Voice; 2

[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.]

Comments

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?

[bythewaves]

Oh, all die, eventually - it is only that my time is slow in coming, unless I am slain. But I have known Men as well, if that is what you mean. My people are Eldar, what humans have always called Elves, yet we share the earth with our younger kindred - men and dwarves and hobbits - and they are all mortal.

[tonsofpun]

... I thought you were.

[It's so cool, but that doesn't even begin to encompass it. That someone so ageless is talking to her.]

So, when you live forever, do you figure everything out?

[bythewaves]

[ he shrugs a little sadly ]

I would not say 'everything' but I do hope I have learnt from the mistakes of my past. [ wryly he adds ] Some would say that being immortal merely gives one more time to make mistakes with.

[tonsofpun]

I dunno whether that's really cool or really depressing.

[bythewaves]

We could say a little of both there, I think.

[ change the subject Makalaure, you're getting her depressed again ]

Well, if nothing else it has given me plenty of tales to tell for those who wish to hear them.

[tonsofpun]

...okay. Which one's your favorite?

[She's always, always game for a story. Let's do this.]

[bythewaves]

Hm, but there are so many to choose from! [ he teases back ] Great and small, terrible and beautiful and wonderful, tales of love and hate, of joy and sorrow.

Ah, but my favourite... my favourite I think is one of two - the tale of Frodo of Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom, or the Lay of Leithian, which would be rendered "Release from Bondage" in the common tongue.

[tonsofpun]

Ugh, it sounds like some kind of bad breakup story. Rings, bondage-

[Ellie, shut up.]

[bythewaves]

[ that gets another laugh - bright and pealing and his shadows lift ]

Ah, ercasse! What Lord Iorhael would think of his tale being thought of that way! Well, he might not mind - Frodo had a good sense of humor, they say, before the Ring tore it out of him. His tale is one of the final defeat of the Enemy of the time, of the small and seemingly weak overcoming the very great and seemingly unassailable. The Lay on the other hand, is a love story - perhaps the greatest one we have, for those in it dared the very depths of Hell and conquered Death itself.

[tonsofpun]

Okay, okay, I'll shut up.

[She laughs too, and it has the intended affect. Don't look so sad, Maglor.]

I'm not feeling the love story. You wanna tell me about Frodo and the Enemy?

[bythewaves]

[ he can't help it, gloomy is his default expression (smiling takes too many muscles) ]

[ he smiles and tips his head in acknowledgement, settling the harp on his lap ]

Frodo and the Ring it is, then.

[ insert Lord of the Rings in song form in here everyone already knows this story right? ]