((mun: ahahah, damn you. <3)) [story post reply]orophinoflorienJanuary 21 2003, 20:56:55 UTC
Uncomfortable in the strange city of Minas Tirith, surrounded by so many...mortals...but then, Alcawyn was a mortal too. A second-born.
Yes, but I bloody am not supposed to like second-born. The trouble we've had with them these past ages is enough to make any anu loony...
Then there was that awful nagging voice that reminded him, he hadn't exactly left Caras Galadhon on good terms either...
How had he wound up in this position? An elf, with a young mortal who had only been born a mere matter of months ago and...and...and...
and.
He was perhaps the only one to not notice the odd hunted look in his eyes, the bafflement and confusion nearing on terror that lately, was growing more and more common each time this strange daughter of two men would smile at him.
This was very unnerving for Orophin.
Aie. I have my first days of freedom from those accursed woods in centuries, and I am caught yet again. I care for an adaneth...a neth dî. Great oaf, you should have gone West or at least to the green woods. Thranduil would
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Re: ((mun: ahahah, damn you. <3)) [story post reply]alcawynJanuary 22 2003, 20:29:51 UTC
Inside the room the crying sound died down, and for a few moments their was nothing but silence. Then the door opened with a creaking noise and Alcawyn peeked out nervously, her face tear streaked and a string of deep red beads around her neck. Her breathing was still ragged from crying, and when she saw Orophin standing in the door, she blushed and quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.
"I'm sorry... did I wake you? I was just... uh..." She looked down and clutched at the beads around her neck. "Uh... don't worry about it ... Never mind."
Re: ((mun: ahahah, damn you. <3)) [story post reply]orophinoflorienJanuary 24 2003, 16:44:09 UTC
Frowning, "Please don't say next that nothing is wrong, because that won't be true. No, you didn't wake me, I was just...er...wandering about." He suddenly paused and looked more closely at her face.
"You were crying..." A single finger reaching out to brush a tear that has yet to dissolve into the skin, the wet liquid beading then spotting the tip of a pale finger.
"I'd...take you outside for some fresh air, much better than stuffy indoors I say, but there seems to be quite the storm brewing outside. Let's find a good commons room with a big fire place..."
Nudging her out of her room and going in, pulling up a blanket draped on a chair and leaving the room, shutting the door behind him and draping the blanket around her without even thinking about it. "Don't know about humans that well, hear you get cold quite easily..."
Alcawyn nodded meekly and followed Orophin silently down the hall, pulling the blanket tighter around he shoulders and trying not to sniffle or start crying again.
"Yeah, we do get cold sometimes. I heard elves don't get cold at all, though. Is that true?"
"Oh we can get cold. Ever heard of the Helcaraxe?" Shivers a little. "That was cold. Very cold. But I suppose it's just harder for us to get cold..." The thought of coldness is suddenly contemplated, and his voice trails away for a moment.
"Ah, anyway. Mm. Ah here we go...I hear a fire going somewhere nearby..."
"Helcaraxe? I... I think Fairy GodMaia told me about it once. I thought it was just a story. She tells lots of good stories." Alcawyn paused and allowed Orophin to open the common room door for her, stepping inside and taking a seat in front of the fire. She pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped the blanket around herself, attempting to smile a bit as Orophin sat in the chair adjacent to hers.
For a moment they were both silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Orophin stared into the fire, but Alcawyn watched him instead, glancing into the hearth every time he looked toward her. She thanked one of the servants when he brought them both mugs of hot tea, and sipped on it gingerly.
"So, where do you come from? Where was your home before you came here? I know you're Uncle Haldir's brother, what is the rest of your family like?"
Alcawyn listened in rapt silence to the Elf's words, trying to imagine his home and what it was like. "Fairy GodMaia told me about Niphredil too. She said the flowers are like perfect little snowflakes. That's what her baby is called." She grinned and paused for a moment at Orophin's question.
