Hanging off the bandwagon (Intro)

Sep 01, 2008 18:44

He comes, his mount fully loaded with scavenged goods and remnants of food - his clothes are ripped, his arms are bloodied but whole, his eyes are full of simmering fury.  At his side, the trusty sword, clean and well furbished, the golden hilt gleaming in the sun’s last rays. On his back, the arrows and the bow, ready to be taken.

The battle ( Read more... )

caranthir, ambarussa, lucivar, maedhros, argon, re-introduction, angrod, celegorm, fingon

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 04:07:50 UTC
Tyelko looks up from where he's brooding, again, and immediately heads outside, looking focused for the first time, eyebrows drawn down - and mildly urgently hoping he can prevent his younger brother from doing anything stupid.

He's actually learned a thing or two! Blame Angy.

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 04:17:15 UTC
Well, by now, he's insulted Angrod profusely, pissed off Pytio, been weirded out by Telvo, and again weirded out by Maitimo. So.

He's actually happy to see Tyelko, though. He's not dead, right?

"Tyelko!" He crosses the distance. "They said you were here. You have to tell me you're not dead! Please!"

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 04:28:24 UTC
He's going to wait for that. "I hope you haven't done anything stupid yet," is his offer before actually giving this brother a hug, because this little brother he knows well, and last he knew he was dead. He probably looks older than when Caranthir saw him last, more serious, and also a little more worried. He's been given a lot to think about.

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 04:36:50 UTC
"No, not yet," he replies gruffly. "I never do anything stupid. What I want to know, though, is why we have dead annoying relatives' ghosts walking around, and how Maitimo got his hand back, and how Telvo rose from the dead."

He's not yelling, for a change, but that's a grouchy reply for you, Celegorm.

"And whatever happened to you? You look like the Naugrim just locked you up in a bottomless pit!"

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 04:40:42 UTC
Tyelko almost laughs. But he can't be confused now. "They're not dead," he says bluntly, since getting to the point isn't a good idea. "Any more than you are, or I am -" Well. "Most of us came here because we're dead. Maitimo is dead. I'm dead. You're dead. It changes things."

A pause, considering how to answer that question. And almost wincing, because of what's been on his mind. "What's - what were you doing?"

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 05:02:38 UTC
"I'm not dead." That, he knows. "I did not die. I did not feel the cold steel pierce my flesh. I was just walking and I ended up here. Damnit. And with Pytio, who's gone crazy and doesn't remember it."

Great. Another dead brother. What the hell?

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 05:06:39 UTC
"Not yet, maybe," Grimly, the face darkening more. "You died the same day I did. In Doriath. Pityo is..." Not going to say that. Deep breath. "Pityo is fine." It's Maglor you need to worry about. "Dammit, Cara, things have all gone to hell."

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 05:33:41 UTC
"To say the least. I'm just minding my own business after a long, long fight, trying to make it to a place to start anew, rebuild a kingdom, perhaps, and here I am. Gods damn it, brother! It's all gone down the drain!"

A pause.

"I never fought in Doriath. We never fought in Doriath."

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 05:35:55 UTC
"That's what this is," tonelessly, "A place to start over." A pause.

"Yes, you did. You just..." A deep breath, letting it out. "You haven't lived it yet."

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 05:57:30 UTC
.....

"You're insane. You're all insane."

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 06:03:03 UTC
"No," tiredly, "I'm not." Really. Comparatively.

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 06:40:41 UTC
That's not convincing, Tyelko. Not at all.

Have a deep, angry, annoyed frown.

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 06:46:04 UTC
"Look," he says, fiercely, and tugs the shirt over his shoulder to expose the still rather inflamed stitches. Definitely recent. "You're not insane. I'm not insane. It's fine."

Lies!

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 06:56:26 UTC
He just stares at the stitches a moment.

And now, it's a very, very, very angry brother.

"WHO DID THIS TO YOU?"

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thenotsofair September 2 2008, 06:58:26 UTC
Oh, dammit. Well, there you go. Briskly, "The Gorthaur. They're in the woods."

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elven_irs September 2 2008, 07:10:14 UTC
"The WHAT?" He needs to hear it again.

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