Grey Ship's Cargo, by Himring

[hhimring]

Author: Himring
Title: Grey Ship's Cargo
Rating: PG
Theme: Nostalgia
Elements: Memories
Author's Notes: The first element of the word nostalgia is a Greek word meaning "homecoming, return home" (the second element refers to pain). That is not what the word means in English, obviously, but my drabble takes off from this idea.
Summary: A company of

Comments

[kayleelupin]

That's beautiful, Himring! I cried...

Kaylee Arafinwiel

[hhimring]

Thank you!
Sorry I made you cry!
Although, as the Professor says, not all tears are an evil...

[shirebound]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[hhimring]

Thank you! I'm glad you found it so!

[hhimring]

Thank you very much!

I was vaguely remembering "nostoi" as applied to the various homecomings of the Greek heroes after the Fall of Troy, including Odysseus, and somehow that sort of fed into the idea that the elves on the ship hail from all these different places. I just checked and it's actually a title of a lost epic, isn't it?

Also, the homecoming that isn't has been particularly on my mind, because Keiliss wrote a story about it, featuring Elrond and Erestor, which she has been revising and re-posting recently.

[silver_trails]

I wonder if it will ever be home to them, especially those who were born in Middle-earth. Loved this piece!

[hhimring]

Thank you very much!
I think they will need quite some time to settle in, but eventually surely they will. But I don't think they'll lose the nostalgia for those other places.

[curiouswombat]

I think this sums up exactly how so many of them felt - and

The Grey Ship is so laden with memories it is almost ready to sink.

is a perfect line.

[hhimring]

Thank you!
I'm happy you like that line!