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dragoneyes · 06-15-2003, 03:16 PM

"Hey Boy!" Boy heard the familiar call and went running to where his father stood. His father grabbed his arm roughly and pulled him closer so that he could smell his foul breath. "Now Boy, I can hear things coming from the old tunnels. Go check them and we don't want no suspicions roused before we get there so be nice and quiet like." Boy nodded and slipped down the hole, rubbing his arm where it had been grabbed.

He picked up a stick as soon as he could, a wild boar had been stuck down here before and he had needed a stick to beat it back with. The sounds were quite far off so he need not be completely stealthy right this very second. He had to crouch awkwardly as he ran as the roof sometimes got quite low and there were always rocks and roots for you to catch your head on.

He came closer to the noise. The thing was definitely on two feet. He heard a faint curse as the person had caught their hair in a root sticking from the ceiling by the sound of it. The voice was too high to be a man's, Boy was intrigued as to why a woman would be down here but he dare not get any closer lest he be heard or seen. So he ran back as quietly as he could.

Once he got back out in the open he reported what he had heard.

"There's one woman down there."

"Good good," replied his father, "Any weapons?" Boy faltered, he'd forgotten to check!

"I- I don't know." was all he could manage and as expected, his father clouted him and left him sprawling to the ground. He gathered up three of the men, they got themselves a net, their best weapons and some material to act as a gag, they didn't want her calling to any friends she might have.

They quickly departed down the hole. They corvered the distance quickly and surprisingly quietly. They got as close as they dared when they came to a wide space where four tunnels met. From one, came the sounds of the woman and the four men set themselves up in the other three. The woman approached quickly and soon they sould hear that she was occasionally turning back and talking to some other people who were yelling back, though it was becoming faint now.

Finally the woman emmerged into the space. The men took in the sight, she was cleaner and fairer than they had expected but they soon got over that and as though they were one, they leapt out. Two jumped out from the front with the net and covered her, one from the side got the gag in her mouth as quick as he could and the other helped to hold her down. She was caught, and without a sound to the others outside!

They didn't dwell at all. They suspended Elentari in the net between them and they carried her back through the tunnels and out into the camp. The first thing they did while there was strip her of any weapon they could find, then they bound her to a tree and once she was safely secured they drank to their success.

[ June 15, 2003: Message edited by: dragoneyes ]

06-15-2003, 03:16 PM	#88
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	"Hey Boy!" Boy heard the familiar call and went running to where his father stood. His father grabbed his arm roughly and pulled him closer so that he could smell his foul breath. "Now Boy, I can hear things coming from the old tunnels. Go check them and we don't want no suspicions roused before we get there so be nice and quiet like." Boy nodded and slipped down the hole, rubbing his arm where it had been grabbed. He picked up a stick as soon as he could, a wild boar had been stuck down here before and he had needed a stick to beat it back with. The sounds were quite far off so he need not be completely stealthy right this very second. He had to crouch awkwardly as he ran as the roof sometimes got quite low and there were always rocks and roots for you to catch your head on. He came closer to the noise. The thing was definitely on two feet. He heard a faint curse as the person had caught their hair in a root sticking from the ceiling by the sound of it. The voice was too high to be a man's, Boy was intrigued as to why a woman would be down here but he dare not get any closer lest he be heard or seen. So he ran back as quietly as he could. Once he got back out in the open he reported what he had heard. "There's one woman down there." "Good good," replied his father, "Any weapons?" Boy faltered, he'd forgotten to check! "I- I don't know." was all he could manage and as expected, his father clouted him and left him sprawling to the ground. He gathered up three of the men, they got themselves a net, their best weapons and some material to act as a gag, they didn't want her calling to any friends she might have. They quickly departed down the hole. They corvered the distance quickly and surprisingly quietly. They got as close as they dared when they came to a wide space where four tunnels met. From one, came the sounds of the woman and the four men set themselves up in the other three. The woman approached quickly and soon they sould hear that she was occasionally turning back and talking to some other people who were yelling back, though it was becoming faint now. Finally the woman emmerged into the space. The men took in the sight, she was cleaner and fairer than they had expected but they soon got over that and as though they were one, they leapt out. Two jumped out from the front with the net and covered her, one from the side got the gag in her mouth as quick as he could and the other helped to hold her down. She was caught, and without a sound to the others outside! They didn't dwell at all. They suspended Elentari in the net between them and they carried her back through the tunnels and out into the camp. The first thing they did while there was strip her of any weapon they could find, then they bound her to a tree and once she was safely secured they drank to their success. [ June 15, 2003: Message edited by: dragoneyes ] __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.