DRABBLE: Drums in the Deep
Title: Drums in the Deep
Characters: Ori
Fandom: The Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count 180
Summary: After their escape from Goblintown, Ori tries to write about it in his journal.
Then did Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror, lead his company forth from the realm of the Goblinking. And great indeed were the fell deeds of that day, in which weapons were swung and goblin blood bathed many a blade. Forward they went, and down, fleeing the wrath of the goblins at the death of their King. And behind them always could they hear-
Ori snapped his notebook shut and sighed in annoyance as he sat on Beorn’s veranda. It was all wrong, somehow. Too florid, too flowery. He just couldn’t seem to capture the moment in words, how it had felt to be there. The language needed to be more stripped-down, more immediate, more intense. A visceral thing, not these stately sentences.
Someday, he thought wistfully, lying down on the veranda and gazing up at the sky. Someday he’d find the perfect words.
Someday he’d write his masterpiece.
Characters: Ori
Fandom: The Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count 180
Summary: After their escape from Goblintown, Ori tries to write about it in his journal.
Then did Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror, lead his company forth from the realm of the Goblinking. And great indeed were the fell deeds of that day, in which weapons were swung and goblin blood bathed many a blade. Forward they went, and down, fleeing the wrath of the goblins at the death of their King. And behind them always could they hear-
Ori snapped his notebook shut and sighed in annoyance as he sat on Beorn’s veranda. It was all wrong, somehow. Too florid, too flowery. He just couldn’t seem to capture the moment in words, how it had felt to be there. The language needed to be more stripped-down, more immediate, more intense. A visceral thing, not these stately sentences.
Someday, he thought wistfully, lying down on the veranda and gazing up at the sky. Someday he’d find the perfect words.
Someday he’d write his masterpiece.