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[tonsofpun]

Okay, time to lighten the mood.

[Because after all this shit that's happened, she needs to smile. She needs something, anything, to take her mind off all of this and for a second, remember that being alive is good, and right.

And maybe to remember a simpler time.]

I've got this book of puns, right? Well, back in the day, it kinda used to be my thing. And I figure you guys could use this. Or groan, whatever.

Here goes.

A clown held the door open for me the other day.
I thought it was a nice jester.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder.
He got a little behind in his work.

Yesterday I accidentally swallowed some food coloring.
The doctor says I'm okay, but I feel like I've dyed a little inside.

Pffft.

The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

[That one actually makes her laugh out loud.]

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[tonsofpun]

If you wanna tell me. I'm always up for listening to stories, especially if it's real stuff.

[Stories were the lifeblood of the QZ. It was how they learned about the world outside, the way things used to be before all those unwanted or orphaned kids were born. But hell, Ellie tends to keep that part out of it.]

Sounds like that guy knew his shit.

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[bythewaves]

Truly, I do not mind, Ellie. It was only the shock of having them mentioned I think, and my memories have been uneasy since Alfhiem. [ a little too close to memory for comfort, and after Ginnungagap the nightmares started up again ]

Whatever you want to know, ask.

He does indeed. His father named him 'Samwise' - in Sindarin, Perhael or 'Half-wise' - but it has been later said that he was one of the wisest of all.

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[tonsofpun]

Yeah, I get that.

... so what was he? A storyteller?

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[bythewaves]

He will become one, I think, to his family and his people. [ Maglor says thoughtfully and then smiles ]

He is a gardener. Many would say, the best gardener on this side of the Sundering Seas. And he is a hero - probably the greatest of the Age, although his own people esteem him not, and he would never accept such a title himself.

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[tonsofpun]

A... gardener?

[It makes her think of her own powers, what might be related.]

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[bythewaves]

Aye. He was the gardener for Lord Iorhael - who he would say was the true hero - one Frodo Baggins, a hobbit of the Shire.

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[tonsofpun]

What the hell's a Hobbit?

[But she's grinning already. This sounds like an adventure, all right.]

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[bythewaves]

They are a branch of Men, or so the loremasters tell us - but shorter - about, mm, half my height? They are, for the most part, a fairly reclusive people, prefering to avoid the affairs of the 'Big People'. And so they passed mostly unnoticed until a few of them saved all the lands from a second darkness.

[ Maglor loves their story, it has a better end than his own ]

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[tonsofpun]

They sound a little bit like Dwarves, but without the metalwork and stuff.

Have you met Fili and Kili?

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[bythewaves]

[ he laughs at that ]

Do not let Masters Fili and Kili hear that! Aye, I have - the young princelings are from my own world, if not my time. Hobbits are very unlike dwarves, as both peoples would insist - although they share in common a love for good food and drink, as well as a singularly odd fondness for pipeweed.

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[tonsofpun]

[It makes her laugh too.]

Shit, they didn't tell me they were Princes. The stuff people leave out.

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[bythewaves]

They are younger sons of the line, I think - I confess to not being certain.

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[tonsofpun]

So you guys do or don't know each other?

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[bythewaves]

I knew of them, and their kin, but not personally. [ he shrugs wryly ]

We worked out that I come from a time after theirs - so their tale is known to me.

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[tonsofpun]

Crazy.

I mean, to meet someone who came out of a story. And to find out your life became one.

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[bythewaves]

[ he laughs, a soft bubble of sound ]

Oh, ercasse, tis not an unusual thing in my world where the heroes and villains of long ago walk amongst us still. Although I will admit that it is unusual for me to meet one of those from my tales rather than the reverse.

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[tonsofpun]

What, are they hundreds and hundreds of years old or something?

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[bythewaves]

Some of us are in the thousands, yes.

[ yes, he said 'us' ]

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[tonsofpun]

Wait, how old are you?

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[bythewaves]

[ this never, ever gets old ]

Ah well, I am not sure, for I was born before the rising of the Moon and Sun [ yes, in that order ] but... perhaps some nine thousand years or so.

video thank you for letting me write this icly

[tonsofpun]

... over nine thousand?

thank you for being the first to respond that way =D

[bythewaves]

Give or take a few centuries, yes, I believe so.

[ this is truly one of the greatest joys of Asgard as far as Maglor is concerned - so few here know of the Eldar, so he gets to watch this reaction over, and over... ]

[tonsofpun]

... give or take. Fuck.

Dude, I can barely imagine living long enough to die of natural causes, let alone living that long.

[bythewaves]

[ the laugh she gets is bright and surprisingly young-sounding ]

Ah well but we are born to different kindreds, you and I. The Eldar are made to last as long as our world does, and it has been said before that we do not always perceive time as our younger kindred do. To Men, they say is given the urge to seek beyond the confines of our world and fate, and though they burn faster their light is no less great.

[tonsofpun]

... is everybody you know like you?

Or does everybody die?