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sixwordstories2014-09-07 05:35 pm
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I wish to seek the stars.
Kili smiles a little from where he sits. "I'd say going outside, then, and looking up is as good a plan as any."
Tauriel looked up, as if she could see beyond the walls and out into the night.
"The stars are often hidden from us in these woods."
She then turned her attention back to Kili, with a slight smile.
"To truly see the stars, one must go beyond this forest, and I do not find the time often enough."
"The stars are often hidden from us in these woods."
She then turned her attention back to Kili, with a slight smile.
"To truly see the stars, one must go beyond this forest, and I do not find the time often enough."
"If you go now," he told her, eyes wide and dark, just a hint mischievous, "I wouldn't tell."
Her eyes sparkled with amusement.
"I believe you would not betray me, but others would surely notice my absence. I do not believe my King would appreciate it."
"I believe you would not betray me, but others would surely notice my absence. I do not believe my King would appreciate it."
"Your king," he scoffed, not having much respect for that one, even if he's never met him. "Would he deny you the stars?"
She hesitated, choosing her words very carefully.
"He wishes to protect his lands and people from the darkness that threatens our realm."
Tauriel then looked up again, as if she were remembering another time.
"It was not always so. We did not always live in these Halls."
"He wishes to protect his lands and people from the darkness that threatens our realm."
Tauriel then looked up again, as if she were remembering another time.
"It was not always so. We did not always live in these Halls."
Edited 2014-09-08 01:02 (UTC)
"Your king and my uncle were allies, once." Kili had heard the stories. Had seen his uncle's bitterness over this King, his resentment. "What happened?"
Of course, Thorin had told him and Fili nothing beyond that the elves had betrayed the dwarves in their time of great need and were not to be trusted.
Of course, Thorin had told him and Fili nothing beyond that the elves had betrayed the dwarves in their time of great need and were not to be trusted.
While still young by elvish reckoning, she remembered the fall of Erebor. It had not been so long ago.
"A treasure, precious to our people, had been claimed by Thror, your great-grandfather I suppose. It laid the seeds of bitterness between our King and yours, and our peoples, long before the dragon laid his siege. My people are not unfamiliar with dragon wraith, and when the fire drake came our numbers were already reduced by fighting to defend our own lands from the darkness to the South. Thranduil would not risk further death and the ruin of his people to fight so foul and enemy for those he believed to have stolen from us."
She paused in her tale, and glanced at the dwarf before looking back up into the Halls. She did not always agree with her King's actions and orders, but she was a loyal Captain. It was her duty to obey orders, and to defend her people.
"But I imagine you have your own tales of it."
"A treasure, precious to our people, had been claimed by Thror, your great-grandfather I suppose. It laid the seeds of bitterness between our King and yours, and our peoples, long before the dragon laid his siege. My people are not unfamiliar with dragon wraith, and when the fire drake came our numbers were already reduced by fighting to defend our own lands from the darkness to the South. Thranduil would not risk further death and the ruin of his people to fight so foul and enemy for those he believed to have stolen from us."
She paused in her tale, and glanced at the dwarf before looking back up into the Halls. She did not always agree with her King's actions and orders, but she was a loyal Captain. It was her duty to obey orders, and to defend her people.
"But I imagine you have your own tales of it."
It would ruin whatever little thing existed between them if he told them what his uncle thought. Kili merely nodded. "Smaug came, though. And took everything."
That mattered, no matter what.
That mattered, no matter what.
OOC: Hehe it's ok! It's still way easier than Trek math.
silvan_captain
2014-09-08 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
"And the darkness over these lands has grown ever stronger."
She sat on the nearby step, deciding the conversation had taken a heavy turn. She wished to discuss something happier.
"Tell me, should your quest to reclaim your lost homeland succeed, what will you do?"
She sat on the nearby step, deciding the conversation had taken a heavy turn. She wished to discuss something happier.
"Tell me, should your quest to reclaim your lost homeland succeed, what will you do?"
"Me?" Kili shrugged, his knees pulled up, elbows resting there. "Fili's in line next, not me. I suppose ... "
Well, he hadn't really thought about that. That might show on his face.
Well, he hadn't really thought about that. That might show on his face.
OOC: All math and me do not get along. They have machines for that now!
silvan_captain
2014-09-08 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
She smiled a little, amused at the expression on his face.
"I did not ask who would rule. I asked what you would do. Surely you have something that your heart desires."
"I did not ask who would rule. I asked what you would do. Surely you have something that your heart desires."
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"I was raised to be in my uncle's company," he said. And that was as far ahead as it had ever gone, you see. "I will be noble and brave and honorable."
There.
There.
OOC: Tauriel is being very "back in the day" wistful here... sorry....
silvan_captain
2014-09-08 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Admirable qualities. No doubt you will serve your people well."
She paused briefly, before deciding to share her own desire.
"From the time I was young I trained to join the guard. I too wish to be brave and honorable, and defend my people from the threats to our land. But I remember, when I was very small, a time when the darkness was not so great. When we could walk more freely in the wood and have our festivals under the stars without fear. I long to see those days again."
She paused briefly, before deciding to share her own desire.
"From the time I was young I trained to join the guard. I too wish to be brave and honorable, and defend my people from the threats to our land. But I remember, when I was very small, a time when the darkness was not so great. When we could walk more freely in the wood and have our festivals under the stars without fear. I long to see those days again."
Leaning forward, face thoughtful, Kili said, "perhaps it will come again. If ... whatever the darkness is ... is defeated."
"It will not come to pass if we continue to hide ourselves in our halls, and not seek to defeat evil at its source." She said, rather abruptly.
It was a sore subject. Her King's policy of isolation was something that she silently had disagreed with for a long time. But she knew she had spoken out of place. Especially to the dwarf.
"But... such decisions are beyond me."
It was a sore subject. Her King's policy of isolation was something that she silently had disagreed with for a long time. But she knew she had spoken out of place. Especially to the dwarf.
"But... such decisions are beyond me."
He liked how feisty she was, how unafraid (that and she was really pretty, so).
"So, even though you disagree," he told her. "You won't do anything about it?"
"So, even though you disagree," he told her. "You won't do anything about it?"
Plenty of people I talk to talk to stars. They all have names up there, some of them even get their own alters.
Knowing a star personally is interesting.
Knowing a star personally is interesting.
"I am a Captain of the Guard. Is it not my duty to serve my King's will?"
He was not saying anything that she had not asked herself, but she was a loyal soldier. Thranduil had sheltered and favored her, and she owed him her loyalty.
He was not saying anything that she had not asked herself, but she was a loyal soldier. Thranduil had sheltered and favored her, and she owed him her loyalty.
My people believe starlight is memory. Can one talk to a memory?
If you can talk to the dead, you can talk to a memory. And with a little bit of help, you can certainly talk to both.
"Loyalty's important," Kili said. Thorin demanded it too, most especially from his nephews. But.
"He does what he believes to be best for our people."
She might be trying to convince herself more so than Kili.
"And is far wiser than I."
But there was still hesitation, and she could not help but add.
"Though that does not mean I agree. It is not always easy to obey orders."
((OOC: By the way, LOVING this conversation. I feel like it gives her more of a reason to go track them like she does rather than go back.))
She might be trying to convince herself more so than Kili.
"And is far wiser than I."
But there was still hesitation, and she could not help but add.
"Though that does not mean I agree. It is not always easy to obey orders."
((OOC: By the way, LOVING this conversation. I feel like it gives her more of a reason to go track them like she does rather than go back.))
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