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mark12_30 · 08-20-2002, 06:12 AM

The "Levanto" game finaly ended with all the Snowhobbits collapsed in the snow, exhausted. Lindo sauntered over. "Tocca."

Tocca blearily looked up. Lindo motioned him over, and Tocca dragged himself up and obeyed. Tem followed, curious.

"Tocca, what do you know about Piosenniel?"

"She was really pretty. And Levanto was crazy about her. And no matter what he did, she didn't love him back, " Tocca replied.

"Well, I don't know about that, " Lindo said, "except I know that she was, indeed, beautiful. But she was something else."

Tocca waited.

"She was a valiant warrior, and a good friend of Nitir, " Lindo said, softly. "Do you remember the Lady Idril?"

Tocca and Tem nodded.

"In the day of the Invasion of Gondolin, Piosenniel bravely defended the Lady Idril. She fell in battle, that day, in Idril's house."

The boys' jaws dropped, and they glanced at each other, thinking that the new game was about to disappear from the list of things they could get away with. But Lindo continued.

"I think, " he said, "that the boys in the circle need something to sing while Levanto is trying to win Piosenniel. Don't you? Perhaps two or three more verses, about how brave and strong she was. And perhaps another verse, only to be sung respectfully at the very end of the game, about her final stand in the city of Gondolin. Sing it for the lass in the middle of the circle."

Tem and Tocca nodded very seriously, and were quietly busy together for several hours afterward. Lindo said nothing about it to Nitir, afraid that she would forbid the remembrance of Piosenniel's last day. But NItir herself had brought up her name; and if she was going to be sung about, then for Idril's sake, Lindo wanted that day remembered. Such things were too easily forgotten. Far, far too easily forgotten. As an afterthought, he warned Tocca and Tem not to sing the verses in front of anybody else for a while yet; when Nitir left, he would release them to sing it.

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08-20-2002, 06:12 AM	#583
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	The "Levanto" game finaly ended with all the Snowhobbits collapsed in the snow, exhausted. Lindo sauntered over. "Tocca." Tocca blearily looked up. Lindo motioned him over, and Tocca dragged himself up and obeyed. Tem followed, curious. "Tocca, what do you know about Piosenniel?" "She was really pretty. And Levanto was crazy about her. And no matter what he did, she didn't love him back, " Tocca replied. "Well, I don't know about that, " Lindo said, "except I know that she was, indeed, beautiful. But she was something else." Tocca waited. "She was a valiant warrior, and a good friend of Nitir, " Lindo said, softly. "Do you remember the Lady Idril?" Tocca and Tem nodded. "In the day of the Invasion of Gondolin, Piosenniel bravely defended the Lady Idril. She fell in battle, that day, in Idril's house." The boys' jaws dropped, and they glanced at each other, thinking that the new game was about to disappear from the list of things they could get away with. But Lindo continued. "I think, " he said, "that the boys in the circle need something to sing while Levanto is trying to win Piosenniel. Don't you? Perhaps two or three more verses, about how brave and strong she was. And perhaps another verse, only to be sung respectfully at the very end of the game, about her final stand in the city of Gondolin. Sing it for the lass in the middle of the circle." Tem and Tocca nodded very seriously, and were quietly busy together for several hours afterward. Lindo said nothing about it to Nitir, afraid that she would forbid the remembrance of Piosenniel's last day. But NItir herself had brought up her name; and if she was going to be sung about, then for Idril's sake, Lindo wanted that day remembered. Such things were too easily forgotten. Far, far too easily forgotten. As an afterthought, he warned Tocca and Tem not to sing the verses in front of anybody else for a while yet; when Nitir left, he would release them to sing it. [ August 20, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.