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09-18-2006, 03:49 PM
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The Melody of Misery
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I'm good with everything.
Where is everyone?
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09-18-2006, 04:50 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
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To tuck into the Monster Post just after "Bella" and before Ædegard & Leafa
Nethwador watched Bella go.
Taitheneb watched Nethwador. There had been many late-night discussions between the boy and the elf over the past two days. He felt the boy's heartache well enough without touching his mind. Perhaps he felt it more than he wanted to. But no; the boy needed a friend, now more than ever. He waited. Bella disappeared from sight. Nethwador seemed poised to run after her. Taitheneb sighed; then he smiled. The boy wavered, and suddenly ran out the door, rounding the bend in the road 'til he could see her once more. But he did not call her name; he only watched her walking, til she slipped out of sight once more. Again he ran after her; again he watched, til she disappeared from his sight. Several folk gave him odd looks, and a few soldiers frowned. Again he pursued her. By the time Rosa opened the door for Bella, Nethwador was wearier than he could ever remember being. He saw her disappear within Rosa's house, and stood for a while. Taitheneb watched over him, and Nethwador clung to the elf's gaze. His heart had never been so heavy. Slowly he walked back. When he came to the door of the Inn, Taitheneb was waiting for him. Taitheneb thought that now, perhaps, Nethwador understood Amroth a little bit better. Nethwador looked up, startled; there was more in that thought than Taitheneb knew at first. You? Yes, little brother. You understand Lord Amroth. And perhaps now you understand me as well. They went into the Inn, and together they sat silently by the fire, long into the night, til all the other folk had gone to bed. Finally Nethwador, weary from heartache, fell asleep on the hearth. Only then, in the red ember glow did Taitheneb allow three tears to fall. One, he reasoned, for Nethwador. One for Amroth. One last tear fell because his long years apart from his own wife had not yet ended. Then he stirred, stood, and added some wood to the fire, watching over Nethwador til dawn. '***************************************** Quote:
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09-18-2006, 07:48 PM
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Itinerant Songster
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Okay, added, Helen.
So now it's time to move on? In the new discussion thread? |
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09-19-2006, 04:06 AM
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Stormdancer of Doom
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Yes, I think so.
Let's leave Book 1 in Gondor, though, until Book 2 is quite established. We found (in the Lonely Star) that there was quite a bit of "woops, irt would have been good if we had done such and so" in a previous book, and we often did just that-- went back and corrected it. So let's leave room for that possibility. But yes-- the new thread for Book 2 is now open. I wish we had Alak, but we can carry her characters 'til she resurfaces. Let's press on.
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05-30-2008, 05:10 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
Join Date: Jan 2002
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***bump***
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05-31-2008, 07:19 AM
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Itinerant Songster
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*bumped*
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05-31-2008, 12:39 PM
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Desultory Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Is there a reason this thread is being bumped?
Is there something I can do for you? ~*~ Pio
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