished eating, and pushed the empty plate away. He looked down at the ropes, and then took a sip of water. ((Yeah, I know, not much to say.))

<Thengise signed off.>

Kalia looked over as Snaga ate and smiled. At least he liked the food. She stood up and walked to them.
"I'm going to go take a look around, ok? Please don't run away," she asked Snaga as she flew away.

[ July 30, 2002: Message edited by: suicidal elf chick ]

((But Thengise is still here...)) 'Snaga' watched as she flew off, and tried to stand up. This did not work, so he crawled nearer to Thengise, then halted.


((Uh.. nevermind. She's gone.))

[ July 30, 2002: Message edited by: The Fifth ]

<Or so I thought...>

>I was right. She left<

Kalia looked down and saw Snaga get closer to Thengise. She looked back up and swooped around the area, looking for the quickest path to Ithilien. They were about half a day's travel from it, so she scouted out for trouble and paths. No trouble so far, and just the one path. That worked for her. She flew back down and landed, telling the others how close they were to Ithilien.