Golden Perch Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kath · 08-01-2006, 08:15 AM

Noinkling, hope you don't mind the interruption!

Folwren · 08-03-2006, 03:27 PM

I apologize to everyone. I am behind in my writing.

Firefoot, I realize that my last post is apparently behind everyone else in the time of the evening, but I think if we both stay on top of it in the next one or two posts, we'll be quite quickly up with everyone else. What do you say?

-- Folwren

Firefoot · 08-03-2006, 04:08 PM

Works for me. I should have a post up a little later on tonight. Ha, this ought to be fun.

Folwren · 08-03-2006, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firefoot

Ha, this ought to be fun.

Yes, I thought so.

If your post is not put up TOO late this evening, I might have time to write one after you! (If that's necessary, of course.)

-- Folwren

Celuien · 08-03-2006, 04:58 PM

Should Primrose and Will wait outside until the Cela/Dick scene plays out?

Folwren · 08-03-2006, 06:00 PM

May be a good idea. But then again, it might add some excitement if someone else walks in in the middle of it. However, I've no idea how violent Cela is going to get over this.

You all decide and do whatever you feel like it.

-- Folwren

Folwren · 08-03-2006, 08:19 PM

Haha! Brilliant - brilliant! What a mix up, hey? *chuckle*

Anyhow, I do not think that I am going to manage a post this evening. If I do not, then someone go ahead and write one without waiting for me - Celuien or Arry. . .

-- Folwren

EDIT: Ne'er mind! I got my chance and snuck back downstairs and the post is written and up. Take it away, chaps!

Tevildo · 08-04-2006, 05:19 AM

I am removing this earlier post from the thread and tucking it away on the discussion thread, since this is an awkward time to ask such a question. I don't have a working word right now, so can't save it on my own computer. Will put it back up once the Innkeeper is freed up.

Hope this is alright.

____________

By the middle of the supper hour, Tolers had lost all count of the number of bowls of fish stew and flagons of ale that he'd served up to the customers of the Golden Perch. He felt that his dedicated service in the common room definitely made up for any small mistakes he'd made earlier in the day. But no matter how hard he worked, Tollers could not get his mind off the gold coin with the hammer and anvil that he had tucked inside his vest pocket.

He pulled out the silver shilling that Skirvir had given him in payment for the ale. The image on that coin was so close to the picture on the other that it almost took Tollers' breath away. He had deposited twelve pence in the Inn's money box from his own leather pouch so he could keep the silver shilling for himself. Holding the golden coin in one palm and the silver shilling in the other, Tollers could see that, although the pictures of the hammer were not an exact match, they were very, very close.

A bold plan began to take shape in Tollers' mind. He must be extremely careful. It would do him no good to tell the Dwarf where he'd found the coin. But perhaps if he spun an imaginative tale he could get a bit more information out of that fellow Skirvir or one of his buddies that might help him identify exactly what this thing was. It would have to be a wild and wooly tale that had no connection to the Inn, the Stock Brook, or even the Shire. And he would need to speak with the Dwarf in private, not here in the middle of a crowded room with so many nosey hobbits about who loved to pry into their neighbors' business.

The first place to start was to find out what room the Dwarves would be occupying in the Inn. Tollers' eyes darted over to Master Dick. Trying to sound as casual as possible, he sauntered over and asked, "Those nice Dwarves, especially the one named Skirvir....you wouldn't happen to know what room they will be staying in tonight?"

Folwren · 08-04-2006, 04:37 PM

OH! I am so sorry, Tevildo! I did mean to answer your question, but I totally forgot.

Sorry.

Yes, we should definitely address that later. I apologize.

-- Folwren

Tevildo · 08-04-2006, 04:47 PM

Folwren,

No problem at all. I'll look for an appropriate time to slot up my post once the discussion is wrapped up. I figured I had blundered into a "pre-existing" dialogue.

Glirdan · 08-05-2006, 07:39 AM

Sorry about the shortest post ever, but I can't really think of anything to add to it. If I do, I'll add it.

Mithalwen · 08-08-2006, 02:59 PM

Kath ..... I will post something for my Cir ASAP - tomorrow if I can but do post again if you want ..I am not quite sure how he is going to cope with being seen as a spoilt brat again even after his best attempts at courtesy and good manners

Folwren · 08-26-2006, 10:04 AM

Hi all. I haven't yet had any time to catch up on all the posts at the Perch and I haven't caught up here on the Discussion Thread, and I don't have any time at all now to write what I'm writing.

I wanted to tell you, though, so you don't have to wait another day and a half for me to finally get on with some time, go ahead and move forward a bit. I think we should be getting onto the stories and music and whatnot. Finish whatever conversations are going on and we can go onward.

Have got to be running. So long!

-- Folwren

Kath · 08-26-2006, 11:37 AM

Ok. I'll go have the Cir's root around for some intruments and then we'll be ready to go.

Noinkling · 08-26-2006, 02:44 PM

Kath

About your character looking at Skirvir - he's gone out to the front porch with the two children, to tell stories.

Kath · 08-26-2006, 04:51 PM

Gah! I knew I'd have missed something, I'll go edit that.

Mithalwen · 08-28-2006, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kath

Ok. I'll go have the Cir's root around for some intruments and then we'll be ready to go.

Kath, were you not the grammar Termagant? Or do you not take the zero- tolerance approach to punctuation?

I think Carantilion will grab the harp as being the nearest thing to a guitar...

Kath · 08-28-2006, 02:08 PM

Err, oops!

Apostrophes were always my weak point. Anyway good to see you back! Been trying to PM you for three days

Volo · 08-30-2006, 11:51 AM

Sorry for the long post.

And the hobbit Colren bumped into is Tollers, just to be on the safe side.

