Halbarad: *Eight. I could swear there were eight cubs here just a minute ago. Where in Eru's name did the other one go? Ah hah! I snatch the miscreant out from beneath the bed and plunk him back in the nest Mithrhovan made of my thankfully dirty tunics before picking up his sister -- I think -- to see if I can get her to nurse from a bottle.*

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Nadiyah: *quietly* Gorlim? Are you in here? The servents said you are in here...

Gorlim: I'm here, my lady...

Nadiyah: I hear you were hurt.

Gorlim: *fidgets, scooting where she can see him* Nothing serious, my lady.

Nadiyah: But you ARE hurt. *scowls*

( Oh just come to dinner already sheesh )

o.o

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*bursts into tears*

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Gorlim: *wanders down the hall past Halbarad's room for the eighteenth time, slowing down as he nears the door to casually listen to what's going on inside*

Halbarad: *I pull on some pants and grab another towel to work at my hair, sniffing at it when I finish to ensure there's no more squirrel rubbing off my person ( Read more... )

( Talking to Luthien about pickles, babies, and oh yeah, the menfolk )

Halbarad: Stupid, idiotic, selfish ... *I have been ranting at the walls for some time now, slipping in and out of languages to achieve the full range of emotion, and I find myself wishing I knew more of the Black Speech so I could give full vent to my anger, frustration and ... No, not my hurt. There is no word in any language that could express ( Read more... )

*opens the bedroom door and peers out, wrapped in a bedsheet, hair haphazardly braided back -- glancing up and down the hallway*

GORLIIIIIM! Are you still out here?

Halbarad? NOW you can run up that Tower and shout things. :)

[set the night before this]

( Luthien and Nadiyah have a little pre-wedding talk )

No rain? Check.
No snow? Check.
No invading armies? Check.
No pervasive angst? Che-- well, as good as this place gets.

Um. I have never planned a wedding before, and I have never even BEEN to a northern one...what do we do now?