"Haldir? Well, I guess it's because he's so close to Faramir. Faramir is one of my mothers. He carried Elfwine and I for a while after Grandpa Denethor stole us from Mommy. And now he and Haldir are... what do you call it...? Soulbonded? Something like that... it's something elves do. I don't know very much about it, except for a little bit that people have told me. That's why he's my uncle."
"They are like small snowflakes, yes...they're beautiful..." Smiles a little at his memories. "Fairy GodMaia eh? So you've got a Maia in the family, that's quite an addition..." What on earth are you doing around a family like this, they're too much for one elf!
Suddenly pausing.
"...Soulbonded?...W...what?"
For all that the elf had pale skin, he went white and eyes darkened suddenly with horror. My brother...no...what have you done...a mortal...
Hearing the sound of Alcawyn's voice in the hallway, Faramir follows it into the commons room, concern for her etched on his face. Alcawyn has always held a special, dear place in his heart, and he's very worried about how she's coping with the loss of Boromir.
Alcawyn? Sweetie? It's Faramir... Just wanted to give you a hug and see if you wanted to help me steal some cooki--- Pauses abruptly, finally realizing that she has company, in the form of a young elf. Hello, I don't believe we've met? Alcawyn, could you introduce me?
Alcawyn had been about to ask Orophin if he was alright, seeing the change in his face, but she smiled up at Faramir and nodded.
"Mommy Faramir, this is Orophin. He's Uncle Haldir's younger brother. We were just here talking. Orophin, this is Faramir, the one I told you about. He's one of my mothers."
*Slowly getting up from the chair and gulping hard, trying to keep the threatening tears from running loose.* Faramir... *Clenching and unclenching both hands into fists, unable to find his voice, just watching the man who has taken his brother from him. Voice shaking, but he bows politely still...* I hope... *swallows again* I hope...you keep my brother very happy in the years he has left...you do not know what you have... *looks at Alcawyn for a moment, the same confused expression appearing suddenly in the midst of his grief* You really don't know what you have...
*Listening quietly and intently to Orophin's emotional acknowledgement of himself, Faramir is shaken. He knew of Haldir's brothers, but this a level of devotion he had not expected. Nor had he expected to be thought of as... as a death sentence? No. This needed to be set right, and quickly. The boy couldn't continue thinking this way*
Orophin.... please sit down. Alcawyn, please don't leave, I have nothing to hide from you, and I sense your friend may not want to be left alone with me just yet.
I do know what I have, every moment of every day I'm acutely aware of what it is to be soulbound to Haldir. I do not take this for granted, and I am beyond thankful for it. Haldir knows what he has, as well. He's chosen to bond with a human, yes. But there's more. Orophin, when you look upon me, do you not see more? Look carefully, and see what I mean.
*Faramir fell silent, and waited. But though quiet, his mind was busy. His thoughts reached for Haldir, telling him who he was speaking with. But more than that, Faramir
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*Only able to watch in confusion and puzzlement as the man in front of him begins to glow*
Who...what are you to have such light? What does this mean?...*the grief returned suddenly once more* I know of the Amrothians, what happened to Mithrellas. If you mean to say you have the blood of my people in you, it only means another matter of decades before I lose my brother. If you mean to console me with that, it is a cold consolation indeed.
*watches his brother appear in the doorway and falters, stepping back a little, then foreward* ...why? Man caro le sin...im cared ugu...*a steady stream of elvish as Orophin moves towards Haldir, lost in the small world suddenly of two brothers.*
*Knowing the two brothers had begun to speak, Faramir was relieved. Apparently Haldir had not told his brother of their bond before this. Good, Faramir thought, he can clarify matters for Orophin. Faramir quietly moved to where Alcawyn stood looking confused and upset, and pulled her close to his side in a comforting hug. He stayed by her, stroking her hair, and together they watched as the two brothers talked...*
Yes, but I bloody am not supposed to like second-born. The trouble we've had with them these past ages is enough to make any anu loony...