Tevildo · 09-02-2006, 09:11 AM

If someone wants to find Tollers' coin, I have no objection at all as long as they give it back to him.

Otherwise, Tollers himself will retrieve it in a post or two.

08-01-2006, 08:15 AM	#1
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Noinkling, hope you don't mind the interruption! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-03-2006, 03:27 PM	#2
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I apologize to everyone. I am behind in my writing. Firefoot, I realize that my last post is apparently behind everyone else in the time of the evening, but I think if we both stay on top of it in the next one or two posts, we'll be quite quickly up with everyone else. What do you say? -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

08-03-2006, 04:58 PM	#5
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Should Primrose and Will wait outside until the Cela/Dick scene plays out? __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

08-03-2006, 06:00 PM	#6
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	May be a good idea. But then again, it might add some excitement if someone else walks in in the middle of it. However, I've no idea how violent Cela is going to get over this. You all decide and do whatever you feel like it. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

08-03-2006, 08:19 PM	#7
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Haha! Brilliant - brilliant! What a mix up, hey? chuckle Anyhow, I do not think that I am going to manage a post this evening. If I do not, then someone go ahead and write one without waiting for me - Celuien or Arry. . . -- Folwren EDIT: Ne'er mind! I got my chance and snuck back downstairs and the post is written and up. Take it away, chaps! __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis Last edited by Folwren; 08-03-2006 at 08:48 PM.

08-03-2006, 04:08 PM	#3
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Works for me. I should have a post up a little later on tonight. Ha, this ought to be fun.

08-04-2006, 05:19 AM	#8
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	I am removing this earlier post from the thread and tucking it away on the discussion thread, since this is an awkward time to ask such a question. I don't have a working word right now, so can't save it on my own computer. Will put it back up once the Innkeeper is freed up. Hope this is alright. ____________ By the middle of the supper hour, Tolers had lost all count of the number of bowls of fish stew and flagons of ale that he'd served up to the customers of the Golden Perch. He felt that his dedicated service in the common room definitely made up for any small mistakes he'd made earlier in the day. But no matter how hard he worked, Tollers could not get his mind off the gold coin with the hammer and anvil that he had tucked inside his vest pocket. He pulled out the silver shilling that Skirvir had given him in payment for the ale. The image on that coin was so close to the picture on the other that it almost took Tollers' breath away. He had deposited twelve pence in the Inn's money box from his own leather pouch so he could keep the silver shilling for himself. Holding the golden coin in one palm and the silver shilling in the other, Tollers could see that, although the pictures of the hammer were not an exact match, they were very, very close. A bold plan began to take shape in Tollers' mind. He must be extremely careful. It would do him no good to tell the Dwarf where he'd found the coin. But perhaps if he spun an imaginative tale he could get a bit more information out of that fellow Skirvir or one of his buddies that might help him identify exactly what this thing was. It would have to be a wild and wooly tale that had no connection to the Inn, the Stock Brook, or even the Shire. And he would need to speak with the Dwarf in private, not here in the middle of a crowded room with so many nosey hobbits about who loved to pry into their neighbors' business. The first place to start was to find out what room the Dwarves would be occupying in the Inn. Tollers' eyes darted over to Master Dick. Trying to sound as casual as possible, he sauntered over and asked, "Those nice Dwarves, especially the one named Skirvir....you wouldn't happen to know what room they will be staying in tonight?"

08-04-2006, 04:37 PM	#9
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	OH! I am so sorry, Tevildo! I did mean to answer your question, but I totally forgot. Sorry. Yes, we should definitely address that later. I apologize. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

08-04-2006, 04:47 PM	#10
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	Folwren, No problem at all. I'll look for an appropriate time to slot up my post once the discussion is wrapped up. I figured I had blundered into a "pre-existing" dialogue. __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.

08-05-2006, 07:39 AM	#11
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Sorry about the shortest post ever, but I can't really think of anything to add to it. If I do, I'll add it. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

08-08-2006, 02:59 PM	#12
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Kath ..... I will post something for my Cir ASAP - tomorrow if I can but do post again if you want ..I am not quite sure how he is going to cope with being seen as a spoilt brat again even after his best attempts at courtesy and good manners __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-26-2006, 10:04 AM	#13
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Hi all. I haven't yet had any time to catch up on all the posts at the Perch and I haven't caught up here on the Discussion Thread, and I don't have any time at all now to write what I'm writing. I wanted to tell you, though, so you don't have to wait another day and a half for me to finally get on with some time, go ahead and move forward a bit. I think we should be getting onto the stories and music and whatnot. Finish whatever conversations are going on and we can go onward. Have got to be running. So long! -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

08-26-2006, 11:37 AM	#14
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Ok. I'll go have the Cir's root around for some intruments and then we'll be ready to go. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-26-2006, 02:44 PM	#15
Noinkling Wight Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Bird and Baby Posts: 109	Kath About your character looking at Skirvir - he's gone out to the front porch with the two children, to tell stories. __________________ But the place that draws me ever/When my fancy's running wild,/Is a little pub in Oxford/Called The Eagle and the Child . . .

08-26-2006, 04:51 PM	#16
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Gah! I knew I'd have missed something, I'll go edit that. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-28-2006, 02:08 PM	#18
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Err, oops! Apostrophes were always my weak point. Anyway good to see you back! Been trying to PM you for three days __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-30-2006, 11:51 AM	#19
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	Sorry for the long post. And the hobbit Colren bumped into is Tollers, just to be on the safe side. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

09-02-2006, 09:11 AM	#20
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	If someone wants to find Tollers' coin, I have no objection at all as long as they give it back to him. Otherwise, Tollers himself will retrieve it in a post or two. __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.

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