Then there was that awful nagging voice that reminded him, he hadn't exactly left Caras Galadhon on good terms either...
How had he wound up in this position? An elf, with a young mortal who had only been born a mere matter of months ago and...and...and...
and.
He was perhaps the only one to not notice the odd hunted look in his eyes, the bafflement and confusion nearing on terror that lately, was growing more and more common each time this strange daughter of two men would smile at him.
This was very unnerving for Orophin.
Aie. I have my first days of freedom from those accursed woods in centuries, and I am caught yet again. I care for an adaneth...a neth dî. Great oaf, you should have gone West or at least to the green woods. Thranduil would ( ... )
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"I'm sorry... did I wake you? I was just... uh..." She looked down and clutched at the beads around her neck. "Uh... don't worry about it ... Never mind."
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"You were crying..." A single finger reaching out to brush a tear that has yet to dissolve into the skin, the wet liquid beading then spotting the tip of a pale finger.
"I'd...take you outside for some fresh air, much better than stuffy indoors I say, but there seems to be quite the storm brewing outside. Let's find a good commons room with a big fire place..."
Nudging her out of her room and going in, pulling up a blanket draped on a chair and leaving the room, shutting the door behind him and draping the blanket around her without even thinking about it. "Don't know about humans that well, hear you get cold quite easily..."
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"Yeah, we do get cold sometimes. I heard elves don't get cold at all, though. Is that true?"
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"Ah, anyway. Mm. Ah here we go...I hear a fire going somewhere nearby..."
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For a moment they were both silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Orophin stared into the fire, but Alcawyn watched him instead, glancing into the hearth every time he looked toward her. She thanked one of the servants when he brought them both mugs of hot tea, and sipped on it gingerly.
"So, where do you come from? Where was your home before you came here? I know you're Uncle Haldir's brother, what is the rest of your family like?"
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"Haldir? Well, I guess it's because he's so close to Faramir. Faramir is one of my mothers. He carried Elfwine and I for a while after Grandpa Denethor stole us from Mommy. And now he and Haldir are... what do you call it...? Soulbonded? Something like that... it's something elves do. I don't know very much about it, except for a little bit that people have told me. That's why he's my uncle."
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Suddenly pausing.
"...Soulbonded?...W...what?"
For all that the elf had pale skin, he went white and eyes darkened suddenly with horror. My brother...no...what have you done...a mortal...
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Alcawyn? Sweetie? It's Faramir... Just wanted to give you a hug and see if you wanted to help me steal some cooki--- Pauses abruptly, finally realizing that she has company, in the form of a young elf. Hello, I don't believe we've met? Alcawyn, could you introduce me?
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"Mommy Faramir, this is Orophin. He's Uncle Haldir's younger brother. We were just here talking. Orophin, this is Faramir, the one I told you about. He's one of my mothers."
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Orophin.... please sit down. Alcawyn, please don't leave, I have nothing to hide from you, and I sense your friend may not want to be left alone with me just yet.
I do know what I have, every moment of every day I'm acutely aware of what it is to be soulbound to Haldir. I do not take this for granted, and I am beyond thankful for it. Haldir knows what he has, as well. He's chosen to bond with a human, yes. But there's more. Orophin, when you look upon me, do you not see more? Look carefully, and see what I mean.
*Faramir fell silent, and waited. But though quiet, his mind was busy. His thoughts reached for Haldir, telling him who he was speaking with. But more than that, Faramir ( ... )
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*Halting at the sight of his brother.*
"Orophin..."
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Who...what are you to have such light? What does this mean?...*the grief returned suddenly once more* I know of the Amrothians, what happened to Mithrellas. If you mean to say you have the blood of my people in you, it only means another matter of decades before I lose my brother. If you mean to console me with that, it is a cold consolation indeed.
*watches his brother appear in the doorway and falters, stepping back a little, then foreward* ...why? Man caro le sin...im cared ugu...*a steady stream of elvish as Orophin moves towards Haldir, lost in the small world suddenly of two brothers.*
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